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AMA Pro Flat Track Racing: 2013 Sacramento Mile
It seems inordinately difficult to explain what draws me to flat track racing. I generally don’t spectate at many races because I’d rather save my money for actual racing. But then again, I suppose...
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Rocking The Chair: A Sidecar Co-Pilot Speaks
Sidecar racing passenger, Giorgina Gottlieb, is in a unique position… literally. Hanging off the side of a race machine going well in excess of 100mph, she is held in with nothing more than skateboard...
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Team Johnny Killmore’s 2013 Pikes Peak Adventure: Part 1
I have been attempting to ignore sidecar racing for the last two months, but there are a lot of people that deserve a write up about Team Johnny Killmore’s 2013 Pikes Peak Adventure at the 2013 Pikes...
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Pikes Peak 2013: Race Day
PRE-DAWN The action on race day starts on the way to the pit area. Fans are lining up in one lane of the road and it spills all the way down to the nearby highway in Cascade. You have to work your...
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Flat Track Finals 2013 — Pomona
On the scene in 2013, flat track racing continues to prove itself among the best of motorsport in terms of live spectating. The speed, the sound, and the ballet-like balance of machines constantly on...
View ArticleDean Harrison’s ‘moment’ Church Bends S100 2014
Dean Harrison trying a bit too hard through church bends in the Wednesday evening Senior race. To quote Johnny Killmore, “that is a pretty big moment!”
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5 Minutes With…Bagger Nation Founder Paul Yaffe
If you’ve ever had the good fortune to attend a Bike Week festival like the one held annually in Daytona Beach, then you know that it’s quite a spectacle. No joke, there are thousands and thousands of...
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Thoughts On Risk And Death: Shades Of Primer Grey
I used to pride myself on how fast I was in the canyons. I was a member of the illustrious “Primer Grey Crew.” To be in the PGC you had to be damn fast and also own a bike that was not considered...
View ArticleRonin Motoworks
Yours truly remembers the artist rendering of these machines several years ago, but seeing them in their final stages is certainly more interesting. Take three minutes of your day to see the attention...
View ArticleMotoAmerica Announces Tentative 2015 Schedule
American Two-Wheeled Road Racing has been in the news since the KRAVE group and MotoAmerica announced they would be taking over operation and promotion of the AMA Superbike series. Their tentative...
View ArticleTwenty Eight Feet: life on a little wooden boat
Vimeo Description: A short documentary about David Welsford, who has given up the luxuries of land in search for happiness and adventure on a 50 year old wooden boat he restored from a scrap heap....
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World Superbike 2014 at Laguna Seca
For any Californian interested in on-pavement motorsport, Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca is hallowed ground. I must admit the place has a uniqueness that has not faded over the decades. The track itself is...
View ArticleDakar Rally 2015: Tom Coronel Pre-Race Video
Dakar is underway but it was a serious undertaking just getting to the starting line, as Tom Coronel and team show us the maze of obstacles to get the team and buggy through registration and...
View ArticleSit.Stay.Ride: The Story of America’s Sidecar Dogs
Although I get my sidecar fix strictly on the track, there is a subculture of road-going sidecars that occupy an equally small niche of their world. While road sidecars do not require a passenger to...
View ArticleFlying The Feathered Edge: The Bob Hoover Project
When it comes to life at speed, the higher you get the higher the price. This is true in dollars and in risks. Bob Hoover is not known outside the aviation community the way Chuck Yeager or Buzz Aldrin...
View Article2015 Bathurst 12 Hour
If there was a more exciting automotive race in 2014 I missed it, as the Bathurst 12 hour managed to throw excitement my way all the way to the last corner. Watching teams build up a huge lead only to...
View ArticleIn Film: Dream Racer
The 2013 film about Christophe Barriere-Varju’s solo attempt in the Dakar Rally still seems to be flying under the radar. The feature length documentary is not only the story of Barriere-Varju and his...
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Mad Max: Fury Road- Two Wheeled Co-Stars
Today is the day! Mad Max: Fury Road is officially in US theaters. Since the vehicles are equal stars in our eyes, let’s celebrate with some moto-eye-candy. French outlet MotoMag.com has this slideshow...
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Sacramento Mile 2015
I have always gravitated toward the simpler things in life. Give me a whiskey on the rocks and skip the mixology. Take a complicated philosophy and distill it to a few main points. Let a songwriter...
View ArticleVan Racing Is Alive And Well… In Japan
The Japanese obviously lead us in more ways than one. Not only do they make some amazing vehicles, electronics, and the like, but they seem to understand Americana better than we do. While we slap...
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