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Sun, 29 Oct 2023, 16:22 PM

Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations
By Dave Rowe





LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual NHRA Nevada Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   17 Chris Bostick                           5 Steve Johnson                
E1                   0.088 16.491  42.61     ****WINNER****  0.038  6.986 191.00
 Qualified:             #7  6.933 193.24                       #10  6.941 189.66
12:56 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 59 degrees, relative humidity 16 percent, barometer 30.23 inches, adjusted altitude 2,125 feet, track temperature 88 degrees.

Chris Bostick beat Johnson in Rd. 1 at Dallas. In his last 5 races Steve Johnson is 0 - 5 in Rd. 1. It's the 1st time in 62 races he has lost 5 in a row in Rd. 1.

Johnson is 4 - 1 against Bostick in prior events.

Bostick hits the throttle, the bike is really sluggish, a 1.277 sixty foot time, then he gets about 200 feet out and is out of power.

Johnson goes down the groove with a decent pass to take the win.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1981 Kelly Clontz                           15 Jianna Evaristo              
E1                   0.014  6.956 193.88     ****WINNER****  0.042  6.889 192.17
 Qualified:            #11  6.959 193.57                        #6  6.923 195.39
Jianna Evaristo has qualified in the top half of the field at 7 of her last 10 races. Kelly Clontz beat Jianna in Rd. 1 at Charlotte-2 this year.

Clontz is 1 - 0 against Evaristo in prior events.

Clontz gets out of the gate first, then the bike starts pushing toward the centerline. Evaristo is able to get around Clontz just past the sixty foot mark and pull away for the win with her quickest pass of the weekend.

Jianna Evaristo's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.003), 330 ft(0.030), 660ft(0.044), 1,000ft(0.045). MOV: 0.0391 seconds (approximately 11 feet).


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Marc Ingwersen                         10 Ryan Oehler                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.021  7.000 192.28                     0.065  6.969 193.07
 Qualified:             #8  6.935 192.11                        #9  6.938 195.11
Marc Ingwersen is 6 - 7 in Rd. 1 this year.

Ryan Oehler is 1 - 1 against Ingwersen this year.

Oehler is 2 - 1 against Ingwersen in prior events.

Ingwersen gets the holeshot, Oehler starts making up ground, but Ingwersen hangs on and takes the holeshot win.

Marc Ingwersen's incremental margins: 60ft(0.045), 330 ft(0.032), 660ft(0.027), 1,000ft(0.019). MOV: 0.0138 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1628 John Hall                               1 Matt Smith                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.881 193.90                     0.044  6.949 194.46
 Qualified:            #12  6.993 192.33                        #5  6.895 196.73
Matt Smith wins 82% of his Rd. 1 races when starting from the top half of the field.

John Hall is 1 - 3 against Smith in Rd. 1.

Smith is 7 - 3 against Hall in prior events.

Hall gets the advantage off of the line and extends his lead all the way through the run. Smith was drifting toward the centerline all the way through the run.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Jerry Savoie                          405 Blaine Hale                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.095  6.891 194.18                     0.142 No Time      
 Qualified:             #4  6.888 194.69                       #13  7.150 190.46
Jerry Savoie is 104 - 52 (67%) in Rd. 1 races.

Blaine Hale is making his 2nd start this year and his 2nd since 2009.

This is the first time Savoie and Hale have faced each other in eliminations.

Savoie gets the holeshot and starts pulling away. Hale leaves the line, makes a move to the left, then crosses the center line and finishes the race in Savoie's lane.

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


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  300 Hector Arana Jr                         2 Joey Gladstone               
E1                   0.010  6.856 197.94     ****WINNER****  0.011  6.840 197.22
 Qualified:             #3  6.842 196.53                       #14  7.184 151.82
Hector Arana Jr is the defending champ. The last PSM rider to win here in consecutive years was Andrew Hines (2014 & 2015).

Joey Gladstone is 6 - 2 against Arana Jr.

Arana gets out of the gate first but Gladstone reels him in quickly and goes around him before they get to the sixty foot mark. Gladstone starts pulling away from there and makes his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win.

Joey Gladstone's incremental margins: 60ft(0.018), 330 ft(0.032), 660ft(0.027), 1,000ft(0.020). MOV: 0.0156 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

Gladstone will have lane choice over Evaristo in the next round.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Karen Stoffer                           7 Eddie Krawiec                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.169 16.501  42.85
 Qualified:            #15  9.995  73.40                        #2  6.830 198.85
The #2 PSM qualifier at this event is 19 - 3 in Rd. 1.

Karen Stoffer is 7 - 10 in Rd. 1 when qualified #15. Her 28 losses to Krawiec are the most for her against any opponent.

Stoffer does not make the call to the line. Krawiec hits the throttle, gets about 100 feet out and has problems.

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


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Angie Smith                            79 Gaige Herrera                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.045  6.786 198.41
 Qualified:            #16 12.232  90.87                        #1  6.760 199.82
The #1 PSM qualifier at this race is 20 - 2 in Rd. 1.

The last time the #16 PSM qualifier won a round here was in 2013. Angie Smith is 3 - 13 in Rd. 1 when qualified 16th.

Herrera is 3 - 2 against Smith in prior events.

Smith is a no-show. Herrera goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the round to take the win.

Gaige Herrera's incremental times: 60ft-1.045 sec., 330ft-2.830, 660ft-4.339/162.12 mph, 1,000ft-5.658.

Herrera will have lane choice over Ingwersen in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink




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