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Drag Racing: Romine Takes Third Nitro Harley Victory June 14, 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.