Sun, 4 May 2003, 12:35 PM Pro Stock Bike Round 1 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 1 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
  505 Chris Reuter                            6 Geno Scali
E1                  -0.032  7.392 181.91     ****WINNER****  0.027  7.167 186.95
 Qualified:            #16  7.327 186.28                        #1  7.181 186.92

12:18 PM Reuter needed an advantage at the tree but he jumped just a little early. Scali runs the quickest ET of the weekend.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 John Smith                            485 GT Tonglet
E1                  -0.006  7.288 181.32     ****WINNER****  0.010  7.215 188.99
 Qualified:             #9  7.244 180.16                        #8  7.234 183.24

Tonglet takes the Harley to the second round. He will give Scali lane choice.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Steve Johnson                           7 Reggie Showers
E1                   0.015  7.290 181.94     ****WINNER****  0.049  7.229 186.23
 Qualified:            #11  7.277 181.94                        #6  7.217 185.38

Johnson left on Showers but Showers was able to chase him down.

Reggie Showers' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.012), 330 ft(-0.011), 660ft(-0.007), 1,000ft(0.014). MOV: 0.0277 seconds (approximately 7 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Angelle Savoie                        204 Matthew Smith
E1                  -0.002  7.186 186.51     ****WINNER****  0.038  7.377 173.76
 Qualified:             #2  7.192 181.74                       #15  7.320 181.18

Savoie tried to cut down the tree and left early. "Trickie" Rickie Smith's son Matthew gets his first ever round win in Pro Stock Motorcycle.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  780 Fred Camarena                           4 Antron Brown
E1                   0.046  7.336 180.04     ****WINNER****  0.021  7.176 186.87
 Qualified:            #14  7.310 177.72                        #3  7.200 186.18

Brown wins this one easily, and will have lane choice over Showers in round two.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  714 Sean Conner                           504 Andrew Hines
E1                   0.030  7.309 184.19     ****WINNER****  0.007  7.179 183.12
 Qualified:            #12  7.292 183.79                        #5  7.214 185.43

An incredible pass for the V-rod! The second Harley will be around for round two.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   51 Fred Collis                             8 Mike Berry
E1                  -0.007  7.246 184.04     ****WINNER****  0.021  7.291 183.89
 Qualified:            #10  7.263 182.95                        #7  7.222 184.60

Berry gets the green light and will give up lane choice to Smith in round two.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Karen Stoffer                           5 Shawn Gann
E1                   0.025  7.258 184.52     ****WINNER****  0.042  7.168 186.00
 Qualified:            #13  7.301 182.65                        #4  7.213 185.15

Stoffer had the better light, but Gann had the horsepower to chase her down. Gann will have lane choice over Hines in round two.

Shawn Gann's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.002), 330 ft(0.035), 660ft(0.048), 1,000ft(0.071). MOV: 0.0736 seconds (approximately 20 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink