Sat, 10 Nov 2001, 05:55 PM POMONA 3 - Pro Stock Bike Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Bike at the 37th annual Automobile Club of Southern California 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:

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Left Lane: Brian DeLong Runs 7.464/182.70, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.468/178.52, Was #20
Right Lane: Clarence Markham Runs 7.444/179.95, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.445/180.07, Was #19

2:22 PM Here comes final qualifying for the bikes. The conditions aren't great and it's going to be tough if you are outside the field, looking in. Scott Lewis is on the bump at 7.423. Neither of this pair of riders makes the field.

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Left Lane: Greg Underdahl Runs 7.406/179.49, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.445/180.94, Was #19
Right Lane: Scott Lewis Runs 7.403/180.40, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.423/178.85, Was #16

Lewis remains on the bump but Underdahl's weekend is over.

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Left Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.320/177.39, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.435/178.59, Was #18
Right Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.301/183.15, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.357/183.07, Was #14

DeSantis needs this one but Scali might be safe. DeSantis gets in and bumps Lewis. Scali just misses the top half.

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Left Lane: Jay Matthews Runs 7.452/173.76, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.396/178.54, Was #16
Right Lane: Sam Hurwitz Runs 7.434/180.84, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.351/182.18, Was #15

Both stay in but fail to improve in this session.

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Left Lane: Chris Reuter Runs 7.387/179.47, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.331/180.19, Was #13
Right Lane: Ron Ayers Runs 7.350/182.38, Now #14; Best prior run: 7.348/179.61, Was #14

No improvement.

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Left Lane: Reggie Showers Runs 7.251/185.28, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.322/183.32, Was #12
Right Lane: Fred Camarena Runs 7.361/181.40, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.301/178.40, Was #10

Showers picks up a nickel and six spots in the field. Camarena gets no improvement.

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Left Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.274/181.57, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.285/181.98, Was #9
Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.300/183.27, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.274/185.49, Was #8

Status quo for the pair.

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Left Lane: GT Tonglet Runs 7.229/184.22, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.256/184.47, Was #7
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.275/184.42, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.230/185.72, Was #4

Tonglet moves up a few spots and drops Brown one position.

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Left Lane: Matt Hines Runs 7.274/185.03, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.244/188.65, Was #6
Right Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.257/184.02, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.219/181.86, Was #3

No help.

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Left Lane: Angelle Savoie Runs 7.187/185.79, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.186/184.07, Was #1
Right Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.231/185.49, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.193/186.43, Was #2

That ends qualifying for the bikes. We have Savoie on the pole and Matthews holding on to #16.

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