Sun, 26 Oct 2003, 03:53 PM Pro Stock Bike Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Bike at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Third annual ACDelco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Geno Scali                            727 Jay Matthews
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035  7.248 184.12                     0.013  7.400 179.97
 Qualified:             #3  7.255 183.24                       #14  7.360 179.42

12:38 PM Current weather conditions: 79 degrees, 30 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.00 inches.

Scali gives up a little off the line but drives around before they reach the sixty-foot mark.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Karen Stoffer                         485 GT Tonglet
E1                   0.116  7.318 182.08     ****WINNER****  0.029  7.283 186.79
 Qualified:             #9  7.306 184.85                        #8  7.296 181.50

Tonglet gets a big hole-shot and extends his lead at every incremental.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Reggie Showers                        714 Sean Conner
E1                   0.122  7.315 181.74     ****WINNER****  0.015  7.342 176.60
 Qualified:             #5  7.277 181.30                       #12  7.343 179.85

Showers is late off the line and Conner holds him off for the hole-shot victory.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  310 Joe DeSantis                            2 Craig Treble
E1                   0.814 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.183  7.260 188.20
 Qualified:            #16  7.378 179.80                        #1  7.246 182.82

DeSantis never made a move when the lights came down. Treble will have lane choice over Tonglet in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Angelle Savoie                       3147 Josh Helvie
E1   ****WINNER****  0.043  7.233 184.14                     0.067  7.439 175.59
 Qualified:             #2  7.255 183.29                       #15  7.368 178.28

Savoie is first off the line and pulls away for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   51 Fred Collis                             5 Shawn Gann
E1                   0.104  7.285 181.76     ****WINNER****  0.019  7.291 182.53
 Qualified:             #7  7.295 180.74                       #10  7.316 180.86

Collis is late off the line giving Gann the hole-shot win. Gann will take on Savoie in round two, Savoie with the lane choice.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Mike Berry                            412 Michael Phillips
E1   ****WINNER****  0.026  7.267 184.12                     0.019  7.330 186.72
 Qualified:             #6  7.286 183.44                       #11  7.329 181.28

Berry is second off the line but drives around Phillips just past the sixty-foot mark for the win. Scali will have lane choice over Berry in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Antron Brown                          504 Andrew Hines
E1                   0.016  7.356 180.67     ****WINNER****  0.008  7.273 182.33
 Qualified:            #13  7.347 185.56                        #4  7.260 187.55

Hines gets the hole-shot and pulls ahead all the way through the run. He will have lane choice over Conner in round two.

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