Sun, 19 May 2024, 14:34 PM Top Fuel Motorcycle Round 2 Eliminations

By Reporter

JOLIET, Ill. - Results of round 2 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                            22 Dave Vantine                 
E2                   0.121  5.173 205.19     ****WINNER****  0.129  4.931 234.45
 Prior rounds:
E1    (B Malloy    ) 0.121  5.104 194.77      (M Fenwick   ) 0.202  5.128 223.17
 Qualified:             #3  5.130 188.83                        #2  4.963 232.43

Weather conditions: air temperature 79 degrees, relative humidity 47 percent, barometer 29.97 inches, adjusted altitude 2,501 feet, track temperature 112 degrees.

Brown with a slight starting line advantage, but Vantine has the lead by the time they go by the Christmas tree and never trailed from there on for the win.

Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed----Bike#-Rider-(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
   56 Elmeri Salakari                            Bye
E2   ****WINNER****  0.115  7.100  96.27     
 Prior rounds:
E1    (L McBride   ) 0.089  5.360 182.26   
 Qualified:             #6  5.334 180.98                     Bye

Salakari with the bye into the final. He has a flash of flame and will give up lane choice to Vantine in the final

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink

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