{"id":93953,"date":"2024-06-11T15:18:43","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T15:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/u-s-131-next-stop-for-spectacular-amra-nitro-harleys\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T15:18:43","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T15:18:43","slug":"u-s-131-next-stop-for-spectacular-amra-nitro-harleys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/drag-racing\/uncategorized\/u-s-131-next-stop-for-spectacular-amra-nitro-harleys\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. 131 Next Stop for Spectacular AMRA Nitro Harleys"},"content":{"rendered":"

Michigan, get ready! The ground-pounding, flame-throwing Nitro Harley-Davidson motorcycles of the PennGrade1 American Motorcycle Racing Association (AMRA) are coming to beautiful U.S. 131 Motorsports Park<\/a> on June 14-16. Centrally located between Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids, this jewel of a race track is set to host the quickest and fastest Harley-Davidson drag racers from all parts of the globe.<\/p>\n

But Cecil County runner-up and 2023 Rockingham Finals winner Jordan Peterson is riding for the home team \u2014 Sturgis, Michigan legends Mike and Jack Romine. The Romines will have the big Iowa rider tuned up to defend their home state from nitro invaders in the marquee Circle M Ranch\/Dove Fuels Top Fuel class.<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll have to fend off AMRA champ and recent Norwalk winner Ryan Peery, North Carolina Drag Racing Hall of Famer Jay \u201cBulldog\u201d Turner, AMRA\u2019s own John \u201cJT\u201d Toth, two-time NHRA champ Tii Tharpe on his Spevco mount, Ohio hero Jason Pridemore and his beautiful blown bike, and more.<\/p>\n

Nitro Funnybikes make all the noise of Top Fuel with fewer cubes and no transmission. Champion Jim Doyle, Bad Apple Racing\u2019s Cameron Gunter, 2X-for-2024 runner-up Jason Leeper, and more will fling their Nitro Funnybikes down the Martin 1320 for your thrills and grins.<\/p>\n

Hawaya Racing Pro Fuel are smaller still and carbureted, but fill the air with nitro power, smell and noise. Champion Sam White started his title defense with a win in Louisiana but has stumbled the last two races. He\u2019ll face Cecil County winner \u201cBad Apple Mary\u201d Dangrow, Norwalk winner Curt Sexton, Funnybike racer Leeper, Jim \u201cBad Influence\u201d Martin, Hot Rod Carlisle and more.<\/p>\n

For most of us, nitro is for watching but gasoline is something we can all relate to. Well, maybe not at the level of AMRA\u2019s pro bikes and riders.<\/p>\n

Outlaw Street bikes take gas to its most extreme limits, mixing it with nitrous or compressing it with massive turbos. Charley Douglass, Tim Grindle, Ken Miller and more are expected to launch their no-bar bikes to mind-blowing performances.<\/p>\n

Add saddlebags and you\u2019ve got Zipper\u2019s Performance Pro Bagger\u2014turbo and nitrous behemoths throwing everything available in the mechanical and technological world to make all-out quarter mile assaults. Jeremy Williamson, Rick Hunnicutt, Jeremy Justice, Matt Hillen and more are all expected to put Martin to the test of adhesion and nerve.<\/p>\n

The slightly milder Thundermax Street Baggers will see riders Jimmy Maikranz, Keith Evans, Jason Crisp, Dave \u201cPaco\u201d Cartwright, Jeff Boudreaux and more are all expected to fight wheelies the whole 1320.<\/p>\n

Outlaw racer Douglass also fields an Axtell Cylinders Hot Street bike, along with Joe Petersen and more.<\/p>\n

Ditch the stock frame and strap on wheelie bars and you\u2019ve got Pro Modified and Zippers Performance Modified. Kimberly \u201cK-Charm\u201d Deshields, Gary Douglass, Billy Doherty, Dave Doremus, Keith Carper, John Price, and more favor this type of racing.<\/p>\n

Index classes are where the finishline games begin, and AMRA has them. Top Eliminator 9.30 index, Super Gas 9.90, Thundermax Street Eliminator 11.50, BK Electric Super Pro 10.30, and Pro Eliminator 10.90 feature studs like Donnie Huffman, Cody Hayworth, Chris Hoppe, Crank Lanktree, Monty Garrelts, John Shotts, Robert Alther, Josh Maikranz, Kenny Satterlee, Rick Miller, Heather Jendruch, Chris Phipps, Crosby Blair, Bill Grove, Charlie Ange, Bob Willis, William Quinn and more.<\/p>\n

Many of these same riders will also enter Eliminator Dial-in bracket racing, and so can you. Want to try your own American-made V-Twin out on the quarter mile? Bring it along with your safety gear and send it!<\/p>\n

PennGrade1\u00a0AMRA<\/a>\u2019s Greg and Julia Baugh, and John \u201cJT\u201d Toth and Marianne Miller look forward to welcoming the whole Harley-Davidson drag racing family to beautiful U.S. 131 Motorsports Park.<\/p>\n

Event Details<\/strong>
$20 per day
Friday: Test & Tune \u2013 3 pm to 8 pm
Saturday: Qualifying begins at Noon
Sunday: Opening Ceremonies at Noon; Eliminations immediately following.<\/p>\n

AMRA\u00a0thanks\u00a0PennGrade1 oil<\/a>,\u00a0Zipper\u2019s Performance<\/a>,\u00a0Hawaya Racing<\/a>,\u00a0Axtell Cylinders<\/a>, BK Electric, Johnny Mancuso\u2019s Circle M Ranch, Dove Fuels and\u00a0Thunder Max<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published on June 11, 2024. <\/p>\n

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Michigan, get ready! The ground-pounding, flame-throwing Nitro Harley-Davidson motorcycles of the PennGrade1 American Motorcycle Racing Association (AMRA) are coming to beautiful U.S. 131 Motorsports Park on June 14-16. Centrally located between Kalamazoo and Grand Rapids, this jewel of a race track is set to host the quickest and fastest Harley-Davidson drag racers from all parts […]<\/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-93953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93953","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=93953"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93953\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}