Sat, 20 Jul 2013, 21:06 PM Top Fuel Harley Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By Jim Samuel

EPPING, N.H. - Results of final, round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel Harley at the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series, Northeast Division, event at New England Dragway:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   37 Takeshi Shigamatsu                      1 Doug Horne                   
E3                   0.047 18.980  59.33     ****WINNER****  0.039  6.631 180.16
 Prior rounds:
E2                   0.086  7.978 114.28      (T Grimes    ) 0.039  6.235 223.02
E1    (C Streeter  ) 0.058  6.306 220.15      (L Brancaccio) 0.004  6.437 219.44
 Qualified:             #1  6.298 225.22                        #3  6.448 220.91

9:03 p.m. - Horne's bike made a hard move to the left as soon as he launched. He leaned to the right, straightened it out and was running strong to 660 feet. Shigamatsu's motorcycle shook the rear tire and he clicked it off right away. At 600 feet, Horne had to started getting off and on the throttle twice to finish the run and take the Top Fuel Harley win here tonight.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink