I had seen this recent Texas Half-Mile crash on Instagram, but couldn't find a version I could post on the blog until I looked again today. It's worth posting for those who limit their social media intake to just the Sideburn blog. The surface at the Forth Worth track sounded like it was causing problems for some riders. Brad Baker crashed out in the heats, but was discharged from hospital later the same weekend, Sandriana Shipman had a ugly crash in the Singles class and nee

Despite the way I personally approach racing, it is a results-based business. So, let's get yesterday's top threes, from the rain-delayed AFT Atlanta Half-Mile, out of the way first. AFT Twins 1. Mees (Indian) 2. Coolbeth (Indian) 3. Carver (H-D XR750) AFT Singles 1. Price (Honda) 2. Bromley (KTM) 3. Stollings (Honda) The race was rained-off on Saturday, and reconvened, after new sessions of practice, on Sunday afternoon. But here are the talking points from the SB POV. 1. Ju

Some people refer to Mile flat track racing as a 100mph chess match, because it involves some strategy. This is both over- and underestimating the sport. The Case for Overestimating Ok, there's a five rider freight train crossing the startline on to the final and some strategising of where you want to be coming out of turn 2 and turn 4 on that final lap, but any fool knows that if the bikes are nose-to-tail on the last lap, you don't want to be in the lead coming off turn 4 b

This is some truly visceral stuff. It's Johnny Lewis on the recent iteration of the Lloyd Brothers Ducati AFT Twin, at last September's Springfield Mile. Johnny came 11th in the 18-rider main, his first time on the Ducati that season, from a back row start, after coming 8th in his semi. We've featured the Lloyd Brothers Ducati in Sideburn 22 (when Troy Bayliss and Johnny rode it) and also one of the very first versions, right back in Sideburn 4. It sounds like Lloyd Brothers