Monday, 13 June 2011

Springfield Mile by Fast and Dirty

2011 AMA Pro Flat Track Springfield Mile I from TheFastandDirty.com on Vimeo.

This is the most evocative footage I've seen of dirt track since On Any Sunday. From the close-ups of custom hot shoes, low twin pipes and Nicole Cheza's tear-offs to the action, seeing Bryan Smith's XR (I originally wrote Johnson, I was getting excited) doing the hully-gully on the exit of turn 4, it's just beautiful. More! G
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6 comments:

  1. Rupert Paul13 June 2011 at 23:03

    Beautiful film. We should have clean flat track circuits in this country.

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  2. Nick14 June 2011 at 11:52

    Gary, can quite see why you were so exited, what a great piece of film, what a great track, and racing

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  3. gareth14 June 2011 at 17:20

    Ace. but at the risk of sounding ignorant, a question... Why do they hold the fork leg on the straight?

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  4. Sideburn Magazine14 June 2011 at 17:44

    Gareth
    there are strict AMA rules against aerodynamic aids, so tucking down behind the big number-boards on the mile straights makes for less 'frontal area' = more speed. And grabbing the fork with left hand (the Right has the throttle pinned) helps a little too = few mph more.
    BP

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  5. Anonymous14 June 2011 at 18:24

    mega as always!.
    will make it over there to watch once in my life, i hope!!.

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  6. gareth15 June 2011 at 14:51

    Cheers ben, will give it a bash next time I get my dads Enfield out.

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