Sun, 1 Jun 2003, 03:47 PM Pro Stock Bike Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 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
    6 Geno Scali                              8 Mike Berry
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  7.169 185.92                     0.006  7.251 184.12
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Smith     ) 0.028  7.121 186.98      (M Phillips  ) -0.003  7.199 184.19
 Qualified:             #1  7.139 186.36                        #8  7.196 181.84

2:34 PM Scali holds a 2-1 heads-up advantage over Berry going into this round.

Berry did his job at the tree but Scali was able to run him down.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Craig Treble                            7 Reggie Showers
E2                   0.066  7.209 185.92     ****WINNER****  0.003  7.198 184.57
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Hines     ) 0.076  7.154 185.03      (A Brown     ) 0.024  7.192 184.09
 Qualified:             #3  7.143 185.79                        #6  7.180 185.51

Treble has beaten Showers 8 of the 9 previous meetings between them.

Showers takes this one from wire to wire.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  310 Joe DeSantis                          485 GT Tonglet
E2                   0.120 13.091  55.33     ****WINNER****  0.336  7.992 123.73
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Gann      ) -0.015 21.995  29.40      (S Conner    ) 0.064  7.133 185.61
 Qualified:            #15  7.262 179.68                        #7  7.182 184.80

Something broke on DeSantis' machine and he sat up very early. Tonglet blew up the engine at about 900 feet, but will advance to the semis.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Angelle Savoie                         51 Fred Collis
E2   ****WINNER****  0.036  7.151 185.43                     0.023  7.238 182.60
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Feazell   ) 0.115  7.118 185.51      (F Camarena  ) 0.072  7.169 183.44
 Qualified:             #5  7.175 182.28                        #4  7.144 185.77

Collis had the early advantage but Savoie changed that by the 330-foot mark. Angelle Savoie's MOV: 0.0748 seconds (approximately 20 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink