Sun, 05 May 2019, 14:17 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Round 2 Eliminations

By Rick Green

COMMERCE, Ga. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 39th annual Arby's NHRA Southern Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    3 Hector Arana Jr                         7 Angelle Sampey               
E2   ****WINNER****  0.056  6.919 194.49                     0.048  7.264 145.42
 Prior rounds:
E1    (S Pollacheck) 0.039  6.974 192.88      (H Arana     ) 0.085  7.129 157.45
 Qualified:             #3  6.861 196.27                        #6  6.905 192.55

Weather conditions: air temperature 86 degrees, relative humidity 51 percent, barometer 28.98 inches, adjusted altitude 3,654 feet, track temperature 122 degrees.

Arana Jr is 5 - 2 against Sampey in prior events.

Sampey with the starting line advantage, but has problems and clicks it off. Arana Jr. has the lead by 330 feet and never trailed from there on for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  751 Steve Johnson                           5 Jerry Savoie                 
E2                   0.075  6.918 192.25     ****WINNER****  0.024  6.938 187.96
 Prior rounds:
E1    (A Smith     ) 0.080  6.958 190.00      (C Reed      ) 0.013  6.916 192.38
 Qualified:             #4  6.892 192.36                        #5  6.901 193.18

Savoie is 13 - 5 against Johnson in prior events.

Savoie with the starting line advantage and the power to hold on for the hole shot win. Jerry Savoie's MOV: 0.0311 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Eddie Krawiec                         777 Karen Stoffer                
E2   ****WINNER****  0.030  6.901 195.22                    -0.006  6.998 192.69
 Prior rounds:
E1    (K Clontz    ) 0.102  6.917 195.53      (M Smith     ) 0.039  9.709  87.09
 Qualified:             #1  6.851 196.90                        #9  6.929 195.25

Krawiec is 22 - 8 against Stoffer in prior events.

Stoffer goes red to give Krawiec the win. He will have lane choice over Savoie in the semifinal.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    6 Andrew Hines                         3284 Ryan Oehler                  
E2   ****WINNER****  0.050  6.881 194.41                     0.030  6.957 194.80
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Surber    ) 0.045  6.872 194.80      (J Gladstone ) 0.015  6.927 195.59
 Qualified:             #2  6.855 196.44                        #7  6.909 197.45

Hines is 4 - 0 against Oehler in prior events.

Oehler with the starting line advantage, but Hines has the difference made up by the time they went by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win. He runs low E.T. of the round. He will have lane choice over Arana Jr. in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink