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Sun, 10 Mar 2024, 12:25 PM

Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 55th annual NHRA Gatornationals:


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Hector Arana Jr                      1628 John Hall                    
E1                   0.067  6.775 200.83     ****WINNER****  0.038  6.785 197.77
 Qualified:             #9  6.857 197.22                        #8  6.825 196.39

11:59 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 61 degrees, relative humidity 72 percent, barometer 30.01 inches, adjusted altitude 603 feet.
John Hall is 0 - 10 against Arana Jr. Hector Arana Jr. is 126 - 50 in Rd. 1 overall and he was 12 - 3 in Rd. 1 last year.
Hall gets out of the gate first and goes down the groove with his career best run to take the holeshot win. Arana makes his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.
John Hall's incremental margins: 60ft(0.052), 330 ft(0.046), 660ft(0.042), 1,000ft(0.034). MOV: 0.0196 seconds (approximately 6 feet).
Hector Arana Jr's incremental times: 60ft-1.079 sec., 330ft-2.859, 660ft-4.355/163.43 mph, 1,000ft-5.660.

John Hall's incremental times: 60ft-1.056 sec., 330ft-2.842, 660ft-4.342/163.45 mph, 1,000ft-5.655.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Angie Smith                             5 Jianna Evaristo              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.123  6.691 203.61                     0.547 15.402  45.78
 Qualified:             #5  6.809 197.74                       #12  6.965 195.82

Angie Smith wins 70% of her Rd. 1 races when she has lane choice. Jianna Evaristo is 0 - 4 against Angie Smith (and they have all been in Rd. 1 races).
Smith goes down the groove with a career best pass, the track ET record, and pulls away for the win. Evaristo had problems off of the line and was off of the throttle early.

Angie Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.082 sec., 330ft-2.839, 660ft-4.311/166.29 mph, 1,000ft-5.593.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Marc Ingwersen                          9 Chase Van Sant               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.019  6.834 197.16                     0.067  6.897 197.31
 Qualified:            #10  6.899 196.59                        #7  6.825 198.23

Chase Van Sant was 8 - 5 in Rd. 1 last year. Marc Ingwersen is 14 - 27 in Rd. 1 races.
Ingwersen is 1 - 0 against Van Sant in prior events.
Ingwersen gets the holeshot and goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend to pull away for the win. Van Sant makes a clean pass but slowed from his qualifying time.

Marc Ingwersen's incremental times: 60ft-1.078 sec., 330ft-2.872, 660ft-4.384/162.18 mph, 1,000ft-5.700.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  473 LE Tonglet                            455 Bud Yoder II                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.051  6.756 201.40                     0.025  7.049 186.33
 Qualified:             #3  6.771 197.88                       #14  6.973 190.27

LE Tonglet is 86 - 51 in Rd. 1 in his career. Bud Yoder is making his 2nd start.

Yoder gets the advantage off of the line but Tonglet reels him in by the time they reach the 330 foot mark. Tonglet goes by and pulls away for the win with a career best pass.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   23 Richard Gadson                         10 Kelly Clontz                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.038  6.724 201.97                     0.164  6.829 197.39
 Qualified:             #6  6.817 198.32                       #11  6.935 197.45

Richard Gadson is making his 3rd start. Kelly Clontz was 4 - 11 in Rd. 1 last year.
This is the first time Gadson and Clontz have faced each other in eliminations.
Gadson gets the holeshot and extends his lead all the way through the run. He runs a career best in the win.
Clontz makes her quickest pass of the weekend in the loss.
Richard Gadson's incremental times: 60ft-1.061 sec., 330ft-2.832, 660ft-4.318/164.69 mph, 1,000ft-5.614.

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


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Steve Johnson                        3284 Ryan Oehler                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.103  6.765 199.14                     0.092  6.859 196.67
 Qualified:             #4  6.804 195.70                       #13  6.966 191.95

Oehler gets the advantage off of the line but Johnson is able to reel him in before they reach the sixty foot mark. Johnson pulls away with his quickest pass of the weekend and takes the win.
Steve Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-1.073 sec., 330ft-2.845, 660ft-4.339/163.73 mph, 1,000ft-5.643.

Angie Smith will have lane choice over Johnson in the next round.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Matt Smith                             17 Chris Bostick                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.045  6.751 203.22                     0.047  6.867 196.62
 Qualified:             #2  6.768 202.45                       #15  7.019 193.02

Matt Smith is 28 - 3 in Rd. 1 when qualified #2. In 37 years the #15 PSM qualifier has won in Rd. 1 4 times at this event and 2 of them have been in the last 2. (The #15 PSM qualifier has never gone past Rd. 2 at this event).
Smith is 10 - 0 against Bostick in prior events.
A coin flip off of the line, Bostick gets the early lead. Smith gets by Bostick by the time they reach the 330 foot mark and pulls away for the win. Both riders make their quickest passes of the weekend on the run.
Matt Smith's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.004), 330 ft(0.006), 660ft(0.041), 1,000ft(0.080). MOV: 0.1187 seconds (approximately 34 feet).
Matt Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.095 sec., 330ft-2.878, 660ft-4.362/165.15 mph, 1,000ft-5.650.
Chris Bostick's incremental times: 60ft-1.089 sec., 330ft-2.882, 660ft-4.401/161.09 mph, 1,000ft-5.728.

Matt Smith will have lane choice over Ingwersen in the next round.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Gaige Herrera                        1550 Joey Gladstone               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.035  6.639 204.35                     0.046  6.949 194.16
 Qualified:             #1  6.746 200.50                       #16  7.097 186.56

As the #1 qualifier Gaige Herrera is 14 - 0 in Rd. 1. The #1 PSM qualifier at this event has won this race 17 times. In the last 20 years the #16 PSM qualifier is 4 - 16 in Rd. 1.
Herrera is 1 - 0 against Gladstone in prior events.
Herrera gets the advantage off of the line and extends his lead all the way through the run. Herrera goes down the groove with his quickest pass of the weekend and sets the track record.
Gaige Herrera's incremental times: 60ft-1.033 sec., 330ft-2.782, 660ft-4.258/165.97 mph, 1,000ft-5.542.

Herrera will have lane choice over Hall in the next round.

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