Mon, 08 Oct 2012, 12:35 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 2 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

MOHNTON, Pa. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 28th annual Auto-Plus NHRA Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1528 John Hall                               2 Hector Arana Jr              
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.004  6.843 195.42
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L Tonglet   ) 0.022  6.864 194.30      (S Gann      ) 0.037  7.009 162.72
 Qualified:            #12  6.963 186.54                        #4  6.853 195.70

12:26 p.m. - Weather conditions: air temperature 55 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.68 inches, adjusted altitude 440 feet, track temperature 57 degrees.

Hall was not able to get his motorcycle started so Arana had a solo run to the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Matt Smith                              5 Hector Arana                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.055  6.838 195.51                     0.053 13.941  44.96
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Pollacheck) 0.087  6.851 194.72      (M Phillips  ) 0.083  7.214 194.35
 Qualified:             #6  6.885 193.99                        #3  6.834 194.46

Arana and Smith came off the line at about the same time, then Smith pulled away for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Eddie Krawiec                           6 Karen Stoffer                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.066  6.777 198.15                     0.004  6.934 192.99
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Treble    ) 0.050  6.758 196.22      (M Ray       ) 0.031 21.988  99.31
 Qualified:             #1  6.799 196.56                        #8  6.902 192.85

Stoffer had a quicker light and actually led this race to 330 feet. But then Krawiec pulled by here and never looked back to take the win. He'll have lane choice over Hector Arana Jr. in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Andrew Hines                          200 Chip Ellis                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.121  6.783 198.03                     0.084  6.906 192.28
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Wells     ) 0.090  6.742 198.73      (S Johnson   ) 0.018  6.920 191.48
 Qualified:             #2  6.824 195.85                        #7  6.898 193.71

Ellis was first off the line and led to 330 feet. Hines got by him after that to take the win and get lane choice over Smith in round three. Hines' ET backed up his first round time of 6.742 seconds, so he's got the national record for now.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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