Sun, 13 Nov 2022, 19:35 PM Pro Stock Motorcycle Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Pro Stock Motorcycle at the NHRA Camping World Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Auto Club NHRA Finals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    7 Angie Smith                          1550 Joey Gladstone               
E4   ****WINNER****  0.017  6.749 199.55                     0.029  6.739 199.67
 Prior rounds:
E3    (S Johnson   ) 0.020  6.794 200.26      (M Smith     ) 0.025  6.757 199.40
E2    (J Savoie    ) 0.046  6.754 202.24      (K Stoffer   ) 0.037  6.746 199.55
E1    (F Camarena  ) 0.033  6.752 202.09      (H Arana Jr  ) 0.037  6.765 198.29
 Qualified:             #4  6.734 201.34                        #3  6.720 267.75

4:26 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 62 degrees, relative humidity 35 percent, barometer 29.98 inches, adjusted altitude 1,528 feet. Track Temp. is 88 Degrees.

Gladstone is 7 - 4 against Smith in prior events and Gladstone is 1 - 0 against Smith in prior final rounds.

Smith nails the tree with a stellar seventeen light, but Gladstone is quickly back out in front. She starts a steady pull right on down the track and they are dead even at the 660 foot lights.

She is able to just stay there for a super close seven foot hole shot win. This is her first win of the year and her third careen win.

Angie Smith's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.014), 330 ft(-0.009), 660ft(0.000), 1,000ft(0.002). MOV: 0.0021 seconds (approximately 7 inches).

Angie Smith's incremental times: 60ft-1.063 sec., 330ft-2.831, 660ft-4.321/164.33 mph, 1,000ft-5.627.
Joey Gladstone's incremental times: 60ft-1.037 sec., 330ft-2.810, 660ft-4.309/163.49 mph, 1,000ft-5.617.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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