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Screamin’ Eagle Arizona Bike Week Nationals

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March 31^st – April 1st

Sunday,April 1^st- Elimination Day at Firebird Int’l Raceway

The Finals:

Strange finish to the race here in Phoenix… The Top Fuel final, Drums Brancaccio crosses the centerline in the final that had the win light for him and the win goes to Doug Vancil!!

Rick Moore had Will Simplot beat in the Pro Drag final..but now the win has been reversed after it was reported that Moore had re-fired the bike before staging. The win has now been awarded to Will Simplot!

Dave Feazell gets to the final on a bye after Lozano reported in broke, but trouble for Feazell as fluids dump from his bike in the box and he had to shut it off resulting in NO winner in the Pro Gas category.

Dan Norlin won Hot Street over Croneberger..we reported earlier that Croneberger had one, but tower had lanes swapped! Sorry about that Norlin and congrats on the win!

And now, here are the finals that so far came off normal..:)

Zach Johnson gets by Andy Simon in the Street Pro Final for the win!

More coming from the Pro Finals shortly!

Junior Pippin wins Pro Stock final.

Randy Borho repeat winner in Pro Mod.

John Breckenridge upsets Jay Turner in the Pro Fuel final.

Bob Drapp wins the Syn 3 ET final.

L.E. Tonglet repeats with a V-Rod Destroyer victory.

Stan Sheppard upsets the champ-Huffman in the SEP final.

Bill Rowe Jr. defeats Roberta Seaman in the Super Eliminator final.

Mike Roberts runs his best of the weekend (9.35) to charge by Grover Inks in the SSC 124 class final.

Roger Bickmore gets the Super Sport win with a 10.32

Larry Edmondson Jr. repeats as V-Rod event win!

James Surbo beats Colchico in the Super Gas final.

That’s it for the race here in Phoenix. See you all in St. Louis!

**Note about Chicago Joe who came off his bike earlier today: He was transported to local hospital complaining of shoulder pain. He was alert and speaking with paramedics with road rash. We have not yet heard from the crew, but were told we would be notified after he went through complete check up.

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Sportsman Semi Action:

Joe Boyd went red in Super Gas and Joe Colchico will go to the final against James Surber who got him on the hole shot.

Larry Edmondson is off to his 2^nd in a row final after defeating Larry Fore. Edmondson will take on local Arizonian, Terry Vicious Vaughan.

Cabral redlights in Super Sport semi and Peattie advances to face Roger Bickmore who advanced on a single.

In SEP, Stan Sheppard advances to take on the Champ, Donnie Huffman in the final.

L.E. Tonglet will repeat a final in the V-Rod Destroyer class and will take on Gene Thomason.

Bob Drapp heads to the ET final against Larry Edmondson Jr, who is making a 2^nd final here at Firebird.

Dan Norlin and the Champ, Croneberger will face off in the Hot Street final and

Roberta Seaman heads to the Super Eliminator finals against Bill Rowe Jr.

Stay tuned for Final Round action shortly!!

6:02pm The Barnett Nitro Harley’s on the track for their final appearance of the day and we will then resume with semi rounds for Sportsman classes and then it’s to the finals around 7:00pm!

More from the Semi’s:

All clear signal from the big end and back with the Pro Drag semi-

Pro Drag: Terry Stewart and Rick Moore were paired and Stewart hands over the win after a centerline infraction and Moore advances to the final.

Will Simplot and Wink Eller (licensed here this weekend) in the semi final match up-and Simplot will face the Champ, Moore in the final.

Pro Mod: Greg Krenik who set the 8.81 record this weekend paired with Randy Borho- Krenik had him at the tree, but Borho catches him for the win and it will be Borho in the final against Greg Kuypers who advanced on a solo.

Street Pro: Andy Simon advances on the bye to take on Zach Johnson in the final. Johnson advanced over Robbie McCaa extra big end horsepower after a huge holeshot start from McCaa. Johnson ran a 9.40 to a 9.63 from McCaa.

5:30pm

Pro Stock: Beltramini advances on the solo run to the final against Junior Pippin who got by Greg Krenik.

Pro Gas: Lozano gets out on the holeshot against Karen Wagner and advances while David Feazell advances to the final on the semi final bye with his best run of the weekend (7.47).

5:20pm-

Top Fuel semi-final action: Drums Brancaccio and Steve Stordeur in a great side by side drag race and Drums gets there first with a 6.52 to a 6.54 from Stordeur.

On the other side, Doug Vancil and Jay Turner paired for another dead even race to the end when Vancil pulled it out with a 6.55 to a 6.67 from Turner.

Drums and Vancil headed to the final later!!

5:04pm

Last check, the track temp was 113 ..down from the earlier 136! It’s still a scorcher here in Phoenix and we are headed in to the semis starting with Top Fuel:

4:36pm- Nitro Outlaw Harley fired back up with a healthy group of nitro riders going for their shot at the $500 bucks, courtesy of Barnett Clutches.

Stay tuned for results from regular competition once the Outlaws are completed and eliminations resume.

4:15pm

Barnett Nitro Harley out for their first session of the day, but we are on competition hold for track clean-up. Meanwhile, Stephanie has punched in all the numbers up until this point, so the results are current for all rounds that have run. We still have a few sportsman quarter finals and then it’s time for the semi’s. Stand by for the signal that we have fired them back up at Firebird!

2:00pm

Round one sessions still under way with the sportsman classes on the track. The Pro’s were due out again at 2pm, but we will hold off on interrupting until everyone’s first session is complete and also to allow fans to get through the line up anxiously awaiting an autograph from the legendary Willie G. Davidson. Willie G surprised us all this morning with a surprise appearance at the riders meeting where he spoke to racers and expressed his appreciation for the sport. “Nancy and I came out for our fuel fix today” he said with a big grin.

Racing continues under very warm sunny skies and I’ll turn you over to the ladder pages for today’s results as Stephanie’s fingers bang the keys as fast as they can!

We will be back with any breaking news or changes to the schedule. Next Pro round should happen around 3pmPT.

1:00pm

We fired em’ up ran a couple of pairs and then had some..shall I say it??..Oil!

Anyhoo..we are now bringing a pair out to restart the session. So far..Steve Stordeur got by Joe Sternotti to the next round..Drums Brancaccio and Tracy Kile both had problems on their pass, and it was Drums that was able to get it to the stripe with smoke along the way. Jack Romine advanced with ease after Chicago Joe left before activating the tree and the Champ and #1 qualifyer, Mike Romine was just upset big in the opener by Griz Robinson. Both were struggling early on the pass and Romine left some debris along the way while Robinson was able to pull out the upset.

The session is on hold briefly to clean up the debris and we will be back in action soon.

Stay tuned for the opening session numbers coming up after the round on the elimination pages of the Live Updates:

Good morning from Arizona! It seems we just left the track a few minutes ago instead of hours ago after a long night of qualifying. There were so many oil downs in the late evening session, I was beginning to think April Fools Day had moved in early as the calls kept coming to shut em down AGAIN! Oh well, a new day is here and we are looking for a smooth day of racing under sunny skies that are expected to get into very warm low 90’s.

The Sportsman classes ran the majority of qualifying under the lights here at Firebird- and it was Craig Wendt who ended up with the best reaction at the end of the day (.002) in ET qualifying to steal the spot from Tania Thompson who held the pole in the first round with her .007. Thompson moved to the #2 spot.

In Drag Masters Hot Street, the Champ, Bruce Croneberger took the #1 spot with his 10.268 best.

In a scarce field of S & S 124 class entries, Mike Roberts was #1 with a 9.814 and Grover Inks is #2 with a 10.290.

Larry Edmondson Jr, said he was ready to get rid of this #2 plate in 07 and he is on the right trail- leading the field in today’s eliminations with the #1 spot in V-Rod competition with a 9.572.

I ran into Julia Holliday late last night while the ladders were being posted and caught her cheering at the sight of her name at the top of the Super Sport field. Holliday’s 10.305 earned her that position in front of Jack Wagner’s 10.318.

Bob Drapp is dialed in like the champion he is with a nice 9.708 against the 9.70 index in Super Gas racing for the pole position.

Jeff Stevens, who had unfortunate luck when arriving in Phoenix with this trailer and bikes stolen didn’t let it stop him from reaching the top of the charts when Steve Horne lent him a Destroyer for the weekend that Stevens took to the #2 Super Gas spot with a 9.710.

Gary Douglass was near perfect in the Super Eliminator field with a 10.901 against the 10.90 index and Douglass will join the #1 qualifyers on the starting line today for rider introductions in the opening ceremony.

Daniel Harvey decided to pull out of the Destroyer field yesterday, but he stayed in the SEP competition to take the #1 qualifying spot with a near dead on 11.504 in the 11.50 class.

L.E. Tonglet is looking for the back-to-back Destroyer win here in Phoenix after finishing the day in the #1 spot with his 9.249 at 142mph. Douglas Horne spared some time from his new fuel ride to climb on his Destroyer and ride it to the #2 spot with a 9.322. Horne also sits in the top half of a tough Pro Fuel field.

Julia Holliday holds the #1 Super Sport spot and faired well in the Destroyer line up as well with a 9.328 for the 3^rd spot.

That’s a peek at today’s #1 qualifyers in the Sportsman categories, and they are on the track now in early rounds of elimination’s to narrow the fields for today’s show that kicks off at 12:30pm.

Stephanie will have all your results on the ladder pages today right here on AHDRA Live Updates.

Stay tuned for the action.

Saturday, March 31^st – Qualifying Day at Firebird Int’l Raceway

11:00pm-

Believe it or not- more oil downs followed throughout the night, but we have now completed the final pair of sportsman! Good night.

9:10pm-

Well some lucky ET racer has quite the oil clean up tab with that one taking 59 minutes!

We are now back racing, but it is going to be quite a long rest of the night.

OMG!! Oh my gosh that is..we have another major oil down..it’s 8:22pm..we still have 9 classes yet to run to finish the night..need I say more?

Final Round Top Fuel:

7:00pm- Finally back in action. Tracy Kile comes out and gets in the sixes and goes from #20 to #13. Phil Schmidt still left to run but kills the switch after the burnout and Joey Sternotti gets to come back for that rerun- so stay tuned for the numbers coming up on the result pages.

That will do it for Pro qualifying with the exception of a Pro Gas and Top Fuel rerun which will be posted should it affect the order.

We still have quite a bit of sportsman qualifying left to do tonight so we are looking at a late one.

Stay tuned.

6:37pm

A hat trick of foam blocks taken out on the Vancil-Sternotti pairing in the final round, so we are on hold to replace them. Vancil was off his earlier pace with the centerline visit, but stays #2 currently. Sternotti will get a rerun on the pass interference.

With 2 pairs left to go- Mike Romine has grabbed the #1 spot, Vancil is #2, Shigematsu is 3^rd, Drums Brancaccio is 4^th, Jack Romine is 5^th for the top five. Bill Furr is standing by to see if he will make the show. He ran a 7.71 and sits in the #16 spot and eagerly waiting to see the outcome of the remaining pairs. So are we!

Back in action shortly.

Mike Romine just ran a 6.41 and takes over the #1 spot but the round is not over yet..stay tuned!

6:19pm

Pro Fuel: Jay Turner (6.69) and Armon Furr (6.78) both go quicker and will head into tomorrows show #1 (Turner) and #2 (Furr).

Top Fuel on the track now. Back after the round to see the final order for tomorrow’s show.

6:03pm

Pro Gas:

Lozano kept his #1 spot, but a track error on Feazell’s final pass has evidentially earned him a re-run which will come later in the session. He wants a shot at the #1 spot.

5:47pm

Street Pro: Simon and Johnson stay #1 and #2. Verl Smitty Smith improved his numbers but stays #6. No changes in the order and Simon will take the #1 position for tomorrow’s elimination’s.

Pro Mod:

Krenik stays #1, and backs up his 8.81 with a 8.82 for the new record.

Pro Drag:

Will Simplot pulls out the only improvement in the final round (7.574) and stays in the #2 spot behind the leader, Rick Moore in the 3^rd round.

Pro Gas on deck..stay tuned.

5:02pm

The V-Rod Destroyers are finished with round #2 and Tonglet does not improve, but hangs on to top spot. Douglas Horne was better on the 2^nd pass and is now #2 with a 9.326 bumping Julia Holliday to 3^rd with a 9.328. Gene Thomason and Ronnie Fensick flip flop the #4 and #5 spot and Valerie Thompson who is here with Go.Daddy.com reps in full force is #6 after two rounds.

The status and the schedule plan: SEP bikes are now on the track for round #2. We will then run second round of Drag Masters Hot Street and interrupt to go back to the Pro’s 3^rd and final session.

Following the results? Here’s where we stand if you are looking for results for your favorite class as of 5:10pm.

Syn3 ET, V-Rod Destroyer have completed 2 rounds so far. SEP and Hot Street on deck for round #2.

Super Eliminator, SSC 124, Super Sport, V-Rod and Super Gas have all run one round only and will run 2^nd and 3^rd rounds following the final Pro round.

More coming for Firebird Int’l Raceway!

4:31pm

The “O” word (OIL) has us once again on hold during Destroyer qualifying. UGH!

L.E. Tonglet is headed in the right direction to grab a repeat event win with the current #1 spot at 9.24 after one round. Check out Super Sport champ, Julia Holliday’s 9.32 for the #2 spot after one round in a field with 25 entries here in Phoenix.

Douglas Horne still takes time away from his new toy (Pro Fuel bike) to stay on the top half of the Destroyer charts with a 9.386 for the 3^rd spot in front of Ronnie Fensick’s 9.38 for #4. Stay tuned to see if the scrambles after the completion of round two.

Still waiting for the all clear signal.

4:01pm

Screamin’ Eagle Top Fuel:

Doug Vancil goes from #16 to #1 with a 6.47 at 216mph… and Shigematsu moves to #2.

Great round with several delays, but here’s some of the news..

Chicago Joe clocks a 6.92 and moves from #15 to #12!

Drums Brancaccio improves with a 6.50 and goes from #9 to #3!

Jay Turner is now in the field with a 6.91 to go from #18 to #10!

Mike Romine clocks a 6.54 to improve his round one 6.61 and is 4^th in the field.

Bill Furr has yet to get a full pass in and has one shot left.

Steve Dorn boiled the tire in the 2^nd round and moves out of the field in the #17 spot with Mike Scott and Tracy Kile at #18 and #19.

Top Fuel rookie, Joey Sternotti is holding is own in a field of the best with the #7 spot on the DJ Johnson ride. Phil Schmidt is doing the same being relatively new to Top Fuel himself with the #6 spot.

The V-Rod Destroyers are on the track and we will run sportsman classes until 5:30pm and then it’s back for the final round of Pro’s. As I am typing this another oil down has occurred!

Stand by for update on the clean up.

3:28pm

The reds are off and we are a green light go to resume qualifying with Pro Stock.

Pippin improves his 8.19 from round one to a 8.18 to stay #1 and #2 qualifyer after two rounds is Mark Venia who jumped from a 8.22 to 8.21

Pro Fuel: Jay Tuner’s earlier 6.717 keeps the #1 position and check out the newcomer to the fuel category..Douglas Horne is in the 2^nd spot with a 6.877 best in front of veteran and champ, Armon Furr’s 6.904 (improved in the round) and the #2 plateholder—John Breckenridge’s 6.916

Top Fuel pulling to the line to start their 2^nd session.

3:10pm—Whoa..that clean up is more involved than originally reported. We have about 75ft of the “O” word to clean up from the Pro Stock round- so stand by to resume qualifying with Pro Stock and then Top Fuel following the clean-up.

3:02pm

Pro Gas- Lozano did not improve in round #2 but stays #1 with a 7.322 . Dave Feazell improves (7.590) from his round one 7.865 to stay #2. Eleven entries in the field so far.

Track clean-up in process..so we are on a competition hold for about 10 or 15 minutes.

2:44pm

McCaa’s Enterprises Street Pro, Samson Pro Modified, and Kresto Pro Drag have all completed a 2^nd session and Rush Performance Pro Gas is on deck for round #2.

Andy Simon stays #1 in Street Pro with a 8.861 at 151.02 and Zach Johnson who drew gasps from the crowd with his huge round one wheel stand is #2 with a 9/19 best.

In Pro Mod, Krenik did not improve, but keeps #1 with his (record mark) 8.81 at 147.83.

Rick Moore didn’t improve in the Pro Drag round but is still on top.

Pro Gas and Pro Fuel in the lanes and coming up shortly.

1:47pm

Syn3 ET Round #2 now on the track and we will break away to return to Pro Qualifying.

Update on the schedule in case you are checking up on numbers from your favorite class..

All classes have completed round one and all results are posted for round one.

ET class is on the track for round two. We’ll be back to update you when the Pro’s return for their 2^nd session.

1:15pm:

Pro’s have completed 1^st round of the day following a few delays for scattered parts and pieces. Tak Shigematsu finished out the Top Fuel session with the best lap at 6.49 and 212mph. Tommy Grimes had the spot prior to Shigematsu’s run with a 6.60 which leaves him in the #2 spot. Mike Romine grabbed the 3^rd spot in the field with the top speed of the round at 213.98mph (6.61).

We are just over an hour behind following some delays in round one and expect to call the next Pro session at 2:00pm (PT). Stay tuned for the numbers!

12:14pm

Pro Qualifying still underway for the Pro’s and we are standing by to return to Sportsman qualifying. I will apologize in advance for delayed results, but we are having our share of compulink computer problems in the tower with a “green” staff from Firebird. I’m standing over them so not able to provide highlights on this page. Be patient with Stephanie as she enters the results as fast as they get them to her..which so far has been painfully slow!!

11;00am-

Race Update: Sportsman qualifying classes completed up to the Super Eliminator class and we are now interrupting to run the Pro’s opening session. We will resume with sportsman qualifying beginning with SSC 124 following the Pro session.

Qualifying note: Tania Thompson grabbed the #1 spot in the Syn3 ET class with 62 entries in the first round. Thompson took the pole with a .007.

The numbers are being entered

Good morning from Arizona. The skies are sunny and the temps are pleasant currently with mid 80’s in the forecast. Qualifying is under way with the Syn3 ET first session and a full day is on tap with at least 300 racers teched in here at Firebird Int’l Raceway.

Stephanie Druschel is on the keyboards with your race results this weekend, so stay tuned to the results pages for all the numbers from today’s qualifying.

I’ll check in here should there be any breaking news or delays to report.

Friday, March 30th

10:00am- Gates open for parking- racers and vendors.

10:00am- Tech and Registration open

2:00-7:00pm- AHDRA Test and Tune Session

Saturday, March 31^st

7:00am- Gates open. Tech and Registration Open

9:00am- Qualifying for Sportsman Classes

11:00am- Qualifying for Pro Classes

Sunday, April 1^st

8:00am- Gates Open. Tech and Registration Open

9:00am- Eliminations for Sportsman classes (as needed to narrow the fields to 16 or less)

12:15pm- Opening Ceremonies

12:30pm- Pro Eliminations begin