Pleasant Racing at the AMRA Indiana Nationals
at Bunker Hill Indiana All Harley Drags!

We take the Winnebago Motor Home for a ride to the AMRA Nitro Harley Davidson Drags at the famous Bunker Hill motor speedway, Indiana's first drag strip.

Saturday morning we were on our way to three rounds of qualifying. The first round we chose the right lane, knowing from 22 years experience and this being our home track the right lane has the most traction and is the most level. Into the burn out box I go, with the tire hot and the fuel system wide open we are off, 10 feet out the motor revs to the clouds, we broke the primary chain. Off to the trailer we go to assess the damage.

Tuning the Barnett Clutch has shown us how well it handles 350 HP. With a new chain and prox sensor for the S&S crank we are back in business. Into the second round we soften our tune up a little and chose the right lane, into the lights, FLASH were gone, pulling left a little, but the pass is savable running. A 5.16 at 130.26 this qualified ! us at #6 we were happy.

Sunday morning it's raining, we can't seem to get away from it. We wait it out and about 12:00 noon the skies are blue and the track is dry, looks like a beautiful day for racing. Into the first round our competitor again is Gary Stroud. Gary ran a 4.93 Saturday to put him into the #3 spot for qualifying. Gary always being a great competitor we knew we needed an improvement of at least 2 tenths to beat him. My crew chief Dick Boxell makes the decision to adjust the timing one-degree. “Profuel to the lanes” the announcer calls, we ready the bike and are headed for the track. Pulling into the staging lanes we are put into the left lane. Gary’s qualifying better gave him lane choice. Not having a pass in this lane we make a gamble and leave our set up alone. Into the burn out box we go, with the tire hot and computer on we stage, FLASH were off, Gary pulls me on the bottom end with a better light, but about mid track I am gaining on him, pulling hard and straight!

We came close but again, but Gary runs a little better. Our 5.08 is a click behind his 4.98. Again I cant say enough about Gary and his girlfriend for being such great competitors. So off to Quenchers Bar & Grill to tell our friends about the weekend. Thanks to our sponsors Winnebago, Barnett, S&S Cycle, Quenchers, Deans Paint & Body, Pleasantville Cookie Co., Max Pitts Cycle Sales and B &D for their support.

THE BEST IS YET TO COME..