At the recent Dirt Track Racers Association prize giving, the DTRA's chief, Anthony Brown, shared the good news of a new dirt track being built in England. The new oval will be part of the historic Mallory Park circuit in Leicestershire. We asked Anthony for more details. SIDEBURN: This is unexpected good news, why do you think Mallory Park is interested in introducing a dirt track to their facility? ANTHONY BROWN: The guys at Mallory park run an annual event called the Bike

No one needs reminding about the amount of events cancelled in 2020, or the effect its had on business, families and health. Some countries or race series had it much worse than others and the UK seemed to be at the bad end of the scale. One event that shone out, right in the middle of lockdown summer, was the Malle Mile. People who attended couldn't believe how it went ahead, but we were all glad it did. Sideburn had a stall there, and camped out on site with friends. It was

Like every race series in the world, the DTRA is being affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. There will definitely not be any races before June and the DTRA will watch the developments before making further decisions to see if a June race is possible.. The DTRA's head honcho, Anthony Brown, has made it clear that he doesn't want to run races at a time where on track injuries could put further strain on the NHS. Good News 1: The new number plate, available exclusively to club mem

Held under the vast, cloudless Lincolnshire sky at George Pickering's Greenfield oval, the final round of the DTRA National Championship was also the ultimate round of the inaugural DTRA European Championship, which meant that we had a bumper 30 bike entry in the Sideburn sponsored Vintage Class. With riders coming from Germany, Switzerland and France to join most of the British regulars (and some welcome irregulars). There were going to be 18 disappointed riders not making