Sun, 01 Oct 2017, 16:42 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, sixth annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Andrew Hines                            7 LE Tonglet                   
E4                   0.037  6.790 197.94     ****WINNER****  0.029  6.792 197.91
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Pollacheck) 0.008  6.841 196.22      (M Smith     ) 0.055  6.811 196.85
E2    (K Stoffer   ) 0.021  6.809 196.99      (E Krawiec   ) 0.001  6.825 196.53
E1    (A Rawlings  ) 0.046  6.960 197.42      (J Gladstone ) 0.029  6.829 196.19
 Qualified:             #1  6.781 196.19                        #7  6.831 195.62

3:36 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 36 percent, barometer 29.57 inches, adjusted altitude 2,097 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Hines is 0-2 in final rounds this year. He is 47-32 in career finals.

Tonglet is 5-2 in final rounds this year and is 15-6 in career finals.

Tonglet is 13 - 12 against Hines in prior events and Tonglet is 4 - 2 against Hines in prior final rounds.

Tonglet gets out of the gate first but Hines starts reeling him in quickly. Hines continues to gain ground but runs out of race track.

LE Tonglet's incremental margins: 60ft(0.034), 330 ft(0.016), 660ft(0.007), 1,000ft(0.004). MOV: 0.0065 seconds (approximately 23 inches).

Tonglet takes the win for his sixth win this year. He is now 16 points behind Krawiec in the points.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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