All Entries in the "Drag Racing" Category
We Race What We Sell
A dream to some, a nightmare others, Tombo Racing at the drag strip wins again. At the last PMRA race of the season, Tim Howard raced his orange street bike using the new racing cylinder head and cam combination on top of a stock Hayabusa motor. Tim easily rides this bike to work and cruises the [...]
Motors for Racing and Street
If you are serious about your motor, call or email us at Tombo Racing. We can rebuild all modern sport bike motors for both the street and the strip.
Glen Nickelberry and Tommy Bolton Make Headlines for Season Opener in Motorcycle Performance Magazine – July 1998
Motorcycle Performance Magazine headline reads: “Wild, Wild West: IDBA begins 22nd season with plenty of surprises” With Tommy’s engine tuning expertise and Glen’s precision riding, Nickelberry topped the qualifying charts at the IDBA season opener Motorcycle Nationals event in Oklahoma City, OK in 1998. Full story text: The Funny Bike field was dominated by motorcycles [...]
Shinko Tires
At the 2011 Dealer Expo Tommy interviewed “Professor Otto” about the new Shinko tires made specifically for drag racing.
Paul “Fast” Gast
Once again Tommy interviews a famous drag racer, engine builder and all around good guy – Paul “Fast” Gast. Tommy and Paul go back to their days of racing NHRA. Paul now supports Ashley Owens on his Pro Mod bike, one of the dominate racers of 2010.
Web Cam
Web Cam has been a long time sponsor and support of Tombo Racing. Based in California, Web Cam is one of the world’s foremost suppliers of racing cams for motorcycle and automobile engines. At the 2011 Indianapolis Dealer Expo, Tommy had an opportunity to visit with the fun folks from Web Cam.
Rickey “Hot Rod” Gadson
Tommy Bolton and Rickey Gadson, drag racer and corporate spokesman for Kawasaki, go way back – all the way to Tommy’s days in Los Angeles as “The King of the Street”. In this interview, Ricky tells us a bit about the old days and how he used to look up to Tommy as the guy [...]
2010 NHRA Pro Stock Champion LE Tonglet
Our recent trip to the 2011 Indianapolis Dealer Expo was a change for Tommy Bolton to connect with old racing friends from “back in the day”. In this short interview, Tommy talks to the next generation, 2010 NHRA Pro Stock Champion LE Tonglet and his father Gary. Tommy and Gary used to race against each [...]
Tombo Racing Soul Power video
This cool video was produced a few years ago by Tim Hailey from www.eatmyink.com and shows Tommy Bolton and Glen Nickleberry at the drag races in St. Louis and Atlanta in 2005, running a turbo/nitrous Kawasaki in the 6.6 second range in the quarter mile. Tommy gets a bit excited when they win yet another [...]
PMRA 2011 Motorcycle Drag Racing Schedule
Professional Motorcycle Racing Association (PMRA) recently released their 2011 racing schedule. The first race is April 30 at Thunder Valley Raceway Park in Noble, Oklahoma. As the home track of Tombo Racing, we often use these PMRA races as our “test and tune” events. Stop by and see the Tombo Racing crew as they compete [...]
