Hello everyone, my name is Scott Beairsto. I live in Innisfail, Alberta, Canada. At Speed Week 2000, I realized a life long dream of competing at the Bonneville Salt Flats. We ran 162mph on an '86 GSXR 1100, caught Salt Fever and have been coming back ever since. I enjoy the family atmosphere and the camraderie. I consider it an honour and a priviledge to be part of such a group of people.
My team is made up of friends, family and sponsors who support my adventures. I'm a member of the Land Speed Racers, I've only run at El Mirage once, in 2005, but I hope to return this year. I enjoy restoring and collecting vintage Japanese motorcycles. I'll turn 40 this year at Speed Week, still just a kid. I have lots of bikes and cars inside my head,just waiting to be built, there's a belly tank and a turbine engine in the garage sitting patiently. I love the variety of vehicles at Bonneville; flatheads, 2 strokes, small displacement, 400mph streamliners...it's all good.
I'm a heavy duty mechanic / hydraulic tech, I work on an oil rig in Tunisia, North Africa. The 35 day rotations allow me lots of time to putter away on the bikes. I'm working overseas right now, I was devastated when the site was down. Thank you Jon and the new moderators, for all that you do for our sport. I really enjoy reading about the different projects and how the builders solve their problems.
This year, we'll be running our Hayabusa in 2000 APS/G. We also have a Honda for 650 MPS/G and our Jason McVicar built R1 for the 1000 fuel classes. There's always cold Canadian beer in our pits at the end of the day, stop in for a visit.