Sun, 24 Feb 2019, 17:23 PM Top Fuel Harley Round 2 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of round 2 eliminations in Top Fuel Harley at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 35th annual Magic Dry Organic Absorbent NHRA Arizona Nationals:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  267 Kevin Boyer                            76 Beau Layne                   
E2                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.052  6.584 186.48
 Prior rounds:
E1    (R Andras    ) 0.099  7.086 183.17      (R House     ) 0.032  6.302 223.76
 Qualified:             #9  6.748 182.30                        #5  6.436 223.73

3:11 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 68 degrees, relative humidity 30 percent, barometer 28.78 inches, adjusted altitude 2,287 feet, track temperature 99 degrees.

Our alternate, Boyer, can't get the bike to start and has to watch Layne make a single to his first final round.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
 1039 Bob Malloy                              2 Doug Vancil                  
E2                   0.083  6.611 177.35     ****WINNER****  0.031  6.298 228.65
 Prior rounds:
E1    (M Scott     ) 0.124  6.778 221.13      (T Tharpe    ) 0.087  6.289 222.07
 Qualified:             #2  6.208 225.26                        #3  6.337 226.51

Vancil gets a head start and then a strong Malloy swaps the lead with him going down the track.

At half track, Malloy was out in front, but Vancil rides on by for win, as Malloy's engine gives up.

Vancil will have lane choice over Layne in the final round. He won at Pomona earlier this year and has a career four wins and two runner-ups.

Doug Vancil's incremental margins (negative if behind): 60ft(0.017), 330 ft(-0.021), 660ft(-0.025), 1,000ft(0.108). MOV: 0.3655 seconds (approximately 95 feet).

Doug Vancil's incremental times: 60ft-1.112 sec., 330ft-2.840, 660ft-4.174/185.77 mph, 1,000ft-5.323.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink