The Australians called him the flying Kiwi, We’d just call him crazy. Athol Williams is the only foreigner to win a Group One Australian Championship and he did it by riding a 238 mph (382 + kph) Top Fuel bike at an amazing 6.1 seconds in quarter of a mile!  

Financially unable to contest the ANDRA Pro Series this season, Athol is going to run his unbelievable RBS two wheeled machine at the Kumeu Classic Car and Hot Rod Festival Summer Nationals for the New Zealand fans and will undoubtedly smash his own NZ record of 7.65 seconds easily, along with the long standing speed record of Ray Peterson at 166.93 mph (268.59 kph).

That’s right Athol’s best speed is over 115 kph faster at the end of the quarter mile than the existing record!  

A Top Fuel engine, whether it be a Top Fuel V8 dragster or a 4 cylinder bike is something else to experience, the noise when under load is awesome. Originally developed as rocket fuel this stuff makes anything on wheels act like a rocket and to do it on a motorcycle and at world record performances is worth the trip to the Kumeu Classic Car and Hot Rod Festival Summer Nationals on the 4^th of January just to see it, let alone the full fields of Top Alcohol, Top Doorslammer and other support divisions.

Round Two Century Yuasa Power Series

Kumeu Classic Car and Hot Rod Festival Summer Nationals 

Taupo International Dragway

Broadlands Rd

Taupo 

Qualifying starts 9.00am 

Elimination racing from 12.00 

General admittance $25 Kids under 13 free