Sun, 19 Jun 2011, 05:44 PM Nitro Harley Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

BRISTOL, Tenn. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Nitro Harley at the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series, 11th annual Ford NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals presented by Tri-Cities Area Ford Dealers:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   99 Mike Lehman                           204 Randral Andras               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.078  6.319 227.96                     0.114  6.777 215.03
 Qualified:             #1  6.305 215.93                        #8  6.716 182.70

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Jay Turner                            888 Damian Cownden               
E1                   9.626 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.105  7.692 157.34
 Qualified:             #5  6.665 211.36                        #4  6.550 213.30

Turner broke right on the starting line.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Douglas Horne                           2 Steve Dorn                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.022  6.359 229.86                     0.040  6.381 212.83
 Qualified:             #6  6.679 211.06                        #3  6.425 215.37

This was a great drag race...

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   37 Tak Shigamatsu                         46 Tommy Grimes                 
E1                   0.018  6.570 208.42     ****WINNER****  0.049  6.530 221.34
 Qualified:             #7  6.702 198.44                        #2  6.388 213.30

Grimes will face Horne in the next round and Lehman will face Cownden in the next round.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink