Blog post from John Harrison. Recently our friend Michel Colazzi  (Mr Swiss DTA) posted the photo above (by Remko van Diggelen) on his instagram. It's from Hells Race May 2019. I'm #72, Michel is #98 and Dimitri Coste is #67. Three old Triumphs working hard and sounding great. I hadn't seen it before, and it made me happy because my first thought was 'Yeah, it really is that much fun.' For me it seems to convey the joy of racing as much as The Thrill, which is very definitel

This Bultaco is going to make it's DTRA Sideburn Vintage class debut in the near future, hopefully next week at the Greenfield TT. Its owner, Ben Eddings, shared some details about himself and his bike. I've been a Sideburn subscriber since issue #21 but only had my first actual taste of racing in August 2018; Sean Kelly loaned me his race proven Yamaha #33 for a day at Rye House. I came dead last in the two heats I could make the thing start for but loved it, in particular t

European flat track is exploding. Last weekend was the DTRA European Championships opener at Hells Race, Lelystad. The same weekend was a Spanish Championship round. Next weekend, also in Spain, is Dirt Track Rookies, a more road bike and framer focussed 'fun' event than the cut throat DTX-based Spanish national championship. Plus there's Dusty Track, a Dirt Quake-influenced event in Portugal, then a week later it's round two of the UK DTRA championship at the MCN Festival Pe

Kicks off this weekend at Dirt Track Lelystad! #DTRA2019 #Euroflattrack #Lelystad #HellsRace #Netherlands