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The Carolinas’ Full Throttle Magazine
All Harley World Shootout Story and photos by Alan Dockery h, the smell of race gas and nitromethane plus the roar of Harley-Davidson race bikes was a great way to help bikers get back to normal this spring. Paul Watson of Lumbee Racing held the All Harley World Shootout at 710 Dragway, in Pembroke, NC, on the first Saturday of June. This was my first race of the year and it was so good to see friends, racers and fans again. Since the All Harley World Shootout is mainly a street bagger type race, not a nationally sanctioned points event, it was the kind of race bikes I like and the folks I hang with. It features big motor baggers and no wheelie bars. Ya gotta ride those bikes and keep the front end down. Four Pro Fuel Bikes put on their own Nitro Harley Shootout for fans who love an even louder roar and the sting of nitro in the air. And there were some screaming smoking two stroke four wheelers making fast passes. That odd smell in the air when they ran was Castrol.
I love little country drag strips and 710 is a nice one. The pits were filled with race bikes and at one end there were some vendors and exhibits. A bunch of those big wheel baggers were there showing off their designs, builds and awesome paint. Those guys have mega stereos on baggers. They even have contests to judge who has the best stereos. I am not sure how to judge that, but oh, man, did they sound good! I was chilling in the shade when not on the strip since it was hot and muggy down there in Robeson County. But the action was going down on the 660 feet of dragstrip. Michael Beland, owner of A1 Cycles in Maiden, NC, was the man to beat in Extreme Bagger. He brought “Meth Beth” to the track and was ready to show folks the quickest way to the end of the strip. That machine worked so well! No drama, it hooked up and hauled straight down the strip, pass after pass. Mike also won the Draggin’ Bagger Class on a bike he
