It seems like forever since Brock Davidson wheeled his nitrous-fed Suzuki Bandit to the first seven-second streetbike lap in the world. In fact, that lap was made 10 years ago and in the years since, the Pro Street class (formerly Streetbike Shootout) has been dominated, for the most part, by turbocharged motorcycles with little more than a peep from the nitrous contingent.
Things have come full circle however as Ryan Schnitz (Decatur, IN) piloted the nitrous-injected, Cecil Towner-tuned HTP Performance Suzuki Hayabusa to the first six-second pass by a Pro Street motorcycle, clocking in at 6.907-seconds (quarter-mile) at 203.06mph. The run was made during the MIROCK Fast By Gast Fall Nationals at Maryland International Raceway this past weekend.
Pro Street bikes are highly modified production motorcycles running D.O.T. rubber and no wheelie bars. However, nitrous bikes in the class are allowed to run centrifugal 'slider' clutches and auto transmissions.
Schnitz was unable to back up the number within 1% for an official series record, but will forever have the distinction of being the first 'streetbike' racer to post a six-second elapsed time.
You can watch a video of the run at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4s_7F3SI_l8
