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Marcus Beasley
4/22/2019 1:48am
4/22/2019 1:48am
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4/23/2019 4:11am
Watching video on YouTube, I see the track is still open, but why did the pro nationals stop going there? I'm sure somebody here knows the answer
https://youtu.be/2btT-yhMT1c?controls=0
The Shop
While I didnt experience broome in its hay day while it had a national, there is no soil left at broome. They try to do their best to make it better, but when you're working with concrete and softball + football sized rocks, its a losing situation. They've also eliminated the big dinner table and the corner double, which stinks too.
I whip back around and we pull in there. The track was busy. Ton of locals out riding a muddy track. I hadn't been there since probably 1997 when I was 10yrs old. Major blast from the past. Sad not to see the ski jump after the start or the back section where I watched #10 Bradshaw going off the track. It was the double that takes you from the SX section in the front up the hill. He must of drifted wide or something because all of sudden he comes out of the woods at the bottom of the hill. My uncle goes, "what was he doing, picking apples??" Seeing that at 10yrs old, I remember thinking - that's it for Bradshaw, he'll never get back to what he was.
Another memory I have of that place - there was a first lap crash at the top of the ski jump in the corner. Somebody lost their silencer and maybe the whole fender. I want to say it was a factory bike, so the guy just rode out the rest of the race. The bike was so loud every lap.
I used to laugh at all the pros who used to complain about the track. Including RC. It is upstate NY. Our dirt in PA and NY is hardpack with rocks. RC hated Unadilla also. Every sand rider does. Every national now is a topsoil field. If a new viewer would watch 10 different races they would think they were all the same track, less Southwick. They all look the same on TV. Racers in the NE wear chest protectors and have hand guards & skid plates on their bikes.Talk about the death of real mx. Spandex jerseys, gloves with no protection, etc...
Pit Row
Race results
Watched some great nationals there with my kids. RC hucking himself off of the top of the hill on the downhill triple was insane. Doug & Stacy Henry's victory lap when he won the championship, and Reed wadding up his YoT Yamaha on the step-up right in front of the stands at the top of the track.
One of the last races went kind of bad because they mixed in a lot of wood chips, and some were really large pieces of wood that caused some tire failures.
And man, what a pain in the ass to get out of after the races..
I ride here almost weekly. Practice prep is pretty bad... It's slick, rocky, and hard. I wish Tom would bring some dirt in because the track has a ton of potential.
I have to say his race prep is pretty impressive though. He rips it deep and waters it so it ruts up nice. On the few races where he runs the full national layout up the big hill by the road the racing is fantastic.
Yup, we were smart enough not to camp on the hill, lol. I saw cars lit on fire, rolled down the hill, etc. In the campfire pic, guys brought huge logs (like small telephone poles) in on a trailer. Crazy times.
Lots of 'fire dancers' ended up in the embers - ouch! I guess nothing a lot of booze wouldn't take care of.
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