![]() ![]() ![]() “We are still sorting out the new wheelie bars and our shift points, so I am very happy with how we ran.” Dave Vantine Vantine was thrilled with the experience as well. Thank God they have a really long shutdown area here at VMP because that really helped.” “Out in the middle of the track it got a little loose and I had to pedal it a little bit and grab the rear brake to get it caught up. “We just hopped it up a bit and calmed it down low,” McBride said. The record-breaking Saturday afternoon pass was also the fastest side-by-side run in motorcycle drag racing history as McBride went 5.61 at 268 mph to Dave Vantine’s 5.89 at 252 mph. People were lining up in the rain to come see us. “There was more enthusiasm in the pits than I have ever felt. There was huge gathering outside of McBride’s trailer afterwards. When NHRA is racing it’s always on the TV at my shop.” Larry McBride and Jack Korpela of Cycledrag “It’s always special to be home and it was my honor to be here and support NHRA. “I’ve been treated like a king here and it’s just an incredible feeling,” McBride said. Spiderman Team Members Roland and Chuck Stuart native was equally thrilled to be able to accomplish the feat at his home track in front of hundreds of friends and family members. “He told me he wanted an exciting pass, he wasn’t expecting goosebumps he said.” Larry “Spiderman” McBride and Ned Walliser of NHRA ![]() “I had goosebumps and so did Ned,” McBride said. ![]() Walliser was at the top end for this record as well. NHRA’s Ned Walliser was the one who broke the news to McBride of his record in 1999 at top end. “It’s kind of crazy and kind of reminds me of 1999,” McBride said, referencing another time he made history in the NHRA at Houston Raceway Park, when he recorded the first five-second motorcycle run. Drag bike legend Larry “Spiderman” McBride made the most of his first appearance at a NHRA national event in nearly 20 years with the fastest run in the history of motorcycle drag racing at a staggering 268 mph. ![]()
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