Sun, 30 Oct 2011, 04:08 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, 11th annual Big O Tires NHRA Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  573 Mike Berry                             77 Angie Smith                  
E1                   0.061  7.101 186.43     ****WINNER****  0.063  7.014 190.06
 Qualified:             #8  6.991 189.31                        #9  7.000 189.66

12:52 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 18 percent, barometer 28.00 inches, adjusted altitude 3,745 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Smith is 1 - 0 against Berry in prior events.

Berry gets a small advantage off the line and hangs on to the lead for the first sixty feet. Smith goes around him just past that point and pulls away to take the win.

Angie Smith's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.005), 330 ft(0.008), 660ft(0.038), 1,000ft(0.063). MOV: 0.0853 seconds (approximately 23 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 LE Tonglet                              6 Steve Johnson                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.021  7.019 189.18                     0.083  7.016 190.22
 Qualified:            #10  7.005 188.67                        #7  6.981 191.97

Tonglet is 4 - 2 against Johnson in prior events.

Tonglet straps a big hole-shot on Johnson and makes it stick. Johnson makes up a little ground but never really got close.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  401 Jerry Savoie                          413 Michael Ray                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.028  6.985 189.76                     0.007  7.018 189.73
 Qualified:             #6  6.956 190.03                       #11  7.014 189.10

Ray gets off the line first but Savoie reels him in quickly, driving around him at the sixty foot mark, and pulls away for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   69 Bailey Whitaker                         2 Andrew Hines                 
E1                  -0.181  7.156 186.95     ****WINNER****  0.066  6.953 192.06
 Qualified:            #13  7.032 189.66                        #4  6.902 194.97

Whitaker leaves way too early and gives Hines the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Hector Arana                          205 Shawn Gann                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.088  6.963 190.54                     0.035  7.407 146.73
 Qualified:             #3  6.896 192.36                       #14  7.038 189.76

Arana is 3 - 2 against Gann in prior events.

Gann gets a big hole-shot, Gann pulls ahead just pas the sixty foot mark, then Gann has problems late in the run and sits up on the bike.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  300 Hector Arana Jr                        25 Matt Guidera                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.080  6.977 192.03                     0.097  8.164 115.78
 Qualified:             #1  6.879 194.46                       #16  7.067 187.18

Arana is second in the points, just nine behind Krawiec. Arana gets out of the gate first and extends his lead at every marker.

Hector Arana Jr's incremental margins: 60ft(0.007), 330 ft(0.039), 660ft(0.136), 1,000ft(0.549). MOV: 1.2047 seconds (more than 100 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Eddie Krawiec                          10 David Hope                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.064  7.000 191.29                     0.007  7.089 187.81
 Qualified:             #2  6.894 196.56                       #15  7.058 189.20

Krawiec is 5 - 1 against Hope in prior events.

Hope gets a huge hole-shot, stays out in front past half track, then krawiec is able to power by and take the win and hang on to the points lead.

Eddie Krawiec's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.069), 330 ft(-0.043), 660ft(-0.012), 1,000ft(0.013). MOV: 0.0323 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  533 Jim Underdahl                           4 Matt Smith                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.007  7.064 190.40                     0.120  7.929 140.87
 Qualified:            #12  7.026 190.16                        #5  6.944 191.81

Smith's bike stumbles off the line and that was all Underdahl needed. Underdahl went right down the groove and pulls away for the win.

In the next round it will be Arana Jr. with lane choice over Smith, Hines vs. Underdahl, Krawiec vs. Tonglet, and Arana Sr. vs. Savoie.

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