Sun, 18 May 2003, 02:07 PM Pro Stock Bike Round 2 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

ENGLISHTOWN, N.J. - Results of round 2 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                        405 Blaine Hale
E2   ****WINNER****  0.038  7.149 187.08                     0.034  7.220 184.35
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Stoffer   ) 0.030  7.128 188.78      (F Collis    ) 0.039  7.197 186.43
 Qualified:            #10  7.142 188.41                       #15  7.194 185.64

2:00 PM - Current weather conditions: 60 degrees, 40 percent relative humidity, the barometer is 30.03 inches, with a track temperature of 75 degrees.

Showers was behind until the 60 foot mark and then pulled away for the win. Reggie Showers' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.025), 330 ft(0.005), 660ft(0.032), 1,000ft(0.052). MOV: 0.0674 seconds (approximately 18 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Antron Brown                           10 Steve Johnson
E2   ****WINNER****  0.088  7.123 183.67                     0.028  7.196 185.61
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Phillips  ) 0.021  7.073 185.89      (G Tonglet   ) 0.021  7.173 185.69
 Qualified:             #4  7.101 183.27                       #12  7.172 186.41

For the first half of this race, it looked like Johnson would get the win but then Brown closed in and took the win. Antron Brown's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.038), 330 ft(-0.021), 660ft(-0.008), 1,000ft(0.007). MOV: 0.0139 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Geno Scali                              2 Craig Treble
E2                  -0.001  7.136 187.70     ****WINNER****  0.037  7.209 187.16
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Smith     ) 0.004  7.115 189.12      (A Savoie    ) 0.021  7.071 188.20
 Qualified:             #3  7.077 191.00                       #11  7.144 186.38

Scali fouled out by one-thousandths of a second. Treble gave up lane choice to Reggie Showers in the semi-final round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Shawn Gann                            714 Sean Conner
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.122 188.46                     0.016  7.150 186.74
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Reuter    ) 0.055  7.070 190.08      (M Berry     ) 0.041  7.139 187.03
 Qualified:             #1  7.051   NS                          #8  7.131 185.46

Gann had this one from start to finish and won lane choice over Antron Brown in the next round by one thousandth of a second.

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