The Haltech Manufacturers Cup Finals at the Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida saw Eric Teboul doing what he does best: riding his rocket engine-powered motorcycle with insane speed, this time on US ground.
Teboul ran the quarter mile in 5.2 seconds and was clocked with a speed of 264.39 mph (425.403 km/h). His hydrogen peroxide-fueled motorcycle kind of shocked the younger audience, as such machines haven't been racing in the US for the last 25 years or so.
A constant presence in similar land speed events in the 70's and 80's, rocket-powered motorcycle racing went out of business because of safety reasons and the lack of high-grade rocket fuel.
Eric Teboul blown the former record to smithereens: Peter Svensson had a 5.7s run which stood until now, also done in the US. However, according to Dragzine, Teboul's top speed aboard his rocket bike is 281.47 mph (452.885 km/h), dating from November of 2011 at the Santa Pod Raceway in England.
Now, we totally agree that a turbo Busa is crazy, simply because what Eric Teboul does is rather impossible to describe in silly words other than "kazillionfold crazy" and the like. Remember Bill Warner?
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