Entries for September 2008

Buell race teams took a step higher on the podium after the inaugural Thunderbolt 500K at the brand-new New Jersey Motorsports Park over Labor Day weekend, benefiting from the disqualifications of a pair of Ducatis in the SuperSport Twins and GrandSport Twins classes.

Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines rider Andrew Hines advanced to the final round of the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle eliminations at the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O’Reilly Raceway Park. Riding a Harley-Davidson V-Rod, Hines lost by a margin of just 0.008 seconds to Snap-On Suzuki rider Steve Johnson in the final.

Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines rider Eddie Krawiec won the eight-rider Ringers Gloves Pro Bike Battle bonus event at the NHRA Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at O'Reilly Raceway Park at Indianapolis. It was the first NHRA event win for Krawiec, who earned a $25,000 bonus for his victory, and the fifth consecutive year that a Screamin’ Eagle/Vance & Hines rider has raced a Harley-Davidson V-Rod to win the Pro Stock Motorcycle bonus event at the U.S. Nationals.

Harley-Davidson 105 th Anniversary fundraising for the Muscular Dystrophy Association reached $6.7 million surpassing its original $6 million goal for 105 th Anniversary fundraising. The 2008 total brings cumulative 28-year fundraising for MDA to more than $71 million. The announcement was made during Harley-Davidson’s Anniversary celebration in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The announcement will be broadcast on the annual Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon.

Harley-Davidson Screamin' Eagle factory rider Kenny Coolbeth won the first race of an AMA Grand National Twins flat-track double-header on the Springfield Mile on August 31, and finished second on Labor Day in the second twins race of the weekend at the Illinois State Fair Grounds. Aiming for his third consecutive Grand Nationals Twins championship, Coolbeth opened a 36-point lead over his closest rival for the title, Latus Harley-Davidson/Screamin’ Eagle rider Joe Kopp, with three events left on the schedule. Kopp was just six points behind Coolbeth before the Springfield double, but failed to finish the first race and was eighth in the second.