Sun, 27 Jun 2010, 12:50 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

NORWALK, Ohio - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Fourth annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Eddie Krawiec                         581 David Hope                   
E1                   0.239  7.051 191.46     ****WINNER****  0.042  7.025 189.20
 Qualified:             #8  6.974 193.38                        #9  6.978 188.75

12:32 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 62 percent, barometer 28.84 inches, adjusted altitude 3,951 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Krawiec was runner up here in 2009. Krawiec is 1 - 0 against Hope in prior events.

Krawiec has major problems at the green and is never in the hunt. Hope runs away with an upset win.

David Hope's incremental margins: 60ft(0.218), 330 ft(0.243), 660ft(0.244), 1,000ft(0.236). MOV: 0.2238 seconds (approximately 63 feet).

Eddie Krawiec's incremental times: 60ft-1.099 sec., 330ft-2.961, 660ft-4.518/157.39 mph, 1,000ft-5.881.
David Hope's incremental times: 60ft-1.078 sec., 330ft-2.915, 660ft-4.471/157.25 mph, 1,000ft-5.842.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  533 Jim Underdahl                          77 Angie Smith                  
E1                   0.055  7.089 187.73     ****WINNER****  0.018  7.078 187.31
 Qualified:            #10  6.993 190.32                        #7  6.973 190.19

Smith just drive away for a thirteen foot win.

Angie Smith's incremental margins: 60ft(0.057), 330 ft(0.060), 660ft(0.060), 1,000ft(0.053). MOV: 0.0483 seconds (approximately 13 feet).

Jim Underdahl's incremental times: 60ft-1.110 sec., 330ft-2.964, 660ft-4.530/156.35 mph, 1,000ft-5.902.
Angie Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.090 sec., 330ft-2.941, 660ft-4.507/155.76 mph, 1,000ft-5.886.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Karen Stoffer                         473 LE Tonglet                   
E1                   0.073  7.073 188.15     ****WINNER****  0.044  7.089 187.08
 Qualified:             #6  6.973 192.82                       #11  7.013 190.11

Good light for Tonglet and a hole shot win.

LE Tonglet's incremental margins: 60ft(0.059), 330 ft(0.044), 660ft(0.029), 1,000ft(0.018). MOV: 0.0135 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Karen Stoffer's incremental times: 60ft-1.094 sec., 330ft-2.939, 660ft-4.507/156.25 mph, 1,000ft-5.883.
LE Tonglet's incremental times: 60ft-1.064 sec., 330ft-2.924, 660ft-4.507/154.56 mph, 1,000ft-5.894.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Andrew Hines                          202 Junior Pippin                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.061  7.016 191.27                     0.034  7.120 189.82
 Qualified:             #3  6.934 192.11                       #14  7.065 191.16

Andrew Hines was the winner here in both 2007 and 2009.

Hines is second off the line, but makes the best pass of the round to lead Pippin by over twenty feet in the lights.

Andrew Hines' incremental margins: 60ft(0.021), 330 ft(0.036), 660ft(0.053), 1,000ft(0.068). MOV: 0.0776 seconds (approximately 22 feet).

Andrew Hines' incremental times: 60ft-1.079 sec., 330ft-2.927, 660ft-4.483/157.52 mph, 1,000ft-5.845.
Junior Pippin's incremental times: 60ft-1.127 sec., 330ft-2.990, 660ft-4.563/155.74 mph, 1,000ft-5.940.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Michael Phillips                        8 Shawn Gann                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.012  7.018 192.30                     0.043  7.052 189.84
 Qualified:             #5  6.971 194.41                       #12  7.036 188.60

Big lead for Phillips at the green and he just pulls steadily ahead to a big win.

Michael Phillips' incremental margins: 60ft(0.028), 330 ft(0.035), 660ft(0.045), 1,000ft(0.052). MOV: 0.0652 seconds (approximately 18 feet).

Michael Phillips' incremental times: 60ft-1.097 sec., 330ft-2.940, 660ft-4.493/157.50 mph, 1,000ft-5.854.
Shawn Gann's incremental times: 60ft-1.094 sec., 330ft-2.944, 660ft-4.507/156.46 mph, 1,000ft-5.875.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Craig Treble                            4 Matt Smith                   
E1                   0.029  7.324 188.67     ****WINNER****  0.082  7.044 189.90
 Qualified:            #13  7.052 192.91                        #4  6.957 189.68

Matt Smith was the runner up in 2007. Treble is 10 - 6 against Smith in prior events.

Looks like a staging duel! Both bikes are finally in and Treble is away first. He can't keep the pace and Smith is back ahead right away for the easy win.

Matt Smith's incremental margins: 60ft(0.071), 330 ft(0.175), 660ft(0.208), 1,000ft(0.222). MOV: 0.2271 seconds (approximately 63 feet).

Craig Treble's incremental times: 60ft-1.220 sec., 330ft-3.164, 660ft-4.756/154.33 mph, 1,000ft-6.140.
Matt Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.096 sec., 330ft-2.936, 660ft-4.495/156.77 mph, 1,000ft-5.865.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  310 Joe DeSantis                            1 Hector Arana                 
E1                   0.038  7.369 186.05     ****WINNER****  0.013  7.012 190.48
 Qualified:            #15  7.181 186.10                        #2  6.931 193.29

Arana is 5 - 2 against DeSantis in prior events. Hector Arana was the winner here in 2008.

DeSantais has problems getting the bike to start and is never in the hunt.

Arana has a terrific light and the best ET of the round for the win.

Hector Arana's incremental margins: 60ft(0.193), 330 ft(0.277), 660ft(0.322), 1,000ft(0.357). MOV: 0.3825 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Joe DeSantis' incremental times: 60ft-1.264 sec., 330ft-3.185, 660ft-4.777/153.84 mph, 1,000ft-6.170.
Hector Arana's incremental times: 60ft-1.096 sec., 330ft-2.933, 660ft-4.480/158.07 mph, 1,000ft-5.838.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  371 Wesley Wells                          751 Steve Johnson                
E1                  -0.015  8.119 123.75     ****WINNER****  0.088  7.148 191.51
 Qualified:            #16  7.189 185.00                        #1  6.929 193.60

This will be Steve Johnson's two hundred and twenty second start and his second #1 qualifying position. Johnson is 3 - 0 against Wells in prior events.

It's all over before it starts, as Wells red lights by -0.015.

12:43 p.m. In round two: Johnson will have lane choice over Hope; Smith over Phillips; Arana over Smith; and Hines over Tonglet.

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