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Sun, 31 Oct 2010, 07:54 PM

Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

LAS VEGAS - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 10th annual NHRA Las Vegas Nationals:


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  533 Jim Underdahl                         473 LE Tonglet                   
E3                   0.023  6.988 190.78     ****WINNER****  0.028  6.948 190.22
 Prior rounds:
E2    (S Gann      ) 0.023  7.024 189.95      (H Arana     ) 0.041  7.004 187.26
E1    (D Hope      ) 0.032  7.017 191.76      (B Whitaker  ) 0.097  6.986 188.91
 Qualified:             #4  6.954 193.99                        #9  7.021 192.74

4:51 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 74 degrees, relative humidity 28 percent, barometer 27.96 inches, adjusted altitude 3,703 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.
Underdahl is 1 - 0 against Tonglet in prior events.

Tonglet is a little behind off the line but makes his quickest pass of the weekend to take the win.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Andrew Hines                            4 Matt Smith                   
E3                   0.039  7.041 189.82     ****WINNER****  0.041  7.037 187.73
 Prior rounds:
E2    (E Krawiec   ) 0.040  6.989 189.55      (K Stoffer   ) 0.037  6.999 188.17
E1    (C Treble    ) 0.080  6.992 190.06      (M Phillips  ) 0.057  7.045 187.00
 Qualified:             #7  6.986 194.21                        #6  6.985 190.67

Hines is 19 - 4 against Smith in prior events.
They come off the line together but Smith pulls away quickly. Hines starts to make up ground but runs out of room.
Matt Smith's incremental margins: 60ft(0.030), 330 ft(0.044), 660ft(0.031), 1,000ft(0.016). MOV: 0.0026 seconds (approximately 9 inches).

Tonglet will have lane choice over Smith in the final round. If Tonglet wins he will be 34 points behind Hines. If he loses he will leave the race 54 points behind.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink