Sun, 30 Oct 2011, 05:46 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 2 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 2 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
    3 Eddie Krawiec                           1 LE Tonglet                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.057  6.957 193.29                     0.032  7.075 187.68
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Hope      ) 0.064  7.000 191.29      (S Johnson   ) 0.021  7.019 189.18
 Qualified:             #2  6.894 196.56                       #10  7.005 188.67

2:38 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 27.94 inches, adjusted altitude 4,098 feet, track temperature 107 degrees.

Krawiec is 4 - 3 against Tonglet in prior events.

Krawiec is a little behind off the light, starts making up ground, then drives around Tonglet at the 330 foot mark and pulls away for the win.

Eddie Krawiec's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.033), 330 ft(-0.008), 660ft(0.028), 1,000ft(0.063). MOV: 0.0931 seconds (approximately 26 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  300 Hector Arana Jr                        77 Angie Smith                  
E2                   0.117  6.975 191.35     ****WINNER****  0.021  7.046 189.47
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Guidera   ) 0.080  6.977 192.03      (M Berry     ) 0.063  7.014 190.06
 Qualified:             #1  6.879 194.46                        #9  7.000 189.66

Arana Jr is 2 - 0 against Smith in prior events.

Arana Jr. is nine points behind krawiec who has already won so he needs this to keep pace.

Arana is way behind off the line, starts making up ground, but runs out of room to take his third hole shot loss of the year.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Hector Arana                          401 Jerry Savoie                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.062  6.924 192.38                     0.015  7.010 190.78
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Gann      ) 0.088  6.963 190.54      (M Ray       ) 0.028  6.985 189.76
 Qualified:             #3  6.896 192.36                        #6  6.956 190.03

Arana is 1 - 0 against Savoie in prior events.

Hector Arana's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.028), 330 ft(-0.011), 660ft(0.016), 1,000ft(0.032). MOV: 0.0396 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  533 Jim Underdahl                           2 Andrew Hines                 
E2                   0.026  7.100 189.66     ****WINNER****  0.044  6.981 191.48
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Smith     ) 0.007  7.064 190.40      (B Whitaker  ) 0.066  6.953 192.06
 Qualified:            #12  7.026 190.16                        #4  6.902 194.97

Hines is 7 - 0 against Underdahl in prior events.

Underdahl gets out of the gate first but can't hold off Hines.

In the next round it will be Hines with lane choice over Smith and Arana Sr. vs. Krawiec.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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