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Star Racing announces riders, plans full NHRA circuit

Tuesday, February 21, 2012

John Hall

Scotty Pollacheck

The Star Racing team has announced that it will run the complete NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series circuit with two riders for the 2012 season after several years of sporadic participation in the series. Star Racing also has partnered this season with the Hungarian Sovereign Racing team, the 2011 European Pro Stock Motorcycle championship team.

The new Sovereign-Star Racing team came together after Star Racing owner George Bryce traveled throughout Europe with the Sovereign team as its coach and chief tuner during the 2011 race season. The Sovereign team name is derived from the owner’s large sugar distribution company based in Hungary. After an extremely successful race series in Europe, Sovereign team owner Jeno Rujp expressed interest in running the NHRA circuit in America with the help of Bryce.

“Jeno won in Europe. His team won six out of seven races,” said Bryce. “And now, he wants a big challenge, and I said, ‘You picked it if you want to race in America, if you want to race NHRA.’ I told him it was going to be like running Formula 1 compared to what he was doing. It’s a big challenge, and it’s a big dream for him.”

As the new Sovereign-Star Racing team began to take shape, the only missing element was qualified racers. After weeks of searching, Star Racing has named John Hall and Scotty Pollacheck as the team’s new NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle racers for the 2012 season. This year’s Star Racing riders have 43 combined years of drag racing experience on street bikes, Pro Stock Motorcycles, and even an electric bike.

The 2012 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle season begins at the Tire Kingdom NHRA Gatornationals presented by NAPAFilters.com. To purchase tickets, log on to www.NHRATix.com.

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