|  Team:
Giard Racing
Town: Ware, Massachusetts
Owner/Rider: Rob Giard
Crew Chief: Tim Sinclair
Crew: Ross Woofenden, Rich Provencial & Mark Begin
Rob Giard got his start in drag racing
behind the wheel of a Chevrolet 327 ci powered VW which sat on Chevy
frame rails. A love for the unusual brought him to his last four
wheeler a small block Chevrolet in an old BB/Alcohol Funny Car chassis
running in a class know as Econo Altered. Once he threw his leg
over a motorcycle though, Rob decided it would be more exciting
on two wheels.
In 1978 Rob built a Kawasaki Z-1 900
that he ran locally in various brackets and added a turbocharger
to the bike in 1979. From there he moved on to Top Gas where he
gained the knowledge he uses today in Funny Bike. When the IHRA
Motorcycle Division was formed Rob competed in Pro Comp. He then
moved on to an Alcohol Turbo Funny Bike in Prostar competition when
the class was separated from the Top Fuel division. In the years
since he has rarely been out of the Top 10 in points and was the
Prostar Funny Bike National #1 in 2001. In his own words "The
hunger for going from point A to point B quickly never ends." |
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