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ROCKINGHAM DRAGWAY
RACE RESULTS & NEWS
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GRIMES
DOMINATES JIM
MCCLURE
ALL-HARLEY RACE
Beats Turner in
Top Fuel Final;
Vickers Sets
Record En Route
to Pro Fuel Win
ROCKINGHAM, N.C.
– NHRA champion
Tommy Grimes
maintained his
dominance at
Rockingham
Dragway Sunday
by beating
fellow
Carolinian and
newly-crowned
IHRA champion
Jay Turner in
the final round
of the 24th
annual AMRA Jim
McClure All
Harley Nitro
Nationals.
Grimes qualified
No. 1 at The
Rock for the
fifth
consecutive year
with an all-time
best AMRA time
of 6.157
seconds. He also
raised the Ray
Price Harley own
AMRA speed
record to 231.60
miles per hour
before beating
Turner to the
finish in the
final round by a
narrow .028 of a
second.
Fittingly,
Donnie Huffman
of Lakeland,
Fla., clinched
three AMRA
national
championships
Sunday, boosting
his career total
to 19 and
breaking the
record formerly
held by the
event’s
namesake.
McClure won 18
national titles
in his career.
Huffman was the
event’s only
double winner.
After beating
James Garey of
Hernando, Miss.,
to win in Street
Eliminator, he
stopped Nate
Carnahan of
Powhaton, Va.,
to prevail in
Super Pro.
Grimes and
Huffman weren’t
alone as record
setters Sunday.
They were joined
by Johnny
Vickers of
Millers Creek,
N.C., who
dropped his own
Pro Fuel record
from 7.210 to
7.185 seconds on
the way to the
Rockingham
winners’ circle.
Other winners
were Bill “Billy
Jack” Jackson of
Honeybrook, Pa.,
in Nitro Funny
Bike and Gary
Douglass of
Staunton, Va.,
in Pro Mod.
The Rock returns
to four-wheel
racing this week
when Tony
Saraceni and
Yuengling,
America’s oldest
brewery, present
Powerfest 3
featuring a
$10,000-to-win
Saturday show
and a host of
special awards.
ROCKINGHAM, N.C.
– Elimination
results from
Sunday’s 24th
annual AMRA/Jim
McClure
All-Harley Nitro
Nationals at
Rockingham
Dragway:
TOP FUEL
Qualifying – 1.
Tommy Grimes,
Winston-Salem,
N.C., 6.157,
231.60 mph; 2.
Randall Andras,
Amelia, La.,
6.330, 217.67
mph; 3. Jay
Turner, Julian,
N.C., 6.364,
220.12 mph; 4.
Ricky “Sharkey”
House, Humble,
Texas, 6.389,
206.16 mph; 5.
Tii Tharpe, East
Bend, N.C.,
6.421, 186.07
mph; 6. Jim
Fagon, Valley
City, Ohio,
6.466, 206.57
mph; 7. Jake
Stordeur,
Goshen, Ohio,
6.707, 160.96
mph; 8. Frank
Capone,
Walmfield,
Mass., 6.727,
171.95 mph.
Round 1 – Ricky
“Sharkey” House,
Humble, Texas,
8.518, 124.83
mph, def. Tii
Tharpe, East
Bend, N.C.,
10.552, 93.71
mph; Jay Turner,
Julian, N.C.,
6.487, 211.93
mph, def. Jim
Fagon, Valley
City, Ohio,
6.522, 201.34
mph; Jake
Stordeur,
Goshen, Ohio,
6.501, 212.39
mph, def.
Randall Andras,
6.511, 216.90
mph; Tommy
Grimes,
Winston-Salem,
N.C., 6.351,
222.77 mph, def.
Frank Capone,
Walmfield,
Mass., 9.747,
98.14 mph.
Semifinals –
Turner, 6.643,
163.67 mph, def.
Stordeur, 6.828,
184.32 mph;
Grimes, 6.263,
230.45 mph, def.
House, 6.408,
212.36 mph.
FINAL – Tommy
Grimes,
Winston-Salem,
N.C., 6.271,
229.70 mph, def.
Jay Turner,
Julian, N.C.,
6.311, 222.18
mph.
PRO FUEL
Qualifying – 1.
Kirby Apathy,
Deland, Fla..
7.128, 174.57
mph; 2. Johnny
Vickers, Millers
Creek, N.C.,
7.263, 169.83
mph; 3. Janette
Thoenley,
Statesville,
N.C., 7.299,
170.19 mph; 4.
Kevin Garrow,
Philadelphia,
Pa., 7.370,
167.18 mph.
Round 1, Kirby
Apathy, Deland,
Fla., 8.821,
117.67 mph, def.
John McConnell,
Darlington, Md.,
9.001, 139.30
mph; Tyler
Wilson, Walnut
Cove, N.C.,
7.699, 148.38
mph, def. Keith
Kelley, Dickson,
Tenn., 15.869,
53.30 mph;
Johnny Vickers,
Millers Creek,
N.C., 7.253,
168.16 mph, def.
Mani George,
Montreal,
Quebec, Canada,
15.225, 51.60
mph; Janette
Thoenley,
Statesville,
N.C., 7.340,
166.58 mph, def.
Jay Beasley,
Winston-Salem,
N.C., no time;
Rich Vreeland,
Bloomsburg, Pa.,
l13.276, 68.09
mph, def. Dennis
Fisher, Dayton,
Ohio, no time;
Rocky Jackson,
Youngsville,
La., 7.793,
158.33 mph, def.
Kevin Garrow,
Philadelphia,
Pa., 7.651,
162.08 mph.
Round 2 –
Thoenley, 7.295,
166.48 mph, def.
Jackson, 7.644,
166.17 mph;
Vickers, 7.181,
168.11 mph, def.
Wilson, 7.690,
147.62 mph;
Apathy, 7.237,
158.15 mph, def.
Vreeland, 9.084,
99.44 mph.
Semifinals –
Apathy, 7.325,
169.27 mph, bye;
Vickers, 7.185,
164.83 mph, def.
Thoenley, 7.266,
174.71 mph.
FINAL – Johnny
Vickers, Millers
Creek, N.C.,
7.253, 165.29
mph, def. Kirby
Apathy, Deland,
Fla., no time.
NITRO FUNNY BIKE
Qualifying – 1.
Rich Vreeland,
Bloomsburg, Pa.,
6.798, 198.09
mph; 2. Billy
Jack Jackson,
Honeybrook, Pa.,
6.812, 202.00
mph; 3. Jay
Beasley,
Winston-Salem,
N.C., 7.026,
188.78 mph; 4.
Keith Browne,
Semora, :N.C.,
7.119, 177.81
mph.
Round 1 – Rich
Vreeland,
Bloomsburg, Pa.,
6.794, 200.38
mph, bye; Keith
Browne, Semora,
N.C., 7.018,
183.24 mph, def.
Rocky Jackson,
Youngsville,
La., no time;
Jay Beasley,
Winston-Salem,
N.C., .7.387,
192.28 mph, def.
Sam White,
Columbia, S.C.,
no time; Billy
Jack Jackson,
Honeybrook, Pa.,
6.876, 192.14
mph, def. Jake
Stordeur,
Goshen, Ohio,
8.391, 122.43
mph.
Semifinals –
Vreeland, 7.064,
189.15 mph, def.
Browne, no time;
Jackson, 6.780,
198.50 mph, def.
Beasley, 9.274,
95.19 mph.
FINAL – Billy
Jack Jackson,
Honeybrook, Pa.,
6.876, 199.52
mph, def. Rich
Vreeland,
Bloomsburg, Pa.,
9.683, 99.52
mph.
PRO MOD
Round 1 – Jason
Adams,
Gainesville,
Ga., 8.401,
155.90 mph, def.
Morry Straubel,
Wyoming, Mich.,
no time; Gary
Douglass,
Staunton, Va.,
8.567, 148.97
mph, def. Hank
Stanton, East
Rochester, N.Y.,
8.698, 144.83
mph; Ryan Oehler,
Bloomington,
Tenn., 8.360,
155.13 mph, def.
Jerry Lee Colyd,
Kokomo, Ind.,
13.116, 101.90
mph; John Price,
Emmitsburg, Md.,
8.659, 146.15
mplh, def.
Loreto “Larry”
Pesce, Newark,
Del., 25.815,
42.06 mph.
Semifinals –
Douglass, 9.019,
128.96 mph, def.
Adams, foul;
Price, 8.547,
149.76 mph, def.
Oehler, 19.388,
36.56 mph.
FINAL – Gary
Douglass,
Staunton, Va.,
8.511, 143.06
mph, def. John
Price,
Emmitsburg, Md.,
8.531, 149.98
mph.
OTHER FINALS:
PRO GAS – Mike
Pearce, NA,
7.923, 161.11
mph, def. Billy
Doherty, Lake
Charles, La.,
8.215, 153.58
mph.
MODIFIED – Don
Leslie Jr.,
Pinson, Tenn.,
9.388, 135.41
mph, def. Gary
Douglass,
Staunton, Va.,
9.721, 133.91
mph.
OUTLAW STREET –
Gregg Dahl,
Uniontown, Pa.,
8.323, 156.94
mph, def.
Stephanie Crete,
Victoriaville,
Quebec, Canada,
8.561, 159.17
mph.
HOT STREET –
Troy Young,
Wirtz, Va.,
9.717, 136.33
mph, def.
Charley
Douglass,
Staunton, Va.,
10.130, 135.00
mph;
DRESSER – David
Dennick, Eighty
Four, Pa.,
10.199, 129.80
mph, def. Paul
Vicory, New
Carlisle, Ohio,
10.284, 134.60
mph.
STREET
ELIMINATOR –
Donnie Huffman,
Lakeland, Fla.,
11.438, 106.04
mph, def. James
Garey, Hernando,
Miss., 11.422,
110.03 mph.
TOP SPORTSMAN –
Troy Young,
Wirtz, Va.,
9.671, 136.58
mph, def.
Charlie
Douglass,
Staunton, Va.,
10.092, 134.35
mph.
OPEN STREET –
Christopher
Wyckoff, NA,
13.244 on a
12.60 target,
103.06 mph, def.
Danny Register,
NA, 13.308 on a
12.340 target,
97.01 mph.
ELIMINATOR –
Bill Rowe Jr.,
Hellertown, Pa.,
10.025 on a
10.200, 131.81
mph, def. Chris
Wood, Goldsboro,
N.C., 9.820
breakout on a
10.000, 131.27
mph.
PRO ELIMINATOR –
David Higgs,
Ormond, Fla.,
10.864, 101.07
mph, def. Greg
Gross,
Proctorville,
Ohio, 10.815
breakout, 99.99
mph.
SUPER PRO –
Donnie Huffman,
Lakeland, Fla.,
10.324, 114.20
mph, def. Nate
Carnahan,
Powhaton, Va.,
10.429, 106.84
mph.
TOP ELIMINATOR –
Dennis Waldron,
Owings, Md.,
9.390, 130.81
mph, def. Bob
Drapp, Winter
Haven, Fla.,
9.439, 139.13
mph.
SUPER COMP –
Freddy Frazier,
Sanford, N.C.,
8.890, 134.23
mph, def. Billy
Doherty, Lake
Charles, La.,
8.858 breakout,
144.77 mph.
SUPER GAS – Joe
Peterson, NA,
9.910, 129.90
mph, def. Andy
Horn, St. Louis,
Mo., 9.859
breakout, 116.14
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