Mon, 07 Sep 2026, 11:39 AM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations |
By Dave Rowe |
INDIANAPOLIS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 72nd annual Cornwell Quality Tools NHRA U.S. Nationals:
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
9 Steve Johnson 7002 Clayton Howey
E1 0.028 6.878 194.16 ****WINNER**** 0.008 6.857 195.42
Qualified: #9 6.876 194.30 #8 6.865 194.77
11:18 a.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 69 percent, barometer 30.11
inches, adjusted altitude 2,243 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.Howey is 1 - 0 against Johnson in prior events.
There are 8 current or former Indy PSM champions racing here this weekend.
Clayton Howey is 4 - 1 in Rd. 1 this year. Steve Johnson's 1st race here was in 1987 and he is 1 of 2 Pro racers who qualified here that year and this year (K. Delco).
Howey gets a great light and starts pulling away. Johnson make up a little ground after the 330 foot mark but Howey hangs on and takes the win.
Clayton Howey's incremental
margins: 60ft(0.035), 330 ft(0.048), 660ft(0.043), 1,000ft(0.039). MOV: 0.0415 seconds (approximately 12
feet).
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Angie Smith 1981 Kelly Clontz
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.064 6.780 198.99 0.122 6.895 196.02
Qualified: #3 6.787 198.50 #14 6.933 195.45
Smith is 2 - 0 against Clontz in prior events. Angie Smith is 121 - 118 in her Rd. 1 races (7 - 0 this year).
Kelly Clontz is making her 6th start at this race.
Smith gets the advantage off of the line and
goes down the groove with her quickest pass of the weekend to take the win.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 413 Michael Ray 8 Chase Van Sant E1 ****WINNER**** 0.070 6.809 198.50 0.027 6.869 195.34 Qualified: #10 6.893 196.67 #7 6.861 196.67This is the first time Ray and Van Sant have faced each other in eliminations.
Chase Van Sant starts the day with an overall record of 49 - 48.
This is Michael Ray's 5th race since 2019. He is collecting points for Evaristo.
Van Sant gets out of the gate first but Ray reels him in and goes around at the 1000 foot mark to take the win.
Michael Ray's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.061), 330
ft(-0.041), 660ft(-0.019), 1,000ft(0.000). MOV: 0.0177 seconds (approximately 5 feet).
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 John Hall 351 Geno Scali
E1 0.069 6.840 196.82 ****WINNER**** 0.026 6.869 195.19
Qualified: #6 6.830 198.03 #11 6.925 195.65
John Hall wins 75% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice. Geno Scali is 83 - 79 in Rd. 1 races.
Scali gets the holeshot and holds off Hall for the win with his quickest pass 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 3284 Ryan Oehler 461 Malcolm Phillips Jr. E1 ****WINNER**** 0.061 6.788 198.79 0.024 6.846 196.67 Qualified: #5 6.825 197.57 #12 6.925 195.08This is the first time Oehler and Phillips Jr. have faced each other in eliminations.
Ryan Oehler is 3 - 4 in Rd. 1 this year. .Malcolm Phillips Jr. is making his 7th start overall and his 1st since this race last year.
Phillips gets the advantage off of the line, is in front at half track, then Oehler is able to go around him and takes the win.
Ryan Oehler's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.043), 330
ft(-0.021), 660ft(-0.002), 1,000ft(0.009). MOV: 0.0214 seconds (approximately 6 feet).
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 370 Marc Ingwersen 1 Richard Gadson E1 -0.011 6.953 192.17 ****WINNER**** 0.206 7.073 196.50 Qualified: #13 6.928 193.54 #4 6.818 197.86This is the first time Ingwersen and Gadson have faced each other in eliminations.
Richard Gadson wins 97% of his Rd. 1 races when he has lane choice. .This is Marc Ingwersen's 73rd start.
Ingwersen is too quick off of the line and goes red giving the win to Gadson. Gadson gets a break as he makes his slowest pass of the weekend.
Oehler will have lane choice over Gadson in the next round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Matt Smith 10 Chris Bostick
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.051 6.744 197.19 0.014 6.959 188.75
Qualified: #1 6.757 200.98 #16 6.982 193.24
Smith is 12 - 0 against Bostick in prior events. Matt Smith's 44 wins are tied for 4th most in PSM (D. Schultz). He is 51 - 10 in Rd. 1 when #1. Chris And Matt Smith now has made 212 runs over 200 mph. That's 24% of all the 200 mph PSM runs.
Bostick gets the holeshot, stays in front to the 330 foot mark, then Smith goes around him and takes the win with the quickest pass of the weekend.
Matt Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.063 sec., 330ft-2.825, 660ft-4.321/163.63 mph, 1,000ft-5.624.
Smith will have lane choice over Howey
in the next round.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 300 Hector Arana Jr 79 Gaige Herrera E1 -0.073 6.948 193.60 ****WINNER**** 0.094 6.781 199.29 Qualified: #15 6.967 194.04 #2 6.781 198.79Herrera is 5 - 1 against Arana Jr in prior events.
Gaige Herrera's 30 wins are tied for 7th most in PSM (M. Hines). He is 49 - 6 in Rd.
Hector Arana Jr.'s 27 round wins here are the most for him at any event.
Arana leaves too soon and goes red giving the win to Herrera. Herrera ties his quickest pass of the weekend in the win.
Herrera will have lane choice over Ray in the next round.
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