Ready or not, Brown made transition to Top Fuel look easy
Antron Brown could have stayed in the Pro Stock Motorcycle class and continued to be a force in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series. But after 10 seasons and 16 motorcycle victories, Brown got a chance to drive a Top Fuel dragster last season and knew immediately he was hooked.
“The bikes were a lot of fun, but nobody on this earth is seasoned when they come in to run Top Fuel or Funny Car,’’ Brown said in a phone interview. “You don’t get prepared until you do it. You don’t know how much you’re going to like it or if you’re going to dislike it until you get the chance to do it… Details
The asphalt at the Famoso drag strip was hot, the bike licked with red and orange flames when Jesse James stepped up to the starting line and threw a leg over the 1,000-horsepower, nitro-powered dragster.
A flicker of green light, a twist of the grip and James was off. Seconds later, at a top speed of 161 mph, James had won the respect of the seasoned racers who trained him and sighs of relief from the production crew that was capturing it all on camera for his new Spike TV show, “Jesse James Is a Dead Man.”
James had defied the program title, just as he’d done when he caught himself on fire, and when he rode shotgun in an F-16D fighter plane, subjecting his 210-pound frame to nine Gs.
James, who turned 40 last month, insists he isn’t …Â Details
The Hangtown Motocross Classic National, serving as the second round of the 12-race Lucas Oil AMA Pro Motocross Championship Series, hits Prairie City SVRA Saturday in a new one-day format.
The race, considered one of the largest of the season, attracting 25,000-plus spectators, is part of the AMA’s national motocross championship schedule and is also nationally televised on SPEED.
In 1967, a group of local motorcycle enthusiasts met at Marion Pyle’s bike shop — The Orangevale Motorcycle Center, in Orangevale. Their thoughts were to bring a big-time motorcycle-racing event to Northern California… Details
Mission Motors has been refining the Mission One electric motorcycle in preparation for the TTXGP and they’ve added a full fairing to help with the expected high speeds of the TT course. Unlike many racetracks with lots of turns and shorter straights, the TT course allows a lot of high speed and wind resistance will play a significant role.
Mission Motors had another obvious problem with this situation, where do you test for that environment? One possible answer was…Â Details