Sun, 28 Apr 2013, 14:54 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 2 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 26th annual O'Reilly NHRA Spring Nationals presented by Super Start Batteries:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Hector Arana                            3 Hector Arana Jr              
E2                   0.114  6.902 192.22     ****WINNER****  0.070  6.906 193.68
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Johnson   ) 0.000  6.942 192.69      (S Gann      ) 0.008  6.907 193.40
 Qualified:             #8  6.926 193.07                        #1  6.876 195.39

1:45 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 80 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 29.95 inches, adjusted altitude 2,018 feet, track temperature 106 degrees.

Hector Jr. is 3 - 2 against Hector Sr. in prior events.

On a holeshot, Jr. gets the win light by about 11 feet.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Scotty Pollacheck                      77 Angie Smith                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.085  6.913 190.65                     0.227  6.968 191.65
 Prior rounds:
E1    (C Ellis     ) 0.047  6.894 193.43      (A Arana     ) 0.058  6.990 190.48
 Qualified:             #2  6.896 191.67                       #10  6.929 191.16

This is the first time Pollacheck and Smith have faced each other in eliminations.

Smith was very late and this race was over almost immediately.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1528 John Hall                               9 LE Tonglet                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.013  6.916 191.78                     0.020  6.924 192.44
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Sullivan  ) 0.016  6.894 192.69      (M Smith     ) 0.044  6.885 194.13
 Qualified:             #4  6.906 191.16                        #5  6.911 193.24

Hall is 1 - 0 against Tonglet in prior events.

Both riders had good lights, Hall the better of the two, and it was very close all the way to the stripe.

John Hall's incremental margins: 60ft(0.020), 330 ft(0.031), 660ft(0.026), 1,000ft(0.020). MOV: 0.0155 seconds (approximately 4 feet).

Hall will not have lane choice when he faces Hector Jr. in the semifinals.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    8 Michael Ray                             2 Andrew Hines                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.024  6.930 192.19                    -0.026  6.904 192.96
 Prior rounds:
E1    (J Underdahl ) 0.039  6.876 194.18      (E Krawiec   ) 0.022  6.913 192.49
 Qualified:             #6  6.913 193.60                        #3  6.904 193.49

Hines' three-year winning streak here comes to an end with a red light gleaming, wasting a good ET in the process.

Ray will not have lane choice when he meets Pollacheck in the semifinals.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink