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itro Fish Suzuki's LE Ton-
glet won his first NHRA
Pro Stock Motorcycle event in
five years at the Toyota NHRA
Sonoma Nationals, July 30-31,
and he did it the hard way by
beating both of the dominant
Screamin' Eagle Harley-David-
son V-Rods. Tonglet, who won
the Mello Yello Championship
as a rookie, claimed his first win
since the 2011 Brainerd round
when he defeated reigning
champ Andrew Hines in the fi-
nal. A round earlier, Tonglet also
topped Hines' teammate, Eddie
Krawiec.
"Anytime you can beat one
of those Harleys, you've done
something, but to beat both of
them in the last two rounds, that
just doesn't happen very often,"
Tonglet said. "It's been five
years since we last won a race
and I'm just really happy to get
another win for this Nitro Fish
team."
Tonglet manages to race in all
16 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle
events but during the week,
he is a firefighter in his home-
town of Metaire, Louisiana. His
father, Gary, and older brother,
GT, also work full-time jobs.
"People have to remember
that we all work 40 hours plus
at home," Tonglet said. "For a
while, the racing was getting
to the point where it wasn't fun
