BARBARA FRITCHIE CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE RACE

[Rut Row]

BARBARA FRITCHIE CLASSIC MOTORCYCLE RACE
Date: July 6, 2008
Hours: 2pm
Description: The annual Barbara Fritchie classic motorcycle race. This is an AMA national hot shoe event.
Location: Frederick Fairgrounds, 797 E. Patrick St., Frederick
Contact: (301) 663-8333

Ahem... should the D.A.M.N.ed assemble, swill some beers and watch the race?

[Teethgrinder]

Hard to justify not doing so when you combine; classic, motorcycle, beer, and Frederick.

[Bucho]

What kind of racing is it?

[mdubya]

What kind of racing is it?

Flat track.

It is the oldest continuing race in the US.

[RRob]

I'd like to go but I'll be at work that day. I'm gonna try and catch the flat trackers at Bedford, PA on Friday, June 27th. The plan is to watch the flat track races Friday night, stay overnight in Bedford and then ride Saturday at Mountain Ridge, a large private off-road riding area near Reels Corner, PA. If anyone is interested, send me an email/PM.

[Bucho]

I've never seen flattrack racing in person. I'd like to go but I'm working. 2pm is pretty early to get up for.
Will there also be a dirt TT?

[Rut Row]

I'd like to go but I'll be at work that day. I'm gonna try and catch the flat trackers at Bedford, PA on Friday, June 27th. The plan is to watch the flat track races Friday night, stay overnight in Bedford and then ride Saturday at Mountain Ridge, a large private off-road riding area near Reels Corner, PA. If anyone is interested, send me an email/PM.

Hmmm... a big maybe.

[mdubya]

Some cool photos of the Barbara Fritchie race in this thread on ADV:

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=345251

[Rut Row]

man, this one sure looks like RRob when he's in SM mode!

[RRob]

man, this one sure looks like RRob when he's in SM mode!

Ha ha! Yeah, I wish...


I was just reading up a little on the AMA Flat Track Series. The main series is divided into two classes: GNC Singles for smaller tracks and GNC Twins for the half-mile and larger tracks. The Hot Shoe series is a developmental series for young riders to gain expierience before moving up to GNC.

The Hot Shoe Series will be in Frederick, MD on July 6th and then Winchester, VA on July 27th.

The GNC Twins, the big boys, will be in Bedford, PA on June 27th and in Hagerstown, MD on July 26th.

(BTW, Bedford, PA is about 20 miles north of Cumberland, MD)

These four dates look to be our best chance of watching some flat track racing locally. Let's go!

http://www.amaflattrack.com

I can't make it to either of the Hot Shoe events because of work but I'm definately going to the Bedford race. "BoomBoom" from ADVRider/KTM Talk invited me to tag along to Bedford and then ride dirt bikes at Mountain Ridge the next day. He extended the invitation to the DAMN crew as well.

http://www.bedfordspeedway.com