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Donkey_Kong:
Might have to go watch that figure 8 racing in shakapee. Looks crazy!
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: SavannahLion on August 09, 2009, 01:07:51 pm ---
I have this scale modeling book that goes back through the history of modeling. There's a big section of scale model vehicles from crazy race tracks. Another race track I would love to see are the old banked wooden tracks. Back in the 1900-1920's, motorcycles would race around on a huge race track made from 2x4 planks doing about 75-100+MPH. The Vintagent has a little bit of history on the subject. As far as I know, there's only one video in existence at YouTube:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPZY-MUx8qk[/youtube].
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I knew about board track racing. There was this beautiful american v-twin called the Cyclone. I saw a restored one in a magazine once. Over 100MPH on basically a Shwinn with no brakes!
It was probably this actual bike. The site i picked up this picture from says it set a world record price at auction of $551,200.00 :o
danny_galaga:
Crown Royal 200 tonight. This seems to me a bit like 'take some NASCARS and kinda make 'em like Le Mans cars'. Strangely, they race these Grand Ams with production cars, like Porsche GT3's and Mazda RX8's. Reminiscent of the old Bathurst 500 race in Australia up to the end of the 80's, where you got to see RX7's against Jaguar XJS and Holden Commodores and Ford Falcons. Ah, those were the days :)
Interestingly, there seemed to be quite a few international drivers...
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