The final race of the 2003 season for Team Hardcore Pavement Racing rider Abdil "Furlong" Mahdzan was in West Virginia. The event was revived 4 years later after the last race was held at Ansted by the now defunct NSLA in 1999. Racers who had raced there in the past mentioned how it was the most technical race course in America! As such, some new racers decided to take on the challenge of racing down 1.1 miles with 19 turns of twisty hardcore pavement.

X-Games veterans such as Darren Lott and the Rogers Bros showed up to race in the pro class. Furlong was stoked to have met the godfather of the sport, Darren Lott, and owns his copy of the book, the Street Luge Survival Guide, written by Darren Lott himself. Just 3 days prior to the race, Furlong has received his very own customized Rogers Bros Street Luge, built by Dave and John Rogers themselves and is going to race on it for the very first time!

At this race, Furlong was ready to take on the pro street luge class, racing both amateur and pro on the schedule. During his first practice run on his new board, Furlong crashed into the hay while leaning hard into a sharp turn somewhere at the top of the race course. John Rogers helped him out at the bottom of the race course, to inspect what was wrong with the setup. It turns out that using 92mm ABEC11 Flywheels on Randal Luge Trucks without using 1/4" risers results in wheel bite with the handlebar, which caused Furlong to go off at a tangent to the road. As such, Furlong obtained some real customer service from John Rogers himself, as he offered to help install the risers and gave advice on truck tuning, handling, and overall board setup.

In the amateur street luge class, there were 11 riders, making this the largest amateur field at a GSI event to date. In every heat, Furlong wins the holeshot and leads the pack to victory with a first place finish, except the 3rd heat in which he was spun out from behind by another rider. Furlong had to quickly get up, turn his luge around 180 degrees, and paddle away and attempt to catch up. He finishes that particular heat in 2nd.

By the end of the 4 race heats, Abdil "Furlong" Mahdzan was tied with Victor Schumacher and Smokin' Joe Kachoris for first place. As such, they had a tie-breaker between them, or specifically, a podium tie-breaker, since they will race again to determine 1st, 2nd, and 3rd placing. Having learned his mistake from the spin-out incident in the earlier heats, Furlong chooses to delay his pushoff from the startline, allowing his competition to lead the way into the first few turns, where potential rider entanglement was bound to happen. His strategy worked and he later passed both his competitors to take the win! Abdil "Furlong" Mahdzan wins the amateur street luge class!

In the pro street luge class, there were 17 riders, also making this the largest pro field at a GSI event to date. In every heat, Furlong either took 2nd or 3rd. By the end of the 4 heats, Abdil "Furlong" Mahdzan was tied with 4 other riders, Rian James, Chris Hicks, Paul Busse, and Kyle Cayer for 10th place. As such, they will compete for places 10-14. James wins the holeshot at the startline, and Furlong manages to pass Hicks on the inside of a really sharp turn to finish in 11th place.

The pro street luge class was won by both the Rogers Bros and John Fryer. All 3 of them had X-Games experience. Congratulations goes to them for the podium win! Nevertheless, it was a great experience for this young Malaysian rider, having raced against some of the best riders in the world, and he hopes to learn more from them.