Managing his trademark smile before eliminations began, reigning TF World Champ Mike Romine fell in round two against Joey Sternotti and lost his 6.39 track record but hit the quickest run of AHDRA’s wild Outlaw Eliminator, (open to all ousted nitro-burners after the second round), at 6.57/214. |
 Among the massive number of participating females in AHDRA action was Wisconsinite Kersten Heling’s 120-incher which qualified for the nitro-burning carbureted Kresto Pro Dragster field.
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 St. Louisan Andy Horn (far lane) broke his Destroyer before the event but decided at the last minute to enter his ‘94 “Fat Boy” street machine in the seven-round Syn3 ET brackethon. After stopping the most recent event winner, Bill Rowe, in the quarters with an incredible 0.001 RT, Horn’s ride, dubbed the “Tractor”, squared off with Dan Norlin’s Colorado V-Rod, a two-time finalist (and previous winner) in AHDRA’s $12,000-to-win season-ending bracket blowout. Norlin fouled by ten thousandths of a second and, all of a sudden, Horn’s Widman’s Cycles-sponsored had won the local rider’s biggest event title! |
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| The Screamin’ Eagle V-Rod Destroyer category is easily the most competitive on the AHDRA roster. Using the $35,000 factory-order H-D Destroyer nine-second dragbike as a base, no modifications of ANY KIND are permitted; bikes are even dyno-tested in tech to ensure factory horsepower and torque curves! Second through eighteenth qualifying positions were separated by only two tenths of a second but L.E. Tonglet, (GT’s brother), led qualifying by a tenth with a 9.15/142 and plowed through the 32-bike field to remain undefeated in the three ‘07 events contested, elating Mom and Dad. Three riders exceeded the 145 mph Destroyer speed record, (two were women including Julia Holiday’s 147.26 stunner), but none was able to back-up the records. |
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| The AHDRA does incorporate “late model” technology into several classes including DragMasters Hot Street where extended swing arms (a la outlaw four-cylinder street bikes) and Buell motors abound. Ohioan Tom Levak’s ’00 M2 Cyclone (shown) ran nonstop 10.40s before John Burdynski’s Texas Buell 10.36/126 beat it in the final. |
New Mexican Greg Krenik positively owned the revamped Samson Pro Modified division, leading the field with an 8.86/149 and clocking 8.80s all day before resetting the AHDRA PM speed record n the final with another 8.86 at 153.13 mph over Randy Borho. The Pro Mod division now uses smaller (113 cubic inch) naturally-aspirated gas-burning twins while the big-inch PM bikes of 2006 have been consolidated into Pro Stock Eliminator. |
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