Sun, 26 Sep 2010, 04:54 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 25th annual O'Reilly Super Start Batteries NHRA Fall Nationals presented by Castrol Syntec:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Matt Smith                              3 Andrew Hines                 
E3                   0.056  6.979 186.59     ****WINNER****  0.032  6.988 186.46
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.047  6.961 186.18      (S Johnson   ) 0.041  6.974 187.50
E1    (R Harris    ) 0.155  6.972 187.26      (A Smith     ) 0.038  6.953 188.44
 Qualified:             #8  7.043 187.76                        #4  6.996 193.24

3:51 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.39 inches, adjusted altitude 2,663 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.

Hines is 18 - 4 against Smith in prior events.

Smith gives up a little too much off the line and can't run down Hines. Hines moves on to his sixth consecutive final round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Eddie Krawiec                         473 LE Tonglet                   
E3                   0.030  6.969 187.68     ****WINNER****  0.011  6.969 187.08
 Prior rounds:
E2    (D Hope      ) 0.040  6.899 189.68      (K Stoffer   ) 0.052  6.920 187.73
E1    (J Pippin    ) 0.076  6.930 189.71      (M Phillips  ) 0.077  7.003 187.03
 Qualified:             #1  6.934 191.81                        #5  6.999 191.08

Krawiec and Tonglet have each won 1 times against the other in prior events.

tonglet gets the advantage off the line and that turns out ot be the difference. The final will be a matchup of Hines and Tonglet, number one and two in the points battle.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink