Victory Motorcycles pro Matt Smith has Gunner ready for first playoff session
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Contact: Rob Geiger (832) 971-9345 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Victory Motorcycles pro Matt Smith has Gunner ready for first playoff session ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CHARLOTTE (Sept. 17) -- The first elimination field of the 2016 playoffs is set, and two-time Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Matt Smith is ready to make his mark in this year's Countdown to the Championship. Smith successfully placed his beautiful matte silver Victory Gunner in the field with a pass of 6.878 seconds at 194.18 mph in Saturday's opening qualifying session. The fact the round took place at about the same time as Sunday's first round of eliminations is slated to start is something that has the 43-year-old dreaming big. "We were one of the quicker bikes in that round, so if the weather and the conditions do stay about the same tomorrow, which is what we're being told, we should be able to have a good start to race day," Smith said. "Nothing is easy at this level. You look at the bikes that didn't make the field and that tells you that if you don't bring your A-game to the line for every round, you will not have a good day. "Living so close to here (in King, N.C.) we consider this our home track. We've certainly seen a lot of this place over the years with testing and what not, so we feel comfortable here and have some good data to work from. I wish we had Angie blocking for us, but she didn't make the cut this weekend. It's just brutal out there at times." Smith's wife and factory Victory teammate Angie Smith missed making the field by a scant .019-second. Although she's not a part of this year's Countdown to the Championship, she can still affect the outcome by taking out the bikes ahead of her husband in the points. Currently, Matt is 100 points out of the class lead. "You make up points one round at a time and a round is worth 20 points, so we only need to make up five rounds in six races," Matt said. "That's doable. Of course everyone else will be fighting just as hard, so yeah it would have been nice to have Angie in there at this race. We'll need to get her back up to speed quick. "I am so desperate to get a win for Victory. I know we need to be patient and keep doing what we're doing, pecking away at this thing, but I'm not a patient person by nature, so it's tough for me. I do know this: I can go out there tomorrow and make a big move in the points if I take care of my job and keep this Gunner going rounds." Matt's day will start opposite Jim Underdahl, who qualified with a 6.871 at 194.83 mph. The two have not raced one another this season. Pro Stock Motorcycle eliminations start at 1 p.m., Sunday. FOX Sports 1 will broadcast all the elimination action from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m., Sunday. (All times listed in ET). Matt Smith successfully placed his beautiful matte silver Victory Gunner in the NHRA Carolina Nationals field with a 6.878 at 194.18 mph in Saturday's opening qualifying session. 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