chris m and i went over to the fairgrounds to watch the locals run some indoor races tonight. now let me just 'splain to you how this all works. in the cow palace they have this area thats got this polished concrete floor. they run flat track tires, with pieces of carpeting cut out and wrapped around thier boots. pretty much anything goes. they have classes for just about everything you dare to ride. from 50cc up to 500's from 4years old and up. there was a girl wo ran about 5 classes who beat up on everyone. she was flying. chris carr was there selling t-shirts, which was weird, because i didnt see a single person say hi to him or buy one. i figured hed be pretty busy. it was kinda sad. nixon (gary) was there too.
anyway, this is applying carpet to the bottom of your boot to help slide
a nice looking bultaco on the line
this is half the track. thats start finish halfway down the straight.
this guy was in full roadrace leathers and dragging his knee around both ends of the track on a 50. it looked like a blast.
the 4-7 year olds on thier 50s. all ktms on the front row!
this might be bob coys brother or something. ths guy actually raced in this. Bob, the grid marshall, ran over and adjusted his tie for him just before they finished setting the grid. this guy got 4th out of about 8. pretty hilarious.
it seemed like all good fun but there was definitely some aggresive riding. and what looked like a few grudges being settled with some passes. but it was woth the 10 bucks.
jc
anyway, this is applying carpet to the bottom of your boot to help slide

a nice looking bultaco on the line

this is half the track. thats start finish halfway down the straight.

this guy was in full roadrace leathers and dragging his knee around both ends of the track on a 50. it looked like a blast.

the 4-7 year olds on thier 50s. all ktms on the front row!

this might be bob coys brother or something. ths guy actually raced in this. Bob, the grid marshall, ran over and adjusted his tie for him just before they finished setting the grid. this guy got 4th out of about 8. pretty hilarious.

it seemed like all good fun but there was definitely some aggresive riding. and what looked like a few grudges being settled with some passes. but it was woth the 10 bucks.
jc