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COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Arby's NHRA Southern Nationals: Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 777 Karen Stoffer 1 Matt Smith E1 ****WINNER**** 0.039 9.709 87.09 -0.057 6.981 193.54 Qualified: #9 6.929 195.25 #8 6.909 196.33Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 63 percent, barometer 28.97 inches, adjusted altitude 3,367 feet, track temperature 103 degrees. Karen Stoffer won this race in 2007. Smith is 16 - 11 against Stoffer in prior events. Smith goes red to give Stoffer the
win. Stoffer with problems early, but had the win and clicked it off. Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 574 Cory Reed 5 Jerry Savoie E1 0.026 7.018 191.00 ****WINNER**** 0.013 6.916 192.38 Qualified: #12 6.983 192.25 #5 6.901 193.18Savoie is 4 - 0 against Reed in prior events. Savoie with a great light and never trailed
for the win. Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 1550 Joey Gladstone 3284 Ryan Oehler E1 0.015 6.953 192.08 ****WINNER**** 0.015 6.927 195.59 Qualified: #10 6.946 193.99 #7 6.909 197.45This is the first time Gladstone and Oehler have faced each other in eliminations. They have
identical reaction times and Gladstone has the lead until have tack when Oehler chased him down and
never trailed from there on for the win. Ryan Oehler's MOV: 0.0267 seconds (approximately 8
feet).
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Angelle Sampey 235 Hector Arana
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.085 7.129 157.45 -0.003 7.059 190.08
Qualified: #6 6.905 192.55 #11 6.957 194.55
Hector Arana won this race in 2015 and was runner-up in 2010.Sampey is 8 - 3 against Arana in prior events. Arana is just a few ticks too quick and turns on the red light. Sampey started
to drift out of the groove and clicked it off. She gets the win. Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 751 Steve Johnson 8 Angie Smith E1 ****WINNER**** 0.080 6.958 190.00 0.082 6.987 192.28 Qualified: #4 6.892 192.36 #13 6.990 195.96This (No. 4) is the best starting spot for Steve Johnson since the Chicago event in 2016, a span of 42 race starts. Smith is 7 - 6 against Johnson in prior events. Johnson with a couple ticks on the tree and never trailed for the win. Steve Johnson's MOV: 0.0312 seconds (approximately 9 feet). He will give up lane choice to Savoie in the next round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Hector Arana Jr 10 Scotty Pollacheck
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.039 6.974 192.88 0.021 7.028 189.76
Qualified: #3 6.861 196.27 #14 6.996 192.63
Scotty Pollacheck was runner-up last year.Arana Jr is 8 - 2 against Pollacheck in prior events. Pollacheck with the starting line advantage, but Arana Jr. had the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. Hector Arana Jr's MOV: 0.0369 seconds (approximately 10 feet). He 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**** 0.102 6.917 195.53 0.081 7.068 190.11
Qualified: #1 6.851 196.90 #16 7.076 190.48
Eddie Krawiec has won this race 5 times. The No. 1 qualifier in the bike class is 27 - 3 in
the first round at this event and for his career Eddie is 41 - 2 in round 1 when starting from the
top spot.Clontz with the starting line advantage, but Krawiec had the difference made up by 250
feet and never trailed from there on for the win. He will have lane choice over Stoffer in the
next round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Andrew Hines 13 Melissa Surber
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.045 6.872 194.80 0.011 7.011 189.82
Qualified: #2 6.855 196.44 #15 7.026 191.48
Andrew Hines won here in 2008 and 2010 and was runner-up twice. He is 41 - 7 in round one when
starting from the No. 2 spot in the field.Hines is 3 - 0 against Surber in prior events. Surber with a great light, but Hines had the difference made up by the time they went by the
Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. He runs low E.T. of the round and will
have lane choice over Oehler in the next round.
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