Just like two of his qualifying passes, points leader Doug Vancil dropped a cylinder in the final and Tii Tharpe is the Top Fuel Harley champion, the first nitro motorcycle class winner at the NHRA U.S. Nationals since Sam Wills in 1984, and the first nitro Harley winner at The Big…
A Race so Good it may Upstage Championship
It’s only the second season of NHRA’s Top Fuel Harley class, and the championship battle—and the U.S. Nationals where it will be decided today—show that it has already matured into an incredibly fine vintage. The title will be decided between the top two teams in the quickest field in the…
Vancil vs Tharpe: Round 1 of the Championship Weekend
NHRA’s previously uninitiated have been enthralled by the sight of mostly overgrown men leaning over coffee can-sized pistons, teetering from toe to toe as bombs thunder underneath them, belching huge flames at their feet as their big tire struggles to grip and send them 1320 feet in just over 6…
You must be logged in to post a comment.