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Sun, 29 Oct 2006, 03:43 PM

Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Chip Ellis                              2 GT Tonglet                   
E1                  -0.013  7.276 181.28     ****WINNER****  0.009  7.228 182.60
 Qualified:             #8  7.132 183.17                        #9  7.137 184.52

12:21 p.m. Ellis is 45-27 in his career and won this race in '04.

Ellis leaves a little too early and gives the win to Tonglet.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Steve Johnson                           6 Antron Brown                 
E1                  -0.109 No Time           ****WINNER**** -0.032  7.185 184.95
 Qualified:            #10  7.147 186.36                        #7  7.130 184.30

Johnson leaves way to soon, then the bike noses over about 200 feet out. Brown goes right down the groove.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Craig Treble                            4 Ryan Schnitz                 
E1                  -0.004  7.150 188.81     ****WINNER****  0.011  7.156 186.23
 Qualified:             #6  7.117 189.23                       #11  7.147 185.74

Treble is 4-3 facing Schnitz....make that 4-4. Treble leaves just a bit too quickly, Schnitz goes right down the groove for the win.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  731 Matt Guidera                            8 Geno Scali                   
E1                   0.079  7.192 183.94     ****WINNER****  0.054  7.143 187.91
 Qualified:             #5  7.113 184.67                       #12  7.151 188.10

Scali leaves first, starts pulling away, and extends his lead at every marker.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  204 Matt Smith                           7487 Chris Rivas                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.060  7.208 182.95                     0.052  7.221 183.39
 Qualified:             #4  7.107 183.19                       #13  7.152 184.83

Smith has a 2-0 advantage in match-ups with Rivas. Rivas gets the hole-shot, then Smith starts making up ground, driving around Rivas just before half-track.
Matt Smith's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.002), 330 ft(-0.001), 660ft(0.004), 1,000ft(0.006). MOV: 0.0053 seconds (approximately 17 inches).

Scali will have lane choice over Smith in round two.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Karen Stoffer                           3 Angelle Sampey               
E1                  -0.038  7.214 184.88     ****WINNER****  0.142  7.199 184.95
 Qualified:            #14  7.156 183.97                        #3  7.107 187.23

Sampey has qualified for 149 straight races. She is 5-3 facing Stoffer.
Another red-light, Stoffer is too quick off the line giving Sampey the easy win.

Schnitz will have lane choice over Sampey in round two.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Andrew Hines                          303 Tom Bradford                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.057  7.088 188.44                    -0.157  7.136 186.92
 Qualified:             #2  7.102 187.13                       #15  7.161 187.70

Hines sends a message here, going right down the groove with the quickest pass of the weekend. He will have lane choice over Brown in round two.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  205 Shawn Gann                           1000 Marco Andreano               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.004  7.172 186.23                    -0.110  7.222 182.75
 Qualified:             #1  7.090 188.12                       #16  7.166 183.69

This is Gann's first start from the pole since Saint Louis in '03 and it is his fifth in his career.

Andreano leaves way too early and gives the win to Gann. Gann will have lane choice over Tonglet in round two.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink