Death Race 2009

Written by Heather Poole | 19 March 2009

This is our party and you are invited! 

Death Race is an annual outlaw desert event where riders regularly see their bikes nearly disintegrate as they approach speeds of 50 mph. To avoid the heat from coming down us, we have rented a race track for the day. Anyone and everyone is invited to participate. 

Death Race 2009 will be held at P1 Circuit Race Track at the Pima County Fairgrounds in Tucson, AZ on Saturday April 18th, 2009. The entry fee, which covers insurance and track rental, is $10. Riders can begin to register at 12 pm and spend the afternoon running the course at their leisure. Death Race will begin promptly at 5pm. 

Death Race is open to motorized bicycles with mid-frame 2-cycle bike engines. If enough riders attend, we may hold an open class race for any engine type mounted to a bicycle with operable pedals, i.e. Tanaka, Golden Eagle, Mitsubishi, etc.

This is a premiere event and the largest of its kind held anywhere in the nation. The winner of Death Race not only wins prizes, but gets full bragging rights for the year and a prominent spot on the Spooky Tooth website. This is an excellent opportunity for manufacturers and vendors to promote their products by placing first in Death Race 2009.

Bring the grill! This is going to be a very fun day long event!

See you there...

P1 Race Track Aerial Views - click to enlarge 

P1 Circuit Race Track is the newest karting race course in the United States and regularly hosts professional Supermoto and Karting races.The course is a replica of the famous Suzuka Kart Circuit in Suzuka, Japan.  Known by professional kart drivers as one of the best circuit's in the world at 10m X 1264m. From what we understand about the track, there are several long chicanes, the turns are sharp and can be very technical. More information at www.p1kartcircuit.com

Length: 0.7986 Miles
Turns: 13
Track Record (counter-clockwise): 48.964 sec Bud Grossenbacher 03/15/08
Track Record (clockwise): 47.028 sec Jordy Vorrath 04/06
Width: 34 ft.
Elevation change: 17 ft.
Elevation: 3200 ft.
Longest straight: 680 ft.

Past Death Race Winners