Stotz Racing sets 1/8
mile record at AMA Prostar Indianapolis National
August 17, 2005
Honda’s Kent Stotz raised the AMA Prostar Pro Street bar
another notch last weekend, setting the 1/8-mile speed record
at 159 mph at the Pingel Thunder Motorcycle Nationals at Indianapolis
Raceway Park, August 13-14. “We’re touching 160 mile-per-hour
in a city block,” said Stotz, putting the achievement in
perspective.
The 660-foot top speed is officially measured once a year by AMA
Prostar and the conditions at Indianapolis Raceway, a track known
for its well-prepared surface, were ideal for the challenge. For
the race weekend, Stotz also recorded the quickest quarter-mile
ET and the second-fastest top-speed—7.36 seconds at 197
mph—in the second round of eliminations. “Velocity
Racing Turbo Systems helped us achieve the power in our 550-plus
horsepower Blackbird, but we’ve been searching for traction,”
said Stotz. “We found traction here at Indy, but we wheelied
in the quarterfinals and did not advance.”
Stotz has been on the road four of the last five weekends and
just concluded a featured-guest appearance on Speed TV’s
2-Wheel Tuesday with host Greg White. “I want to thank Greg
and the good people at 2-Wheel Tuesday. We were able to give viewers
an appreciation of the technology behind motorcycle drag racing
and the skill needed to compete.”
Stotz can catch his breath as the AMA Prostar series takes a summer
break, then the mighty CBR will be back in action at the Schnitz
Memphis Blues Nationals at Memphis Motorsports Park in Memphis,
Tennessee, October 1-2. |
