Sat, 05 May 2012, 21:44 PM Nitro Harley Round 1 Competition

By Larry Sullivan

BATON ROUGE, La. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Nitro Harley at the 2012 Nitro Jam Series, IHRA Mardi Gras Nitro Jam presented by Domino's Pizza, Day Two:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   63 Jay Turner                              2 Steve Dorn                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.073 No Time                           0.048 No Time      

8:36 p.m. This is the site of Turner's well-documented accident last year when the handlebars and front fork broke away from the frame, forcing him to bail out at high speed.

Turner had problems and slowed. Then Dorn's bike kept going to the left and he finished in Turner's lane.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  204 Randal Andras                         111 Mike Scott                   
E1                   0.083 10.901 129.96     ****WINNER****  0.197  6.646 184.08

Andras had early problems and abandoned the run, but Scott made an almost-complete pass and will race Turner in the championship stanza.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink