Perry Paces Funnybike field with personal best ET
By Greg Guarinello

Tom Perry took his GS Suzuki Funny Bike to his quickest ET ever when he qualified number 1 at the Prostar/Norris Motorsports Cycle Fest in Norwalk, Ohio. Running a stout 6.769 @ 202.82 MPH. Perry paced a stout 10 bike field that saw him come away with runner-up honors at the event.

In round one Perry faced the injected H-D of Chris Streeter running a 6.779 @196.19 MPH to take the win. “We decided to leave the bike alone for the first round knowing we had a bye in the second round if we beat Chris, said Perry. We then tried to lean on it during the bye run to see if the track would take anymore power.” But the bye run netted only a 7.135 @ 192.36 MPH. “ The bike slowed down some so we knew we had to back it down for the semi-finals. We had lane choice against James Guyton so we decided to try the other lane to see what we could do there. We felt we had a 6.9x second pass dialed in so we weren’t surprised when the scoreboards came up with a 6.919 @ 200.92. In the finals we knew we knew we had to be quicker off the line to beat Travis and I attempted to go in deep, but my timing was off and the tree caught me unprepared.” Perry ran a 7.032 @ 198.06 MPH in the runner-up effort.

The runner-up finish leaves Perry solidly in the #3 position in point just 75 out of first and less than 20 points out of second. With 5 races left to run Perry feels he is in a good position. “ I think this points chase will go right down to the World Finals and I plan on being right there.”

Perry would like to thank the following sponsors for their continued support throughout the year: PMFR, Bates Leathers, BHP, MRE and C&W Cycle Works.

Perry’s next race will be the Prostar/Pingle Thunder Motorcycle Nationals at Indianapolis Raceway Park, Indianapolis, Indiana on August 9 & 10.

For more information on Tom Perry, please visit TomPerryRacing.com