EUROPEAN Champion Zodiac Racing is about to start the 2014 season with one goal in mind, to defend the European crown. This year started with the good news that all their major sponsors will continue their support for the coming race season.
Zodiac General Manager Vincent Pels said "it became even better when long time Zodiac partner S&S Cycle, the “Industry Leader of Proven Performance Products for Harley-Davidson”, decided to team up and support our racing efforts.
"With a rich racing heritage of more than 55 years, the support and knowledge of S&S Cycle is more then welcome, not the least because of the Hubba Hubba supercharged Top Fuel Harley-Davidson. This bike was the first V-twin to exceed 200 mph in the quarter mile in 1995, under the leadership of George Smith Jr., an accomplishment that Zodiac Racing's team principal Ton Pels did himself one year later, as the first European."
So in addition to S&S Cycle and distributor Zodiac International as naming rights sponsor, "Godfather VII" will again be supported by the likes of Spectro Oils of America, SuperTrapp, Accel Motorcycle Products and Kibblewhite Precision Machining Inc.
Pels says that "the team is also going to rely on valuable parts from supporters such as National Cycle for their 220 mph tested V-Stream wind screen, and Eriks/Gates, who helped to develop a new blower drive system for this coming season.
The formation of the team will be the same as last year, with former Zodiac General Manager Ton Pels as team principal, his son Vincent Pels as Crew Chief and Norwegian Ronny Aasen as rider.
The first outing of the year will be the first round of the FIM Europe Super Twin Top Fuel championship at Santa Pod Raceway in the UK. Ton and Vincent Pels (T&V Racing) have made some major changes in the fuel system of the 1000+HP nitro-methane breathing machine, to be able to control the extraordinary fuel delivery of over 12 gallons per minute better.
The rest of the changes made over the winter are mostly for consistency, like a new blower drive, newly designed CP pistons and a titanium 9-stage clutch. They expect to need one or two runs to dial-in the bike and get their base line setting back, but from then on the plan is to run hard, so Ronny can take on the elite of European
V-Twin racers in the only true European Championship.
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