June 10th, 2010
Greg Stephens - Car Wars Race Report

Last Saturday June 5th Stephens Motorsports traveled to our home track, Mt Park Dragway for the running of their annual Car Wars event. This was our first race that we have been able to make this year at our home track and it turned out to be a great day! The day didn't look like it was going to be very good as we noticed a bad miss in the race bike when it came time for our first qualifying pass of the day. After trying everything I had time to try to fix the miss I finally gave up and decided to run it like it was. Surprisingly the bike ran very consistently and with the help of my great reaction times all night I captured win number 2 of the 2010 season! It felt really great to get the win with a broken weapon. I don't know what is wrong with the bike but the wife wants to leave it like it is and not fix it, HaHa!! Thinking that the bike was going to let me down every round brought out the best in me for sure, my worst light I had all day in eliminations was a .043 ! Now for the bad news. Due to lack of funds we will not be able to make the AMA Dragbike race in Montgomery AL. this coming weekend. It will be the first AMA race we've missed in two years but I just couldn't get the money together. I will try to get you a win picture from last weekend as soon as they post one. Thanks again for being such a great group of sponsors! Talk to ya later!!
 

May 28th, 2010
Greg Stephens - US131 Race Report

Stephens Motorsports headed north this past weekend to US 131 Motorsports Park in Martin, MI for stop no.3 on the AMA Dragbike Championship Series the "Spring Nationals".  After winning in Atlanta I was is 2nd place in Street E.T points and I was hoping for another great weekend! The weekend started out pretty good on Saturday morning as I qualified 9th in the Street Fighter class. First round of Street E.T race 1 I was out on my opponent by a couple of bikes at the 1000ft mark so I rapped the throttle a couple times to keep from breaking out and allowed my opponent to catch me and beat me to the stripe by 21 thousands! Sometimes a rider will make a silly mistake and this one was for real a silly one! At that point all I could do was hope for Sunday to be a better day.Sunday morning was looking to be a good one and I slid through first round of both classes with a victory! I managed to keep both bikes in the race until the quarter finals where I was against Andy Baumback in Street Fighter. Andy is known for his great reaction times and is always one of the toughest racers to beat. Just as the tree activated my bike nugged me through the lights and turned on the red bulb and gave Andy the win. I came back to the lanes got on the other bike where I was paired up with my long time friend Daniel Adkins in Street E.T. It was a close race but Daniel caught me right at the finish for the win. Although I didn't win the race I gained some valuable points and actually gained 8 points positions in Street Fighter on the ZX10! Our next AMA Race is in Montgomery AL. on June 12-13 and we are having issues with funding for our race team. I am working 7 days a week to try to fund these races but each race is a minimum of $800-$1000 and it is getting extremely hard for me to do. If there is anything that any of you can do to help out it would mean the world to me and Kim. I know times are hard on your end also and you are doing great things already to help us out and thats part of the reason I hate to miss races and let you down. If any of you know any one or any company that could support us with help on the entry fees, fuel, or lodging for these pro races please help me get in touch with them. Kim and I have a passion for this sport and it kills our souls to think that we are gonna have to start missing races. I know there is someone out there that needs advertising for their product, as well as a great tax deduction and what better investment than helping an up and coming simi pro racing team that would rather race than sleep! Once again each and every one of you mean the world to us and I am proud to represent you. I'm so sorry to sound like a beggar but I love this sport that much.
 

March 16th, 2010

 Last weekend March 5th- 7th Stephens Motorsports headed south to Valdosta Ga. the the first AMA Dragbike race of the 2010 season, "The BikeWeek Nationals. The weekend started off as the first race of the season usually does with minor problems with the bikes and a major problem with the rider being a bit rusty on riding skill from the time off and 25 lbs. heavier from all the holiday eating! After two horrable time runs and two first round losses in Saturdays Street E.T and Pro E.T classes it was time to qualify for Street Fighter. With a brand new set of clutches in the bike and no burn in time I knew I would have problems launching the bike off of the starting line. My first qualifying pass I ran a 9.64 on the 9.50 index which wasn't bad and would get me in but I knew with a little adjustment on the clutch and a better launch I could do better. The second round of
qualifying came around and this time the clutch felt a little better and the rider was a little more focused on the task at hand. I left the line with a career best .014 protree reaction time and ran a 9.54 lifting off the throttle at the finish. That pass was good enough to qualify me in the no.11 spot in the field of 39. Sunday morning came with hope that it would be a great race day but it just wasn't in the cards for me. First round of Street Fighter the new clutches bit me once more and pulled me through the beams on the starting line to a -.120 RED light! After being in the final of the last two Street Fighter races I was eliminated in round one and going home! Needless to say it wasn't a good weekend but I'm looking forward to race two April 10-12 at Atlanta and I'm sure I will be a little better prepared and will have my ducks in a row by then! The worst part of having an off weekend like I had in Valdosta is letting my sponsors down and with alittle luck and better focus maybe my next race report will be a little more exciting to read! Thanks Again for all your help!

Greg Stephens

April 7th, 2009

This past weekend April 3-6 Stephens Motorsports travled south to Commerce Ga. for stop number two on the AMA Dragbike Championship Series ,the "MTC Elmer Trett Nationals" at Atlanta Dragway. Saturday started out on a good note as I qualified the Zx10 in the number 30 spot in "Street Fighter" with a best to date 9.66 E.T. Although this wasn't a great qualifying spot it got me solidly in the field and was one step closer to the class index of 9.50. In Saturdays Pro E.T race I was eliminated first round by breakout when the bike picked up 5 hundreds of a second over what it had ran earlier in the day in qualifying. After the first round loss in Pro E.T I dialed the bike down for first round of Street E.T and earned a first round win with a great reaction time, however I was eliminated in round two as the bike decided to slow up once more giving the win to my opponent due to failure to run my dial-in. Although my night ended early on Saturday I came into the track on Sunday determined to do well and win some rounds. Round one of Street Fighter I came up against the number 20 qualifier who had made it into the field with a 9.59 E.T ,nearly a tenth faster than my qualifying time so I knew I had to have a better reaction time to make up for his better performing bike.As the tree came down I did my job well and left on him with an .085 to his .163 light which gave me about a length lead off the starting line.All was well until my bike failed to shift to third at the 1/8 mile mark giving him the win by less than a foot at the finish. After replacing the defective shift box that eliminated me from Street Fighter it was on to Street E.T, race 2. I managed to go three round and made it to the final 17 bikes in Street E.T before I was eliminated by Saturday's Street E.t winner. I had a great .031 light and ran one above my dial  but it was no match for my opponents nearly perfect run! I was pleased with my over all performance for the weekend but we need to work on the tune in both bikes as well as work the bugs out of the ZX10. After race two I sit in 11th in Street E.T points and 23rd in Street Fighter points .We will be running our first IHRA points race this Saturday at Mt.Park Dragway and we hope to start out the IHRA season with a win!  Thanks for the support!!

Greg Stephens

March 12th, 2009

Stephens Motorsports traveled south this past weekend to Valdosta Ga. for the "B&B Promotions Bike Week Nationals", race 1 of the AMA Dragbike Championship Series. On Friday I got some much needed test passes on the new ,never ridden ZX10r. I could tell right away that this bike was gonna be a hand full off of the starting line due to the great Kawasaki horsepower! It will take a little more seat time to get a handle on the power this bike makes but by the first qualifying pass on Saturday morning I was hoping to see a 9.50 E.T on the scoreboard. For the Street Fighter class I qualified the ZX10 in the 41st position with a 9.80 pass at 143 MPH. It wasn't a great starting position but it got me in the 64 bike field. The little Yamaha went right back to running the same numbers it did at the last race of the season last year running in the mid 10.50's. For Saturdays Pro E.T race I entered the R6 and for more practice I entered the ZX10 in the Street E.T class. I went three rounds in both classes on Saturday night and managed to make it to the quarter finals on the R6 in the Pro E.T race were I turned on the red light with a -.012 which took me out of the running for the win and the big paycheck ,however I did put a little change back in my pocket! I went out in Street E.T on the new bike the same round just one round shy of getting in the money. Sunday morning started out looking great as I won round one once again in Street E.T on the little R6, and took out the #10 qualifier in round one in the Street Fighter class on the ZX10. I lost in the second round of Street Fighter after the bike got a little out of shape forcing me to roll out of the throttle just enough to loose the race.  My .011 reaction time in round one of Street E.T earned me a bye run into the third round on the R6 where I lost due to my second red light start of the weekend. All and all it was a great first race of the season for Stephens Motorsports and should give me a great start in the points standings in Street E.T. Over the two days of racing I raced three 2008 AMA Dragbike world champions and was victorious over 2 out of the three so that was something great that I will always remember about this first race of 2009! I would like to thank you all for the support you have given me for the season and I plan to give you some wins this year! Without sponsors like you I wouldn't be able to compete at this level and you mean the world to my wife and I! My next AMA race will be April 3-5 at Atlanta Dragway and I'm hoping to capture a win there! Thank you so much!

Greg Stephens

November 10th, 2008

Due to lack of funding we didn't make it to the AMA finals at Valdosta, but Stephens Motorsports still had a good final race of the season! We traveled to MT. Park Dragway for the "Ky.Horsepower.Com Fall Shootout". The weather was awful with temps in the lower 40's which made for a very cold and long day. We fought hard through a large field of bikes to capture our 5th win of the 2008 season! The final round was one that I won't soon forget, I left the starting line with a large lead but when I shifted to fourth at the 1000ft mark my bike died, I had ran out of gas! To my surprise my opponent was having problems of his own and I was able to coast thru and get the win by only inches! What a day! Thanks for all your support over the season.

Greg Stephen

October 17th, 2008

This past weekend Stephens Motorsports and the Schnitz Racing Yamaha traveled north to Norwalk Ohio for the AMA Dragbike "Fall Nationals". First off in Saturday's Pro E.T. race we didn't make it very far getting put out in round one due to a horrible reaction time, but Sunday morning we arrived at the track determined to make it a good day. I went two rounds in Pro E.T. before getting nudged out by Debbie Kneble. In the Street E.T. race I had a really great day getting down to the quarter finals were I went -.016 red to Street Fighter points leader Wayne Robertson  who also went red by -.005 but I left first which made me the automatic looser. The bike was great all weekend and ran on the numbers almost every round. And speaking of numbers, the great northern air made the little 600 scream! I posted my best ever 10.50 E.T. as well as my quickest MPH ever at 131.9! Well gotta go! Thanks Schnitz for making this all possible for me!!

Greg Stephens
Stephens Motorsports

September 13th, 2008

Stephens Motorsports travled to Cleves Ohio this weekend to race at Edgewater Sports Park in there NHRA Summit Super Series. It was a great day for the Schnitz Racing Yamaha and at the end of the night we found ourselves in the final round against an AMRA v-twin Victory hammer that had been running his numbers all day as well as beating his oponents at the tree in every round he ran. I was dialed a10.92 to his 11.00 so it was gonna be almost a heads up race.When the tree came down it was all over but the crying as he went -.049 red to my .006, but I didn't see my win light so I patted him out on the big end running a 10.98 on my 10.92 capturing my 4th victory of the year!

August 5th, 2008

Well, I have one thing to say about our trip to Indy this weekend for the Thunder Nationals, SPECTACULAR!!!! I ran the Pro E/T race on Saturday just to get some extra test passes and ended up getting in the money making it to the quarter finals! Absolutely unbelievable that I did that well against the box bikes.  The Schnitz Yamaha ran the numbers all day and I cut great lights all day long.  Then on Sunday I entered Pro E/t race 2 and went 3 rounds and came up just one round shy of getting in the money again.  I didn't do so well in street E/T on Sunday, went -.011 red in round one.  What a weekend!!

July 28th, 2008

Well it was another good weekend for Stephens Motorsports and the Schnitz Racing Yamaha. Saturday we ran the "IHRA Summer Championships" at Mt. Park Dragway in Clay City Ky. The bike was very consistent all day, we fought our way to the final were I threw away a great run with a -.004 red light! Oh well we still came out with a runner-up finish and won enough cabbage to cover the weekend expences.  This was the third final round appearance in the last month and I just hope I can carry this great momentum into Indy this coming weekend!

Greg Stephens currently uses the following products:

Schnitz Racing Front End Lowering Strap
Dynojet Power Commander
K&N Air Filter
MPS Air Shifter Kit
MPS Dial In Plate
Myrtle West Swingarm Extensions
Vortex Sprockets
Shinko Rear Tire