These results reflect the record holders, qualifiers, and eliminations contestants at each of the
Doc’s Harley-Davidson Street Bike Shootout Series events held each Wednesday at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois.
All motorcycles compete utilizing street equipment including Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) approved tires without wheelie bars. All other modifications are permitted. Wednesday SBSS Track Records can be set during official qualifying or championship rounds. The Official Street Bike Shootout “suicide qualifying” period, (one qualifying run only), begins at 7:30 PM, (barring unforeseen circumstances). At 8:00 PM, the four quickest qualifiers meet in no-handicap eliminations with the championship final round held at 8:30 PM.
GATEWAY INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY, MADISON, ILLINOIS
2008 DOC’S STREET BIKE SHOOTOUT SERIES TRACK RECORDS
Class Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
SBSS Eric Sanzottera, St. Peters, MO 03 GSX1100 Suzuki 8.131 04/18/2007
SBSS Eric Sanzottera, St. Peters, MO 03 GSX1100 Suzuki 181.72 05/08/2007
OCTOBER 8th, 2008 DOC’S STREET BIKE SHOOTOUT SERIES QUALIFIERS
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle Engine ET MPH Date
EVENT 23 10/08/2008
1 Scott Leonard Glen Carbon IL 02 Hayabusa 1300 Suz 9.176 153.51
2 Evan Holland St. Louis MO 03 GSX1000R 1000 Suz 9.395 142.61
3 Bruce Burgett Kirkwood MO 99 Hayabusa 1300 Suz 9.677 144.84
4 Joe Jordan St. Louis MO 01 GSX1000R 1000 Suz 9.820 142.79
OCTOBER 8th, 2008 DOC’S STREET BIKE SHOOTOUT SERIES ELIMINATIONS
Pos Name Hometown ST Vehicle R.T. ET MPH
Round One:
W Scott Leonard Glen Carbon IL 02 Hayabusa 0.223 9.178 149.08
RU Joe Jordan St. Louis MO 01 GSX1000R -0.003 (foul) 9.378 144.09
W Evan Holland St. Louis MO 03 GXS1000R 0.115 9.387 140.34
RU Bruce Burgett Kirkwood MO 99 Hayabusa 0.080 9.450 146.70
Final Round:
W Scott Leonard Glen Carbon IL 02 Hayabusa 0.343 9.356 153.53
RU Evan Holland St. Louis MO 03 GXS1000R 0.153 9.598 141.00
In his third career final round appearance, Scott Leonard finally claimed an overdue victory in the 2008 Doc’s Harley-Davidson Street Bike Shootout Series at Gateway International Raceway in Madison, Illinois. Although he had qualified for seven events in the past two seasons, Leonard had not made it to the championship round since the October 5th, 2007, SBSS race but claimed his first Doc’s trophy exactly one year since his last chance to earn one.
Leonard secured his first pole qualifying position, as well, when the Glen Carbon, Illinois, rider took his 2003 Suzuki Hayabusa to a pass of 9.17 seconds at 153.51 miles per hour in the SBSS “suicide qualifying” session, (which allows all entries only one official qualifying attempt to make the field), to lead an all-Suzuki field. Interestingly, a first-time winner was guaranteed in the event since none of the top four riders had ever won an SBSS meet. In fact, third qualifier Evan Holland and fourth qualifier Joe Jordan had never been to a final round!
In the opening round of eliminations, Leonard proved the consistency of his Gatlin Racing ‘Busa with a 9.17/149.08, (only two thousandths of a second slower than his qualifying effort), over the heartbreaking foul start by only three thousandths of a second from Jordan’s Gatlin-backed ‘01 Suzuki GSX1000R on a career-best 9.37 at 144.09. In the other half of the semi-finals, Holland’s ’03 GSX1000R drove around the holeshot of September 24th SBSS runner-up Bruce Burgett’s QuickTime Motorsports/Street Bikes Plus/ASC ‘99 Hayabusa to win in a 9.38/140.34 to 9.45/146.70 battle. Incredibly, Holland won his race with Burgett by only twenty-eight thousandths of a second at the finish line, (5.87 feet), while even the match between Leonard and Jordan was separated by only twenty-six thousandths, (5.85 feet)!
The championship dash was Holland’s first and, seizing the opportunity, he strapped a huge two-tenths of a second holeshot on Leonard and carried the advantage to half-track. Indeed, Holland’s MCP Racing/S&E Enterprise GSX1000R was still ahead by 4.24 feet at the thousand-feet mark. In the final three hundred feet, however, Leonard squeezed the fastest speed of the event, 153.53 mph, from his ‘Busa to beat Holland to the stripe by fifty-two thousandths of a second, (11.84 feet), in a 9.35 to 9.59 battle. Although there is still one event remaining on the 2008 GIR SBSS schedule, it will be hard to produce closer racing than what was witnessed in the penultimate event of the season!
DOC’S STREET BIKE SHOOTOUT SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS (as of OCTOBER 9th, 2008)
Pos Points Name
1 (39) Eric Sanzottera St. Peters MO 03 GSX1100 1100 Suz
2 (16) Shawn Ingram Robertsville MO 06 ZX1400 1400 Kaw
3 (9) Amir Brandy St. Louis MO 05 Hayabusa 1300 Suz
4 (5) Josh McDaniel Robertsville MO 03 ZX10-R 1000 Kaw
5 (5) Janie Palm Bunker Hill IL 03 Hayabusa 1300 Suz
6 (4) Don Klarer St. Charles MO 00 ZX1200R 1200 Kaw
7 (4) Evan Holland St. Louis MO 03 GSX1000R 1000 Suz
8 (4) Scott Leonard Glen Carbon IL 02 Hayabusa 1300 Suz
9 (4) Bruce Burgett Kirkwood MO 99 Hayabusa 1300 Suz
10 (3) Greg Cave Jacksonville IL 02 GSXR1000 1000 Suz
11 (3) Rickey Johns St. Clair MO 06 ZX1400 1400 Kaw
12 (3) Nelson Taylor St. Louis MO 06 ZX1400 1400 Kaw
13 (3) Joe Jordan St. Louis MO 01 GSX1000R 1000 Suz
NOTE: Points toward the 2008 Doc’s Street Bike Shootout Series Season Championship are awarded on the basis of one (1) point for qualifying in the Final Four field with one (1) bonus point awarded for winning the first round of eliminations and one (1) bonus point awarded for winning the final round of eliminations. Ties are broken by (1) the earliest date upon which the final point total is earned, (2) quickest elapsed time recorded during the current SBSS season and (3) fastest speed recorded during the current SBSS season.
Photos of the October 8th Street Bike Shootout Series event are now available for viewing at Bret Kepner Photos.com.
Scott Leonard, Glen Carbon, IL 2002 Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300R
Scott Leonard with father and crewchief Robert Leonard
Evan Holland, St. Louis, MO 2003 Suzuki GSX1000R