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HORNE
DOUBLES UP AT
ROCKINGHAM’S AHDRA
JIM MCCLURE
NATIONALS
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Douglas Horne
applied an
exclamation point to
an already
spectacular season
Sunday with a pair
of national records
and a double-up
victory in the Jim
McClure Nitro
Nationals presented
by the Carolina
Harley-Davidson
Dealers Association
at Rockingham
Dragway.
Horne swept the Top
Fuel and Pro Fuel
titles for the third
time this season,
set the All-Harley
Drag Racing
Association speed
record at a
thundering 233.68
miles per hour and
the Pro Fuel record
for quarter mile
time at 6.502,
eclipsing the 6.514
standard he himself
set en route to
victory at
Rockingham in last
May’s Spring Nitro
Nationals. |
A total of 12 AHDRA
performance records
were established in
the event which
commemorates the
career of the late
Jim McClure, a
former AHDRA winner
at Rockingham and a
member of Carolina
Harley-Davidson
Dealers Association
at Rockingham
Dragway.
Horne, the
23-year-old phenom
from Aberdeen, Md.,
won his 13th and
14th races in a
season in which he
almost doubled the
points totals of his
primary rivals in
both the Top Fuel
and Pro Fuel
categories. Although
he never before had
won Top Fuel at The
Rock, his Pro Fuel
win was his fourth
straight.
Horne, who also has
been successful in
the NHRA Pro Stock
Motorcycle Series
where he was
runner-up three
times on the way to
a fifth place finish
in 2009, beat Tommy
Grimes of Pfafftown
in the Top Fuel
final and Randal
Andras of Amelia,
La. for the Pro Fuel
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Grimes, riding
the
Raleigh-based
bike of Harley
legend Ray
Price, lowered
the Top Fuel
record from
6.224 to 6.215
seconds with a
booming second
round victory
over Robert
Stewart of
Gloucester, Va.,
but he suffered
a mechanical
failure against
Horne that
denied him any
shot at his
second victory
this season.
Other pro
winners included
Shaun Reno of
Hayes, Va., in
Pro Stock; Mark
Cox of
Wilkesboro,
N.C., in Pro
Drag; Keith
Browne of Semora,
N.C., in Pro
Gas; and Jason
Adams of Flowery
Branch, Ga., in
Pro Modified.
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Among the Sportsman
winners were Bruce
Cronenberg III of
Cressona, Pa., who
doubled-up in Right
Quick Street Pro and
Hot Street; Chris
Hoppe of Pennington,
N.J., in Super Gas,
Donnie Huffman of
Lakeland, Fla., in
Super Sport; Devin
Winters of Richmond,
Ill., in Super
Eliminator; K.W.
Seneca of Irving,
N.Y., in Screamin’
Eage SEP; Nick
Gonatas Jr. of
Cortland, Ohio, in
Screamin’ Eagle
Destroyer; and Derek
Christensen of
Hellam, Pa., in ET.
Horne, who crashed
his bike at 200 mph
and missed six races
during the 2009
season, won his
eighth tour event in
Top Fuel and 18th in
Pro Fuel since he
first burst onto the
scene at age 19.
En route to the Top
Fuel title, he beat
veteram former
champion Jay Turner
of Julian, N.C., in
the semifinals. His
four round series
was the quickest in
history at 6.261,
6.222, 6.296 and
6.291 seconds.
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Results from
Sunday’s Jim McClure
Nitro Nationals,
final race in the
AHDRA Series, at
Rockingham Dragway:
TOP FUEL
Qualifying – 1.
Tommy Grimes,
Pfafftown, N.C.,
6.217, 223.88 mph;
2. Douglas Horne,
Aberdeen, Md.,
6.242, 229.94 mph;
3. Joey Sternotti,
Blackwood, N.J.,
6.256, 232.43 mph;
4. Randal Andras,
Amelia, La., 6.258,
224.47 mph; 5. Steve
Dorn, Milwaukie,
Ore., 6.347, 226.70
mph; 6. Tracy Kile,
Leicester, N.C.,
6.419, 207.27 mph;
7. Damian Cownden,
Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada,
6.478, 219.29 mph;
8. Takeshi
Shigematsu, Iyo,
Ehime, Japan, 6.494,
217.60 mph.
Round 1 – Robert
Steward, Gloucester,
Va., 6.398, 224.24
mph, def. Takeshi
Shigematsu, Iyo,
Ehime, Japan, 9.166,
98.75 mph; Larry
“Drums” Brancaccio,
Nutley, N.J., 7.804,
210.11 mph, def.
Randal Andras,
Amelia, La., 7.956,
204.32 mph; Steve
Dorn, Milwaukie,
Ore., 6.318, 225.86
mph, def. Russell
Sowers, Hermitage,
Pa., no time;
Douglas Horne,
Aberdeen, Md.,
6.261, 232.59 mph,
def. Chuck Jones,
St. Petersburg,
Fla., 15.199, 60.08
mph; Damian Cowndon,
Victoria, British
Columbia, Canada,
6.643, 191.51 mph,
def. Armon Furr,
Orangeburg, S.C.,
6.854, 203.06 mph;
Jay Turner, Julian,
N.C., 6.372, 216.72
mph, def. Joey
Sternotti,
Blackwood, N.J.,
6.558, 222.99 mph;
Tracy Ile,
Leicester, N.C.,
6.473, 202.73 mph,
def. Jason Pridemore,
Garrettsville, Ohio,
7.804, 140.23 mph;
Tommy Grimes,
Pfafftown, N.C.,
6.249, 219.40 mph,
def. Larry Stanley,
Coopley, Ohio,
7.737, 170.97 mph.
Round 2 – Grimes,
6.215, 222.88 mph,
def. Stewart, no
time; Dorn, 6.369,
225.90 mph, def.
Brancaccio, 6.491,
181.91 mph; Horne,
6.222, 227.80 mph,
def. Cownden, 7.406,
148.07 mph; Turner,
6.284, 222.14 mph,
def. Kile, 6.511,
210.87 mph.
Semifinals – Grimes,
6.286, 221.96 mph,
def. Dorn, 10.108,
98.57 mph; Horne,
6.296, 230.92 mph,
def. Turner, 17.149,
63.17 mph.
FINAL – Douglas
Horne, Aberdeen,
Md., 6.291, 233.68
mph, def. Tommy
Grimes, Pfafftown,
N.C., no time.
RUSH PRO FUEL
Qualifying – 1.
Douglas Horne,
Aberdeen, Md.,
6.527, 216.86 mph;
2. Randal Andras,
Amelia, La., 6.610,
197.54 mph; 3.
Rickey House,
Humble, Texas,
6.656, 204.54 mph;
4. Bill Purvis,
Lafayette, La.,
6.976, 189.15 mph.
Round 1 – Dean
Comunal,
Stroudsburg, Pa.,
6.870, 200.53 mph,
def. Bill Purvis,
Lafayette, La.,
8.920, 100.82 mph;
Randal Andras,
Amelia, La., 6.548,
210.14 mph, def.
Greg Grove,
Shelbyville, Tenn.,
6.906, 182.08 mph;
Rickey House,
Humble, Texas,
10.041, 91.64 mph,
def. Jack Romine,
Centreville, Mich.,
no time; Douglas
Horne, Aberdeen,
Md., 6.502, 206.51
mph, def. Chris
Streeter, Cleveland,
Ohio, 6.616, 199.94
mph.
Semifinals – Horne,
6.679, 194.27 mph,
def. Comunal, 6.819,
202.88 mph; Andras,
9.281, 94.41 mph,
def. House, foul.
FINAL – Douglas
Horne, Aberdeen,
Md., 6.584, 212.36
mph, def. Randal
Andras, Amelia, La.,
6.732, 207.27 mph.
VERVE PRO STOCK
Semifinals – K.W.
Seneca, Irving,
N.Y., 8.614, 156.96
mph, def. John
Marinelli, Debary,
Fla., foul; Shaun
Reno, Hayves, Va.,
bye.
FINAL – Shaun Reno,
Hayes, Va., 8.039,
166.83 mph, def. K.W.
Seneca, Irving,
N.Y., 8.765, 149.43
mph.
HAWAYA PRO DRAG
Round 2 – Mark Cox,
Wilkesboro, N.C.,
7.277, 173.81 mph,
def. Johnny Vickers,
Millers Creek, N.C.,
7.739, 164.95 mph;
Rocky Jackson,
Youngsville, La.,
7.276, 165.54 mph,
def. Bill Purvis,
Lafayette, La.,
7.392, 168.64 mph;
Kirby Apathy,
Bloomington, Ind.,
7.204, 188.25 mph,
def. Dale Nilles,
Westminster, Colo.,
7.513, 166.23 mph;
Steve Pier,
Hatfield, Pa.,
7.423, 165.66 mph,
def. Craig Pelrine,
Redwater, Alberta,
Canada, foul.
Semifinals – Cox,
7.098, 175.21 mph,
def. Jackson, 9.402,
97.70 mph; Pier,
7.234, 172.50 mph,
def. Apathy, 7.286,
181.13 mph.
FINAL – Mark Cox,
Wilkesboro, N.C.,
7.223, 174.14 mph,
def. Steve Pier,
Hatfield, Pa.,
7.532, 160.63 mph.
RUSH PRO GAS
Round 1 – Joey
Sternotti,
Blackwood, N.J.,
7.310, 175.16 mph,
def. Lee Hitz,
Annville, Pa.,
8.713, 152.66 mph;
Jay Wagner, Warsaw,
Ind., 7.465, 177.28
mph, def. Clint
Riley, Greenville,
S.C., 8.462, 162.27
mph; Keith Browne,
Semora, N.C., 6.983,
198.35 mph, def.
Keith Williams,
Myrtle Beach, S.C.,
12.325, 70.06 mph.
Semifinals –
Sternotti, 7.212,
180.62 mph, def.
Wagner, 7.459,
178.90 mph; Browne,
bye.
FINAL – Keith
Browne, Semora,
N.C., 7.170, 189.23
mph, def. Joey
Sternotti,
Blackwood, N.J.,
7.426, 174.89 mph.
K&K MARINE PRO MOD
Round 1 – Hank
Stanton, East
Rochester, N.Y.,
8.482, 154.94 mph,
def. Donald “Keith”
Riddell, Taylor
Mill, Ky., 8.498,
159.49 mph; Frank
Capone, Wakefield,
Mass., 8.602, 155.69
mph, def. Billy Joe
Bowman,
Philadelphia, Pa.,
9.043, 147.63 mph;
Jason Adams, Flowery
Branch, Ga., 8.405,
161.65 mph, def.
Gary Douglass,
Staunton, Va.,
8.770, 148.51 mph;
Bruce Croneberger
III, Cressona, Pa.,
8.420, 153.67 mph,
def. Bruce Chandler,
Irving, N.y., 8.516,
256.08 MPH; Joey
Thomson, Hopewell,
N.J., 8.463, 155.42
mph, def. John Price
Emmitsburg, N.C., no
time.
Semifinals –
Croneberger, 12.052,
86.01 mph, def.
Thomson, foul;
Adams, 8.397, 158.61
mph, def. Stanton,
foul.
FINAL – Jason Adams,
Flowery Branch, Ga.,
8.417, 160.79 mph,
def. Bruce
Croneberger III,
Cressona, Pa., foul.
OTHER FINALS:
RIGHT QUICK STREET
PRO – Bruce
Croneberger III,
Cressona, Pa., def.
Charley Douglass,
Staunton, Va.
BISON RACING SUPER
GAS – Chris Hoppe,
Pennington, N.J.,
def. Scott
Kirkpatrick, New
Ellenton, S.C.
AHDRA SUPER SPORT –
Donnie Huffman,
Lakeland, Fla., def.
Brad Croneberger,
Valley View, Pa.
RUSH SUPER
ELIMINATOR – Kevin
Winters, Richmond,
Ill., def. Rebel
Glover, Holly Hill,
Fla.
SCREAMIN’ EAGLE SEP
– K.W. Seneca,
Irving, N.Y., def.
Jim Sweet, Osceola,
Ind.
SCREAMIN’ EAGLE
DESTROYER – Nick
Gonatas Jr.,
Cortland, Ohio, def.
Brian MacAlister,
Yorkville, Ohio.
SYN 3 ET – Derek
Christensen, Hellam,
Pa., def. Toni
Blevins, West Point,
Va.
AHDRA HOT STREET –
Bruce Croneberger
III, Cressona, Pa.,
def. Charley
Douglass, Staunton,
Va.
Photos Thanks : Mike
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