Screamin Eagle Performance Parts Race at the Rally

August 8^th and 9^th

Sturgis Dragway

ELIMINATION DAY

Finals complete. Griz Robinson leaves with top prize.

A good clean and safe event. Many happy winners and a cheering crowd supporting them was the way things wrapped up here in Sturgis. Lots of people are to be thanked for the nice event this turned out to be, including the Sturgis track staff, Screamin Eagle and a huge thanks to the racers who were outstanding in the words of Craig Tharpe.

Good night from Sturgis Dragway.

Finals nearing under the lights. Temperatures are dropping a bit bringing in cool air and competitors are gearing up for the final round of competition here at Sturgis Dragway. Stay tuned for all the results soon. We apologize for not having ladders up for Syn3 ET. The timing equipment here would not cooperate with the ladder set-up, so Iíll have to put them in manually here on this page a little later.

More from eliminations. The show continues with the sportsman on the track and round two of the Pros coming up shortly. Joe Sternotti and Verl Smith are pairing up for a little grudge racing in between rounds as they await their real match up in the Rivera Street Pro Final. In the first grudge run, Sternotti ran a 6.017 at 117.41mph to Smiths 6.383 at 107.94mph for the win. More from Sturgis coming up.

Eliminations underway at Sturgis Dragway. With beautiful sunny skies, a light breeze and a monster crowd in the stands eliminations kicked off with a huge welcome from Ron Hutchinson and Anne Paluso from the Harley Davidson Motor Company. Bob Frye is on hand with the crew from NHRA Today for ESPN2 along with several local and documentary television crews. The show is up and running with Top Fuel competitors on the track. Check out the results on www.ahdra live race update page.

RSBN.net will not be able to broadcast today due to technical problems with thieir T-1 system. They will be back with us next week in Bristol.

Qualifying finishes under the lights. Qualifying has concluded at Sturgis Dragway. We have our result files sorted for you and they should now be posted correctly. Tomorrows eliminations get underway at 4:00pm MDT.

Stay tune for all the action right here on www.ahdra.com..

Good night from Sturgis.

Final qualifying underway with Sportsman.

In the 2^nd round of Top Fuel, Griz Robinson moved in the front spot with a 4.582 at 167.96mph, moving Robert Smith to the 2^nd position. Greg Grove is now third with a 4.659 at 155.61mph. Still working on getting the qualifying orders sorted so they will post properly on the results page. The numbers will be posted once they get us up and running in the tower computer.

Update From Sturgis-

Qualifying is continuing, but we are having a round of computer problems on the tower end- with the eighth mile index changes and different computer system, we are having to configure a different method. Please bare with us as we try to get things in order so that we have proper ladders, etc.

Iíll be back with updates as soon as I can.

Top Fuel is out for 2^nd round right now.

Round Two Update: Sternotti moves in front of Smitty in Rivera Primo Street Pro, Bradford having problems in the box on the V-Rod and Truett trying to make a move in Pro Drag. Still more Pro Dragsters to go in the lanes here at Sturgis Dragway. Numbers coming up soon.

More from Qualifying:

Canadian Robert Smith and the Frantic Racing Team out of Langley, BC leads the Screamin Eagle Nitro Harley field after one round with a 4.601 at 155.05mph in the eighth mile. Griz Robinson is in the 2^nd spot with a 4.688 at 155.69mph. Greg Grove is here riding for Johnny Kool and the Kool Kompetition team and he finished 4^th in the first round followed by Edmonton, Candadas, Ken Kent in the 5^th spot. Ten bikes made up the first round of Nitro Harley qualifying and event sponsor and class sponsor Anne Paluso joined us in the tower with special guests, GT Tonglet and Andrew Hines.for all the opening round action. Hines and Tonglet are set up for autographs and pictures in between taking in the action trackside.

Qualifying continues as round two of Syn3 ET is in the lanes.

The weather is great, the crowd is gigantic and weve got two more rounds to go.The media is thick with local T.V. and radio station KSKY is broadcasting live with interviews from plenty of AHDRA stars in the pits.

Update from Qualifying:

Qualifying going great with fans pouring in the gates. Top Fuel bikes out for the first session of the day and sportsman classes are complete. Check the result pages for qualifying numbers. With a timing system not quite any other I have seen, the numbers come a little slower, but we will keep you updated as quickly as possible.

Qualifying Day at Sturgis Dragway

Good afternoon from Sturgis. We are under sunny skies here at a jammed packed Sturgis Rally. Here at the track things are fired up with free test and tune runs underway and qualifying begins at 4pm. A mix of competitors with a good fuel category turnout will get things started later today.

Pro Mod, Hot Street and Pro Stock are minus any entries here in Sturgis, but plenty of die hards are here in other classes to grab the cash and put on a good show.

Stay tuned for updates on ahdra.com

Test and Tune started up under the lights at Sturgis Dragway. Most of the fuel bikes holding back for tomorrows qualifying. Tom Bradford plans to give the Vrod class a try this weekend. Doc Hopkins, Ken Kent coming though the gates for more Nitro Harley entries and a variety of sportsman. Look for all the results on tomorrows qualifying beginning at 4pm. MDT

Good afternoon from Sturgis Dragway. AHDRA has arrived we are busy setting up for this weekends non points meet here at a huge 64^th Annual Black Hills Sturgis Rally.

Racers are lined up at the gate for a 2:00pm opening. Today we will host a test and tune session beginning at 6pm.

At the gate and on the pre registration roster are Mike Bahnmaier and the Mid-Continent Harley Davidson team, Chicago Joe, Greg Grove, Griz Robinson, Steve and Tony Ruggiero, Scott Truett, Gary Stroud to name a few.

Sixty competitors pre registered in various classes and plenty of calls coming in from anxious fans ready for racing action.

Drag Specialites, S & S Cycle are setting up in manufacturers row, the track is being prepped and we will be underway with qualifying tomorrow (Sunday) at 4:00pm (MDT).

Stay tuned for highlights and updates from the Screamin Eagle Performance Parts Race at the Rally.

Schedule of Events:

Saturday- Test and Tune 6-9pm

Sunday-Qualifying 4pm

Monday- Eliminations 4pm