<< deal. He qualified number one with a 6.76 at 182, then ran 6.75 at 199 on his round one bye. Number two qualifier Jim Doyle had no E1 trouble with the local bike of Kevin Cambell. A sharp match-up was between Universal Fleet and Tire’ s Racin’ Ray Robinson and the turbo alcohol bike of Keith( rider) and Pete( builder / tuner) Browne. Browne took a slight. 087 to. 098 advantage at the line. The two very different combinations raced side-by-side until Robinson’ s bike brightly torched a head at half-track or so. Browne’ s bike faltered in the semi while Peterson sailed to a 6.71 at 199, and former champ Doyle slowed to a 7.21 at 168 on his bye run. Doyle’ s performance indicated a problem, and that indeed kept him from competing in the final, where Peterson ran out a 6.68 at 199. The Hawaya Racing Pro Fuel class didn’ t have the crash-and-overtake drama of the Top Fuel points chase, but instead featured good, old fashioned, tight competition.“ Bad Apple Mary” Dangrow was the runaway Pro Fuel points leader this year, but the Rockingham win was very much in play. The qualifying order took a tumble that reflected the tightening competitiveness of the class. Hot Rod Carlisle rode Harriet Ann and Michael Blair’ s bike to the number one spot with a 7.27 at 171 mph. Sam White finally found the lost performance in his original“ Terminator” bike and was second with a 7.342 at 178, followed by Mary’ s 7.345 / 174. She ran a winning 7.23 in E1 against Jay Beasley. Carlisle ran 7.31 to beat Hayley Caulk, while White slowed to an 8.38 to beat Kyle Rogers. The best race of the round was Belle Rose runner-up Ken“ Stubby” Hultman’ s win over Jim“ Bad Influence” Martin, who took the tree. 171 to. 180. But Stubby steamed to the win with a 7.63 at 177 to Martin’ s 7.65 at 156. Loren Potter, John Jenkins, and Curt Sexton also advanced.
Dangrow improved to a personal best 7.17. White no-showed against Stubby. Hot Rod had the bye while Sexton and Jenkins both ran 7.50, with Curt’ s. 090 advantage at the tree making the difference. Mary ran a 7.22 in the semis to beat a slowing Hultman, while Sexton frustratingly redlit(-. 004) away a 7.36 against Carlisle’ s vulnerable 7.57. The final was all Bad Ass Mary, as she put up an. 091 to Hot Rod’ s. 284, followed by her 7.27 to his 7.48. A great, great weekend of Nitro Harley racing with an undefeated season for Mary. Finns Elmeri( rider) and Jaska( builder / tuner) Salakari made several exhibition / test passes on their unique 4V OHC supercharged FuelTech Harsh V-Twin. Gas Harley winners and champs are
“ Bad Apple Mary” Dangrow- Winner of Hawaya Racing Pro Fuel class
Hot Rod Carlisle
Nick Boey in Zipper’ s Performance Pro Bagger; Boey and Jimmy Maikranz in Thundermax Street Bagger; Dwayne Gee in Pro Outlaw; Jason Crisp in Axtell Cylinders Hot Street; Kimberly DeShields in Zipper’ s Performance Modified; Richard Hillgass and Chris Hoppe in Top Eliminator 9.30; Kevin Laughman and Jeremy Wilson in Huffman Performance Super Gas 9.90; Bryce Creek and Matt Hauser in BK Electric Super Pro 10.30; Chad Traynor and Austin“ Hammerhead” Hughes in Thundermax Street Eliminator 11.50; Jim Clarke in Pro
Dwayne Gee
Eliminator 10.90; and Stephen Lacy in Baker Drivetrain Eliminator. Bryce Creek ran a memorial pass down the track for the late, great Donnie Huffman with Donnie’ s son Jamie and wife Lisa. The Nitro Harley racers thank Bad Apple Racing, Chris Stewart Racing, DayStar Machine and Cycle Concepts, White Lightning Racing, P and C Johnson Trucking, RP Motorsports, Hawaya Racing, Road Rage Motorcycles, Universal Fleet and Tire, and Johnny Mancuso’ s Circle M Ranch.
Frederick Beaulieu
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