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Sat, 9 Oct 2004, 02:53 PM

Pro Stock Bike Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from final, round 5 qualifying in Pro Stock Bike at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual Lucas Oil NHRA 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: Bruce Dickson Runs 15.200/48.85, Now #26; Best prior run: 8.653/151.97, Was #26

2:29 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 29.50 inches, adjusted altitude 1,578 feet, track temperature 80 degrees.

Dickson launched and his bike shut down by the time he reached the 330 foot marker.

Left Lane: Thomas Miceli No Time, Now #25; Best prior run: 7.472/176.24, Was #25

Miceli broke at the starting line. He will not make the field.

Left Lane: Neil Jacobs Runs 13.217/66.39, Now #24; Best prior run: 7.433/177.18, Was #24
Right Lane: Ryan Schnitz Runs 7.290/185.79, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.263/183.82, Was #21

Jacobs' bike lost power at mid track. Schnitz made it down the track but was not quick enough to make the field.

Left Lane: Connie Cohen Runs 8.858/103.30, Now #23; Best prior run: 7.322/177.25, Was #23
Right Lane: Tommy Grimes Runs 7.315/182.40, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.262/185.56, Was #20

Neither rider was quick enough to crack the top 16.

Left Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.273/180.67, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.299/184.32, Was #22
Right Lane: Ed Krawiec Runs 7.316/182.53, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.254/182.11, Was #19

Both riders will be going home early because neither was quick enough to qualify for eliminations.

Left Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.201/184.04, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.252/183.62, Was #18
Right Lane: Lloyd Straus Runs 7.251/182.55, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.238/182.90, Was #17

Berry had his quickest pass of the weekend and made it into the field, bumping Joe DeSantis in the process. Kurt Matte is on the bubble with a bump time of 7.221.

Left Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.252/182.70, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.231/183.34, Was #17
Right Lane: GT Tonglet Runs 7.202/187.96, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.179/180.57, Was #14

DeSantis was just bumped from the field and this was his chance to get back into the field. He had a good run but was not quick enough to make the field. Tonglet was not as quick as he was in the fourth session and will not change his place in the order.

Left Lane: Kurt Matte Runs 7.268/183.10, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.221/185.49, Was #16
Right Lane: Paul Gast Runs 7.168/186.43, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.151/185.89, Was #10

Matte was not as quick as he was earlier today. He's still on the bubble but there's no one left who can bump him, so he'll be back for eliminations. Gast slowed from his fourth session ET and stayed in the same place in the order.

Left Lane: Chip Hunter Runs 7.237/179.92, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.170/185.79, Was #13

Hunter was slower than he was earlier today and did not move up in the order.

Left Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.158/186.20, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.166/186.61, Was #12
Right Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 9.264/93.41, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.125/186.48, Was #6

Gann had a clean run but did not change his place in the order. Stoffer launched okay but started slowing at about 300 feet.

Left Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.134/186.15, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.156/187.50, Was #11
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.146/186.43, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.124/187.50, Was #5

Scali moved up four spots with his quickest lap of the weekend. Johnson stayed right were he was in the qualifying order.

Left Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 7.158/182.55, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.146/186.25, Was #10
Right Lane: Chip Ellis No Time, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.123/183.27, Was #4

Ellis launched, went about two feet and the bike shut down. Phillips had a nice run but was not as quick as he was in the third session.

Left Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.184/184.83, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.139/182.48, Was #8
Right Lane: Angelle Savoie Runs 7.072/188.67, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.102/182.95, Was #3

Savoie moved up into the number two spot in the order with her quickest pass of the weekend. Treble's run looked good too but did not affect his starting position.

Left Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 7.090/191.35, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.089/193.57, Was #3
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.100/187.16, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.057/187.57, Was #1

This was a pair of good rounds but neither rider improved their starting position. At the end of qualifying, Antron Brown was in the top spot with a 7.057-second ET, followed by Angelle Savoie and Andrew Hines.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink