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545 Hor§epower 'Bu§a The North American horsepower record for registered horsepower on a dyno was obliterated in Long Be ach, California, on Sunday, July 18, at the Jardine West Coast HP Dyno Shootout, held in conjunction with the Los Angeles Calendar Motorcycle Show. JE Pistons' John Noonan and his Suzuki GSX 1300 R Hayabusa land speed bike registered 54S horsepower to set the mark. A huge crowd packed the Jardine booth as Noonan arrived straight from EI Mirage dry lake, where he had just set a land speed record earlier in the day. Noonan set a land speed record in the MBG-1650 class at EI Mirage just outside of Palmdale , California, at 209 mph . On his first dyno run his Hayabusa recorded a 416 horsepower pull, and he then followed it up with the record setting 54S .1 hp run and then backed it all up with a 537 hp run . "No one had ever seen anyth ing like this," said Jardine vice president Kerry Bryant. "The re isn't anything in this parking lot , except perhaps the e ngines on the Q uee n Mary behind us he re , that can even touch this." "I would like to thank the many people that made this happen," Noonan said. "JE Pistons and Carrillo Rods for supplying us with the best parts available, Velocity Racing Turbosystems, my girlfriend and crew chief Michelle, for all her support and assistance, and of course Jardine Performance Products for letting me use and abuse their dyno! " Ch ris Walker flew the flag for Foggy PETRO NAS Racing at t his weekend 's PETRO NAS Shanghai International Race Festival in Ch ina. Wit h FPR owner Carl Fogarty out of act ion with a knee injury susta ined in a personal watercraft accident last week, and with Troy Corser hit by a stomach bug in China, Chris rode the PETRONAS FP I race and road bikes around the specially constructed street circuit as part of the build-up to the inaugural Formula One Chinese Grand Prix on September26, 2004, in Shanghai. The FPR team was joined by Sauber PETRONAS F I driver Felipe Massa, F I test driver Neel [ani, as well as the PETRONAS EON rally team, in performing demo laps as back-up to the main highlight of the festival - a DTM German Touring Car race. "This was a real experience, and I was pleased to put on a show for PETRONAS and all their guests," Walker said. "The surface did not have too much grip, so I wasn 't able to perform some of my usual tricks, but the crowd reacted well, and I wish everyone well for the first Chinese Grand Prix in September." PET RO NAS also used the festival to announce the launch of its range of premium grade automotive and motorcycle engine oils in China on July 14, 2004, officially entering the country's lubricants market. "This festival gave us an excellent communications tool for building awareness of our brand , and it opens up some good business opportunities for the PETRONAS group," PETRONAS ' vice president of oil business, Datuk Anuar Ahmad, said. "To be able to demonstrate Formu la One on the streets of Shanghai to the local population is an excellent way to prepare them for their first-ever Formula One Grand Prix in September." To cast your vote log on to www.cyclenews .com. lY~=~ad"lpo~~D~!'~~k~:~;;~ 6 = W ith the 2004 AMA Progr e ssive Insu rance U.S . Flat Track Championship shaping up to be a t hree-horse race, who do you think will wi n t he title? A. Chris Carr B. Joe Kopp C. Kenny Cool beth D. It's too early to rule out the rest of the competition just yet On-line poll results from last we ek Which of the following championships do you t hink has bee n the most exciting in 20041 MotoGP World Superbike AMA Superbike AMA 250cc Sup ercross AMA 125cc Sup ercross AMA 250cc National Moto cros s AMA 125cc National Motocross FIM MXI World Motocross FIM MX2 World Motocross AMA U.S. Flat Track Championship AMAGNCC AMA National Hare and Hound AMA Na tional Enduro ~ otal Replies : www.cyc lenews.com 2403 92 424 414 41 277 93 37 31 133 309 SO 56 (55.11%) (2.11%) (9.72%) (9.50%) (0.94%) (6.35%) (2.13%) (0.85%) (0.71%) (3,05%) (7.09%) (1.15%) (1.28%) 4360 CYCLE NEWS • AUGUST 4,2004 123