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After competing in 26 straight NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Motorcycle races, Tom Bradford DNQ'd for the second straight race on The Sportsman Channel Buell. "We've got a gremlin floating through this bike, and it surfaced again in Norwalk," said Bradford. "The team worked really hard prior to the race and we were feeling like we had the problem isolated. We were expecting very good things from Norwalk. But we got there and it reared its ugly head again, and in most cases worse than before, causing us to put up our second DNQ by a mere .009 of a second."
qualifying round 1
17th Tom Bradford right lane 7.193 at 185.26 mph
qualifying round 2
16th Tom Bradford left lane 7.093 at 188.10 mph
qualifying round 3
17th Tom Bradford right lane 7.099 at 187.23 mph
qualifying round 4
17th Tom Bradford left lane 7.233 at 186.05 mph
"We drove all night and to get home Saturday night and tore into the bike. We're rebuilding the complete entire bike. With electrical issues, that's kinda what you have to do. Basically, we're lifting the body shell and replacing everything underneath. Hopefully, we'll have no more of these DNQs going forward.
"It's a tough deal, and it's obviously very, very frustrating," finished Bradford, a five-time AHDRA national champion and 2006 Ringers Gloves Battle participant. "But we know the quality of this team and the quality of the people in it. We're confident that we're gonna get this worked out and have a good showing in Denver."
Tom Bradford and The Sportsman Channel team race next at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals, July 13-15 at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colorado.
Tom thanked The Sportsman Channel, Red Line Oil, Balbayis Asset Consulting, Stitch-it-Embroidery, Hal's H-D/Buell, CRD Inc., Bates Leathers, S&S Cycle, Buell Motor Co., T-N-S Machining, Autolite, Simpson, and EBC Brakes for their support of the Thunder Eagle/Tom Bradford Racing Team.
Find out more about The Sportsman Channel at The Sportsman Channel
Find out more about Bates Leathers at Bates Custom Leathers
Find out more about S&S Cycle at S&S Cycle Home Page - Welcome
Find out more about Buell Motor Co. at http://www.buell.com
Find out more about Red Line Oil at Red Line Oil
Find out more about Hal's at Hal's Harley-Davidson Inc., Wisconsin, Harley-Davidson, Buell, motorcycle, dealer.
Find out more about Autolite at Autolite :: Home
Find out more about Simpson at Simpson Racing, Simpson Performance Products, Simpson Racing Products, Team Simpson - Team Simpson
Find out more about EBC Brakes at EBC Brakes - Home of the worlds largest range of brake products
Find out more about the NHRA at NHRA.com
Contact Tom Bradford at [email protected]
NHRA/POWERade Point Standings
13th Tom Bradford 256
Ringers Gloves Pro Bike Battle Point Standings
13th Tom Bradford 840
Full Throttle NHRA Pit Crew Championship Point Standings
10th Tom Bradford/Rob Schopf 128
Bradford Misses Cut by .009
After competing in 26 straight NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Motorcycle races, Tom Bradford DNQ'd for the second straight race on The Sportsman Channel Buell. "We've got a gremlin floating through this bike, and it surfaced again in Norwalk," said Bradford. "The team worked really hard prior to the race and we were feeling like we had the problem isolated. We were expecting very good things from Norwalk. But we got there and it reared its ugly head again, and in most cases worse than before, causing us to put up our second DNQ by a mere .009 of a second."
qualifying round 1
17th Tom Bradford right lane 7.193 at 185.26 mph
qualifying round 2
16th Tom Bradford left lane 7.093 at 188.10 mph
qualifying round 3
17th Tom Bradford right lane 7.099 at 187.23 mph
qualifying round 4
17th Tom Bradford left lane 7.233 at 186.05 mph
"We drove all night and to get home Saturday night and tore into the bike. We're rebuilding the complete entire bike. With electrical issues, that's kinda what you have to do. Basically, we're lifting the body shell and replacing everything underneath. Hopefully, we'll have no more of these DNQs going forward.
"It's a tough deal, and it's obviously very, very frustrating," finished Bradford, a five-time AHDRA national champion and 2006 Ringers Gloves Battle participant. "But we know the quality of this team and the quality of the people in it. We're confident that we're gonna get this worked out and have a good showing in Denver."
Tom Bradford and The Sportsman Channel team race next at the Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals, July 13-15 at Bandimere Speedway in Morrison, Colorado.
Tom thanked The Sportsman Channel, Red Line Oil, Balbayis Asset Consulting, Stitch-it-Embroidery, Hal's H-D/Buell, CRD Inc., Bates Leathers, S&S Cycle, Buell Motor Co., T-N-S Machining, Autolite, Simpson, and EBC Brakes for their support of the Thunder Eagle/Tom Bradford Racing Team.
Find out more about The Sportsman Channel at The Sportsman Channel
Find out more about Bates Leathers at Bates Custom Leathers
Find out more about S&S Cycle at S&S Cycle Home Page - Welcome
Find out more about Buell Motor Co. at http://www.buell.com
Find out more about Red Line Oil at Red Line Oil
Find out more about Hal's at Hal's Harley-Davidson Inc., Wisconsin, Harley-Davidson, Buell, motorcycle, dealer.
Find out more about Autolite at Autolite :: Home
Find out more about Simpson at Simpson Racing, Simpson Performance Products, Simpson Racing Products, Team Simpson - Team Simpson
Find out more about EBC Brakes at EBC Brakes - Home of the worlds largest range of brake products
Find out more about the NHRA at NHRA.com
Contact Tom Bradford at [email protected]
NHRA/POWERade Point Standings
13th Tom Bradford 256
Ringers Gloves Pro Bike Battle Point Standings
13th Tom Bradford 840
Full Throttle NHRA Pit Crew Championship Point Standings
10th Tom Bradford/Rob Schopf 128
