Fri, 08 Feb 2019, 17:51 PM Top Fuel Harley Qualifying Notes, Session #2

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 2 qualifying in Top Fuel Harley at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 59th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com 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: Randal Andras Runs 9.104/105.18, Now #5; No Prior Run
Right Lane: Mike Beland Runs 6.990/176.07, Now #3; No Prior Run

2:32 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 65 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 28.90 inches, adjusted altitude 1,904 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.

Vancil is number one at 6.351 and Tii Tharpe is on the bump spot at 13.575.

Andras get a number on the ladder this time on a broken pass.

Beland gets a full pass this time and runs strong up to the number three spot.

Mike Beland's incremental times: 60ft-1.160 sec., 330ft-2.968, 660ft-4.387/171.49 mph, 1,000ft-5.741.

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Left Lane: Tii Tharpe Runs 6.281/218.05, Now #1; Best prior run: 13.575/79.92, Was #10
Right Lane: Bob Malloy Runs 15.675/49.06, Now #11; No Prior Run

Tharpe goes from outside the field to the top of the ladder on a clean pass.

Tii Tharpe's incremental times: 60ft-1.101 sec., 330ft-2.815, 660ft-4.142/187.05 mph, 1,000ft-5.282.

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Left Lane: Mike Scott Runs 8.438/116.85, Now #6; Best prior run: 11.753/92.12, Was #10
Right Lane: Mike Balch No Time, Now #9; Best prior run: 10.552/69.81, Was #8

Balch has problems getting the bike to start and is pushed away.

Scott has a good leave and then sounded to have lost a cylinder around the 330 lights. He stays after it a while and then wisely give it up. Nothing sound worse than a laboring one cylinder fuel Harley!

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Left Lane: Kevin Boyer Runs 6.559/201.40, Now #5; Best prior run: 11.065/71.45, Was #10
Right Lane: Rickey House Runs 6.367/223.39, Now #3; Best prior run: 10.218/96.70, Was #8

Two full passes this time and they are good ones, as House rides right up five spots to number three and Boyer, five spots to number five!

Kevin Boyer's incremental times: 60ft-1.150 sec., 330ft-2.884, 660ft-4.274/173.47 mph, 1,000ft-5.486.
Rickey House's incremental times: 60ft-1.113 sec., 330ft-2.827, 660ft-4.174/184.70 mph, 1,000ft-5.348.

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Left Lane: Andy Beauchemin No Time, Now #8; Best prior run: 7.075/191.40, Was #7
Right Lane: Beau Layne Runs 6.402/225.82, Now #4; No Prior Run

Andy Beauchemin has problems at the end of his burnout and the crew has to run out and push the bike back.

Layne gets a time in this session and jumps up into the top four.

Beau Layne's incremental times: 60ft-1.137 sec., 330ft-2.846, 660ft-4.193/180.21 mph, 1,000ft-5.388.

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Left Lane: Jay Turner Runs 6.359/220.80, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.519/233.03, Was #5
Right Lane: Doug Vancil Runs 6.288/234.57, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.351/211.06, Was #2

Two strong passes to wrap up today's TFH qualifying.

Vancil started the session in number one and makes another great pass, just 0.007 off of number one.

Turner finds a bunch of ET, but loses a lot of speed to move up two spots on the ladder.

Jay Turner's incremental times: 60ft-1.116 sec., 330ft-2.821, 660ft-4.194/183.39 mph, 1,000ft-5.356.
Doug Vancil's incremental times: 60ft-1.123 sec., 330ft-2.827, 660ft-4.155/185.36 mph, 1,000ft-5.303.

2:46 p.m. Tii Tharpe is number one at 6.281 and Andy Beauchemin is on the bump spot at 7.075.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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