Sun, 16 Jul 2006, 04:53 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

MORRISON, Colo. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Ryan Schnitz                            8 Geno Scali                   
E2                   0.039  7.487 177.93     ****WINNER****  0.033  7.473 180.02
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Tonglet   ) 0.086  7.468 178.73      (M Smith     ) 0.020  7.469 179.52
 Qualified:             #5  7.435 179.80                       #13  7.500 177.23

2:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 97 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 24.84 inches,adjusted altitude 8,153 feet, track temperature 146 degrees.

A good looking drag race, they were dead even at half track. Geno Scali's incremental margins: 60ft(0.015), 330 ft(0.006), 660ft(0.000), 1,000ft(0.009). MOV: 0.0204 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Angelle Sampey                          6 Antron Brown                 
E2                   0.022  7.446 178.24     ****WINNER****  0.003  7.420 180.38
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Andreano  ) 0.057  7.436 179.06      (C Treble    ) 0.037  7.447 180.16
 Qualified:             #3  7.427 177.91                        #6  7.436 179.90

Brown was almost perfect at the tree and he had enough power to hold off his teammate.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  303 Tom Bradford                          731 Matt Guidera                 
E2                   0.042  7.483 180.38     ****WINNER****  0.029  7.480 177.93
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Phillips  ) 0.035  7.423 179.23      (S Gann      ) 0.047  7.482 177.81
 Qualified:             #2  7.399 180.55                       #10  7.467 178.85

Guidera left first and he was able to hold off the hard charging Bradford. Matt Guidera's incremental margins: 60ft(0.062), 330 ft(0.061), 660ft(0.049), 1,000ft(0.034). MOV: 0.0168 seconds (approximately 4 feet). He'll give lane choice to Brown in the semi's.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Chip Ellis                              1 Andrew Hines                 
E2                   0.045  9.087 100.27     ****WINNER****  0.006  7.419 180.74
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Johnson   ) 0.038  7.370 179.59      (K Stoffer   ) 0.037  7.430 180.36
 Qualified:             #1  7.332 180.26                        #9  7.450 178.17

A great light for Hines, and Ellis was off the throttle well before the finish. Hines will have lane choice over Scali in the semi's.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink