MIKE COOK’S BONNEVILLE SHOOTOUT RUN FOR TRIUMPH CASTROL ROCKET POSTPONED UNTIL OCTOBER
ATLANTA – Due to the recent inclement weather conditions and shortened length of track available on the Bonneville Salt Flats, organizers of Mike Cook’s Bonneville Shootout announced earlier today the postponement of the event until October 5-10.
“This is part of the challenge of land speed competition,” said Matt Sheahan, Chief Operating Officer for Triumph Motorcycles America. “Everything needs to align, especially the weather. In this case, we were not so fortunate, but Triumph hopes that the weather breaks long enough and affords us the opportunity to return to Bonneville at the beginning of October.”
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About Hot Rod Conspiracy
Hot Rod Conspiracy is led by mechanical engineer Matt Markstaller, who manages test and development engineering for Daimler Trucks in Portland, Oregon. In addition to developing mechanical designs that improve vehicle speed, handling and fuel efficiency, the Hot Rod Conspiracy team creates one-of-a-kind performance vehicles featured in national magazines and the industry-leading SEMA show. For more information visit HotRodConspiracy.com.
About Carpenter Racing
Carpenter Racing, operated by two time NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle Champion Bob Carpenter, is the motorcycle industry’s leading performance cylinder head porting resource. One of Carpenter’s more popular products is his proprietary Triumph Rocket III performance package that produces 240 rear wheel horsepower. The fully streetable performance package has turned in quarter-mile drag strip times of 8.99 seconds and 155mph and set American (AMA) and International (FIM) world land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats at 175mph. To learn more, please visit CarpenterRacing.com.
About Jason DiSalvo
Professional motorcycle racer Jason DiSalvo entered his first race at age 4 and became the national 125cc Mile Dirt Track Champion at 13 years of age. He then moved to Grand Prix motorcycle racing and won several national championships en route to a professional career riding for leading factory race teams. DiSalvo competed internationally in the British, European and Spanish Championship Series before riding for the Triumph BE1 Racing World Supersport team.
Returning to America, DiSalvo continues to race Triumph motorcycles for Sportbike Track Time / Castrol / Triumph. In 2012, he set AMA and FIM land speed racing records at the Bonneville Salt Flats on a Carpenter Racing powered Triumph Rocket III Roadster. Learn more about Jason at JasonDiSalvo.com.