For most, pushing a 500-pound machine to 200 mph isn’t their idea of enjoyment. For a few, it’s what they live for. The first year Oleg Pianykh raced his sport bike he won the amateur championship. He is one of a handful of racers that have done so. He’s not the bragging type but we are so we’ll do it for him. He’s one of the top racers in his category and as far as we’re concerned, he’s on his way to the top of everyone’s list.
Born in Russia, Oleg came to the U.S. in 1996 because his brother has cerebral palsy. Oleg’s family left their home country in search of medical help. He was ten at the time but his hunger for speed was quickly making itself known. Oleg loved the idea of racing cars as a young boy but his parents would have not been able to afford the tremendous costs.
While drag racing cars he caught a glimpse of his future. The bullet bike he saw that day captured his imagination and his hunger for speed found its sustenance. Without even knowing how to ride a motorcycle he bought one and determined he would learn. Learn he did. Oleg found that the open road wasn’t a legally ideal place to race his newfound love so he took to the track. His first time out on the blacktop it claimed him as a victim. But Oleg doesn’t focus on his crashes and he gets up and keeps pushing his machine faster and harder after every fall.
Oleg takes his racing seriously and stays in great shape in order to guide his stead around the sharp curves and hooks in the track. He’s committed and enormously passionate about racing and about his sport and says that music drives him to be better and faster. Whether he’s training, racing or just keepin’ it cool Oleg uses music to create the right mood at the right time for the right job. He pumps himself up before and winds down after a race with music and he uses Wicked Audio to provide that perfect track for just the right moment. Here’s to you Oleg and to your perfect track.
