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"MOTORCYCLIST covers all 'the
bases, and that's the main
reason why it's so successful."
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- Terry' Vance
Gas National Champion, 1973 and '"
1974; AMDRA Pro-Stock' National
Champion, 1975 and 1977; IDBA
Pro-Stock National Champion,
1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981 and
1985; NMRA Pro- Stock National
Champion, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982,
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,983, 1984 and 1985; NMRA TopFuel National Champion, 1981;
NHRA Pro-Stock National Champion, 1986; first top-fuel motorcycle racer to exceed 200 mph in the
quarter-mil e in 1982 (unofficial)203.61 mph, 6.98 e.t. ; current
NHRA Pro-Stock record-holder
for mph (165.04) and e.t. (8.092).
Name: Terry Vance
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Occupation: Co-owner, Vance &
Hines Racing; Pro-Stock drag racer, Team SuzukilVance & Hines
Racing history: "I was in high
school in 1969 when I started taking my 750 Honda out to the ,racetrack on Wednesdays and Saturdays just to have fun . It's actually
pretty easy to get started in drag
racing. You just go out and run
bracket races or get involved in local meets . You show up at the
track, sign the release, and go from
there. Really, what you're doing is
trying to outrun the clock, and it's
just a continual thing from that
day on; you always want to go
faster."
Professional career: "My
start in the motorcycle business
came at R.C. Engineering in 1972.
There I met Byron Hines and began racing with him on the local
level. Eventually we 'started attend<
ing national events, and we did
quite well. In 1978 I signed with
Suzuki and the rest is, as they say,
history. Byron and I started Vance
& Hines Racing in 1980 and have
continued growing every year. We
have remained very good friends,
and we really are having a lot of "
fun. In addition to our business
and national event racing, we handle our retail franchise chain of
motorcycle centers and maintain
our superbike and box stock roadracing teams."
Magazine: "Some of the magazines spend too much time giving
bore centers, ring gap, and carburetor jetting. MOTORCYCLIST
covers the technical aspects but is
much more human about it and
doesn 't ignore the important
issue: Is th is bike fun to ride? I
think it's good that the humor level is maintained; you always have
fun with the magazine, and that's
what motorcycling is all about.
The editors are involved on a lot of
different levels, it's ,not just a single, tunnel-vision-type thing.
MOTORCYCLIST covers all the
bases, and that's the main reason
why it's so successful."
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Track record: AMDRA Top-
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