Sun, Oct 11, 06:08 PM MEMPHIS - Pro Stock Bike Round 1 Eliminations

By David Rowe

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Bike at the 11th annual Pennzoil Nationals presented by AutoZone:

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   8 Antron Brown        7.433 180.07  Q   9 Steve Johnson       7.437 175.50
                  0.416  7.798 168.24 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.418  7.389 182.03

12:41 PM Here we go with the first round of Pro Stock Bike. Johnson starts off with a great run. Brown has problems going into second gear, and falls behind.

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  10 Brian Ayers         7.484 177.56  Q   7 Gary Tonglet        7.431 179.04
                  0.414  7.700 148.28 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.494  7.458 179.92

Ayers gambles on the tree and gets the holeshot but can't hold off Tonglet, Ayers getting close to the centerline.

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  13 Larry Cook          7.541 177.07  Q   4 Greg Underdahl      7.340 185.77
                  0.459  7.615 170.30 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.467  7.351 183.19

Cook gets a slight holeshot but Underdahl has too much power and makes it up by the 60' mark.

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   1 Angelle Seeling     7.259 184.14  Q  16 Redell Harris       7.615 175.82
 *****WINNER***** 0.430  7.260 180.33 E1                  0.415  7.556 178.33

Harris gets the holeshot, but Angelle runs the best time of the round so far to get past him.

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   2 Matt Hines          7.264 183.87  Q  15 Craig Treble        7.601 174.17
 *****WINNER***** 0.472  7.254 181.59 E1                  0.432  7.545   0.00

Hines lays down a perfect pass, staying in the groove all the way down. Treble makes a good pass but just doesn't have the power.

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 John Smith          7.299 185.49  Q  14 Hector Arana        7.560 175.80
 *****WINNER***** 0.455  7.320 179.52 E1                  0.395  7.584 176.90

Arana redlights and throws away any chance he has, which probably wasn't much of one anyway.

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  12 Rob Short           7.535 176.05  Q   5 David Schultz       7.358 183.15
                  0.388  7.615 169.89 E1 *****WINNER***** 0.484  7.666 177.79

Short redlights and that's too bad. He outruns Schultz, slowing from his earlier qualifying attempts.

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   6 Tony Mullen         7.413 176.60  Q  11 Ron Ayers           7.505 176.01
 *****WINNER***** 0.437  7.382 181.47 E1                  0.452  7.403 185.41

Good drag race here, both bikes staying in the groove. Next round we have Seeling with lane choice over Johnson, Underdahl with lane choice over Schultz, Hines with lane choice over Tonglet and Smith with lane choice over Mullen.