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Steve Huff
Huff Motorsports
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Steve Huff has been involved in motorcycle racing
and development for many years. A former car racer, he got excited
watching Top Fuel Harley racing and told
Carmen Tom long
time member of the Jolly Rogers Motorcycle Club and then owner of
Downtown Harley, he wanted to race
too, so Downtown Harley sponsored him.
He drag raced nitro Harleys and competed for speed records at Bonneville
for 7 years, winning national championships and setting world speed
records, aided by sponsorships from Harley Davidson and Destination
Harley and former member Danny Anderson also a member of the Jolly
Rogers Motorcycle Club.
He was brought to working with Harleys by the engineering challenges in
their engines which lacked development, performing R&D with S&S for 7
years, aided by his formal education: Mechanical Engineering from the
Phoenix Institute of Technology.
His drag racing stopped 3½ years ago when he broke his foot, so he
decided to open his present shop and continue to race yearly at
Bonneville.
One of his accomplishments included prompting a rule change at
Bonneville as the result of his innovative streamlined helmet design
shown. With it, wind tests showed a 27% reduction in wind drag.
In his shop he brings improvements developed in racing for street use to
aid performance and reliability.