Sun, 03 Nov 2024, 15:45 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Ford Performance NHRA Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Marc Ingwersen                       1628 John Hall                    
E1                   0.097  6.969 192.33     ****WINNER****  0.045  6.946 193.65
 Qualified:             #8  6.878 196.76                        #9  6.899 196.64

12:27 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 63 degrees, relative humidity 27 percent, barometer 29.79 inches, adjusted altitude 2,992 feet.

Ingwersen is 1 - 4 in the Countdown this year.

Hall is 41 - 43 in Rd. 1 races.

Ingwersen is 3 - 2 against Hall in prior events.

Hall gets the advantage off of the line and extended his lead all the way through the run.

John Hall's incremental margins: 60ft(0.063), 330 ft(0.065), 660ft(0.069), 1,000ft(0.070). MOV: 0.0756 seconds (approximately 21 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Angie Smith                          3284 Ryan Oehler                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.100  6.909 195.42                    -0.002  7.042 189.60
 Qualified:             #3  6.850 197.59                       #14  6.991 192.17

Angie Smith is 101 - 115 in Rd. 1 in her career.

Ryan Oehler is 0 - 7 in Rd. 1 this year.

Smith is 6 - 1 against Oehler in prior events.

Oehler just misses the tree and goes red giving the win to Smith.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Chase Van Sant                         17 Chris Bostick                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.031  6.885 194.41                     0.028  6.955 191.89
 Qualified:             #7  6.876 196.33                       #10  6.937 194.74

Chase Van Sant is 12 - 1 in Rd. 1 this year.

Chris Bostick is making his 65th start.

Van Sant is 2 - 0 against Bostick in prior events.

Bostick leaves a few ticks sooner than Van Sant but Van Sant went around him at the sixty foot mark and pulled away for the win with the quickest pass of the round so far.

Chase Van Sant's incremental margins: 60ft(0.007), 330 ft(0.020), 660ft(0.037), 1,000ft(0.053). MOV: 0.0677 seconds (approximately 19 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Jianna Evaristo                       351 Geno Scali                   
E1                   0.129  7.207 192.58     ****WINNER****  0.052  6.998 192.60
 Qualified:             #6  6.870 197.48                       #11  6.941 194.24

Jianna Evaristo is 4 - 4 in the Countdown this year.

Geno Scali is 80 - 71 (53%) in Rd. 1 in his career.

Scali gets out of the gate first and starts pulling away. Evaristo sounded like she had problems in one of the gear changes and made her worst run of the weekend.

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

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Hector Arana Jr                       461 Malcolm Phillips Jr.         
E1   ****WINNER****  0.042  6.916 192.44                     0.021  7.142 185.56
 Qualified:             #4  6.857 195.93                       #13  6.980 188.44

Hector Arana Jr. is 10 - 3 in Rd. 1 this year.

Malcolm Phillips Jr. is 0 - 4 and all 4 losses have come against PSM World Champions.

Arana Jr is 1 - 0 against Phillips Jr. in prior events.

Phillips gets the holeshot, stays in front past the sixty foot mark, then Arana is able to reel him in and pull away for the win.

Hector Arana Jr's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.007), 330 ft(0.031), 660ft(0.094), 1,000ft(0.158). MOV: 0.2051 seconds (approximately 56 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Steve Johnson                          23 Richard Gadson               
E1                   0.054  6.935 189.66     ****WINNER****  0.038  6.898 194.10
 Qualified:            #12  6.949 191.10                        #5  6.864 195.90

Richard Gadson is 7 - 4 in the Countdown this year.

Steve Johnson lost to Gadson in Rd. 1 at Norwalk.

Gadson gets the advantage off of the line but Johnson starts making up ground. Gadson was able to hold off the early charge and start pulling away again. Johnson makes his quickest pass of the weekend but he can't reel in GadsoN.

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

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Matt Smith                           7002 Clayton Howey                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.096  6.912 195.03                    -0.005  7.181 184.32
 Qualified:             #2  6.822 198.70                       #15  7.093 189.42

This is the first time Smith and Howey have faced each other in eliminations.

Matt Smith wins 82% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice.

Clayton Howey is making his 2nd start.

Howey misses the tree on the wrong side and goes red giving the win to Smith.

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

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  753 Kahea Woods                             1 Gaige Herrera                
E1                   0.153 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.116  6.854 195.99
 Qualified:            #16  7.135 187.99                        #1  6.813 198.20

Gaige Herrera is 20 - 0 in Rd. 1 in the last 2 years.

Kahea Woods is making his 1st start.

Woods is a little behind off of the line, starts drifting to the right, then takes out one of the timing blocks. Herrera goes down the groove with the quickest pass of the round to take the win.

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

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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