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Link to Sportsman Results and Photos


Link to Pro results and Photos






S.C.F.T.A. Round #3

Perris Raceway

April 28th, 2012



Link to Photos and Story





      

Trailblazers 68th Annual Banquet

Held at the Carson Events Center, Carson, California


Link to 2012 Trailblazer Banquet photos


Link to Tom Cates Bike Show and Happy Hour



A Toast to Shell Thuet




The Hammer Shot!




It apears that credit for this famous and often copied photograph might have been credited to the wrong photographer by many people.

I have other copies of Cycle Magazine from the mid-60's and Al Melanson was a regular photographer at Ascot for Floyd Clymer.

 






  


    Hey ya'll, Joe Kopp here with some new news about summertime Flattrack racing in Spokane, WA.

    Last year as we all know, Mark and Lisa Anderson were gracious enough to build us a brand new outdoor 1/4 mile cushion flattrack at the Spokane County ORV park. Well their plans have changed as they have just recently opened up a new bike shop, Colbert Powersports in Colbert, Wa, plus their son Wyatt is turning Pro this summer when he turns 16, so they want to travel with him to some races back east. So their time at the new track was going to be limited , so that's where I stepped in and for some reason said, "Sure, I'll do it and put on the races". So long story short, here we are trying to get the word out to everyone and let them know the plans. So here they are, as I've got a few different ideas that we are going to try too.

    Starting in May, we are going to be running all Wednesday night races under the lights, with gates opening at 4:00pm, practice  at 6:00pm, and racing at 7:00pm. And we'll be out of there before 10, I promise! The first practice is going to be April 28, Saturday night, under the lights starting around 4:00pm. Then the first race is a few days later on May 2nd, with a race pretty much every three weeks after that, except for dates around the 4th of July holiday.

    You can go to the new track web site at  www.SpokaneSpeedway.com  and check out the practice and race schedule anytime ya want, with other info there too. The web site will be getting more work done to it soon too, as it's not quite done just yet, as I have a track to get ready too!      I am in the process of trying to get some bleachers built, a totally separate beer garden, more fences here and there and many, many other pieces to the puzzle too! So any volunteers that might have some time to come on out and help make this happen, please get in touch with me, ASAP. I'm not really exactly sure what I am getting into right now, as I just decided to tackle this a couple of days ago. Nothing like feeling overly prepared huh?

    Last but not least, I want to wish the Anderson's the best of luck with Wyatt and his racing and in their new business at Colbert Powersports! I hope you can all support their efforts too!  Keep in touch, as I really feel that with everyone's help and word of mouth, that we can turn this Wednesday night racing into a big success!

    Thanks for your time! Joe


http://www.spokanespeedway.com       http://www.thesecretsofspeed.com    






 THE SECRETS OF SPEED Performance Coaching School...
 
THE SECRETS OF SPEED will be in Springfield,
Illinois with past AMA Grand National Champion
Smokin' Joe Kopp conducting six,
one hour in the classroom classes during the AMA
 Grand National and AMA Amateur Grand Nationals
race week of May 25th to June 1st.
 
THE SECRETS OF SPEED has Performance Coaching
programs to work with racers and riders in every discipline,
Flattrack, Supercross/Motocross, Road Racing and others.
Find out more on THE SECRETS OF SPEED
training and classes at:
 
http://www.TheSecretsofSpeed.com






Classic Flat Track 1/2 Mile Schedule
Round 1 May 6 – Elkhorn WI, Half Mile
Round 2 June 23- Des Moines IA, Half Mile
Round 3 July 20- Wauseon OH, Half Mile
Round 4 Aug 31- Davenport IA, Half Mile
Round 5 Sept 7- Knoxville IA, Half Mile

Info: Scott Brown at 330-844-3293







Mikey Martin’s

Daytona Beach

Race Report 

Link to report








Opening 2012 Racing at Perris Raceway




 #43 Ajay Hateley at just eighteen years of age in only his second pro
flat track race picked up the victory in the twenty lap main event at S.C.F.T.A.
round #2 on the Perris 1/4 mile oval.
Ajay the youngest son of former
national #98, Houston Astrodome winner, Ascot regular, and movie stuntman
John Hateley; clearly has inherited his fathers talent and racing savy.
Ajay taking last year to save money while working part time and attending
school bought himself a new 450cc mount. With some help from the Bush
brothers and the famed Axtell doing engine work, the stage was set for
Ajay to make an appearance in the flat track world. Jumping into the deep end
of the pool
Ajay entered the Pro class on opening night at Perris and finished
a respectful fourth. But all the while he was going to school on his competition,
plus the days spent at the Bob Harris Movie Ranch practice track under the supervision
of dad has put him on a fast track to the top of the box. (Note: Kayl Kolkman also
puts in alot of time at the movie ranch track which gives
Ajay alot of insight as to how
Kolkman rides) So it was on Sunday with one hundred twenty five entries on hand
for rouind two that
Ajay Hateley put it all together right from the start of the Pro Main event
to take a convincing victory over Kayl Kolkman. At this rate when he's in Rome, they may
do as he does. Or at least when he's at Perris.


                                                                                                                                                     Photos by Donnie Walters


More photos and results





  Life Magazine history page from 1948 Daytona Beach race.

For years, from its inception in 1937 until the early ’60s, the prestigious Daytona 200 motorcycle race wasn’t merely run at Daytona Beach. Along with other high-speed, high-risk clashes, the 200 was run on Daytona Beach.

In 1948, LIFE magazine covered the races, both amateur and pro, at Daytona (the Road Course opened in 1936) and reported, in its April 19 issue, that “for four days last month the resort city of Daytona Beach could hardly have been noisier — or in more danger — if it had been under bombardment.”

Now, with unpublished and rarely seen photos by Joseph Scherschel (brother of another LIFE photographer, Frank Scherschel), LIFE.com opens a window on a long, loud weekend 70 years ago: a weekend that thrilled racing fans; slightly scandalized one very popular weekly magazine’s editors; and — as if proof was needed that the young sport was still in the hands of rebels and scofflaws — saw two people killed and 30 more injured in the midst of all the high-octane fun.

The 1948 event, which attracted “375 helmeted daredevils and plenty of non-racing hell-raisers,” was marred not only by deaths and injuries but, as LIFE duly noted, by classic knuckleheadism. “Because the antics of an unruly minority reflect on the dignity of motorcycling,” the magazine observed, “the American Motorcycle Association may hire special police at future races. One duty will be to restrain sophomoric cyclists who amused themselves this year by tossing firecrackers into the crowd.”

Ultimately, as LIFE tersely reported, “155 motorcycles started, only 45 finished. Winning rider, Floyd Emde, averaged 84 mph, got $2,000.” What LIFE failed to mention is that Emde (who was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998) won by the sliver-thin margin of 12 seconds; 1948 was the first time a rider led the race from flag to flag; and it was the last time an Indian Motorcycle won the 200.


Link sent by Judy Whitson of the Trailblazers

http://life.time.com/culture/daytona-motorcycle-madness-1948/?iid=lb-gal-viewagn#1






Durelle Racing Products & Partners Become Maxxis DTR-1 National Distributors.
 
DRP & Partners are proud to announce that they are the distributors for Maxxis DTR- 1 Dirt Track tires.
DRP has streamlined the import process and will have more tires in-stock and will be able to ship to our valued customers in less time.
DRP has renewed ties with Maxxis/MTA in the import of the nation’s best selling dirt track tire.
  Durelle Racings, Davey Durelle say’s “Ordering will be a One Stop Affair” We will have an online shopping cart
www.durelleracing.com with a toll free number (877-737-7337) for all of your dirt track needs.
All tires in stock will be processed in 24 hours from our new Maxxis worldwide shipping facility.
DRP will be well stocked in both 17” and 19” dirt track tires.
Sizes/Compounds
17” Front & Rear (Compounds TBA)
19” Front & Rear CD3 Compound
19” Rear CD5 Compound
More New Dealer News to Come!



You think you got balls!



Alejandro Paz mountain biking on you tube







Complete Results and Photos
Las Vegas - South Point - January 13th & 14th

Link to Las Vegas



     






AMA GNC Twins

 October 15th, 2011

LA County Fairplex

Pomona



Twins Photos and Results




Pro Singles Photos and Results

Link to page with downloadable desktop wallpaper photos


More photos will be posted soon


Greg Hancock



Greg Hancock went into the Croatian Grand Prix with a knee ligament injury. He came out of it as the oldest

World Champion in the sport's history, the 41-year-old Californian earning his second career World Championship

with a fourth-place finish in Gorican.


Interview and photos by Jamey Blunt  March 10, 2011







Added a few new Street Trackers

Street Tracker Index Page
                                                    









2012 Events & Results


WCFTS - South Point Casino


January 13th


WCFTS - South Point Casino

January 14th

SCFTA - Awards

February 25th

SCFTA - Round 1 & 2


March 24th & 25th

Trailblazers


April 14th

SCFTA - Round 3


April 28th

WCFDTS Willow

April 29th
Ascot Reunion

May 12th
SCFTA - Round 4

May 13th


Race Pages Index Page










Don sent me his Excel files of AMA Nationl Numbers and gave permission to publish them. Thank You, Don.

AMA National Numbers compiled by Don LaRue