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ROCKINGHAM, N.C. – Former
track record-holder Doug
Vancil took advantage of
Takeshi Shigematsu’s first
round upset loss Sunday at
Rockingham Dragway to pull
into a dead heat with the
Japanese rider for the Top
Fuel points lead with just
two races remaining in the
All-Harley Drag Racing
Association series.
Vancil, the veteran from
Albuquerque, N.M., could
have taken over the lead
with a victory in the
Screamin’ Eagle Performance
Parts Nationals, but he was
turned back in Sunday’s
final round by Mike Romine
of Sturgis, Mich.
Shigematsu, who resides in
Ehime, Japan, was beaten in
the first round Sunday by
Jake Stordeur of Milford,
Ohio, who himself was ousted
one round later by North
Carolina veteran Tommy
Grimes of Pfafftown.
More than 400 riders from 31
states, Japan and Norway
participated in the two-day
event which produced four
national records.
Among the other champions
crowned Sunday was NHRA Pro
Stock Motorcycle regular
Chip Ellis of Plains, Ga.,
who drove the V-twin on
which he has been the No. 1
qualifier at the last three
races in the NHRA series to
victory in Pro Gas. Ellis,
one of the four qualifiers
for NHRA’s Countdown to the
Championship that will be
decided in a two-race
shootout at Las Vegas, Nev.,
and Pomona, Calif., also set
a national Pro Gas record.
Former IHRA World Champion
Jay Turner of Julian, N.C.,
a finalist in every Pro Fuel
race contested this season
in the AHDRA series, was
upended in the final round
Sunday by Randal Andras of
Morgan City, La., after
dominating the early rounds.
Turner posted the quickest
time in each of the first
three elimination rounds
including a best of the
event 6.599 to beat Russ
Sowers of Hermitage, Pa.,
before suffering problems in
the final and slowing to
13.589 seconds. Despite the
final round loss, Turner
increased his points lead
over second place Armon Furr,
who was upset in the first
round.
Other winners were Greg
Krenik of Corrales, N.M., in
Pro Stock; Rick Moore of
Reading, Pa., in Pro Drag;
Randy Borho of Beaver Creek,
Ore., who set a national
record en route to the Pro
Modified title; Andy Simon
of Fairless Hills, Pa., in
Street Pro; Chuck Kennedy of
Adell, Wis., in Super Gas;
Larry Maynhart of Swanton,
Ohio, in Super Sport; Chip
Sutinen of Ypsilanti, Mich.,
in Screamin’ Eagle
Performance; and Douglas
Horne of Aberdeen, Md., in
Screamin’ Eagle Destroyer.
Horne used his starting line
skills to get past Valerie
Thompson of Scottsdale,
Ariz., in the final, thereby
protecting his second place
standing in national
points. Thompson, who is
third in the national
standings, was clocked in
9.262, losing to Horne’s
slightly slower 9.265.
Lou Gerencer of Elkhart,
Ind., was the event’s only
double winner, prevailing in
both the Screamin’ Eagle
V-Rod and S&S Challenge and
holding onto second place in
both categories.
Results from Sunday’s
All-Harley Drag Racing
Association Screamin’ Eagle
Performance Parts Nationals
at Steve Earwood’s
Rockingham Dragway:
TOP FUEL
Round 1 – Jay Turner,
Julian, N.C., 7.321, 197.65
mph, def. Tracy Kile,
Hatfield, Pa., 11.851, 85.50
mph; Jake Stordeur, Milford,
Ohio, 6.829, 197.97 mph,
def. Takeshi Shigematsu,
Ehime, Japan, 8.038, 195.51
mph; Tommy Grives,
Pfafftown, N.C., 7.632,
203.74 mph, def. Dean
Comunal, Stroudsburg, Pa.,
9.418, 102.00 mph; Doug
Vancil, Albuquerque, N.M.,
6.301, 211.86 mph, def.
Brook McCabe, Roanoke
Rapids, N.C., 12.240, 67.16
mph; Joey Sternotti,
Blackwood, N.J., 6.416,
202.18 mpoh, def. Sevein
Rolfstad, Oslo, Norway,
7.302, 155.42 mph; Phil
Schmidt, Orangeville,
Calif., 6.432, 210.97 mph,
def. Steve Dorn, Gladstone,
Ore., 7.843, 143.87 mph;
Mike Romine, Sturgis, Mich.,
6.408, 214.48 mpoh, def.
Derrick Nelson, Freedom,
Ohio, 6.877, 165.82 mph; Bob
Malloy, Elkton, Md., 6.552,
201.88 mph, def. Robert
Stewart, Gloucester, Va.,
6.546, 203.43 mph.
Round 2 – Vancil, 8.338,
137.65 mph, def. Turner,
foul; Grimes, 7.894, 202.85
mph, def. Stordeur, 8.087,
188.60 mph; Sternotti,
6.408, 203.61 mph, def.
Schmidt, 6.502, 211.83 mph;
Romine, 7.753, 121.54 mph,
def. Malloy, foul.
Semifinals – Vancil, 6.447,
209.79 mph, def. Grimes,
6.608, 206.48 mph; Romine,
6.446, 213.64 mph, def.
Sternotti, 9.971, 86.25 mph.
FINAL – Mike Romine,
Sturgis, Mich., 6.423,
212.66 mph, def. Doug Vancil,
Albuquerque, N.M., 9.060,
97.69 mph.
PRO FUEL
Round 1 – John
Breckenridge, Sultan, Wash.,
6.639, 201.88 mph, def. West
Hearn, McIntyre, Ga., 7.812,
170.86 mph; Randal Andras,
Morgan City, La., 6.848,
192.19 mph, def. Rocky
Jackson, Youngsville, La.,
6.878, 183.97 mph; Douglas
Horne, Aberdeen, Mass.,
6.589, 199.85 mph, def. Chad
Stroud, Mooresville, N.C.,
7.668, 141.74 mph; Jake
Stordeur, Milford, Ohio,
6.932, 189.07 mph, def. Rick
Casas, San Antonio, Texas,
7.004, 183.15 mph; Chris
Streeter, Cleveland, Ohio,
6.720, 189.55 mph, def.
Armon Furr, Orangeburg,
S.C., no time; Willie
Herschberger, Bradenton,
Fla., 7.117, 185.43 mph,
def. Steve Simmons,
Greensboro, N.C., 7.383,
150.51 mph; Billy Leonard,
Greensboro, N.C., 6.933,
186.38 mph, def. Andy
Baumbach, Richmond, Va.,
7.125m 150.41 mph; Jay
Turner, Julian, N.C., 6.599,
205.29 mph, def. Russ
Sowers, Hermitage, Pa.,
8.282, 125.32 mph.
Round 2 – Andras, 6.863,
171.29 mph, def.
Breckenridge, 7.858, 123.11
mph; Stordeur, 10.216, 86.21
mph, def. Horne, no time;
Turner, 6.747, 201.10 mph,
def. Leonard, 7.017, 184.83
mph; Streeter, 6.925, 188.41
mph, def. Herschberger,
7.211, 159.80 mph.
Semifinals – Andras, 7.097,
202.06 mph, def. Stordeur,
9.480, 106.67 mph; Turner,
6.842, 196.19 mph, def.
Streeter, foul.
FINAL – Randal Andras,
Morgan City, La., 6.921,
170.26 mph, def. Jay Turner,
Julian, N.C., 13.589, 63.95
mph.
PRO STOCK
Round 1 – Greg Krenik,
Corrales, N.M., 8.121,
160.42 mph, def. Jack
Hollenbeck, St. Louis, Mo.,
foul; Jordan Cruz, Fort
Lauderdale, Fla., 8.346,
152.90 mph, def. David
Poague, Manassas, Va., foul;
James Surber, Shelter Cove,
Calif., 8.220, 153.00 mph,
def. Keith Williams, Myrtle
Beach, S.C., 8.984, 137.20
mph; Junior Pippin, Conyers,
Ga., 8.125, 153.60 mph, def.
Tom Caldwell, Knoxville,
Tenn., 8.370, 152.73 mph;
David Hope, Nevada, Mo.,
8.685, 145.44 mph, def.
Eddie Lee, Winston, Ga.,
10.489, 83.05 mph; Shaun
Reno, Gloucester, Va.,
8.240, 150.95 mph, def. John
Marinelli, Debary, Fla.,
8.535, 146.80 mph.
Round 2 – Krenik, 8.147,
155.85 mph, def. Cruz,
8.521, 151.87 mph; Surber,
8.211, 153.14 mph, def.
Pippin, 8.406, 147.81 mph;
Reno, 8.230, 152.68 mph,
def. Hope, 8.449, 148.10
mph.
Semifinals – Krenik, 8.247,
154.25 mph, bye; Surber,
8.274, 157.65 mph, def.
Reno, 8.329, 151.43 mph.
FINAL – Greg Krenik,
Corrales, N.M., 8.244,
152.66 mph, def. James
Surber, Shelter Cove,
Calif., 8.234, 151.56 mph.
PRO DRAG
Round 1 – Sonny Burres,
Clackamas, Ore., 7.641,
158.02 mph, def. Dave
Ostrowske, Canton, Ohio,
8.152, 155.17 mph; Mike
Nolen, Kellyton, Ala.,
7.602, 163.61 mph, def.
David Larson, Topeka, Kan.,
7.696, 158.69 mph; Kersten
Heling, Shawno, Wis., 8.188,
154.62 mph, def. Willie
Herschberger, Bradenton,
Fla., no time; Rick Moore,
Reading, Pa., 7.510, 164.29
mph, def. Greg Byrnes,
Denver, Colo., 7.817, 154.32
mph.
Semifinals – Nolen, 7.506,
162.82 mph, def. Burres,
foul; Moore, 7.484, 171.79
mph, def. Heling, 7.833,
155.63 mph.
FINAL – Rick Moore,
Reading, Pa., 7.361, 167.43
mph, def. Mike Nolen,
Kellyton, Ala., 7.473,
160.25 mph.
PRO GAS
Round 1 – Chip Ellis,
Plains, Ga., 6.880, 191.57
mph, def. Keith Williams,
Murrell Inlet, S.C., 14.123,
57.88 mph; David Feazell,
Hudson, Iowa, 7.920, 164.07
mph, def. Rick Moore,
Reading, Pa., foul; Junion
Pippin, Conyers, Ga., 7.169,
182.43 mph, def. Keith
Browne, Semora, N.C.,
10.355, 104.61 mph;
Semifinals – Pippin, 7.168,
184.14 mph, def. Feazell,
foul; Ellis, 6.905, 192.66
mph, bye.
FINAL – Chip Ellis, Plains,
Ga., 6.879, 193.07 mph, def.
Junior Pippin, Conyers, Ga.,
8.072, 130.92 mph.
PRO MODIFIED
Round 2 – Greg Krenik,
Corrales, N.M., 8.633,
150.66 mph, def. Donnie
Huffman, Lakeland, Fla.,
8.963, 139.62 mph; Randy
Borho, Beaver Creek, Ore.,
8.608, 147.49 mph, def.
Stephen Galati, Osteen,
Fla., 8.908, 142.58 mph; Tom
Hannum, Westchester, Pa.,
8.830, 142.07 mph, def. Greg
Kuypers, Bradenton, Fla., no
time.
Semifinals – Borho, 8.587,
147.84 mph, def. Krenik,
8.658, 144.55 mph; Hannum,
bye.
FINAL – Randy Borho, Beaver
Creek, Ore., 8.559, 148.15
mph, def. Tom Hannum,
Westchester, Pa., 9.027,
141.12 mph.
STREET PRO
Semifinals – Andy Simon,
Fairless Hills, Pa., 8.717,
149.48 mph, def. Danny
Worth, Bluespring, Mo.,
9.031, 151.26 mph; Zach
Johnson, Germanton, N.C.,
8.784, 149.45 mph, bye.
FINAL – Andy Simon,
Fairless Hills, Pa., 8.692,
152.04 mph, def. Zach
Johnson, Germanton, N.C.,
8.812, 149.63 mph.
SUPER GAS
Semifinals – Dan Lesnock,
Canansburg, Pa., 9.681 on a
9.700 dial-in, 127.27 mph,
def. Jim Sweet, Osceola,
Ind., 9.671 on a 9.700
dial-in, 124.37 mph; Chuck
Kennedy, Adell, Wis., 9.694
on a 9.700 dial-in, 113.12
mph, def. Chris Seper,
Armond, Mo., 9.648 on a
9.700 dial-in, 132.33 mph.
FINAL – Chuck Kennedy,
Adell, Wis., 9.731 on a
9.700 dial-in, 112.02 mph,
def. Dan Lesnock, Canansburg,
Pa., 9.826 on a 9.700
dial-in, 118.91 mph.
SUPER SPORT
Semifinals – Charley
Douglass, Staunton, Va.,
10.329 on a 10.300 dial-in,
124.05 mph, def. Stacey
McMillan, Orlando, Fla.,
10.358 on a 10.300 dial-in,
126.36 mph; Larry Maynhart,
Swanton, Ohio, 10.726 on a
10.300, 121.90 mph, def.
David Loepke, Nashville,
Mich., 10.601 on a 10.300
dial-in, 128.95 mph.
FINAL – Larry Maynhart,
Swanton, Ohio, 10.318 on a
10.300 dial-in, 121.38 mph,
def. Charley Douglass,
Staunton, Va., 10.190 on a
10.300 dial-in, 125.30 mph.
SCREAMIN’ EAGLE PERFORMANCE
Semifinals – Chip Sutinen,
Ypsilanti, Mich., 11.539 on
an 11.500 dial-in, 114.02
mph, def. Charlie Walker,
Brandon, Miss., 11.457 on an
11.500 dial-in, 99.20 mph;
J.P. Hendrzak, Monkton, Md.,
11.533 on an 11.500 dial-in,
93.60 mph, def. Bill Rowe
Jr., Hellertown, Pa., 11.566
on an 11.500 dial-in, 105.21
mph.
FINAL – Chip Sutinen,
Ypsilanti, Mich., 11.533 on
an 11.500 dial-in, 108.95
mph, def. J.P. Hendrzak,
Monkton, Md., 11.464 on an
11.500 dial-in, 96.42 mph.
SCREAMIN’ EAGLE DESTROYER
Semifinals – Douglas Horne,
Aberdeen, Md., 9.246, 137.85
mph, def. Ronnie Fensick,
Seaford, Del., 9.283, 141.21
mph; Valerie Thompson,
Scottsdale, Ariz., 9.252,
143.31 mph, bye.
FINAL – Douglas Horne,
Aberdeen, Md., 9.265, 137.71
mph, def. Valerie Thompson,
Scottsdale, Ariz., 9.262,
137.86 mph.
OTHER FINAL ROUNDS
ET 3 – Dan Norlin, Aurora,
Colo., 11.523 on an 11.480
dial-in, 114.85 mph, def.
Thomas Levak Jr., Canton,
Ohio, 12.407 on a 12.450
dial-in, 101.46 mph.
HOT STREET – Michael Ray,
New Braunfels, Texas, 9.761,
132.99 mph, def. Charley
Douglass, Staunton, Va.,
9.874, 129.39 mph.
SCREAMIN; EAGLE V-ROD – Lou
Gerencer, Elkhart, Ind.,
9.427, 144.18 mph, def. J.P.
Hendrzak, Monkton, Md.,
9.736, 132.09 mph.
S&S CHALLENGE – Lou
Gerencer, Elkhart, Ind.,
9.485, 139.47 mph, def. Mike
Motto, Palm City, Fla.,
9.888, 137.81 mph. |
