Drag Race Central - NHRA
Mon, 14 Oct 2019, 11:46 AM

Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations
By Rick Green



CONCORD, N.C. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 12th annual NTK NHRA Carolina Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 3284 Ryan Oehler                             7 Angelle Sampey               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.071  6.860 198.15                     0.005  8.078 120.27
 Qualified:             #9  6.863 198.03                        #8  6.860 196.50
Weather conditions: air temperature 75 degrees, relative humidity 55 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 2,393 feet, track temperature 77 degrees.

Sampey is 1 - 0 against Oehler in prior events.

Sampey with a great light, but the bike is drifting out of the groove over by the centerline and she is off the throttle Oehler with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Angie Smith                             3 Hector Arana Jr              
E1                   0.104  6.899 193.24     ****WINNER****  0.037  6.815 198.12
 Qualified:            #10  6.866 198.15                        #7  6.856 196.73
Arana Jr is 10 - 3 against Smith in prior events.

Arana Jr. with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  235 Hector Arana                           10 Scotty Pollacheck            
E1                   0.021  6.872 196.87     ****WINNER****  0.001  6.831 197.39
 Qualified:            #11  6.886 197.22                        #6  6.822 197.94
Pollacheck is 6 - 5 against Arana in prior events.

Pollacheck with a near perfect light and never trailed for the win.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1981 Kelly Clontz                          777 Karen Stoffer                
E1                   0.074  6.970 192.17     ****WINNER****  0.025  6.793 198.96
 Qualified:            #12  6.915 194.88                        #5  6.819 197.97
This is the first time Clontz and Stoffer have faced each other in eliminations.

Stoffer with the starting line advantage and runs her quickest and fastest pass of the weekend for the win.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  413 Michael Ray                             6 Andrew Hines                 
E1                   0.012  6.927 193.05     ****WINNER****  0.029  6.866 198.88
 Qualified:            #14  6.945 193.43                        #3  6.814 198.79
Hines is 7 - 4 against Ray in prior events.

Ray with the starting line advantage, but Hines was able to chase him down around 800 feet and take the win. He will give up lane choice to Pollacheck in the next round.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  206 Andie Rawlings                        751 Steve Johnson                
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.057  6.867 194.69
 Qualified:            #16  7.214 182.26                        #1  6.786 196.70
Johnson is 1 - 0 against Rawlings in prior events.

Rawlings is a no-show.

Johnson was number one qualifier for the first time since Englishtown 2013. He is straight down the groove on the single. He will give up lane choice to Oehler in the next round.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Matt Smith                              2 Eddie Krawiec                
E1                   0.002  6.942 171.42     ****WINNER****  0.043  6.835 198.06
 Qualified:            #13  6.932 179.85                        #4  6.818 198.47
Krawiec is 24 - 16 against Smith in prior events.

Smith with a near perfect light and lead until on the top end when the bike has problems again and Krawiec rides around him for the win. He will give up lane choice to Stoffer in the next round.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 7253 Jianna Salinas                          5 Jerry Savoie                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.069  7.125 190.19                    -0.012  6.784 198.26
 Qualified:            #15  7.043 190.11                        #2  6.787 198.73
This is the first time Salinas and Savoie have faced each other in eliminations.

Savoie goes red to Salinas the win, her first round win in her young career. She will give up lane choice to Arana Jr. in the next round.

Savoie runs low E.T. of the event in the losing effort.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink


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