Sun, 16 Nov 2014, 19:59 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 50th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Hector Arana Jr                         3 Eddie Krawiec                
E4   ****WINNER****  0.010  6.832 195.08                     0.032  6.977 176.37
 Prior rounds:
E3    (C Kennedy   ) 0.107  6.808 197.16      (A Hines     ) 0.075  6.850 194.83
E2    (S Johnson   ) 0.039  6.888 195.22      (A Arana     ) 0.058  6.835 194.13
E1    (F Camarena  ) 0.064  6.835 198.17      (S Gann      ) 0.068  6.848 194.24
 Qualified:             #1  6.832 197.62                        #2  6.834 195.76

4:49 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 73 degrees, relative humidity 32 percent, barometer 28.99 inches, adjusted altitude 2,411 feet, track temperature 74 degrees.

Arana has eight wins and six runner ups in his career. He has one win this year. Krawiec has a career twenty-seven wins and twenty runner ups, with five wins and two runner ups this year

Arana definitely wanted the win and puts a great 0.010 reaction time on the board and then pulls steadily ahead all the way down the track for a decisive win. He runs exactly what he qualified with to put the cherry on top.

Krawiec was uncharacteristically off the pace and could only watch from behind.

Hector Arana Jr's incremental margins: 60ft(0.039), 330 ft(0.054), 660ft(0.073), 1,000ft(0.101). MOV: 0.1676 seconds (approximately 43 feet).

Hector Arana Jr's incremental times: 60ft-1.067 sec., 330ft-2.852, 660ft-4.364/161.96 mph, 1,000ft-5.688.
Eddie Krawiec's incremental times: 60ft-1.084 sec., 330ft-2.884, 660ft-4.415/159.49 mph, 1,000ft-5.767.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink