FAST TRACK IN INDY LEADS TO NEW NATIONAL RECORDS
AT THE JOKER MACHINE INDY NATIONALS.

AHDRA’s first appearance at Indianapolis Raceway Park ended with plenty of excitement and new marks in the record books when Steve Stordeur of Goshen, OH, blazed the quarter mile with a 6.378 at 220.58 MPH in the final round of Screamin’ Eagle Nitro Harley Top Fuel competition.

Riding on the Mancuso Harley-Davidson sponsored bike, Stordeur bettered his own record ET (6.389, set in 2001) with the winning pass over RMC Racing’s Drums Brancaccio of Nutley, NJ. Fellow teammate Johnny Mancuso (Houston, TX) scored the MPH numbers that were good enough to set and back up a new MPH record with a 219.47 pass in Sunday’s opening round of eliminations, ousting Doug Vancil’s record of 217.25 set earlier in the season.

Top Fuel Winner Steve Stordeur	Pro Stock Winner Tom Bradford

In S & S Pro Stock action, Tom Bradford of Eagle, WI, improved his marks in the record books with a 7.293 quarter-mile ET record with the win over Dirk Higgins of Kirby, OH. Bradford also captured new 1/8-mile records with a 4.614 and a 152.57 MPH pass.

Tripp Nobles (Statesville, NC) “tripped” the ET record numbers in the finals of Screamin’ Eagle V-Rod with a 9.572 at 141.42 MPH over Jamie McNaughton of Milwaukee, WI, who scored the top speed of 141.62 MPH. Both McNaughton and Nobles took the V-Rods into the fifties over the weekend, bettering the existing record of 9.726.
James Dixon of Dubuque, IA, landed the new Dragmasters Hot Street top marks with his 10.430 ET and 128.25 MPH 1/4-mile numbers. Donnie Huffman (Lakeland, FL) came away with the win over Dixon in Sunday’s final round.

Pro Fuel Winner John Martin	V-Rod Winner Tripp Nobles

Other highlights included a first-time JIMS Pro Fuel win for Ohio’s John Martin.

Martin and the Aces and Eights H-D team came with several hundred fans in tow from the Cincinnati area and found themselves in the final round with Sam White after a center-line infraction from a disappointed Russ Hildenbrand (Ruffsdale, PA) disqualified his 7.074 at 194.58 over Martin’s 7.089 at 169.06 MPH pass. Martin went on to win with a 7.078 at 181.74 MPH over White’s 7.247 at 19.14 MPH.

Michael Mulderink of Chicago took the Kresto Pro Drag win over Russ Welch (College Station, TX), while Gary Stroud (Valparaiso, IN) upset defending champion Frank Dove in the Hayes Jeweler Pro Gas final. Dove, of Hughesville, MD, held the top numbers of the day with a 7.814 at 172.85 MPH, but mechanical gremlins kept him from making the final round call.

Hot Street Winner Donnie Huffman	Pro Drag Winner Michael Mulderink

Junior Pippin of Conyers, GA, was on pace all weekend and won the Joker Machine Pro Modified title with an 8.464 at 153.04 MPH over Ohio’s Paul Smith. Doug Morrow of Daytona Beach, FL, was the winner in Rivera-Primo Street Pro with a 9.304 at 147.04 MPH over defending champ Travis Lummus’s (Asheville, NC) 9.318 at 146.70 MPH. Lummus finished the weekend with the low ET of 9.132 and top speed of 150.60 MPH.

Defending champion Dale Miller of Liberty Center, OH, took the Redline Oil Super Gas win over Maryland’s Shawn Vantucci, while Julian Seaman (Emporia, KS) scored another Nonpareil Super Sport win after defeating #1 qualifier Wanda Poff (York, PA) in the final.

Mike Harrison of Uniontown, OH, defeated Wayne Pugh (Peralta, NM) for the Performance Corner Super Eliminator win. Returning to competition late in the season, John “The Juggler” Burdynski of Houston, TX, won the SEP trophy after defeating Charlie Walker of Brandon, MS. Chuck Eldridge (Philadelphia, PA) defeated John Hendrzak (Creswell, OR) in the Syn3 ET final.

The ESPN2 Inside Drag Racing crew was on hand for all the action at Sunday’s Joker Machine Indy Nationals. Broadcast dates will be posted later in the week on www.ahdra.com.

Geoff Arnold and the crew from Joker Machine put forth great promotional efforts for the first AHDRA event at IRP. Fans will be glad to hear that plans are in the works for a big return in 2004.

Next up for AHDRA is the Screamin’ Eagle Performance Parts Nationals presented by The Carolina Harley-Davidson Dealer Association, October 4th and 5th, Rockingham, NC.

Final Results - Joker Machine Indy Nationals

Screamin’ Eagle Nitro Harley Top Fuel
Steve Stordeur .118 6.378 220.58**
Larry “Drums” Branccacio .048 7.132 149.20

JIMS Pro Fuel
John Martin .227 7.078 181.74**
Sam White .110 7.247 195.14

S & S Cycle Pro Stock
Tom Bradford .060 7.293 180.21**
Dirk Higgins .046 7.715 165.94

Kresto Pro Drag
Michael Mulderink .366 7.719 169.91**
Russ Welch broke

Hayes Jewelers Pro Gas
Gary Stroud .429 8.068 169.81**
Frank Dove broke

Joker Machine Pro Modified
Junior Pippin .209 8.464` 153.04**
Paul Smith broke

Rivera Primo Street Pro
Doug Morrow .170 9.304 147.04**
Travis Lummus .182 9.318 146.70

Dragmasters Hot Street
Donnie Huffman.067 10.661 127.64**
Jim Dixon .217 10.865 120.83

Screamin’ Eagle V-Rod
Tripp Nobles .152 9.572 141.42**
Jamie McNaughton .069 9.737 139.88

Red Line Oil Super Gas-9.90
Dale Miller .084 9.925**
Shawn Vantucci .095 9.951

Nonpareil Super Sport-10.30
Julian Seaman .039 10.280**
Wanda Poff .113 10.247

Performance Corner Super Eliminator-10.90
Mike Harrison .047 10.954**
Wayne Pugh .097 10.836

SEP-11.50
John Burdynski .076 11.533 114.93**
Charlie Walker .098 11.470 101.05

Syn3ET
Chuck Eldridge .111 11.019 108.32**
JP Hendrzak .127 11.451 116.49

For more information on the 2003 AHDRA National Points Series, please contact 336-924-2095 or visit www.ahdra.com.