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It was excellent the first couple of years and then they became full of themselves and got rid of the cute sideline reporter gal (who was more valuable than she appeared to be at first glance), changed announcers and started being sponsored by Progressive (sic). 'Nuff said.
our equivalent here in Australia is called speedway solo...yep 500cc no brakes, no transmission just a big clutch and bigger kahunas....our championship series is held in our summer season consists of 5 meetings at different venues and iam looking forward to seeing some action next year as for the past 40 yrs ive had to work the summer season......short ...fast ....loud
Last edited by old mago; Jul 14, 2023 at 01:43 AM.
I went to a flat track race years ago when I was a teenager. Those guys have *****. Any one of them could shake hands with Chuck Norris and live to tell about it.
I will tell you that American Grand National Flat Track racing is some of, if not, the most thrilling bike racing there is.
There are two classes;
GNC Twins (mile and half mile) and GNC Singles (short track and TT)
GNC Big Twins are the fastest; 130 mph+, 550 cc to infinity. Anything bigger than 1000 cc is restricted. These machines have no brakes and usually only one gear. Harley stopped sponsoring a team years ago. HOWEVER, HD is in bed with Vance and Hines who field a pretty good team. This sport has one of the highest mortality rates in all motorsports. You need cajones the size of beach ***** to run in these races. Interestingly, there are wimmin racers. This class and style of racing was created specifically for Harley Davidson and in the early days was all Harley. Jay Springsteen is probably the finest rider from the old days.
GNC Singles are brutal. Plain and simple. Single cylinder machines 250 to 450 cc. They normally pump out 60 hp and speeds in excess of 115 mph, 0-60 in less than 4 seconds. The TT races are the most thrilling. They are motocross races with jumps but straights and turns like flat tracking run with flat track bikes. No brakes, single speed trannies. .
Harley Davidson isn't represented in the singles class at all. And the Big Twins now include many different brands including independent HD riders.
I can't help but wonder if the new Harley 440, which is a reincarnated BSA Victor 440, isn't aimed at TT racing. We can only hope HD will be represented by this new machine in the GNC singles division.
Been to many flat track races from local up and coming to AMA professionals. Been to Lima many times, Greenville (they used to run there) and others. I also went to superbike when they came to mid-Ohio but for some reason they haven’t been there in years. I have been to the All Harley Drags many times…top fuel nitro Harleys.
One of these years I am going to hit Daytona for motorcross and superbike…maybe 2024. I also want to see King of Baggers and Moto GP live.
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