Sun, 18 May 2003, 03:31 PM Pro Stock Bike Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock Bike at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 34th annual K&N Filters SuperNationals presented by Pep Boys:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Reggie Showers                          2 Craig Treble
E3                   0.026  7.172 184.62     ****WINNER****  0.014  7.094 188.52
 Prior rounds:
E2    (B Hale      ) 0.038  7.149 187.08      (G Scali     ) 0.037  7.209 187.16
E1    (K Stoffer   ) 0.030  7.128 188.78      (A Savoie    ) 0.021  7.071 188.20
 Qualified:            #10  7.142 188.41                       #11  7.144 186.38

3:26 PM - Current weather conditions: 61 degrees, 36 percent relative humidity, the barometer is 29.87 inches, with a track temperature of 77 degrees.

Treble did not qualify for the last race and this time, he's going to the finals. He did it this time with a hole shot against Showers, who was trying to go to the first final round of his career. Treble got out in front at the start and stayed out there the whole way. Craig Treble's incremental margins: 60ft(0.018), 330 ft(0.035), 660ft(0.052), 1,000ft(0.068). MOV: 0.0906 seconds (approximately 25 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Shawn Gann                              4 Antron Brown
E3   ****WINNER****  0.031  7.098 189.60                     0.027  7.148 188.99
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Conner    ) 0.008  7.122 188.46      (S Johnson   ) 0.088  7.123 183.67
E1    (C Reuter    ) 0.055  7.070 190.08      (M Phillips  ) 0.021  7.073 185.89
 Qualified:             #1  7.051   NS                          #4  7.101 183.27

Brown got off the starting line four-thousandths of a second quicker but by the 60-foot mark, Gann was ahead and never looked back. Gann won lane choice over Treble in the final round. Shawn Gann's incremental margins: 60ft(0.015), 330 ft(0.020), 660ft(0.033), 1,000ft(0.041). MOV: 0.0461 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink