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Sat, 14 Nov 2026, 19:27 PM

Pro Stock Motorcycle Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Dave Rowe

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 61st annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals 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:

Right Lane: Alex Laughlin Runs 9.482/88.57, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.577/138.54, Was #16

4:08 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 67 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,166 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Laughlin gets to half track and the bike goes silent, not sure why.

Left Lane: Brad Hawkes Runs 10.725/154.14, Now #17; Best prior run: 8.909/135.92, Was #17
Right Lane: Chris Bostick Runs 6.834/197.36, Now #11; Best prior run: 6.863/194.72, Was #13

Hawkes leaves the line, makes a quick move toward the wall and has to back off of the throttle. Bostick goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and he moves up to the 11th spot for now.

Left Lane: Malcolm Phillips Jr. Runs 6.872/190.22, Now #15; Best prior run: 6.890/192.74, Was #15
Right Lane: GT Tonglet Runs 6.882/196.33, Now #13; Best prior run: 6.854/198.06, Was #13

Phillips makes his quickest pass of the weekend but he stays in the 15th spot. Tonglet makes a decent pass but doens't improve.

Left Lane: Marc Ingwersen Runs 6.903/184.67, Now #14; Best prior run: 6.868/196.50, Was #14
Right Lane: Geno Scali Runs 6.949/196.02, Now #12; Best prior run: 6.835/197.59, Was #12

Ingwersen makes a decent pass but he doesn't improve. No improvement for Scali.

Left Lane: Chase Van Sant Runs 6.818/198.61, Now #10; Best prior run: 6.802/199.40, Was #10
Right Lane: John Hall Runs 6.812/198.15, Now #9; Best prior run: 6.796/199.76, Was #9

A good side-by-side, both down the groove with decent runs but neither rider improves.

Chase Van Sant's incremental times: 60ft-1.059 sec., 330ft-2.859, 660ft-4.372/162.14 mph, 1,000ft-5.690.

John Hall's incremental times: 60ft-1.075 sec., 330ft-2.866, 660ft-4.374/162.72 mph, 1,000ft-5.685.

Left Lane: Angie Smith Runs 6.782/199.14, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.771/199.02, Was #7
Right Lane: Steve Johnson No Time, Now #8; Best prior run: 6.793/197.59, Was #8

Smith makes another good run but she doesn't improve. Johnson hits the throttle and the bike goes dead right off of the line.

Left Lane: Clayton Howey Runs 6.828/195.79, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.755/198.64, Was #5
Right Lane: Joey Gladstone Runs 6.836/197.86, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.756/200.00, Was #6

Howey makes a good run but he doesn't improve. Gladstone with his slowest run of the weekend.

Left Lane: Ryan Oehler Runs 7.203/147.07, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.747/199.35, Was #4
Right Lane: Matt Smith Runs 6.752/200.53, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.732/201.46, Was #3

Oehler started drifting to the right, gets about 800 feet out and has to back off of the throttle. Smith makes a decent run but doesn't improve.

Left Lane: Gaige Herrera Runs 6.705/200.89, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.673/201.76, Was #1
Right Lane: Richard Gadson Runs 6.739/200.17, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.713/200.00, Was #2

Herrera goes down the roove with the quickest run of the session and picks up another point on Gadson. Gadson makes the second quickest pass of the round.

Gaige Herrera's incremental times: 60ft-1.016 sec., 330ft-2.786, 660ft-4.283/163.77 mph, 1,000ft-5.588.

Richard Gadson's incremental times: 60ft-1.023 sec., 330ft-2.803, 660ft-4.307/163.16 mph, 1,000ft-5.618.

This is the sixth start from the number one spot for Herrera this year, the 37th time in his career.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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