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TEAM BULLDOG BITES HARD IN SCREAMIN' EAGLE NITRO HARLEY AND MULTIPLE RECORDS SET AT THE S & S CYCLE MID-ATLANTIC NATIONALS PRESENTED BY ALL AMERICAN HARLEY-DAVIDSON AND HARLEY-DAVIDSON OF FREDERICK, JULY 19TH AND 20TH, 2003

WINSTON-SALEM, NC, July 30, 2003 - Weather conditions were pleasant and excitement was at a peak at AHDRA's mid-season stop at Maryland International Raceway.

The fans turned out in hearty numbers to see the best of the best battle it out on the newly renovated facility located in Budds Creek, Maryland. Maryland International Raceway owner Royce Miller and his staff provided a top-notch playground for three hundred-plus Harley drag racers to bring their "big boy (and girl) toys" out for a fun-filled, high-powered weekend of racing.

In Screamin' Eagle Nitro Harley action, Bill Furr and the OCR team from Orangeburg, SC, left the crowd wanting more after Saturday's 6.475, 214.72 mile-per-hour, number-one qualifying pass. While Furr's quarter-mile blast on Saturday was the quickest and fastest of the weekend, it was Jay Turner of Whitsett, NC, who pulled out the win aboard his Team Bulldog machine in the final against RMC Racing's Larry "Drums" Brancaccio. Turner collected the cash and the trophy with his 6.680 at 206.13 mph over Brancaccio's 7.255 at 152.52 mph pass.

Fortunate fans witnessed record-breaking numbers in several classes of competition throughout the weekend, including impressive numbers from Travis Lummus of Asheville, NC. Lummus landed all the spots in the record books in Rivera-Primo Street Pro competition with a 9.112 E.T. and a mile-per-hour record of 147.83 in the quarter mile. His eighth-mile marks were 5.844 at 122.20 mph. Even though Lummus swept the records, he was humble - and happy for Nicholas Gonatas after the Youngstown, OH, native beat Lummus in the final round. Gonatas bettered the record-setting champion's 9.575 at 146.34 mph with his own proud marks of 9.391 at 144.30 mph for the win.

Tom Bradford of Eagle, WI, collected the win over Hughesville, MD's Frank Dove in Hayes Jewelers Pro Gas competition; Bradford also added his name to the record books with new E.T. marks of 7.412 in the quarter mile and 4.709 in the eighth mile.	Bradford
Mike Roberts of Akron, OH, set the numbers to beat in Dragmasters Hot Street with his new E.T. records of 10.467 in the quarter mile and 6.552 in the eighth mile. Donnie Huffman (Lakeland, FL) captured the win in Maryland over John Levak of Brecksville, OH; Huffman left with his own record achievements with mile-per-hour numbers of 127.16 in the quarter mile and 105.36 in the eighth mile.	Huffman
Jamie McNaughton of Milwaukee, WI, continued his record streak with new numbers (9.794, quarter mile; 6.297/114.01, eighth-mile) in Screamin' Eagle V-rod action - but it was Tripp Nobles of Statesville, NC, who grabbed the win in the final over McNaughton.	V-rod final

There's more on the action in the fourteen classes of competition from the S & S Cycle Mid-Atlantic Nationals presented by All American Harley-Davidson and Harley-Davidson of Frederick in the next issue of Speed Magazine. Below are the final results from the high-thrill weekend at Maryland International Raceway.

Next up for the 2003 AHDRA National Points Series: the S & S Cycle Thunder in the Valley Nationals presented by Smith Brothers Harley-Davidson, August 9th and 10th, at Bristol Dragway in Bristol, TN.

For more information, please contact 336-924-2095 or visit www.ahdra.com.

Final Results - Maryland