Neither racer set the tree on fire in the Top Eliminator 9.30 index final , but Charlie Gerencer ' s . 178 was a fair piece better than Canadian Chris " Crank " Lanktree ' s . 226 . Gerencer ' s winning 9.32 also hugged the number much better than Lanktree ' s 9.50 . Donnie Huffman ' s . 216 catnap cost him in the Super Gas 9.90 final , wasting his beautiful 9.904 pass after Jeremy Wilson ' s . 074 allowed him to win with a 10.000 . Number one qualifier Denny Nygran lost to Wilson in round 2 . The BK Electric Super Pro 10.30 final was a double redlight , with Chad Traynor going - . 037 and Dave Doremus - . 011 . Dave dutifully stayed close to the index with a 10.34 , while Trayner posted a 10.47 . Number one qualifier Robert Mallory went massively - . 306 red against Traynor in round two . Hoosier Bryce Creek took the Pro |
Eliminator 10.90 final in a good race with Chris Phipps . Creek took the tree by . 028 and ran . 034 closer to the index for the win . Number one qualifier William Grove lost to Creek in round three . A . 041 to . 092 reaction time advantage set the stage for John Poett to take a double breakout Thundermax Street Eliminator 11.50 final round win against Aiden Pollworth . Number one qualifier Donnie Huffman fell to Pollworth in the semis . Jim Clarke rode his big Bagger to the Eliminator Dial-in win , taking out Don White in the final . Clarke had a small . 161 to . 170 advantage at the tree , but that was enough to push White to a breakout 12.28 on his 12.44 dial . Clarke broke out less with a 10.85 on his 10.90 . The PennGrade1 AMRA series takes a |
short summer break before the next race August 16-18 at " Thunder Valley " - Bristol Dragway in Bristol , Tennessee . Greg and Julia Baugh , and John " JT " Toth and Marianne Miller , look forward to welcoming the whole Harley- Davidson drag racing family to this beautiful track carved into the Smokie Mountains .
Jeremy Wilson
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AMRA thanks PennGrade1 oil , Hawaya Racing , Zipper ' s Performance , Axtell Cylinders , BK Electric , ThunderMax , Dove Fuels and Johnny Mancuso ' s Circle M Ranch . This report was prepared by Tim Hailey . Enjoy everything there is to read , see and watch about motorcycle drag racing and more at www . eatmyink . com |
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