Sat, 9 Sep 2000, 03:30 PM ENGLISHTOWN - Pro Stock Bike Round 1 Eliminations

By David Rowe

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Bike at the 31st Matco Tools Spring SuperNationals presented by Racing Champions:

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
        Bye                            Q   15 Joe DeSantis        7.400 178.38
                                      E1 *****WINNER***** 0.660  7.489 179.25

DeSantis gets a bye here, Schultz not able to make the race.

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   5 Angelle Seeling     7.198 183.15  Q        Bye
 *****WINNER***** 0.447  7.297 181.96  E1

Seeling also gets a bye, Reuter doesn't show and will not get first round points. The rule is, you have to be here to lose.

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  14 Mike Berry          7.385 177.39  Q    3 Craig Treble        7.178 191.00
                  0.435  7.538 177.72  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.448  7.414 184.50

3:15 PM Berry gets a slight holeshot but Treble runs him down by the halfway mark. Margin of victory = 0.111 seconds (approximately 29 feet).

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  16 Clarence Markham    7.420 178.59  Q    1 Matt Hines          7.138 188.62
 *****WINNER***** 0.441  7.511 174.73  E1                  0.460  7.623 182.18

Hines is 1-0 against Markham this year....and Markham evens it up pulling off the big upset. Nothing apparent went wrong on Hines run.

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  13 Reggie Showers      7.347 181.98  Q    4 Antron Brown        7.197 185.79
 *****WINNER***** 0.501  7.526 174.93  E1                  0.398  7.302 184.93

Brown has won the last two races but redlights this one away by just .002 seconds.

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   8 Shawn Gann          7.306 183.39  Q    9 Rob Short           7.310 183.29
                  0.616  7.431 175.50  E1 *****WINNER***** 0.410  7.542 184.42

The upsets continue. Short gets the big holeshot and Gann doesn't have enough room to make up the difference.

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   6 Tony Mullen         7.213 186.30  Q   11 Blaine Hale         7.333 180.72
 *****WINNER***** 0.425  7.431 180.84  E1                  0.359  7.416 185.46

Hale redlights giving the easy victory to Mullen. Mullen loses lane choice to Treble in round two.

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   7 Geno Scali          7.267 184.77  Q   10 Hector Arana        7.311 180.72
 *****WINNER***** 0.427  7.428 181.23  E1                  0.461  7.479 181.30

Scali won the only other meeting between these two this year....and he makes it 2-0. Scali will have lane choice over DeSantis in round two.




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