Team Latus Motors Harley-Davidson Northwest Nationals

August 28^th & 29^th

Woodburn Dragstrip

Sunday- August 29^th

Finals complete and my continuing story on the Northeast trio has concluded with a storybook ending. They ALL won!

Tracy Kile beat Doug Vancil in the Nitro Harley final, while Sternotti took the Street Pro prize and it was Dale Raudenbush taking out #1 qualifyer and record setter Rick Maney in the Pro Stock final.

The three teams celebrated together on the starting line following the 3 for 3 titles.

Although Dan DeGood got his bike here in a different trailer, he too was a Northeast winner this weekend in the SYN3 ET class keeping his points lead over Jack Wagner.

All the final round numbers are coming right up. This has been a picture perfect weekend here at Woodburn Dragstrip. Thanks for tuning in for all the action!

Good night from Woodburn Dragstrip.

Semis underway. It will be Tracy Kile and Doug Vancil in the Screamin Eagle Nitro Harley final. Too little too late for the Fast Lane Racing Team and Ron Houniet. The Canadian rider went out early today, but AHDRA allows Outlaw fields in which unqualified or eliminated fuel bikes can get in passes when the schedule allows. Houniet has nailed six second passes in all of his outlaw runs and would liked to have had the same in this mornings opening round. Also making Outlaw passes after a holeshot loss in JIMS Pro Fuel is Gabe Larkins and the Nitro Syndicate team. Larkins sends a special hello to his daughter from Woodburn.

Stay tuned for all the semis and finals coming your way.

Stay tuned for all the numbers following the round.

Semi Final rounds in all classes coming up at 3:15pm (PDT). The crowd is thick and the competition is fierce. Catch the results following the round and then its final rounds in all classes. Track records, national records and attendance records. Itís a great day at Woodburn Dragstrip.

Round Two Update- Tracy Kile is on his way to the semis after taking out Joe Timmons, Steve Dorn landed a 6.82 to advance over Robert Smith, and Vancil advanced over Heidner. We are hold briefly after Chaz OíNeill took out 5 timing cones on his round two pass which gave Eastcott a ride to the semis to face Vancil. More coming soon.

Dan Norlin ran a 10.127 at 132.45mph in his Drag Masterís Hot Street bye round opener. Yes, a 10.127, (the current record 10.290 at 131.06). Pending everything but a cavity search by tech, we will see what hes got in round two to back it up.

More from Oregon- the action continues here in Woodburn. In the awaited Street Pro opener, Sternottis ET slowed but he still got spped with a 9.309 at 149.57mph to advance over Earl Burley. Steve Stute advanced over Verl Smith.

Follow the ladders in your favorite class on the result pages for all the latest from Woodburn Dragstrip.

THIS TRACK IS HOT. #! Qualifyer Tracy Kile led off with a 6.692 at 208.47mph to advance over Arlie Becker. Local, Steve Dorn advanced with a 6.901 at 206.80mph over Chicago Joe and Vancil opened up with 6.503 at 213.21 the best times recorded of the weekend in Screamin Eagle Nitro Harley. A Canadian match up with Ron Houniet and Wayne Eastcott went to Eastcott who ran his best of the weekend, 6.915 at 201.52mph, while Houniet s struggles continued with a 8.599.

In S & S Cycle Pro Stock, Rick Maney is unstoppable her in Woodburn with a 7.445 at 176.85mph show opener which lands him multiple records to be verified and confirmed later.

Eliminations continue with what appears to be the largest crowd ever for the AHDRA Woodburn event. The weather is perfect, the track is good and the racing keeps getting better. Stay tuned for the Rivera Primo Street Pro opener where all eyes are on Sternotti for fast numbers.

More coming.

Big day of racing ahead at the Team Latus Motors Harley-Davidson Northwest Nationals. Good morning from Woodburn Dragstrip. Eliminations will kick off today at 12:30pm. A lot of exciting happenings on the track in yesterdays qualifying and more expected in todays show.

If you have been following the story on the Northeast trio (Kile, Raudenbush and Sternotti) who traveled here to compete in Oregon with their share of mishaps along the way, the story does get better for them. Lets recap- Raudenbush and Kile showed up Friday and waited anxiously for Ted , the driver with all three bikes in tow to arrive, which he did indeed. Saturday, Sternotti is still trying to get here despite cancelled flights, and he does.

During qualifying, all three missed one round, each for a different reason, but a happy ending came when all three finished the day with personal best performances.

Tracy Kile grabbed the #1 spot from reigning champion Doug Vancil in the final round with a 6.659 at 206.32mph. For Dale Raudenbush of Old Zionsville, PA it was a 7.526 at 171.75 that left him with a never ending grin last night. He finished with the S & S Cycle Pro Stock #2 spot, while Rick Maney earned his #1 spot with a 7.460, good enough for a new national record.

Sternotti earned a new national record himself with a 150.52mph blast in Rivera-Primo Street Pro and he was the 2^nd ride r in the 8ís in the class quickly becoming a fan favorite. Sternotti says the upcoming Indy race should be the best weekend of racing in the class of the year.

So the story will pick up today for the three, and we will give you the final outcome with details along the way in todayís coverage from Woodburn Dragstrip.

Other happenings- I did get a chance to speak with Cliff Dwy last night, and his unusual finish in qualifying was the result of a new motor. Dwy says theyíve been tweaking around with it and the team thrashed between 2^nd and third round changing it back while a large group of local fans surrounded their pit to watch. Dwy says its his worst performance here at his home track in a while, but he was still full of spirit at last nights Pro Mod dinner, and its not over until todays eliminations, so look out for the Sasquatch team.

Meanwhile, Doug Ainsworth of Canada was wearing the biggest smile of all at last nights Pro Mod gathering after his #1 spot finish, but Darren Mauldin says he plans to get to the winners circle himself.

Dan DeGood and Jack Wagner will be racing under pressure today with the Syn3 ET national points lead on the line. DeGood finished in the 4^th spot in yesterdays qualifying while Wagner was close in 6^th. They are just minutes away from a round or two of eliminations in the class to narrow the field to sixteen before the 1230pm start, so stay tuned for the results of the early rounds, and all of todays eliminations from Woodburn Dragstrip.

Back with more soon.

Qualifying Day in Woodburn

The final round has wrapped up and it was a big finish for Tracy Kile out of Hatfield, PA. Kile grabbed the top spot from Vancil with a 6.659 at 206.32mph. Kile had a career best day here in Woodburn and he will be on the starting line for the #1 qualifyer intros tomorrow.

Joe Sternotti did not get back in the 8s for his final pass, but he was fast enough to back up the new 1/4 mile mph record in Street Pro pending all the usual verifications.

Steve Huff is back on his Pro Dragster this weekend and proving it can still run the numbers with a 2^nd place finish, but it was Phil Schmidt of Orangevale, CA taking the #1 spot in Kresto Pro Drag.

In Joker Machine Pro Mod, Canadian rider Doug Ainsworth is happy with his performance that has given him the top spot and Darren Mauldin is close behind as could be expected, but the off mark goes to Cliff Dwy who is usually in the 1 or 2 spot at his hometown track. No word on the slower performance from the Dwy pit yet, but we will catch up with him this evening at the Pro Mod seafood fest and get a few words from him.

Dan Norlin is on top in the trio of Hot Street entries and no one bettered the champion, Karen Wagner for the Super Sport top spot. J.P. Hendrzak hit the jackpot number in SEP with a 11.50 and Marci Rodrigues follows with a 11.520.

We will catch more highlights in the pits for you tomorrow in all 14 classes of competition. Tune in here tomorrow for all the results and catch the webcast on www.rsbn.net. Check the broadcast listings for proper times.

Good night from Woodburn Dragstrip.

Final Round of the Day in Sportsman on the track at Woodburn Dragstrip. Maney may have had enough in his 2^nd round pass for the record books and we will confirm once the math, fuel checks, etc have come been checked out.

All the final round numbers coming your way at the conclusion of the round.

Big news from Woodburn. The racers say the track is good, and just ask Joe Sternotti. He just flew in after a cancelled flight in time for a round two pass and has landed a 8.989 at 150.52mph. It makes him the 2^nd rider in the 8 zone in S treet Pro competition and if he backs up the mph this weekend, he will have a new national record. If he betters that 8.989, he could land the ET record as well, just set 2 weeks ago in Bristol by Chip Ellis (8.963).

The eighth mile marks in Street Pro need to stand corrected following the Bristol event. While Ellis set the ET marks, he did not break the mph marks in the eighth mile as earlier reported.

Travis Lummus of Asheville, NC set the 1/8^th mile record with a 122.74 in Gainesville, Fl earlier this year.

At this time, Lummus still holds the 1/8^th and 1/4 mph records.

Pro qualifying continues with eyes on Rick Maney for a new record in S & S Pro Stock.

More coming soon.

Round One Complete. Now that we have our result files up and running, things are a little less stressful in the tower and we will try to get things moving faster. By now you have seen the round one numbers, but here are a few notes. Rick Maney ran a 7.460 in the Pro Stock opener that will better his own current 7.477 if he backs it up this weekend.

Tracy Kile made a grand opening appearance all the way from Hatfield, PA and off the trailer with a 6.695 at 203.85 in the Nitro Harley field. He held the number one position until Doug Vancil came out with the 6.676 at 210.77mph.

Steve Heidner and Steve Dorn both made passes in round one but both were DQD after centerline infractions.

The Top Fuel class will be a full field of 16 here in Woodburn this weekend.

Jack Romine ran a 6 second blast in his Pro Fuel round one pass while the fan popular rear engine bike piloted by Chris Gartman landed the #2 spot.

In Kresto Pro Drag, John Breckenridge is the front runner currently while Rod Anderson is 2^nd. Chuck Jones made the trip from Florida and is currently in 3^rd. So where is Scott Truett? According to a recent story in Speed Magazine, Jones and Truett struck a deal earlier in the season. Jones would sit out the Seattle race if Truett would skip Oregon. If true, it looks like they kept their end of the bargain in tact.

Yesterday, you may have read about the trip from the Northeast sweating it out waiting for their bikes to arrive. Well for one of the riders, Joe Sternotti, it was he who was sweating on his own after a cancelled plane flight. Sternotti has arrived now after missing first round of Street Pro qualifying, but he will be out on the track for round two.

Just a few notes from the round one action. Track prep underway and round two coming your way.

Back with morefrom Woodburn. Pro qualifying is underway. Local Oregon racer Steve Stute leads the Stree Pro class after one with a 9.576. John Breckenridge is up front in Kresto Pro Drag with a 7.730 at 158.22mph and Doug Ainsworth leads the Pro Mod field with a 8.302 at 155.33mph. The numbers are coming up soon. We are working on the database currently and soon as we have it updated the numbers will be coming at you.

Stay tune as Tound one continues.

Good morning from the Team Latus Motors Harley-Davidson Northwest Nationals. The sun is here and so are many racers ready to take the quarter mile today. The riders meeting begins shortly and qualifying will be underway at 9am.

I had a chance to sit down with Sportsman competitors Donnie Huffman and Dan DeGoo d last night and it turns out DeGood is riding his own bike here in Oregon. Earlier I reported he was on a loaner since he had done just that a few times in the past. Not the case here courtesy of the Vancil team who loaded up the Mountain Top, PA riders bike for the trip here.

Huffman on the other hand is indeed loaning a bike this weekend, courtesy of reigning ET champ, John Hendrzak. Not only did Huffman say he wanted to work on his Super Eliminator lead, he said it wont hurt to work on his 2^nd place finish in SEP. He reminded us in front of the SEP leader DeGood that this would make three years in a row in the 2^nd position. He jokingly added that he thought that could be a first for that class. Three in a row for 2^nd, not too bad.

Stay tuned for qualifying highlights today from Woodburn Dragstrip.

Friday night pit notes: Just under 30 minutes left in this evenings test and tune session and the pits are taking shape. 100 or more racers expected to compete here this weekend.

Tales from the pits include an East Coast trio breathing a sigh of relief now.

Dale Raudenbush, Tracy Kile and Joe Sternotti packed up their bikes in the Old Glory Racing trailer for the long haul from the Northeast and while the riders took the airplane route and arrived earlier today, they were not quite sure where the trailer and driver were for several hours today. A loss of communication via cell phone left them wandering homeless in the pits, but humorously so. The trailer just made its way through the gates and they were happily reunited. Stay tuned for the ending to this tale when we see how the racing unfolds this weekend here at Woodburn Dragstrip.

More east coast racers flying the friendly skies to compete here this weekend include Dan DeGood who is leading championship points in both SEP and ET categories. Jack Wagner is close behind him in ET competition and both are here to rack up more points this weekend.

Donnie Huffman showed up a few hours ago. Huffman looks to chalk up a few more points for his lead in Super Eliminator competition.

Canadian Nitro Harley rider Wayne Eastcott pulled in the pits with a flashy new rig. Eastcott hopes to make his way to the winners circle this weekend along with several others teched in at last check. They include, Doug Vancil, Ron Houniet, Ken Kent, Chicago Joe, Joe Timmons, Chaz OíNeill, Mark Turner, and Tracy Kile. Early estimates indicate an 8 bike field for this weekend, but you never know until that third round.

We will be underway at 9am tomorrow with round one of Sportsman qualifying and the pros will take the track at 11am.

Catch all the updates right here.

See you tomorrow.

Good afternoon from Woodburn Dragstrip. The gates are open the sun is shining and the forecast shows a delightful weekend ahead.

Stay tuned for all the results from Woodburn Dragstrip throughout the weekend right here on ahdra.com

Schedule Of Events:

Friday, August 27^th

3:00pm (PDT) Test and Tune

4:00-7:00pm- Kick Start Party at Latus Motors Harley-Davidson

Saturday, August 28^th

9:00am- Sportsman Qualifying Begins

11:00am- Pro Qualifying Begins

Sunday August 29^th

9:00am- Sportsman Eliminations (as needed to acquire 16-bike fields)

12:15pm- Opening Ceremonies

12:30pm- Pro Eliminations

(All times PDT)