Mon, 22 Sep 2003, 01:31 PM Pro Stock Bike Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Bike at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 16th annual O'Reilly NHRA Mid-South Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Karen Stoffer                           2 Craig Treble
E1                   0.011  7.241 180.02     ****WINNER****  0.003  7.215 180.60
 Qualified:             #8  7.197 183.79                        #9  7.211 185.41

Treble with a great light and the win. Craig Treble's incremental margins: 60ft(0.026), 330 ft(0.027), 660ft(0.029), 1,000ft(0.031). MOV: 0.0343 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Antron Brown                           51 Fred Collis
E1                   0.066  7.258 177.14     ****WINNER****  0.008  7.225 180.98
 Qualified:            #13  7.231 180.81                        #4  7.147 185.97

Collis with a big starting line advantage and just drove away for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  405 Blaine Hale                             6 Geno Scali
E1                  -0.012  7.344 175.87     ****WINNER**** -0.003  7.199 183.22
 Qualified:            #15  7.258 179.49                        #2  7.119 187.13

Hale turned on the red light and Scali with the quick E.T. of the round, so far.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Angelle Savoie                        211 Tommy Grimes Jr
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035 No Time                                 No Time
 Qualified:             #1  7.096 185.26                       #16  7.270 180.52

THis was a weird one Grimes had problems getting it to fire and had to push off. Then Angelle's bike made a quick move toward the center line and crossed over into Grimes lane, but still gets the win because Grimes never staged.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  412 Michael Phillips                        7 Reggie Showers
E1                   0.042  7.209 180.19     ****WINNER****  0.028  7.187 183.97
 Qualified:            #10  7.212 186.12                        #7  7.186 188.46

Showers was out of the gate first runs quickest E.T. and will have lane choice over Scali.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  485 GT Tonglet                              8 Mike Berry
E1                   0.211  7.266 176.40     ****WINNER****  0.063  7.229 182.62
 Qualified:            #11  7.216 177.95                        #6  7.164 185.95

Berry with a big starting line advantage and never looked back to take the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  504 Andrew Hines                          714 Sean Conner
E1   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.168 177.60                     0.010  7.245 181.67
 Qualified:             #5  7.157 180.21                       #12  7.223 185.26

Hines is out of the gate first and runs low E.T. of the round to take the win and have lane choice over Collis in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Shawn Gann                             10 Steve Johnson
E1   ****WINNER****  0.037  7.173 185.43                     0.050  7.283 182.16
 Qualified:             #3  7.125 187.76                       #14  7.245 183.29

Gann with the starting line advantage and never looked back to take the win. He will have lane choice over Berry in the next round Treble will have lane choice over Angelle in round two.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink