Sun, 04 Oct 2020, 14:46 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, ninth annual Mopar Express Lane NHRA Midwest Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Angie Smith                             6 Hector Arana Jr              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044  6.849 192.99                    -0.001  7.578 195.11
 Qualified:             #7 198                                  #8 190          

Pro Stock Motorcycles were set on points like the cars. This is the first time bikes qualifying have been set on points.

Weather conditions: air temperature 58 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 30.27 inches, track temperature 91 degrees.

Arana Jr is 11 - 3 against Smith in prior events.

Hector Arana Jr. is 11 - 3 against Angie Smith and 11 - 10 against her husband, Matt.

Arana Jr. is a tick too quick on the tree and turned on the red light to give Smith the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Ryan Oehler                            17 Chris Bostick                
E1                   0.252 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.076  7.015 191.32
 Qualified:             #6 237                                  #9 181          

Bostick is 1 - 0 against Oehler in prior events.

Oehler breaks right off the starting line to give Bostick the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  751 Steve Johnson                           5 Eddie Krawiec                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.080  6.939 191.57                     0.051  7.455 139.67
 Qualified:            #10 169                                  #5 284          

In their last 15 meetings Eddie Krawiec is 14 - 1 against Steve Johnson.

Krawiec with the starting line advantage and has problems, he is making a move toward the center line before he clicked it off.

Johnson is straight down the groove for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1981 Kelly Clontz                            7 Angelle Sampey               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.097  7.171 189.87                     0.255 No Time      
 Qualified:            #11 103                                  #4 300          

Kelly Clontz is the 82nd rider to face Angelle Sampey in eliminations. Angelle has a winning record against all but 6 of them.

Clontz with the starting line advantage and took the win as Angelle came to a stop on the track. The problem with Angelle's bike is the handle bars broke.

She will give up lane choice to Johnson in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  402 David Barron                            1 Andrew Hines                 
E1                   0.054  7.145 186.77     ****WINNER****  0.111  6.842 195.93
 Qualified:            #12 82                                   #3 320          

David Barron is the 69th rider to face Andrew Hines in eliminations.

Barron with the starting line advantage, but Hines has the lead by 150 feet and never trailed from there on for the win.

Hines will have lane choice over Bostick in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   11 Scotty Pollacheck                    1138 Ron Tornow                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.134  6.788 198.79                     0.048  7.814 129.55
 Qualified:             #2 327                                 #13 36           

This is the first time Pollacheck and Tornow have faced each other in eliminations.

Tornow with the starting line advantage, but starts to drift out of the groove toward the centerline before he clicks it off.

Pollacheck is straight down the groove with the quickest pass of the weekend.

He will have lane choice over Angie Smith in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Matt Smith                             10 Hector Arana                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042  6.900 198.82                     0.094  7.689 192.66
 Qualified:             #1 348                                 #14 31           

Smith is 21 - 10 against Arana in prior events.

Smith with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He runs low E.T. of the event for the win.

He will have a bye in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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