Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series,
36th annual MAC Tools NHRA Gatornationals:
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
200 Chip Ellis 8 Steve Johnson
E1 -0.017 7.298 179.42 ****WINNER**** 0.042 7.178 186.02
Qualified: #8 7.056 185.52 #9 7.077 188.20
Weather conditions: air temperature 71 degrees, relative humidity 58 percent, barometer 29.94
inches, adjusted altitude 998 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.Johnson had a career best pass
in qualifying. Ellis was a little too early on the tree and Johnson will get the freebie.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Craig Treble 204 Matt Smith
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.046 7.193 183.52 0.053 7.209 183.18
Qualified: #7 7.055 190.11 #10 7.082 187.26
Both of these guys had career best E.T.s in qualifying.Treble was out of the gate first, but
then Smith grabbed the lead until just before half track.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
308 Ryan Schnitz 10 Karen Stoffer
E1 0.031 7.239 183.63 ****WINNER**** 0.014 7.179 183.93
Qualified: #6 7.038 190.63 #11 7.093 187.14
Schnitz had a career E.T. and mph pass in qualifying.Stoffer with a great light and the win
with a great looking pass.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
457 Redell Harris 6 GT Tonglet
E1 0.069 7.311 176.74 ****WINNER**** 0.080 7.130 191.20
Qualified: #15 7.147 184.95 #2 7.007 197.45
Tonglet ran his career best E.T. and mph pass in qualifying while Harris had his career best
E.T. pass.Harris with the starting line advantage, but Tonglet had the difference made up right
off the starting line and runs the quickest pass of the session.
Tonglet will have lane choice
over Treble in the next round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
405 Blaine Hale 1 Andrew Hines
E1 0.033 7.336 180.07 ****WINNER**** 0.006 7.131 189.83
Qualified: #16 7.149 187.11 #1 6.991 196.16
Hines with his historic pass in qualifying also set the National E.T. and mph records. Hines
with a great light and great pass to take the win. Hines will have lane choice over Johnson in the
next round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Antron Brown 329 Scott Valetti
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.043 7.158 179.60 -0.045 7.211 185.98
Qualified: #4 7.024 189.95 #13 7.136 190.27
Valetti with a career E.T. and mph pass in qualifying while Brown ran his career best E.T..
Valetti was way too early on the tree and Brown gets the freebie.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Geno Scali 4 Shawn Gann
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.015 7.195 186.99 0.027 7.211 185.49
Qualified: #3 7.016 189.63 #14 7.139 189.03
Scali ran his career best E.T. in qualifying. Scali with a great light and the win. Geno
Scali's incremental margins: 60ft(0.023), 330 ft(0.015), 660ft(0.016), 1,000ft(0.017). MOV:
0.0281 seconds (approximately 8 feet).Scali will give up lane choice to Stoffer in the next
round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Angelle Sampey 17 Chris Bostick
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.058 7.093 184.99 0.034 7.225 186.79
Qualified: #5 7.029 190.47 #12 7.111 186.45
Bostick set his career best in mph and E.T. in qualifying.Bostick with a big starting line
advantage, but Sampey had the difference made up right off the starting line and then ran the
quickest pass of the session. She will have lane choice over her teammate in the next
round.
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