Drag Racing Bikes, and other news© Kenneth D. Caudill
Jan 10, 2000
First off this week, I want to say a little about drag bikes.
Drag
bikes have always been a wonder to me. I always wondered who
was crazy
enough to ride. I remember they first started Pro Bike racing
in 1970.
My brother and I went to Indy that year and a Pro Stock Motorcycle
racer
was being interviewed. At that time I believe the speeds were
in the
160-mph range. The question asked was "Going the speeds you
do, why
even bother to wear a helmet?' I'll never forget his reply.
"Man!!
Have you ever had a June Bug hit you at 150 mph?"
In checking the records at http://www.dragbike.com/prostar/records....
I note that Elmer Trett from my own state of Georgia had the
Top Fuel
record at 235.10 mph. 6.069 in a quarter mile. In other Dragbike news. The NMCA has announced its 2000 schedule
and
payouts for the Streetbike Shootouts. There are only six cities
on the
tour. Check http://www.dragbike,com/news/01-010499a.... for
the one
nearest you.
What is the weirdest car or ?? you have every seen dragrace?
Write and tell me what is the weirdest vehicle you ever saw drag
race.
After the over consumption of adult beverages, my brother and
I almost
swore off all alcohol once when we saw a 1957 Chevy with three
doors on
each side pull up to the Christmas tree. Yep! You guessed it.
It was
an old and very rare version of an airport limousine.
I am exploring the stranger corners of drag racing during this
off-season. Is anyone out there familiar with the NEDRA- National
Electric Drag Racing Association? In ways electric drag racing
may at
first seem comical but I know drag racing. In 1970, Top fuel
was barely
topping 200 mph. Now they are at 325 mph and Pro Stock and Street
legal
are clipping 200 with relative ease. Anyway I have been watching
the
NEDRA site at http://www.nedra.com/ and note they are reporting
a Dennis
"Kilowatt" Berube is using an electric dragster to turn 8.861
at
147.121. If he can do this consistently, I would love to see
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