DEAN VEALE A/SB

 "I first decided to have a go at drag racing in 2004. I had always been interested in the dragbikes whenever I had gone to Meremere in the past.

So off I went to compete in one of the Friday night street meetings.

I had two bikes at the time, a Honda SP1 and a Suzuki Hayabusa. I had intended to keep them both for a while and then sell one. I actually enjoyed riding around on the Honda more than the 'Busa, but with my new found interest in straight line racing it was the Honda that had to go.

I ended up getting down to the mid 10s on my first Friday meeting, and have been hooked since then.

Being an engineer I also like to tinker with the bike to try and make it go better, which I have been doing ever since.

The bike is now quite extensively modified and is the only streetbike in New Zealand to run in the 8s, holding the A/SB record of 8.79s @ 157mph".