Sat, 05 Aug 2017, 19:29 PM Top Fuel Harley Qualifying Notes, Final Session

By David Gerard

KENT, Wash. - Notes from final, round 3 qualifying in Top Fuel Harley at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual NHRA Northwest 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: Tii Tharpe Runs 6.519/194.10, Now #4; Best prior run: 14.443/79.37, Was #9
Right Lane: Mike Beland No Time, Now #8; Best prior run: 12.522/89.86, Was #7

4:13 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 82 degrees, relative humidity 41 percent, barometer 29.56 inches, adjusted altitude 2,501 feet, track temperature 120 degrees.

Nine bikes for eight spots. Jay Turner is number one at 6.388 and Rickey House is on the bump spot at 13.592.

Beland's engine quits before he can stage and Tharp gets a single.

He finally gets to the finish line with a half way reasonable run. The engine sounds sour down track, but he still moves up into the top four.

Tii Tharpe's incremental times: 60ft-1.113 sec., 330ft-2.844, 660ft-4.189/182.55 mph, 1,000ft-5.391.

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Left Lane: Len Darnell Runs 6.633/211.46, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.724/205.76, Was #5
Right Lane: Rickey House Runs 12.199/81.49, Now #8; Best prior run: 13.592/80.82, Was #9

Mike Beland is on the bump spot at 12.522.

Crazy! House is in trouble right off the line and looks to be done for the weekend, but he coasts on past the finish line to just nip Beland for the final spot on the ladder!

Darnell makes his best pass of the weekend, but will stay #5 for now.

Len Darnell's incremental times: 60ft-1.124 sec., 330ft-2.897, 660ft-4.313/173.14 mph, 1,000ft-5.556.

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Left Lane: Randal Andras Runs 20.086/57.58, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.448/199.05, Was #2
Right Lane: Toni Froehling Runs 8.032/137.34, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.732/166.66, Was #7

Rickey House is on the bump spot at 12.199.

Andras scooter was way too strong for the track at the green and smokes the tire hard.

Froehling was on a good pass for a while and then the engines started to grumble and he slowed.

Toni Froehling's incremental times: 60ft-1.205 sec., 330ft-3.198, 660ft-4.894/130.17 mph, 1,000ft-6.516.

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Left Lane: Jay Turner Runs 6.460/214.59, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.388/212.03, Was #1
Right Lane: Kevin Boyer Runs 6.392/211.86, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.454/217.35, Was #3

Boyer leaves hard with the front wheel flying for a long time. He looked to be on his way to the new top spot, but there is a lot of smoke from the engine near the lights. He makes the second quickest pass of the weekend and moves up a spot into the final #2 spot.

Turner made his second quickest pass of the weekend with a big speed to stay #1 going into eliminations tomorrow.

Jay Turner's incremental times: 60ft-1.122 sec., 330ft-2.869, 660ft-4.236/179.85 mph, 1,000ft-5.429.
Kevin Boyer's incremental times: 60ft-1.120 sec., 330ft-2.835, 660ft-4.190/177.44 mph, 1,000ft-5.365.

4:23 p.m. Rickey House is on the bump spot at 12.199.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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