Sun, 23 Sep 2007, 04:36 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 22nd annual O'Reilly NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Matt Smith                              1 Andrew Hines                 
E3                   0.033  7.080 186.87     ****WINNER****  0.021  7.079 188.25
 Prior rounds:
E2    (H Arana     ) 0.035  7.023 188.91      (A Sampey    ) 0.033  7.023 190.59
E1    (M Phillips  ) 0.023  7.007 190.00      (T Bradford  ) 0.094  7.001 191.40
 Qualified:             #3  6.996 188.81                        #2  6.986 190.46

3:29 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 52 percent, barometer 29.28 inches, adjusted altitude 2,780 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Hines gets the hole-shot but falls behind quickly. Smith hangs on to the lead until the 330 foot mark, then Hines drives around and takes the win.

Andrew Hines' incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.005), 330 ft(-0.001), 660ft(0.007), 1,000ft(0.007). MOV: 0.0131 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  499 Peggy Llewellyn                         4 Chip Ellis                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.059  7.114 185.46                     0.105  7.109 186.82
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Stoffer   ) 0.047  7.053 188.20      (E Krawiec   ) 0.001  6.981 190.16
E1    (S Johnson   ) 0.052  7.023 189.18      (M Ray       ) 0.063  6.993 190.32
 Qualified:             #4  7.029 188.65                        #1  6.976 191.32

Llewellyn will have to win this race to get into the final countdown. She takes a big step toward that here, getting the big hole-shot and getting the win against the quicker bike. Hines will have lane choice over Llewellyn in the final round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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