| ROMINE TAKES THIRD NITRO
HARLEY-DAVIDSON VICTORY OF THE SCREAMIN EAGLE AHDRA CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON
Stratton Jr. Earns Second Destroyer Win
NORWALK, Ohio (June 12, 2006) – Mike Romine is making all the right
moves to defend his Screamin' Eagle AHDRA championship. The rider of the
Harley-Davidson Top Fuel motorcycle earned his third Top Fuel victory of
the season Sunday at the Roeder Harley-Davidson Buckeye Nationals at
Norwalk Raceway Park.
Making his fourth final round appearance in the sixth event of the
Screamin' Eagle championship season, Romine rode his Nitro burning
Harley-Davidson to a 6.460-second pass at 214.69 mph to top Tak
Shigematsu's 7.179 at 160.92. Shigematsu left the line first, using a
.059-second reaction time to get a quick start against Romine's .114
reaction time. Romine made up the difference by the finish line, padding
his points lead.
Shigematsu qualified in the No. 1 spot for eliminations with a 6.419
pass. Romine rode his Salt Lake City-sponsored Harley into the No. 3
spot in qualifying with a 6.500 run, with Jay Turner qualifying second
with a 6.443.
Don Stratton Jr. took the win in the Destroyer category, his second of
the season. Stratton – the winner of the first Destroyer event of the
season – beat Brian Fox with a 9.327 run at 141.46 to Fox's 9.383 at
139.72. Michael Ray was the top qualifier, using a 9.250 run to take the
No. 1 position going into eliminations. Stratton Jr. was second with a
9.278.
Eleanor Walker earned the victory in the SEP category Sunday. Walker
rode her Harley-Davidson to an 11.514 to beat Josh Perry's 11.591.
Bon Drapp earned the ET category win. He took off first, using a .023
reaction time to aide his winning 9.893 pass to top Robbie McCaa's
12.649.
The next AHDRA event is the Kresto Pacific Nationals presented by
Destination Harley-Davidson, Downtown Harley-Davidson and Eastside
Harley-Davidson. The action kicks off June 24-25 at Pacific Raceways
just outside of Seattle |
