Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 02:46 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 23rd annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Pennzoil:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Michael Phillips                        2 Eddie Krawiec                
E2                   0.017  6.996 193.82     ****WINNER****  0.022  6.952 192.58
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Hope      ) 0.027  6.989 193.79      (R Harris    ) 0.081  6.944 194.58
 Qualified:             #7  6.919 196.64                        #2  6.863 195.93

Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 54 percent, barometer 30.17 inches, adjusted altitude 1,690 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Krawiec is 5 - 1 against Phillips in prior events. Phillips with a slight starting line advantage, but after that it is all Krawiec. Eddie Krawiec's MOV: 0.0396 seconds (approximately 11 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Andrew Hines                            7 Karen Stoffer                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.016  6.938 193.02                     0.014  6.984 188.60
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Pippin    ) 0.063  6.940 193.35      (L Tonglet   ) 0.027  6.939 192.88
 Qualified:             #3  6.870 196.93                       #11  6.945 190.43

Hines is 10 - 7 against Stoffer in prior events. They leave together and then it is all Hines. Andrew Hines' MOV: 0.0447 seconds (approximately 12 feet). He will have lane choice over his teammate Krawiec in the semifinal.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Matt Smith                              9 Craig Treble                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.008  7.004 188.75                    -0.068  7.048 186.10
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Smith     ) 0.076  6.956 190.16      (M Berry     ) 0.072  6.885 193.02
 Qualified:             #5  6.881 193.65                        #4  6.874 192.28

Treble is 10 - 5 against Smith in prior events. Treble goes red...

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  533 Jim Underdahl                           1 Hector Arana                 
E2                   0.043  7.004 190.51     ****WINNER****  0.064  6.941 191.02
 Prior rounds:
E1    (D Horne     ) 0.029  7.009 192.96      (S Johnson   ) 0.048  6.871 194.52
 Qualified:             #8  6.932 195.28                        #1  6.856 193.49

This is the first time Underdahl and Arana have faced each other in eliminations. Underdahl with the starting line advantage, but Arana has the difference made up by the time they go by the Christmas tree. Hector Arana's MOV: 0.0426 seconds (approximately 12 feet). Arana will have lane choice over Smith in semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink