In the semifinals, Andras showed he really can drive a Top Fuel bike with the best of them. Randal, knowing Tommy was on his game, went for the jugular on the launch with a .003 reaction time. Grimes was no slouch with a lightening .013 reaction to the green that kept Andras within reach right from the start. Randal had to lean hard left to keep the bike in the groove throughout the run and this slowed him some as Grimes just outran him with a 6.25 ET to Randal’s 6.32 at the stripe.

“Bull Dog” Turner then dispatched Jernigan in a drag race that began in excellence. Both drivers posted identical reaction times of .044 and they were glued together for the first leg of the racetrack. But by half-track something went wrong in Jernigan’s motor and he slowed to a 7.50/134 as Turner thundered by with a 6.25 at 228 mph for the win.

The last round of racing for the day was a great one for the fans to watch. Turner got out first with a .020 RT to Grimes’ .044 light. The Bull Dog was out in front by a bike length past the sixty-foot clock, but by the 330’ mark Ray Price power reeled him in. Grimes stayed tucked in tight on the bike and thundered past Turner with a 6.247 at 232-mph run that was better by a tenth of a second over Turner’s 6.34 at 230.69.

Three races into a ten-race season, the Akea Ray Price Harley-Davidson team is in it to win it -- and they’ll be hard to stop.