Treble rides four-wide to No. 8 in Concord qualifying

DON SCHUMACHER RACING
2010 NHRA FULL THROTTLE DRAG RACING SERIES
Round 2 of 17 - Pro Stock Motorcycle
Inaugural NHRA Four-Wide Nationals
zMAX Dragway
Concord, N.C.
March 26-28, 2010

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TREBLE RIDES FOUR-WIDE TO NO. 8 IN CONCORD QUALIFYING

CONCORD, N.C. (March 27, 2010) - Craig Treble rode the Valvoline Motorcycle
Oils Suzuki Pro Stock Motorcycle into the No. 8 spot in qualifying for the
Inaugural Four-Wide NHRA Nationals at zMax Dragway.

He posted his quickest lap of 6.954 seconds at 189.95 mph in the final
session, which followed a 7.196/185.41 (No. 16) and 6.991/189.04 (No. 7) on
Friday. Earlier today, he clocked a 9.710/88.83 (No. 8).

"We had a two-step malfunction in Q3 today," said Treble, "so it didn't work
right. I ended up leaving on the high side, so we launched this thing at
over 13,000 rpm, and it was a wild ride. I was on for one hell of a ride.

"Steve (Tartaglia, crew chief) had a good tune-up, and basically had the
same tune-up in it for the fourth hit, and ran a .95. After we came back
Steve checked out the engine and he saw a couple of things he didn't like,
so we just pulled the motor out and put our Gainesville motor back in and
hopefully we'll have something for them tomorrow.

"This four-wide racing is different. You can't say anything bad about it,
because it's so new. You just have to get used to it. It's different.

"It's like a light show out there when everybody's trying to stage up,
because everybody's trying to get in real fast and it seems like all four
guys seem to stage at the same time. It's just, Whoa, so the last hit I just
kind of went in slow, let everybody roll on in there, made sure everybody
was in, and then I went in.

"You have to be careful about that because you don't want to time yourself
out. It's a double-edged sword.

"We have only 10 passes on this bike, so we're still learning."

Treble faces Matt Smith, Douglas Horne and Junior Pippin in the four-wide
opening round of Sunday's eliminations.

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