BAYTOWN, Texas – After spending the last three weeks working on a new clutch for their Nitro Fish Suzuki Pro Stock Motorcycle, LE Tonglet and Team Tonglet finally had an opportunity to try it in Friday’s opening round of qualifying for Sunday’s O’Reilly Auto Parts Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway.
The results couldn’t have been any better because Tonglet sits in the provisional No. 1 position following a very impressive quarter-mile lap of 6.849 seconds at a career-best 195.95 mph. His first run of 6.912 seconds was fourth-quickest of that session.
“We were trying to dial in the clutch,” Tonglet said, “and it looks like it’s coming around. We are excited about it.
“The track conditions were not as good as you might think, but we were running big numbers out there.”
Karen Stoffer is second at 6.868 seconds going into Saturday’s final two qualifying runs.
The results couldn’t have been any better because Tonglet sits in the provisional No. 1 position following a very impressive quarter-mile lap of 6.849 seconds at a career-best 195.95 mph. His first run of 6.912 seconds was fourth-quickest of that session.
“We were trying to dial in the clutch,” Tonglet said, “and it looks like it’s coming around. We are excited about it.
“The track conditions were not as good as you might think, but we were running big numbers out there.”
Karen Stoffer is second at 6.868 seconds going into Saturday’s final two qualifying runs.
