BROCK'S
PERFORMANCE
ENTERS BMW S
1000 RR IN AMA
DRAGBIKE
SUPERSPORT CLASS
DAYTON, Ohio.
(June 3, 2010)
- Reigniting a
championship-winning
partnership,
Brock's
Performance and
Keith Dennis are
teaming up again
in AMA Dragbike
SuperSport
competition to
pursue race wins
and national
records on BMW's
radical, new S
1000 RR
Superbike.
One of the most
storied and
accomplished
riders in the
history of
sportbike
dragracing,
Dennis, 47, from
Cordova,
Tennessee, is a
four-time AMA
national
champion. A
short-wheelbase
specialist and
multi-time
national-record
holder, he won
the 2008, 1998
and 1995
SuperSport
titles on
near-production
bikes, as well
as the 2003 Pro
Stock
Championship on
a long, mean,
fire-breathing
machine.
Most notable is
the 2008
contest, where
Dennis unleashed
a Brock's
Performance
GSX-R1000 on the
field at the
third race of
the season, then
won
five-straight
events and
locked up the
championship.
Today's
announcement
comes hot on the
heels of the S
1000 RR's
groundbreaking
quarter-mile
appearance at
last month's AMA
Dragbike Spring
Nationals in
Martin,
Michigan.
Competing on the
BMW modified
only with
external
bolt-ons--including
a Brock's
Performance CT
Megaphone full
exhaust system,
BST carbon-fiber
wheels and
MacIntosh
extended
swingarm--Ryan
Schnitz clocked
a stunning 8.49
elapsed time at
159 mph. These
numbers
astounded the
dragrace
community and
garnered the S
1000 RR the
unofficial title
of the "quickest
and fastest
stock bike in
the world."
Schnitz later
qualified the
bike fourth in
shortened,
SuperSport-legal
trim, but
crashed during
testing on
Sunday morning.
Nonetheless,
this was an
impressive
debut for
BMW. "We're
thrilled
that a
leader on
the
dragracing
scene has
decided to
campaign the
RR," said
Todd
Andersen,
Manager,
Marketing,
BMW
Motorrad,
USA.
"Although it
was designed
more for
roadracing,
we're
looking
forward to
seeing how
our bike
performs in
this arena."
Brock's
Performance
owner Brock
Davidson was
stunned: "The
BMW has a better
power-to-weight
ratio than any
bike we've ever
run. We feel
this bike is
going to be
popular for our
customers so we
want to build a
full line of
products for it.
The best way to
develop
performance
parts for any
motorcycle is to
race it, so here
we go."
Dennis will run
the SuperSport
machine at the
next event on
the tour, in
Montgomery,
Alabama, in nine
days. While
Davidson admits
a SuperSport
championship may
be out of reach
three races into
the season, he
feels Dennis and
the BMW will
stir things up:
"The competition
will definitely
know we're
there."
Brock's
Performance is
also developing
a "dry"
nitrous-injection
kit for the S
1000 RR and
prepping an AMA
Dragbike Real
Street
class-legal
entry for Dennis
to ride at
selected events.
With such a late
start on a
brand-new
platform, a
championship in
either class is
virtually
impossible, but
with the
tremendous
potential of
BMW's S 1000 RR,
Davidson
predicts, "the
winner's circle
is clearly in
sight."
For more
information on
championship-winning
Brock's
Performance
exhaust
systems, BST
wheels and other
go-fast parts,
visit
BrocksPerformance.com.
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About Brock's Performance
Home of six current AMA
Dragbike World Records and
countless national titles,
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 1000 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, 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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Keith Dennis
4-Time AMA Dragbike Champion
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Ryan Schnitz on the
SuperSport-Prepped
Brock's Performance
BMW S 1000 RR
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Brock's Performance/BST
BMW S 1000 RR
with Long-Wheelbase Setup
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Brock's Performance
CT Megaphone Full Exhaust
for BMW S 1000 RR
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Jeremy Toye on a BST-Shod
Roadracingworld.com
BMW S 1000 RR Project Bike
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Tim Hunt on a
Brock's-Piped, BST-Shod GSX-R1000
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