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POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 61st annual In-N-Out Burger NHRA Finals:
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Steve Johnson 6 John Hall
E1 0.020 6.875 196.10 ****WINNER**** 0.038 6.796 198.38
Qualified: #8 6.793 197.59 #9 6.796 199.76
12:40 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 30.00
inches, adjusted altitude 2,182 feet, track temperature 96 degrees.Steve Johnson's 25 round wins here are tied for the 3rd most for him at any event. John Hall is 59 - 54 in Rd. 1 overall and 3 - 2 against Johnson in Rd. 1. Hall is 4 - 3 against Johnson in prior events. Johnson gets the advantage off of the line, stays in front past the 330 foot mark, then hall goes around him and pulls away for the win, equaling his quickest pass of the weekend. John Hall's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.033), 330
ft(-0.002), 660ft(0.028), 1,000ft(0.047). MOV: 0.0612 seconds (approximately 18 feet).
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Angie Smith 8 Chase Van Sant
E1 -0.063 6.782 199.58 ****WINNER**** 0.025 6.806 197.39
Qualified: #7 6.771 199.02 #10 6.802 199.40
Angie Smith is 3 - 1 against Van Sant in Rd. 1. Van Sant starts the day with an overall record of 53 - 54. Smith is 6 - 3 against Van Sant in prior events. Smith is a little too quick off of the line and goes
red giving the win to Van Sant. Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 1550 Joey Gladstone 10 Chris Bostick E1 ****WINNER**** 0.064 6.839 197.88 0.016 6.943 189.82 Qualified: #6 6.756 200.00 #11 6.834 197.36Joey Gladstone wins 82% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice. Chris Bostick 1 - 4 in Rd. 1 this year. Bostick is 2 - 0 against Gladstone in prior events. Bostick gets the holeshot and starts pulling away. Gladstone starts making up ground past the 330 foot mark, drives around Gladstone about 1000 feet out and pulls away for the win. Joey Gladstone's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.041), 330
ft(-0.053), 660ft(-0.034), 1,000ft(0.010). MOV: 0.0562 seconds (approximately 16 feet). Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 351 Geno Scali 7002 Clayton Howey E1 ****WINNER**** 0.025 6.915 196.02 -0.010 6.792 198.29 Qualified: #12 6.835 197.59 #5 6.755 198.64Clayton Howey is 9 - 8 in Rd.1. Geno Scali is 84 - 84 in Rd. 1. This is the first time Scali and Howey have faced each other in eliminations. Howey misses the tree and goes red giving the win to
Scali. Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 485 GT Tonglet 3284 Ryan Oehler E1 -0.007 6.878 197.54 ****WINNER**** 0.011 6.762 201.07 Qualified: #13 6.854 198.06 #4 6.747 199.35Ryan Oehler is 9 - 4 in Rd. 1 (69%), his best record in any year. GT Tonglet is 51 - 28 in Rd. 1. Oehler is 1 - 0 against Tonglet in prior events. Tonglet is a little too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Oehler. Oehler will have lane choice over Scali in the next round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Matt Smith 370 Marc Ingwersen
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.025 6.731 201.70 0.008 6.918 196.99
Qualified: #3 6.732 201.46 #14 6.868 196.50
Matt Smith's 537 round wins are 21st most among all Pro drivers. Marc Ingwersen is making his 79th start. Smith is 10 - 2 against Ingwersen in prior events. Ingwersen gets the advantage off of the line but Smith reels him in quickly and pulls away for the win with his quickest pass of the weekend. Smith will
have lane choice over Gladstone in the next round. Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 461 Malcolm Phillips Jr. 1 Richard Gadson E1 0.018 6.814 197.77 ****WINNER**** 0.029 6.780 200.86 Qualified: #15 6.872 190.22 #2 6.713 200.00Richard Gadson has won 29 consecutive Rd. 1 races and that's the 6 longest streak in PSM. Malcolm Phillips Jr. is making his 12th start overall and 6th this year. Gadson is 1 - 0 against Phillips Jr. in prior events. Gadson has a one round lead over Herrera in the points. Phillips gets out of the gate first, stays in front to half track, then Gadson goes by and pulls away for the win. Richard Gadson's
incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.012), 330 ft(-0.010), 660ft(0.000), 1,000ft(0.010). MOV:
0.0231 seconds (approximately 7 feet). Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 40 Alex Laughlin 79 Gaige Herrera E1 0.024 7.245 165.80 ****WINNER**** 0.097 6.686 202.48 Qualified: #16 7.577 138.54 #1 6.673 201.76Gaige Herrera has won 28 rounds this year, 13 of them in the last 4 races. The last time the #16 PSM qualifier won a round at this event was 2006. Alex Laughlin made history by being the 1st driver to qualify in all 4 Pro classes. Herrera trails Gadson by a little less than one round in the points. He will have to go one round further than Gadson and if they meet in the finals the winner wins the championship. Laughlin
gets the holeshot but Herrera goes around him quickly and pulls away for the win.
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