Wild Wind, Wild Hogs
Like so many teams, the Feuling Racing crew hit the road to kick off the 2025 BRL season full of all the optimism and excitement that always accompanies the start of any new race season (April 25-27, Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, California).
The excitement levels were raised for Ruben Xaus and the Feuling Flying Pig Crew as a result of the Friday practice sessions. Feuling's H-D Road Glide was running well, and Ruben was taking seconds off of his laps.
With the fastest lap time of the 2025 BRL Chuckwalla weekend at 1:51.1 - despite unfavorably windy, dust bowl-like conditions - Ruben put the Flying Pig on top of the box with a bittersweet #1 finish on the Saturday - even after an unfortunate 'get-off' in the GP Class. Ruben had such a large lead he was able to pick the bike up and still finish on top.
With continued abuse of the exhaust pipe contacting the pavement on the right side, the transmission case had cracked, which resulted in an untimely oil leak which, in turn, led to a crash.
A combination of logistical challenges, finding parts, dust storms and Ruben's upcoming BRL race in Europe led the crew to make the difficult decision to pack up, skip the Sunday Race 2 and "prepare for the road ahead," said Feuling Parts' Alex Gnaegy.
Those roads will take Feuling and the rest of the BRL grid to The Hastings Motorsport Park in Nebraska for Round 3 & 4 (May 24-25) and then The Gingerman Raceway at South Haven, Michigan (June 28-29) before Ontario, Canada (August 9-10) and the series finals at Willow Springs back in southern California (November 1-2).
Not forgetting the AMA Bagger Championship (an 'hors-séries' special) at the AMA Turn 14 Powersports presented Vintage Motorcycle Days (VMD) at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (July 26).
