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Sun, 11 Apr 2010, 04:14 PM

Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 3 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 3 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
    4 Matt Smith                              1 Hector Arana                 
E3                   0.055  7.256 169.42     ****WINNER****  0.070  6.888 195.22
 Prior rounds:
E2    (C Treble    ) 0.008  7.004 188.75      (J Underdahl ) 0.064  6.941 191.02
E1    (A Smith     ) 0.076  6.956 190.16      (S Johnson   ) 0.048  6.871 194.52
 Qualified:             #5  6.881 193.65                        #1  6.856 193.49

Weather conditions: air temperature 77 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 30.14 inches, adjusted altitude 1,635 feet, track temperature 118 degrees.

All four of the semifinalist have been Pro Stock Motorcycle champion. Smith and Arana have each won 4 times against the other in prior events. Smith is out of the gate first, but then has problems and Arana with another good looking pass to win. Hector Arana's incremental times: 60ft-1.096 sec., 330ft-2.887, 660ft-4.407/161.77 mph, 1,000ft-5.743.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Andrew Hines                            2 Eddie Krawiec                
E3   ****WINNER****  0.012  6.905 195.70                     0.029  6.913 195.87
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Stoffer   ) 0.016  6.938 193.02      (M Phillips  ) 0.022  6.952 192.58
E1    (J Pippin    ) 0.063  6.940 193.35      (R Harris    ) 0.081  6.944 194.58
 Qualified:             #3  6.870 196.93                        #2  6.863 195.93

Hines and Krawiec have each won 7 times against the other in prior events. Hines is out of the gate first and never trailed to take the win light. Andrew Hines' MOV: 0.0254 seconds (approximately 7 feet). Hines will give up lane choice to Arana in the final.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink