Sat, 31 May 2003, 02:15 PM Pro Stock Bike Qualifying Notes, Session #3 |
By Bob Orme |
JOLIET, Ill. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock Bike at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual Lucas Oil NHRA Route 66 Nationals 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:
Left Lane: Keith Freeman Runs 7.429/180.45, Now #25; Best prior run: 7.510/176.01, Was #29
Right Lane: Blaine Hale Runs 7.477/179.16, Now #23; Best prior run: 7.401/176.51, Was #23
12:39 PM Current weather conditions: 51 degrees, 84 percent relative humidity, the barometer 29.94 inches, with a track temperature of 75 degrees.
Hale was pressing the centerline for most of this pass.
Left Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 7.213/184.42, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.315/180.45, Was #16
Right Lane: Angelle Savoie Runs 7.539/130.63, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.175/182.28, Was #1
Savoie was having electrical problems last night and was unable to make it to the line for the second round of qualifying. She moved toward the wall at about 1000 feet, and while she fought to get the bike back into the groove, she tagged the retaining wall just past the finish line.
Left Lane: Michael Lozano Runs 7.786/163.16, Now #34; Best prior run: 7.898/158.74, Was #34
Right Lane: Joe DeSantis No Time, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.262/179.68, Was #10
DeSantis moved to the left almost immediately and he crossed the centerline at about 200 feet.
Left Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.448/181.37, Now #28; Best prior run: 7.617/157.58, Was #32
Right Lane: Kurt Matte Runs 15.926/72.04, Now #33; Best prior run: 7.755/168.37, Was #33
Matte had problems from the beginning and was off the throttle before 330 feet.
Right Lane: Mike Kovacevich Runs 7.819/147.17, Now #32; Best prior run: 7.575/174.21, Was #32
Kovacevich was to the left of the groove for most of this pass.
Left Lane: Lloyd Straus Runs 7.332/178.33, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.385/179.59, Was #21
Right Lane: Gary Tonglet Runs 7.475/177.02, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.390/179.73, Was #22
Tonglet took more than a second to leave, but otherwise there were no apparent problems for either rider.
Left Lane: Cary Phalen Runs 7.469/177.72, Now #30; Best prior run: 7.448/175.39, Was #29
Right Lane: Wesley Wells Runs 7.363/176.19, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.452/176.40, Was #30
Wells improves but is still not in the show.
Left Lane: John Smith Runs 7.272/182.72, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.319/179.23, Was #18
Right Lane: Greg Underdahl Runs 7.336/180.81, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.436/179.71, Was #28
Smith moves up the ladder putting Antron Brown on the bump.
Left Lane: Sean Conner Runs 7.220/184.98, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.289/179.92, Was #14
Right Lane: Redell Harris Runs 7.424/178.05, Now #27; Best prior run: 7.429/175.23, Was #28
Harris had to have his engine re-started on the line.
Left Lane: Tommy Grimes Jr Runs 7.326/180.74, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.361/177.02, Was #21
Right Lane: Paul Gast Runs 7.320/177.30, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.411/183.29, Was #26
Decent numbers for both riders, but not quite good enough.
Left Lane: Fred Camarena Runs 7.270/182.95, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.317/183.22, Was #18
Right Lane: Chris Reuter Runs 7.942/129.78, Now #24; Best prior run: 7.366/180.55, Was #24
Reuter drifted toward the centerline at 200 feet, stayed there through half track, then moved across the groove and finished the run close to the wall.
Left Lane: Reggie Showers Runs 7.180/185.51, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.297/180.26, Was #18
Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.196/181.84, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.249/182.53, Was #8
A good looking pass for both riders.
Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.227/185.15, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.296/178.80, Was #18
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.284/181.08, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.296/181.35, Was #17
Brown bumps his way back onto the ladder while Johnson falls just a little bit short.
Left Lane: David Feazell Runs 7.239/182.21, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.286/181.35, Was #18
Right Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.166/185.87, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.226/185.54, Was #8
Another career best pass for Feazell, both ET and speed.
Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 10.515/77.51, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.270/178.80, Was #16
Right Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.191/181.67, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.258/181.30, Was #12
Stoffer drifted toward the retaining wall at about 300 feet and had to lift.
Left Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 7.310/180.84, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.259/179.66, Was #13
Right Lane: Fred Collis Runs 7.144/185.77, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.231/182.28, Was #11
It sounded like Hines might have shifted into second gear a little early.
Left Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.141/183.12, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.213/185.15, Was #8
Right Lane: GT Tonglet Runs 7.185/180.02, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.182/184.80, Was #5
Gann moves into the top spot and Stoffer is on the bump going into the final round of qualifying.
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