Stanfield, who qualified 12th, left the starting line first and Brogdon was never able to challenge him. The winning time was 6.680 seconds at 205.88 mph to a 6.696 at 205.54

“The car is reacting to the tune-ups,” Stanfield commented, “and that’s huge.”

Stanfield drove away from Krisher in the quarterfinals, using a .029 reaction time into an unchallenged win, 6.691 at 205.54 to 6.700 at 206.80. Up against Vincent Nobile in the semifinals, Stanfield fouled out by two-thousandths of a second.

“It felt good to have the car go down the track like it did on all three runs,” added Guarnaccia. “We definitely learned a lot and we are building our data base.”

The Top Fuel Harleys ran at Las Vegas. In the final Doug Horne (far lane) had a 0.011 Reaction Time and ran 6.351 at 220.62 mph to defeat Tommy Grimes who had a 0.034 RT couple with a 6.342 ET at 219.12 mph. Horne set Low ET at 6.248 second and Top Speed at 229.43 mph. (James Drew photo)