Sun, 12 Nov 2000, 07:02 PM POMONA-2 - Pro Stock Bike Round 3 Eliminations

By Darryl Jackman

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock Bike at the 36th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   8 John Smith          7.309 179.21  Q    4 Tony Mullen         7.255 180.40
   (S Johnson   ) 0.476  7.345 180.21  E1   (J DeSantis  ) 0.469  7.261 184.60
   (A Seeling   ) 0.410  7.298 182.92  E2   (S Gann      ) 0.450  7.320 181.89
                  0.766  7.294 165.21  E3 *****WINNER***** 0.464  7.371 175.41

3:53 PM It was a pair of tight semifinal races in Pro Stock car. Here Smith was very late and the race to the final was over at that point.

 Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-Rd-Qua-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed
   3 Matt Hines          7.245 183.22  Q    2 Antron Brown        7.212 181.01
   (R Showers   ) 0.408  7.222 185.64  E1   (B Ayers     ) 0.492  7.255 183.82
   (G Scali     ) 0.418  7.160 186.87  E2   (C Treble    ) 0.451  7.240 185.69
 *****WINNER***** 0.434  7.242 182.03  E3                  0.435  7.254 172.63

That was a close drag race. Margin of victory = 0.013 seconds (approximately 3 feet). .001 at the start turned into a three foot win and a trip to the final for Hines. Hines will have lane choice over Mullen in the final round.




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