Starting off the 2003 season, Furlong could barely wait to start racing again after a severe winter. This race showcased many innovations by the racers as the IGSA was implementing its unlimited street luge class for the first time in the history of the sport.

Team Hardcore Pavement Racing rider Abdil "Furlong" Mahdzan had showed up to the race with what appears to be a modified pegless Dregs luge, or rather nicknamed "Dregless". The luge has a front fairing made out of polycarbonate. For this race season, Furlong has obtained some new equipment, namely 92mm ABEC11 Flywheels and Randal Luge Trucks, courtesy of his sponsor IRS Sports.

During practice on Friday, Furlong had suffered a sprained right ankle after crashing feet first into the hay bales at Turn 6. The impact caused him to get thrown off the luge and flip, and the luge itself flipped a few feet behind him. The cause of the crash was attributed to riding the Randal Luge Trucks for the first time which were overtightened thus causing the rider not being able to cut into the apex of the turn as sharply and drifting wide. Fortunately, the sprained ankle wasn't severe, although the pain became worse at night.

Saturday saw the riders qualifying. Furlong delivered his personal best of 1 minute 46.795 seconds on the street luge, putting him about 8 seconds behind the best qualifying time and in 19th place on the bracket seeding. In classic luge, he had clocked 1 minute 53.481 seconds.

The race on Sunday saw Furlong in the 5th heat of the round of 32, pitting him against Pete Eliot, Chris McBride, and Michael Shelton. Eliot takes the holeshot, followed by McBride, Furlong, and Shelton. Furlong drafts McBride all the way from the start till Turn 5, where McBride starts braking early, allowing Furlong to make an early pass on the inside and reaching the finish line in second. Incidents in this heat included Shelton splitting his thumb open after hitting the wire on a hay bale earlier up on the course, and McBride crashing into the hay at Turn 6 and breaking his ankle. Wishes of recovery go to these brave racers. Furlong advances to the quarterfinals.

The quarterfinals witnessed Furlong in the 3rd heat of the round of 16, up against the likes of Pete Eliot, Jeremy Kahn, and Richard Hodkinson. Again, Eliot takes the holeshot, followed by Kahn, Furlong, and Hodkinson. Kahn, who was riding his new Rogers Pegless, lifts his legs up over the rear end of Eliot in an attempt to draft him. Furlong stays right behind Kahn and lines up for the draft on the rolling straightaway. However, Hodkinson manages to outroll Furlong and takes a commanding position on the Eliot-Kahn duo. All 3 riders approach Turn 5 hot with minimal room to spare, as Furlong tries to catch up. He finishes 4th in this heat and fails to advance to the semifinals.

The finals saw Rian James, Bill Smrtic, Mike McIntyre, and Jeremy Kahn. James takes the holeshot, which turns out to be a DQ for paddling too soon before the start is signaled. McIntyre crashes at the chicane at the top. Smrtic and Kahn battle it out all the way down the course, until Kahn manages to squeeze a tight pass on the inside of Turn 6. Kahn comes in first place at the Talimena Drive Xtreme Downhill!

Furlong would like to thank "Red Bull girl" Emma from Vietnam for giving him all the Red Bull he could drink all weekend!