Government fails to keep pace with motorbike riders

“After the Chicago race—basically the hometown track for S&S—the win made me feel like we were clicking” said Chris Rivas.  “It was an honor for me to be the rider associated with S&S during the 50^th Anniversary year, and with George Smith as a mentor—and as a friend—I couldn’t have felt better.  George has taught me so much about racing and life, he cares for people in a sport that is really cutthroat” concluded Rivas.

Going into this race the championship was up for grabs for three riders—Chris Rivas, Matt Smith and Eddie Krawiec.  Both Rivas and Smith are independents riding S&S 160ci Billet Pro Stock powered bikes with the support of sponsors and Krawiec is part of the two rider, factory sponsored H-D organization.  All four days of the event left everyone wondering who would take the number one plate going into the 2009 season.  In the end it turned out to be Krawiec—who actually had not won a single race all season—leading Rivas by just five points and Smith by 20, making it as close as it could be and putting two S&S powered bikes in the top three spots.
 

The final race of the season came down to Rivas against Krawiec, with Rivas using a borrowed electrical system from Valerie Thompson.  G2 crew Chief George Smith felt that the system on their bike was not working correctly and Thompson’s team stepped up to help, lending out their entire system and laptop.  Rivas made the most of the loan by winning the race and event with the quickest and fastest run of the event, a 6.929 at 191.95mph to Krawiec’s 7.009 at 190.46.