Mon, 6 Sep 2010, 01:56 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

CLERMONT, Ind. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Mac Tools U.S. Nationals presented by Lucas Oil:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Hector Arana                          533 Jim Underdahl                
E2                   0.054  6.997 189.87     ****WINNER****  0.012  6.990 190.40
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Harris    ) 0.101  6.965 187.29      (M Phillips  ) 0.020  7.012 188.57
 Qualified:             #4  6.874 192.91                       #12  6.996 191.29

1:43 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 31 percent, barometer 29.09 inches, adjusted altitude 3,156 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Arana is 2-0 against Underdahl, both wins coming in second-round pairings.

Underdahl tattooed Arana on the tree, then outran him and he's headed for the semifinals.

Jim Underdahl's incremental margins: 60ft(0.037), 330 ft(0.034), 660ft(0.037), 1,000ft(0.043). MOV: 0.0498 seconds (approximately 14 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Matt Smith                              2 Eddie Krawiec                
E2                  -0.002  6.970 191.76     ****WINNER****  0.060  6.911 192.60
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Gann      ) 0.020  6.955 189.90      (D Horne     ) 0.098  6.975 189.04
 Qualified:             #6  6.938 192.03                        #3  6.867 194.94

These two are 6-6 against each other, but Smith is 2-0 when they have met in round two.

Smith made it easy, leaving early by two thousandths, and Krawiec then ran low ET of the round so far.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  200 Chip Ellis                            473 LE Tonglet                   
E2                   0.039  7.034 188.12     ****WINNER****  0.012  6.879 193.88
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Treble    ) 0.070  7.602 133.43      (J Desantis  ) 0.014  6.954 190.59
 Qualified:             #7  6.939 193.57                        #2  6.847 195.05

Tonglet chose the right lane, apparently the bikes liking the lane that the other three Professional categories don't like. This is the first time these two have faced each other, Ellis being Tonglet's 15th different opponent and Tonglet being Ellis' 31st.

At the green, it was all Tonglet, with a great light and a great run. He will have lane chocie against Krawiec in the semifinals.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Andrew Hines                          751 Steve Johnson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024  6.920 192.63                     0.011  7.052 188.94
 Prior rounds:
E1    (W Wells     ) 0.071  6.921 191.21      (K Stoffer   ) 0.029  6.991 187.76
 Qualified:             #1  6.815 195.17                        #8  6.946 192.44

Hines is 12-5 against Johnson, but Johnson is 4-3 in second-round matchups.

Hines evened the tally, Johnson's great light not a factor. Hines will have lane choice against Underdahl in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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