Smoke 'Em if You Got 'Em
The 2nd Annual Baker Burnout Drags were an intense stationary burnout drag race tournament that put 12 industry bad-asses head-to-head in a steel cage for no holds barred competition which included the returning '08 Burnout King Bill Dodge, Jerry Covington, Paul Wideman, Kevin "Teach" Baas, Bean're, Ken Wolf, Pat Patterson, Randy Winchel, Dar Holdsworth, and John Shope. This year's event even saw a few female competitors with Athena "Chickie" Ransom and Laura Klock. Not even a torrential downpour, gale-force winds and fierce hail could stop the high octane competition as the 2nd annual Baker Burnout Drags, graciously sponsored in part by Avon Tyres, Ethanol Fuels, Indian Motorcycles, New Belgium Brewing, and Spectro Oils, kicked off a night of righteous fury and rubber burning fun before rockers Buckcherry took the stage at the Legendary Buffalo Chip, in Sturgis, South Dakota. The dirty dozen competed in the half-hour tournament with primal energy and the spirit of competition filling the smoky air. In the end Ken Wolfe from S&S smoked the competition and was named the Baker Burnout King for 09. Ken won $1,000 gift certificate to Baker Drivetrain for his victory. Avon Tyres displayed a monumental gesture of generosity by offering replacement rear tires to the competitors.
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CORRECTION
In the Vol.41 No.11 issue we made a mistake on the Kiwi Indian Chopper feature starting on page 66. While Mike did get the retro finned oil tank from Trevelen at SuperCo, Earl of Earl's Bikes fabricated the oil tank. Check out more of Earl's parts at www.earlsbikes.net.