Sat, 25 Feb 2017, 15:51 PM Top Fuel Harley Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By Rick Green

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel Harley at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 33rd annual NHRA Arizona Nationals listing lane, rider name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

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Left Lane: Mike Beland No Time, Now #7; Best prior run: 6.825/212.93, Was #7

Weather conditions: air temperature 66 degrees, relative humidity 23 percent, barometer 28.80 inches, adjusted altitude 2,105 feet, track temperature 101 degrees.

Beland with problems as soon as the light turned green and he came to a stop around 700 feet.

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Left Lane: Jake Stordeur Runs 6.774/199.17, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.767/206.83, Was #6
Right Lane: Mike Pelrine Runs 8.423/226.77, Now #8; Best prior run: 11.287/81.65, Was #9

Stordeur with a good pass, but will not improve on his time from yesterday.

Pelrine bogged right at the hit and was off and on the throttle, big top end speed.

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Left Lane: Kevin Boyer Runs 6.328/215.10, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.491/212.49, Was #4
Right Lane: Tii Tharpe Runs 6.361/221.92, Now #4; Best prior run: 10.023/94.27, Was #9

This was a great side-by-side drag race,

Boyer's bike was drifting out of the groove and got close to the centerline before he reeled it in. He moves up one position on the ladder.

Kevin Boyer's incremental times: 60ft-1.110 sec., 330ft-2.796, 660ft-4.123/191.51 mph, 1,000ft-5.293.

Tharpe with good looking pass to get in the show, into the top half of the field.

Tii Tharpe's incremental times: 60ft-1.169 sec., 330ft-2.891, 660ft-4.221/181.40 mph, 1,000ft-5.364.

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Left Lane: Jay Turner Runs 8.724/101.61, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.387/223.69, Was #5
Right Lane: Tracy Kile Runs 6.829/169.53, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.663/211.79, Was #6

Turner launched with the front end in the air and was fighting the bike until just past half track when he clicked it off.

No help here for Kile.

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Left Lane: Bob Malloy Runs 12.939/61.69, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.270/214.18, Was #2
Right Lane: Rickey House Runs 6.240/218.72, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.269/218.58, Was #1

Malloy launched with the front end in the air and he came back down hard and he clicked it off.

House launched hard and kept it hooked up for the quickest pass of the weekend to go the number one spot.

Rickey House's incremental times: 60ft-1.113 sec., 330ft-2.802, 660ft-4.089/184.47 mph, 1,000ft-5.239.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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