Willis Racing Team

Hello and thank you for your interest in Willis Racing. Willis Racing was formed in 1999 and is continuously showing growth. The competition from racing has brought about many changes to the team. We started out as a two-member team and have added a third. Willis Racing consists of Janie Palm, Charles Willis Sr. and Charles Willis Jr. We are currently making sure not to extend our limits since we are a self-funded race team with minimal help from our Sponsors and are always seeking additional support. The past six years have been very good years for the team. We have numerous event wins along with countless runner up finishes. In 2005 Charles won the track Championship in the Street Bike class and Janie came in third in the points for the Street Bike class and finished seventh in Pro Bike. 2006 promised to be an exciting year with Janie almost taking the championship but was beat out by her team mate for the second position, Janie ended up third.

2007 is already starting out very exciting. Early test sessions have proven to solidify the work done over the winter to the race bikes. Janie will continue to run her stock 2005 Suzuki Hayabusa in the Street Bike and Pro Bike bracket classes on Saturdays at Gateway International Raceway. She will experiment a little bit with one of Charles' race bikes on Wednesday test and tune nights, competing in Gateways Quickest Street Bike Challenge. Charles will also run in the Street Bike and Pro Bike bracket classes on Saturdays and will continue to tweak and tune his race bike for those grudge races he anticipates this year. Please check out the News page for the latest updates on results and future scheduled events. Thanks again for your interest in Willis Racing and we hope to see you out at the track in 2007.

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Team Member Profiles

Janie Palm janie@willisdragracing.com

Janie Palm has been racing since 2000 and has never looked back. She is having so much fun participating in a sport that she never dreamed of growing up. In 2000 she began racing at Gateway International Raceway, located in Madison, IL, in the Championship Bracket Racing series. She rode a 2000 Kawasaki ZX6R in the Street Bike Class. In each of the past three years of participation in the class she has finished in the top 10. In 2001, her second year of racing she was able to obtain a Wally trophy which to this date has eluded many of your top racing teams trophy case. This shows the quality and the precision of her riding ability to gain such a highly sought after award in two short seasons of racing. We know that with the support of an outside marketing partner she would be a force to reckon with in the motorcycle drag racing industry. In 2004 Janie rode a 2000 Kawasaki ZX9R, she ended the year with a few wins and several runner up finishes. She obtained another Wally from the local tracks National Dragster Challenge, she won NOPI again this year and had a very good showing at Black Sunday and Bracket Bash. Check News page for 2004 season updates. In 2005 Janie started the year on her 2002 Suzuki Hayabusa but she ended up giving the bike to Charles to customize and got herself a brand new 2005 Limited Edition Suzuki Hayabusa. Janie won the Prostar Event in the Street Bike class and ended up third in the Street Bike points for the track Championship and finished the year seventh in the Pro Bike points. She was runner up at Black Sunday in the Street Bike class to none other than "Booney" from Kansas City, a little rivalary going on between the STL and KC :) all in good fun though. In 2006 Janie continued to ride the 2005 LE Suzuki Hayabusa and ended up third again in the Street Bikes points races at Gateway. Black Sunday was rained out and Soul Brothers she took home a couple of second place trophies.

2007 promises to be a building year for Janie as she will continue to race her 2005 Suzuki Hayabusa and will step up to one Charles' race bikes and get some seat time on a built motor busa in hopes to build on her success as a drag racer. She will compete in the Street and Pro Bike bracket classes at Gateway and will also attend Black Sunday, Soul Brothers and countless other races, please check our News page for monthly updates on the 2007 season.

Charles Willis, Sr. charles@willisdragracing.com

Charles Willis, Sr. will be riding numerous bikes in several classes. He currently rides a 2005 Suzuki Hayabusa in the same class Janie competes. This lends itself to some interesting moments in the Willis Racing camp on race day. His main responsibilities are to maintain all the equipment the team uses and he is the mechanic on all the motorcycles. 2005 was a great year for Charles, he ended the season winning the Street Bike Championship over at Gateway International Raceway. He also had several class wins and numerous runner up finishes. 2006 was a pretty successful year for Charles as he ended up second in points in the Street Bike bracket class at Gateway, he beat out Janie to take the spot only by a few points. In 2007 Charles plans to take it easy a bit and concentrate on building his business in the custom motorcycle market, although you will still see him at the track this year with Janie but he plans to just have fun. Check him out at the track and keep checking our News page for current updates for 2007.

Charles Willis, Jr Charles@willisdragracing.com

Charles Willis, Jr. is currently serving his country in the United States Army and may be limited in the number of events he will be able to attend in the 2007 season. We support his efforts and hope he will be able to attend some events with us this year. He will be racing a Suzuki Hayabusa when the opportunity arises.