Sun, 02 May 2021, 12:40 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 40th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Southern Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  574 Cory Reed                               7 Ryan Oehler                  
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.056  9.866  87.93
 Qualified:             #9  6.842 196.85                        #8  6.839 196.67

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 72 percent, barometer 30.00 inches, adjusted altitude 2,007 feet.

Oehler is 1 - 0 against Reed in prior events.

Reed with problems getting the bike to fire to give Oehler the win. Oehler with problems early and coast for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Angie Smith                           533 Jim Underdahl                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.092  6.866 198.73                     0.016  6.955 194.07
 Qualified:             #4  6.812 197.62                       #13  6.897 194.86

Smith is 3 - 1 against Underdahl in prior events.

Underdahl with a great light and lead until right in the lights when Smith chased him down. Angie Smith's MOV: 0.0133 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Matt Smith                              8 Steve Johnson                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.060  6.860 200.71                     0.059 11.601  68.35
 Qualified:             #7  6.830 200.53                       #10  6.858 195.05

Smith is 19 - 13 against Johnson in prior events.

Johnson with a tick advantage on the tree, but has problems right off the starting line and sits up.

Smith with another big top end speed and low E.T. of race day for the win

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1550 Joey Gladstone                        412 Michael Phillips             
E1   ****WINNER****  0.041  6.885 195.99                    -0.004  6.963 195.25
 Qualified:             #2  6.780 198.20                       #15  6.936 193.74

Gladstone is 1 - 0 against Phillips in prior events.

Phillips goes red to give Gladstone the win. Gladstone will give up lane choice to Matt smith in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Karen Stoffer                           2 Eddie Krawiec                
E1                   0.049  6.919 194.69     ****WINNER****  0.028  6.798 201.07
 Qualified:             #6  6.829 197.16                       #11  6.874 201.70

Eddie Krawiec is 14 - 11 in rd. 1 when starting from the bottom half of the field.

Krawiec is 25 - 12 against Stoffer in prior events.

Krawiec with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He runs low E.T. of race day for the win. He makes another big top end speed with the sixth fastest in the history of Pro Stock Motorcycle.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Angelle Sampey                       1981 Kelly Clontz                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.070  6.887 176.72                     0.091  6.907 193.74
 Qualified:             #5  6.815 191.65                       #12  6.876 195.00

Sampey and Clontz have each won 1 times against the other in prior events.

Sampey with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Angelle Sampey's MOV: 0.0413 seconds (approximately 12 feet). She will give up lane choice to Angie Smith in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Andrew Hines                         1628 John Hall                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.051  6.840 199.49                     0.002  6.921 197.10
 Qualified:             #3  6.809 200.11                       #14  6.912 192.30

Hines is 7 - 3 against Hall in prior events.

Hall with a near perfect light, but Hines chases him down around 800 feet and takes the win. Andrew Hines' MOV: 0.0326 seconds (approximately 9 feet). He will give up lane choice to his teammate Krawiec.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Scotty Pollacheck                      10 Jerry Savoie                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.163  6.869 195.62                     0.017  7.129 189.58
 Qualified:             #1  6.779 199.20                       #16  6.948 189.34

Savoie is 10 - 6 against Pollacheck in prior events.

Savoie with the starting line advantage, but Pollacheck has the lead by half track and never trails from there on for the win. He will have lane choice over Oehler in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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