Ray Price Nitro Harley Race Team Launches 2010 Season with Impressive Win

While some teams get rusty after a few months off, the Ray Price Nitro Harley Race Team only seems to get stronger. This was the case as the team showed up at Palm Beach International Raceway for the 2nd annual Cyclepalooza January 16th and 17th, 2010.

Jockey Joey Sternotti rode the 1,000 horsepower Ray Price Harley-Davidson/Buell sponsored drag bike to an impressive win under the lights in the final round of eliminations posting a 6.309 ET at 225.52 MPH.

Pulling the drag bike right out of the box for its first run of the 2010 season the team posted a 6.230 ET at 229.70 MPH to take the number one qualifying spot. Even though they missed the second round of qualifying due to broken dowel pins on the fly wheel, then spinning the tire in round three, the team still managed to hold onto the number one qualifying spot. Coming back with a vengeance in the first round of eliminations the Nitro Harley Drag Bike set the bar high for the other eight class competitors running a 6.219 ET at 228.23 MPH. Sternotti then twisted the wick on the Ray Price owned nitro Harley drag bike running 6.368 ET at 227.38 MPH to move the team into the finals. Sternotti would then capture the win in the finals against Mike Farnell crossing the finish line first with a worth repeating 6.309 ET at 225.52 MPH. It was at this very track event in 2009 that the Ray Price Nitro Harley Race Team made history with the fastest side-by-side Top Fuel Harley-Davidson drag race ever, running an electrifying 6.218 ET at 231.7 mph. The team came close to besting this performance achievement running just 1/1000 second's off the mark with a 6.219 ET.

If this race is any indication of what this team will deliver during the 2010 season, other teams should certainly take notice.

The team heads back to Florida for the AHDRA 2010 season opener February 27th and 28th, 2010 at Orlando Speedworld then onto the AMA Bike Week Nationals at South Georgia Motorsports Park, Valdosta, March 5 - 7, 2010

The Ray Price Motorsports team sends sincere thanks to our Primary Sponsor: Ray Price Harley-Davidson.

Special thanks to our Associate Sponsor Raleigh H. O. G. and our Support Sponsors: Nationwide Insurance, CP Pistons, Icon Motorsports Apparel, Royal Purple, Barnett Clutches & Cables, Autolite Sparkplugs, Mickey Thompson Tires, RPR/MSD Ignitions, Gates Belts, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Metzeler Tires, Performance Machine, JIMS USA, Industrial Machine Solutions, Wiley X Eyewear and Bassani. Additional thanks: Bill Hayes, Hargis Consulting, Ultra Pro Machining and Freddie Robbins.

Ray Price Harley-Davidson/Buell, Inc - Raleigh, NC - www.rayprice.com