Sun, 15 Jun 2003, 02:03 PM Pro Stock Bike Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

HEBRON, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Bike at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Pontiac Excitement Nationals presented by Summit Racing:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Mike Berry                            504 Andrew Hines
E1                   0.008  7.266 180.40     ****WINNER****  0.005  7.261 177.09
 Qualified:            #10  7.282 181.52                        #7  7.265 182.77

Current weather conditions: 77 degrees, 57 percent relative humidity, the barometer 30.14 inches, with a track temperature of 108 degrees.

Both riders with great lights and Berry is out ahead until just past 1000 feet and Hines take s the win by 0.0083 seconds (approximately 2 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Craig Treble                            4 Antron Brown
E1   ****WINNER****  0.047  7.228 187.42                    -0.005  7.269 179.83
 Qualified:             #9  7.279 182.13                        #8  7.278 182.11

Brown holds a 13 - 5 advantage over Treble. Brown turned on the red light and Treble with the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  714 Sean Conner                             6 Geno Scali
E1                   0.034  7.241 184.19     ****WINNER****  0.021  7.229 184.93
 Qualified:            #12  7.307 178.47                        #5  7.230 182.90

Scali with the starting line advantage a with his best pass of the weekend to take the win by 0.0257 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  412 Michael Phillips                        1 Angelle Savoie
E1                  -0.254  7.548 154.49     ****WINNER****  0.062  7.328 158.20
 Qualified:            #15  7.326 181.98                        #2  7.207 181.72

Phillips is on a borrowed bike because he had all of his stuff stolen a week ago.

Phillips took a shot at the tree and lost.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  310 Joe DeSantis                           51 Fred Collis
E1                   0.266  7.338 181.59     ****WINNER****  0.033  7.201 184.88
 Qualified:            #16  7.331 186.02                        #1  7.193 184.07

Joe DeSantis won here in Competition Eliminator in 1974. DeSantis was way early giving Collis the win light.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  202 Keith Dennis                            7 Reggie Showers
E1                   0.031  7.340 180.48     ****WINNER****  0.105  7.250 184.72
 Qualified:            #13  7.310 182.65                        #4  7.229 183.77

Showers was real late but was able to chase Dennis down just past the 1100 feet he took the win by 0.0168 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Karen Stoffer                         485 GT Tonglet
E1   ****WINNER****  0.005  7.371 160.42                    -0.006  7.266 183.64
 Qualified:             #6  7.259 183.19                       #11  7.286 183.10

Tonglet was too quick on the tree and Stoffer moves on to round two.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Shawn Gann                             10 Steve Johnson
E1   ****WINNER****  0.104  7.213 185.38                     0.066  7.315 181.67
 Qualified:             #3  7.220 184.67                       #14  7.310 181.54

Gann was way late on the tree, but chased Johnson down just past the 330-foot mark to take the win. Gann will have lane choice over Stoffer in the next round. Hines will get to pick his lane against Savoie, Collis will have his choice of lanes vs Treble and Scali will get his choice against Showers.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink