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- Began motorcycle
drag racing in 1973 in Sacramento, California, on a 3 cylinder Kawasaki
500
- Served in the
United States Army as a Hawk Missile And Launcher Mechanic, 1973 thru
1975
- Graduated with
honors from Utah Technical College in 1978
- 1978 professional
motorcycle mechanic at Plaza Cycle in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Worked as line
mechanic and service manager in Kawasaki / Harley Davidson dealership
1980 - 1984
- Moved to California
in 1984
- Began working
at Kawasaki Motors Corporation in 1985 as Product Support Technician,
promoted to Product Support Specialist 1989, moved to Media Relations
in 2000. In 2003 relocated to current position of Kawasaki Team Green
Shop Foreman / 4 Stroke Specialist
- 2008 Earned
Associate of Science degree with Certificate of Machinist from Orange
Coast College
- 2009 Earned Associate of
Arts degree from Orange Coast College
- Accomplishments/Time
line
- Working as
a Kawasaki Product Support Technician, prepared the1st stock street
bikes to go over 155 mph, 165 mph, and the stock ZX1100-C1 that
Motorcyclist Magazine ran at over 176 mph in 1990 - a record that
stood for nearly a decade
- 1988 Dragbike
USA West - Funnybike Champion
- 1990 Dragbike
USA - Funnybike Champion
- 1991 Dragbike
USA - Funnybike Champion, set e.t. and mph records at 7.04 and 202mph
with a 10” tire motorcycle
- 1992 First
Kawasaki factory-contracted drag racer
- 1992 AMA/Prostar
Top Fuel Champion
- 1993 NMRA
Top Sportsman Champion
- 1994-96 Built
and developed first “new” generation-powered professional
class dragbike, the ZX11
- 1997 First
“new” generation-powered dragbike to run the _ mile
in 6 seconds at over 200 mph
- 1998 AMA/Prostar
West - Funnybike Champion
- 1998 AMA/Prostar
MPH record. Set in Chicago, Illinois, at 210.11 mph
- 1998 AMA/Prostar
#2 in National Funnybike Championship
- 1999 AMA Prostar
West - Funnybike Champion
- 2000 Hires
Chip Ellis to be Funnybike Rider for 2000 season
- 2000 Rider
Chip Ellis finishes #3 and earns “Pro Rookie of the year”
- 2001 Rider
Chip Ellis wins 4 of 7 events and resets mph record to 210.18 mph
– still stands as of 2005. Ellis finishes #2 in AMA/Prostar
National points championship
- 2002 Chip
Ellis wins 4 of 8 events finishes season with National Funnybike
Championship
- 2003 Steve
returns to the seat of the powerful ZX11
- 2005 Steve
leaves Kawasaki and starts Steve Rice Racing Products full time
- November 2005
the first running of Top Alcohol Motorcycle at California Speedway,
Pete Steuri of Salt Lake City wins the first event
- 2006 marks
the first full season of the Top Alcohol Motorcycle series.
- July 13th
2006, Rocky Mountain Raceway's first motorcycle over 200 and sets
track speed record 203 mph
- October 15
2006 Sacramento Raceway's first import over 200 mph setting both
ends of the track record for an import 6.85 @ 206 mph
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Steve Rice has 20 years proven experience with mechanically driven
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