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| Lamar on his Ace Performance Stage 1 ZX-14 |
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| T.Scott Jones on his Carbon-Fiber wheeled Hayabusa |
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The show rolled on as scheduled without any snags, not a single oil down the entire event.
The fastest speeds for most people were during the first passes, with the fastest speed belonging to the Texas Miler Karl
"Entropy" Gunter with a blistering 204mph shakedown pass right off the trailer...
powered by good ol' fashioned Motown Muscle on his 1427cc ZX-12R Uber-Stroker.
It didn't take long for the light 4-5mph crosswind to develop into a significant 7-10mph crosswind
with the clouds rolling in dropping air pressure. Riders reported a loss of approx. 3-4mph between the early morning
conditions and the rest of the event.
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| Bonneville racer Hal Gottsacker on the Javelina/Gruene Harley-Davidson TURBO Custom |
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| LSR Newcomer Peter Kriek on his MONSTER Kawasaki ZX-14 |
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Sal and the rest of the Ace Performance crew shifted into high gear in the pits getting the
cooling issues sorted out. By the time they got it to the start line, the wind sock was pointing straight out with the 7-10mph
crosswind. Despite the deteriorating conditions, Sal was able to bump up the Fast Pass with a 209mph shakedown
pass right off the operating room table.
Immediately, the Ace Performance crew got to work on the 1287cc ZX-12R back in the
pits to make a few dial-in adjustments. A couple passes later, the hammer was layed down with utmost authority as Sal
"The Ice Man" Spatafora screemed through the lights at 211mph, breaking
the previous track record of 206mph, set by himself on Orlando's Stage 2 Hayabusa at Mile Marker-1's innaugural event last
October.
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| 211mph..... Ace Performance's "Alpha Dog" dominating the 1350 class with an ironman fist. |
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