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a pair of CBR600RRs to achieve record-breaking speeds quickly and complete
their runs safely, light and strong Blackstone Tek (BST) wheels
entered the 200 MPH club at Bonneville Speed Week.
206
MPH ON A 600cc SPORTBIKE?
BLACKSTONE
TEK (BST) WHEELS BREAK FIVE RECORDS
AT BONNEVILLE SPEED WEEK
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DAYTON, Ohio. (September 1, 2009) - Enabling a pair of CBR600RRs
to achieve record-breaking speeds quickly and complete their runs safely, super-light,
ultra-strong Blackstone Tek (BST) wheels entered the 200 MPH club at Bonneville
Speed Week and broke five world records.
Team Principal Paul Livingston equipped
the Hondas with BST wheels first and foremost for his riders' piece of mind. "The
biggest thing that can clog your brain while hurtling down course," he said, "is
worry about mechanical problems. Knowing the incredible strength of these
carbon fiber wheels gave our riders tremendous confidence while approaching and
exceeding 200 mph."
The wheels' light weight was another
factor in choosing BST, Livingston explained: "We gear the motors to pull hard
on the top end. BST's light carbon fiber rims help the engines spin up to speed
quickly because they have less mass to pull."
There's no arguing with his
strategies or the team's success at Speed Week, the Southern California Timing Association's annual race meet at
the Bonneville Salt Flats, 88 miles west of Salt Lake City, Utah.
Competing on a BST-shod, turbocharged
CBR sponsored by DynoJet-FL Racing, Dusty
Schaller scored an even 206 mph to shatter the former 650cc MPS/BF (modified,
partial streamliner, blown, fuel) record of 170.032 by 36 mph. On the same
bike, running normal gas, he upped the old 153.191 mph 650cc MPS/BG record by
31 mph, taking the five-year-old Honda to 187.608 mph.
Suspension guru Paul Thede, piloting a
normally aspirated, BST-wheeled Race Tech-FL Racing CBR600RR, broke three 650cc
records, most notably pushing Don Vesco's 34-year-old
MPS/G (modified, partial streamliner, gas) run another 3.69 clicks, to 175.023
mph. He also upped the 168.129 mph MPS/F (fuel) record of 1985 to 175.828,
and broke a five-year old, 157.556 mph M/G (modified, gas) record by 4.47 mph on
the CBR sans fairing.
In addition to toppling land-speed records,
BST wheels have been proven internationally at every level of FIM Grand Prix
competition and in winning 12 national championship titles around the world,
BST wheels are DOT-legal for street use in America. Approved for WERA Superbike
and Formula 1 roadracing classes, they are currently undergoing AMA Pro
Racing's homologation process.
From the salt to the street to roadrace courses, BST wheels transform the ways
a bike accelerates, handles and stops. They're available for Japanese
sportbikes through Brock's Performance.
For more
information on BST products and other Brock's Performance parts, go to BrocksPerformance.com.
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About
BST
Based near Johannesburg, South Africa,
BST engineers and manufactures the world's finest carbon fiber motorcycle
components--from wheels and frames to fuel tanks and fenders--to the highest
international standards. On the world stage, BST wheels have been proven at
every level of FIM Grand Prix roadracing competition and have won 12 national
championships. For more
information about BST wheels, visit BlackstoneTek.com.
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About
Brock's Performance
Brock's Performance leads the way in
sportbike innovation for acceleration addicts. From exhaust systems to wheels,
this championship-winning company designs, builds and sells more than 3000
products that make it easier and safer for racers and street riders to reach
record-breaking results through a never-ending process of research, development
and track testing. For more
information about BST wheels and other Brock's Performance parts, go to BrocksPerformance.com.
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BST-wheeled Dynojet-FL Racing Turbo CBR600RR
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