Sun, 21 Jul 2013, 15:13 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations |
By Bob Orme |
MORRISON, Colo. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 34th annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals:
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
2 Andrew Hines 4 Hector Arana
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.027 7.329 180.89 0.087 7.304 182.82
Qualified: #8 7.313 181.15 #9 7.315 182.62
12:51 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 45 percent, barometer 24.18 inches, adjusted
altitude 9,696 feet, track temperature 104 degrees.Hines left first and Arana didn't have the horsepower to catch him.
Andrew Hines' incremental margins: 60ft(0.072), 330 ft(0.066), 660ft(0.054), 1,000ft(0.045). MOV: 0.0358 seconds (approximately 10 feet).
Andrew Hines' incremental times: 60ft-1.087 sec., 330ft-3.010, 660ft-4.655/149.02 mph, 1,000ft-6.093.
Hector Arana's
incremental times: 60ft-1.099 sec., 330ft-3.016, 660ft-4.649/150.25 mph, 1,000ft-6.078.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
1 Eddie Krawiec 7 Scotty Pollacheck
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.012 7.332 179.97 0.046 7.301 180.36
Qualified: #10 7.316 181.84 #7 7.311 181.98
Krawiec is 4 - 0 against Pollacheck in prior events. In seven trips to Bandimere this is the first time that Eddie Krawiec will
start from the bottom half of the field.Another holeshot win for the Screaming Eagle team!
Eddie Krawiec's incremental margins: 60ft(0.026), 330 ft(0.022), 660ft(0.015), 1,000ft(0.009). MOV: 0.0033 seconds (approximately 10 inches).
Eddie Krawiec's incremental times: 60ft-1.089 sec., 330ft-3.013, 660ft-4.653/149.66 mph, 1,000ft-6.090.
Scotty Pollacheck's
incremental times: 60ft-1.081 sec., 330ft-3.001, 660ft-4.634/150.13 mph, 1,000ft-6.065.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 77 Angie Smith 10 Shawn Gann E1 0.050 7.341 180.02 ****WINNER**** 0.044 7.289 182.55 Qualified: #12 7.321 181.06 #5 7.298 183.19Smith is 4 - 1 against Gann in prior events.
Gann left first and he increased his lead at every increment.
Shawn Gann's incremental margins: 60ft(0.026), 330 ft(0.030), 660ft(0.033), 1,000ft(0.042). MOV: 0.0588 seconds (approximately 16 feet).
Angie
Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.103 sec., 330ft-3.024, 660ft-4.662/149.48 mph, 1,000ft-6.100.
Shawn Gann's incremental times:
60ft-1.083 sec., 330ft-3.000, 660ft-4.635/150.18 mph, 1,000ft-6.064.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 751 Steve Johnson 8 Michael Ray E1 ****WINNER**** 0.054 7.309 181.72 0.058 7.597 173.61 Qualified: #13 7.327 179.73 #4 7.289 180.48This is the first time Johnson and Ray have faced each other in eliminations.
Ray bogged on the hit which was all Johnson needed. Johnson will give lane choice to Gann in round two.
Steve Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-1.075 sec., 330ft-2.997,
660ft-4.641/149.12 mph, 1,000ft-6.077.
Michael Ray's incremental times: 60ft-1.254 sec., 330ft-3.242, 660ft-4.895/148.41 mph,
1,000ft-6.342.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
3 Hector Arana Jr 533 Jim Underdahl
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.073 7.265 183.72 -0.011 7.406 177.70
Qualified: #2 7.279 183.49 #15 7.374 181.32
Arana Jr is 2 - 1 against Underdahl in prior events.Underdahl is too anxious at the tree and Arana Jr. advances. Arana Jr. will have lane choice over Krawiec in round two.
Hector Arana Jr's incremental times: 60ft-1.083 sec., 330ft-2.997,
660ft-4.624/150.65 mph, 1,000ft-6.047.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 745 Katie Sullivan 301 Adam Arana E1 0.010 7.833 138.71 ****WINNER**** 0.052 7.281 182.33 Qualified: #16 7.395 177.39 #1 7.242 184.47This is the first time Sullivan and Arana have faced each other in eliminations. The #1 qualifier has only won this race four times in twenty-one years in the Pro Stock Motorcycle class. Adam Arana is just the 35th driver to qualify number one in the Pro Stock Motorcycle class. He is also the third member of his family to do it. The Arana's are the second family to have three members qualify #1 in the bike class. The Hines family is the other.
Sullivan left first, but she moved to the right just past the 330-foot mark and she was close to the centerline the rest of the way down the track. Arana will have lane choice over Hines in round two.
Adam Arana's incremental times: 60ft-1.082 sec., 330ft-2.993, 660ft-4.623/150.31 mph, 1,000ft-6.053.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed 573 Mike Berry 9 LE Tonglet E1 ****WINNER**** 0.014 7.320 180.69 0.070 7.362 181.47 Qualified: #3 7.281 181.89 #14 7.360 181.23Tonglet is 2 - 1 against Berry in prior events. This is Mike Berry's best starting position in his 145 national event starts. Mike was runner-up here in 2003.
Berry left first and Tonglet couldn't chase him down.
Mike Berry's incremental margins: 60ft(0.076), 330 ft(0.094), 660ft(0.098), 1,000ft(0.100). MOV: 0.0982 seconds (approximately 26 feet).
Mike Berry's incremental
times: 60ft-1.074 sec., 330ft-2.998, 660ft-4.642/149.08 mph, 1,000ft-6.082.
LE Tonglet's incremental times: 60ft-1.094 sec.,
330ft-3.036, 660ft-4.684/148.76 mph, 1,000ft-6.126.
Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
6 Matt Smith 1528 John Hall
E1 ****WINNER**** 0.020 7.307 182.11 0.072 7.316 179.59
Qualified: #6 7.298 182.82 #11 7.317 180.60
Hall is 1 - 0 against Smith in prior events.Smith left first and held the lead all the way to the finish. He'll have lane choice over Berry in round two.
Matt Smith's incremental margins: 60ft(0.047), 330 ft(0.034), 660ft(0.032), 1,000ft(0.044). MOV: 0.0615 seconds (approximately 16 feet).
Matt Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.085 sec., 330ft-3.011, 660ft-4.648/149.83 mph,
1,000ft-6.078.
John Hall's incremental times: 60ft-1.080 sec., 330ft-2.993, 660ft-4.628/149.40 mph, 1,000ft-6.070.
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