Here are a couple of images and some blurb.
I
drifted through last season's racing. I'm a hobby racer, an old boy,
I'm doing it for fun, but I'm keen. I try not to miss a race. In 2013, I
missed the first round, because I was working at the Bol D'Or 24-hour
race in France. I rode back, non-stop so I could watch my friends race,
but I knew all along I was too late to get there to make the first
heats.
Ride a framer, like my old twin shock
Wood Rotax, in the UK Dirt Track Riders Association and that allows you
race two classes - Thunderbikes - for other framers and modified street
bikes - and Restricted or Pro Class - where the old twin shockers are up
against 450 DTX bikes. I'm in the restricted, having never made a Pro
class final. The restricted riders and pros race together, but the
points are split. You could be fourth in a heat, but win your class,
because three Pro riders were ahead of you.
Racing
one class isn't enough for me, but racing two is sometimes too much.
Race two classes and it means competing in two practice sessions, six
heats, a semi, possibly a last chance and two finals.
I'll be back for more in 2014.
Thanks to Anthony and his DTRA team and sponsors for keeping flat track racing alive in the UK.
Photos: Lee Grubb, Sunil Shah, sticker art by Chris Watson for Sideburn