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9/19/2018 4:37am
9/19/2018 4:37am
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9/19/2018 9:49pm
Sittendorf, Austria, 1983
Specifically, check out the rocky uphill from 37m 20s onwards.
39m 42 is pretty good too!
In 1985 when I first went there and walked the track I couldn't believe that we were going to race up that hill. It was just bare, jagged rock with no dirt whatsoever. Huge boulders had become dislodged and had rolled down the hill.
What also amazed me, in what was my first 500GP, was that nobody was talking about this. It was as if gnarly sections of track like this were just the norm for the guys in the tough 500 class.
Brutal!
Specifically, check out the rocky uphill from 37m 20s onwards.
39m 42 is pretty good too!
In 1985 when I first went there and walked the track I couldn't believe that we were going to race up that hill. It was just bare, jagged rock with no dirt whatsoever. Huge boulders had become dislodged and had rolled down the hill.
What also amazed me, in what was my first 500GP, was that nobody was talking about this. It was as if gnarly sections of track like this were just the norm for the guys in the tough 500 class.
Brutal!
Track prep was completely different back then. Watch video of tracks in the US like Carlsbad and Saddleback. Places like Unadilla where they just roped the track off and went at it without any "prep". The sport has evolved and there are pros and cons to it. Some prefer it the way it was, some prefer it the way it is now, some will never be happy.
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Now they should call it " Sculpturecross ", even if they have a track in near natural state, they stuff it up with jumps and whoops, its sad.
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Vromans was always an impressive rider. Very smooth for that era. I hate he didn't win a title except that lackey was able to take advantage of his error.
Having raced 480s in that era, I can't imagine going these speeds on that track.
How about the top-of-the line-for-that-time custom rv behind the puch rider being interviwed. Can you imagine tomac or other top riders lounging.in that?
At the time that video was taken that was as fast as anyone was going on the face of the earth. It is totally and completely irrelevent to anything else. No shit they go faster today, it be incredibly sad if they didn't.
It does not diminsh any rider of that era and it sure as fuck doesn't elevate any rider of today.
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