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<\/p>\nPingel Top Fuel Motorcycle (TFM) drag racing is going hot on the NHRA Mission Drag Racing Series at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois, this weekend!<\/p>\n
Champion Larry \u201cSpiderman\u201d McBride, Finland\u2019s Elmeri Salakari, championship runner-up Mitch Brown, Top Fuel Harley record holder Bob Malloy, and Maine\u2019s Micah Fenwick will all be slinging their 1600+ horsepower two-wheeled beasts down the legendary speed facility just south of Chicago.<\/p>\n
Larry and his mastermind crew chief\/brother Steve are the all-time performance leaders of the sport, clicking off 4.80s to the 1000 foot seemingly at will to take last year\u2019s title in bracket bike fashion. Will they be content to win with consistency this season, like they did last? Or will they go back to roasting motors and setting records?<\/p>\n
Brown co-owns his bike with Dennis Bradley and has Pro Mod driver Todd Martin helping tune with the bike\u2019s FuelTech-controlled and fired system. They\u2019re no longer content with second and shooting for the top.<\/p>\n
Salakari\u2019s blown, dual overhead cam, four valve per cylinder, hybrid fuel \u201cHarsh\u201d V-Twin was the only bike to beat McBride on track last year. Jaska Salakari says he\u2019s solved the ultimate nitro riddle and intends to tune his son Elmeri to a mind-blowing performance.<\/p>\n
Like Brown and Salakari, Malloy controls his bike with a FuelTech ECU. He\u2019s stated his goal in life is to beat the McBrides, and he thinks his Chuck Redfern-owned Sam Wills chassis is the tool to do it.<\/p>\n
The John Alwine-designed ATF-1 bike fielded by Fenwick is potentially the most beastly machine in the field, and Fenwick is gathering the experience necessary to ride that beast to winning results.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe 2024 NHRA Top Fuel motorcycle class was a great success and we look forward to an even more competitive 2025 season,\u201d said Donna Pingel. Along with her husband Wayne, the Pingels run the most legendary business in motorcycle performance.<\/p>\n
Fire in the hole, let\u2019s race!<\/p>\n
This story was originally published on May 15, 2025. <\/p>\n
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