Sun, 24 Feb 2019, 18:44 PM Top Fuel Harley Final, Round 3 Eliminations

By David Gerard

CHANDLER, Ariz. - Results of final, round 3 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
   76 Beau Layne                              2 Doug Vancil                  
E3   ****WINNER****  0.025  6.381 220.08                     0.020  9.924  97.22
 Prior rounds:
E2    (K Boyer     ) 0.052  6.584 186.48      (B Malloy    ) 0.031  6.298 228.65
E1    (R House     ) 0.032  6.302 223.76      (T Tharpe    ) 0.087  6.289 222.07
 Qualified:             #5  6.436 223.73                        #3  6.337 226.51

4:40 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 69 degrees, relative humidity 33 percent, barometer 28.76 inches, adjusted altitude 2,435 feet, track temperature 95 degrees.

This is Layne's first final round. Vancil has four wins and two runner-ups comming into today's eliminations.Vancil gets away first and then has problems. He is in and out off the throttle, but can't get momentum.

Layne leaves hard and runs hard right to the finish line to take the easy win.

Beau Layne's incremental times: 60ft-1.133 sec., 330ft-2.868, 660ft-4.216/183.52 mph, 1,000ft-5.376.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink