Race Day on the SG250

We loaded up the truck with two of the new SG 250’s and headed over to the Irwindale speedway drag strip for a night of fun. It’s only about 10 minutes from the shop and a great time for racers and viewers alike. The flyer that we had for the event said that only a helmet and proper safety gear is required to race. Gerry, Joey, Willie and Duane all rode their bikes over to the drag strip thinking they all had the proper safety gear to find out that they were misinformed.

We were only able to race one bike after going thru tech where we were told rider’s must have a leather jacket, shoes that go above the ankle, and a helmet that is Snell approved. We were able to talk the tech guy into letting us run with a non leather jacket and had to rent a Simpson Snell approved helmet. Gerry was the only one who had boots that were above the ankle and was allowed to race.

Once we got Gerry and the bike thru tech everything smoothed out and we had a great time racing the SG250. Gerry made about 5 or 6 passes through out the night and the bike ran great every pass.

The Toyota truck all loaded up with two SG250’s ready for the races. The two bikes fit perfect in the back.

Gerry in the staging lane getting ready for his first pass of the night.

First pass we got matched up with a bike twice our size.

That guy got a good hole shot off the line.

Photo by Joe Berk: capturing Gerry at about 200 feet out.

The track was a 1/8th mile which is only 660 feet. Gerry got the SG up to 54.03 MPH

It was a lot of fun talking in the Pitt’s after each pass.

Our good buddy Kirk challenged Gerry to a drag race with his SV650

I think Gerry got the hole shot on this one, I think Kirk ended up catching Gerry at the end.

There were a few nice vintage bikes there, here is a nice old Indian, didn’t get the year.

Here is a Pierce motorcycle, it’s over 100 years old. I think it is a 1912.

All in all, we had a great time at the races, and had a lot of fun with the crew. The drag strip is just a few miles from our shop and with summer here I think we will be visiting the track a little more often. I am looking forward to our SG250 shipment coming in and I am sure we will see some of our customers out at the track with their new SG250’s. Maybe we will have a CSC drag day with prizes for the fastest bike!!