Sun, 16 Sep 2007, 04:04 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MILLINGTON, Tenn. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, 20th annual O'Reilly Mid-South Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   10 Craig Treble                          751 Steve Johnson                
E3                   0.037  7.051 190.08     ****WINNER****  0.001  7.060 188.60
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Ellis     ) 0.020  6.999 192.25      (H Arana     ) 0.007  7.049 190.89
E1    (G Scali     ) 0.028  6.969 192.17      (C Rivas     ) 0.027  6.982 191.19
 Qualified:             #8  6.989 192.49                       #13  7.029 190.27

2:56 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 85 degrees, relative humidity 24 percent, barometer 29.86 inches, adjusted altitude 1,934 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Treble holds a 10-6 advantage over Johnson in career match-ups. Johnson gets the win here, almost a perfect light, and holding off Treble to get the trip to the final round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Andrew Hines                          499 Peggy Llewellyn              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.016  7.043 190.92                     0.038  7.176 187.03
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Krawiec   ) 0.002  6.949 192.08      (M Guidera   ) 0.088  7.006 189.84
E1    (M Berry     ) 0.057  6.928 192.11      (K Stoffer   ) 0.042  7.000 189.18
 Qualified:             #2  6.915 192.99                        #3  6.955 191.35

Hines gets the hole-shot then falls behind quickly. LLewellyn leads at the sixty foot mark, then Hines drives around and pulls away for the win.

Hines will have lane choice over Johnson in the fianl round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink