Fri, 25 Oct 2002, 08:31 PM Pro Stock Bike Qualifying Notes, Session #1

By Darryl Jackman

LAS VEGAS - Notes from round 1 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, and position in order following run:

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Left Lane: Sean Conner Runs 7.406/185.46, Now #1
Right Lane: Jerry Jankanish Runs 7.658/177.39, Now #2

First pair of bike are in the box. Nice opening passes.

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Left Lane: Redell Harris No Time, Now #4
Right Lane: Jay Matthews Runs 7.606/173.83, Now #2

Harris has problems and has to be pushed away. Matthews gets a baseline.

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Left Lane: Lloyd Straus Runs 7.709/177.25, Now #4
Right Lane: GT Tonglet No Time, Now #5

Tonglet also gets pushed away as something fails in the burnout. Straus gets his first of the weekend.

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Left Lane: Blaine Hale Runs 7.478/177.81, Now #2
Right Lane: David Feazell Runs 7.554/175.21, Now #3

Feazell gets the first Harley pass of the weekend and runs well. Hale was just a tick behind.

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Left Lane: Karen Stoffer Runs 7.397/180.09, Now #1
Right Lane: Brian DeLong Runs 7.528/183.82, Now #4

Stoffer goes all the way to the top of the pile on this one. That moves Conner down to #2. DeLong is top half material on his run. Not a lot of air here in Las Vegas.

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Left Lane: Scott Lewis Runs 7.565/177.51, Now #6
Right Lane: Sam Hurwitz Runs 7.612/178.05, Now #8

Lewis rode the center stripe from half track on as his bike drifted over there early in the run. Hurwitz also gets a good opener.

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Left Lane: Joe DeSantis Runs 7.491/181.91, Now #5
Right Lane: Andrew Hines Runs 7.343/181.91, Now #1

Andrew Hines goes low to this point in the first round. DeSantis trailed by a pretty good margin at the finish. Amazing how big a tenth of a second is.

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Left Lane: Chris Reuter Runs 7.514/182.16, Now #6
Right Lane: Fred Camarena Runs 8.650/108.11, Now #14

Camarena sits up after half track. Couldn't see what was wrong. Reuter with a full pass.

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Left Lane: Michael Phillips No Time, Now #16
Right Lane: Thomas Miceli Runs 7.453/170.90, Now #4

Rookie of the Year candidate Miceli is in the top half. Phillips breaks.

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Left Lane: Steve Johnson No Time, Now #18
Right Lane: John Smith Runs 7.392/184.57, Now #2

Johnson has a problem in the reconditioned left lane after a long cleanup. He gets help backing the bike into the burnout area. Smith goes all the way to #2.

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Left Lane: Mike Berry Runs 7.408/181.42, Now #5
Right Lane: Reggie Showers Runs 7.479/181.64, Now #8

Hines remains #1 but both of these riders are now top half.

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Left Lane: Geno Scali Runs 7.515/185.54, Now #12
Right Lane: Shawn Gann Runs 7.377/182.92, Now #2

Gann was all over the right lane but still manages to fall in behind Andrew Hines. Scali has a baseline and I don't think that time will hold through another session. Matthews is on the bump with a 7.606.

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Left Lane: Matt Hines Runs 7.292/184.42, Now #1
Right Lane: Antron Brown Runs 7.416/177.46, Now #8

Brown's bike loses fire before the burnout and it takes a bit of time to get it refired. Brown is motioned forward and will run without the tire frying bit. He's very loose off the line but still gets a nice pass. Hines, on the other hand has no problems and takes the top spot away from his brother.

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Left Lane: Craig Treble Runs 7.326/182.11, Now #2
Right Lane: Angelle Savoie No Time, Now #24

Savoie seemed to bump the bike forward before the tree came down and will get no time. Treble bumpAndrew Hines down another spot. That's the end of the first session.

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