Mon, 07 Sep 2015, 13:00 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations |
By Dave Gerard |
BROWNSBURG, Ind. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals:
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Angie Smith 200 Chip Ellis
E1 -0.003 8.984 99.53 ****WINNER**** 0.014 6.880 195.59
Qualified: #16 7.011 189.52 #1 6.855 195.73
12:37 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.14 inches,
adjusted altitude 3,829 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.Ellis is 4 - 0 against Smith in prior events. This is the 10th time Chip Ellis has raced at Indy and it's the 2nd time that he has started from the number 1 spot (2004). This is the 16th time in his career that Chip has been #1 and he is looking for his first win from the top spot. He has almost a 60% round one win advantage and has won all four of their prior round one pairings...This is the 7th time this year that Angie Smith has started from the 16th spot. In three of her previous starts she upset the top qualifier in round one.
Chip Ellis gets a free pass to round two, as Smith has a -0.003 red light.
Angie Smith's incremental times:
60ft-1.107 sec., 330ft-2.939, 660ft-4.781/116.99 mph, 1,000ft-6.860.
Chip Ellis' incremental times: 60ft-1.065 sec.,
330ft-2.872, 660ft-4.402/160.19 mph, 1,000ft-5.736.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 207 Chaz Kennedy 401 Jerry Savoie E1 No Time ****WINNER**** 0.027 6.877 194.46 Qualified: #14 6.978 192.19 #3 6.896 194.35Savoie is 2 - 1 against Kennedy in prior events. Jerry Savoie has made three starts at Indy and been to the final round twice (2011 & 2014). He has won both of the round one matchups with Kennedy. Chaz Kennedy was Jerry's first round opponent here last year.
Kennedy has problems getting the bike into gear after the burnout and won't make the run. Free pass to Savoie too.
Jerry Savoie's incremental times: 60ft-1.052 sec., 330ft-2.851, 660ft-4.386/159.42 mph,
1,000ft-5.728.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 533 Jim Underdahl 3 Hector Arana Jr E1 -0.041 6.971 193.32 ****WINNER**** 0.055 6.904 195.36 Qualified: #10 6.915 195.62 #7 6.903 194.13Arana Jr is 8 - 2 against Underdahl in prior events. Hector Arana Jr. won this race in 2011 and has a seven to one round one win advantage over Underdahl.
Another red light. Underdahl this time. Arana gets the easy win.
Hector
Arana Jr's incremental times: 60ft-1.066 sec., 330ft-2.879, 660ft-4.417/159.53 mph, 1,000ft-5.757.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 491 Angelle Sampey 777 Karen Stoffer E1 ****WINNER**** 0.011 6.910 192.99 0.022 6.911 194.69 Qualified: #4 6.899 193.65 #13 6.967 191.08Sampey is 12 - 5 against Stoffer in prior events. Angelle won here in 2001 & 2002 and has over an 80% win advantage in round one. She has won six of the eight prior round one races with Stoffer...This is Karen Stoffer's 13th Indy race and she has won a total of 4 rounds in her previous starts. She has won over 50% of her first round races.
What a great race. Sampey gets the starting line advantage and has to hold off a charging Stoffer all the ways to the lights. She gets the three foot win by just 0.001 in the lights.
Angelle Sampey's incremental margins: 60ft(0.016), 330 ft(0.022), 660ft(0.025), 1,000ft(0.022). MOV: 0.0120 seconds (approximately 3 feet).
Angelle Sampey's incremental
times: 60ft-1.070 sec., 330ft-2.869, 660ft-4.404/159.06 mph, 1,000ft-5.751.
Karen Stoffer's incremental times:
60ft-1.075 sec., 330ft-2.880, 660ft-4.418/159.16 mph, 1,000ft-5.762.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Andrew Hines 6 Scotty Pollacheck
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.058 6.916 193.82 0.063 7.171 188.33
Qualified: #2 6.879 193.29 #15 6.998 191.21
Hines is 9 - 3 against Pollacheck in prior events. Andrew Hines has been to the finals three times here with one win
(2012) and two runner-up finishes. He has won over 75% of his round one races and has won four of his six prior matchups
with Pollacheck...Scotty Pollacheck starts from the #15 spot today. In three of the last seven years the 15th qualifier
has upset the #2 rider in Pro Stock Motorcycle at Indy. He has a near 63% first round win/loss ratio.Hines is away first and never headed. He will give up lane choice to Arana Jr. next round.
Andrew Hines' incremental margins: 60ft(0.058), 330 ft(0.146), 660ft(0.187), 1,000ft(0.226). MOV: 0.2603 seconds (approximately 72 feet).
Andrew Hines'
incremental times: 60ft-1.073 sec., 330ft-2.873, 660ft-4.415/158.65 mph, 1,000ft-5.761.
Scotty Pollacheck's
incremental times: 60ft-1.126 sec., 330ft-3.014, 660ft-4.597/154.37 mph, 1,000ft-5.982.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Hector Arana 5 Steve Johnson
E1 0.015 6.977 194.83 ****WINNER**** 0.038 6.946 193.38
Qualified: #6 6.903 195.73 #11 6.915 193.02
Arana is 18 - 10 against Johnson in prior events. Steve Johnson's 2 wins here ties him with Angelle Sampey for the
most by an active Pro Stock Motorcycle rider..Hector Arana won here in 2009 and has a 66% win advantage in round one and
has won eleven of fifteen matchups with Johnson in round one..Arana gets a a starting line advantage and the Johnson is on by after the sixty foot lights. They stay right together to the lights. Savoie will have lane choice next round.
Steve Johnson's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.001), 330 ft(0.016), 660ft(0.018), 1,000ft(0.014). MOV: 0.0088 seconds (approximately 3 feet).
Hector Arana's incremental times: 60ft-1.120 sec.,
330ft-2.950, 660ft-4.488/159.36 mph, 1,000ft-5.828.
Steve Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-1.098 sec., 330ft-2.911,
660ft-4.447/159.25 mph, 1,000ft-5.791.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 473 LE Tonglet 2 Eddie Krawiec E1 0.034 6.919 195.56 ****WINNER**** 0.046 6.873 193.96 Qualified: #8 6.905 195.45 #9 6.908 191.57Krawiec is 15 - 4 against Tonglet in prior events. Eddie Krawiec is the defending event champion. The last motorcycle rider to successfully defend the title here was Angelle Sampey (2001 & 2002). He has almost an 82% win advantage in round one match ups and has won all three of their prior round one races...LE Tonglet won this event in 2010 and he went on to win the championship that year. He has won almost 66% of round one races.
Tonglet gets a starting line advantage and can only hold off Krawiec until after the 60 foot lights. It's all Krawiec after that and he will have lane choice next round over Ellis
Eddie Krawiec's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.003), 330 ft(0.028), 660ft(0.036), 1,000ft(0.038). MOV: 0.0342 seconds (approximately 10 feet).
LE Tonglet's incremental
times: 60ft-1.086 sec., 330ft-2.905, 660ft-4.438/159.85 mph, 1,000ft-5.775.
Eddie Krawiec's incremental times:
60ft-1.077 sec., 330ft-2.865, 660ft-4.390/160.44 mph, 1,000ft-5.725.
12:51 p.m.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Matt Smith 205 Shawn Gann
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.065 6.915 192.85 -0.051 6.974 191.73
Qualified: #5 6.900 191.67 #12 6.962 191.76
Smith is 11 - 2 against Gann in prior events. Gann went red. Smith races Sampey in round two and she will choose
the lanes.
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