When Chip Ellis quit his job out in Montana to finish the NHRA Mello Yello season and work fulltime with the Junior Pippin/PiranaZ Pro Stock Motorcycle team, he was a little afraid his former employer Barry Van Hook would be…
Ellis and Pippin Qualify No. 1 for NHRA U.S. Nationals
Chip Ellis qualified the Junior Pippin/PiranaZ Buell number one in Pro Stock Motorcycle for Labor Day’s 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway near Indianapolis, Indiana—his third number one qualifier of the season and 16th of his…
Chip Ellis and Junior Pippin Lead Qualifying at Indy
Chip Ellis rode the Junior Pippin/PiranaZ Buell straight to number one in Saturday’s second round (third round overall) of Pro Stock Motorcycle qualifying for Labor Day’s 61st annual Chevrolet Performance U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway near Indianapolis, Indiana. If…
Chip Ellis Takes Pro Stock Motorcycle Pole in Chicago
In Pro Stock Motorcycle at the Lucas Oil Route 66 NHRA Nationals presented by General Tire from Route 66 Raceway near Chicago, Chip Ellis grabbed the top spot on Friday night with a 6.856 at 195.68 on his Junior Pippen…
Norwalk was the one that Got Away for Ellis and Pippin
Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Chip Ellis and his Junior Pippin-owned PiranaZ Buell were one of the two quickest combinations all weekend at the 9th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals. And when numbers one and three qualifiers Hector Arana Jr.…
Ellis and Pippin Start Norwalk in Second
Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Chip Ellis will start Sunday’s 9th annual Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Nationals from the second qualifying position aboard Junior Pippin’s black and pink PiranaZ Buell. After Ellis led the first round on Friday at Summit…
Chip Ellis and Junior Pippin Take No. 1 Performance to Norwalk
Junior Pippin has long talked about how much power the S&S Pro Stock Motorcycle motors that come out of his shop make. Showing that power on track, though, took a backseat to life and his wife Lisa’s ongoing battle with…
Pippin Tabs Teasley for Four-Wide
NHRA Mello Yello Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Junior Pippin isn’t through racing yet at 62 years of age, but he’s decided to give some young talent a chance in his seat at zMax Dragway’s Four-Wide Nationals on March 27-29. Pippin…
Pippin’s Weekend Pink but not Rosy
NHRA Mello Yello Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Junior Pippin’s return to racing after two years away was a mixed bag. Although Pippin didn’t qualify for the NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway, his effort to raise money for breast…
Pippin Back in Pink for Charlotte
NHRA Mello Yello Pro Stock Motorcycle racer Junior Pippin has stepped back from racing the last couple years while supporting his wife Lisa in her battle with breast cancer. But at this weekend’s NHRA Carolina Nationals at zMax Dragway,…
Burley Returns to NHRA Tour
It has been two months since Kieth Burley made his highly anticipated NHRA debut as the driver of the Junior Pippin-owned Triumph Castrol Pro Stock Motorcycle at the Route 66 Nationals near Chicago, but Jupiter, Florida-based Burley has been anything…
Junior Pippin Successful In NHRA Debut
Junior Pippin of Conyers, Ga. made it to the final eliminations in the National Hot Rod Association’s Pro Stock Motorcycle division at the Auto Club of Southern California Finals. Although he was defeated in the first round by Chip Ellis,…
Pippin Scores Fifth AHDRA Dragbike Championship
AHDRA Pro Mod Racer Junior Pippin has been virtually unstoppable for the last three seasons. With another title added to his resume in 2006 Junior Pippin has become one of the most successful AHDRA racers of the new millennium. Pippin…