HTP Performance owner, Cecil Towner said if team rider Ryan Schnitz left straight, the first ever six-second Pro Street run would appear on the scoreboard. He was right. Oct 2, 2011 is an important date in motorcycle drag racing history.…
HTP’s Cecil Towner Discusses Pro Street Turbo and Nitrous Parity
One of the world’s most renowned dragbike builders, tuners and longtime nitrous loyalist, Cecil Towner of HTP Performance has a spectacular resume that includes being the first to put a Real Street bike in the sevens and the first to…
HTP’s Cecil Towner Recovering After Dyno Accident
Cecil Towner, 35, of Richmond, Va. and his speed shop HTP Performance have become one of the most well respected high-performance motorcycle builders in all of drag racing. Towner spends a lot of time on the dyno fine-tuning his beastly…
HTP Motorcycle Drag Racing Back in Winners Circle with Danny Cox
The once-dominant HTP Performance motorcycle drag racing team has struggled through growing pains over the last couple of years, but HTP put pain in the past at the Mickey Thompson MIROCK Superbike Series Fast by Gast Summer Nationals at Maryland…
High Pro Street Motorcycle MPH Surprises at MIROCK FBG Summer Nationals
The great expectation when the Mickey Thompson MIROCK Superbike Series hit Maryland International Raceway for the Fast by Gast Summer Nationals on May 30-June 1, was the world’s first 6.80something street tire pass. And when Orient Express Pro Street champion…
Schnitz Racing Excited for 2013
There was a time when Schnitz Racing founder Dave Schnitz was so busy traveling to motorcycle drag races, he barely found time to stop by his Decatur, Ind., headquarters to change his clothes. As Schnitz Racing’s mail order business grew…
Team HTP Performance in the Winners Circle at The Cup
The Haltech 2012 World Cup Finals in Valdosta, Georgia was a huge event with a record turnout of over 800 motorcycles competing for their share of $67,000 over the three-day event from November 9th-11th. Team HTP Riders Danny Cox, Lavar…
HTP Performance Posts $4,800 in the MIROCK Contingency Program
HTP Performance has come on board as a MIROCK Superbike Series Contingency Sponsor. HTP Performance has been a MIROCK sponsor since 2008 and is here to support the MIROCK racers and offer a great contingency program posting $4,800 to racers…
HTP’s 7.12 a 2010 Highlight, Looking Forward to 2011
The HTP Performance team ended the 2010 racing season on the highest of notes, obliterating the nitrous Pro Street record. Almost immediately afterward, HTP tuner/builder Cecil Towner III announced the team’s 2011 assault on Pro Extreme Motorcycle (AKA Pro Mod)…