Sat, 09 Feb 2019, 15:25 PM Top Fuel Harley Qualifying Notes, Session #3

By David Gerard

POMONA, Calif. - Notes from round 3 qualifying in Top Fuel Harley at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 59th annual Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals presented by ProtectTheHarvest.com listing lane, rider name, elapsed time/top speed this round, position in order following run, best prior elapsed time/speed, and position in order prior to run:

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Left Lane: Mike Balch No Time, Now #11; Best prior run: 10.552/69.81, Was #11
Right Lane: Andy Beauchemin Runs 6.574/213.16, Now #7; Best prior run: 7.075/191.40, Was #8

12:07 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 60 degrees, relative humidity 57 percent, barometer 28.89 inches, adjusted altitude 1,720 feet, track temperature 93 degrees.

Balch has problems and stops on the track about 60 feet out.

Great run for Andy Beauchemin. He powers on down the track for a one position improvement on his first full pass.

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Left Lane: Bob Malloy Runs 6.764/215.68, Now #9; Best prior run: 15.675/49.06, Was #12
Right Lane: Randal Andras Runs 6.577/212.36, Now #8; Best prior run: 9.104/105.18, Was #10

Two strong passes.

Andras runs hard and moves two spots to the top eight.

Malloy looked to be on an even better run, but there was a big puff of smoke from the engine down track.

Bob Malloy's incremental times: 60ft-1.156 sec., 330ft-3.152, 660ft-4.570/178.90 mph, 1,000ft-5.751.
Randal Andras' incremental times: 60ft-1.177 sec., 330ft-2.988, 660ft-4.372/179.97 mph, 1,000ft-5.554.

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Right Lane: Mike Scott Runs 7.752/196.36, Now #11; Best prior run: 8.438/116.85, Was #11

Beland is a no show.

Scott makes a near full pass this time, but stays #11 for now.

Mike Scott's incremental times: 60ft-1.208 sec., 330ft-3.246, 660ft-5.085/134.20 mph, 1,000ft-6.584.

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Left Lane: Beau Layne Runs 10.562/86.83, Now #5; Best prior run: 6.402/225.82, Was #5
Right Lane: Kevin Boyer Runs 6.573/198.76, Now #6; Best prior run: 6.559/201.40, Was #6

Layne's engine goes sour down track and he slows.

Clean pass for Boyer, close to yesterday's best.

Kevin Boyer's incremental times: 60ft-1.159 sec., 330ft-2.924, 660ft-4.303/178.71 mph, 1,000ft-5.502.

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Left Lane: Rickey House Runs 6.434/216.72, Now #4; Best prior run: 6.367/223.39, Was #4
Right Lane: Jay Turner Runs 7.393/144.38, Now #3; Best prior run: 6.359/220.80, Was #3

Randal Andras is on the bump spot at 6.577.

Turner's engine changed sound about half way down and he slows.

House runs clean, but can't improve.

Rickey House's incremental times: 60ft-1.145 sec., 330ft-2.888, 660ft-4.247/182.80 mph, 1,000ft-5.419.

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Left Lane: Doug Vancil Runs 6.271/228.07, Now #2; Best prior run: 6.288/234.57, Was #2
Right Lane: Tii Tharpe Runs 6.264/223.88, Now #1; Best prior run: 6.281/218.05, Was #1

Two strong side by side passes to wrap up the session and Tharpe moves the top spot up a notch.

Vancil runs better too and will stay #2 with a time that was better than any yesterday!

Doug Vancil's incremental times: 60ft-1.109 sec., 330ft-2.817, 660ft-4.146/186.20 mph, 1,000ft-5.288.
Tii Tharpe's incremental times: 60ft-1.120 sec., 330ft-2.831, 660ft-4.148/188.86 mph, 1,000ft-5.281.

12:20 p.m. Randal Andras is on the bump spot at 6.577.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink