Sun, 23 Oct 2005, 06:21 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Fifth annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Craig Treble                            2 Angelle Sampey               
E3                   0.027  7.376 184.04     ****WINNER****  0.075  7.297 183.39
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Schnitz   ) 0.020  7.252 188.52      (S Johnson   ) 0.025  7.315 180.60
E1    (A Brown     ) 0.025  7.261 187.34      (J DeSantis  ) 0.071  7.271 183.57
 Qualified:             #8  7.261 185.43                        #5  7.238 183.44

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 28.28 inches, adjusted altitude 3,350 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Treble with a big starting line advantage, but Sampey has him chased down by 1000 feet and took the win light.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  200 Chip Ellis                            303 Tom Bradford                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.022  7.304 182.43                     0.036  7.327 182.43
 Prior rounds:
E2    (M Smith     ) 0.088  7.250 182.97      (G Scali     ) 0.004  7.299 181.08
E1    (M Guidera   ) 0.080  7.217 185.03      (K Stoffer   ) 0.012  7.279 181.45
 Qualified:             #3  7.224 183.89                       #10  7.273 182.92

Ellis is out of the gate first and never looked back to take the win, but will give up lane choice in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink