Sat, 25 Sep 2010, 07:18 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec listing lane, rider name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

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Left Lane: Junior Pippin Runs 7.100/188.57, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.313/183.82, Was #14
Right Lane: Redell Harris Runs 7.242/185.51, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.286/186.05, Was #13

6:06 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 76 percent, barometer 29.41 inches, adjusted altitude 2,663 feet, track temperature 88 degrees.

Pippin takes advantage of the cooler weather and improves a couple of spots on the ladder. Harris makes his quickest pass of the weekend but drops a notch.

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Left Lane: Jim Underdahl Runs 7.034/189.92, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.107/191.87, Was #13
Right Lane: Angie Smith Runs 7.024/187.65, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.059/188.20, Was #10

This looks like it may be the best session for this class, 4 for 4 on better runs so far. Underdahl picks up and moves up four notches, Smith moves up three.

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Left Lane: Hector Arana Runs 6.988/188.62, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.074/188.12, Was #12
Right Lane: David Hope Runs 6.981/190.43, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.048/189.12, Was #11

Two more good runs, both improve and move up for now.

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Left Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.958/190.32, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.996/193.24, Was #6
Right Lane: Matt Smith Runs 6.923/190.89, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.043/187.76, Was #12

Smith makes a good run and moves all the way to the top spot. i'm not sure how long he will hang on to it with the conditions right now.

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Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.018/188.17, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.959/191.87, Was #5
Right Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 6.997/191.65, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.029/189.63, Was #11

Johnson is the first rider to slow from his earlier run. Phillips improves and gets in the top half of the field for now.

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Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 6.984/188.62, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.953/192.41, Was #3
Right Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.005/189.02, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.015/193.13, Was #10

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Left Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 6.924/192.47, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.934/191.81, Was #2
Right Lane: LE Tonglet Runs 6.963/191.48, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.999/191.08, Was #9

Last pair. Smith is still hanging on to the top spot. The last two pair haven't improved like the rest of the field.

Krawiec makes a nice pass, his quickest of the weekend, but he can't knock Smith off the top spot. Tonglet makes a decent pass and moves up a few notches to the sixth spot.

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