Our good friend Randy K of Western Flat Track (formerly CFTA) is promoting a race in Hanford, CA tonight and is hosting a round of the 2018 Superhooligans series. Randy runs a great amateur event and the RSD-promoted Superhooligan series is putting on some amazing events, so keep an eye out for both championships to see if they're happening in your vicinity. I thought it was interesting to view the two different approaches of the flat track event poster, each promoter thinkin

Our friends at Western Flat Track have a big race this weekend. It's a tribute/memorial race for one of their young riders who died racing (but not at one of their races, if I remember correctly). Poster says Pro purse of £5500, but the accompanying email said $7500. Register to race here. They're also doing a ride out to raise money for charity. Pro Purse: $7,500 A special thank you to the generous individuals and families who helped sponsor this purse: Andrew Luker Dakota G

CFTA is now Western Flat Track and still headed by Sideburn contributor, Randy Kremlacek. This is their 2018 schedule. For more info and to enter, go to westernflattrack.com Feb. 18th: Big Time Speedway 1/8 mile cushion: This track is a racer favorite and a great way to kick off the new season (even if there is a hangover or two). Apr. 21st: Salinas, Zaden Florez Tribute Race, 1/2 Mile TT: We are honored to have been asked by the Florez Family to have this event as a tribu

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