ProStar backs record attempt

From SUPERSHOW Events

ProStar Motorsports, of Port Perry, ON, has signed as the latest sponsor of the SUPERSHOW / Team Arrow Racing Landspeed Record run, scheduled for late August at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah.

The SUPERSHOW Team Arrow streamliner motorcycle will be piloted by SUPERSHOW producer Bar Hodgson, a former Canadian drag racing champion and road racer, in an attempt to break the world landspeed record for 500cc turbo-charged motorcycles. The record was established by NSU in 1956 at 211mph (339km/h) and is the longest standing world record in the Bonneville record books.

ProStar Motorsports specializes in building and tuning race motorcycles and track bikes, and has come on board to supply the 175 horsepower race bike to run in qualifying in order for Hodgson to obtain his streamliner pilot’s licence. ProStar will provide the 2005 Suzuki GSX-R1000 raced in the Parts Canada Superbike Championship by Frank Trombino in 2007. The ProStar racing team has support from Suzuki Canada.

Ben Gartner, president of ProStar and one of the top motorcycle tuners in Canada, will be tuning and setting up the racer specifically for Bonneville. The rear suspension is being lowered and the bike will be geared higher for the high speeds of Bonneville, in addition to the Dynojet Power Commander being re-mapped for the 4000-feet-above-sea-level altitude of the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Hodgson will use the ProStar GSX-R for qualifying runs of 125, 150, and 175 mph (201, 241, 282 km/h) that are mandatory to obtain a Bonneville Racing license.

Bonneville Speed Week takes place Aug. 17–24. For further information and updates as the team preps for the big event visit http://www.supershowevents.com/. For ProStar info visit http://www.prostarmotorsports.ca/.