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77 THUNDER PRESS www.thunderpress.net 2016 NHRA HARLEY-DAVIDSON DRAG RACING SERIES SCHEDULE Feb. 11–14 Auto Club Raceway at Pomona (Top Fuel only) Pomona, CA Feb 26–28 Wild Horse Pass (Top Fuel only) Phoenix, AZ Feb 26–28 Royal Purple Raceway (Non-Top Fuel Event) Baytown, TX April 29–May 1 Virginia Motorsports Park (Non-Top Fuel Event) Petersburg, VA May 20–22 Summit Motorsports Park Norwalk, OH June 3–5 New England Dragway (Top Fuel only) Epping, NH June 3–5 Route 66 Raceway (Non-Top Fuel Event) Joliet, IL June 10–12 Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park Tulsa, OK June 17–19 Bristol Dragway (Top Fuel only) Bristol, TN June 17–19 Bandimere Speedway (Non-Top Fuel Event) Denver, CO July 22–24 Sonoma Raceway Sonoma, CA Aug. 19–21 Cecil County Dragway Rising Sun, MD Oct. 28–30 Rockingham Dragway Rockingham, NC Nov. 5–8 The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, NV 2016 NHRA MELLO YELLO PRO STOCK MOTORCYCLE SERIES March 17–20 Amalie Motor Oil NHRA Gatornationals Gainesville, FL April 22–24 NHRA Four-Wide Nationals Charlotte, NC May 13–15 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals Atlanta, GA June 9–12 Toyota NHRA Summernationals Englishtown, NJ June 23–26 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals Norwalk, OH July 7–10 Route 66 NHRA Nationals Chicago, IL July 22–24 Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals Denver, CO July 29–31 NHRA Sonoma Nationals Sonoma, CA Aug. 18–21 Lucas Oil NHRA Nationals Brainerd, MN Aug. 31–Sept. 5 Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals Indianapolis, IN Sept. 16–18 NHRA Carolina Nationals Charlotte, NC Sept. 23–25 AAA Insurance NHRA Midwest Nationals St. Louis, MO Sept. 29–Oct. 2 NHRA Keystone Nationals Reading, PA Oct. 13–16 AAA Texas NHRA Fall Nationals Dallas, TX Oct. 27–30 NHRA Toyota Nationals Las Vegas, NV Nov. 10–13 Auto Club NHRA Finals Pomona, CA NHRA TOYOTA NATIONALS Harley-Davidson V-Rod charges to victory Andrew Hines leads pro stock motorcycle fi eld heading into season's fi nal race LAS VEGAS, NEV., NOV. 1— Harley-Davidson Screamin' Eagle/ Vance & Hines rider Andrew Hines blasted to a win in the Pro Stock Motorcycle fi nal at the NHRA Toyota Nationals in Las Vegas and leads NHRA Countdown to the Championship playoffs with one race left on the schedule. Hines, the defending and four-time class champion, raced a Harley-Davidson V-Rod motorcycle through the Pro Stock Motorcycle fi eld and won for the third time in fi ve 2015 Countdown races. "This was a team win all the way," said Hines, who now has 42 Pro Stock Motorcycle fi nal-round wins in his career. "My V-Rod really performed when I needed it most in that last round." Hines now holds a 46-point lead over second place heading into the NHRA Finals in two weeks. Harley- Davidson Screamin' Eagle/Vance & Hines rider Ed Krawiec lost in the sec- ond round at Las Vegas and is now in third place, 83 points behind Hines. "The key for me at the NHRA Finals is going to be good performance in qualifying," said Hines. "I want to get some of those bonus points and keep our lead over 40 points, so it will take a swing of three rounds of elimi- nations on Sunday to beat us." The sixth and fi nal round of the NHRA Countdown to the Championship takes place November 12–15 at the 51st annual Auto Club NHRA Finals at Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, California. —Press release Andrew Hines defends his title

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