Shortly thereafter, a stunned Korry Hogan was able to walk to the ambulance with help and was driven to the hospital by his dad to get checked out. Miraculously, Korry suffered minor injuries, but with this being his third bad crash on a T/F bike, he’s hanging up what’s left of his Vanson Leathers, which worked great once again. The Alwine Racing Top Fuel bike was heavily damaged in the crash and their participation in 2017 is unclear at this time.

As racing resumed and progressed, McBride advanced and met up with Dave Vantine in the final round. The Vantine Nitrosports machine had been vicious all weekend running consistent fives every pass and for the final round Dave gave the nod to “Go for it” with the tune-up. They had a 5.79 ET in round two and they were shooting for a lower number when they met McBride for the last race of the year. The tune-up was too much for the prevailing conditions and they went up in smoke quickly as McBride motored on to a 5.99 @ 234 mph pass that not only won the event, but clinched his 16th Top Fuel motorcycle championship in the process.

Pingel Top Fuel Twin was a feature at this race. With five bikes entered, Tracy Kile’s 6.55 was low qualifier and this earned him a solo shot in round one as a trip to the semifinal round. There he met up with new guy Jim Page, who was entered in his first ever T/F Harley event. His 6.74 to Tracy’s 6.75 ET was certainly game and he nearly upset the veteran, but Tracy’s .035 to Jim’s .116 RT spelled defeat for the rookie fuel bike pilot.