Pro Stock Bike Record Will Fall in 2005
Written by David Lamm · January 27, 2005
Okay, I’m calling my shot. Sometime in the two bike races of the 2005 NHRA POWERade Drag Racing season, the Pro Stock Bike six second barrier will be broken. Sure I am not going out on a limb seeing how Andrew Hines set the national record at 7.016 seconds last year. Why am I so confident? Both U.S. Army Pro Stock Bikes dipped below the seven second mark in testing recently.
NHRA.com: Brown first in the sixes, Angelle follows close behind
Sure big numbers in testing really doesn’t carry much weight for the regular season. We aren’t sure if the teams are testing their bikes with the proper weight requirements as per the rules. They could be using an unauthorized fuel for all we know. But “cheating” during testing really does not give the teams a good gauge of where they are in relation to the upcoming season. Lots of time teams will come out and look like they are world beaters in testing and fall flat on their faces come the season opener.
I am not saying that Antron Brown or Angelle Savoie will be the ones to set the record but I do think the record will fall this year. There are a lot of good bikes in this class and a lot of horsepower to go around. If I had to put money on it, I would say that probably one of the Harley-Davidson’s ridden by Andrew Hines or GT Tonglet might be the first one to break it.
It might not happen at the first bike race in Gainesville, Fla. (Keep in mind the Pro Stock Bikes only race 15 of the 23 races and the Gatornationals is their season kick-off.) I would not be surprised if the record fell in Houston. The conditions are ideal for records in all classes across the board in Houston at that time of year. The track is smooth and nearly at sea level which means lots of oxygen for those naturally aspirated engines. If the Houston weather cools down in April, look out. No matter who breaks the record, they will be $10,000 richer. Mickey Thompson is putting up 10 grand for the first person to cover the quarter-mile in 6.99 seconds or quicker. Someone at the Mickey Thompson better warm up their check writing hand pretty soon because it looks like it will happen sooner than later.
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