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Sat, 20 Jul 2013, 17:36 PM

Top Fuel Harley Round 1 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

EPPING, N.H. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel Harley at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, event at New England Dragway:


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  115 Larry Brancaccio                        1 Doug Horne                   
E1                   0.028  6.468 217.14     ****WINNER****  0.004  6.437 219.44
 Qualified:             #4  6.464 207.59                        #3  6.448 220.91

5:27 p.m. - Horne's bike moved toward the center line and he had a lot of work to do to keep it in his lane. Brancaccio led at 330 feet and these two were tied at 660 feet. After that, Horne pulled ahead for the win even though his motorcycle was still moving around a lot on the track.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    2 Tommy Grimes                          173 Bob Malloy                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.077  6.305 225.90                     0.224  6.338 232.03
 Qualified:             #5  6.476 228.92                        #2  6.400 226.70

Malloy's motorcycle had a soft start that put him behind from the start. Grimes pulled away for the win. He'll race Horne in round two.


Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Chris Streeter                         37 Takeshi Shigamatsu           
E1                   0.080  6.719 208.97     ****WINNER****  0.058  6.306 220.15
 Qualified:             #6  6.778 199.52                        #1  6.298 225.22

Shigamatsu took the win and will have a bye in round two.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink