Sun, 14 Nov 2010, 05:36 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, 46th annual Automobile Club of Southern California NHRA Finals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Karen Stoffer                         533 Jim Underdahl                
E2                   0.080  6.923 191.32     ****WINNER****  0.023  6.950 193.18
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Whitaker  ) 0.039  6.937 189.79      (S Gann      ) 0.061  6.921 194.21
 Qualified:             #3  6.861 196.10                        #6  6.894 194.86

2:22 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 76 degrees, relative humidity 25 percent, barometer 28.88 inches, adjusted altitude 2,705 feet, track temperature 103 degrees.

Stoffer is 1 - 0 against Underdahl in prior events, they have not met in the second round before today.

Underdahl had almost six hundredths in hand at the green and that was enough to hold off Stoffer on the top end for a holeshot victory. Jim Underdahl's incremental margins: 60ft(0.036), 330 ft(0.027), 660ft(0.018), 1,000ft(0.021). MOV: 0.0303 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Michael Phillips                        2 Eddie Krawiec                
E2                   0.024  6.971 189.92     ****WINNER****  0.058  6.881 195.36
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Treble    ) 0.033  6.965 190.11      (F Camarena  ) 0.072  6.897 193.52
 Qualified:             #8  6.948 193.71                        #1  6.847 197.36

Krawiec is 6 - 3 against Phillips in prior events, 2 - 0 in round two.

Phillips had a nice holeshot, but it was not enough against Krawiec's third 6.80s run in a row. Eddie Krawiec's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.005), 330 ft(0.005), 660ft(0.009), 1,000ft(0.028). MOV: 0.0567 seconds (approximately 16 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  751 Steve Johnson                         473 LE Tonglet                   
E2                   0.032  7.018 178.02     ****WINNER****  0.007  6.860 192.66
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Hines     ) 0.024  7.107 162.72      (M Guidera   ) 0.019  6.874 189.28
 Qualified:            #12  6.979 191.40                        #4  6.863 195.19

Johnson and Tonglet have each won 1 time against the other in prior events, never met in round two before.

Tonglet wins the 2010 Full Throttle Pro Stock Motorcycle championship in style, with a great light and low ET of the round. He will have lane choice against Krawiec in the semifinals.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   77 Angie Smith                             1 Hector Arana                 
E2                   0.061 20.335  30.56     ****WINNER****  0.072  6.821 192.82
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Smith     ) 0.022  7.039 185.26      (D Hope      ) 0.021  6.870 193.40
 Qualified:            #10  6.968 187.03                        #2  6.851 195.19

Arana is 3 - 2 against Smith in prior events, they are 1 - 1 in second round matchups.

Smith had a small starting line advantage, could not hold off Arana's low ET of the weekend, slowing before the 330-foot marker. Arana will have lane choice against Underdahl in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink