Question #1 How many people on the face of this earth can build a motorcycle that has topped out at over 400MPH/640KPH?

Answer. One. His name is Mike Akatiff.

Question #2 How many people on the face of this earth can ride a motorcycle that has topped out at over 400MPH/640KPH?

Answer. One.  His name is Rocky Robinson.

We can go on and on about this but it’s easier (and better) to show you a video that 4,100,000 people have already seen….click on the link below.

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Our Cuz Mike (not related) is:

1. Hollywood stunt driver and stunt coordinator.
2. Guinness World Record Holder.
3. Races semi-trucks, desert trucks, motorcycles, offshore race boats, short track stock cars.
4. He drifts in pretty much everything….trucks, cars, probably a bus……
5. He has over 6,000,000 views on his youtube videos (don’t watch the second one)
6. He crashed an airplane and survived…we’ll let him tell the story.
7. He’s a cool dude. Just not as cool as Ruso.
8. And….the ladies dig him!  Nuff Said?

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Here’s an argument I had the pleasure of overhearing….

Josh:  “Manolo, You’re Crazy Dude!”

Manolo: “I’m crazy?!”

Josh: “Yeah!  You’re Crazy!”

Manolo:  “Josh, for your honeymoon, you bought your wife a quad and together you rode 17,000 miles (27,000 km) across Africa?!…and you’re calling me CRAZY!!!

Rest of the World:  “I think Manolo’s got you on that one Josh.”

Josh and Anna Hogan took a unique honeymoon.  They traveled 17,000 miles on quads across the continent of Africa.  Today, Josh and Anna live a more subdued life in Castro Valley, California living the adventure of raising two beautiful daughters.

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So it goes something like this….

Ruso: “I think I’m going to take some time and travel the world.”

Ruso’s Friend: “Cool Dude”

Ruso: “Yeah, I’m taking off in a couple of weeks”

Ruso’s Friend: “Really Cool Dude”

Ruso: “Gonna do it on my Vespa”

Ruso’s Friend: “Damn… That’s the Coolest Dude!”

Dos Equis may have the “Most Interesting Man in the World” but Top 1 has “The Coolest Dude in the World.”

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“The Dakar Rally is the most physically and mentally challenging rally in the world.”

In the spirit of other Top 1 Racers around the globe Beto Recalde has fullfilled a life long dream….to compete in the Dakar Rally.  “The Dakar” is not only physically challenging it is a psychological test of determination and grit.  Like the great explorers of centuries past Beto and his fellow Dakar competitors challenge themselves to reach a final destination over the course of the two weeks every January.  It is however the journey and it’s hardships that bring the greatest rewards to Beto and his contemporaries.

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“From Red Square to Tiananmen Square”

A grueling offroad rally from Russia to China, the Silk Way Rally tests the strongest racers from all over the world will take off through scenic twisting roads of China, Kalmykia, Kazakhstan and Russia—rushing towards steps and boundless fields, where only the best navigators will be able to find the right direction in high grass.

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Founder and team owner Brian Alder brings over a decade of winning motorsports experience to BAR1 Motorsports. From Toyota Atlantic to Indy Car to the American Le Mans Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Brian has won. With 21 wins and multiple driver championships, all while maintaining a top 3 standings in team/driver championship for 8 out of 10 years, Brian’s record as a crew chief and team manager in the American Le Mans Series can only be described one way. Winner!

As a privateer Brian has competed in the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans and won against some of the largest factory teams in the world including, Audi, Porsche, Peugeot and Penske… he is a David among Goliaths.

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Born and raised in Southern California, Jeff Jones’ (“The Ultimate Grass-Roots Racer”)  career began for one simple reason; he never found a street he didn’t want to drift a car on.

Jones is widely-regarded as one of the most creative drivers in drift culture—competing with a 1985 Celica GTS, 1995 Mazda RX-7 with a 3-rotor engine, and, for his 10^th Formula Drift Pro season, a Nissan 370z.

Jeff’s unique style has landed him features and cover spots in various publications like Import Tuner, Super Street, Performance Auto and Sound, and Modified Magazines.

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Take a lap in the only stock car circuit in Central America! TOP 1 is proud to support the Ford factory team in the Costa Rican Touring Car Championship as drivers fueled by big dreams from all over Latin America travel to San Jose, Costa Rica to gain experience in the hopes of one day reaching the ultimate pinnacle of stock car racing—NASCAR

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Imagine only 4 cylinders creating 750 horsepower more then the V8 in your car!! Now think what 16 of them would do!! That’s what our “Joint Venture” modified Freightliner is putting to the ground. Owned by Don Lemmons in Kelso WA. It currently holds the world record for Modified Diesel Truck @ 228.8mph!

Joint Venture was created from a highway hauler Freightliner and outfitted with a huge Mid Engine 16 cylinder  diesel engine taken from a tug boat then “HIGHLY” modified with  giant turbo’s,  Boeing 737 rear tires and front tires from a F-15 fighter, one of the strongest roll cages ever built, a really big parachute and so much more… At almost 10 Tons and Creating a vicious sound of its own….. comparing it to a World War II radical Bomber Plane would be an understatement!

Since 2013, the Afflick Land Speed Racing Family have set SEVEN different Motorcycle Land Speed Records in three different classes! This team of Proud Australians have traveled to any salt flat they can find to breakthrough new boundaries for the 50cc, 100cc and 350cc motorcycle classes…