Sun, 26 Sep 2010, 03:38 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Karen Stoffer                         473 LE Tonglet                   
E2                   0.044  7.247 152.71     ****WINNER****  0.052  6.920 187.73
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Underdahl ) 0.064  7.039 182.95      (M Phillips  ) 0.077  7.003 187.03
 Qualified:             #3  6.953 192.41                        #6  6.963 191.48

2:33 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 72 degrees, relative humidity 64 percent, barometer 29.43 inches, adjusted altitude 2,148 feet, track temperature 89 degrees.

Stoffer is 2 - 1 against Tonglet in prior events.

Stoffer comes off the line and starts drifting to the right. She leans to the left trying to get the bike back in the groove, then finally backs off the throttle. Tonglet went right down the groove with the quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
        Bye                                   4 Matt Smith                   
E2                                            ****WINNER****  0.047  6.961 186.18
 Prior rounds:
E1                                           (R Harris    ) 0.155  6.972 187.26
 Qualified:                                                       #1  6.923 190.89

Smith gets the bye here and will move on to the semi-finals. He makes a decent run, a little quicker than his first pass, and will take on the winner of the next pair.

Matt Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.043 sec., 330ft-2.840, 660ft-4.390/157.34 mph, 1,000ft-5.766.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Andrew Hines                          751 Steve Johnson                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.041  6.974 187.50                    -0.036  7.056 177.60
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Smith     ) 0.038  6.953 188.44      (C Treble    ) 0.112  7.067 186.25
 Qualified:             #4  6.958 190.32                        #5  6.959 191.87

Johnson leaves a little too quickly and gives the win to Hines. Hines will give up lane choice to Smith in the next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Eddie Krawiec                         581 David Hope                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.040  6.899 189.68                     0.007  7.183 178.19
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Pippin    ) 0.076  6.930 189.71      (H Arana     ) 0.054  7.128 179.42
 Qualified:             #2  6.924 192.47                        #7  6.981 190.43

Krawiec is 2 - 1 against Hope in prior events.

Hope gets a great light and hangs on to the lead for the first 60 feet. Krawiec drives around him soon after and pulls away with the quickest pass of the weekend.

Eddie Krawiec's incremental times: 60ft-1.058 sec., 330ft-2.845, 660ft-4.370/159.91 mph, 1,000ft-5.725.

Krawiec will have lane choice over Tonglet in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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