MOTORSPORT AMERICA EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS OF THE NHRA PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE ROUNDS AT THUNDER VALLEY!
MT. JULIET, TENNESSE RESIDENT CHRIS BOSTICK IS SEEN HERE PREPARING FOR HIS RUN IN THE NHRA SUPER GRIP THUNDER VALLEY NATIONALS IN BRISTOL, TENNESSEE!
MOTORSPORT AMERICA EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS OF THE PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE COMPETITION OF THE NHRA SUPER GRIP THUNDER VALLEY NATIONALS
by Derek Jackson
Motorsport America traveled to Thunder Valley in Bristol, Tennessee to bring you coverage of the NHRA Super Grip Nationals at Thunder Valley! Please enjoy these exclusive photos brought to you by Motorsport America photographers Fred Hanyon and Doug Lewis!
STRONG STORMS WERE A THREAT ALL WEEKEND AT THUNDER VALLEY THAT INCLUDED SEVERAL RAIN DELAYS DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHERBRAYDEN DAVIS FROM DOUGLAS, GEORGIA PUSHES HIS VANCE & HINES SPONSORED No. 205 SUZUKI PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE BACK TO THE START LINES AFTER HIS BURNOUT IN THUNDER VALLEY!BRAYDEN DAVIS FROM DOUGLAS, GEORGIA DRIVING THE SUZUKI PSM 205 IN THE NEAR LANE BEATS RYAN OEHLER IN QUALIFYING ROUND ONE AT THUNDER VALLEY WITH AN ET OF 6.899 AT 196.67 MPH!TWO SIDES OF THE SAME STORY WITH PHOTOGRAPHERS FROM MOTORSPORT AMERICA CAPTURING THIS RACE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TRACK! BRAYDEN DAVIS FROM DOUGLAS, GEORGIA IN THE FAR LANE BEATS RYAN OEHLER IN QUALIFYING ROUND ONE AT THUNDER VALLEY WITH AN ET OF 6.899 AT 196.67 MPH!SIX TIME PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE CHAMPION MATT SMITH RUNS HIS DENSO BUELL RUNS DOWN THE TRACK AT THUNDER VALLEY! THE KING, NORTH CAROLINA RESIDENT IS MARRIED TO PSM RIDER ANGIE SMITH AND HIS FATHER RICKIE IS A NHRA PRO MOD SERIES CHAMPION IN HIS OWN RIGHT, AS WELL!DESPITE MATT SMITH’S EARLY LEAD, STEVE JOHNSON IN THE NEAR LANE WON THE Q3 PSM ROUND IN THUNDER VALLEY TENNESSEE!NHRA PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE DRIVER ANGIE SMITH READIES FOR HER RUN IN THUNDER VALLEY AS HER HUSBAND, TEAMMATE AND CREW CHIEF MATT SMITH LOOKS ON!ANGIE SMITH TAKES ON STEVE JOHNSON IN PSM Q1 AS SHE WINS THE RACE WITH A 6.907 AT 196.53!JIANNA EVARISTO IN THE NEAR LANE RIDING FOR JOHNSON’S HORESPOWERED GARAGE GOT THE JUMP ON JOHN HALL AND WON THE Q1 ROUND BY A BLINK OF AN EYE WITH AN ET OF 6.963 TO HALL’S 7.000!CHASE VAN SANT IN THE FAR LANE GETS THE JUMP ON RYAN OEHLER IN THE PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE Q2 ROUND. VAN SANT WON THE RACE WITH AN ET OF 6.956 AND A SPEED OF 193.96 MPH!DOUBLE BLACKED-OUT BIKES RUNNING IN THUNDER VALLEY AS MARC INGWERSEN IN THE NEAR LANE BESTS CHARLES POSKEY WITH A TIME OF 6.941 IN Q3!GAIGE HERRERA IN THE FAR LANE IS SEEN HERE TAKING ON CHRIS BOSTICK IN THE ALL WHITE. THE TWO TIME NHRA PSM WORLD CHAMPION HERRERA WON THE Q3 ROUND WITH AN ET OF 6.876 TO BOSTICK’S 6.992!RICHARD GADSON IN THE FAR LANE vs CHASE VAN SANT IN PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE COMPETITION. GADSON CLAIMED THIS ROUND WITH AN ET OF 5.759 AND WENT ON TO WIN THE PSM DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP AGAINST HIS TEAMMATE, TWO TIME NHRA PSM WORLD CHAMPION GAIGE HERRERA AT THUNDER VALLEY IN BRISTOL, TENNESSEE!
