Sun, 7 Sep 2003, 03:45 PM Pro Stock Bike Round 2 Eliminations

By Keith Burgan

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock Bike at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 49th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  504 Andrew Hines                            4 Antron Brown
E2                  -0.033  7.281 180.65     ****WINNER****  0.007  7.366 182.85
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Phillips  ) 0.006  7.288 185.74      (M Berry     ) 0.020  7.264 181.69
 Qualified:             #2  7.162 190.65                        #7  7.205 185.33

Brown has lane choice here and has elected to run in the right lane whereas the left lane has been the choice for the four wheeled pro stocks. Here we go again as Hines goes red by just .003 to automatically advance the Army bike.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   51 Fred Collis                             6 Geno Scali
E2                  -0.013  7.282 183.27     ****WINNER****  0.016  7.288 172.21
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Johnson   ) 0.009  7.238 177.42      (K Stoffer   ) 0.020  7.897 130.75
 Qualified:             #4  7.179 183.74                        #5  7.188 185.72

And yet another bulb as Collis is .013 too quick on the tree and the bikes run matching 7.28's

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Reggie Showers                          1 Angelle Savoie
E2   ****WINNER****  0.002  7.264 184.52                     0.057  7.251 184.62
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Treble    ) 0.065  7.233 181.94      (B Schultz   ) 0.048  7.210 181.62
 Qualified:             #8  7.210 185.51                        #1  7.154 186.61

Reggie stole one here with a holeshot ,going .002 on the tree to hold of a quicker Savoie.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Shawn Gann                            485 GT Tonglet
E2   ****WINNER****  0.015  7.270 184.30                    -0.024  7.251 189.34
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Reuter    ) 0.153  7.206 182.35      (B Hale      ) 0.023  8.377 113.92
 Qualified:             #3  7.173 184.67                        #6  7.190 184.27

With Willie G looking on Tonglet joins the rest of the red light bandits to eliminate the last Harley threat, wasting a better e.t. as did his teammate Hines. The first round set a record for the number of red lights in the professional categories and this series of runs will just add to the litany of wasted chances. Gann's 7.27 will give him lane choice against Brown while Showers will pick over Scali.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink