Show or Entertainment

I can understand how you feel about the show part. I always felt there was two parts to entertainment. If I accept a Match Race from my Booking Company it was usually against a car, usually an impossible win, I consider those as being Shows. If it was a Match Race against another Motorcycle it was usually a Challenge by someone that thought they could or might win, thats what I consider as Entertainment. I loved doing both and I was very good at both. Racing with no bar, if I needed to carry the wheel for a little more excitement I could, therefore enter the Show.

I just wish I could still do it, Entertainment or Show, I loved them both.

Article on Elmer Trett

Yes, thank you Ian King for that article.

For all those racers that was arguing about not being Motorcycle Drag Racers while also being entertainers, read on. Of course not all are of this caliber.

AMDRA Pioneer

Frank,

WOW!
I keep forgetting it's been 35 years or so since I've see or even thought much about some of us from back then. In my mind it was just like yesterday. Some times the things you hear about racers and the people that were connected with what I did that I loved so much is just scary.

Roy and I never got along and when you hear things like what Jim just posted it makes you want to go back and change some of the things that happened. Even so, my memories of Roy are strong, maybe because of the ill feelings we had for each other

The last I heard about Roy was years ago and he was working at a Honda Shop, I believe was in Long Beach, CA. I hope he got better after Jim talked to him at Atco.

Gas prices will help local tracks

Very good posting Marion. I agree with you a 100 percent. It's not that hard or that much effort to do exactly as you posted and it can be done. Sometimes it take a group of racers together to commit themselves to that effort, the more working to help the better.