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Sun, 19 May 2019, 13:36 PM

Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

DINWIDDIE, Va. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Second annual Virginia NHRA Nationals:


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Angie Smith                          3284 Ryan Oehler                  
E1                   0.018  6.944 195.68     ****WINNER****  0.006  6.927 195.36
 Qualified:             #8  6.889 196.07                        #9  6.893 196.22

Weather conditions: air temperature 89 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 29.79 inches, adjusted altitude 3,058 feet, track temperature 123 degrees.

Oehler with a great light and never trailed for the win. Ryan Oehler's MOV: 0.0297 seconds (approximately 9 feet).


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  777 Karen Stoffer                         751 Steve Johnson                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.024  6.954 194.27                     0.062  6.962 192.03
 Qualified:             #7  6.879 195.65                       #10  6.898 193.82

Stoffer is 15 - 9 against Johnson in prior events.

Stoffer with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. Karen Stoffer's MOV: 0.0462 seconds (approximately 13 feet).


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1550 Joey Gladstone                        235 Hector Arana                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.017  7.006 191.51                     0.052  6.979 194.30
 Qualified:            #11  6.899 194.02                        #6  6.875 195.93

Arana is 2 - 0 against Gladstone in prior events.

Gladstone with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Joey Gladstone's MOV: 0.0086 seconds (approximately 2 feet).


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Angelle Sampey                       1628 John Hall                    
E1   ****WINNER****  0.050  6.855 195.56                     0.037  6.956 193.88
 Qualified:             #5  6.854 195.22                       #12  6.914 195.59

Angelle Sampey starts the day with 414 round wins and that is second best in the Pro Stock Motorcycle class (A. Hines - 489).
John Hall is making his 49th start.
Hall is 1 - 0 against Sampey in prior events.

Hall with the starting line advantage, but Sampey has the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Matt Smith                             10 Scotty Pollacheck            
E1   ****WINNER****  0.062  6.813 198.64                     0.035  7.024 191.65
 Qualified:             #4  6.840 198.32                       #13  6.944 193.46

Smith is 8 - 4 against Pollacheck in prior events.

Pollacheck with the starting line advantage, but Smith has the difference made up by 100 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. Smith runs low E.T. of race day and will have lane choice over Sampey in the next round.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  574 Cory Reed                               3 Hector Arana Jr              
E1                   0.051  7.108 187.78     ****WINNER****  0.012  6.909 197.05
 Qualified:            #14  6.962 193.99                        #3  6.826 197.36

Arana Jr is 3 - 1 against Reed in prior events.

Arana Jr. with a great light and never trailed for the win.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Eddie Krawiec                        1981 Kelly Clontz                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.069  6.855 196.82                     0.085  7.021 191.95
 Qualified:             #2  6.822 197.51                       #15  7.020 191.62

Eddie Krawiec is an amazing 168 - 30 (85%) in round 1. By comparison John Force wins 74% of his first round races.

Kelly Clontz is making her 12th start. Krawiec with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He will have lane choice over Stoffer in the next round.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Andrew Hines                         7253 Jianna Salinas               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.059  6.853 196.87                     0.055  7.065 188.23
 Qualified:             #1  6.812 196.42                       #16  7.338 189.84

Andrew Hines was runner-up here last year. He is 38 - 4 in round 1 after qualifying at the top of the field.
Jasmine Salinas is the 205th driver to qualify for a Pro Stock Motorcycle field and the 13th woman to do so.

Salinas with the starting line advantage, but Hines had the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. He will have lane choice over Oehler in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink