Sun, 08 Nov 2026, 12:34 PM Sportsman Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Sportsman Motorcycle at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Pacific Division, event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7115 Gary Oaks                              75 Paul Silvas                  
E1                   0.004  8.904 140.74     ****WINNER****  0.007  8.546 147.29
         SMC  Dial: 8.95 (+/-): -0.046             SMC  Dial: 8.50 (+/-):  0.046
 Qualified:            #20 0.038                                #7 0.009        

9:10 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 44 percent, barometer 30.16 inches, adjusted altitude 2,503 feet.

A close one off of the line, Oaks takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Silvas.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7159 Mark Avila                           M717 Kip McClain                  
E1                  -0.078  8.415 163.43     ****WINNER****  0.187  9.910 130.12
         SMC  Dial: 8.39 (+/-):  0.025             SMC  Dial: 9.88 (+/-):  0.030
 Qualified:             #8 0.010                               #21 0.057        

Avila is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to McClain.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  726 Mark Hunter                          621X Jacob Havens                 
E1                  -0.058 13.099 102.21     ****WINNER****  0.054  8.721 152.90
         SMC  Dial: 13.15 (+/-): -0.051            SMC  Dial: 8.67 (+/-):  0.051
 Qualified:            #22 0.063                                #9 0.016        

Hunter is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to havens.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  594 Lonnie Woodruff                      T764 Terry Turner                 
E1                   0.056  9.062 136.00     ****WINNER****  0.003  8.899 129.58
         SMC  Dial: 9.02 (+/-):  0.042             SMC  Dial: 8.81 (+/-):  0.089
 Qualified:            #11 0.017                               #24 0.064        

Turner gets a great light and takes the stripe for the win.

Terry Turner's MOV: 0.0062 seconds (approximately 15 inches).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  727 Edwin Carballo                        643 Roy Barrera                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.176  9.010 139.53                     0.127 11.375 130.59
         SMC  Dial: 8.93 (+/-):  0.080             SMC  Dial: 9.97 (+/-):  1.405
 Qualified:             #5 0.006                               #18 0.029        

Barrera spun off of the line and wasn't able to hold off Carballo.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7002 Clayton Howey                         629 Stephen Damron               
E1                   0.006  8.255 152.45     ****WINNER****  0.027  8.037 165.76
         SMC  Dial: 8.26 (+/-): -0.005             SMC  Dial: 8.04 (+/-): -0.003
 Qualified:            #15 0.028                                #2 0.000        

Howey gets the advantage off of the line but takes too much stripe and breaks out.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 7755 Brian Howey                           747 Gary Stoffer                 
E1                   0.086  9.590 150.36     ****WINNER****  0.076  8.758 128.85
         SMC  Dial: 9.32 (+/-):  0.270             SMC  Dial: 8.69 (+/-):  0.068
 Qualified:            #25 0.086                               #12 0.019        

Howey's bike stumbled off of the line and he couldn't hold off Stoffer.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  772 David Wheeler                         721 Jeremy Bates                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011  8.657 153.67                     0.050  8.959 148.04
         SMC  Dial: 8.65 (+/-):  0.007             SMC  Dial: 8.97 (+/-): -0.011
 Qualified:            #19 0.030                                #6 0.007        

Wheeler gets the advantage off of the line;Bates breaks out.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6431 Roy Barrera Jr.                      7530 Kahea Woods                  
E1                   0.060  9.869 134.40     ****WINNER****  0.031  8.336 136.97
         SMC  Dial: 8.28 (+/-):  1.589             SMC  Dial: 8.23 (+/-):  0.106
 Qualified:            #17 0.028                                #4 0.002        

Woods gets the holeshot and goes around Barrera for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
   72 Dan Schneider                         771 Thomas Medlin                
E1                   0.013 10.054 135.71     ****WINNER****  0.069  8.267 160.69
         SMC  Dial: 10.08 (+/-): -0.026            SMC  Dial: 8.25 (+/-):  0.017
 Qualified:            #16 0.028                                #3 0.002        

Schneider gets the holeshot but takes too much stripe and breaks out giving the win to Medlin.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 6800 Cameron Cook                          770 Larry Mota                   
E1                   0.040  9.646 135.14     ****WINNER****  0.012  8.882 148.66
         SMC  Dial: 9.72 (+/-): -0.074             SMC  Dial: 8.82 (+/-):  0.062
 Qualified:            #23 0.063                               #10 0.017        

Mota with the starting line advantage;Cook breaks out.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
 613H Chad Hofert                          7028 Mike Cragun                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008  8.888 144.41                     0.180  9.188 147.78
         SMC  Dial: 8.84 (+/-):  0.048             SMC  Dial: 9.18 (+/-):  0.008
 Qualified:            #13 0.024                               #26 0.102        

Hofert gets the holeshot and goes around Cragun for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  712 Benjamin Pangan Jr.                    73 Mike Pinkston                
E1                   0.266  8.860 159.42     ****WINNER****  0.065  9.112 135.76
         SMC  Dial: 8.77 (+/-):  0.090             SMC  Dial: 9.08 (+/-):  0.032
 Qualified:            #14 0.025                               #27 -0.004        

Pinkston gets the holeshot and takes the stripe for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET-- Speed
  788 Rick Newport                               Bye
E1   ****WINNER****  0.000  8.444 145.83     
         SMC  Dial: 8.00 (+/-):  0.444    
 Qualified:             #1 0.000                             Bye

Newport with the bye run.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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