News Mark Hancock joins the team! Mark and his Group 1 ANDRA Pro Stock Suzuki GSX-R join the team at Players Showgirls RacingSeptember 2011
Players Showgirls Racing is proud to announce that ANDRA Group 1 rider Mark Hancock and his Suzuki GSX-R Pro Stock motorcycle have joined the team!
Mark's Suzuki GSX-R Pro Stock had its engine rebuilt and a new wrap applied to celebrate its first run in Players Showgirls Racing colours.
Mark Hancock took his first ride for Players Showgirls Racing at the 2011 FUCHS Australian Nationals at Sydney Dragway, held from September 9 – September 13, 2011.
A little bit about Mark Hancock
Mark Hancock has always had an interest in riding motorcycles from a very young age and owned his first bike, a 1981 CB Honda, at just 17. He has owned, restored and raced various bikes since then.
Mark first became interested in drag racing after competing in various Street Meet events at Willowbank Raceway in 2000 on Suzuki GSX-Rs and Katanas. Mark has since competed at various locations including Benaraby, Warwick, Sydney and Willowbank.
Moving from street based bikes to full race bikes with wheelie bars and slicks seemed to be a natural progression. Hence the current Pro Stock Motorcycle which has always been a dream of his.
In March 2011, Mark smashed the Modified bike quarter-mile record which had stood for almost a decade, by more than one-tenth of a second.
Mark Hancock's GSX-R 1100 clocked the fastest speed recorded in the national A/MB category as it rocketed down the strip in just 7.79 seconds, at Willowbank Raceway on March 26, 2011. The previous best time was 7.92 seconds, a time which had stood since 2002.
Hancock's bike reached a top speed of 168mph, besting the previous top speed in the category, set way back in 1996, of 164mph.
Mark Hancock Suzuki GSX-RIt has turned from a hobby into a lifestyle… it's a lifestyle obsession really.
What keeps me motivated is trying to get the perfect pass together, where I have done everything right — I probably never will mate.
That's what gets me, the technical side of the sport — you only get one go. It is a punishing sport, it really is. If you don't win, you don't come back.
It is pure adrenalin mate, especially when you are running seven seconds. It's mainly the start — it just picks you up and throws you.