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Sun, 17 Sep 2000, 03:04 PM

READING - Pro Stock Bike Round 2 Eliminations

By David Rowe

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock Bike at the 16th annual Keystone Nationals:


 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   6 Geno Scali          7.216 183.87  Q    3 John Smith          7.190 187.83
   (M Phillips  ) 0.422  8.022 122.36  E1   (S Gann      ) 0.454  7.298 178.33
 *****WINNER***** 0.453  7.349 180.86  E2                  0.637  7.314 180.02

2:54 PM Scali gets a big jump on Smith and gets the holeshot win. Margin of victory = 0.149 seconds (approximately 39 feet).


 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   9 Blaine Hale         7.309 180.24  Q    1 Angelle Seeling     7.156 186.23
   (R Short     ) 0.415  7.350 179.04  E1   (R Showers   ) 0.423  7.218 179.49
                  0.445  7.382 170.56  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.505  7.238 183.54

Hale does his job on the tree but the Kawasaki just doesn't have enough power to hold off Seeling. Margin of victory = 0.084 seconds (approximately 21 feet).


 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   5 Tony Mullen         7.215 182.23  Q    4 Antron Brown        7.193 190.51
   (G Underdahl ) 0.423  7.274 179.49  E1   (M Berry     ) 0.433  7.210 183.07
 *****WINNER***** 0.420  7.289 181.67  E2                  0.458  7.266 179.52

A little bit of a staging battle between these two and the advantage goes to Mullen. He takes a holeshot victory by a margin of victory = 0.015 seconds (approximately 4 feet).


 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
  10 Steve Johnson       7.322 187.70  Q    2 Matt Hines          7.186 186.67
   (C Treble    ) 0.589  7.676 162.29  E1   (H Arana     ) 0.476  7.164 183.02
                  0.422  7.394 185.21  E2 *****WINNER***** 0.445  7.185 182.33

Johnson gets an advantage off the line but Hines bike is running like a bracket racer today. In round three it will be Hines against Scali and Seeling against Brown.