Sun, 12 Feb 2017, 15:39 PM Top Fuel Harley Round 1 Eliminations

By Rick Green

POMONA, Calif. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel Harley at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 57th annual Circle K NHRA Winternationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  222 Mike Beland                           173 Bob Malloy                   
E1                   0.100 17.361  55.54     ****WINNER****  0.134  6.460 203.31
 Qualified:             #4  6.570 206.51                        #5  6.617 204.98

Weather conditions: air temperature 70 degrees, relative humidity 49 percent, barometer 28.94 inches, adjusted altitude 2,407 feet, track temperature 98 degrees.

Beland with the starting line advantage, but has problems early and clicks it off. Malloy with a great pass, his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. These bikes have chutes on them and his was late deploying, but he did a great job getting the bike slowed down to make the turn.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  911 Tii Tharpe                            411 Rickey House                 
E1                   0.063  6.841 195.17     ****WINNER****  0.205  6.554 217.46
 Qualified:             #3  6.474 216.93                        #6  6.699 216.79

Tharpe with starting line advantage, but House chases him down before half track and runs his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   13 Tracy Kile                            267 Kevin Boyer                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.152  6.643 199.26                     0.012  6.991 195.99
 Qualified:             #7  6.720 208.68                        #2  6.465 206.51

Boyer with a great light, but Kile has the difference made up by 400 feet and never trailed from there on for the win. Kile with his quickest pass of the weekend for the win. He will give up lane choice to House in the semifinal.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Jay Turner                            600 Andy Beauchemin              
E1   ****WINNER****  0.047  6.340 213.30                     0.061  6.485 186.90
 Qualified:             #1  6.446 212.26                        #8  6.774 180.98

Turner with the starting line advantage and never trailed as he runs low E.T. of the event for the win. He will have lane choice over Malloy in the semifinal. Jay Turner's incremental times: 60ft-1.114 sec., 330ft-2.821, 660ft-4.151/185.26 mph, 1,000ft-5.313.

Beauchemin with his quickest pass of the weekend in the losing effort.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink