AFT has shaken up the schedule for 2021, adding rarely or never visited venues. We covered the return to Castle Rock, and the huge part See See Motorcycles' are playing in this recent post. Another returning venue is the I-70 Half-Mile in Odessa, Missouri, AFT's first race in the state since 2005. A track that is completely new to me is the Cedar Lake Short Track. It's in Wisconsin, but very close to the Minnesota border and Minneapolis. Despite Wisconsin being the home to Ha

Back in 2019, Evan Senn (above) made a film about dirt track racing, called Fast & Left. It won awards and lots of fans, including us. Now he's announced he'd like to make a follow up and he needs help from the race community to help finance it. I interviewed Evan about the hows and whys of the new film and the funding of it. Gary Inman Photo: Gavin Peters SIDEBURN: You've announced you plan to make a follow-up to your popular Fast & Left film. What made you decide now

The grand unveiling of the four Build Train Race bikes, built by four women in the US as part of a Royal Enfield promotion, was scheduled for Flat Out Friday but the virus put a stop to that, and virtually nothing has started since. Still, Royal Enfield North America grabbed the opportunity to make this film of the four 650 Twin flat trackers riding around Milwaukee before everyone started self-isolating. Read about the BUILD TRAIN RACE project. See the finished BUILD TRAIN R

Harley-Davidson's Milwaukee museum is a must-see for anyone with even a passing interest in motorcycles. It differs from Britain's national motorcycle museum by being properly curated, not just a collection of historic bikes. It's wonderfully designed and changes its displays on a regular basis. A current display shows century old photos and plans of the city's Juneau Ave factory. The site is still the company's global HQ, but is now used as offices, not an assembly factory,