The Story Behind Sam White’s Double-Up Pro Fuel Championships

This story could be titled “A Retirement Aged Man, His Wife, and an Intern Go Professional Harley-Davidson Drag Racing.” So just how did Sam White, his wife April, and her son Matt pull off two Hawaya Racing Pro Fuel Nitro Harley championships in one year? When veteran racer White swept…

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Jim McClure All-Harley World Finals a Fitting Memorial to “Da Judge”

Rockingham Dragway’s Jim McClure All-Harley World Finals presented by MTC Engineering and Law Tigers of North Carolina was—by the estimation of everyone who was there—the biggest Harley-Davidson drag race in decades. Whether you’re counting bikes, entries, records, spectators, impact on the local economy—this event added up. The October 27-29 championship…

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Biggest Jim McClure All-Harley World Finals Ever on Tap at The Rock

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’s 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…

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Good Times Return for AMRA at Bowling Green

In all the best ways, the PennGrade1 AMRA DC Jones Memorial Fall Nationals at Beech Bend Raceway Park in Bowling Green, Kentucky, was like a return to the old days. Full pits, full campgrounds, full bike corrals, great weather, and great times were all around all weekend. Oh, and great…

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Top Fuel Harleys Detonate Norwalk’s Night Under Fire

Although it may be impossible to top the giant, flaming mushroom fireball that rose from Linder’s Lot and dwarfed the Summit Motorsports Park tower in a display that would have made Oppenheimer himself giddy with excitement and shaking with fear, the Top Fuel Harleys did their best. And the giant…

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Peery Leads AHDRA Pounding at Milan

AHDRA/AMA brought their ground-pounding, Nitro Harley-Davidson motorcycle drag racing show to Milan Dragway on July 29-30 for the Second Annual Southern Michigan Bikefest and gave the Michigan fans some thunderous competition they won’t soon forget. Top Fuel NHRA U.S. Nationals winner and 2021 AHDRA champion Ryan Peery (featured photo above)…

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AMRA at Indy: Index and Eliminator classes

“It seems like every time you show up, I win!” AHDRA champ Cody Hayworth told me. He won Super Gas and runner-upped in Super Pro at the American Motorcycle Racing Association (AMRA)’s Harley-Davidson drags first visit to Lucas Oil Raceway Park at Indianapolis. “10.90 didn’t go so well, but all…

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AMRA at Indy: Street and Bagger classes

The American Motorcycle Racing Association (AMRA)’s Harley-Davidson drags first visit to Lucas Oil Raceway Park at Indianapolis also included some great no-bar, street tire and Bagger competition. Brian Conley Jr. (featured photo above) took out Charley Douglass in a great Hot Street  final round pairing. Douglass was quick at the…

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AMRA at Indy: Modified and Pro Modified

The American Motorcycle Racing Association (AMRA)’s Harley-Davidson drags first visit to Lucas Oil Raceway Park at Indianapolis wasn’t all nitro. Gas classes tore it up too, including Modified and Pro Modified. Kimberly “KCharm” DeShields (featured photo above) took out Lake Charles, Louisiana H-D dealer Billy Doherty in the Pro Mod…

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