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A FULL SIX-SECOND NITRO HARLEY FIELD AND NEW NATIONAL RECORDS AT THE SCREAMIN' EAGLE PERFORMANCE PARTS NATIONALS PRESENTED BY THE CAROLINA HARLEY-DAVIDSON DEALERS ASSOCIATION OCTOBER 4TH AND 5TH, ROCKINGHAM DRAGWAY WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., October 8, 2003 - AHDRA racers rocked the grandstands at Rockingham Dragway with new national records and the quickest Screamin' Eagle Nitro Harley field in the sanction's history. Twenty-two riders attempted to qualify for the Nitro Harley field - and it took better than a 6.921 to get in Sunday's show.

Mark Cox of Yadkinville, NC, showed the nearly 8,000 on hand what it took to get the #1 spot with a 6.410/194.46 mph final qualifying pass. Doug Vancil (Albuquerque, NM) followed in the #2 spot with a 6.426 and an incredible 222.66 mph quarter-mile blast.	Mark Cox
Vancil made his way through the tough field on Sunday, finishing the day with a 6.439/214.59 mph win over Drums Brancaccio (Nutley, NJ), who lit the red bulb before a 6.830 at 203.06 mph. Vancil has the 2003 National Championship title wrapped up and will compete in the AHDRA season finale in Las Vegas on October 18th and 19th.	Doug Vancil
Mark Conner (Canyon Lake, TX) thrilled the crowd with his JIMS Pro Fuel "Flyin' Banana" entry, finishing the day with a win over North Carolina's Jay Turner. Conner set the new national speed record of 207.34 mph. Chris Streeter of Cleveland, OH, has a firm grip on the JIMS Pro Fuel Championship even after Turner took him out in the second round in Rockingham. Streeter will head to Vegas to wrap up his Championship season.	Mark Conner
In Rivera-Primo Street Pro, Travis Lummus took another win, beating Doug Morrow (Daytona Beach, FL) in the final. Lummus, of Asheville, NC, put solid numbers in the record books with a 9.046 in the quarter-mile and a 5.780 at 122.42 mph in the eighth-mile. Lummus joins Vancil and Streeter in Vegas with a wrapped-up National Championship, a fourth straight title for the Gene Lummus Harley-Davidson team.	Travis Lummus
The Screamin' Eagle V-Rod class landed new records after Statesville, NC's Tripp Nobles scored a winning pass of 9.380 at 142.75 mph over Milwaukee, WI's Jamie McNaughton. Nobles also added eighth-mile record numbers of 5.996 at 119.36 mph. The Tilley Harley-Davidson sponsored ride will compete in the Vegas finals with the Championship title under their belt.	Tripp Nobles
Junior Pippin of Conyers, GA, took the win in Joker Machine Pro Modified over Eddie Lee (Douglasville, GA) while setting a new eighth-mile record of 129.80 mph.	Junior Pippin

Huffman - Hot Street	Jones - Pro Drag	Higgins - Pro Gas
Bradford - Pro Stock	Ostrowske - Super Sport	Tyson - Super Gas
Drapp - Super Eliminator	Hargrove - SEP	Poff - ET

Veteran racer Ray Price was on hand to represent the Carolina Harley-Davidson and presented the trophys in Rockingham. Price of Raleigh, NC, is absent from racing due to injuries sustained earlier in the season, but put rider Wayne Pollack filled in on the Ray Price H-D ride and qualified eleventh in the Nitro Harley field before being eliminated in Sunday's first round.

Catch all the highlights from all thirteen classes of competition at the Screamin' Eagle Performance Parts Nationals presented by the Carolina Harley-Davidson Dealers Association in the next issue of AHDRA's Speed magazine.

Next up for the 2003 AHDRA National Points Series is the JIMS Las Vegas Nationals season finale, October 18th and 19th, at The Strip, Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The AHDRA Championship Awards Banquet will follow on Monday, October 20th, at Sam's Town Gambling Hall and Casino.

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

Final Results - Rockingham