Sun, 28 Sep 2014, 16:29 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 3 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

MADISON, Ill. - Results of round 3 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, Third annual AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  401 Jerry Savoie                            4 Hector Arana Jr              
E3   ****WINNER****  0.017  6.824 197.54                     0.019  6.927 192.63
 Prior rounds:
E2    (J Hall      ) 0.026  6.865 196.19      (H Arana     ) 0.045  6.909 192.71
E1    (C Treble    ) 0.041  6.823 196.56      (J Underdahl ) 0.013  8.885  99.35
 Qualified:             #2  6.838 197.16                        #3  6.851 195.82

3:24 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 87 degrees, relative humidity 38 percent, barometer 29.61 inches, adjusted altitude 2,859 feet, track temperature 116 degrees.

Arana Jr. is third in the points and will leave the race third regardless of what happens.

They leave the line together, stayed close for the first sixty feet, then Savoie pulls away for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Eddie Krawiec                         504 Andrew Hines                 
E3                   0.051  6.863 194.88     ****WINNER****  0.004  6.874 193.77
 Prior rounds:
E2    (A Arana     ) 0.053  6.856 194.66      (S Johnson   ) 0.036  6.856 193.24
E1    (S Gann      ) 0.066  6.803 197.39      (A Smith     ) 0.045  6.837 195.25
 Qualified:             #1  6.810 194.60                        #4  6.863 195.22

Krawiec is 20 - 16 against Hines in prior events.

Hines is first in the points, Krawiec is 37 points behind in second.

Hines gets a huges holeshot, Krawiec starts to reel him in but runs out of room.

Andrew Hines' incremental margins: 60ft(0.046), 330 ft(0.048), 660ft(0.046), 1,000ft(0.042). MOV: 0.0363 seconds (approximately 10 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink