Sun, 1 Apr 2007, 05:56 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 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
  310 Joe DeSantis                          748 Chris Rivas                  
E2                   0.056  7.226 182.85     ****WINNER****  0.027  7.124 186.69
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Stoffer   ) 0.050  7.173 185.13      (C Ellis     ) 0.011 10.673  74.61
 Qualified:            #13  7.083 191.48                       #12  7.076 187.89

We start this round with green light starts and Rivas is out of the gate first and never looked back for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Craig Treble                          751 Steve Johnson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.006  7.057 189.66                     0.020  7.109 188.15
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Guidera   ) 0.046  7.105 187.73      (M Smith     ) 0.024  7.112 188.10
 Qualified:             #8  7.050 190.35                       #16  7.092 189.82

Treble with a great light and has a great looking pass to move into the next round. He will have lane choice over Rivas in the semifinals.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Tom Bradford                            2 Antron Brown                 
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.002  7.188 185.51                    -0.003  7.112 182.62
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Hines     ) 0.004  7.099 186.10      (S Lewis     ) -0.007  7.113 185.21
 Qualified:            #14  7.084 188.75                        #6  7.043 190.67

Brown turned on the red light and Bradford moves into the semifinals.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  499 Peggy Llewellyn                         3 Angelle Sampey               
E2                   0.087  7.173 181.72     ****WINNER****  0.035  6.947 192.14
 Prior rounds:
E1    (E Krawiec   ) 0.035  7.155 184.07      (S Gann      ) 0.037  7.050 191.10
 Qualified:             #7  7.045 189.18                        #2  6.973 192.22

Sampey is out of the gate first and then runs the quickest pass of the weekend. With the track E.T. record she will have lane choice over Bradford.

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