AHDRA RUSH THUNDER IN THE VALLEY

BRISTOL DRAGWAY

AUGUST 8-9, 2009

Sunday August 9, 2006 6:00pm

What a great evening at the Rush Thunder in the Valley! All Ladders are posted and stay tuned for the Bristol press release for all the exciting action.

Sunday August 9, 2009 9:30am

Good morning from Bristol Dragway! We will be running 2 rounds of ET back-to-back and then 1 round each of SEP, SE, SS, and SG to bring the classes down to a 16-bike field. Opening ceremonies will begin at 12:15 with Screamin’ Eagle Top Fuel starting off the show today at the Rush Thunder in the Valley at Bristol Dragway.

The weather forecast for the day is to be in the mid 90’s and humid.

Stay tuned for all the excitement!

Saturday August 8, 2009 6:45pm

Qualifying is done for the day and what an ending we had at Bristol Dragway. We have a sixteen-bike field in Screamin’ Eagle Top Fuel Harley and they were all pushing the bikes to the limits. The second to last pair of the day would be Douglas Horne who would pair up with Phil Schmidt (the national champion). Douglas would go out and run a 6.451/216mph to take over the lead but it would be Joey Sternotti that would make the last pass of the day on the Ray Price Top Fuel Harley and lay down a very impressive 6.309/220.01!

The PeacePipe band will be playing tonight and also Donnie Huffman will be having karaoke in the pits to entertain the racers.

Check out tomorrows exciting action at Rush Performance Thunder in the Valley. Racing will begin at 9:30 with the sportsman class, ET, SEP, SE, and SS to bring the fields down to a 16-bike field. Opening ceremonies will then be at 12:15 and the pros will then lead us off in the first round of eliminations.

The Championship chase is underway and you won’t want to miss any of the action!!!

Good night from Bristol Dragway!

3:30pm

3^rd round of qualifying has begun. The temps are rising but the track is still getting better as the day goes on.

12:30am

2^nd round of qualifying has begun. The fields are full with bikes and we are still running a little ahead of schedule and are going to try and slow the racers done during the sportsman classes.

August 8 9:00am

Good morning everyone from Bristol Dragway. It is a little overcast this morning and the temps are expected to be in the high 80’s to low 90’s with little humidity.

After having a month off from championship racing, everyone was ready to get back to it! We have over 220 racers already here and racing this weekend. The pits are full with racers; venders and the hills are filled with race fans camping.

Yesterday we had a racer, Charley Douglass, while in test-n-tune came off his bike. We were told that he had dislocated his shoulder and should be fine considering. I will keep everyone posted as soon as I hear anything else.

We are running ahead of schedule today and will more than likely be taking a short break here shortly and I will get all round 1 qualifying up for sportsman. The pros will be out between 11:00 /11:30am.

Check out all the action here on Live Race Updates!!!