Sat, 28 Sep 2019, 18:38 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, eighth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest 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:

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Right Lane: Jianna Salinas Runs 7.160/186.23, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.209/185.92, Was #16

5:17 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 66 percent, barometer 29.52 inches, adjusted altitude 2,871 feet.

Salinas made a little move off the line and had to fight it to get it to stay in the groove. She goes through the lights, the bike tries to drift to the right and she has to really lean to keep it off the wall. She makes her best pass of the weekend but stays in the 16th spot.

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Left Lane: Scotty Pollacheck Runs 6.900/195.03, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.890/195.14, Was #10
Right Lane: Andie Rawlings No Time, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.140/185.05, Was #15

Rawlings gets out of the groove early and starts drifting to the left. She tries to keep it off the line but takes out the timing blocks at the end of the track.

Pollacheck goes down the groove with a decent pass but doesn't improve.

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Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 6.894/194.27, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.886/195.76, Was #9
Right Lane: Hector Arana Jr Runs 6.939/194.94, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.963/195.93, Was #13

Arana goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up a spot in the order. Stoffer makes a clean pass but doesn't improve.

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Left Lane: Ryan Oehler Runs 6.945/195.48, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.886/196.44, Was #8
Right Lane: Kelly Clontz Runs 6.957/192.11, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.941/192.96, Was #13

Oehler makes a decent pass but can't improve. Clontz slows and stays in the 13th spot.

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Left Lane: Angelle Sampey Runs 6.902/191.51, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.874/192.77, Was #7
Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 6.940/193.65, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.937/195.36, Was #11

Sampey makes a decent pass but doesn't improve. Arana drifts to the left early in the run but is able to keep it off the centerline.

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Left Lane: Jerry Savoie Runs 6.893/194.91, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.869/196.13, Was #5
Right Lane: Angie Smith Runs 6.900/194.55, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.874/196.96, Was #6

Savoie makes a clean, straight pass but doesn't improve. Smith makes a good run but doesn't improve.

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Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 6.888/193.93, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.838/196.02, Was #2
Right Lane: Eddie Krawiec Runs 6.873/194.86, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.859/194.97, Was #4

Krawiec makes the quickest pass of the round so far but doesn't improve. Johnson makes another good pass but doesn't improve.

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Left Lane: Matt Smith Runs 8.693/104.72, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.801/198.93, Was #1
Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 6.863/195.05, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.851/195.82, Was #3

Hines goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the round so far and picks up three bonus points.

Smith has problems and is off the throttle a little early. He qualifies in the top spot for the fourth time this year and the 35th time in his career.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink