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domination of Hot Street , winning the class for at least the second straight year . Conley qualified number one with a 9.09 at 146 and took a very good final round race against veteran racer Joe Perry . Brian took the tree by . 057 and ran a 9.14 vs . Perry ' s 9.17 . Zippers Performance Pro Modified boiled down to the reigning champions of the two series - AMRA ' s Billy Doherty and AHDRA ' s John Price . Billy Doherty qualified number one and Price number two . And that ' s how
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it went in the final , too , with Doherty taking the tree . 124 to . 296 , and the stripe 9.49 to 8.70 . Pingel / Axtell Cylinders Modified went to number one qualifier ( 9.18 at 143 ) Gary Douglass . He and runner-up Casey Smith both had great reaction times , with Gary an . 013 and Casey . 018 . Gary ' s 9.26 kept him out in front of Smith ' s 9.32 . The Benchmark Excavating Top Eliminator 9.30 final was a battle
' Peery takes AHDRA and AMRA championships '
between Harley index titans - last year ' s winner David Doremus vs . number one qualifier Ken Strauss . Strauss punched first with a . 030 light to Doremus ' . 057 . Strauss somehow let that advantage slip away and lost a double breakout , 9.29 to 9.27 finish . Strauss then played out his revenge on multi-time champ Donnie Huffman in the Vreeland ' s Harley-Davidson Super Gas 9.90 final . Only . 003 separated these two index studs at the tree and Strauss ran closer to the number with a 9.97 to Huffman ' s 10.12 . Number one qualifier Kash Laughman lost in round one . Number one qualifier Joe Petersen beat John Shotts in the BK Electric Super Pro 10.30 final , gaining a scant . 004 advantage at the tree , but still pushing Shotts to break out with
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a 10.28 . Universal Fleet & Tire Pro Eliminator 10.90 boiled down to a ' battle of the Larrys ' - Maynhart vs . Stevens . Stevens took the tree by . 010 , but Maynhart ran . 020 closer to the index to take the win on his V-Rod Destroyer . Number one qualifier Willie George lost in round four . Terry Mason took the tree by . 012 and went dead-on with a 1 to take the Thundermax Street Eliminator 11.50 final over Loren Potter , who broke out . Number one qualifier Racin ' Ray Robinson lost to Mason in round 3 . Law Tigers Eliminator came down to a battle of 13 second Harleys , with Talon Harper taking the final over Calloway Ledford . Neither rider set the tree on fire , but Harper ' s . 282 had the advantage on Ledford ' s . 313 . Harper ran a 13.52 on his 13.28 dial-in , while Ledford was 13.71 / 13.35 . Harper ' s son Blake won Junior Junior Dragbikes and Damian Patino won |
Junior Senior , both at the expense of the Hines brothers in the finals . Jon " Jonny Flattop " Ard won Saturday ' s Trophy class final with an . 030 light and 11.25 on his 11.12 dial . Runner-up Sean Clarke was . 142 at the tree and posted an 11.27 on his 11.15 dial . And that ' s a wrap for 2023 . AMRA ' s Greg Baugh and John " JT " Toth and AHDRA ' s Bill and Chrissy Rowe wish everyone a safe and happy off-season and look forward to welcoming the whole , growing Harley-Davidson drag racing family back to the track in ' 24 .
Jonny Ard
AHDRA and AMRA thank Vreeland ' s Harley-Davidson , PennGrade1 Oil , MTC Engineering , Hawaya Racing , Pingel Enterprise , GMS Racing Engines , Zipper ' s Performance , Axtell Cylinders , Horsepower Inc ., Vanson Leathers , Universal Fleet & Tire , V-Twin Powersports , Daryl Coffin Motorsports , BK Electric and Thunder Max .
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