Sun, 14 Oct 2018, 13:39 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 11th annual NHRA Carolina Nationals presented by WIX Filters:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Angie Smith                          3284 Ryan Oehler                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.020  6.902 191.10                     0.085  8.462 117.98
 Qualified:             #7  6.852 194.32                       #10  6.875 196.53

1:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 29.51 inches, adjusted altitude 1,211 feet, track temperature 78 degrees.

Smith is 1 - 0 against Oehler in prior events.

Oehler was sluggish off the line and his bike was out of the groove early. Smith was to the right of the groove on the top end.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  751 Steve Johnson                           5 Jerry Savoie                 
E1                   0.010  6.910 192.19     ****WINNER****  0.015  6.883 194.02
 Qualified:            #14  6.891 194.27                        #3  6.819 195.99

Steve Johnson won this race the first year it was contested (2008) and he was runner-up in 2014. Savoie is 11 - 5 against Johnson in prior events.

Very good lights by both riders and Savoie has the better bike today.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  200 Chip Ellis                              9 Joey Gladstone               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.053  6.778 197.19                     0.059  6.973 194.32
 Qualified:             #2  6.806 196.85                       #15  6.903 192.93

This is the first time Ellis and Gladstone have faced each other in eliminations. Chip Ellis won here two years ago.

Gladstone bogged on the launch. Ellis makes the quickest pass of the weekend for the win. Chip Ellis' incremental times: 60ft-1.057 sec., 330ft-2.831, 660ft-4.331/163.67 mph, 1,000ft-5.646. He'll have lane choice over Angie Smith in round two.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Matt Smith                              8 Karen Stoffer                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.869 196.67                     0.045  7.010 192.33
 Qualified:             #4  6.836 197.71                       #13  6.884 194.30

Smith is 15 - 11 against Stoffer in prior events.

Smith was quicker at the line and had the much quicker bike to take the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Hector Arana Jr                         4 Scotty Pollacheck            
E1                   0.089  6.855 197.65     ****WINNER****  0.062  6.878 194.18
 Qualified:             #5  6.838 198.64                       #12  6.879 195.03

Arana Jr is 8 - 1 against Pollacheck in prior events.

Pollacheck has a slight advantage at the tree and it is enough to give him the holeshot win. Scotty Pollacheck's MOV: 0.0042 seconds (approximately 15 inches). Pollacheck will give lane choice to Matt Smith in round two.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Andrew Hines                          235 Hector Arana                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.073  6.812 196.53                     0.060  6.903 196.56
 Qualified:             #6  6.842 196.64                       #11  6.876 197.02

Andrew Hines has three wins and two runner-up finishes at this race. Hector Arana won this race in 2009. Hines is 22 - 7 against Arana in prior events.

Arana left first but Hines caught and passed him by the 60-foot mark. He'll have lane choice over Savoie in round two.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Eddie Krawiec                         533 Jim Underdahl                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.029  6.848 197.91                     0.032  7.073 158.99
 Qualified:             #1  6.806 197.83                       #16  6.905 195.11

The top qualifier in the bike class has never lost in round 1 at this race. Eddie Krawiec won here in 2011, 2014 & 2017. This is the 2nd time in his career that he earned the #1 spot based on speed and in both cases Chip Ellis was the #2 qualifier (Denver 2008). Krawiec is 12 - 1 against Underdahl in prior events.

Krawiec bogged a little on the hit but had more than enough power to take the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  491 Angelle Sampey                          3 LE Tonglet                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.030  6.809 196.90                     0.161  6.940 194.77
 Qualified:             #8  6.853 195.00                        #9  6.856 195.90

L.E. Tonglet took home the gold here in 2010. Tonglet is 3 - 0 against Sampey in prior events.

Tonglet is very late getting off the line and Sampey makes her best pass of the weekend for the win. Angelle Sampey's incremental times: 60ft-1.066 sec., 330ft-2.837, 660ft-4.345/162.49 mph, 1,000ft-5.671. She'll have lane choice over Krawiec in round two.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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