Ellis Qualifies Second at Vegas
Courtesy Jerry Battle
LAS VEGAS (October 30, 2004) – Chip Ellis handling the driving duties aboard the G2/S&S/Star Racing Buell liked the numbers he saw on his two qualifying runs today at the fourth annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals.
In the morning sessions, the Americus, Ga., driver covered The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway quarter-mile in 7.131 seconds, just one thousandth of a second behind leader Matt Hines. In the heat of the afternoon, Ellis had the low elapsed time of the session when he ran a 7.175-second pass.
Ellis was forced to sit out Friday’s two qualifying sessions due to a penalty imposed by NHRA for a rule violation that states that a contestant at an NHRA national cannot test/run on the same track at which the national event is being held within seven days of the event.
G Squared Motorsports (G2), owned by George Bryce and George Smith, competed in an AHDRA motorcycle event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last weekend, thus, the penalty.
As Bryce explained yesterday, “We didn’t realize exactly how that rule worked,” said Bryce. “I thought you couldn’t rent the track and do testing prior to a national event. So when we got here this weekend, it was a big surprise to me that they weren’t going to let us qualify (Friday). We served our time. We’ve learned from it.”
Recounting today’s runs Ellis said, ”The guys from S&S Cycle and the guys from G2 Motorsports put their heads together and came up with an awesome package and we made two good runs today. I was disappointed that we’re not on the pole (No. 1) but for us to come out and make two good hits like we did today with no runs yesterday just shows that we’re ready to go tomorrow.
“I can’t tell you how awesome this G2/S&S/Star Racing Buell is. There is really no driving involved. The power from the S&S Cycle V-Twin engine really moves this bike. You just hold it wide open and push the shift button when the light comes on. The track is well prepared and very smooth. It makes my job easy.”
“I was glad we ran the AHDRA last weekend because it was good from a business point of view,” said Smith. “We do understand the rule now, so next time we’ll take that into account. Today we pulled the bike off the trailer and ran a 7.131 and had low time of the second session. We’re pleased with the way the bike and S&S engine is performing. We look forward to turning on our first win light tomorrow.”
Ellis will face Chip Hunter in the opening round of eliminations tomorrow. Hunter qualified in the 15th position with an elapsed time of 7.291 seconds.
G SQUARED MOTORSPORTS
OWNERS: GEORGE BRYCE & GEORGE SMITH
NHRA POWERADE PRO-STOCK BIKE: G2/S&S/STAR RACING BUELL
RIDER: CHIP ELLIS
MEDIA CONTACT: Mickey Schultz
LAS VEGAS (October 30, 2004) – Chip Ellis handling the driving duties aboard the G2/S&S/Star Racing Buell liked the numbers he saw on his two qualifying runs today at the fourth annual NHRA ACDelco Las Vegas Nationals.
In the morning sessions, the Americus, Ga., driver covered The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway quarter-mile in 7.131 seconds, just one thousandth of a second behind leader Matt Hines. In the heat of the afternoon, Ellis had the low elapsed time of the session when he ran a 7.175-second pass.
Ellis was forced to sit out Friday’s two qualifying sessions due to a penalty imposed by NHRA for a rule violation that states that a contestant at an NHRA national cannot test/run on the same track at which the national event is being held within seven days of the event.
G Squared Motorsports (G2), owned by George Bryce and George Smith, competed in an AHDRA motorcycle event at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway last weekend, thus, the penalty.
As Bryce explained yesterday, “We didn’t realize exactly how that rule worked,” said Bryce. “I thought you couldn’t rent the track and do testing prior to a national event. So when we got here this weekend, it was a big surprise to me that they weren’t going to let us qualify (Friday). We served our time. We’ve learned from it.”
Recounting today’s runs Ellis said, ”The guys from S&S Cycle and the guys from G2 Motorsports put their heads together and came up with an awesome package and we made two good runs today. I was disappointed that we’re not on the pole (No. 1) but for us to come out and make two good hits like we did today with no runs yesterday just shows that we’re ready to go tomorrow.
“I can’t tell you how awesome this G2/S&S/Star Racing Buell is. There is really no driving involved. The power from the S&S Cycle V-Twin engine really moves this bike. You just hold it wide open and push the shift button when the light comes on. The track is well prepared and very smooth. It makes my job easy.”
“I was glad we ran the AHDRA last weekend because it was good from a business point of view,” said Smith. “We do understand the rule now, so next time we’ll take that into account. Today we pulled the bike off the trailer and ran a 7.131 and had low time of the second session. We’re pleased with the way the bike and S&S engine is performing. We look forward to turning on our first win light tomorrow.”
Ellis will face Chip Hunter in the opening round of eliminations tomorrow. Hunter qualified in the 15th position with an elapsed time of 7.291 seconds.
G SQUARED MOTORSPORTS
OWNERS: GEORGE BRYCE & GEORGE SMITH
NHRA POWERADE PRO-STOCK BIKE: G2/S&S/STAR RACING BUELL
RIDER: CHIP ELLIS
MEDIA CONTACT: Mickey Schultz
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