Sat, Oct 31, 05:09 PM BAYTOWN - Pro Stock Bike Qualifying Notes, Session # 3

By Michael L. Jex A Pair of 7.20's In Round Three

BAYTOWN, Texas - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Pro Stock Bike at the 2nd Annual Matco Tools Supernationals, 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: Antron Brown Runs 7.399/179.28 Now # 6, (Best prior run: 7.402/181.23 Was # 6)
Right Lane: Brian Ayers Runs 7.538/173.04 Now #11, (Best prior run: 7.500/182.55 Was #11)

10:41 AM The fans have already been treated to some great performances this morning in the sportsman categories. The track has been freshly prepped for this next to last round of Pro Stock Bike qualifying.

Brown tucks early and improves.

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Left Lane: Larry Cook Runs 7.543/176.36 Now #12, (Best prior run: 7.503/179.35 Was #12)
Right Lane: Gary Tonglet Runs 7.493/179.31 Now #10, (Best prior run: 7.472/179.06 Was #10)

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Left Lane: John Smith Runs 7.437/180.32 Now # 2, (Best prior run: 7.335/188.04 Was # 2)
Right Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.577/154.50 Now #14, (Best prior run: 7.577/175.23 Was #14)

Smith's wind-aided mph from round one is a new track record here, and just a few ticks away from the National Record.

1.15 60 foot time for Smith, he spun the tire pretty hard at the launch. Treble slowed slowed at the top end of the track.

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Left Lane: Matt Hines Runs 7.282/184.72 Now # 1, (Best prior run: 7.312/183.86 Was # 1)
Right Lane: Angelle Seeling Runs 7.293/183.74 Now # 2, (Best prior run: 7.355/180.18 Was # 4)

Matt was disappointed with his run last night, but got the run he was looking for here. For trivia buffs, Angelle got to the finish line first after a .40x reaction time.

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Left Lane: Horace Wright Runs 7.807/172.51 Now #18, (Best prior run: 7.912/162.07 Was #18)
Right Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.718/173.47 Now #15, (Best prior run: 7.695/177.47 Was #15)

DeSantis made a move towards the guardrail at the launch....

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Left Lane: Blaine Hale Runs 12.643/ 65.59 Now #19, (Best prior run: 8.338/161.43 Was #19)
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.423/186.25 Now # 7, (Best prior run: 7.407/186.91 Was # 7)

Steve runs big speed yet again this round. Hale sat up just past the 330-foot mark.

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Left Lane: Chris Reuter Runs 8.126/145.60 Now #16, (Best prior run: 7.699/176.64 Was #16)
Right Lane: Fumiki Tanaka Runs 7.866/172.77 Now #17, (Best prior run: 7.765/178.35 Was #17)

Reuter drifted towards the wall and had to get out of the throttle.

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Left Lane: Jorge Mendoza Runs 8.213/154.82 Now #20, (Best prior run: 9.260/101.05 Was #20)
Right Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.642/177.23 Now #15, (No prior time)

Mendoza's bike is sporting the National colors for his home country of Mexico, and is getting sponsorship help from a local Motel 6 here in Baytown this weekend.

Scali had to get a new wheelie bar shipped in last night, and it paid off, he bumps Chris Reuter out of the program with that run.

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Left Lane: Tony Mullen Runs 7.382/180.46 Now # 4, (Best prior run: 7.349/185.95 Was # 4)
Right Lane: David Schultz Runs 7.436/180.03 Now # 5, (Best prior run: 7.359/180.32 Was # 5)

Mullen was leaning right, Schultz to the left a good way down the track.

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Left Lane: Hector Arana Runs 9.305/100.71 Now #13, (Best prior run: 7.525/178.25 Was #13)
Right Lane: Greg Underdahl Runs 7.467/181.48 Now # 9, (Best prior run: 7.471/182.37 Was # 9)

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Left Lane: Ron Ayers Runs 8.178/125.87 Now # 8, (Best prior run: 7.417/177.51 Was # 8)

Ron had trouble getting the bike into third gear, the bike hit the rev-limiter and started moving around. He sat up almost immediately after that.

Round three ends with Matt Hines and Angelle Seeling breaking into the 7.20's zone, and Joe Santis is sitting on the bubble.

11:01 AM