AHDRA California Bike Week Nationals

Presented by

Laidlaw’s Harley-Davidson

November 9^th & 10^th

Auto Club Raceway at Pomona

Elimination Day at the AHDRA California Bike Week Nationals Presented by Laidlaw’s Harley-Davidson.

5:00pm

Today’s final rounds brought on plenty of cliffhangers heading into next weekends Championship Finals! Check out the results on the ladder pages!!

Good night from Pomona, CA and next weekend- tune in for the Big Finish!!

2:10pm

Top Fuel 2^nd round just completed and it looks like the National point’s chase will continue to heat up in preparation for the finals in Vegas. Shigematsu (in the #1 spot) went out against Turner, but Vancil, who is a close 2^nd in the standings advanced over Schmidt and will be back in the semi’s.

12:30pm-

Racing is underway in Pomona and we are posting the results on the ladder pages today. We will check back here with any delays or breaking news.

*** Top Fuel Update: Phil Schmidt runs a record 225.07 pass in the opening round!

Good morning from Pomona! Early sportsman rounds are due on the track at 9:00am and we should have the Pro’s in the lanes around 12noon.

We will bring you results from today’s elimination’s as time permits on the ladder pages.

We will update you here with any breaking news or delays.

5:08pm

Qualifying complete- only 2 rounds here in Pomona due to loss of daylight.

We will be back tomorrow with eliminations beginning for the sportsman at 9:00am and the Pro’s at noon.

Good night from Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.

3:50pm

2^nd round getting close to completion. Top Fuel on the track now for their 2^nd and final round today. We will then wrap up with SSC 124, Super Sport, V-Rod and Super Gas as we race against the daylight to get in 2 rounds for everyone!

The numbers are coming at you shortly!

2:00pm Update

Round One is now posted..whew! With the large contingent of ET racers, I was able to get some typing time in. (over 60 bikes in ET- local racer Vincent Garrett is in the #1 spot after two rounds with a .003. Charlie Walker is 2^nd after two rounds with a matching .003 and Joey Talbott just took the 3^rd spot in the 2^nd round with a .007).

Here is the update on our schedule status here in Pomona. First round took nearly 4 hours with many delays, so now it is 2pm and we are in 2^nd round of sportsman qualifying. We will run sportsman classes until we get to Super Eliminator and then we will cut in for the Pro’s 2^nd round and resume the remaining sportsman classes for final round qualifying.

Note: Due to no track lights- All Classes will be laddered on 2 rounds of qualifying this weekend.

Good morning from Auto Club Raceway at Pomona.

We are underway with qualifying rounds and quite a bit off schedule after surprise restrictions on start times and an oil down to lead us off in ET.

Our plan is to attempt two rounds of qualifying for all classes, as we race against time to beat nightfall with no trackside lights.

Many of you may have read on Talk Shop that tower operator Stephanie Druschel is unable to be with us this weekend due to her mother’s serious illness. Our thoughts and prayers are with her and her family during this time and we miss you already Steph!

In Stephanie’s absence, we will make attempts to bring you Live Updates if possible, but it looks like we may have to post results later this evening in order to keep things running smoothly and most of all safely from here in the tower.

California Bike Week has brought in a gigantic entourage of Media and we started the day with a live broadcast on Los Angeles station KTLA and many more are to follow today and tomorrow. There are 2 film crews setting up over my shoulder in the tower right now including Speed TV’s American Thunder.. so needless to say the tower is quite active today.

Again. if we are not able to get any results up for you during today’s qualifying, we will post them later this evening and we appreciate your patience and understanding with the circumstances.

Schedule of Events

Friday, November 9th

Qualifying (Sportsman) begins 8:00am

Pro Qualifying 10:00am

Saturday, November 10^th

Eliminations (as needed to narrow Sportsman fields) 8:00am

Pro Eliminations 11:30am