Mon, 21 Sep 2026, 13:21 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MARTIN, Mich. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, Inaugural Dodge NHRA Great Lakes Nationals presented by MOPAR:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Chase Van Sant                          9 Steve Johnson                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.040  6.842 197.72                     0.065  7.157 148.47
 Qualified:             #9  6.810 197.11                        #8  6.803 194.64

Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 70 percent, barometer 30.16 inches, adjusted altitude 1,184 feet.

No Pro Stock Motorcycle rider qualified lower than #6 has won a race this year.

This is the 27th different track where Steve Johnson has raced at a national event.

Chase Van Sant starts the day with a 49-49 record. He is 34-16 in Round 1.

Van Sant is 3 - 2 against Johnson in prior events.

Van Sant with the starting line advantage for the win.

Johnson with problems and sits up on the bike.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Angie Smith                           371 Wesley Wells                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.061  6.747 199.82                           No Time      
 Qualified:             #2  6.737 196.51                       #15 12.178  64.26

Angie Smith has won 17 rounds so far this year. She won 18 rounds in all of 2025.

Wells is a no-show to give Smith the freebie. She is straight down the groove with a good pass.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   7P Ronnie Procopio                       351 Geno Scali                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.006  6.946 170.20                    -0.043  6.928 196.16
 Qualified:             #7  6.782 198.15                       #10  6.853 197.02

This is Ronnie Procopio's first start.

Geno Scali is 84-79 in Round 1 races.

Scali goes red to give Procopio the win, who has a great light. He will give up lane choice to Angie smith in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 John Hall                            7002 Clayton Howey                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.058  6.788 198.41                    -0.010  6.823 197.28
 Qualified:             #6  6.764 200.00                       #11  6.858 195.31

John Hall is 1-3 in his last three races.

This is Clayton Howey's seventh race of the year.

This is the first time Hall and Howey have faced each other in eliminations.

Howey goes red to give Hall the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  370 Marc Ingwersen                         79 Gaige Herrera                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  6.997 192.55                     0.104  7.152 147.16
 Qualified:            #12  6.870 195.65                        #5  6.760 200.00

Gaige Herrera is 50-6 in Round 1 races.

Marc Ingwersen is making his 74th career start.

Herrera is 4 - 1 against Ingwersen in prior events.

Ingwersen with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win.

Herrera blew up an engine on the top end.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Matt Smith                            125 Mathieu Dube                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.066  6.778 198.68                     0.124  7.830 164.35
 Qualified:             #3  6.740 197.02                       #14  7.543 175.64

Matt Smith wins 83% of his Round 1 races when he has lane choice.

This is Mathieu Dube's first start.

Smith with the starting line advantage for the win. He will have lane choice over Hall in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3524 Mark Paquette                           1 Richard Gadson               
E1                   0.027  7.228 151.67     ****WINNER****  0.154  6.790 199.03
 Qualified:            #13  7.091 170.78                        #4  6.746 200.00

Richard Gadson is 35-4 in Round 1 races.

This is Mark Paquette's 12th start.

This is the first time Paquette and Gadson have faced each other in eliminations.

Paquette with the starting line advantage. Gadson started to drift out of the groove, but reeled it in for the win. He will have lane choice over Ingwersen in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                3284 Ryan Oehler                  
E1                                            ****WINNER****  0.071  6.727 200.45
 Qualified:                                                       #1  6.719 200.80

This is the first bye run of Ryan Oehler's career (116 races).

Oehler with the quickest pass of the round on the bye and will have lane choice over Van Sant in the next round.




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