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SCREAMIN’ EAGLE DRAG TEAM ADVANCES TO SEMI-FINALS IN READING–Andrew Hines Stays on Top in Pro Stock Bike Points Race.
MOHNTON, Pa. (Oct. 10, 2004) – Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines drag racing team riders GT Tonglet and Andrew Hines qualified for the Sunday Pro Stock Bike elimination rounds at the 20th Annual Lucas Oils NHRA Nationals at Maple Grove Raceway. Hines advanced to the semi-final round of eliminations and now holds a 131-point lead in season points with two Pro Stock Bike events left on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series schedule. The event at Maple Grove Raceway took place this weekend after being postponed by rain on its original starting date, Sept. 16.
“We made it as far as the semi-final round again today, but the Screamin’ Eagle team has stayed consistent all season and it’s consistency that wins championships,” said Hines. “I’d sure like to take home another win this season, but we leave Maple Grove with the points lead and that’s what matters right now.”
Four rounds of qualifying on Friday and Saturday pared a field of 25 riders down to 16 qualifiers for Sunday eliminations. Hines qualified in third position with a run of 7.089 at 193.57 mph, the fastest speed posted during the event. Tonglet qualified 14th with a 7.179/187.96 run. Antron Brown led all qualifiers with a 7.057/187.57 pass.
The order of qualifying forced Hines and Tonglet to face off in the first round of eliminations. Tonglet was first off the line with a 0.038 reaction time to 0.062 for Hines, but Hines throttled his Screamin’ Eagle V-Rod to a run of 7.168/187.21 to beat Tonglet’s 7.897/127.94.
In round two, Hines (7.140/187.99) defeated Karen Stoffer (7.199/178.61) to advance to the semi-final round for the sixth consecutive event this season. Hines (7.149/191.05) lost to Angelle Savoie (7.053/190.19) in the semi-final. Savoie (7.018/191.29) defeated her U.S. Army teammate, Antron Brown (7.047/184.35), to take the win in the final round.
“The Screamin’ Eagle team won some rounds and kept Andrew out front in points,” said Harley-Davidson Racing Manager Anne Paluso. “We’ve faced some challenges this season but Byron Hines and his crew have stayed steady and we keep getting closer to that championship.”
With two Pro Stock Bike events left on the schedule, Hines leads Brown by 131 points for the season championship. After 13 of 15 rounds, Hines has 1,114 points, followed by Brown with 983 points. With her win at Maple Grove, Savoie moves up to third place with 938 points, followed by Shawn Gann with 871 and Craig Treble with 842 points. Tonglet is sixth with 726 points.
The next Pro Stock Bike event on the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series is the 4th AnnualAC Delco Las Vegas NHRA Nationals, Oct. 28-31, at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Las Vegas.
The Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines Pro Stock Bike team is sponsored by Dunlop, Ford Quality Checked Certified Pre-Owned, Matco Tools and S100.
CALIFORNIA SUPERBIKE SCHOOLAND STOMP CREATE NEW PRODUCTTO MAKE SPORTBIKE RIDING SAFER,EASIER AND MORE ENJOYABLE!–The California Superbike school is famous for innovative motorcyclerider training worldwide.
Stomp is a company that is famous as a snowboard traction pad andaccessory developer and had been making traction pads for motocrossand dirt bikes.
“It’s a smart concept”, says Keith Code, founder of the CaliforniaSuperbike School. “If there is a successful way to be more attached toa fast, erratic object such as a snowboard, one could definitely translatethat safety and comfort measure to any motorcycle.”
“So Will Eikenberry, our Chief Mechanic at the school helped Stomp developgas tank grip pads for roadracers,” says Code. “We have them plain andalso with a very tasteful school logo. These tank traction pads for sportbikesare awesome. They cut down on rider fatigue enormously and are madespecifically to provide aggressive traction for better bike control during hardbraking and cornering. They are the perfect compliment to good, stable bodypositioning. They really do help and they are so simple,” says Code.
STOMPGRIP Sportbike Traction Pads are a better alternative to grip tape,which many riders have used, because they will not grind or rip pants. Theyalso help reduce arm pump and fatigue. “These will make a great gift forroad and track riders and any sport bike rider would appreciate these,”says Code.
Price: $39.95.To view visit the school’s website at: http://www.superbikeschool.com and click on store.
TECH QUESTION AND ANSWER FROM S&S–I read your article on Evo flywheels in a Shovelhead. I am building a old 1966 flat side Shovelhead. I know I will have to change the pinion and sprocket shafts to match my cases. What year Evo wheels will adapt to my cases? Are the Evo wheels the same diameter?
Thanks for the tips.
–Glenn
Response from James Simonelli at S&S.’85 & early 86 are the only ones that will work. You need special shafts. They are available from JIMS. You can use an S&S design sprocket shaft also, but the flywheel has no keyway. They are 8.5″ diameter, same as stock.
CANADIAN WINS FIRST OFFICIAL WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF CUSTOM BIKE BUILDING– Morgan Hill, California, October 9th 2004.
THE first annual Official World Championship of Custom Bike Building has been won by Roger Goldammer of British Colombia, Canada.The noted parts engineer (www.goldammercycle.com) and motorcycle craftsman demonstrated a level of attention to detail and dedication to excellence that had judges, fellow competitors and event visitors alike drooling over his exquisite homage to boardtrack racers of old.
Goldammer carried off the cut-glass trophy, diamond-and-sapphire Championship ring, and $25,000 cash top prize in the freestyle class of the World Championship by the narrowest of margins.
The independent panel of judges drawn from the US and European motorcycle Press placed Jesse Jurrens and Michael Prugh of Independent Cycle, Rapid City, South Dakota second, with Belgian builder Fred ‘Krugger’ Bertrand third.
The contest, widely described by competitors and judges alike as the highest standard custom bike competition any of them had ever seen, attracted 64 entries in total, across three classes, with 47 of them in the prestigious Freestyle class from which the World Champion was chosen.
The number of entries far exceeded the organisers’ expectations and featured an extraordinary variety of custom bike design styles and motorcycle engineering innovations.Superb choppers were on show, but far from dominating the competition, the event demonstrated and reflected the glorious individualism and multiple strands of custom motorcycle engineering that have resulted in the sector achieving unprecedented levels of public exposure and popularity worldwide in recent years.
As befitting the name and ambition of the contest, the top ten Freestyle entries reflected the truly international nature of the custom v-twin industry, with five Americans, two Germans, a Canadian, a Belgian and a Frenchman taking the top spots.The AMD ProShow competition that constitutes the Official World Championship was presented and generously supported by Global Motorsports Group custom V-twin sector parts distributor Custom Chrome at its 18th annual Dealer Show at Morgan Hill, California.Watch out for further news releases and pictures as they become available, with comprehensive reports, features and details of winners and entrants of all classes being placed in the World Championship registry in the event web site at www.amdproshow.com as soon after the conclusion of the event as possible.
CUSTOM CHROME
Morgan Hill, California, USA
Tel: 408 778 0500
Fax: 408 778 7370
Yep, I was a judge. Check our report in the Events department.–Bandit
ROCKINGHAM DRAGS– Just got back from the Drags @ the Rock. My Compadre, originally from Chicago made the finals in the S.E. class with his Buell S1. He is in SOS from N. Colorado. We were hittin it like a crazed blue collar ghetto race team compared to most. Bike had good power but for shit traction.
Had to break down and buy a new M/T rear race tire Sunday morning. Haul ass to the tire trailer and mount it. Then thrashed like crazy, adjusting clutch, make a jet change etc. to make the first round call. Missed moving up by .030 sec!!! That’s racin. Drag racin anyways.
Rick a old buddy of mine from the Phoenix/Titan days was doin his Pro Stock thing. Very cool to see him doing well. Been tearing up the strip all year long. His wife Krista is the crew chief. Great people.
Off to Phoenix the end of Oct. for some R&R. Don’t have a schedule yet, would like to make it to the coast. May not have enough time though. E-mail you later on the Dis. show
–Pablo
JUST GOT BACK FROM INDY, WON 2ND PLACE BEST OF SHOW. NOV.20-21 ATLANTA GA. EASYRIDERS INV.– You should see a Bikernet feature on this creation in the next couple of weeks, if Bandit sobers up from his Monster Garage party. Or you’ll find my bike on the pages of ER in the future.
–Ken
MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER FOR RUNNING OVER BIKERS IN PANHANDLE–PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) – A jury recommended against the death penalty Friday for an Arkansas man who ran over six Michigan Outlaws motorcyclists with a stolen pickup truck, killing two of the bikers.
Jurors deliberated only three minutes before opting for life in prison without parole, the only alternative to death for Timothy Pilgreen on two premeditated murder charges.
The same jury Thursday found him guilty of two murder charges, four counts of attempted murder and battery on a law enforcement officer.
Circuit Judge Don T. Sirmons will sentence him Oct. 15. Sirmons is not bound by the jury’s recommendation but must give it great weight.
Following an altercation with the bikers at a fishing pier, Pilgreen killed Donald Dunham, 61, and his wife, Nola S. Zeitler, 47, of the Outlaws’ Bay City, Mich., chapter on Oct. 29 as they were riding on a motorcycle at nearby Panama City Beach.
–AP and The News Herald
–from Rogue
SOUTHERN TERRORIST ADVISORY – ATLANTA–The governors of Alabama, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas,Georgia, and Mississippi announced today that they have made a disturbingdiscovery in their States. Apparently, a small number of Al Qaeda terrorists havebecome romantically involved with local redneck girls. The result is notpretty and they now have the sad task of reporting the creation of a newsector ofthe human race:
So far, only a smattering ofactual births has been reported, butPat Robertson’s Christian Coalition is hard at work trying toisolate and seal them off.To date, the Coalition has identified the followingchildren:
Mohammed Billy Bob Abba Bubba
Mohammed Jethro Bin Thinkin Boudit
Mohammed Forrest Gumpa Bubba
Mohammed Rubba Dub Dubba Bubba
Bobbie Joe Bubba Amgood Atat
Betty Jean Hasbeena Badgurl
Linda Sue Bin There Dundat
Not surprisingly, the Coalition believes they all seem to have sprungfrom one couple:Mohammed WhoozyadaddyandYomamma Bin Lovin.
–from Skooter
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