Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 03:46 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations |
By Larry Sullivan |
POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 45th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
4 Andrew Hines 412 Michael Phillips
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.018 6.977 192.82 0.024 10.043 82.37
Qualified: #9 6.986 192.33 #8 6.981 193.46
12:27 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 29.00 inches, adjusted
altitude 2,396 feet, track temperature 87 degrees.Hines holds a commanding 11-1 record against Phillips, 5-0 in round one.
Hines was off the line first, then Phillips sat up and gave up on the run. Hines bettered his qualifying time on a nice
pass.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 601 Larry Cook 9 Karen Stoffer E1 ****WINNER**** 0.013 6.962 188.91 -0.039 6.965 191.54 Qualified: #10 6.987 188.96 #7 6.969 192.36This is the first time Stoffer and Cook have faced each other. He is her 36th different opponent.
Stoffer went red and Cook
made a very nice pass, better than his qualifying run for the win.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 581 David Hope 8 Craig Treble E1 ****WINNER**** 0.007 6.986 187.70 0.027 7.023 190.78 Qualified: #11 6.992 186.95 #6 6.968 192.19This is the second time Treble and Hope have faced each other. The first time was in Las Vegas, two weeks ago, and Hope won that one.
Hope drilled the tree and also ran better than he qualified.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 533 Jim Underdahl 3 Matt Smith E1 ****WINNER**** 0.026 7.059 191.29 0.052 7.413 147.29 Qualified: #12 7.023 190.83 #5 6.963 192.30Smith is 2-0 against Underdahl, 1-0 in round one. This is Underdahl's ninth start in 18 races and he qualified here with career bests for both speed and ET.
Smith had problems on his final qualifying run and this run was almost a duplicate, Smith slowing on
the top end. Underdahl made a good run to pull off the upset.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
7 Steve Johnson 1 Eddie Krawiec
E1 0.031 6.977 191.19 ****WINNER**** 0.010 6.950 194.91
Qualified: #13 7.024 190.06 #4 6.959 193.68
Krawiec and Johnson have each won three times against the other. This is only the second time they have faced off in round one
and Krawiec won the first one, in Brainerd two years ago. Krawiec trails Hector Arana by 62 points for the Full Throttle
championship, with only 100 points left to claim. If Arana loses in round one, Krawiec must go to the finals and either win the
event or set a national ET record to take the title. Krawiec had the better light, but Johnson's bike was quicker over the first
part of the track and he led for about 500 feet. Then Krawiec went by and pulled away for a critical win, keeping his hopes for
repeating as the champion alive. Eddie Krawiec's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.021), 330 ft(-0.016),
660ft(0.008), 1,000ft(0.029). MOV: 0.0487 seconds (approximately 14 feet). He will have lane choice against Underdahl in round
two.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 32 Freddie Camarena 36 Douglas Horne E1 0.054 7.026 192.06 ****WINNER**** 0.022 6.995 191.70 Qualified: #14 7.032 191.21 #3 6.956 191.57This is the first time Horne and Camarena have squared off against each other. Camarena is Horne's 14th different opponent, Horne is the 22nd different opponent for Camarena. This is Camarena's 38th start in 75 races and he qualified here with career-bests for both ET and speed.
Horne was away first and pulled away for the win. However, he won't have lane choice when he faces Hope in
round two.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 69 Bailey Whitaker 235 Hector Arana E1 0.084 7.091 185.59 ****WINNER**** 0.011 6.910 192.00 Qualified: #16 7.047 187.83 #1 6.918 193.46Arana and Whitaker have met twice before, both times in the first round, each winning once - Whitaker in Englishtown and Arana in Denver.
Arana leads Eddie Krawiec by 62 points for the Full Throttle championship and there are only 100 points left to claim - four round wins and a national record. If Arana takes any two of those off the table, the championship is his.
Arana made a big
championship move here, with a very good light and a crushing run, running low ET of the round. He will have lane choice against
Krawiec's teammate Andrew Hines in the quarterfinals and is one round win away from clinching the championship.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 202 Junior Pippin 205 Shawn Gann E1 ****WINNER**** 0.045 7.133 187.76 0.044 7.318 185.97 Qualified: #15 7.039 189.52 #2 6.951 191.57Gann has faced Pippin twice before, both times in round one, and won both of those meetings.
They left together, but Gann's
bike faltered right off the line and never did close the gap. Pippin will face Cook in t=round two, Cook has lane choice.
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