enough to hold off hard-charging Jimmy ’ s 9.50 at 143 . Champion Maikranz ’ s starting line charity allowed Cartwright to place second in points . Billy Doherty also did what Billy does , winning Pro Modified races . Being the Finals , the Louisiana H-D dealer had a tough field to race through — including John Price — on his way to the final round match with number one qualifier Jason Adams . It was a double redlight final , with Adams doing the deed first . Doherty ran a better number anyway , going 8.27 at 155 to Adams ’ 8.31 at 157 and taking another championship . In an all-septuagenarian Zippers Performance Modified final , Joe Perry took the no-bar route to beat the elder Gary Douglass on a more traditional wheelie bar Modified bike . Perry helped himself tremendously with a . 280 advantage at the tree , but also ran an 8.90 at 139 for the win against number one qualifier ( and champion ) Douglass ’ 8.96 / 144 . Perry also went to the Axtell Cylinders Hot Street final , where he met number one qualifier Jason Crisp . Joe still had the advantage at the tree , but only . 015 this time . Crisp was able to drive around with a 9.04 at 143 for the win against Perry ’ s 9.11 / 140 and the championship . Number one qualifier Mike Motto ( 7.78 at 180 ) seemed on his way to scoring the Outlaw Street win until smoking a piston at 1000 feet on his E1 bye run . Motto was unable to make the final and Tim Grindle rode his turbo bike solo for the win . Despite missing the event while still recovering from his Bowling Green flip , Charley Douglass took the Outlaw Street championship . Ken Strauss rode his sleek ProCharged V-Rod to the Top Eliminator 9.30 index win against fellow finalist Cody
Hayworth , who redlit and made it easy for Strauss . Number one qualifier Freddy Frazier lost early to Hayworth , and David Doremus took the championship .
Kimberly Deshields nailed an . 008 light on Chris Hoppe in the Super Gas 9.90 final , but her 10.21 was too far off the number and Hoppe won with an . 049 / 10.03 package . Number one qualifier Heather Jendruch fell to Hoppe in the quarterfinals and sportsman legend Donnie Huffman won the championship . The George family of father Richard and son Willie swept BK Electric Super Pro 10.30 and Pro Eliminator 10.90 . Richard took the tree in the Super Pro final by . 124 over opponent Jeremy Hall and also ran closer to the number with a 10.59 to Hall ’ s 10.63 . George beat number one qualifier Elijah Agner in round two , and Jendruch scored the number one plate . Likewise , Willie put . 151 on fellow Pro Eliminator finalist Jonathan Grayson at the start and ran 11.15 on the 10.90 index while Grayson ran 11.24 . Number one qualifier Chris Ussery grabbed too much front brake in E1 and went down , costing himself the scheduled bye in second round . Ussery was banged up but OK , and Crosby Blair won the championship . No-bar racer Casey Smith took two wins at The Rock — Thundermax Street Eliminator 11.50 and Baker Drivetrain Eliminator Dial-in . Smith grabbed a . 022 advantage at the start of the Street Eliminator final and ran an 11.68 to Bill Harper ’ s 11.69 for the close win . Number one qualifier John Schneider lost to Chad Traynor in first round and Huffman scored yet another championship . Smith saved a deadly . 009 light for the
Nitro Funnybike winner - Jimmy McMillan
Eliminator final against Keith Carper ’ s . 160 , then ran dead on his 10.73 dialin with a . 003 . Carper was toast and broke out with a 9.67 on his 9.80 . Added treats at Rockingham were many passes by the outstanding blown Harsh V-Twin out of Finland , built by Jaska Salakari and ridden by his son Elmeri . Shutting off around 1000 feet , Elmeri ran a best of 6.23 at only 185 mph . Kevin Cleary also made a pass on his classic “ Hell Bound Train ” vintage nitro
Sportster . The only thing left for PennGrade1 AMRA in 2024 is their annual banquet in Nash Vegas , AKA Nashville , Tennessee , on November 16 th at the Embassy Suites by Hilton , Nashville Airport . Greg and Julia Baugh , and John “ JT ” Toth and Marianne Miller look forward to having dinner , drinks and conversation with the whole AMRA family celebrating their best season ever .
Hawaya Racing Pro Fuel winner - Mary Dangrow
Thundermax Street Baggers winner - David Cartwright
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