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06.12.2006 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: TWO FIRST-TIME FINALISTS FACE OFF IN THE NITRO
TOP FUEL FINALS AT AHDRA EVENT IN NORWALK
NORWALK, Ohio (June 12, 2007) – L.E. Tonglet has earned the No. 1 qualifier award in the Destroyer category at each of the first six Screamin' Eagle championship AHDRA events so far this season. He also owns the winner's trophy from five of those events, including one from Sunday's Roeder Harley-Davidson Buckeye Nationals at Norwalk Raceway. The New Orleans native beat Wanda Poff in the final for his fifth victory of the season. Tonglet rode his New Orleans H-D/Horne Concrete Harley-Davidson to a 9.218-second pass at 141.52 for the win. Poff turned in a 9.402 at 138.84 in her first final round appearance of the season. "My dad has tuned the setup perfectly," Tonglet said. "It's awesome and I can hardly explain how much fun we're having right now. I just want to keep qualifying well and see if we can earn a few more wins before the season is over." Tonglet earned his sixth No. 1 qualifier with a 9.259 pass while Poff was second in qualifying with a 9.336. Nitro Top Fuel points leader Doug Vancil lost to Comunal in the semifinals. Dean Comunal and Jay Turner battled for the Nitro Top Fuel title – a first for each of them this season. Comunal came out on top after recording a 6.473 run at 211.63, beating Turner's 9.220 at 93.39 on his Mancuso Harley-Davidson entry. It's the first time Turner – a three-time winner in '06 – has been in the final round since last year's fall Rockingham, N.C. Tommy Grimes, coming off his exhibition win at an NHRA event last weekend, was the No. 1 qualifier in the Nitro category with a 6.458 run on his Ray Price Harley-Davidson. Turner was sixth (6.480) while Comunal was eighth (6.624). Kevin Winters collected the Screamin' Eagle Performance (SEP) victory by beating Brad Croneberger in the final. Winters earned his first win of the season with an 11.558. Croneberger turned in an 11.629 in his first final round appearance of the year. Josh Perry was the No. 1 qualifier with an 11.504. Donnie Huffman took the win in the ET category. Huffman's 11.528 covered Curtis Talbott's 11.387. The next AHDRA event is the Kresto Pacific Nationals at Pacific Raceways in Seattle, June 23-24. 07 AHDRA winners and current point totals: Gainesville: Phoenix: St. Louis: Dallas: Commerce, Ga.: Norwalk, Ohio: Screamin' Eagle High Stakes Shootout: Point leaders going into Norwalk: Top Fuel Destroyer SEP ET 2007 Final Round racers WINS R/UP TOP FUEL DESTROYER SEP ET
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