This in from Dave Skooter Farm. This footage was only uploaded yesterday afternoon. It was originally filmed and uploaded by Masakazu Matsuzawa. I didn’t recognise the riders but somebody tagged Bubba Shobert and Doug Chandler and a coupla other folks confirmed it was them. With Bubba commenting himself. Sadly Ricky Graham is no longer with us. Within dirt track circles, Ascot is regarded as ‘Hallowed Ground’ and the photos you would typically see (usually shot at night under

Earlier this week I interviewed an AFT SuperTwins rider for a future issue of Sideburn. The name Skip Eaken came up. I knew the name, knew he was a team owner and tuner, but didn't know too many details. This tidy short film, from the AMA Hall of Fame, put a lot of meat on the bones and shows some great period photos of the late Eaken and the racers who worked with. GI #SkipEaken #HondaRS750 #BubbaShobert #RickyGraham #HondaXR750 #1970s #1980s #1990s #RickyHowerton #SteveMore

Cory Texter is not only the 2019 AFT Production Twins champion, Sideburn columnist and podcaster, he's a total flat track nerd. Who better to recommend flat track race highlights on YouTube to watch? The race is the Mineral Wells Half-Mile from 1992. It had rained quite a bit, which is not ideal for a clay track. The first highlight from this YouTube video is heat race number one. Not only is my dad, Randy Texter in this heat race, but you also have Scott Parker, Chris Carr a

Randy from Western Flat Track Association (formerly CFTA) left a comment on our 'Massed Ranks of Indians' post and it was so insightful that he addd to it to make it into a post. As we've seen, AFT overshot on their preferential allowances to Indian, creating a dominating race-winning monster. Michael Lock claims that the reasoning was that it would take some time for the FTR750 (above) to become competitive. Granted there is always some development time for new machinery, b