Sun, 14 Feb 2016, 19:04 PM Top Fuel Harley Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By Larry Sullivan

POMONA, Calif. - Results of final, round 3 eliminations in Top Fuel Harley at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 56th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  267 Kevin Boyer                             2 Len Darnell                  
E3                   0.075 No Time           ****WINNER****  0.064  6.435 218.16
 Prior rounds:
E2    (R Gledhill  ) 0.032  7.064 152.95      (M Pelrine   ) 0.036  6.864 156.86
E1    (C Pelrine   ) 0.091  7.207 192.93                     0.061 12.885  84.84
 Qualified:             #7  7.906 172.01                        #1  6.371 212.73

4:00 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 84 degrees, relative humidity 21 percent, barometer 28.88 inches, adjusted altitude 3,207 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

Boyer's bike kept going to the right and he tried to shsut it down. but he took out the 660-foot timing reflectors anyway. Meanwhile, Darnell made a nice run for the win.

Len Darnell's incremental times: 60ft-1.121 sec., 330ft-2.850, 660ft-4.228/172.41 mph, 1,000ft-5.412.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink