AMERICUS, Ga. - Sovereign-Star Racing teammates Scotty Pollacheck and John Hall both claimed round wins and improved qualifying positions at the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals this past weekend in Norwalk, Ohio.

After the team's difficult race in Chicago the week before, the Sovereign-Star Racing crew came back strong this week in Ohio as both motorcycles and racers saw better performance numbers.

"Both bikes, drivers and I did way better than we did at the Route 66 Nationals last week," Star Racing owner George Bryce said, "Scotty, John and I are really starting to 'click' on what we need from each other to put better numbers on the board."

Hall posted his best qualifying position of the season at the No. 6 spot with his 7.016/189.47 run on Saturday.

"It was great to qualify in the top half at No. 6. That was my best qualifying so far this season. The bike was really fast - especially considering what brutal weather we had over the weekend. The heat and humidity were the worst we've seen," Hall said.

"The most amazing thing is that John's No. 6 qualifying spot came with the exact motorcycle, same engine, tire and driver that we used last weekend when he didn't get in the show in Chicago," Bryce said.

Hall went on to defeat Jerry Savoie, the No. 11 qualifier, in Round 1 Eliminations with a 6.987/188.07 against Savoie's 7.076/188.36.  

Halls' teammate, Pollacheck, the No. 10 qualifier, claimed his fourth Round 1 win of the season with a 7.037/188.07 run against No. 7 qualifier LE Tonglet on his GT Racing Suzuki.

"We were paired up with LE Tonglet again for the second time. He's definitely a good racer. You always have to have a good pass when you're racing him, but lucky for us - since he was the No. 7 qualifier - he had a technical issue and we were able to take the win with my quickest pass of the weekend," Pollacheck said.

In Round 2 Eliminations, the Sovereign-Star Racing teammates faced off with the Aranas and their Lucas Oil Buells, with Pollacheck racing Hector Arana and Hall against Arana Jr.

Hall went red against Arana Jr., and Pollacheck's consistent 7.038/187.60 run wasn't enough to take out Arana Sr.'s 6.942/189.87 performance.

Overall, Bryce and his team were encouraged by their steady progress over the course of the weekend.