Hey Motorcycle Fans!

[Dr. Cheese]

Does flat track racing, mile or half mile, on dirt tracks still go on? I haven't seen anything about it in years.

 

[Solarmist]

I'm pretty sure they do - I've seen them on the SPEED channel, and I think FUEL TV as well.

If you like flat tracking you must check out Formula Drift Racing; this sport is just too cool!

Tanner Foust is one of the best at this sport, and is the star on the American version of TOP GEAR ..... check out these short videos!
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Tanner Foust Street Drift: Mulholland - YouTube

 

[hdracer]

Yes it does.
I cut my teeth running short tracks. We even ran at the Minneapolis Armory indoors on the concrete.

The AMA Grand Nationals still run at the old time 1/2 mile & mile tracks.

Here is the 2012 schedule
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It really has been over shadowed by the modern "extreme" sports.

I would love to see some of the kids from the X games try and go into a dirt corner at over 110 mph with no brakes.

 

[RitchS]

They have something like that up here in Auburn California called Fast Fridays in the summer months. These crazy bastards go whipping around a 1/3 mile (?) dirt track at break-neck speed with no brakes. It's an absolute blast to go watch on a summer night with the kids. The dirt flies everywhere from the cycles and the people watching is world class.

 

[runmikeyrun]

I believe so, but Kenny Roberts will always be the king of flattrackers...

On the almost un-ridable TZ750 he said: "They don't pay me enough to ride that thing"

 

[fuzzy beard]

We have it in S.E Indiana!!

 

[clutchcarter]

I believe so, but Kenny Roberts will always be the king of flattrackers...

On the almost un-ridable TZ750 he said: "They don't pay me enough to ride that thing"

I met Kenny Roberts at the airport here in Louisville in 1975 or 1976, we made a big deal about meeting him, autographs and all, nobody else in the airport knew who he was.

 

[Dr. Cheese]

I met Kenny Roberts at the airport here in Louisville in 1975 or 1976, we made a big deal about meeting him, autographs and all, nobody else in the airport knew who he was.

I remember reading about Kenny Roberts in all of the Cycle magazines back in the day. I always loved flat track and road racing.

 

[bassteban]

They have something like that up here in Auburn California called Fast Fridays in the summer months. These crazy bastards go whipping around a 1/3 mile (?) dirt track at break-neck speed with no brakes. It's an absolute blast to go watch on a summer night with the kids. The dirt flies everywhere from the cycles and the people watching is world class.

This is Speedway- 1/4 mile I believe, single-speed super-light 500cc beasts that do 70mph, no brakes:

 

[bongomania]

Does flat track racing, mile or half mile, on dirt tracks still go on?

Really Cheese, another race thread???

 

[f.c.geil]

I believe so, but Kenny Roberts will always be the king of flattrackers...

On the almost un-ridable TZ750 he said: "They don't pay me enough to ride that thing"

While King Kenny was the best, my personal favorite was Jay Springsteen. The "Springer" and his XR750 were one of the main reasons I got into racing. I built a Yamaha 650 Special into a tracker, but I didn't have what it took for flat track, so I stuck with road racing and drag racing.

I love watching it, but there is something fundamentally wrong with going 110 m.p.h., sideways, on gravel, on one foot, not "on" the motorcycle, without brakes.

 

[bassteban]

This bike...
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...was designed by Mert Lawwill:
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- a multiple national mile champ in the 50s/60s. It was made in the early 80s, and predictably, rides big, wide fire roads like nothing else.

And Jay Springsteen was a winning A sumbeesch.