Sat, 03 Oct 2026, 17:35 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Reporter

MADISON, Ill. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 15th annual NAPA Auto Parts 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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Left Lane: Geno Scali Runs 6.915/195.42, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.865/194.32, Was #13
Right Lane: Malcolm Phillips Jr. Runs 8.206/121.01, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.895/191.29, Was #14

Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 30.13 inches, adjusted altitude 1,545 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.

Scali with a clean pass, but will not improve.

Phillips Jr pulled in the clutch early.

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Left Lane: Kelly Clontz Runs 6.867/193.18, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.841/198.23, Was #12
Right Lane: Marc Ingwersen Runs 6.921/198.26, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.830/197.10, Was #11

Clontz with another good pass, but will not improve.

Ingwersen with clean pass, but will not improve.

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Left Lane: Clayton Howey Runs 6.792/197.08, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.783/197.88, Was #10
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 6.822/197.39, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.745/199.02, Was #9

Howey is straight down the groove with a good pass.

Johnson with a clean pass, but will not improve.

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Left Lane: Richard Gadson Runs 6.729/202.06, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.733/200.89, Was #7
Right Lane: Chase Van Sant Runs 6.839/200.23, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.742/200.59, Was #8

Gadson kept it hooked up with his quickest pass of the weekend. He will stay in the number seven spot.

Van Sant with a good pass, but will not improve.

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Right Lane: Ryan Oehler Runs 6.699/202.21, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.712/201.19, Was #6

Oehler kept it hooked up to make his quickest pass of the weekend to move up the ladder one spot.

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Left Lane: Joey Gladstone Runs 6.699/202.45, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.695/201.37, Was #3
Right Lane: John Hall Runs 6.759/199.67, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.707/199.26, Was #7

Gladstone kept it hooked up with another good pass.

Hall with another good pass.

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Left Lane: Matt Smith Runs 6.672/203.12, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.663/202.70, Was #1
Right Lane: Gaige Herrera Runs 6.644/202.76, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.666/202.03, Was #2

Smith is straight down the groove with a good pass, but will not improve.

Herrera launched hard and kept it hooked up to make the quickest pass of the season to go to the number one spot. Gaige Herrera's incremental times: 60ft-1.015 sec., 330ft-2.763, 660ft-4.245/165.23 mph, 1,000ft-5.538.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink