Victory Motorcycles pros Matt and Angie Smith trying hard to impress bosses in Brainerd
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Victory Motorcycles pros Matt and Angie Smith trying hard to impress bosses in Brainerd
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BRAINERD, Minn. (Aug. 20) -- With more than 180 Polaris and Victory Motorcycle employees
visiting from the Twin Cities, Victory Motorcycles factory riders Matt and Angie
Smith are doing all they can to impress their team sponsors at this weekend's 35th
annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals.
Through four qualifying sessions, Matt has been the stronger of the sport's only
husband/wife professional duo, locking down the No. 6 position overall with a strong
6.879-second pass at 194.66 mph on his Victory Gunner.
"I'm very pleased with everything so far," Matt said. "We were No. 1 qualifier after
the first session and in Q3 we posted our best e.t. and had the fastest run of everyone
out there, so it's hard to ask for more. I think we probably had a 6.86 in it last
night (in Q2), but the bike wouldn't shift into 2nd gear. That's happened enough
times now that I pretty much spent the night reworking my transmission so it won't
happen again.
"You know, it's never good when you have on-and-off rain like we did today. It's
just a drag for everyone, especially here with all our special guests. The silver
lining is we actually got to hang out more with everyone, so that was a nice bonus.
Now we'll shift our attention to race day and see if we can put a Victory in the
winner's circle."
Two-time world champ Matt will open eliminations against veteran rider and fellow
past champion Hector Arana Sr., who qualified 11th with a best pass of 6.917 at
194.94 mph.
It's been a slightly tougher weekend for Angie so far as she's only been able to
squeeze a best of 7.007 at 189.66 out of her identical Gunner.
"I'm having issues getting to 60 feet," she said. "If you don't launch properly,
it just knocks the breath out of your run and that's been where we've stumbled
so far. The guys are zeroing in on a solution, as witnessed by the last qualifying
run, and we hope to record a big ol' upset in Round 1 and take out the No. 1 qualifier.
I know we'll have a lot of Victory supporters pulling for us."
As the final qualifier, Angie will have the dubious honor of facing three-time world
champion Angelle Sampey, who zipped to a 6.830 at 196.64 mph in qualifying on top
of the grid.
"I'll have my hands full for sure," Angie said. "She won Englishtown and was runner-up
in Chicago, so that team is running well, but that won't stop us from trying to
trip her up. She can be beaten, and I'm going to do what I can to knock her off."
Pro Stock Motorcycle eliminations start at noon, Sunday. FOX Sports 1 will air eliminations
live from 1 to 4 p.m. CT, Sunday.
Victory Motorcycles rider Matt Smith locked down the No. 6 position at the Lucas
Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minn., with a strong 6.879 at 194.66 mph on his
Victory Gunner.
Angie Smith squeezed a best of 7.007 at 189.66 out of her Victory Gunner to qualify
for the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minn.
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