Thor Drake, you know him, the co-founder of See See Motorcycles, the man behind Portland's superb One Motorcycle Show, race promoter of The One Pro Races, Dirt Quake USA and The Wild One, and, if that weren't enough, the winner of the first ever Super Hooligan race (that took place at the 2015 Grand National Championship (GNC) Season Finale in Las Vegas), and creator of the world's biggest rollerblades. Well, not content with all that, he's spearheading the race promotion of

American Flat Track has announced that Indy Mile has been slotted into the schedule, taking place on Friday 21 and Saturday 22 August, and will be the next double-header. Not only that, it's going to happen on the weekend of the Indy 500. That means there will be four mile races, the two and Indy, and another pair, two weeks later, at Springfield. All the other rounds are half-miles or short tracks. Indy hasn't been on the schedule since 2015, but that was a close one. The fi

So, the schedule caught up with me and I couldn't follow every race live. I missed the SacMile, but watched the Peoria TT after racing myself the same day, so I was just observing, not making notes. Briar was on it at Peoria, and the king of that track, Henry Wiles, was out injured. Such has been Wiles domination that no other current Twins rider had ever won at the track. Then it was onto the rescheduled Springfield. Friday night was Singles Short Track night, and, again, af

Less than 40 hours since the Buffalo Chip podium the AFT riders were back in action at the Black Hills Half-Mile, another race that is part of Sturgis Bike Week. After the one-line TT of the Buffalo Chip, which I'm indifferent to, the Black Hills track is fast, allows various lines and offered up some great racing. Unfortunately, being an AFT addict in Europe is a ballache. I watched till about 12.15am, then set the alarm for 1.15, watched another 40 mins, set the alarm for 3