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Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Hyundai Kia Proving Grounds

Fancy an oval a little larger than the pony track mentioned in previous comments? How about this private test track in the Mojave desert 80 miles southwest of Death Valley. At 6.4 miles it's big, but the Honda circuit up the road at Cantil is outta space humongous. BP

Knooppunt Badhoevedorp

Surely not?! I thought, the first time I spotted this motorway intersection on the map just south west of Amsterdam, and the penny dropped. I jumped on the Guzzi and went to test it. Sure enough, Go Fast, Turn Right, and keep on Going Fast, Turning Right ad finitum like some demented child with a Whizzwheels loop (I was one, so thats probably why I enjoyed it). If a similar clover leaf intersection exists in Britain or other countries that hold their jousting lance in their right hand then it will be Go Fast, Turn Left. BP

photo from Vectis

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

No Sleep 'till Marseille

Jan-Willem of the Dutch-Brothers racing team doesn't sleep. He's up all night hatching plans to spread the gospel according to flat track to heathens all across Europe. His Billy Graham enthusiasm is astounding. France is his latest target...

"This is Marseille (horse track). How can we make it happen! We need to raise awareness in France (France already host some speedway), I'm sure they would love dirt track too, they are real motorheads! Just imagine having the Coup des Nationes here at the end of the summer with Chris Carr and Co. on the 1250m boulevard. I have a dream!"

Bureaucracy in France is notorious arse ache. Gather around people, we have a lot of praying to do. BP

Wednesday, 7 January 2009

Austria's mile

From Jan-Willem of the Dutch Brothers, the dirt tracker who NEVER sleeps. He's continually organising a lot of stuff for the Europe-wide MEFO Sport Cup.

"We found a real mile in Austria! The super posh horse racing facility in Ebreichsdorf have 3 outside tracks of which one 1600m trotting track. On 7 February we can go check it out, who's in? If it proves a success, we will race there later in the year!"