Sun, 15 Oct 2023, 14:58 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations |
By Dave Rowe |
ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 38th annual Texas NHRA FallNationals:
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 17 Chris Bostick 5 Steve Johnson E1 ****WINNER**** 0.031 6.851 194.95 0.058 7.051 166.45 Qualified: #8 6.818 194.86 #9 6.828 197.521:33 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 30.24 inches, adjusted altitude 1,008 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.
This is the first time in his last 21 starts that Chris Bostick has been in the top half of the field.
Steve Johnson is 17 - 25 in Rd. 1 when starting 9th.
Johnson is 4 - 0 against Bostick in prior events.
Bostick gets out of the gate first,
drifts to the left all the way through the run, but hangs on for the win. Johnson was a little sluggish all
the way through the run.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
8 Marc Ingwersen 15 Jianna Evaristo
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.007 6.800 197.74 0.090 6.972 163.86
Qualified: #7 6.814 197.60 #10 6.857 196.82
This is the 6th time this year that Marc Ingwersen has been in the top half of the field. Jianna Evaristo is 2 - 0 against Ingwersen and they have both been in Rd. 1.
Ingwersen gets a big holeshot but
Evaristo starts making up ground quickly. She continues to make up ground to half track, then Ingwersen starts
pulling away again and takes the stripe for the win.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Matt Smith 10 Ryan Oehler
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.024 6.845 198.55 0.095 6.868 187.60
Qualified: #6 6.804 199.03 #11 6.890 196.76
Matt Smith wins 82% of his Rd.1 races when he has lane choice. Ryan Oehler is 2 - 8 in Rd. 1 this year.
Smith is 8 - 3 against Oehler in prior events.
Smith gets the advantage off of the line and starts pulling away. Oehler starts making up ground a little past the 330 foot mark but drifted a little to the left. Smith is able to start going ground again and takes the win.
Matt Smith's incremental margins: 60ft(0.061),
330 ft(0.070), 660ft(0.066), 1,000ft(0.068).
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 300 Hector Arana Jr 461 Malcolm Phillips Jr. E1 ****WINNER**** 0.050 6.725 203.48 0.022 7.008 186.76 Qualified: #4 6.736 198.42 #13 6.923 191.39Hector Arana Jr. is 10 - 2 in Rd. 1 this year.
Malcolm Phillips Jr. is making his 3rd start.
This is the first time Arana Jr and Phillips Jr. have faced each other in eliminations.
Phillips gets the holeshot but Arana reels him in before they reach the 330 foot mark and pulls away for the win.
Hector Arana Jr's
incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.026), 330 ft(0.017), 660ft(0.081), 1,000ft(0.162).
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 1628 John Hall 554 Chase Van Sant E1 ****WINNER**** 0.081 6.804 199.06 No Time Qualified: #5 6.788 198.80 #12 6.912 195.08John Hall is 0 - 9 in Rd. 1 this year.
Van Sant doesn't make the call to the line.
Hall makes a decent
pass but will give up lane choice to Arana in the next round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 1981 Kelly Clontz 2 Joey Gladstone E1 0.045 6.763 199.12 ****WINNER**** 0.020 6.738 197.50 Qualified: #2 6.705 201.99 #15 7.143 149.34This (#2) is the best staring spot for Kelly Clontz. It is just the 4th time in her 81 races that she has qualified in the top half of the field.
Joey Gladstone is making his 7th start this year.
Gladstone is 1 - 0 against Clontz in prior events.
Gladstone gets the advantage off of the line and extends his lead all the way through the run.
Gladstone will have lane choice over Ingwersen in the next round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Eddie Krawiec 574 Cory Reed
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.047 6.853 201.67 0.028 7.138 167.81
Qualified: #3 6.714 203.92 #14 6.962 193.75
Eddie Krawiec is 12 - 0 in Rd. 1 this year. Cory Reed is making his 4th start this year.Krawiec is 4 - 2 against Reed in prior events.
Reed gets the holeshot but Krawiec is able to reel him in before they get 300 feet out and he pulls away for the win.
Smith will have lane choice over Krawiec in the next
round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 79 Gaige Herrera 405 Blaine Hale E1 ****WINNER**** 0.097 6.657 202.65 0.114 7.262 186.57 Qualified: #1 6.627 204.16 #16 7.196 171.80Gaige Herrera is 12 - 0 in Rd. 1 this year. The only time the PSM E/T record was set at this race was in 1991 by John Myers.
Blaine Hale is making his first start since Gainesville, 2005 (He has only been to 11 races since then, all dnq).
This is the first time Herrera and Hale have faced each other in eliminations.
Herrera gets the holeshot and then goes down the groove with another impressive run. This run is the third quickest pass in PSM history, the first two being ran by Herrera earlier this weekend.
Gaige Herrera's incremental times: 60ft-1.020 sec., 330ft-2.768, 660ft-4.249/165.62 mph, 1,000ft-5.547.
Herrera will have
lane choice over Bostick in the next round.
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