Sun, 15 Nov 2009, 05:04 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 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
  581 David Hope                             36 Douglas Horne                
E2                   0.018  7.028 187.70     ****WINNER****  0.017  6.993 191.35
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Treble    ) 0.007  6.986 187.70      (F Camarena  ) 0.022  6.995 191.70
 Qualified:            #11  6.992 186.95                        #3  6.956 191.57

1:52 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted altitude 2,453 feet, track temperature 92 degrees.

Horne is 2-0 against Hope. This is the first time they have faced each other in the second round.

Very nice, virtually identical lights in both lanes, but Horne led all the way. Hope closed the gap in the first half of the track, but Horne pulled away again on the top end. Douglas Horne's incremental margins: 60ft(0.018), 330 ft(0.010), 660ft(0.007), 1,000ft(0.017). MOV: 0.0367 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  601 Larry Cook                            202 Junior Pippin                
E2                  -0.017  7.072 169.98     ****WINNER****  0.019  7.201 185.69
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Stoffer   ) 0.013  6.962 188.91      (S Gann      ) 0.045  7.133 187.76
 Qualified:            #10  6.987 188.96                       #15  7.039 189.52

This is the first time Pippin and Cook have met in eliminations.

Junior Pippin wins on a red light. He will not have lane choice against Horne in the semifinals.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  533 Jim Underdahl                           1 Eddie Krawiec                
E2                   0.027  7.107 188.89     ****WINNER****  0.037  6.959 192.60
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Smith     ) 0.026  7.059 191.29      (S Johnson   ) 0.010  6.950 194.91
 Qualified:            #12  7.023 190.83                        #4  6.959 193.68

Krawiec is 3-0 against Underdahl. The two have never met in the second round before today. Krawiec has a slim shot at the championship if Arana loses in this round, but must win the event and set a national ET record.

Underdahl did all he could, but Krawiec had the muscle to take the lead before half track and pull away for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Andrew Hines                          235 Hector Arana                 
E2   ****WINNER**** -0.004  7.044 192.69                    -0.012  7.224 154.51
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Phillips  ) 0.018  6.977 192.82      (B Whitaker  ) 0.011  6.910 192.00
 Qualified:             #9  6.986 192.33                        #1  6.918 193.46

Hines is 3-1 against Arana, 1-0 in round 2. Arana can clinch the championship with a win here.

Big upset, Arana went red and Krawiec's championship hopes stay alive. However, conditions do not appear to offer much hope for a national record today. Krawiec has lane choice against teammate Hines in the semifinals.

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