I've just spoken to Cecil and think you'll all find the following info of interest.
Contrary to rumours that Lavar damaged the motor on his last run (after the 7.12), Cecil has assured me all that happened was the bike wheel span and hit the limiter. The flames that were seen were ONLY due to that and no engine damage was suffered on either of Cecil’s Pro Street bikes.
I asked why Ryan Schnitz didn't run at least as quick on what is basically an identical bike and Cecil told me he had 2 different game plans for Lavar’s and Ryan’s bikes. On Ryan’s bike they decided he had enough power/performance to win the class, so they didn’t change anything from first to last run (which is a surprise to me, as I’d have expected Cecil to have used the proven quicker settings from Lavar’s bike on Ryan’s after each round) but as it turned out he didn't have quite enough, otherwise it'd have been A PAIR of 7.1 or better.
On Lavar’s bike they were aiming to optimise the performance by making minor adjustments, which can obviously be seen working, by the quicker and quicker times he ran of 7.17 - 7.14 - 7.12 and what would have been a 7.0, had it not been for a wheelie and wheel spin during that run, which still resulted in a 7.4 sec pass.
The reason why they pushed Lavar’s effort, was because he couldn’t win the outright Pro Street class, so he had nothing to lose.
For something like TEN YEARS turbo bikes have DOMINATED the Pro Street class (to the absolute exclusion of any nitrous bikes) until last year. NOTHING was done to give the nitrous bikes a chance until recently (not sure exactly when things changed), when certain PERCEIVED 'advantages' were given to the nitrous bikes to encourage them to compete and it now seems just to be cannon fodder for the turbo guys (see below).
The 'advantages' were as follows;
1) A few inches extra wheel base - which Cecil would be happy without
2) An inch less ground clearance - which Cecil wouldn't be unhappy about losing
3) A lower weight requirement - which Cecil would be happy to relinquish, as he'd put it all on the front end to stop the bike lifting the front end.
4) A slipper clutch is allowed on nitrous bikes but not allowed on turbo bikes - Cecil believes he'd run quicker using the clutched the turbo bikes are limited to, so he has no concerns about that either.
That seems to be the lot or at least the main differences.
Now I personally DO NOT believe in handicapping in ANY high end race class, especially to allow nitrous to catch up to other forms of tuning, because I don't believe that a correctly designed nitrous kit, fitted on a correctly built vehicle, set up and used correctly, should need a handicap to be competitive and because I don't want anyone saying that the only reason a nitrous bike (or car) using my system has won anything, is because the competition is handicapped, so I'm not particularly happy that the rules are as they are in this class.
However, that being said, I have to say what a bunch of lilly livered guys those turbo owners must be, who have already started crying for the handicaps to be removed, AT THE FIRST SIGN of a nitrous bike taking their supremacy from them. Their acting like a bunch of children crying to Mommy, because some kid is threatening to take a toy from them.
So it was OK to give the nitrous bikes a helping hand while ever they were only good for cannon fodder but now the tables are turned, "they don't like it up um", as the Dad's army catch phrase goes.
I'm seeing the same mentality from some of the company owners with vested interest in turbo and US pulsed nitrous technology (although in the case of US pulsed nitrous kits the word 'technology' is a contradiction)
as they've responded to Lavar's result with petty comments and pointless questions, rather than congratulations on a job well done.
You know you've got there number, when they start making false claims and asking stupid questions to divert the attention from such an amazing achievement.
TALK ABOUT RUNNING SCARED!!!! As I've said many times before, such people had better enjoy their success while they can, because as every day goes by WON get's a little closer to not only catching them but also SURPASSING them. The end of their glory days are numbered, they have done all they can to achieve the results they have and there is little more they can do to improve further but WON is just getting started.
With the help of Cecil Towner and a growing number of others like him, the REVO system will produce results that turbo bikes (and cars) and conventional nitrous bikes (and cars), WILL ONLY BE ABLE TO DREAM OF.