Sun, 5 Oct 2003, 01:01 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, 19th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals:
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 485 GT Tonglet 6 Geno Scali E1 0.056 7.120 190.46 ****WINNER**** 0.059 7.075 185.69 Qualified: #11 7.225 177.00 #6 7.175 182.6212:44 PM - At the start of the round, the air temperature was 57 degrees at 43 percent humidity and the barometric pressure was 29.99 inches and steady.
This was a close, clean race with Scali coming out on top. Geno Scali's incremental margins:
60ft(0.049), 330 ft(0.028), 660ft(0.030), 1,000ft(0.034). MOV: 0.0427 seconds (approximately
12 feet).
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Antron Brown 7 Reggie Showers
E1 0.011 7.237 183.82 ****WINNER**** 0.075 7.130 185.10
Qualified: #9 7.190 185.31 #8 7.189 185.15
Reggie Showers has won 11 rounds in a row prior to this race, including his wins at
Indianapolis, Memphis and the K&N Filters Clash. Brown has 11 career wins, with the last
coming at Brainerd earlier this year. Brown had nine wins and three losses against Showers
prior to this meeting.
Showers made it 12 in a row with a strong, clean run. Brown was quicker off the starting line
and was ahead to the 660 foot mark, but Showers ran him down and passed tot ake the win. Reggie
Showers' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.051), 330 ft(-0.042), 660ft(-0.017),
1,000ft(0.010). MOV: 0.0431 seconds (approximately 12 feet).
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 405 Blaine Hale 2 Craig Treble E1 ****WINNER**** 0.003 7.178 185.64 0.072 7.183 184.45 Qualified: #13 7.242 185.31 #4 7.170 185.43This was the first time that Treble and Hale have met in eliminations. Hale has lost his last three races by red lights. This time, he had a very good light and stayed out in front the whole way to take the win. Blaine Hale's incremental margins: 60ft(0.061), 330 ft(0.057), 660ft(0.063), 1,000ft(0.073). MOV: 0.0744 seconds (approximately 20 feet).
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 567 Todd Doege 51 Fred Collis E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.030 7.078 187.55 Qualified: #16 7.297 188.10 #1 7.117 186.79Collis has 18 round wins and 16 losses in his career. This is the second time he's qualified in the number one position. His only event win came at Columbus this year. He made it to the finals at Memphis but lost to Reggie Showers when he fouled. In seven of the 12 races he's been at before this event, Collis has fouled out seven times. Todd Doege has made it past the first round only once in his career, at Indianapolis in 2001, when he lost to Angelle Savoie in the second round of eliminations.
Doege did not come back this weekend, so Collis had a competition single to take the win.
Collis ran quick enough to earn lane choice over Showers in the next round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 211 Tommy Grimes Jr 1 Angelle Savoie E1 0.026 7.357 179.73 ****WINNER**** 0.077 7.071 188.12 Qualified: #15 7.290 183.49 #2 7.125 182.95This is Grimes' fourth start and his third first-round match against Savoie. She won the previous two and won again today. Savoie had the slower start but caught Grimes by the time they reached the 330-foot mark and went on tot ake the win. Angelle Savoie's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.015), 330 ft(0.036), 660ft(0.111), 1,000ft(0.174). MOV: 0.2353 seconds (approximately 62 feet).
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Mike Berry 504 Andrew Hines
E1 0.046 7.152 187.11 ****WINNER**** 0.017 7.148 193.05
Qualified: #10 7.225 186.00 #7 7.182 189.52
Hines has won elimination rounds 16 times and lost 18 in his career. He and Berry have meet
three times, with Berry taking two wins. Last year, Andrew Hines beat Matt Hines in round two,
then lost to Karen Stoffer in the third round.
Hines got this round with a better light. He gave up lane choice to Savoie in the second round.
Andrew Hines' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.000), 330 ft(0.010),
660ft(0.024), 1,000ft(0.026). MOV: 0.0336 seconds (approximately 9 feet).
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 10 Steve Johnson 412 Michael Phillips E1 -0.003 7.289 163.75 ****WINNER**** 0.055 7.125 189.04 Qualified: #12 7.237 185.28 #5 7.174 187.50Phillips had two wins and one loss against Johnson before this race. Johnson left the starting line too soon, so Phillips had the win. Phillips will have lane choice over Hale in the second round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
5 Shawn Gann 777 Karen Stoffer
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.026 7.106 187.13 -0.013 7.199 171.55
Qualified: #3 7.135 183.34 #14 7.287 181.84
Stoffer was the runner-up here last year, losing on a red light to Angelle Savoie in the
final round. She was also the runner up at Columbus this year. Shawn Gann won at Englishtown
earlier this year. Stoffer and Gann have raced each other three times, with Gann winning two of
those races.
Gann got this win when Stoffer left the starting line too soon and lit the red light. Gann had
a clean run but was not quick enough to earn lane choice over Scali in the next round.
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