Sun, 7 Oct 2007, 12:46 PM Nitro Harley Round 1 Eliminations

By Dan Bennett

DINWIDDIE, Va. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Screamin' Eagle Nitro Harley at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series, Second annual Torco Racing Fuels NHRA Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    4 Tommy Grimes Jr.                        3 Doug Vancil                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.138  7.932 121.11                     0.113  8.311 185.33
 Qualified:             #8  9.037 106.05                        #1  6.344 221.42

I noticed that a lot of riders are wearing heat shields on their right legs. That's just great, huh? As if these bikes weren't vicious enough, they can also turn your nickname into "Stubby".

Both bikes have problems on the front half.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   63 Jay Turner                             88 Phil Schmidt                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.072  6.628 205.94                     0.067  6.782 215.31
 Qualified:             #5  6.729 204.82                        #4  6.554 218.23

Hey, that was a pretty good race and most of the crows stands up to check it out. Turner was leaning from the hit and was close to the center line all the way but still gets the win light.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   17 William Furr                          173 Bob Malloy                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.108  6.644 211.00                     0.061  6.870 152.47
 Qualified:             #7  8.997 100.70                        #2  6.424 208.42

Furr was way behind the entire track until Malloy nosed over past the 1000 foot mark and William blasts by for the win. Like they say, the only time you have to be ahead is at 1320.

William Furr's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(-0.024), 330 ft(-0.087), 660ft(-0.181), 1,000ft(-0.116). MOV: 0.1790 seconds (approximately 40 feet).

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Takeshi Shigematsu                     35 Joseph Sternotti Jr          
E1                   0.115 11.366 100.40     ****WINNER****  0.098  6.420 218.09
 Qualified:             #6  7.877 197.86                        #3  6.471 219.58

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink