Sun, 10 Oct 2004, 12:19 PM Pro Stock Bike Round 1 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Bike at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  467 Kurt Matte                              6 Antron Brown
E1                   0.024  7.255 187.99     ****WINNER****  0.114  7.063 188.33
 Qualified:            #16  7.221 185.49                        #1  7.057 187.57

12:06 p.m. - Brown is starting from the top spot in the order for the ninth time. It is MAtte's sevenths start. Matte got Brown at the starting line but Brown had the lead by the time they reached the 330 foot mark.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Mike Berry                              2 Angelle Savoie
E1                   0.036  7.222 183.62     ****WINNER****  0.075  7.035 190.14
 Qualified:            #15  7.201 184.04                        #2  7.072 188.67

Savoie won here in 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2002. She is 7-0 against Berry. She got the win here, despite the slower reaction time, by recording the quickest pass ever by a Suzuki and her quickest lap of the weekend.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  316 Chip Hunter                           200 Chip Ellis
E1   ****WINNER****  0.131  7.259 178.47                     0.143  7.576 179.73
 Qualified:            #13  7.170 185.79                        #4  7.123 183.27

Neither rider had a great starting light but Hunter's was just a bit better and he got the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Shawn Gann                            751 Steve Johnson
E1                   0.096  7.143 187.11     ****WINNER****  0.031  7.125 191.59
 Qualified:            #12  7.158 186.20                        #5  7.124 187.50

Johnson had the quicker reaction time and pulled away to take the win. He'll have lane choice over Hunter in round two.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 GT Tonglet                              7 Andrew Hines
E1                   0.038  7.897 127.94     ****WINNER****  0.062  7.168 187.21
 Qualified:            #14  7.179 180.57                        #3  7.089 193.57

Tonglet had the quicker start but Hines had the lower ET for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  412 Michael Phillips                        1 Geno Scali
E1                   0.037  7.123 188.33     ****WINNER****  0.036  7.081 189.02
 Qualified:            #10  7.146 186.25                        #7  7.134 186.15

Another great pass by a Suzuki and Scali got the win. He gave up lane choice to Savoie in round two.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Karen Stoffer                         133 Paul Gast
E1   ****WINNER****  0.039  7.143 181.89                    -0.019  7.210 186.67
 Qualified:             #6  7.125 186.48                       #11  7.151 185.89

Gast left too soon so Stoffer got the win. She'll have lane choice over Hines in the second round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  204 Matt Smith                              5 Craig Treble
E1                   0.070  7.144 185.56     ****WINNER****  0.035  7.149 185.77
 Qualified:             #9  7.144 185.49                        #8  7.139 182.48

Treble had a hole shot win and will meet Brown in the second round. Brown will have lane choice.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink