Sun, 1 Jun 2003, 05:19 PM Pro Stock Bike Round 3 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock Bike at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Sixth annual Lucas Oil NHRA Route 66 Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Reggie Showers                        485 GT Tonglet
E3   ****WINNER****  0.105  7.189 184.52                    -0.003  7.164 185.05
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Treble    ) 0.003  7.198 184.57      (J Desantis  ) 0.336  7.992 123.73
E1    (A Brown     ) 0.024  7.192 184.09      (S Conner    ) 0.064  7.133 185.61
 Qualified:             #6  7.180 185.51                        #7  7.182 184.80

4:09 PM Tonglet has a 2-1 advantage over Showers in previous elimination rounds.

Tonglet is running with a new engine after blowing one up in the last round. The new engine could have won it but GT left just a hair early.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Angelle Savoie                          6 Geno Scali
E3   ****WINNER****  0.046  7.130 190.51                    -0.035  7.149 186.56
 Prior rounds:
E2    (F Collis    ) 0.036  7.151 185.43      (M Berry     ) 0.016  7.169 185.92
E1    (D Feazell   ) 0.115  7.118 185.51      (J Smith     ) 0.028  7.121 186.98
 Qualified:             #5  7.175 182.28                        #1  7.139 186.36

Savoie and Scali have met a total of 17 times in eliminations, Savoie winning 14 of those encounters.

Scali left early and it was all over. Savoie will have lane choice in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink