Thu, 11 Nov 1999, 05:38 PM POMONA - Pro Stock Bike Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Larry Sullivan New Track ET Record

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 1 qualifying in Pro Stock Bike at the 35th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals listing lane, rider name, elapsed time, top speed, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.383/181.94, Now #1
Right Lane: Rob Korn Runs 8.136/157.19, Now #2

2:18 PM Bob Frey has described Steve's Neon Yellow driving outfit as the "human highlighter". The bright outfit is blazing in the California sunshine today.

Korn's Harley sounded sour at the start, but cleared up quickly.

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Left Lane: Angelle Seeling Runs 7.259/182.92, Now #1
Right Lane: Brian Ayers Runs 7.504/176.93, Now #3

1.09 60-foot time for Angelle and team Winston. She ran close to the track and event record here, just .009 too slow.

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Left Lane: Matt Hines Runs 7.225/182.45, Now #1
Right Lane: Fred Camarena Runs 7.532/174.98, Now #5

Angelle came close, but Matt broke the track record ET record with that pass.

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Left Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.329/178.50, Now #3
Right Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.434/180.74, Now #5

DeSantis had to lean to the right after his Suzuki got over near the centerline past the 60-foot marker.

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Left Lane: Ron Ayers Runs 7.453/179.09, Now #6
Right Lane: Brian DeLong Runs 7.536/174.50, Now #9

Neither driver will like their 1.15 plus second 60-foot times....

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Left Lane: Larry Cook Runs 7.580/177.63, Now #11
Right Lane: Tony Mullen Runs 7.449/182.18, Now #6

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Left Lane: Chris Reuter Runs 7.490/177.32, Now #9
Right Lane: David Schultz Runs 7.286/184.12, Now #3

Schultz runs top speed (so far) of the event on that pass, right down the middle of the right lane.

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Left Lane: Gary Tonglet Runs 7.454/178.17, Now #9
Right Lane: Lori Francis Runs 7.827/165.60, Now #15

Lori's Harley shows more improvement, a 1.12 60-foot time, followed by a pretty good ET for the St. Louis driver.

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.242/184.80, Now #2
Right Lane: Blaine Hale Runs 7.542/176.53, Now #15

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Left Lane: Greg Underdahl Runs 7.437/185.82, Now #8
Right Lane: Hector Arana Runs 7.562/175.37, Now #17

Arana's Suzuki "wiggles" off the starting line, just missing the 7.542 bump spot of Blaine Hale. 2:32 PM