Customer News
What Resistance? Ceramic Bearing Technology 101
Our friends at LSXTV wrote a great tech article about Ceramic Bearings and their use in their Dragzine.com project BlownZ Camaro. BlownZ installed our state of the art Ceramic Bearings in the front wheels, rear axle, 9" Ford carrier and the pinion for some significant friction reduction.
Read the Full Article at LSXTV.com
Almon Four Time California Monza Champion
Zane Almon set three new track records in Sr. Animal, Lt. 160 and Lt. World Formula during the final leg of the 2014 California Monza Mostek Record Breaker recently.
Almon finished the series as four time California Monza Champion, plus he was also honored with the Series Sr. Sportsmanship Award!
Congratulations Zane, Chuck & Shana!
Almon Wins Two Classes at QMA Winter Nationals
Zane Almon put all three of their teams cars in the A Mains at the QMA Winter Nationals in Las Vegas, then went on to win the Sr. Honda event, and the Sr. Animal Event! Zane placed 5th in the Lt. 160 class also!
Congratulations Zane, Chuck & Shana!
Jack Wilson wins PEAK Sweepstakes to drive at 24 Hours of LeMons
Performance Bearing Owner Jack Wilson got a big surprise when he found out his wife Sondra had entered his name in the PEAK Antifreeze Sweepstakes to drive at the 24 hours of LeMons at Chicago Speedway, and he won! He received an all expenses paid trip to Joliet, Ill for the 24 Hours of Lemon's Race as a participant.
The 24 hours of LeMons is similar to the 24 hours of Le Mans, which is a 24 hour endurance race that takes place in France, but the LeMon's variation uses "lemon" cars and is more of a fun race. Jacks teammates included NHRA Top Fuel Driver TJ Rizzo, Evan Smith, Editor of Muscle Mustangs and Fast Fords Magazine and several PEAK team members.
Almon Latest World Record Holder
Zane Almon set a new world record at the annual Ernie Bose World Record Race at the Orange Show track in California. He also won the California Summer Series and set class track records in New Mexico and Phoenix Arizona!
Congratulations Zane, Chuck & Shana!
Short Track USA Magazine Article
Short Track USA featured an article about Ceramic Bearings that features Performance Bearing in their April 2010 Edition.
Writer Dan Anderson explains how Circle Track Racers are beginning to apply the latest in bearing technology in both Dirt and Asphalt cars to their teams advantage. Bill Bushore from Bushore Racing Enterprises also comments about their usage in IMCA Modifieds.
Daniluk Resets Canadian Doorslammer Record
Barry Daunlik from Alberta, Canada smoked Canada West Doorslammers ET record October 3rd. Daunlik ran 6.507@210 grabbing the #1 Qualifer Position and Resetting the ET record for the class! Unfortunately a transbrake problem put him out in the first round at this race, but he certainly made his mark...
Earlier this year he also won the NHRA Top Sportsman class at Yellowstone Drag Strip in Montana and was the #1 Qualifier. He grabbed a NHRA Best Engineered award to boot!
Daunlik runs a Rossler TH210XHD transmission, 3.89 gear and a , 832 Ron Miller engine with no power adders in his 68 Camaro. He's upgraded to our Ceramic Bearings in the front wheel bearings and rear end resulting in a measurable gain of 3 mph!
Congratulations Barry on the new record!
Janis wins ADRL Pro Extreme at Topeka
Mike Janis picked up his first win of the season at the ADRL Race in Topeka, KS July 4th. Janis qualified 6th and quickly found the combination he needed to lay down a best ever 3.74@200.71 MPH in the semi-finals which was also low ET of the event. That pass put him solidly in the elite ADRL 200 mph club, the fifth member to date.
The New York native defeated Cody Barkladge from Missouri in the final round with a 3.853@197.65 pass to Barkladge's off pace 4.394@149.13.
The next stop on the ADRL Tour is Virginia Motorsports Park and you can be certain that the rest of the field will be paying a lot of attention to that blue and white Firebird come race day!!
Congratulations Mike on a well deserved win!
Brunson discovers hidden ET improvement at ADRL Martin, Michigan
Team Grothus Dragbikes wrote in to tell us about a break through weekend they just had in Martin Michigan at the ADRL Summer Drags V. The team's previous best ET had been a 4.42@166 and they shattered it at Martin. New gains yielded four straight passes of 4.38, 4.34 and 4.32 with mph's ranging from 162-168 mph!
The new low ET's were good enough to get rider Brunson Grothus qualified in the 11th spot of the 16 bike field better than a number of teams that did not make the cut, like the 2008 ADRL PXM champ.
Brunson won his first round on a .010 holeshot with a margin of victory of only .0003 but the races were called later in the day due to rain.
The Martin race will be finished July 4th weekend when the ADRL appears at Topeka, Kansas and you can bet Grothus Dragbikes will be there itching for a victory!
Congratulations Brunson and Team Grothus on your new low ET's and 1st round victory!
Warner 1st to Break 250 MPH - Naked
That's right Naked! But not like you might first think... get your mind out of the gutter... in motorcyle land speed racing, "Naked" means no fairings on the bike, which increases the aerodynamic drag considerably making the feat that much harder to achieve.
At the 2009 Season Opener at the Texas Mile in Goliad, Texas, Bill Warner broke the 250 mph record when he blasted down the track with a 254.449 mph breaking not only the track standing mile record, but also the first "naked"motorcycle to go over 250 mph!
There's only been 5 motorcycle riders in the World to go faster than 250 mph in the standing mile, like Bill, all have been on a Suzuki Hayabusa. However Bill's the only one to have ever done it without fairings!