Fri, 30 May 2003, 07:55 PM Pro Stock Bike Qualifying Notes, Session #2 |
By Bob Orme |
JOLIET, Ill. - Notes from round 2 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: Mike Kovacevich Runs 7.575/174.21, Now #26; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.617/157.58, Now #27; No Prior Run
6:24 PM Current weather conditions: 72 degrees, 50 percent relative humidity, the barometer 29.51 inches, with a track temperature of 82 degrees.
Arana was slowing on the top end of the track.
Left Lane: Wesley Wells Runs 7.452/176.40, Now #25; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Reggie Showers Runs 7.297/180.26, Now #11; Best prior run: 13.703/53.84, Was #33
Showers kept the bike in the groove this time around and improves quite a bit.
Left Lane: Paul Gast Runs 7.411/183.29, Now #22; Best prior run: 9.362/173.56, Was #34
Right Lane: Michael Lozano Runs 7.898/158.74, Now #34; Best prior run: 7.926/164.29, Was #33
Left Lane: Kurt Matte Runs 7.869/166.91, Now #33; Best prior run: 7.755/168.37, Was #33
Right Lane: Connie Cohen Runs 7.527/176.56, Now #29; Best prior run: 7.672/155.47, Was #32
Cohen moves in the right direction, Matte doesn't.
Left Lane: Greg Underdahl Runs 7.436/179.71, Now #26; Best prior run: 7.476/180.16, Was #27
Right Lane: Cary Phalen Runs 7.448/175.39, Now #27; Best prior run: 7.643/172.23, Was #32
No apparent problems for either rider.
Left Lane: Redell Harris Runs 7.435/179.61, Now #25; Best prior run: 7.429/175.23, Was #25
Right Lane: Keith Freeman No Time, Now #29; Best prior run: 7.510/176.01, Was #29
Freeman broke on the burnout. Harris was pressing the centerline for most of this pass.
Left Lane: Blaine Hale No Time, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.401/176.51, Was #21
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.296/178.80, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.428/171.93, Was #24
Hale broke after the burnout and did not stage the bike.
Left Lane: Gary Tonglet Runs 7.489/176.77, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.390/179.73, Was #21
Right Lane: David Feazell Runs 7.286/181.35, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.413/179.59, Was #24
Feazell improves significantly here, a career best elapsed time and speed.
Left Lane: Chris Reuter Runs 7.366/180.55, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.389/177.44, Was #21
Right Lane: Lloyd Straus Runs 7.472/162.31, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.385/179.59, Was #20
Straus was off the throttle in the lights.
Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.296/181.35, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.337/181.74, Was #17
Right Lane: Tommy Grimes Jr Runs 7.361/177.02, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.383/179.47, Was #20
Johnson bumps his way into the show for now.
Left Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 8.258/114.79, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.262/179.68, Was #8
Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 7.259/179.66, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.338/178.54, Was #18
DeSantis was close to the centerline from half track through about 1000 feet.
Left Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.290/181.98, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.258/181.30, Was #7
Right Lane: John Smith Runs 7.368/177.11, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.319/179.23, Was #18
Smith was trailing smoke from the engine at the finish line.
Left Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.302/181.96, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.249/182.53, Was #6
Right Lane: Fred Camarena Runs 7.332/177.09, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.317/183.22, Was #17
No visible problems for either rider.
Left Lane: Fred Collis Runs 7.245/182.62, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.231/182.28, Was #5
Right Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 8.349/114.98, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.315/180.45, Was #16
Phillips was off the throttle by the 1000-foot mark.
Left Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.291/180.16, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.226/185.54, Was #4
Right Lane: Sean Conner Runs 7.367/178.42, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.289/179.92, Was #12
No problems for either rider.
Left Lane: GT Tonglet Runs 7.182/184.80, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.221/184.67, Was #3
Right Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.270/178.80, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.276/181.25, Was #10
Tonglet puts the V-Rod into the "teens" to move up to the number two position for now.
Right Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.227/181.08, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.213/185.15, Was #3
Gann makes a solo pass to end the session. Angelle Savoie didn't make a pass this round and no one in the pressroom knows why.
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