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    DTRA: Reschedule
    • Feb 19

    DTRA: Reschedule

    The postponement of MAy's MCN Festival has led to a DTRA reshuffle. The first round is now at the Adrian Flux Arena, King's Lynn, and is now a week earlier. All the details are on the poster (with artwork by Ryan Quickfall). #DTRA #DTRA2021 #RyanQuickfall #KingsLynn
    Warm, Fuzzy Memory
    • Jun 17, 2020

    Warm, Fuzzy Memory

    Reminiscing post from Dave Skooter Farm Woke up to a warm and fuzzy memory. Over the years we did a bunch of wild DIrt Quake events both here in the UK and also the USA. It was ALWAYS guaranteed fun times but this particular one (DQ III, 2014) sticks in my mind as alongside organisational duties, I actually found time to race in the Chopper class. My bike, a 1979 Suzuki GS750 'Pig-Dog' lived up to it's name and only ran on 2 of the 4 cylinders throughout all my heat races but
    DTRA Vintage 2019: Round 1
    • Apr 19, 2019

    DTRA Vintage 2019: Round 1

    The long awaited 2019 DTRA Flat track season kicked off in fine style in King's Lynn at the weekend. It's a great venue that always produces fine evening races under floodlights. This year was no exception, the setting sun making the whole event wonderfully atmospheric as the inters, pros and Hooligans battled heroically into the dark on Saturday evening. The Sideburn Vintage class ran on Sunday. It was cold, but the racing was hot. Lots of new old bikes and some familiar and
    DTRA King's Lynn Vintage Metal. Pt.1
    • Apr 16, 2019

    DTRA King's Lynn Vintage Metal. Pt.1

    I wrote about my excitement for the new DTRA season last week, and didn't touch upon that added bonus of tons of new bikes turning up. We'll be posting snaps of them. First up is Dave Webb's Triumph T120. David has raced with the DTRA Vintage class for two or three seasons now and is quite a regular on the podium. There were 24 entries for the King's Lynn race. There are championships for two-a dn four-strokes, but the class runs in mixed heats, all machines combined into gri
    DTRA 2019: Rnd 1 Details
    • Apr 12, 2019

    DTRA 2019: Rnd 1 Details

    SATURDAY 13TH APRIL - PRO, ADULT INTER, HOOLIGANS 14:00 - Scrutineering and sign on 15:00 - Riders briefing 15:30 - Practice and qualifying races for Pro and Adult Inter (including practice for Hooligans) 18:00-20:00 - Main event for Pro, Adult Inter and Hooligans 20:00 - Podiums and presentations SUNDAY 14TH APRIL - ALL OTHER CLASSES (YOUTH, MINIBIKE, ROOKIE, VINTAGE, THUNDERBIKE): 08:30 - Scrutineering and sign on 10:00 - Riders briefing 10:30-11:40 - Practice for all class
    Alchemy (Starring Leah Tokelove)
    • May 4, 2018

    Alchemy (Starring Leah Tokelove)

    Ed Andrews, a filmmaker I've crossed paths with in my freelance life, contacted us with a new video featuring Sideburn favourite, Leah Tokelove. This is what he says about his new film... I'm a freelance film director and Director of Photography. I've shot a number of documentary films on motorcycles for the likes of Influx and Dainese, and generally been interested in flat track racing for a number of years. I find it really exciting, because there's always an element of 'te
    The Hooligan with Pigtails (+ video)
    • Apr 11, 2018

    The Hooligan with Pigtails (+ video)

    When we interviewed the UK's top female flat tracker, Leah Tokelove, at the 2018 DTRA Indian Hooligan Team launch, she was playing down her chances in the class. No one else was, especially after seeing her practising at her local Greenfield track. She came second in the first race, at King's Lynn, top of the four Scouts after Lee Kirkpatrick slid off on the last lap chasing down eventual winner, Grant Martin. Read our multi-page profile of the ever-inspiring Leah in Sideburn
    Grant Wins DTRA Hooligan Rnd 1
    • Apr 8, 2018

    Grant Wins DTRA Hooligan Rnd 1

    Saturday night saw a dramatic start to the second season of DTRA National Hooligan racing and it was a tense night for Sideburn rider, Grant Martin. The format of the UK series sees each rider compete in three heat races with the results of their combined finishes determining their grid position in the final. In only his second ever Hooligan race meeting, and under the floodlights of the Adrian Flux Arena, King’s Lynn, the 30-year- old squeezed everything out of his stock en
    My First Ever Race
    • Nov 20, 2017

    My First Ever Race

    This photo turned up the other day. It's from my very first race. I'm not sure who took it, but the bike is a Knight frame with a Rotax engine, though the frame was for another engine originally, not sure which. It was on 18in Astralites with road bike Dunlops. I bought the bike from Boastie, who is also in the shot. He runs the Champion Flat Track School in Lincolnshire, and got the whole flat track thing started in the UK, running it until the DTRA took over for the 2013 se
    You're doing it wrong...
    • Aug 9, 2017

    You're doing it wrong...

    Great sequence caught by James Cox (who shot our Heading South for Winter film) at DirtQuake VI. Notes and observations 1. That second rider is wearing a Hedon Heroine DirtQuake edition helmet. 2. The first rider in the fence is custom bike builder, and soon to be TV personality, Ant Partridge. His Sportster was built for a forthcoming TV show and lasted, well, not very long. It was lovely though. It's been rebuilt now. Ride them, don't hide them... 3. Airfences rule. 4. I to
    Battle Royal
    • Jul 10, 2017

    Battle Royal

    Sideburn ambassador, John Harrison, had his best night of racing in the DTRA's Friday night before DirtQuake meeting. Here he is leading the hotshot and much younger, Gary Birtwistle, the DTRA Sideburn Vintage Class series leader. John then flag marshalled all weekend while other people raced. The man is a legend. This is what he has to say about his weekend. Hey Gary, Thank you thank you for another great weekend. Thank you for filling a hole in my life that I didn't realise
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