from the top spot in qualifying
with a 6.751, and she returned
on Sunday to record a career
best 6.741 in her win against
Kelly Clontz. Stoffer also topped
200-mph for the first time in her
career.
Facing a performance deficit
for one of the few times this sea-
son, Smith rose to the challenge
in the final with a nearly perfect
reaction time that put him well
ahead of Stoffer. Smith was able
to win with a 6.817 to Stoffer's
6.766.
Stoffer, celebrating her 25th
year in the class, finished the
phy presentation and I'm thinking
that we don't have much time to
get the bike fixed if we've got a
problem. I thought about chang-
ing engines, but we had no time
for that. We just got it cleaned
up as much as we could and
thankfully, nothing was wrong
with it. When I went into the
sand, my only goal was to keep
the bike upright, so we didn't
tear up any bodywork."
Smith returned to easily top
Krawiec and then went about the
tough task of preparing to race
Stoffer in the final round. On
Saturday, Stoffer knocked Smith
it. We've now got five of them
and that's all I needed."
For Smith, the drama of the
championship didn't end at the
finish line. On his title-clinching
run, Smith's brakes failed, and
he went for a trip into the sand
trap at the end of the Pomona
Raceway quarter mile. Smith
managed to get his bike slowed
down enough that it wasn't se-
verely damaged, but he also had
little time to clean and service
it before his next race against
Krawiec.
"We're doing all the champi-
onship celebrations and the tro-
FINAL ROUND / NOVEMBER 12-14, 2021
AUTO CLUB SPEEDWAY / POMONA, CALIFORNIA
P86
DRAG RACING I NHRA CAMPING WORLD PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE CHAMPIONSHIP
Stoffer finished out the year fifth in the championship.
