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Fri, 8 Oct 2004, 01:57 PM

Pro Stock Bike Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Notes from round 2 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: Paul Gast Runs 7.294/184.25, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.324/182.11, Was #15
Right Lane: Neil Jacobs Runs 7.453/176.72, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.593/171.47, Was #25

1:31 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.71 inches, adjusted altitude 1,567 feet, track temperature 100 degrees.
Qualifying started again for the Lucas Oil Nationals after it was delayed by rain back in September. Qualifying started off with the second session for Pro Stock Bike. They got one session finished in September and will get four more sessions this weekend.

Both of these riders had clean runs and improved their places in the order. Joe DeSantis is on the bubble with a 7.327-second bump time.

Left Lane: Ed Krawiec Runs 7.484/178.61, Now #23; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Thomas Miceli Runs 7.551/174.59, Now #25; No Prior Run

Neither rider made a qualifying pass in September. Both had clean runs but neither cracked the top 16.

Left Lane: Chip Ellis Runs 7.519/181.62, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.224/183.34, Was #5
Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.317/185.03, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.357/182.77, Was #18

Ellis's run looked okay but was off pace. He'll stay in the top half of the field. Arana was quick enough to edge his way into the field and is one the bubble now.

Left Lane: Ryan Schnitz Runs 7.293/181.35, Now #15; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.236/183.52, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.327/181.28, Was #17

DeSantis just got bumped by Arana but he had a strong run and not only made it back into the field, he put himself into the number eight spot for now. Schnitz made his first qualifying pass of the even and got himself into the bottom part of the field. Paul Gast is on the bubble now with a 7.294 -second bump time.

Left Lane: Lloyd Straus Runs 7.272/180.09, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.306/179.49, Was #17
Right Lane: Connie Cohen Runs 7.322/177.25, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.556/174.91, Was #27

Both riders were outside the field and both moved up in the order with their laps in this session. Straus moved up enough to get back into the field, Cohen moved up but not enough.

Left Lane: Tommy Grimes Runs 7.278/182.75, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.269/183.10, Was #12
Right Lane: Kurt Matte Runs 7.241/185.10, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.445/180.45, Was #23

Matte was not in the field before this pass. When it was done, Matte was in the number 10 spot in the order and he pushed Grimes down one spot in the order.

Left Lane: Matt Smith Runs 7.144/185.49, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.227/182.75, Was #6
Right Lane: Chip Hunter Runs 7.170/185.79, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.286/181.03, Was #15

This was the first pair of riders in the teens in this session. Both riders had their career best ETs and both moved up in the order. Blaine Hale is on the bubble now with a bump time of 7.288 seconds.

Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.252/183.62, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.406/177.44, Was #22

Berry launched and his bike bounced a little bit at 100 feet. He was quick enough to get into the bottom part of the order and bumped Hale in the process.

Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.218/182.28, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.577/142.66, Was #28
Right Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 7.166/185.46, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.240/187.89, Was #10

Both riders had good runs. Phillips moved up seven spots in the order, Stoffer 21 spots. Tommy Grimes is on the bubble and the bump is 7.269 seconds.

Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.199/187.16, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.251/183.07, Was #14
Right Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.156/187.50, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.212/185.10, Was #6

Both riders moved up in the qualifying order with a pair of nice laps down the track.

Left Lane: GT Tonglet Runs 7.179/180.57, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.236/185.97, Was #11
Right Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.141/185.64, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.339/182.53, Was #23

Treble's Suzuki went down the track quicker than anyone else this session so far. He went from well outside the field into the number two spot in the order. Tonglet moved up four spots.

Left Lane: Angelle Savoie Runs 7.102/182.95, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.243/183.92, Was #15
Right Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.186/185.82, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.223/185.74, Was #11

Savoie moved from near the bottom of the field to the top of the order with a clean pass down the quarter mile. Gann also had a clean lap and moved up two spots in the order.

Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.115/183.15, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.207/183.99, Was #11
Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 7.101/189.50, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.137/186.51, Was #2

Hines just got bumped from the top spot in the order by Savoie. He got the number one spot back by making it down the track in 0.001 seconds quicker than Savoie. Brown moved up eight spots in the order with a quick pass down the track. With three qualifying sessions left, Hines is at the top of the order and Mike Berry is on the bubble with a bump time of 7.252 seconds.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink