Trailing plenty of high-gear-only clutch dust, Phoenix veteran Jim Fagan's Romine-powered rig ripped through Pro Fuel Eliminator with 6.74/201.94 performance, finally stopping second-generation killer Armon Furr in the final.
Arizona's Jack Romine shows how to steer a Top Fuel Harley at three hundred feet while the only tire on the ground is shaking hard. Heavy leaning got the 186-cubic incher to the second round before losing by nineteen thousandths on a holeshot to Jay Turner, 6.52/212 to a 6.50/216!
Spectacular action in the crate motor SSC division gives credence to the power of 21st century H-D street bikes. Using a mandatory S&S 124-cubic inch powerplant with full street registration,
Michael Ray won the division with 9.47/140 power but, as shown by Ohio's Mike Roberts, the ride to the finish line is a wild one!
Standing at the retaining wall with wife Nancy, H-D royalty Willie G. Davidson got an earful during Top Fuel action but, as is clearly evident, loved every minute of it!
As if the fans don't already see enough nitro racing at AHDRA events, the association also includes the Nitro Outlaw program which includes any loser in any nitro category after the first round of eliminations. Barnett Clutches pays the winner's purse to the racer with the
best two-run average which, at Gateway, was Pennsylvanian Tracy Kile gorgeous 6.6-second Bad Apple top fueler.
Nearly wide-open Pro Gas eliminator allows nitrous oxide, superchargers, or turbochargers on gas or alcohol old-school V-Twin engines. World Champ Mike Lozano's (near lane) one-of-a-kind cylinder heads helped win the class with solid 7.60s at over 170 mph.
Japanese national Takeshi, Tak Shigematsu attends all AHDRA TF events on Don Johnson-tuned 186-incher. Fearless rider had some of the best progressive times of the event but seldom got the finish line with both cylinders firing, proven by his coasting number two qualifier of 6.45 at only 189 mph!
