RECORDS FALL AT THE AMA/PROSTAR WORLD FINALS

Henson Leaves His Mark on Gainesville
Honda now has #1 and #2 Streetbike Shootout World Records

Gainesville FL - It's a traffic policeman's nightmare. A street legal motorcycle, capable of over 195 mph from stoplight to stoplight. That's the rules in the AMA/Prostar Streetbike Shootout class, where Barry Henson and his Stotz Street Xtreme/Velocity Racing Honda CBR1100XX set the both ends of the performance records at 7.526 seconds and 192.63 mph.

The Shootout bikes have to have necessary street equipment, run a D.O.T approved street tire, along with all necessary lights and inspection tags. That's about it, anything else pretty much goes. The trick to these bikes is to build them as powerful as possible, yet still be able to get it to the ground while keeping it 100% street legal.
Henson teamed up in 2003 with 4-time champion and now former world record holder, Kent Stotz, who held the previous records at 7.645 seconds and 192.33 mph, on his own Honda CBR1100XX.

Ohh No Joe!   It's Seven Whoa Geno!
Geno Scali Sets New Pro Stock Motorcycle Record

Gainesville FL - Fresh off a 2003 NHRA POWERade Pro Stock Championship, Geno Scali officially grabbed the AMA/Prostar Pro Stock Motorcycle record, and is now officially the quickest Pro Stock bike rider in the world. Last night, Geno Scali kept the Gainesville crowd as the temperatures crept towards the 40 degree mark, and he broke loose out of the box with a 7.013 @ 192.21mph, and backed it up with a 7.018 at the exact 193.21mph.

The previous record, held by Joe Koenig,  was 7.029. Koeng is incidentally, a team partner with Scali on the Trim-Tex  Sears Craftsman Suzuki. The elusive 6-second Pro Stock bike may still be in the cards, as Geno has the completion of the MRE Event on Friday, followed by the World Finals this weekend, all at Gainesville Raceway. This should give Geno all the passes he needs to dial in the Trim-Tex Suzuki.

AMA/Prostar, the largest motorcycle drag racing organization in the world, beat NHRA to the punch by allowing four-valve motors, while the former only allows two-valve versions. Prostar Marketing Director, Jim Cara said "Allowing four-valve engines in AMA/Prostar Pro Stock is opening the door for racers to start developing engine setups, which hopefully will trickle into all of the other motorcycle racing sanctions."

Manufacturers such as Kawasaki , Suzuki and Honda have made the switch to four-valve engines in many late model machines, including the large bore engines found in the high performance street bikes. It is only fitting for AMA/Prostar to embrace the new technology and take Pro Stock motorcycle drag racing to the next level.

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