Sun, 30 Oct 2016, 15:57 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 16th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Jerry Savoie                           10 Scotty Pollacheck            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.027  6.908 194.24                     0.048  7.116 185.49
 Qualified:             #1  6.880 193.96                       #16  7.032 185.87

12:38 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 40 percent, barometer 27.75 inches, adjusted altitude 4,501 feet.

Savoie is third in the points, 43 behind Krawiec.

Savoie is 8 - 3 against Pollacheck in prior events.

Savoie leaves first and starts to pull away. Pollacheck slows from his qualifying attempt and was falling behind at every mark.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   77 Angie Smith                             8 Hector Arana                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.021  7.052 187.86                     0.116  6.968 192.77
 Qualified:            #11  7.003 187.29                        #6  6.974 192.06

Arana is 8 - 3 against Smith in prior events.

Arana was late off the line, he starts making up ground quickly, but Smith holds him off and takes the holeshot win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  751 Steve Johnson                         473 LE Tonglet                   
E1                  -0.003  7.059 189.42     ****WINNER****  0.026  6.982 191.10
 Qualified:             #8  6.985 191.08                        #9  6.987 191.43

Tonglet is 9 - 4 against Johnson in prior events.

Johnson just misses the tree on the wrong side and goes red. Tonglet goes right down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win.

Savoie will have lane choice over Tonglet in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  491 Angelle Sampey                        574 Cory Reed                    
E1                   0.057  6.978 191.59     ****WINNER****  0.009  6.993 190.32
 Qualified:             #5  6.967 191.81                       #12  7.005 188.86

Sampey is fifth in points, Reed is seventh.

Sampey and Reed have each won 1 times against the other in prior events.

Reed gets a big holeshot but Sampey starts reeling him in. Sampey continues to gain ground but runs out of race track.

Cory Reed's incremental margins: 60ft(0.058), 330 ft(0.057), 660ft(0.049), 1,000ft(0.039). MOV: 0.0332 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1550 Joey Gladstone                          1 Andrew Hines                 
E1                  -0.018  7.022 191.32     ****WINNER****  0.041  6.966 190.94
 Qualified:            #14  7.012 190.86                        #3  6.947 192.14

Hines is second in the points, only twenty behind Krawiec.

Hines is 1 - 0 against Gladstone in prior events.

Gladstone leaves too soon and goes red giving Hines the win and a tie for the points lead at least until Krawiec runs.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Karen Stoffer                           5 Hector Arana Jr              
E1                   0.049  7.035 191.65     ****WINNER****  0.013  6.995 192.36
 Qualified:            #10  6.991 191.67                        #7  6.979 191.08

Arana Jr is 3 - 0 against Stoffer in prior events.

Arana jr. gets out of the gate first and extends his lead all the way through the run.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7119 Melissa Surber                          2 Eddie Krawiec                
E1                   0.086  7.019 189.10     ****WINNER****  0.023  6.937 193.65
 Qualified:            #15  7.014 188.86                        #2  6.939 192.82

Krawiec is 1 - 0 against Surber in prior events.

Krawiec gets the holeshot and extends his lead all the way through the run. He takes the win and gets twenty points to go back in the lead.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Chip Ellis                              4 Matt Smith                   
E1                   0.047  7.205 160.23     ****WINNER****  0.032  6.961 191.67
 Qualified:            #13  7.006 191.76                        #4  6.965 191.21

Smith is 10 - 5 against Ellis in prior events.

Smith gets out of the gate first and starts to pull away. Ellis gets near the end of the run and sits up on the bike, not sure why.

In the next round it will be Savoie with lane choice over Tonglet, Smith vs. Reed, Krawiec vs. Arana Jr., and Hines vs. Smith.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink