
Top 1 ACK Attack Team
Official World Land Speed Record 360.913 mph* *Pending FIM Ratification
Top 1 ACK Attack Team set a new Motorcycle World Land Speed Record at 360.913 mph (pending FIM ratification) on September 26, 2008 on the Bonneville Salt Flats. This feat has been featured on many websites and below are some of the links: CBS 13 http://cbs13.com/local/motorcycle.land.speed.839685.htm
New York Times Motorcycle News Blog http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/07/motorcycle-news-roundup/?scp=1&sq=ack%20attack&st=cse
D&D Performance Exhaust
http://www.danddexhaust.com/news/2008/10/new_sheriff_in.htm
Biker Net Radio Blog
http://www.bikernetshop.com/2008/10/06/fastest-motorcycle-in-the-world/
MotorTrend Online (1,335, 153
unique/month)
http://wot.motortrend.com/6298868/motorsports/motorcycle-and-automobile-world-land-speed-records-broken-at-bonneville/index.html
Press-Enterprise.com (396,702
unique/month)
http://www.pe.com/wow/racing/stories/PE_News_Local_D_wow_1008_ackattack.6ed59d.html
Motorcycle.com (168,377
unique/month)
http://www.motorcycle.com/news/new-motorcycle-land-speed-record-set-86935.html
MotorcycleClassics.com
http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/blacksidedown-ack-attack.aspx?blogid=44
DealerNews.com
http://www.dealernews.com/dealernews/Breaking+News/New-Land-Speed-Record-360-mph/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/553987?ref=25
MotocrossCanada
http://motocrosscanada.ca/mxnf.php?id=2062
VisorDown.com
http://www.visordown.com/motorcyclenews/view/motorcycle_land_speed_record_smashed__360mph!/5629.html
MotoBikeblog.com
http://www.motobikeblog.com/
IronWorks.com
http://iwblogger.com/2008/speed-news-on-and-off-the-salf-flats/#content
MotocrossWeekly.net
http://www.motocrossweekly.net/article.php?id=2074
Motorcycle USA (168,663
unique/month)
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Article_Page.aspx?ArticleID=7144&PageID=1
Hell for Leather
http://hellforleathermagazine.com/2008/09/team-ack-attack-hits-360mph-sh.html Road Racer X
http://www.roadracerx.com/article.php?article_id=1016
Motorcycle USA
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Article_Page.aspx?ArticleID=7145&PageID=1
AMA Flat Track
http://www.amaflattrack.com/article.php?UID=Eg1SVUKJhLojiubhtEI38TytE4K8K3&sc=1074&aid=12462
Cycle World Online (100,232 unique/month)
http://www.cycleworld.com/article.asp?section_id=3&article_id=771&page_number=9#hondasmartrainer
Bloomberg News (wire service)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601079&refer=amsports&sid=aesZnuYu3nxo
Motorcycles About.com
http://motorcycles.about.com/b/2008/09/29/ack-attack-streamliner-hits-360913-mph-breaks-motorcycle-land-speed-record.htm
Bikeweek.com
http://bikeweek.com/news.cfm/mode/details/id/2567
MotorcycleDaily (101, 673 unique/month)
http://www.motorcycledaily.com/092608pressrelease5.htm
DC Sportbikes
http://dcsportbikes.com/forums/t/103737.aspx
Motorsportsnews.net
http://motorsportsnews.net/archives/1832
Cycle News Online
http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=13027
Cycle World Forum
http://forums.cycleworld.com/cycleworld/board/message?board.id=racing&message.id=3094
Motorcycle USA (168,663 unique/month)
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/Article_Page.aspx?ArticleID=7126&Page=1
VintageMotorsport.com
http://vintagemotorsport.com/show_news.asp?id=1247
BikerNetMetricNews
http://bikernetmetricnews.blogspot.com/2008/09/chris-carr-out-rocky-robinson-in-360913.html
BikerHotline.com
http://www.bikerhotline.com/pr/2008/08ackattack/
Bikeland.org
http://www.bikeland.org/news-story.php?newsID=42221
Land Speed History
"There are many types of
motorcycle competition, from trials to road-racing, but one achievement
that riders of all stripes can appreciate is the absolute land-speed
record," said AMA President and CEO Rob Dingman. "Since the first
two-wheeled vehicle rolled under its own power, riders have been
searching for ways to make their motorcycles go faster. Thanks to
Rocky, Mike and the Top 1 ACK Attack team, those at the frontier of
this exciting area of competition now have a new threshold to surpass."
The following is the history of the Motorcycle Land Speed Record
- 8-4-1956 Wilhelm Herz 210.896 MPH. Wilhelm Herz was the first person to ride a motorcycle over 200 mph
- 9-28-1975 Don Vesco , Silver Bird Yamaha 302.928 MPH. Don Vesco was the first person to ride a motorcycle over 300 mph
- 7-14-1990 Dave Campos, Easyrider 322.149 MPH
- 9-3-2006 Rocky Robinson, Top 1 Ack Attack 342.797 MPH
- 9-5-2006 Chris Carr, Bub Seven 350.885 MPH
Twin-Engine Turbo
Power
Looking more like a sleek airplane
fuselage than a conventional motorcycle, the Top 1 streamliner
is about 20 feet long. Beneath its carbon-fiber skin, a chrome-moly
tube frame links the two wheels, cockpit, and powertrain, which
features two heavily modified Hayabusa motorcycle engines with
a combined displacement of about 2.6 liters. The Top 1 Ack Attack
streamliner rides on ultra-high-speed Mickey Thompson automotive
tires – seven inches wide in front and nine inches at
the rear. About Mike Akatiff
Mike Akatiff is a well-known motorcycle
engineer and AMA dirt-track and desert racer who built race
bikes under contract with BSA Motorcycles for AMA champions
Jim Rice and Dick Mann before starting his own company in 1971
to design and manufacture racing and custom motorcycle parts.
In 1987, Akatiff founded another company, ACK Technologies,
which is the largest manufacturer of aircraft altitude digitizers
and emergency location transmitters. In 1997, the Federal Aeronautics
Administration appointed him as a designee with authority to
perform conformity inspections and grant FAA airworthiness certificates.
Akatiff began the design and construction of the Top-1 Ack-Attack
twin-engine motorcycle streamliner in 2002, setting an official
land-speed record at the Bonneville Salt Flats less than two
years later and breaking the record again with an unofficial time of 360.913 mph in 2008.
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