Thursday 28 June 2012
1939 Ohio Flat Track
From Roger F (who regularly finds the good stuff). Even assuming the early section of this film is cranking slightly faster than it should, they are flying. Check out riders with the turned-down bars. You can see one best when the riders line up at 2:38. G
These guys are really hauling and the quality is pretty good, although I don't know any of the riders. There's two locations this may have been. My guess is the present harness racing track in Northfield, but wasn't there another "Northfield" half-mile further south on old Rt8 just before Cuyahoga Falls on the right? Closer to Akron? Anyway, this was in our backyard when all we know was country....r
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That is some awesome old footage...getting me all excited about the upcoming "Mile" races in Sacramento...
As mental preparation before a race some prefer to listen to a little Debussy.....here at 1:19 someone decides to go full pelt through a wall of burning planks to get himself "in the zone".
Well you see JamesJ, the health and safety Nazis have changed everything. It's pretty rare these days to see a wall of burning planks on the home straight. Ridiculous.
When men were men and the social dogooders were deservedly trampled under foot, awesome stuff.
An interesting assortment of bikes; mostly Indians, but one ohc Norton Inter...which must have done well to be featured at the end, the rider wearing a cool 'Norton' sweater!
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