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2006
FRAM-Autolite NHRA Nationals
Schnitz Solid in Sonoma
"I think overall we're happy with the way we ran today," said
Ryan Schnitz, who sits eighth in the Pro Stock Motorcycle field after day
1 of qualifying for the Fram Autolite Nationals at Infineon Raceway in
Sonoma, California.
qualifying round 1
8th Ryan Schnitz
right lane 7.061 at 189.39
mph
"The .06 was a little squirrely, but the track is really smooth. It's
one of my favorites because it is so smooth and such a nice facility,
"We're running with the S&S fuel injection ECU, the same one we
started running the last race in Denver. So we had limited data for these
weather conditions. We made a slight change in the mapping for the second
round and it was a little lean."
qualifying round 2
8th Ryan Schnitz
left lane 7.110 at 186.15
mph
"We're excited about our motor program. We've basically been running
the same motor for a number of races, but we're gonna try a motor tomorrow
that's been promising on the dyno. So we'll see how well it runs.
"Rob's here with his wife Ruby in the motorhome. She's cooking us up
a feast every night and making us a little heavy on the bike. It makes
this a little more of a personal visit and it makes things a lot easier
and the conditions nicer.
"And the crew's doing a great job. Kurt, Rob, Dad and Sid are all
doing a great job and we should do really well tomorrow."
7.02 Nets Schnitz Eighth
Ryan Schnitz ran a 7.02 in round 4 of Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying for
the Fram Autolite Nationals at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California.
That's a number that would have put Schnitz #1 at many weekends this
summer, but only placed Ryan eighth in Sonoma. Four bikes made 6-second
passes down the wine country quarter mile, making for the quickest PSM
field ever.
qualifying round 3
9th Ryan Schnitz right
lane 8.659 at 107.57 mph
qualifying round 4
8th Ryan Schnitz left
lane 7.025 at 190.81 mph
"We had an ignition trigger failure in the third round, which caused
us to slow down and not make a clean pass," reported Ryan. "We
thought that the third was gonna be the round to actually make your pass,
we didn't think the final round would be better conditions. However, we
were wrong. We ran an .02 with our best guess as to the tune-up because we
didn't have any data from the third round, or not very much usable data.
Unfortunately, the .02 puts us eighth."
Schnitz faces number 9 Craig Treble in round 1 of eliminations. "We
swapped motors after the fourth round of qualifying. We put 'Joey' back
in, and we feel it's gonna be a little bit better for raceday.
"It's a really fast field, a really tight field. We're gonna make the
best of it and see if we can go some rounds. We're gonna do our best and
try hard."
Schnitz's Perfect Light Not
Enough
Ryan Schnitz nailed a perfect .000 light on Craig Treble in round 1 of Pro
Stock Motorcycle eliminations for the NHRA Fram Autolite Nationals at
Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California, but something went away on the
Trim-Tex/Muzzy's Buell and Treble got the winlight. "You can't ask
for any better than a perfect light," said Schnitz. "But on down
the track, the bike just kinda slowed down. We're not really sure if it's
a motor issue, an ignition issue, or what it is for sure. But we're gonna
try and figure that out over the next week and a half or so."
(W) Craig Treble .027
7.069 at 189.20 mph
Ryan Schnitz
.000 7.148 at 186.05 mph
"Thanks to the crew. Rob, Kurt, Sid and Dave all did a great job this
weekend getting the bike ready and doing the job. And thanks to Ruby Muzzy
for cooking us up some great meals this weekend.
"We'll try to regroup and maybe have all three motors in Brainerd to
pick and choose what we want to run. Hopefully we'll get one that shows to
be consistent and powerful and will accept some changes that we give
it." Ryan and the team race next at the Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals at
Brainerd, Minnesota, August 10-13.
Schnitz thanked Trim-Tex Drywall Products, Muzzy's, Schnitz Racing, Bates
Leathers and NGK.
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