Fri, Oct 30, 08:02 PM BAYTOWN - Pro Stock Bike Qualifying Notes, Session # 1

By Michael L. Jex Hines Clinches Title

BAYTOWN, Texas - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Pro Stock Bike at the 2nd Annual Matco Tools Supernationals, listing lane, driver name, elapsed time, over/under index, position in order following run: class and class index.

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Left Lane: Blaine Hale No Time Psn # 2
Right Lane: Fumiki Tanaka Runs 7.765/178.35 Psn # 1

12:37 PM Tanaka gets a single after Hale breaks after the burnout.

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Left Lane: Chris Reuter Runs 7.831/177.76 Psn # 3
Right Lane: David Schultz Runs 7.408/181.34 Psn # 1

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Left Lane: Tony Mullen Runs 7.349/185.95 Psn # 1
Right Lane: Greg Underdahl No Time Psn # 5

Underdahl left before the tree was activated, and got no times as a result. Nice run for Mullen

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Left Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.585/178.04 Psn # 4
Right Lane: Brian Ayers Runs 7.500/182.55 Psn # 3

Ayers moved around in the middle of the track on his Matco Tools sponsored Suzuki.

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Left Lane: Ron Ayers Runs 7.432/178.39 Psn # 3
Right Lane: Gary Tonglet Runs 7.481/179.10 Psn # 4

Ayers was leaning hard to the right all the way down the track.

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.402/181.23 Psn # 2
Right Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.577/175.23 Psn # 7

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Left Lane: Larry Cook Runs 7.503/179.35 Psn # 7
Right Lane: Angelle Seeling No Time Psn #13

The track record is currently a 7.345 at 183.78, Tony Mullen has already bested John Smith's speed record.

Angelle had a 1.125 60 foot time, then must have broken a chain or something, the bike pitched Angelle forward suddenly. She recovered very quickly then looked back at her crew to see what might have happened.

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Left Lane: John Smith Runs 7.335/188.04 Psn # 1
Right Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.695/177.47 Psn #11

John reset both ends of the track record on that pass. Smith's speed is close to the National Speed record.

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Left Lane: Matt Hines Runs 7.312/183.86 Psn # 1
Right Lane: Redell Harris Runs 7.720/176.50 Psn #13

Hines only need to qualify here in Houston to clinch the 1998 title. He does so easily resetting the track record again in the process.

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Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.407/186.91 Psn # 5

We end round one with Matt Hines on the pole, a run that clinched the championship for 1998. It won't be official till qualifying has been completed tomorrow.