Sun, 16 Jul 2006, 06:09 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 3 Eliminations

By Bob Orme

MORRISON, Colo. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 27th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  731 Matt Guidera                            6 Antron Brown                 
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025  7.508 176.44                     0.088  7.449 180.43
 Prior rounds:
E2    (T Bradford  ) 0.029  7.480 177.93      (A Sampey    ) 0.003  7.420 180.38
E1    (S Gann      ) 0.047  7.482 177.81      (C Treble    ) 0.037  7.447 180.16
 Qualified:            #10  7.467 178.85                        #6  7.436 179.90

4:00 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 98 degrees, relative humidity 20 percent, barometer 24.83 inches,adjusted altitude 8,222 feet, track temperature 142 degrees.

Guidera has a 2-1 overall record against Brown in eliminations. He has one final round appearence when he runner upped in Chicago this year.

Guidera wins this one on a holeshot! Matt Guidera's incremental margins: 60ft(0.047), 330 ft(0.047), 660ft(0.044), 1,000ft(0.028). MOV: 0.0044 seconds (approximately 14 inches).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Andrew Hines                            8 Geno Scali                   
E3   ****WINNER****  0.057  7.424 180.74                     0.095  7.465 179.71
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Ellis     ) 0.006  7.419 180.74      (R Schnitz   ) 0.033  7.473 180.02
E1    (K Stoffer   ) 0.037  7.430 180.36      (M Smith     ) 0.020  7.469 179.52
 Qualified:             #9  7.450 178.17                       #13  7.500 177.23

Hines has a 6-3 overall record against Scali in eliminations. Scali's last win was at Sonoma in 2003. His last final round appearence was at Chicago in 2005.

Hines left first and increased his lead at every increment. Andrew Hines' MOV: 0.0799 seconds (approximately 21 feet). He takes over the championship points lead.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink