Sun, 23 Sep 2007, 03:28 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 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
  499 Peggy Llewellyn                         6 Karen Stoffer                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.047  7.053 188.20                     0.033  7.069 190.65
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Johnson   ) 0.052  7.023 189.18      (M Guidera   ) 0.027  7.055 189.90
 Qualified:             #4  7.029 188.65                        #5  7.038 190.65

2:18 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.37 inches, adjusted altitude 2,495 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Stoffer gets the hole-shot here but Llewellyn drives around quickly. She extends her lead to half-track, Stoffer starts to make up ground, but Llewellyn hangs on for a close win.

Peggy Llewellyn's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.009), 330 ft(0.016), 660ft(0.020), 1,000ft(0.014). MOV: 0.0025 seconds (approximately 8 inches).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   88 Eddie Krawiec                           4 Chip Ellis                   
E2                   0.032  7.066 188.60     ****WINNER****  0.001  6.981 190.16
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Brown     ) 0.036  7.041 188.73      (M Ray       ) 0.063  6.993 190.32
 Qualified:             #8  7.062 187.52                        #1  6.976 191.32

Ellis is almost perfect on the tree and pulls away all the way through the run. He will have lane choice over Llewellyn in round three.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  235 Hector Arana                            5 Matt Smith                   
E2                   0.022  7.036 189.92     ****WINNER****  0.035  7.023 188.91
 Prior rounds:
E1    (G Scali     ) 0.024  7.038 189.20      (M Phillips  ) 0.023  7.007 190.00
 Qualified:             #6  7.042 189.10                        #3  6.996 188.81

A close one here, Smith gets off the line first and starts to pull away. Arana stars to make up ground, but Smith nags on for the close win.

Matt Smith's incremental margins: 60ft(0.012), 330 ft(0.015), 660ft(0.012), 1,000ft(0.006). MOV: 0.0003 seconds (approximately 1 inches).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Angelle Sampey                          1 Andrew Hines                 
E2                   0.087  7.006 191.02     ****WINNER****  0.033  7.023 190.59
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Treble    ) 0.090  7.030 189.34      (T Bradford  ) 0.094  7.001 191.40
 Qualified:             #7  7.043 190.30                        #2  6.986 190.46

Hines gets a big hole-shot, Sampey starts reeling him in, then runs out of room.

Hines and Smith had the same ET, Hines gets lane choice by virtue of his faster speed.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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