Flat Track Has Jumps! Who Knew?

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The Peoria TT - American Flat Track

 

 

check it out:

 

[Ptkatoomer 106]

Must be a crowd-drawing thing?

I mean, it is called FLAT track.

[Biker Jones 22]

16 minutes ago, Ptkatoomer said:

Must be a crowd-drawing thing?

I mean, it is called FLAT track.

Maybe FLAT meaning no camber on the turns.

[dirt dame 452]

TT has jumps.  And righthand turns.  Flat track is a lefthand oval.

 

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https://www.americanflattrack.com/events/2023/view/peoria-tt-2023

The next race is July 30th. This is the first ever flat track course that caught my uninitiated / uneducated eye. Most fun looking track I’ve seen.

@tntmo this could be perfect timing for a Kawi Dream X-Country trip! 

 

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TT is similar to flat track, but like Mimi said it has differences.  I’ve never been to one.  Would be cool, On Any Sunday vibes.

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6 minutes ago, tntmo said:

TT is similar to flat track, but like Mimi said it has differences.  I’ve never been to one.  Would be cool, On Any Sunday vibes.

 

1995 vibes! The track looks sweet here

Harley Davidsons, the ‘Prince of Peoria’ Chris Carr, Scott Parker and a young pit reporter Ralph Sheheen!

 

@KTMrad & @J5ive how about those Harleys

@tntmo @Pokey151 @Wintyfresh @dirt dame & @robertaccio check out ol Ralph at the end! I didn’t know he has been in motorsports for so long.

[dirt dame 452]

Back in 60s, TT was all the rage, before motocross took off in the USA.  A lot of my friends in the early 70s were still riding TT events, along with quickly expanding MX events.  Everybody who rode TT seemed to have a handlebar mounted compression release.  It was popular belief that this helped slow the bike down...so everybody would go hurtling towards the first turn and pull their compression releases open at the end of the straight, resulting in all the bikes farting simultaneously as they set up for the corner.  When motocross became prevalent, people learned that compression releases were mostly just a fad (and that they often sucked in dirt, rendering them nonoperational),  and learned how to use their brakes and clutches more efficiently.  TT lost it's popularity, especially at the local amature level after MX racing became established in America.

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6 minutes ago, dirt dame said:

Back in 60s, TT was all the rage, before motocross took off in the USA.  A lot of my friends in the early 70s were still riding TT events, along with quickly expanding MX events.  Everybody who rode TT seemed to have a handlebar mounted compression release.  It was popular belief that this helped slow the bike down...so everybody would go hurtling towards the first turn and pull their compression releases open at the end of the straight, resulting in all the bikes farting simultaneously as they set up for the corner.  When motocross became prevalent, people learned that compression releases were mostly just a fad (and that they often sucked in dirt, rendering them nonoperational),  and learned how to use their brakes and clutches more efficiently.  TT lost it's popularity, especially at the local amature level after MX racing became established in America.

Great history thanks for sharing! What was the typical TT track like? Similar to that Peoria track above or even more turns & jumps?

What bikes were people racing?

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31 minutes ago, Goofy Footer said:

Great history thanks for sharing! What was the typical TT track like? Similar to that Peoria track above or even more turns & jumps?

What bikes were people racing?

I didn't see too many tracks, but those that I saw were typically lower speed tracks with more turns.I know that they raced TT at Dehesa, and I think South Bay, back in the day...or night.  South Bay had racing at night under the klieg lights. The bikes that were popular at the time were Bultaco Sherpa S and Astro models,  Ossa ST/DMR short track bikes,  Hodakas and all the new DT,RT,AT,HT etc.enduro line up from Yamaha and the Green Streak 238 and Centurion 100 models from Kawasaki.  It was a time when two strokes were coming into their own for dirt riding.  Typically anything that could slide well.

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