Sun, 1 Apr 2007, 04:26 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Craig Treble                           25 Matt Guidera                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.046  7.105 187.73                     0.055  7.137 182.38
 Qualified:             #8  7.050 190.35                        #9  7.069 187.65

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 69 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 1,641 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Treble won this race in 2002 and was runner up in 2003. This is Guidra's 40th round of competition, and he holds a two to one advantage over Treble in head to head match ups. Treble is out of the gate first and takes the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   88 Eddie Krawiec                         499 Peggy Llewellyn              
E1                  -0.027  7.110 185.95     ****WINNER****  0.035  7.155 184.07
 Qualified:            #10  7.071 189.92                        #7  7.045 189.18

Krawiec turns on the red light and Llewellyn is moving on to round two.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  778 Scott Lewis                             2 Antron Brown                 
E1                  -0.161  9.332 100.18     ****WINNER**** -0.007  7.113 185.21
 Qualified:            #11  7.071 187.52                        #6  7.043 190.67

Lewis is real red and Brown moves on to round two.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  748 Chris Rivas                             4 Chip Ellis                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.011 10.673  74.61                    -0.004  7.124 184.40
 Qualified:            #12  7.076 187.89                        #5  7.029 190.70

Ellis turned on the red light, and Rivas gets the freebie.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  310 Joe DeSantis                            6 Karen Stoffer                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.050  7.173 185.13                    -0.026  7.094 188.04
 Qualified:            #13  7.083 191.48                        #4  7.025 191.02

Stoffer turns on the red light and then runs low E.T. of the round. DeSantis will have lane choice over Rivas.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  205 Shawn Gann                              3 Angelle Sampey               
E1                  -0.050  7.083 188.54     ****WINNER****  0.037  7.050 191.10
 Qualified:            #15  7.091 187.89                        #2  6.973 192.22

Gann turns on the red light and Sampey runs low E.T. of the round and will have lane choice against Llewellyn in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Andrew Hines                            8 Tom Bradford                 
E1                  -0.002  7.013 190.14     ****WINNER****  0.004  7.099 186.10
 Qualified:             #3  6.995 192.41                       #14  7.084 188.75

Hines turns on the red light and then he runs low E.T. of the round. Bradford will have lane choice over Brown in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  751 Steve Johnson                           5 Matt Smith                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024  7.112 188.10                    -0.003  6.988 189.31
 Qualified:            #16  7.092 189.82                        #1  6.968 191.76

Smith like the two previous riders turns on the red light and then runs low E.T. of the round. Johnson will give up lane choice to Treble in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink