Sun, 9 Nov 2003, 04:07 PM Pro Stock Bike Round 1 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Bike at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  714 Sean Conner                            10 Steve Johnson
E1                   0.034  7.597 148.89     ****WINNER****  0.028  7.409 183.32
 Qualified:             #8  7.173 186.33                        #9  7.173 185.28

12:39 PM The bikes are out of the gate for their first round. Johnson is off first but has problems with second gear. Conner got out of the groove and had to horse the bike back into the middle. That was all that Johnson needed to come from behind.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Geno Scali                            310 Joe DeSantis
E1   ****WINNER****  0.085  7.367 178.38                     0.358 No Time
 Qualified:             #2  7.097 189.02                       #15  7.248 182.85

Scali has problems but gets away with the win because DeSantis has problems with his bike and he never left the line.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  485 GT Tonglet                              5 Shawn Gann
E1   ****WINNER****  0.044  7.178 187.63                    -0.006  7.615 140.42
 Qualified:             #6  7.164 191.81                       #11  7.182 182.67

Gann goes red by .006 and Tonglet gets a really nice pass on the Harley.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Craig Treble                          780 Fred Camarena
E1   ****WINNER****  0.049  7.114 187.52                     0.053  7.305 182.26
 Qualified:             #1  7.075 192.47                       #16  7.269 187.26

Treble has got the 7.07 motor back into the bike after qualifying. He put it away after the qualifying pass and now it's running just like it did on Friday. He will have choice over Steve Johnson next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Angelle Savoie                        777 Karen Stoffer
E1   ****WINNER****  0.048  7.150 190.35                    -0.027  7.212 183.37
 Qualified:             #3  7.120 192.11                       #14  7.218 182.40

Stoffer turns on the red and Angelle gets a free pass to meet Tonglet in round two. He has choice in the matchup.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  504 Andrew Hines                            4 Antron Brown
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026  7.224 191.27                     0.015  7.259 179.56
 Qualified:             #4  7.136 186.02                       #13  7.209 185.89

Another run over 190 for the V-Rod. Hines gets the win after giving up .01 on the starting line.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   51 Fred Collis                             8 Mike Berry
E1                   0.052  7.228 182.01     ****WINNER****  0.043  7.209 184.02
 Qualified:             #5  7.161 185.33                       #12  7.188 185.46

This was just a good old dragrace. Berry takes the win and lane choice over Hines in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  412 Michael Phillips                        7 Reggie Showers
E1   ****WINNER****  0.033  7.197 185.51                     0.064  7.281 181.08
 Qualified:             #7  7.166 191.27                       #10  7.175 186.61

Phillips drills Showers on the starting line and pulls away for the win. Phillips will race Scali next round with lane choice in hand.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink