Carolina Thunder Motorcycle Drag Racing
Chris Rasile Bio
Chris is no stranger to Motorcycle Drag Racing. Chris has been building and drag racing motorcycles since 1984 and is still drag racing motorcycles today.
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Christopher R. Rasile |
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- Chris has won over 200 Motorcycle Drag Races in his career.
- Chris is a Six (6) Time National Champion and an Eight (8) Time East Coast Champion.
- Chris is credited with Fifteen (15) top Ten (10) World Championship Finishes.
- Chris has earned Four (4) #1 Plates in his racing career and is looking to add #5 in 2019
- Check out pictures of some of Chris’s Trophies, Bikes, Magazine Cover and Articles Plus some of his bikes at the bottom of this page.
Chris holds the Worlds First Nine (9) Second Modified Street HD @ 9.845
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A Total of Fifty Five (55) Elapse Time (ET) and Mile Per Hour Records
In Seven (7) Different Organizations
AHDRA All Harley Drag Racing Association
AMRA American Motorcycle Racing Association
IDBA International Drag Bike Association
IMRA International Motorcycle Racing Association
DBUSA Drag Bike U.S.A.
ECRA East Coast Racing Association
MDRA Motorcycle Drag Racing Association
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1987 Drag Bike U.S.A. National #5 Production Eliminator
1988 Drag Bike U.S.A. National #8 Production Eliminator
1990 Drag Bike U.S.A. National #3 Competition Eliminator
1990 Yankee Division Champion for Competition Eliminator Dragbike U.S.A.
1990 ECRA #1 Sportsman Eliminator. First Year Class 11.30 Index
1991 ECRA #2 Sportsman Eliminator
1991 Drag Bike U.S.A. National #1 Pro Twin 11.50 Index
1991 Drag Bike U.S.A. National #4 Production Eliminator
1992 ECRA Competition Eliminator #2. First Year Index 10.30
1993 Winner C/E Class at World Finials–(September 19, 1993)
1993 AHDRA National Finials, Rockingham NC (Oct. 10, 1993) Runner Up Modified Class
1993 AMRA World Finials, Florida (Nov. 7, 1993) Runner Up Pro Stock
1994 ECRA Awards Banquet, Atlantic City NJ (January 8, 1994). Presented with the “Sportsman Rider Of The Year” Award for 1993 (First Year Award Was Given)
1994 ECRA Competition Eliminator #7 and Super Modified # 6
1994 AHDRA National #9 Modified Eliminator
1995 ECRA Competition Eliminator #4 and Pro Gas #3
1996 Chris was on the cover of Thunder Alley Magazine, April 1996 Issue
1998 Chris was Runner Up at American Iron Magazines FLASH – “Fastest Legal All Street Harleys” events in 1998 at the H-D 95 Anniversary Event at Great Lakes Dragway in Wisconsin.
1999 Chris is runner up in Grand Bend Canada with my XR-1000 in 1999. Coverage and his photo posted below.
1999 AHDRA Unlimited Street Class National #5
1999 AHDRA Unlimited Street Class Eastern Division #7
2001 Chris set the U Class Record in 2001 with quick times of 9.06 and 5.66 in the 1/8th mile. Chris was in the magazine article listed below with this accomplishment.
2004 Hannun HD Screaming Eagle Series Modified Champion #5
2005 NETO V-Twin Plus Nostalgia M/C Class Champion # 1
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In 2019 Chis is racing with CTMDR and one of his goals in 2019 is to win the 2019 Sportster Championship and add the Sportster Champions Trophy, the Championship Ring and the Sportster #1 Plate to his Trophy Collection.
Chris winning the 2019 Sportster Championship, his bike will be featured in the
“Carolina Thunder Motorcycle Drag Racing 2020 Calendar”.
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