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New Jersey Nationals DId Bridge Township Raceway Park run. Emery was unable to back up his scorching pass , however. Upper Sandusky , O h io 's D irk Hig - Darn gins - sponsored by T h iel' s Wh eels Inc ., J on Miller Raci ng , Red Li ne Oil, and Zippers Performance Prod uct s set an eigh th -m ile J oker Ma ch in e Pro St o c k ET world rec ord (4. 8 8 0 sec onds) and went o n to win th e cl ass, p add in g his lead in t h e N a ti on al points stand ings. St ev e Lundstrom set th e qu arter mile ET mark (6 .83 seconds) in Ballistic Bike Wear Pro Fuel and went on to win the class. He ran a 6 .935 at 19 1.72 Socks It To 'em By MIKE WIL LIS ENGLISHTOWN, NJ, AQG. 20 I n a brutall y co m pe titive sport , th e Zippers/R ed Line Oil M odi fied D iv i sio n sta nds o ut as o ne o f t h e m o st hotl y- contested of the A ll Harl ey Drag Racing A ssoci at ion 's 14 classes. Tha t wa s n ev e r m or e a p pa re n t than o n Sunday at th e New J ersey Nati o nals at Old Bridge T own ship Rac eway Park . St ev e Dorn and Rick Muise had an ep ic d u e l - sett in g th r ee Nationa l rec ords - befo re Mui se w as upset in th e semis. Dorn , however , 'went on to win the cl ass - his fifth in a row - by b eat ing J oe Stern ott i , lead ing the entire way in the championship pass . " We ju s t go t it r unn ing r ight , " beamed Clacka m as, Oregon 's Dorn , a 39 -ye ar -ol d in h is sec ond year of AHDRA competition . rid es fo r th e HD Unli m it ed team sponsored by Gene Lummu s H arl ey -Da v i d son an d Bill W ill is Sto ne M as o nry . " W e g ot th e power to the ground ri ght today." Th e wi n wa s especia ll y sweet fo r Dorn , who qu ali fi ed fo r j us t two of th e f our AH DR A r ac es he en t er ed l ast y ear. D orn finished t he day w ith an eighth -mile ET ma rk (5 .44 seconds) , a quarter -mile ET m ark ( 8 .6 3 ) , and an eighth -mile spe ed record (125 .17) . Eight M odifi ed r ide rs pu t t hei r bikes in t h e eig h t -sec o nd ca t egory, with less than four-tenths of a second separat ing the number-one q ualifier , Dorn , from the number-eight qua lifier, David Poague. The dueling Dorn and Muise set a track mark on almost every pass down the track before D orn backed up a record p ass in th e quarterfinals and ended the day with his 8.63 ET as the new National standard. It broke a mark set in June of this yea r by Bru ce Lyons . In th e othe r q ua rte rfi nal Mod if ied pairing , Ro n Seri o got th e jump o n Muise at th e g reen light and l ed all the wa y ; e n d i n g M u is e 's ques t t o meet th e divis ion po ints leader, Dorn, in the fin als . T h is w as Muise 's first r ace f o ll ow ing an acci d en t months ag o in Fl orid a. It w as a day of fa lli n g r e c o r d s . Co nd iti ons wer e perfect , with temperat ur es in th e low 7 0s , low humidity and no wind. A larg e c rowd filled th e stands as 15 T op Fu el teams reg istered t o co m pe te, p art o f a fie ld of 16 7 . In two rounds of qua lifyi ng , eig ht riders pu t their bikes in the sixes - six in Top F uel and tw o in Pro Fu el and fi ve riders topped 20 0 m ph , led b y Ja mie Eme ry 's blistering 2 10. 6 0 54 S EPTEM B ER 20. 2000' cue • e neVIl's to win agai nst Chr is Streeler, who hit a cone at the 1000-foot mark. Lun dst rom - sponsored by A rizon a Moto r Sport s, T rust Me Raci ng , and P& C Machine cl osed the ga p o n Na tional points leader M ike B ahnm a ier , whose bike broke in his run aga inst Stree ler. Lundstrom is second in po ints. Bob Spina set th e pace in J IMS T op Fu el. He beg an by qu alifying number o ne , w ith low ET of 6 .671 seconds , "I've bee n coming to th is racetrack for over 2 0 years - it 's my ho m etown track ," s aid S p i n a , from Middle Grove, New York . On his title run agains t Tony Mattio li from B ren twood , New Yo rk , both ride rs spun their rear tires heavily at launch. Ma ttioli shu t off his bike , and Sp ina cruised to the wi n in his slowest pass of t he da y - 8. 267 seconds. " M y r ear tir e is bald , " sai d t he a n d th en e c li p se d the e igh th -mile world record held by B ill F urr three year s ag o w ith a pass at 4.33 seconds and went on to win th e class. George Smith/S&S-sponsored Spina. "W e m ade six runs with it toda y . Bu t we set t he world rec ord in the eighth . mile, we q ua lified number one , and