Sun, 03 Nov 2019, 15:35 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 19th annual Dodge NHRA Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Angie Smith                           777 Karen Stoffer                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.100  6.994 191.92                     0.008  7.105 192.99
 Qualified:             #9  6.929 192.77                        #8  6.893 195.00

12:17 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 13 percent, barometer 27.88 inches, adjusted altitude 3,759 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.

Stoffer is 10 - 2 against Smith in prior events.

Stoffer gets a great light but her bike bogs a little right off of the line. Smith went around her quickly and hung on for the win.

Karen Stoffer's incremental times: 60ft-1.200 sec., 330ft-3.047, 660ft-4.594/158.09 mph, 1,000ft-5.946. Angie Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.083 sec., 330ft-2.918, 660ft-4.467/157.96 mph, 1,000ft-5.828.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Angelle Sampey                          3 Hector Arana Jr              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.075  6.915 192.22                    -0.006  6.953 192.88
 Qualified:             #7  6.877 193.90                       #10  6.930 193.24

Arana Jr is 6 - 2 against Sampey in prior events.

Arana leaves a little too soon and goes red giving the win to Sampey.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Scotty Pollacheck                     235 Hector Arana                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.050  6.917 194.46                    -0.049  6.989 193.46
 Qualified:             #6  6.877 194.44                       #11  6.933 194.04

Pollacheck is 7 - 5 against Arana in prior events.

Arana is a little too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Pollacheck.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Andrew Hines                           13 Melissa Surber               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.049  6.910 193.79                     0.010 11.776  61.13
 Qualified:             #4  6.866 194.63                       #13  6.947 190.35

Andrew Hines has been to the final round 7 times at this event and he has won it 5 times.

Hines is 4 - 0 against Surber in prior events.

Surber gets out of the gate first, stays in front past the sixty foot mark, then looks like she may have lost an engine. Hines gets around her quickly and pulls away for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Jerry Savoie                         3284 Ryan Oehler                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.036  6.875 195.05                     0.035  7.446 190.54
 Qualified:             #5  6.870 193.93                       #12  6.942 194.55

Jerry Savoie won here in 2016.

Savoie is 1 - 0 against Oehler in prior events.

Oehler hits the throttle and loses traction. By the time he was able to get the tire to bite Savoie was pulling away. Savoie goes on through with the quickest pass of the round so far to take the win.

Jerry Savoie's incremental times: 60ft-1.057 sec., 330ft-2.863, 660ft-4.393/160.19 mph, 1,000ft-5.729.

Savoie will have lane choice over Hines in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  751 Steve Johnson                        1138 Ron Tornow                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022  6.860 192.55                     0.004  7.100 185.69
 Qualified:             #2  6.848 194.18                       #15  7.048 182.92

This is the first time Johnson and Tornow have faced each other in eliminations.

Tornow gets a great light, stays in front for the first sixty feet, then Johnson gets around him and pulls away for the win with the quickest pass of the round so far.

Steve Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-1.054 sec., 330ft-2.852, 660ft-4.378/160.37 mph, 1,000ft-5.711.

Johnson will have lane choice over Sampey in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Eddie Krawiec                        1981 Kelly Clontz                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.076  6.902 195.19                     0.051  7.006 190.16
 Qualified:             #3  6.864 195.11                       #14  6.991 190.86

Eddie Krawiec has won this race three times and he was the runner-up last year.

Krawiec is 5 - 0 against Clontz in prior events.

Clontz gets the holeshot and stays in front past the 330 foot mark. Krawiec is able to reel him in and go around at that point and pull away for the win.

Eddie Krawiec's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.031), 330 ft(-0.013), 660ft(0.019), 1,000ft(0.051). MOV: 0.0797 seconds (approximately 22 feet).

Krawiec will have lane choice over Pollacheck in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Matt Smith                            745 Katie Sullivan               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.135  6.897 196.99                     0.074  7.153 184.65
 Qualified:             #1  6.840 196.93                       #16  7.049 191.78

Matt Smith was the winner here in 2013. Matt has set top speed of the meet 21 times in his career and 12 of those times have come this year.

The #1 qualifier n the bike class is 16 -2 in round 1 at this event.

Smith is 1 - 0 against Sullivan in prior events.

Sullivan gets a big holeshot, stays in front past the 330 foot mark, but she can't hold off Smith. Smith goes around her before half track and pulls away for the win.

Matt Smith's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.081), 330 ft(-0.032), 660ft(0.041), 1,000ft(0.120). MOV: 0.1958 seconds (approximately 53 feet).

Matt will have lane choice over his wife Angie in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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