![]() Vance, however, qualified quickest and fastest, and set a new top speed record in the process-giving him a 37-point lead. ![]() Kawasaki Z-1-mounted Carpenter saw it differently.Īlthough having won only the Summernationals that season, he was consistent enough to go into the race–the last of the season–with a lead of just over 200 points. At the 1979 NHRA Winston World Finals at Ontario, Terry Vance on a Suzuki was favored to win the championship. Motorcycle drag racing legends Vicki Farr, Russ Collins and Bob Carpenter.īy the late Seventies four-strokes would be dominant and Carpenter in turn, began racing one. I don’t even pay much attention to the competition.” “If the bike is a dog or even a rocket,” he said, “I concentrate on how to get the best run from it. Carpenter’s H-2 was far smaller in displacement than Bruso’s Z-1 but that didn’t matter. ![]() Like Dave Schultz, Carpenter started in Pro Stock Bike on a 750cc Kawasaki two-stroke and had his first professional win in 1975 at a race in Beach Bend, Kentucky, where he defeated Mike Bruso with a 10.10 pass at 133.33 mph. Bob Carpenter finished second at the ’79 Gatornationals, having been defeated by Wayne Buckler. Even though Pro Stock Bike became an NHRA Eliminator in 1987, they promoted the class as far back as 1979. In the late Seventies, the Pennsylvania rider won both NHRA/NMRA and Dragbike! championships. In many ways Bob Carpenter was a validation for Pro Stock Bike and its philosophy: A racer without significant sponsorship who could defeat those with it. ![]() Click here, if you have not checked out Part 1 yet. Motorcycle drag racing journalist John Stein is back with his multi-part series dedicated to the Pro Stock Motorcycle class. ![]()
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