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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: NITRO TOP FUEL CLASS HAS ANOTHER FIRST-TIME WINNER;
BRANCACCIO TAKES WIN IN WOODBURN FOR TEAM LATUS MOTORS WOODBURN, Ore. (Aug. 28, 2006) - Team Latus Motors cleaned up at their own race Sunday, earning two AHDRA victories at the Team Latus Motors Harley-Davidson Northwest Nationals. Brancaccio and the Steve Dorn-owned Team Latus Motors Harley-Davidson team beat Chicago Joe in the Nitro-burning Top Fuel class. Brancaccio won with a 6.845-second pass at 200.80 mph to top Joe's 7.414 at 199.20. Joe smoked the tires early but recovered to make it a race. Brancaccio became the sixth different winner in nine events this season. Only points leader Mike Romine and the Salt Lake City Harley-Davidson team and Doug Vancil and the Vance & Hines Motorsports team have earned repeat victories in Top Fuel this season. Tracy Kile was the top qualifier in the Nitro category with a 6.647 pass at 208.18. Brancaccio was fourth with a 6.675 while Vancil was second (6.653). Ron Houniet rounded out the top three with a 6.675. Derek Nonnamaker gave Team Latus Motors its second win of the day, earning the trophy in the Destroyer category. Nonnamaker earned his second victory of the season by beating Michael Ray in the final round. Nonnamaker rode his Harley-Davidson to a 9.329 at 140.80 to top Ray's 9.399 at 141.30. It was the second consecutive runner-up finish for Ray. Ray also earned the top position in qualifying for the second consecutive race with a 9.192 while Don Stratton Jr. was second with a 9.287 and Nonnamaker was third with a 9.329. KW Seneca earned his third SEP victory by beating Robert McConnell in the final round. Seneca earned the win from the starting line as McConnell fouled. Seneca went on to ride his Harley-Davidson to an 11.537 pass. Eleanor Walker was the No. 1 qualifier in the SEP category with a best time of 11.508. Seneca was 14th in qualifying (11.610) while McConnell was ninth (11.575). Liz Davis became a first-time winner in the ET category, beating Bill Rowe Jr. in the final. Davis's 11.499 pass was more than enough to cover Rowe's 11.607. Davis blasted past 70 other ET competitors to earn her first final round appearance. Just three AHDRA races remain this season. The next AHDRA event is Jim McClure Nationals in Richmond, Va., Sept. 23-24.
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