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Sun, 13 Nov 2016, 16:47 PM

Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 52nd annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  751 Steve Johnson                           3 Jerry Savoie                 
E2                   0.035  6.890 193.65     ****WINNER****  0.013  6.897 196.02
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Surber    ) 0.032  6.930 192.93      (A Smith     ) 0.061  6.879 194.88
 Qualified:             #8  6.872 194.49                        #1  6.825 194.97

1:27 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 28.94 inches, adjusted altitude 3,324 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.
Savoie is 6 - 3 against Johnson in prior events.
Savoie gets away first and needed it, as he just gets the win with a close hole shot.
Jerry Savoie's incremental margins: 60ft(0.023), 330 ft(0.015), 660ft(0.004), 1,000ft(0.003). MOV: 0.0159 seconds (approximately 5 feet).

Steve Johnson's incremental times: 60ft-1.066 sec., 330ft-2.859, 660ft-4.391/159.27 mph, 1,000ft-5.734.
Jerry Savoie's incremental times: 60ft-1.065 sec., 330ft-2.866, 660ft-4.409/158.61 mph, 1,000ft-5.753.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Hector Arana Jr                         6 Chip Ellis                   
E2   ****WINNER****  0.039  6.945 191.59                           No Time      
 Prior rounds:
E1    (F Camarena  ) 0.051  6.899 194.86      (L Tonglet   ) 0.102  6.865 194.44
 Qualified:             #3  6.856 195.51                        #6  6.862 195.79

Ellis is 5 - 4 against Arana Jr in prior events, but can't make the call after his round one incident.
Clean pass for Arana to round three.

Hector Arana Jr's incremental times: 60ft-1.050 sec., 330ft-2.862, 660ft-4.415/157.28 mph, 1,000ft-5.776.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  491 Angelle Sampey                          1 Andrew Hines                 
E2   ****WINNER****  0.031  6.879 193.93                     0.025  6.912 193.85
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Pollacheck) 0.059  6.882 195.42      (C Reed      ) 0.072  6.880 194.52
 Qualified:             #5  6.859 195.45                        #4  6.856 194.74

Sampey is 13 - 7 against Hines in prior events.
Just 0.006 difference in RT's at the green and Sampey is back out in from by sixty feet and pulls ahead for the win. She will have lane choice over Savoie in the next round.
That puts Hines out of the Championship for 2016.
Angelle Sampey's incremental margins: 60ft(0.012), 330 ft(0.015), 660ft(0.028), 1,000ft(0.027). MOV: 0.0278 seconds (approximately 8 feet).

Angelle Sampey's incremental times: 60ft-1.052 sec., 330ft-2.839, 660ft-4.374/158.93 mph, 1,000ft-5.723.
Andrew Hines' incremental times: 60ft-1.070 sec., 330ft-2.860, 660ft-4.408/158.22 mph, 1,000ft-5.756.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Matt Smith                              2 Eddie Krawiec                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.029  6.904 192.99                     0.063  6.871 195.31
 Prior rounds:
E1    (H Arana     ) 0.031  6.916 193.35      (S Gann      ) 0.048  6.850 195.56
 Qualified:            #10  6.889 193.93                        #2  6.828 196.70

Krawiec is 18 - 12 against Smith in prior events.
Krawiec is second off the line and it costs him the 2016 Championship, as he can not run Smith down before the lights. A extreamly narrow five inch hole shot win.

Smith will have lane choice over Arana Jr. in round three.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink