Sun, 1 Nov 2009, 04:16 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, Ninth annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  581 David Hope                              8 Craig Treble                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.050  7.081 185.18                     0.045  7.141 188.57
 Qualified:             #8  7.061 188.78                        #9  7.075 190.06

12:31 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 22 percent, barometer 27.94 inches, adjusted altitude 4,001 feet, track temperature 97 degrees.

Treble got a small advantage off the line but Hope drove around him quickly and pulled away for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  412 Michael Phillips                       36 Douglas Horne                
E1                  -0.035  7.445 145.52     ****WINNER****  0.034  7.094 189.26
 Qualified:             #7  7.051 189.47                       #10  7.075 188.86

These two have met five times with Horne winning three of those.

Phillips gets in a bit of a hurry off the line and turns on the red light giving the win to Horne.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  205 Shawn Gann                            202 Junior Pippin                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.070  7.116 187.23                     0.048  7.251 184.62
 Qualified:            #11  7.076 188.33                        #6  7.043 187.96

Pippin gets out of the gate first but runs his worst time of the weekend. Gann was drifting to the right all the way through the run but held on to take the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    9 Karen Stoffer                           7 Steve Johnson                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.051  7.103 189.66                     0.060  7.127 188.46
 Qualified:             #5  7.035 190.43                       #12  7.103 188.96

Stoffer gets off the line first and extends her lead all the way through the run.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  533 Jim Underdahl                           1 Eddie Krawiec                
E1                  -0.057  7.148 187.65     ****WINNER****  0.032  7.025 191.19
 Qualified:            #13  7.161 186.77                        #4  7.023 190.40

Krawiec is just 28 points behind Arana in the points so this is a big race for him.

Underdahl takes a shot at the tree and turns on the red light giving Krawiec the win. Krawiec runs the quickest of the round so far in the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Matt Smith                            601 Larry Cook                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.080  7.073 189.04                    -0.005  7.071 186.05
 Qualified:             #3  7.000 190.48                       #14  7.165 184.98

Cook runs a career best on this run but just misses the tree and gives the win to Smith.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  235 Hector Arana                          573 Mike Berry                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.043  7.058 190.81                     0.013  7.183 184.35
 Qualified:             #1  6.979 192.03                       #16  7.194 184.30

Berry does what he has to do to have a chance and gets out of the gate first. he hangs on to the lead until just past the 330 foot mark, then Arana drives around him and pulls away for the win.

Hector Arana's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.018), 330 ft(-0.004), 660ft(0.024), 1,000ft(0.058). MOV: 0.0956 seconds (approximately 26 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   32 Freddie Camarena                        4 Andrew Hines                 
E1                   0.076  7.198 188.86     ****WINNER****  0.033  7.081 192.11
 Qualified:            #15  7.176 188.36                        #2  6.990 192.25

Hines gets a big hole-shot and extends his lead all the way through the run for the win.

In the next round it will be Arana vs. Hope, Krawiec vs. Stoffer, Hines vs. Horne, and Smith vs. Gann.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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