Sun, 29 Oct 2017, 16:47 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 17th annual NHRA Toyota Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 LE Tonglet                            777 Karen Stoffer                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024  6.974 193.18                     0.001  7.152 189.34
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Surber    ) 0.049  6.987 191.00      (A Smith     ) 0.008  7.040 189.84
 Qualified:             #3  6.953 192.36                       #11  7.002 189.12

1:37 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 27.74 inches, adjusted altitude 4,685 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Tonglet is 9 - 5 against Stoffer in prior events.

Stoffer gets a great light but the engine bogged a little off the line. Tonglet pulled ahead quickly and went right down the groove with a good pass to take the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  635 Scotty Pollacheck                       3 Andrew Hines                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.026  6.924 192.49                     0.043  6.974 192.60
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Smith     ) 0.009  6.955 189.39      (J Gladstone ) 0.064  6.967 192.30
 Qualified:             #5  6.958 189.66                        #4  6.955 193.82

Hines is 15 - 4 against Pollacheck in prior events.

Pollacheck gets out of the gate first and goes right down the groove with the quickest pass of the event to take the win. Hines makes a decent pass but was falling behind all the way through the run.

Scotty Pollacheck's incremental margins: 60ft(0.033), 330 ft(0.023), 660ft(0.042), 1,000ft(0.061). MOV: 0.0672 seconds (approximately 19 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  573 Mike Berry                              8 Hector Arana Jr              
E2                  -0.026  7.092 187.44     ****WINNER****  0.058  6.966 192.99
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Arana     ) 0.062  7.035 189.28      (K Sullivan  ) 0.026  6.947 192.30
 Qualified:            #10  6.998 189.39                        #2  6.940 191.87

Berry misses the tree on the wrong side and goes red giving the win to Arana.

Arana makes a clean pass and will have lane choice over Tonglet in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  491 Angelle Sampey                          2 Eddie Krawiec                
E2                  -0.006  7.002 190.14     ****WINNER****  0.040 11.547  70.41
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Savoie    ) 0.083  7.009 188.25      (J Hall      ) 0.032  6.939 192.85
 Qualified:             #9  6.977 188.52                        #1  6.936 191.76

Sampey is 5 - 3 against Krawiec in prior events.

Sampey leaves too soon and goes red giving Krawiec the win. Krawiec gets about 200 feet out and sits up on the bike, not sure why.

Pollacheck will have lane choice over Krawiec in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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