Tombo Racing dominates PMRA Pro Open Class in first half of 2010
After a developmental season in 2009 that saw Tommy Bolton perform a major redesign of the chassis and engine on Glen Nickleberry’s funnybike, 2010 has started with a bang for the nationally famous pair. After a runner-up finish at the first PMRA race of the season, followed by a win in Tulsa, the Penn Jewelers [...]
Tombo Racing back on Top!
Saturday night, June 5 saw Tombo Racing at Tulsa Raceway Park for motorcycle drag racing. Glen Nickleberry won first place in Funnybikes, while Tim Howard won first place on Real Street. Way to go Tombo Racing!
Tombo Racing Outlaw Bike
Tommy Bolton is at it again, this time producing a bike that not only looks good, but that rips up the racetrack in a cloud of smoking rubber. Tombo Racing’s new Outlaw bike is designed to run in the Pro Street class. This pavement wrinkling rocketship started life as a Suzuki GS1150 engine. Tommy bored [...]
Little Nick
Little Glen Nickleberry is part of the Tombo Racing crew, working on his dad Glen’s six second rocketship. Of course Tommy couldn’t have little Nick running around on just a plain old mini-bike. So he built this custom drag-mini so little Nick could fit right in with his dad’s ultra-quick Kawasaki. Naturally, Tommy stepped on [...]
Tim Howard's Hayabusa
Some bike builders are great at adding fancy chrome, extended swingarms, and bright lights. While Tommy Bolton is able to do all that, he does what many other builders cannot do – make a bike go lighting fast at the drag strip. Working with local rider Tim Howard, Tommy has built a Hayabusa that regularly [...]
Glen Nickleberry
Tommy Bolton began building bikes for Glen Nickleberry in 1996. Since that time they have won hundreds of professional races and regularly clock times in the six second range. Glen was the second black African American to surpass 200 mph in the quarter mile and the first to surpass 210 mph. Glen was also the [...]