Due to liability issues, most tracks in the United States don’t allow car versus bike races to happen much anymore. Racing a full-bodied vehicle versus bikes isn’t usually a very fair fight anyway, considering today’s bikes with 1,000 cc’s or more are plenty quick in bone-stock form.

This particular race appears to be some type of grudge race where most people would think the bike is going to play the gap band for the car, but this four-banger Probe with a turbo has a little something for the bike and it made for a great race.

Generally, people don’t see the Ford Probe as a performance type car, but back in the 90’s a guy named Bob Glidden rocked one in Pro Stock and won…a few events. If you didn’t have the bank roll to race Pro Stock you could pick up a 2.2L turbocharged Probe GT that had some pep in its step for street duty.

The Suzuki Hayabusa, meanwhile, really needs no introduction when it comes to performance sport bikes. Having upwards of 1,300 cc’s of engine in the frame made this bike the stuff of legend, even leading to a top speed limit to allow its sale to continue. The “Busa’s” motor makes so much rip it gets swapped into everything from Smart Cars, go-karts, and even side-by-side ATVs. Even without a turbo, it’s got some serious pep.

In this video from ImportRace we get to see exactly what happens when you line up a boosted Hayabusa against a boosted rear wheel drive Probe. Obviously the Probe isn’t your run-of-the-mill conversion, as it has a 2.3L boosted four-cylinder that has tickled the seven-second range. The exact specs on the Hayabusa are unknown, but you can tell by the stance and wheelie bars this bike is no slouch at the track. Ironically enough, both competitors run identical 8.17 elapsed times, but the Hayabusa rider cut the tree down and rode the advantage out for the win.