Death Race Oct. 29 2011

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azbill

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unfortunately no :(,,,
azvinnie (son in law) is working and Grampa has granddaughter duties that take priority

I would encourage any who can, to go though,,,
I have made new friends every time I went
( I never raced, just meet n greet)
 

Easy Rider

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I'd love to go but I need to figure out a way to get the bike over there and elimate the 16 hour(one way) drive time.
 

aerodynamics5

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Hey guys, no idea if my bike will be rideable, but I would love to pick people up, I have a van that could hold 1, maybe 2 bikes and or/ people. This looks like a lot of fun!
 

Dogman

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Still very doubtfull I will show up. I've been very sick since 4th of July. But I am much better than I was, and am finding myself putting the racing electric bike back together today.

It's gonna be a decide on Saturday deal, and If I come It's going to mostly be to watch.
 

Dave31

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- Musselman Honda Circuit – The Roadracing Capitol of the Southwest! is located at 11800 S. Harrison Road Tucson Arizona 85747 (520) 245-5278

Right next to the Pima County Fair Grounds across from Tucson Raceway park just south of Pima Motorsports Park.

Take Exit 273 (Rita Rd) or 275 (Houghton Rd.) South from Interstate 10. Only 20 minutes from downtown Tucson.

Helmet, eye protection, gloves, knee and elbow pads. Long sleeve shirt, long pants and toe covering shoes. If you don't have some of the gear you can always borrow some from another racer or rent gear from the track.

$15 to race, practice or just cruise around the track all night. $10 to enter the pits for anyone not racing or riding. Free to watch from grandstand.
 

Dave31

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The Strange and Terrible
by Roland Bosma

Inside of every timid, well preserved body is a loathsome monster, an animal lying in the shadow of sanity. Otherwise, why would anyone bolt a hopped up motor to a wobbly bicycle with weak brakes then fly it sideways at 40 miles per hour around a track designed solely for the Gods of the AMA if they were not tormented by some inner demon. And there it is, the starting line in the first heat of Death Race, a mash up of men from every corner and caste of the country over-revving, beating their tiny bicycle engines to death in the hot desert sun. Beasts atop their garage-made bastard machines all of them, waiting baitedly for the flag to drop on this year's race.

There is nothing polite about a filthy re-purposed backyard engine with no exhaust fitted to a 10 dollar thrift store mountain bike; spokes ripping with the first crack of throttle. These are not your fashionable, store-bought, gay electric bikes seen on the boardwalks of California. These are queer perversions of the mad. The mind of a manic tinkerer is only ever able to find inspiration for this type of machine in brief squirts and always at 4am with cups of coffee and cigarette packs littered across a garage floor. With Philistines sleeping all around, his true nature awakens him from the exigencies of existence. And the race worthy motorized bicycle is born.

I met Tim in Madrid, NM. I was riding an old motorcycle on a long back road to Santa Fe. When I first met him he came across as a surly freak, a dusty beat down punk, a bum halfway to crazy with a glare that could cut you open if you forgot to speak with redeeming honesty. He was squatting in a barn buried deep in a motorcycle junk yard south of town with his hot young gypsy wife who was just a kid when he pulled her off the streets of Albuquerque. She was an uncontrollable tramp as fast and fiery as the crotch rocket between her naked legs. Of course that would be the one that Tim had stripped and painted checkerboard flat black just for her. It turns out in a former life, Tim was a hillbilly savant from Kentucky with a big dumb straw hat and bib overalls wrenching in the pits of the AMA Grand Prix motorcycle race circuit. His team was winning too. It was the bike, no, it was the mechanic. Now he was a recluse, a desert rat living on the fringe of society. There was an unspoken bond between us in all of my trips out to see him. We always knew there was something bigger to come of our friendship. That something would become Spooky Tooth Cycles

In 2005, a year after making our first motorized bicycle, I called up the few customers we had at the time and we all rode out 20 miles into the desert mountains outside of Tucson. It was a wild time when no one knew, or even cared, about the legality of a motorized bicycle. To be honest we kind of liked it that way. Who in this dirty old town would mind if we tested gear ratio configurations on nitrous powered bicycles scaring drunks on the street with our strange and terrible machines? So someone whips out a pistol and fires it clean in the air, this is Arizona after all. Our clutches drop like the crack of a whip. We race downtown faster than our wheel bearings can hold passing cars and street lights hitting 50mph downhill. A battle to remain on two-wheels, follow the line and not succumb to the gravel shoulder leading off into the grave arms of a waiting saguaro cactus. I pass my way to the front with the loud drone of mosquitoes close behind. My girlfriend “Disco” and I are shoulder to shoulder until I slow for a traffic light. She won, beating me that first year by seven seconds. Since then, we have been finding ways to make our bikes faster and the race track safer. P1 Race Track in Tucson is a hairpinned dream. Off the starting line the confusion of corners simultaneously fires excitement and nausea as the first knee-slider narrowly wipes out the starting pack.

To win you must find the edge. There is no honest way of explaining where it is because the only people who really find it are the ones who have gone over. And when you do go over the handlebars, it's nice to know that you are on a professional track with medical crew and bright red wavy flags warning others not to run over you. The next motorized bicycle Death Race will be held October 29th, 2011 at the P1 Race Track - Musselman Honda Circuit – The Roadracing Capitol of the Southwest!
 

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buba

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buba here

i certainly hope roland bosma is applying themself to all forms of published writing
--here and beyond ---
i think this is some wonderfully descriptive, talented and moving writing

thanks
 

Dogman

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Barely know the guy, just breifly met him. But it's obvious immediately how cool Roland is. He's just got the vibe you see on the best people.

Not suprised to see how talented he is as a writer.

Bikes up an running, but I'm not. Chronic fatigue is , well, chronic.

Have fun, and please wear a cam and post the vids. r.ly.
 

MaxPower

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buba here

i certainly hope roland bosma is applying themself to all forms of published writing
--here and beyond ---
i think this is some wonderfully descriptive, talented and moving writing

thanks
Roland has moved on to bigger and better things. But it's still true that he still "loves" bikes :)
 

Helmutt Cycles

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We're Showing Up..with the fastest Whizzer in history..
I am a little nervous though,,Racing at Nite.. YET Gotta Suport the Romptin Stompin Arizona Teams.. and Welcome all the other Brothers from other Mothers..
 

Dave31

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You will have no problem with racing at night Richard, the track is well equipped for night racing.

Having a problem with the trophies did not get all of them and some are not ones I even ordered. I am working on that and hope to have the problem solved in time.

Spoke to MHC today and everything is on schedule, I believe MHC has some awards and some champagne to shower the winners from what I was told.

I lost my scorer so I guess I will have to hang my helmet up and do that myself.

We will be sharing the track with the supermotos to save cost on the track and medic.

At 5pm the track will open up for practice
 
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MaxPower

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Having a problem with the trophies did not get all of them and some are not ones I even ordered. I am working on that and hope to have the problem solved in time.
It's really awesome you do the trophies thing. We'll still have a blast if you don't get them. Me and my buddy are coming so you have at least two people coming. We are not contenders for the trophies :). I was thinking we could get a running list of who's going to turn out. any takers?
 

Dave31

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It's really awesome you do the trophies thing. We'll still have a blast if you don't get them. Me and my buddy are coming so you have at least two people coming. We are not contenders for the trophies :). I was thinking we could get a running list of who's going to turn out. any takers?
They sent me five trophies 1st-5th place...?? did not order that? And the class trophies never showed up. They should be sent overnight but if they dont make it we will at least have 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place. Not sure what to do if we have classes?

If its a small turnout I guess we will just all run together and have some fun.
 

Helmutt Cycles

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OK I'm Convinced.. and My Concerns of the Nite Race are gone.
Thus the Helmutt Skunk Works, Morini Boxer Killer will be in the Race.
So Be Ascared..! Be very Ascared..!! Mauw Ha,ha,ha,ha...
Snickering.
laff
 
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Dave31

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Before you can enter the pits you must pay your $10 (non-racer) or $15 pit entrance fee at the office. Once you have your wrist band, you must wait for the pit gate to be opened by one of the MHC staff before proceeding into the pits.

To sit in the grandstands and watch is free.

No monies goes to me I dont do this to make money, all fee's is handled by MHC.

Bring your own food and drinks and you are more then welcome to bring the grill and BBQ in the pits. The concession food stand will not be opened, I just cannot afford that.

Another reminder if you have a fire extinguisher please bring it and have it in your pits.

Please read the track rules Racing Rules | - Musselman Honda Circuit – The Roadracing Capitol of the Southwest!
 
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aerodynamics5

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Hey, how many people are going to show up to this? Is it huge, or just a large core group of people? I really don't know anyone and trying to break into giant groups of people isn't terribly fun for me (on top of my bike not being suitable for racing as there are problems I haven't been able to fix in time).