Sat, 3 Sep 2005, 10:09 PM Pro Bike Battle Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of final, round 3 eliminations in Ringer's Gloves Pro Bike Battle at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 15th annual Ringers Gloves Pro Bike Battle:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 GT Tonglet                            200 Chip Ellis                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.022  7.288 176.60                     0.040  7.345 177.04
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Brown     ) 0.082  7.221 183.99      (A Hines     ) 0.011  7.231 182.01
E1    (G Scali     ) 0.029  7.096 187.81      (A Sampey    ) 0.014  7.112 181.28
 Qualified:             #3                                     #7             

9:03 p.m. THis is an emotional retrun for Ken Johnson, getting to the fional round in the Battle, but Tonglet didn't give Ellis much room and pulled away on the top end to take the $15,000 prize. GT Tonglet's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.002), 330 ft(-0.002), 660ft(0.031), 1,000ft(0.069). MOV: 0.0754 seconds (approximately 20 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink