Angie Smith shrugs off stress, records career-best run on Victory Gunner
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contact: Rob Geiger (832) 971-9345 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Angie Smith shrugs off stress, records career-best run on Victory Gunner ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SONOMA, Calif. (July 30) -- Going into the final round of qualifying for this weekend's Toyota NHRA Sonoma Nationals, Victory Motorcycles rider Angie Smith was three spots outside the 16-bike field in Pro Stock Motorcycle. But despite the pressure and a calamitous sequence of events leading up to her final run, Smith held herself together like a pro, making her fans proud with her best run ever on a Victory Gunner to earn a spot in the quickest field ever assembled. "I think from now on I'm just gonna do Q4," Smith joked after her impressive 6.880-second pass at 194.41 mph. "I'm just going to sit out Friday's two sessions and Saturday's first one and just roll out for Q4. "This was so stressful. First, Matthew's bike didn't shift in the Pro Bike Battle (contested right before the final qualifying session), so when he got back to the pit we had to change his valve springs and we were on the fence as to whether to pull his transmission or not. I was helping the guys do that, and they only gave us 15 minutes to turn his bike around for Q4. That's almost impossible. "I jump in and start helping, and it seemed like a minute later they call us to the staging lanes. We didn't even have a fuel-injection map for my bike. Then we are rolling up there, and my beautiful new helmet hit the ground and it was just total chaos. I was sitting there in the staging lanes going, 'Do I even need to make this pass?' " It's a good thing she did because it ended up being her best ever on her Victory Gunner, and it earned her a spot in this history-making field. "I told myself, 'I've got a job to do. and I just have to go out there and go A to B. If I can do my job and go A to B and shift on time, then I've done all I can do at this point.' "I'm excited because this give us a lot of momentum. Probably the motor we had in the first three passes might not have been up to par. Maybe it was hurt; I don't know. I'm just glad we made the decision to change it, and I think we have a great tune-up for race day tomorrow because this is the first pass on this motor, and usually they get better and better." Pro Stock Motorcycle eliminations start around noon, Sunday. FOX will carry the action live from 1 to 4 p.m. PT, Sunday. 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