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Alwine,Dryden,Hogan announce return to Top Fuel in 2012

Doug Ray | February 19, 2012 | 4 Comments

Amongst a crowd of fans and supporters during the 2012 Dealer Power Sports Expo being held in Indianapolis Indiana Korry Hogan along with all members of the Alwine,Dryden,Hogan Top Fuel Motorcycle Drag Racing Team stepped in front of the Dragbike Live cameras with Editor Doug Ray and officially announced Hogan’s and the teams return to the Top Fuel Motorcycle Drag Racing.

Along with the teams new chassis on display at the MTC Engineering booth during a press conference called by Eric Hochstetler of MTC Engineering, plans for the teams 2012 debut were announced including details of when fans can expect to see the team racing down the track.

MTC Engineering being a long time supporter and supplier of parts to the team and was instrumental in the decision making for the teams to return.

The new Top Fuel chassis was built by Race Visions Reborn out of New York with all fabrication and design teams members on hand at the press conference to answer questions.

During the press conference the announcement was made that Sam Wills will be riding a bike owned by Todd Ulmen and is joining the team’s program with a newly built inline four based Nitro Methane Top Fuel Drag Bike to campaign during the 2012 race season with the assistance of the team members of Alwine,Dryden,Hogan.

Exclusive Video: Korry Hogan Announces Return to Top Fuel Motorcycle Drag Racing

History:

Hogan became the first person to pilot a drag bike down the 1/4 mile and break the 250mile per hour barrier at Sumitt Raceway Park in Norwalk Ohio in October of 2008.

An accomplishment many said may had been a fluke until Crew Chief John Alwin and Mike Dyden came to the 2011 Spring Manufactures Cup Event and ran a string of 250 miles per hour plus record making runs and eventually running 255 miles per hour during the event thus proving to the world that their team’s performance was real.

Hogan has captivated fans with his riding style and quick ET’s along with the fastest mile per hour runs ever witnessed in the class not to mention the world. Hogans popularity grew fast among fans as the tall powerful presence of the legend in the making was in reality a gentle giant when it came to talking to anyone about his team efforts.

During a exhibition outing in Bandimere Raceway in Colorado disaster struck and the record setting Top Fuel Drag Bike was destroyed in a top end crash. Hogan walked away unhurt but the team’s future was uncertain and rumors of a return were looking like they were very true.

The rumors left many fans starting a rallying call and wishing for Hogan to return to race Top Fuel again. Looks all those wishes have come true.