Sun, 4 May 2003, 01:49 PM Pro Stock Bike Round 2 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock Bike at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals presented by Pontiac:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  485 GT Tonglet                              6 Geno Scali
E2                  -0.001  7.250 183.47     ****WINNER****  0.030  7.180 187.13
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Smith     ) 0.010  7.215 188.99      (C Reuter    ) 0.027  7.167 186.95
 Qualified:             #8  7.234 183.24                        #1  7.181 186.92

Scali with another run in the "teens' will advance into the semi's.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  204 Matthew Smith                           8 Mike Berry
E2   ****WINNER****  0.023  7.346 181.15                     0.127  7.300 175.00
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Savoie    ) 0.038  7.377 173.76      (F Collis    ) 0.021  7.291 183.89
 Qualified:            #15  7.320 181.18                        #7  7.222 184.60

Smith gets the win on a holeshot.

Matthew Smith's incremental margins: 60ft(0.074), 330 ft(0.046), 660ft(0.034), 1,000ft(0.020). MOV: 0.0585 seconds (approximately 15 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Reggie Showers                          4 Antron Brown
E2                  -0.003  7.277 183.69     ****WINNER****  0.019  7.261 181.62
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Johnson   ) 0.049  7.229 186.23      (F Camarena  ) 0.021  7.176 186.87
 Qualified:             #6  7.217 185.38                        #3  7.200 186.18

Showers leaves just a tick early. Brown will have lane choice over Matthew Smith in the semi's.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  504 Andrew Hines                            5 Shawn Gann
E2                   0.049  7.249 178.66     ****WINNER****  0.064  7.182 185.79
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Conner    ) 0.007  7.179 183.12      (K Stoffer   ) 0.042  7.168 186.00
 Qualified:             #5  7.214 185.43                        #4  7.213 185.15

Hines left first but bogged a little on the hit and that was all Gann needed. Scali will have lane choice over Gann in the semi's.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink