Sat, 9 Sep 2000, 05:06 PM ENGLISHTOWN - Pro Stock Bike Round 2 Eliminations

By David Rowe

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 2 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
   9 Rob Short           7.310 183.29  Q   16 Clarence Markham    7.420 178.59
   (S Gann      ) 0.410  7.542 184.42  E1   (M Hines     ) 0.441  7.511 174.73
                  0.439  7.475 178.80  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.432  7.462 183.77

4:54 PM Markham upset Hines in round one and continues it here. He takes the win light but can't get his bike stopped and runs into the sand at the end of the track. Margin of victory = 0.020 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   7 Geno Scali          7.267 184.77  Q   15 Joe DeSantis        7.400 178.38
   (H Arana     ) 0.427  7.428 181.23  E1                  0.660  7.489 179.25
 *****WINNER***** 0.504  7.377 177.30  E2                  0.280  9.653  86.67

DeSantis redlights and gives Scali the win.

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   6 Tony Mullen         7.213 186.30  Q    3 Craig Treble        7.178 191.00
   (B Hale      ) 0.425  7.431 180.84  E1   (M Berry     ) 0.448  7.414 184.50
                  0.448  7.385 177.81  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.434  7.396 180.94

Treble gets the holeshot and wins by a margin of victory = 0.003 seconds (approximately 9 inches). Scali will have lane choice over Treble in the next round.

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   5 Angelle Seeling     7.198 183.15  Q   13 Reggie Showers      7.347 181.98
                  0.447  7.297 181.96  E1   (A Brown     ) 0.501  7.526 174.93
 *****WINNER***** 0.478  7.296 178.64  E2                  0.462  7.506 182.87

Showers gets a slight holeshot but the Winston bike has too much horsepower and Seeling drives by for the win. She gets lane choice over Markham in round three.




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