Ryan Schnitz is fast. With the help of Cecil Towner's nitrous-injected HTP Suzuki, Schnitz became the first person to record a six-second run on a street-tire bike at the MIROCK 'Fast by Gast' Fall Nationals at Maryland International Raceway.
Schnitz recored a 6.907 elapsed time at 203.06 mph during the first round of eliminations in the Pro Street class.
"When I went through the finish line I knew it was the fastest I had been on the bike," said Schnitz. "I thought it was a 6.96 or a 6.97. A 6.90 was unreal."
Towner;s bike is outfitted with several Brock's Performance components including BST Carbon Fiber wheels with World Wide Bearings ceramics, patented TiWinder exhaust, billet shift shafts, manual cam chain tensioner, and oil pan baffle.
"It feels awesome," said Towner. "Ryan and I had this as goal from the beginning of the year. When we started running 7.0s there was a lot of attention on us. I am glad to get that monkey off my back."
Brock Davidson, who made the first seven second streetbike run in 2000, was proud to be a part of Schnitz and Towner's new record.
"One of the reasons that I wanted to get involved with Cecil was that he wanted to go out and use the latest technology to compete against the status quo," said Brock. "People are scared to innovate. They want to run their cookie-cutter bikes like they are. Cecil was willing to take some risks to go fast."
