Guest post from Pacific North West/Vintage 250 racer, Todd Marella. Two weeks since, two races at Castle Rock, and seemingly, just like that we’re headed to Spokane, in neighbouring Washington, for sunshine and that cushion track magic. It’s all of five hours to drive there from Portland, and they’re having an early practice session from 10:00 to noon. For us to make that, we’ve scheduled a 5:00am leaving time, meeting at the Cycle Heap at 4:30 to load. The squad of vintage 2

This advert from DTRa regular Gareth Howes. He's been importing a bunch of interesting bikes lately. Survivor 1967 Triumph Daytona T100R flat tracker Really cool bike that should back it up on the track. Early Trackmaster seat unit, Ceriani forks, twin Mikuni carbs, low cut pipes, "Boriani" rear rim, Wide bars, unknown aftermarket tank plus loads more. Has compression but have not gone into it further. A great authentic bike for the track or collection. Matching number bike s

A few years ago the DTRA (that's the UK national dirt track series, if you're new around here) introduced transponder timing for the majority of classes. You can buy your own or rent one from the club. The timing is accurate and takes the pressure off finding volunteer lap scorers. The added benefit is the MyLaps timing system is linked to an app called SpeedHive which logs results, race times and lap times. People can check the data on their smartphones at the track, or refe

Todd Marella from Portland, OR, is back with a post! Today, as I was reminded by a dear friend, marks one year since my blog contribution titled 'An American Tune.' It still brought tears to my eyes, even one year removed. Time flies. Yesterday (Sunday) I awoke to an alarm at 5:45. A ridiculous time to hear one’s own alarm chiming from their phone on a Sunday, right? I needed the time to prepare for what was to be my first racing in eight months; first time indoor in over a