The race that every Harley-Davidson drag racer the world over reveres is set to be bigger than ever this year. For the first time, Rockingham Dragway\u2019s Jim McClure All-Harley World Finals presented by MTC Engineering and Law Tigers of North Carolina will be the championship finale for both the PennGrade1 AMRA and AHDRA\/AMA motorcycle drag racing series! Last year they raced together, but this year, it\u2019s for all the stakes in both series.<\/p>\n
Rockingham Dragway holds a special place in Nitro Harley history, and with recent renovations, it\u2019s better than ever. Rockingham\u2019s new concrete front half will get put to the ultimate test by ground-pounding, flame-throwing, thundering Top Fuel Harleys.<\/p>\n
No state has more Nitro Harley studs than North Carolina, and North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Famer Jay Turner will lead the field of Top Fuel Tar Heels to the Rockingham staging lanes. Multi-time NHRA champ Tii Tharpe will be bringing his Spevco mount down from Pfafftown, while defending AHDRA champion Tracy Kile comes in from Asheville and Mike Beland from the Mooresville area.<\/p>\n
Defending AMRA champ Ryan Peery treks down from Ohio, multi-time U.S. Nationals winner Randal Andras comes up from Louisiana, and John \u201cJT\u201d Toth down from Pennsylvania, and spring AHDRA Rockingham race winner Tim Kerrigan all the way from California.<\/p>\n
Those are just a handful of TFH racers who\u2019ll be putting fire in the hole at The Rock, with racers coming as far away as Japan and Finland for this world renowned event.<\/p>\n
Jim Doyle will be working to retain his AMRA championship, while Michael Balch will be defending his AHDRA Nitro Funnybike title. They\u2019ll face challenges from Rocky Jackson, Ryan Perry on his \u201cBig Nasty,\u201d Armon Furr, Jim \u201cBad Influence\u201d Martin, and more.<\/p>\n
Hawaya Racing Pro Fuel is expecting a huge turnout, including Asheville\u2019s \u201cBad Apple Mary\u201d Dangrow, AMRA champion Paul Anderson, AHDRA champion Sam White, Jason Leeper, Richard Boone and more.<\/p>\n
The record-breaking gasoline, turbo and nitrous behemoths of GMS Racing Engines Outlaw Street will throw everything available in the mechanical and technological world to make all-out assaults on Rockingham\u2019s quarter mile. Mike Motto, Gregg Dahl, Tim Grindle, Charley Douglass and more will launch their no-bar marvels round after round in make it or break it attempts.<\/p>\n
The Hot Street bikes of Brian Conley Jr., Casey Smith and more will all be doing the same.<\/p>\n
Zippers Performance Pro Modified, Pingel Super Modified and Axtell Cylinders Modified all feature gasoline, heads-up, out-the backdoor, wheelie-bar competition, led by big-timers like John Price, Louisiana\u2019s Billy Doherty, Kimberly \u201cK-Charm\u201d Deshields, Gary Douglass, Chris Hoppe, Jeff Workman, Nate Carnahan, Jason Adams and Mark Saur.<\/p>\n
Baggers from wild to wildest will all take to the Rockingham 1320, including Zipper\u2019s Performance Pro Bagger and Thundermax Street Bagger. Top Fuel racer Mike Beland, Louisiana\u2019s Scott Tomsu and Jeremy Justice, Indiana\u2019s Jeremy Williamson, Georgia\u2019s Duane Gee, Jimmy Mailkranz and more will be throttling badass Baggers.<\/p>\n
Index classes from Benchmark Excavating Top Eliminator 9.30, Vreeland\u2019s Harley-Davidson Super Gas 9.90, BK Electric Super Pro 10.30, Universal Fleet & Tire Pro Eliminator 10.90, and Thundermax Street Eliminator 11.50 will fill the lanes with studs like Ken Strauss, David Doremus, Curt Stuckenschneider, Brad Croneberger, Donnie Huffman, Chris Ussery, Racin\u2019 Ray Robinson, Cody Hayworth, Heather Jendruch, Robert Alther, Brad Reiss Jr, Steve Lacy, Terry Mason, Chad Trayner, Perry Paugh, Richard George and more.<\/p>\n
Many of these same racers will be entered in Law Tigers Eliminator. Want to try your own American-made V-Twin out on the quarter mile? Bring it and send it!<\/p>\n
And then there\u2019s AHDRA\u2019s family favorite, Junior Dragbikes. The Hines brothers\u2014Michael Jr. and Jaden\u2014will defend their championships against Kylie Himmelreich, Bradley Croneberger Jr, Blake Harper and more.<\/p>\n
The event will also feature a special King of the Rock ET Shootout by Law Tigers. During Friday night\u2019s Test and Tune, the King of the Rock ET Shootout winner will receive a $1k payout. Sign up at the AHDRA trailer for that on Friday. ET qualifications for Sunday\u2019s elimination race will take place on Saturday. This time, sign up at the AMRA tent. Sunday\u2019s King of the Rock ET Shootout winner will also receive a $1k payout. An extra $500 goes to the rider who accumulates the most rounds combined, and an additional $500 if the same rider wins both the Friday and Sunday races.<\/p>\n
But wait, there\u2019s more! Lumbee Racing is sponsoring a Pro Comp Outlaw Shootout under the lights on Saturday night. Stick around for this southern style, badass Bagger and no-bar action.<\/p>\n
AMRA\u2019s Greg Baugh and John \u201cJT\u201d Toth, and AHDRA\u2019s Bill and Chrissy Rowe look\u00a0forward to welcoming the whole Harley-Davidson drag racing family back to Rockingham Dragway,<\/p>\n
Gates open to the public Friday at 10:00 am with test and tune from 4:00 pm to 10:00 pm. Gates open Saturday at 9:00 am with qualifying starting at noon. Gates open at 8:00 am on Sunday with eliminations starting at noon.<\/p>\n
Tickets are $5 off in advance and can be bought at\u00a0https:\/\/rockinghamdragway.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n The post Biggest Jim McClure All-Harley World Finals Ever on Tap at The Rock<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated | Drag Racing News, Opinion, Interviews, Photos, Videos and More<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The race that every Harley-Davidson drag racer the world over reveres is set to be bigger than ever this year. For the first time, Rockingham Dragway\u2019s Jim McClure All-Harley World Finals presented by MTC Engineering and Law Tigers of North Carolina will be the championship finale for both the PennGrade1 AMRA and AHDRA\/AMA motorcycle drag […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}