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Hartley Racing Takes Second Place in Houston
April 1 , 2007 - The season is heating up. The Hartley Racing team was on fire at the O'Reilly Spring Nationals in Houston, TX this weekend.
The Hartley Racing team was off to a slow start on Friday. Round 1 Qualifying, Joe Hartley ran 14.013 at 48.76mph. This put him in 18th position. Then things started to heat up. Round 2 Qualifying, Joe Hartley ran 4.631 at 312.42mph. This would place Hartley Racing in 9th place.
Sunday's Round 1 Elimination stared off shaky. Joe Hartley had a strong start, however he started to spin the tires on the top half of the track. He ran 4.820 at 246.57mph. This would give him the win over Hillary Will. Round 2 Elimination put Hartley Racing up against Whit Bazemore. Bazemore lost traction and dropped a bunch of cylinders. Joe Hartley dropped a couple of cylinders also, however he kept the tires down and took the big upset win and sent Bazemore packing.
Round 3 Eliminations gave Joe Hartley the lane choice against David Grubnic. Grubnic was off to a good start, but ran out of steam. Hartley was able to blow past him with a 4.623 at 316.15mph.
This win will give Hartley the lane choice again Todd in his family's first-ever trip to a Top Fuel final round. Todd left a little quicker, however Hartley Racing takes an impressive second place with a time of 4.645 at 307.79.
Good luck next race,
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Driver Profile
Joe Hartley
Born: September 4, 1976
Hometown: Portland, OR
Car: Top Fuel Dragster
Crew Chief: Allen Hartley
Career Best E.T.: 4.518
Career Best Speed: 330.88
Joe grew up in Omaha, Nebraska. He spent his time collecting hero cards and used car parts from race teams at the Kansas City International Raceway. In high school, he convinced his father, that in exchange for good grades, he would get to drive the A-fuel dragster. Joe made his first pass in 1992 and never looked back. For the next eight years, Joe and his family competed in the NHRA Top Alcohol class with solid performances including a win at Brainerd, Minnesota; a second place finish in Houston, Texas; and a third place Division 5 showing. Then he went on to TOP FUEL.
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