Sat, 18 May 2024, 18:17 PM Top Fuel Motorcycle Round 1 Eliminations

By Reporter

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 1 eliminations in Pingel Top Fuel Motorcycle at the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series, 24th annual Gerber Collision & Glass Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by PEAK Performance:

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  500 Mitch Brown                          1039 Bob Malloy                   
E1   ****WINNER****  0.121  5.104 194.77                     0.193  5.238 224.02
 Qualified:             #3  5.130 188.83                        #4  5.132 225.33

Weather conditions: air temperature 83 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.82 inches, adjusted altitude 2,977 feet.

Brown with the starting line advantage and never trailed for the win. He makes his quickest pass of the weekend for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
  117 Micah Fenwick                          22 Dave Vantine                 
E1                         No Time           ****WINNER****  0.202  5.128 223.17
 Qualified:             #5  5.314 187.99                        #2  4.963 232.43

Fenwick can't get the bike to fire and Valentine with the single. He is straight down the groove. He will give up lane choice to Brown in the semifinal.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   56 Elmeri Salakari                       207 Larry Mcbride                
E1   ****WINNER****  0.089  5.360 182.26                     0.148  6.441 125.85
 Qualified:             #6  5.334 180.98                        #1  4.813 236.59

Salakari with the starting line advantage and gets it to hook up as they both have problems Salakari will have a bye in the semifinal.

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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