Dirt track is a f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c form of racing. It's tight, dramatic, racing. If you ever have a chance to see a mile race believe me when I say 'go'. 100mph with no room between a side-ways pack of nutters for an hour+ is a blast.
There is no compairason. The Euro-heros we all hold in such high esteme made a bee-line to the Indy-Mile dirt track race while they were here for the MotoGP race last week. We have a corner stone of motorcycle racing right here in the U.S.A. and we don't appreciate the signifigance.
You will have a blast. I really wish I could go, too.
The Indy Mile is where Kenny Roberts finally got on the map
The most famous of the Indy Miles has to be the 1975 running. The guys at Champion frames got some of Yamaha's two-stroke Fours, as seen in roadracing, and put them into dirt-track frames, then beguiled Kenny Roberts into trying one. He hung onto the beast long enough to blast past the leaders on the last lap, but he later said the risk wasn't worth the reward, and no one was happier than Roberts when the AMA limited dirt machines to two cylinders. His famous quote was "They don't pay me enough to ride this thing".
Indy Mile report from our friends at Cycle News
http://www.cyclenews.com/ShowStory.asp?HeadlineID=12975I could go on and on but I'm just a dinosaur.
The San Jose Mile.
Del Mar.
et al.
You missed it.
