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Last Updated: Nov 28th, 2010 - 10:22:29 |
Ohio Speedway Long Track Championship will be held Friday night July 17th at the Fulton County Fairgrounds during the Antique Motorcycle Club of America (AMCA) 27th Annual National Meet in Wauseon, Ohio.
The AMCA National event runs Friday through Sunday with over 500 vendors and activities throughout the weekend.
Friday night at 6:30 pm there will be AMA sanctioned Antique Motorcycle Racing and the Ohio Speedway Long Track Championship on the half mile dirt track. Sponsored by Applied Innovations/JAWA, Barnett Clutches, Ben Breece Harley-Davidson, Dixie International, K-K Motorcycle Supply, Lake Erie Chapter of the AMCA, Napoleon Harley-Davidson, Oury Grip, PJ’s Fabricating, Toledo Harley-Davidson, Wheels Through Time Museum and Wiseco Piston. Please support your local Harley-Davidson dealer.
Admission is $15.00 for adults. Practice runs start at 2:15 pm and at 4:30 the heat races begin. Opening ceremonies are at 6:30 pm featuring the Motor Maids and a parade lap of “Bobbers” (the 2009 Wauseon National Theme Bike) then followed by the main events. Plus there will be over 100 antique cycles racing in a variety of Antique classes such as Board Track (teens thru 1928), Hand Shift (1936-1951), etc.
The Ohio Speedway Long Track Championship draws a full field of Speedway riders from the midwest to compete on the limestone half mile. Among them will be the reigning champion Chad Rall (Mansfield,Ohio) and his father Ronnie Rall (AMA Hall of Famer) along with the 2007 champion John Debats (Mich). Michael Callen (Mich) and Chris Hathaway (Indiana) were in the 2008 A Main and are looking for a good result in the 2009 Championship. The Weicht brothers Dan and Dave from Indiana, and the father and son team of Jon and Sean Massie from Wooster Ohio are competing for the title. Marc Monroe from Tallmadge Ohio will be returning to the track after he suffered a broken collar bone in Canton Ohio at the AMA/USA Speedway Long Track National Championship. See Ohio roster below for a complete list of all the Speedway riders.
The motorcycles used for speedway are not remotely like any machine you will ever see on the roads. They have acceleration on par with a Formula One racing car, but rather surprisingly have NO BRAKES, rear suspension or gears. For the technically minded, the engines are 500 cc single cylinder four valve, four strokes with air cooling. Methanol is used instead of gasoline to enable them to run at very high compression ratios. To sum it up - the speedway motorcycles accelerate from zero to 60 mph in less than 3 seconds, are fueled by alcohol, and have NO BRAKES.
The format used for the Ohio Championship begins with a series of heat races and a last chance qualifier. Then points are added up placing riders in two semi finals that transfer riders to A, B, and C Main Events.
Former Speedway Ice Racing World Champion Scotty Brown and the Bike Days Motorcycle Club organize the Ohio Speedway Long Track Championship and the Antique Motorcycle Races in Wauseon on Friday, July 17th. They also hold "Bike Days" in Canton, Ohio over Memorial Weekend in May that features the AMA/USA Speedway Long Track National Championship along with a two day swap meet and flat track racing. For more information on Canton and Wauseon go to www.bikedays.com
The History Channel will be on hand filming at the Wauseon National Antique Motorcycle Races.
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