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ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals: Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 310 Joe DeSantis 3 Jerry Savoie E1 -0.285 10.985 74.30 ****WINNER**** 0.018 6.854 194.91 Qualified: #16 6.961 192.69 #1 6.805 197.3112:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 29.37 inches, adjusted altitude 2,741 feet, track temperature 101 degrees. Jerry Savoie is the defending event champion and he is looking to become the first motorcycle rider to win here in back-to-back years. He won this race from the top spot last year.Joe DeSantis is making his 97th national event start in the bike class. Savoie is 1 - 0 against DeSantis in prior events. DeSantis leaves way too early and goes red, his 24th red light of his career. Savoie went
right down the groove with a good pass to take the win.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Hector Arana 5 Hector Arana Jr
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.206 6.879 194.94 0.145 6.958 193.85
Qualified: #11 6.905 193.40 #6 6.863 193.99
Hector Arana won here in 2009. This is the 10th time that the two Arana's have raced in round
one and "Senior" has won seven of those previous meetings,Arana is 11 - 9 against Arana Jr in prior events. Not stellar lights for either rider but Junior gets the holeshot. Senior starts reeling him in quickly, pulls even just past half track, then goes around and pulls away for the win. Hector Arana's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.047), 330 ft(-0.030),
660ft(-0.008), 1,000ft(0.010). MOV: 0.0185 seconds (approximately 5 feet).
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Chip Ellis 7119 Melissa Surber
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.089 7.163 162.06 -0.002 6.938 191.97
Qualified: #5 6.863 194.60 #12 6.914 190.14
Chip Ellis starts the day #4 in the points, This is his 251st round of competition..This is
Melissa Surber's 10th start.This is the first time Ellis and Surber have faced each other in eliminations. Surber just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Ellis. Ellis has
problems late in the run and is off the throttle early. Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 491 Angelle Sampey 205 Shawn Gann E1 ****WINNER**** 0.027 6.897 193.93 0.037 6.944 193.10 Qualified: #4 6.853 195.39 #13 6.916 194.91Angelle Sampey has won 394 rounds and that is second most in the bike class (A. Hines, 419)..Shawn Gann is 5 - 22 against Angelle and that is the most losses for Shawn against any opponent he has faced. Sampey is 22 - 5 against Gann in prior events. Sampey gets out of the gate first, starts to pull away and extends her lead all the way through the run. Sampey will
have lane choice over Ellis in the next round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Karen Stoffer 2 Eddie Krawiec
E1 0.016 6.924 193.46 ****WINNER**** 0.035 6.843 196.30
Qualified: #14 6.935 194.35 #3 6.821 195.42
Krawiec won this race in 2013.Krawiec is 17 - 7 against Stoffer in prior events. Stoffer gets the advantage off the line but Krawiec starts to reel her in quickly. He goes ahead at the 330 mark and pulls away for the win. Eddie Krawiec's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.023), 330 ft(0.001), 660ft(0.027), 1,000ft(0.046). MOV: 0.0625 seconds (approximately 18 feet). Krawiec will have lane choice over Arana Sr. in the next round. Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 1550 Joey Gladstone 1 Andrew Hines E1 -0.099 6.951 194.10 ****WINNER**** 0.044 6.810 196.36 Qualified: #15 6.947 190.89 #2 6.811 195.90Andrew Hines starts the day with 598 rounds and that is the most in the motorcycle class. He has now held the point's lead after 78 races and that is longer than any other rider in the history of the bike class..Joey Gladstone is making his 4th start and is looking for his first round win. He is the 63rd rider to race Andrew Hines. Gladstone is a little too quick off the line and goes red. Hines goes right down the groove with a good pass to take the win. Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 574 Cory Reed 4 Matt Smith E1 0.013 6.926 190.43 ****WINNER**** 0.000 6.893 194.35 Qualified: #8 6.872 192.96 #9 6.879 193.46Cory Reed is making his 11th start. He was runner-up at the last race in Reading, PA..This is the 445th round for Matt Smith and that is 5th most in the history of the motorcycle class. This is the first time Reed and Smith have faced each other in eliminations. Smith gets a perfect light, the 75th perfect light in the history of this class, but is Reed is able to pull even at the sixty foot mark. Smith starts to pull away again at that point and extends his lead through the rest of the run. Matt Smith's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.001), 330 ft(0.002), 660ft(0.007), 1,000ft(0.024). MOV: 0.0462 seconds (approximately 13 feet). Savoie
will have lane choice over Smith in the next round. Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 751 Steve Johnson 473 LE Tonglet E1 0.103 6.898 194.02 ****WINNER**** 0.057 6.847 195.70 Qualified: #10 6.889 193.99 #7 6.868 194.24Tonglet is 8 - 4 against Johnson in prior events. Tonglet gets a big holeshot and extends his lead all the way through the run. LE Tonglet's incremental margins: 60ft(0.065), 330 ft(0.076), 660ft(0.083), 1,000ft(0.089). MOV: 0.0973 seconds (approximately 28 feet). Hines will have lane
choice over Tonglet in the next round.
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