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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 32nd annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Jerry Savoie 400 Gunner Courtney
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.088 6.855 194.16 0.044 7.378 146.62
Qualified: #2 6.873 194.35 #15 7.120 185.31
12:16 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 56 percent,
barometer 29.67 inches, adjusted altitude 1,615 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.This is the first time Savoie and Courtney have faced each other in eliminations. Courtney gets out of the
gate first but Savoie reels him in before they reach the sixty foot mark. He continues to pull away
and makes the quickest pass of the weekend to take the win.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Hector Arana Jr 777 Karen Stoffer
E1 0.062 6.938 195.68 ****WINNER**** 0.032 6.957 189.63
Qualified: #8 6.900 192.80 #9 6.914 193.02
Arana Jr is 8 - 1 against Stoffer in prior events.Stoffer gets the holeshot but Arana starts reeling her in. Arana gains ground all the way through the run but runs out of race track. Karen
Stoffer's incremental margins: 60ft(0.075), 330 ft(0.079), 660ft(0.066), 1,000ft(0.044). MOV:
0.0118 seconds (approximately 3 feet). Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 77 Angie Smith 573 Mike Berry E1 ****WINNER**** 0.070 6.889 189.66 0.083 6.936 186.59 Qualified: #5 6.885 194.07 #12 7.007 189.23This (#5) is Angie Smith's best starting spot since the Chicago race in 2013.Mike Berry is making his 169th start. Smith is 3 - 0 against Berry in prior events. Smith gets the advantage
off the line and starts to pull away. She drifts toward the centerline all the way through the run
and has to really lean on the bike to keep it in the lane. She goes on through with a decent pass
to take the win. Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 635 Scotty Pollacheck 751 Steve Johnson E1 ****WINNER**** 0.037 6.944 190.73 0.038 10.180 78.32 Qualified: #4 6.879 195.53 #13 7.011 191.59Pollacheck is 5 - 4 against Johnson in prior events. Steve Johnson was the runner-up in Dallas in 2014.This is the 160th round for Scotty Pollacheck. Johnson leaves the line, starts moving to the right, then gets close to the wall and has to back off the throttle. Pollacheck makes a decent pass and pulls away for the win. Angie Smith will have lane choice over Pollacheck in
the next round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Andrew Hines 3524 Mark Paquette
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.066 6.935 193.21 0.052 8.227 110.04
Qualified: #3 6.878 195.87 #14 7.086 186.67
Andrew Hines won here in 2014. Andrew set top seed in St. Louis and that was the 48th time he
had the fastest bike in the class and that is tops among all motorcycle riders. Second best in his
brother, Matt, with 45. This is just the third start for Mark Paquette and he is the 64th rider to
square off against Andrew in eliminations.Paquette gets out of the gate first, stays in front past the 330 foot mark, then Hines goes around him and pulls away for the win. Andrew Hines'
incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.055), 330 ft(-0.044), 660ft(0.050),
1,000ft(0.524). MOV: 1.2786 seconds (more than 100 feet).
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Matt Smith 13 Melissa Surber
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.062 6.900 193.43 0.034 19.300 27.53
Qualified: #6 6.887 194.94 #11 6.982 190.57
Smith is 1 - 0 against Surber in prior events. Surber gets out of the gate first, stays in front to the sixty foot mark, then she has problems and her bike noses over. Smith goes right down the groove and pulls away for the win. Matt Smith's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.048), 330 ft(0.993), 660ft(3.401), 1,000ft(6.814). MOV: 2.3724 seconds (approximately 96 feet). Smith will have lane choice over Hines in the next round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Eddie Krawiec 581 David Hope
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.032 6.885 194.44 0.101 9.212 91.40
Qualified: #1 6.860 196.53 #16 7.166 185.18
In the 12 times that the motorcycles have competed at this race the #1 qualifier has only won
the race one time. Eddie Krawiec has been to the final round here four times and has two wins. He
is the defending event champion. In the 12 years that the bikes have competed at this event no
rider has ever won it in consecutive years..David Hope is making his 41st start.Krawiec is 8 - 1 against Hope in prior events. Krawiec gets a big holeshot and starts to pull away. Hope drifts to the right, gets close to the wall and has to back off the throttle. Krawiec will have lane choice
over Stoffer in the next round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 LE Tonglet 1550 Joey Gladstone
E1 0.087 6.971 194.46 ****WINNER**** 0.028 6.916 192.28
Qualified: #7 6.892 193.60 #10 6.957 190.67
L.E. Tonglet was the 2010 winner here. His win in St. Louis was the 16th of his career and that
ties him with Antron Brown for 8th best the class. L.E. won his in 114 races while it took Antron
146 races to get his wins..This is a rematch of the first round match at St. Louis, a match that
Tonglet won.Tonglet is 3 - 1 against Gladstone in prior events. Gladstone gets a big holeshot and starts to pull away. Tonglet spins the tires at the hit and lost time early. He starts making up ground but quickly runs out of room. Joey Gladstone's incremental margins: 60ft(0.100), 330 ft(0.144), 660ft(0.142), 1,000ft(0.130). MOV: 0.1146 seconds (approximately 33 feet). Savoie
will have lane choice over Gladstone in the next round.
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