Sun, 06 Aug 2017, 16:20 PM Top Fuel Harley Round 1 Eliminations

By David Gerard

KENT, Wash. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Top Fuel Harley at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 30th annual NHRA Northwest Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  267 Kevin Boyer                            71 Toni Froehling               
E1   ****WINNER****  0.075  6.346 217.28                     0.064 14.292  55.21
 Qualified:             #2  6.392 211.86                        #7  7.732 166.66

12:49 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 78 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 29.60 inches, adjusted altitude 2,324 feet, track temperature 110 degrees.

Froehling fires and falls back right off the line.

Boyer thunders away and makes the quickest pass of the weekend in the easy win.

Kevin Boyer's incremental times: 60ft-1.100 sec., 330ft-2.805, 660ft-4.152/178.61 mph, 1,000ft-5.322.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  204 Randal Andras                         600 Andy Beauchemin              
E1                   0.073 13.492  70.23     ****WINNER****  0.143  7.594 221.23
 Qualified:             #3  6.448 199.05                        #6  6.737 198.38

Both bikes are in trouble early. Andras is away first and smokes the tire right after that. Beauchemin looked to have an easy win, but he gets loose right after that.

They both are on and off the throttle, but Andy Beauchemin gets the win. He gives up lane choice to Boyer next round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  911 Tii Tharpe                              2 Len Darnell                  
E1   ****WINNER****  0.063  6.567 192.69                     0.044  7.077 157.58
 Qualified:             #4  6.519 194.10                        #5  6.633 211.46

Tii Tharpe gets the win, as Darnell is in trouble early.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    1 Jay Turner                            411 Rickey House                 
E1   ****WINNER****  0.068  6.360 213.87                     0.104  7.753 135.63
 Qualified:             #1  6.388 212.03                        #8 12.199  81.49

House is late and never in the hunt, as he is coasting early.

Turner makes his best pass of the weekend and will have lane choice over Tharpe in the next round.

Jay Turner's incremental times: 60ft-1.131 sec., 330ft-2.856, 660ft-4.187/185.61 mph, 1,000ft-5.343.

12:58 p.m.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink