Sat, 26 Oct 2002, 09:15 PM Pro Stock Bike Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By Bob Orme

LAS VEGAS - Notes from final, round 4 qualifying in Pro Stock Bike at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals 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: Jerry Jankanish Runs 7.620/173.58, Now #27; Best prior run: 7.589/178.87, Was #27
Right Lane: Redell Harris Runs 7.651/178.54, Now #28; Best prior run: 7.596/176.84, Was #28

Neither rider is able to step it up enough to move into the field. The bump is 7.408 seconds.

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Left Lane: David Feazell Runs 7.518/173.47, Now #24; Best prior run: 7.546/180.62, Was #25

Feazell's quickest pass of the weekend, but it isn't good enough.

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Left Lane: Brian DeLong Runs 7.504/178.17, Now #23; Best prior run: 7.528/183.82, Was #25

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Left Lane: GT Tonglet Runs 7.560/174.35, Now #21; Best prior run: 7.476/176.56, Was #21
Right Lane: Lloyd Straus Runs 7.640/178.85, Now #22; Best prior run: 7.499/181.40, Was #22

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Left Lane: Jay Matthews Runs 7.451/182.48, Now #19; Best prior run: 7.473/182.65, Was #20
Right Lane: Blaine Hale Runs 7.476/176.60, Now #20; Best prior run: 7.451/175.98, Was #19

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Left Lane: Thomas Miceli Runs 7.419/182.70, Now #13; Best prior run: 7.394/184.25, Was #12
Right Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.391/183.02, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.435/173.16, Was #18

DeSantis bumps his way into the field.

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Left Lane: Reggie Showers Runs 7.382/185.23, Now #11; Best prior run: 7.386/180.89, Was #11
Right Lane: Steve Johnson Runs 7.423/179.14, Now #18; Best prior run: 7.426/179.95, Was #18

Johnson fails to qualify, an unusual situation for him.

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Left Lane: Sam Hurwitz Runs 7.427/177.79, Now #9; Best prior run: 7.376/183.72, Was #9
Right Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.461/181.01, Now #17; Best prior run: 7.408/181.42, Was #17

Berry is another rider who has typically managed to make the field this season. It will not happen today.

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Left Lane: Fred Camarena Runs 7.376/180.21, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.376/184.35, Was #8
Right Lane: Sean Conner Runs 7.390/183.69, Now #12; Best prior run: 7.406/185.46, Was #16

Conner moves off the bubble with this pass.

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Left Lane: John Smith Runs 9.003/101.26, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.366/186.20, Was #7
Right Lane: Michael Phillips Runs 8.577/110.89, Now #16; Best prior run: 7.400/180.45, Was #16

Both bikes went silent shortly after half track.

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Left Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 7.357/185.15, Now #6; Best prior run: 7.343/181.91, Was #6
Right Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.444/181.86, Now #15; Best prior run: 7.397/180.09, Was #15

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Left Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.319/187.78, Now #5; Best prior run: 7.331/187.36, Was #5
Right Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.393/181.72, Now #10; Best prior run: 7.380/185.95, Was #10

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Left Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.336/184.47, Now #4; Best prior run: 7.302/184.07, Was #4
Right Lane: Craig Treble No Time, Now #3; Best prior run: 7.280/182.38, Was #3

Treble's bike stalled during the burnout and they pushed him off the line.

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Left Lane: Angelle Savoie Runs 7.260/183.89, Now #2; Best prior run: 7.229/183.12, Was #2
Right Lane: Matt Hines Runs 7.217/191.08, Now #1; Best prior run: 7.225/189.18, Was #1

Hines resets both ends of the track record to end this round of PSB qualifying.

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