Summerland Drags

Posted by SummerlandDrags on Monday, September 26 @ 19:31:04 EST

Roger Wren never fancied himself as a motorsport competitor until the start of one-eighth mile drag racing at Casino Airport in 2010.
He is now a regular entrant in the motorcycle class and has really taken to the challenge of competing and posting the fastest time against his opposition.
“I have always been keen on motorsport but never had the opportunity to compete until the Casino Drags came along,” Wren, 48, said yesterday in preparation for this weekend’s final showdown of the season.
“I haven’t had any previous drag racing experience at all. I only started when the Summerland Drags commenced at Casino Airport. The fact that it was on – and I heard about it – so I decided to have a go. I was only a spectator at the first few meetings and then got involved with the racing,” he added.
Roger rides a powerful 900cc four cylinder-four stroke Honda Hornet bike which he says churns out an estimated 95 horsepower.
The bike is basically a stock standard, off the production line 2006 model. He has fitted high performance exhaust pipes as the only modification to the factory built Honda product.
This has resulted in better times for his drag strip runs in the five meetings he has so far contested since his entry into the sport at the July, 2010 fixture.
“I have slowly improved my times over the one-eighth mile distance. I only had standard pipes on it when I started, but since the installation of the new pipes I have improved my times.
“I have also improved my reaction reflexes at the start and gear changes etc. I started off doing times in the high eights and my best time now is a 7.84 second pass.”
Wren says his biggest obstacle toward a top three result this weekend is some of the more powerful bikes entered in his class, but with better times – and faster runs – he believes he can record his first major placing.
“I have been up in the top five or six – when I have raced against bigger, more powerful bikes.
With the improvements to my bike, I have got faster with my times, but there still needs to be more improvement to match it with ‘em. I am quietly confident I can do it.”
His entry into the world of drag racing has not come with illusions of grandeur. Roger, who is employed as a truck driver in the earth moving business, is quite happy to confine his interest to competing at Casino Airport.
“I am not looking at going up to another level of drag racing or doing anything outside of Casino. I am just enjoying what they have there at the moment. I was very impressed with the improvements made there and the past few meetings have been very good.”
Wren certainly has a lover affair with his bike, which is a road registered machine he uses as his daily transport to and from work.
“I ride it to work and on weekends and it’s basically a stock standard sports bike. It’s not a racing bike with body faring or anything modified to the frame. It’s just a stock standard model,” he explained.
If past performances count for anything, Wren is quietly confident of another improved showing at the Casino Airport fixture Saturday.
Promoter David Lander will bring the curtain down on another season of drag racing at the venue this weekend.

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