Screamin’ Eagle Performance Parts Arizona Bike Week Nationals Presented by Chandler and Arrowhead Harley-Davidson- Firebird Int’l Raceway-

We have wrapped up this weekend’s event here in Arizona with plenty of repeat winners from Gainesville- and new victories for others. Check out all the ladders for final results from this weekend, and stay tuned for more on the event later in the week on www.ahdra.com.

Good night Arizona!

Sunday-April 3^rd

Elimination Day

Update from Firebird at 5:02pm (PT) Sportsman classes are into semi final rounds and we will be ready for the finals in all classes immediately following those rounds!

We will continue filing all updates on the ladders so we can keep them flowing more frequently….stay tuned for big finishes here today.

Update from elimination day- We are rolling along in Arizona. We’ve had a few computer issues in the tower that have caused delays, but making the best of it and doing our best to get finished on time.

We are keeping the Pro’s on an hour run schedule- therefore the run order has been varied quite a bit today.

We’ll continue to do our very best to get you updated as quick as possible on the website, while we keep things running here too.

The show fires off with a 6.610 at 210.64 from Stordeur to advance. He will take on Drums Brancaccio in round two in a re-match from the final in Gainesville.

The postings are underway on the result pages. We plan to stay with the ladders most of the day for updates to keep the results coming at you quicker, but will stop by and drop any special breaking news and updates here on the news page when possible.

It’s hot today..90’s expected!

Good morning from Firebird Int’l Raceway. Today’s show is set to begin at 12:30pm.

(Arizona does not observe daylight savings time).

The Syn3 ET class will run 3 rounds of eliminations at 9:30am, followed by one round a piece in SE, SEP and SS to obtain 16 bike fields in all classes. Over 75 bikes ran in yesterdays ET qualifying rounds.

In Pro qualifying news- John Breckenridge and Phil Schmidt ran identical 7.515’s in Kresto Pro Drag. The compulink computer should have been set to break a tie by the MPH, but they had it set to break a tie by the first one that made the score. It was corrected this morning and it puts John Breckenridge in the #1 spot and Phil Schmidt in the 2^nd spot.

We will be back with the numbers from today’s action after today’s opening rounds at 12:30pm.

Saturday- April 2^nd

Qualifying Day at Firebird International Raceway

Final Round Notes-

Final Round complete..finally…

Lots of breakage, a few oil downs, and several timing device encounters made for a long day, but all is well in the end.

Steve Stordeur sits out the final round-happy with the top spot. Romine gets the #2 spot. Ron Houniet jumped to the 4^th spot in the full field here this weekend.

(Another update from the medical center on Heidner is he suffered a broken wrist and besides the road rash, the wrist appears to be his only injury and we are all happy to hear that).

Heidner’s pass was good enough for the #5 spot, but it was later pointed out that the bike encountered the wall-which would eliminate the run- even in a crash. This moved everyone up a position and gives Chicago Joe the bump spot with a 7.607.

And more..

Streeter left before the tree activated on his final lap appearance that resulted in no time recorded in JIMS Pro Fuel, but it would not affect his position after a 6.977 earlier pass awarded him the #1 spot.

Back tomorrow with all the elimination results that get underway at 12:30pm.

Good night from Arizona!

Feazell redeems his spot at the top with a 7.518 best for the Jon Miller/Thiel’s Wheel team in S & S Cycle Pro Stock.

Still going at it..Screamin’ Eagle Nitro Harley in the box..under the lights at Firebird.

**Note: Last report from medical center that transported Steve Heidner is plenty of road rash, but stable and doing fine. We will fill you in when the Competition Motorcycles team returns to the track.

Matt Guidera stays on top in S & S Pro Gas despite a final round infraction that DQ’d the run.

Ainsworth hangs on to his top spot in Pro Mod while Pippin keeps it at #2 spot. Paul Smith is the #3 man and former champ Cliff Dwy is 4^th out of the 11 entries here this weekend.

Sternotti takes the SS124 class to the 9’s! A 9.970 at 134.97mph gives him the top spot after 3 rounds and a chance to back up the numbers comes tomorrow in eliminations.

Mike Roberts takes his #1 spot back from Burdynski in the final with a 10.116 improved lap. Burdynski held the #2 spot with his 10.189.

Jamie McNaughton held on to the #1 spot in V-Rod, but will have to wait until tomorrow to back up his 9.520 number from today’s qualifying.

Greg Krenik finished the day with his nearly perfect 9.705 in Rucker Performance Super Gas qualifying.

Chuck Bothe pulled off a perfect 10.900 finish in Performance Corner Super Eliminator and Dan Hope barely lost the first spot with a 10.901.

Julia Holiday edged out the 20 other riders in the S & S Super Sport class for the top spot finish of 10.330.

More coming as it happens..

More from qualifying-

Round 2 wraps up and Mike Romine improved with a 6.635 giving him the 2^nd position and sliding Mancuso to the 3^rd spot.

Greg Grove and Chicago Joe remain in the show with their round one scores after centerline infractions from both of them DQ’d the 2^nd round passes.

Mike Lehman, Tony Ruggiero, Michael Williams and Mark Turner are sitting on the outside after 2, and they will have one more shot to get in the show when today’s 3^rd and final session gets underway soon.

More from 2^nd round-

Guidera improves in S & S Pro Gas and keeps the #1 spot with a better 7.662.

Phil Schmidt grab the #1 spot from Herschberger in Kresto Pro Drag with a 7.556 at 160.46mph.

Dale Raudenbush grabbed the #1 spot from Feazell in early 2^nd round qualifying of S & S Pro Stock- the class is still running and the new order is coming up shortly along with all the remaining results following the round.

2^nd Round-

Jamie McNaughton scores record numbers in Screamin’ Eagle V-Rod. The Milwaukee, WI rider nailed a 9.520 in the 2^nd round of the day and keeps the #1 spot.

John Burdynski juggles his way to the #1 spot after 2 laps with a 10.189 to improve his round one numbers.

Travis Lummus is making the best of the Arizona air and improves his G-Squared Street Pro numbers with a 9.093 in the 2^nd, while Sternotti doesn’t improve and holds the 2^nd spot with a 9.506 best.

Junior Pippin improved in the 2^nd round before Canadian Doug Ainsworth ran the best numbers in Pro Modified 2^nd round action.

All the numbers coming up as round 2 qualifying continues at Firebird Int’l Raceway.

Nitro Harleys round complete and it’s the #1 man Stordeur wearing the #1 well in the lead spot at 6.608 at 211.89mph. Johnny Mancuso is right behind him with a 6.678 at 200.05mph.

Steve Heidner ran the third best time in the field with a 6.764 at 208.42mph, but unfortunately took a big end spill. Top end reported it got wobbly on him and tossed him off. He was plenty alert and talking to medical personnel- reporting pain in his wrist, and a good share of road rash. He has been transported for complete evaluation as to the extent of injuries. We will share any updates we receive by end of qualifying today.

Greg Grove had a good first lap for the Sampson Exhaust/ Ray Price team- he’s in the 7^th spot with a solid 6.893 at 203.00.

Round two is underway-and we will have those numbers for you asap.

Screamin’ Eagle Nitro Harleys in qualifying now, but on a brief hold for track clean up.

More notes- Pro Drag rookie, Willie Herschberger takes the field by storm in round one and leads the field with a 7.636 at 169.83mph.

Junior Pippin has a perfect start with a .000 reaction and the #1 qualifying spot in Pro Modified action.

H-D of Rockin rider, Matt Guidera has the top spot in S & S Pro Gas.

Chris Streeter continues his successful season start in JIMS Pro Fuel-leading the field after one lap with a 6.977 at 191.84mph.

It’s Dave Feazell in the top seat in S & S Pro Stock with the hair colorful Dale Raudenbush in the 2^nd spot.

Track clean up continues and we will continue the numbers following the final pair of Nitro Harleys.

Quick update from Firebird-

Qualifying continues in round one with a few delays for oil and breakage-otherwise all is well.

The sportsman classes have one round under their belt and the pros are on the track now.

Notes from round one:

Julia Holliday is at the top of the class in S & S Super Sport after one lap.

Joey Sternotti, the Street Pro Champ is riding the new S & S 124 class this weekend and loving the results as he sits in the number one spot with a new record time in the class of 10.275 at 132.88mph. Rob Schopf holds the records currently and is here himself this weekend, although not on the same ride from Gainesville. Turns out Schopf and his wife were in Arizona enjoying a little riding during Bike Week and got a call from someone wanting to borrow his riding skills for the weekend. After a quick permission slip from his wife- Schopf accepted and is here on the borrowed ride- getting it up to speed for the owner and gaining a few points for himself.

We are back in action after the delay and the numbers are coming up shortly.

We will have all the results for you the entire weekend right here on www.ahdra.com.

Screamin’ Eagle Arizona Bike Week Nationals Presented by

Chandler Harley-Davidson and Arrowhead Harley-Davidson

Firebird International Raceway

April 2^nd & 3^rd

Saturday, April 2^nd

Sportsman Qualifying begins 9:00am

Pro Qualifying begins 11:00am

Sunday, April 3^rd

Opening Ceremonies and Eliminations begin at 12:30pm