Fri, 13 May 2016, 16:40 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Dave Rowe

COMMERCE, Ga. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 36th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals listing lane, rider name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Right Lane: Joe DeSantis No Time, Now #1

4:15 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 29.18 inches, adjusted altitude 3,048 feet, track temperature 125 degrees.

The timing system stopped when DeSantis crossed the 1000 foot mark and he will not get a time on this pass.

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Left Lane: Cory Reed Runs 6.952/190.38, Now #1
Right Lane: David Hope Runs 7.108/186.82, Now #2

Reed makes a decent pass for the conditions. Hope was falling behind all the way through the run.

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Right Lane: Lance Bonham Runs 7.251/183.64, Now #3

Katie Sullivan was supposed to be in this pair but failed to show.

Bonham drifted to the left early and hugged the centerline through the rest of the run.

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Left Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 6.977/193.88, Now #2
Right Lane: Hector Arana Jr Runs 7.041/192.00, Now #3

Phillips gets in the sixes and moves into the second spot for now. Arana made a clean pass but was falling behind all the way through the run.

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Left Lane: Angie Smith Runs 7.038/187.34, Now #4
Right Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.026/190.89, Now #3

A good side-by-side, Smith and Gann were glued together all the way through the run. Gann gets in the third spot for now, Smith in fourth.

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Left Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.005/190.70, Now #3
Right Lane: Brian Pretzel Runs 11.003/73.60, Now #9

Pretzel made a quick move to the left and was off the throttle early. Berry makes a clean pass and gets in the third spot for now.

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Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 6.937/194.04, Now #1
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.026/190.24, Now #6

Stoffer moved around a little early in the run but makes the best pass of the round so far to take the top spot for now. Johnson makes a clean, straight pass and gets in the sixth spot for now.

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Left Lane: Melissa Surber Runs 6.966/192.17, Now #3
Right Lane: Scotty Pollacheck Runs 7.036/190.81, Now #8

Surber makes a clean pass and gets in the third spot for now.

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Left Lane: Jim Underdahl Runs 7.196/161.87, Now #13
Right Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 6.943/190.81, Now #2

Sampey makes a good pass to get in the second spot for now. Underdahl was off the throttle early.

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Left Lane: Matt Smith Runs 7.178/160.84, Now #13
Right Lane: Michael Ray Runs 10.046/97.98, Now #16

Ray's bike bogged at the hit and was struggling all the way through the run. Smith had problems late and was off the throttle early.

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Left Lane: LE Tonglet Runs 6.910/193.63, Now #1
Right Lane: Jerry Savoie Runs 7.000/193.05, Now #7

Savoie gets about 600 feet out and a piece of his exhaust comes off. Tonglet makes an impressive pass and takes over the top spot.

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Left Lane: Chip Ellis Runs 6.949/190.89, Now #5
Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 6.940/192.19, Now #3

A good side-by-side, both right down the groove. Ellis got out in front early, then Arana pulled away on the top end. Arana moves into the third spot for now, Ellis in the fifth.

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Left Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.952/191.84, Now #7
Right Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 6.918/192.80, Now #2

Krawiec makes a clean pass and moves into the second spot. Hines bike wiggled around early in the run and he ends up in the seventh spot to end this session.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink