There are two titan events on the Nitro-Harley drag racing calendar, and this weekend’s PennGrade1 AMRA D.C. Jones Memorial Fall Nationals at Bowling Green, Kentucky’s historic Beech Bend Raceway is one of them. Beech Bend’s wooden seats, covered grandstands, and even the rollercoaster will shake, rattle and roll from the…
AMRA Nitro Harleys Settle for Qualifying at Byron
Even a rainout generates a full slate of stories to tell, and that’s what happened when raceday was washed away at the PennGrade1 AMRA Illinois Nitro Nationals race at Byron Dragway on August 8-10. Qualifying for all classes (Nitro Harleys, Gas, and even Vintage Fuel!) ran to completion under a…
AMRA US 131 Gas Harley and Bagger Heroes
First off, let’s acknowledge the all-time gas class, Harley-Davidson drag racing hero. That would be the umpteen-time champ Donnie Huffman, who succumbed to a brutal pancreatic cancer battle shortly after the June 27-29 PennGrade1 AMRA Michigan Nitro Nationals at US 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, Michigan. Donnie was the man…
Nitro Harleys Bringing the Noise to Byron!
The plains of northern Illinois will rumble and shake with the thunder and lightning of Nitro Harleys as the PennGrade1 AMRA Illinois Nitro Nationals take on Byron Dragway on August 8-10. Finland’s Samu Kemppainen won Circle M Ranch Top Fuel the last time out in Martin, Michigan. The Chris Stewart…
Eatmyink Podcast #3: The Donnie Huffman Interview!
NOTE: Donnie passed away about 10 hours after this podcast was posted. I’m glad we all have this document of his wit and wisdom in his own voice. Alright, this is one I’m really proud of. As Harley racing legend Donnie Huffman twisted the throttle for his most important race…
Samu and Bad Apple Mary Survive US 131 Nitro Harley Battles and Bruises
Finland’s Samu Kemppainen travels a long way to race his Chris Stewart Racing Top Fuel Harley at PennGrade1 AMRA races. But the flights from Finland to Michigan are a piece of cake compared to the distance between laying underneath his race bike on an Ohio public road to the winners…
AMRA Gas Harley’s at National Trail
Gas classes suffered less from the wind issues that rearranged nitro at the PennGrade1 AMRA American Motorcycle Racing Association’s Ohio Nitro Nationals at National Trail Raceway on May 16-18. Zipper’s Performance Pro Bagger Motorcycle industry iconoclast Bert Baker (pictured above) won Zipper’s Performance Pro Bagger on his ex-Jeremy Williamson piece,…
Nitro Harley’s Erupt THIS WEEKEND at US 131
Those brutal Nitro Harley-Davidson dragbikes are coming back to disrupt the park-like serenity of Martin, Michigan’s US 131 Motorsports Park on June 27-29. The PennGrade1 AMRA series swings off the highway for the Michigan Nitro Nationals, with riders hanging off of their flame-throwing, ground-pounding beasts the FULL quarter mile. This one’s…
Nitro Harley Lightning Strikes Twice for Peterson and Stewart Racing at National Trail
When the Nitro Harley-Davidson thunder subsided at National Trail Raceway following the PennGrade1 AMRA Ohio Nationals on May 16-18, towering rider Jordan Peterson was celebrating two wins and team owner Chris Stewart was thrilled by an all-Stewart Racing Top Fuel final. “What an incredible and unexpected weekend!” said Stewart. “The…
Nitro Harley’s Thundering into National Trail
National Trail Raceway has been in the news a lot lately, but this weekend it will be for action ON the track. The sights and sounds coming from the classic Hebron, Ohio drag racing venue won’t be from a Midwestern, May thunderstorm. Those flashes of light and thundering sounds will…
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