Sun, 28 Apr 2013, 17:00 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

BAYTOWN, Texas - Results of final, round 4 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
    7 Scotty Pollacheck                       3 Hector Arana Jr              
E4                   0.041  6.985 188.54     ****WINNER****  0.034  6.912 194.74
 Prior rounds:
E3    (M Ray       ) 0.000  6.987 191.48      (J Hall      ) 0.047  6.928 193.13
E2    (A Smith     ) 0.085  6.913 190.65      (H Arana     ) 0.070  6.906 193.68
E1    (C Ellis     ) 0.047  6.894 193.43      (S Gann      ) 0.008  6.907 193.40
 Qualified:             #2  6.896 191.67                        #1  6.876 195.39

3:39 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 81 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 29.90 inches, adjusted altitude 2,215 feet, track temperature 114 degrees.

Arana Jr is 1 - 0 against Pollacheck in prior events and this is the first time they have faced each other in a final round.

Arana left first and was never headed, though Pollacheck did eat into his margin on the short end of the track.

Hector Arana Jr's incremental margins: 60ft(0.017), 330 ft(0.012), 660ft(0.024), 1,000ft(0.048). MOV: 0.0809 seconds (approximately 22 feet). He's still undefeated for 2013. That's his sixth national event win in eleven final rounds and it's a clean sweep - #1 qualifier, low ET and top speed of the meet.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink