July 27th 2013 NIGHT RACE Willow Springs Speedway 1/4 mile Paved Oval BOARD TRACKING!

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Willow Springs Speedway 1/4 mile Paved Oval July 27th 2013 NIGHT RACE.

Saturday JULY 27th 2013 2 pm to 11 pm

Gate opens at 8.00 am Saturday;
Sign waiver, get a wrist band and pay Gate Fee.

Racers, Spectators / Pit Crew: $10 Willow Springs Gate Fee.
Kids 8 and under are FREE

Race Track Riding & Racing: $34.99
2nd Race Class: FREE
3rd Race Class: FREE

Racer Training and Track Practice & Heats from 2 pm to 8 pm
Races start at 8 pm and go to 11 pm
The lights will stay on until at least Midnight or later if needed.

NEW RACERS WITH NO RACE NUMBER PLEASE EMAIL TO GET ONE
and to register for the race: MotorBicycleRacing@gmail.com

Free camping Saturday night is included with Willow Springs $10 Gate Fee and
Sunday race spectating on all of their tracks is included as well.



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Sponsored by www.ArrowMotorizedCycles.com

Sponsored by Jake Busey at www.TheJakeBike.com

Sponsored by www.crmachine.com

Sponsored by www.PistonBikes.com

Sponsored by www.SilverStateCycles.com

Sponsored by www.VeniceMotorBikes.com

TROPHIES by Joker Machine!!!
 
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ONLY !7 DAYS TO GO! :D

http://www.willowspringsraceway.com

General admission ticket includes both Saturday and Sunday, free parking, free camping, pit/paddock access, and bleacher seating.

General admission parking, camping, and seating are "first come - first served". In order to avoid being charged more than once when you re-enter the gates you must leave your wristband on all weekend.

Track Address: About 2400' elevation.
3500 75th Street West
Rosamond, CA 93560


We are racing on the Speedway Oval which is at the top right corner of this map.
CLICK TO SEE LARGE SIZE.
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Willow Springs International Raceway has a ton of stuff to see and do by cruising around the miles of access roads between the 7 race tracks as well as having all the comforts of an air conditioned restaurant with cold beverages on site! :)

Cool video from our first race at Willow in June 2011.


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Required Safety Equipment:

A DOT helmet is required by California law to ride a
gas powered motorized bicycle or Moped on the streets.
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DOT rated helmet or better like Snell.
A full face helmet is highly recommended.

No bicycle helmets.
No novelty motorcycle helmets without DOT certification.

Eye protection.

Gloves. No bare hands.

Knee and elbow pads
or Full Leathers
or Motocross gear. ( Must have knee & elbow pads )

If you wear a leather jacket you don't need elbow pads.

Long pants, no shorts or exposed skin please.

Ankle covering footwear or boots.

Fire extinguisher.

The pit road speed limit is 5 mph and will be STRICTLY ENFORCED.

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All entries must have functioning pedals.

No multi speed shiftable Motorcycle engines.

No Motorcycle tires. Some Moped tires are allowed.

All 4 strokes must have oil catch cans if the breather tube
doesn't recirculate into the motor.

7.999 HP is the limit on the Midrange Class

11.999 HP is the limit on the top race Class.

Unlimited Class is over 12 HP
 
Only 10 days to go!

Aerial view of the 1/4 mile paved oval Speedway at Willow Springs.

Large grandstands and announcers building on the top straight of the oval.

Smaller seating stands in the pits and parking where you can also camp
over on Saturday night.

Lots of lights so the track lights up like daylight. I paid the guy who is renting the
huge generator today so we just need at least 20 to 25 gallons of diesel to run it.

The access road is on the lower left of the pic.

That's a natural rock formation sticking up out of the middle of the parking lot!

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Only 6 days to the race and show.

The Socal Motor Bicycle Races always have a one hour or more lunch
so you can check out the awesome builds.

Joker Machine Felt Bonneville Racer.
250 cc Briggs & Stratton with electric start.

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Here is a must see video of some oval track racing.

It's not motorized bikes, it is minibikes racing on the Encino Velodrome
back in 2009.

looks like a lot of fun to me and racing at night will be more intense.

The velodrome is 250 metres which is 0.155 miles = 273 yards
The Willow Springs paved oval is 0.250 miles = 440 yards

Sorry, but we can't race at the Encino Velodrome as they don't allow
any motorized vehicles on it now, only bicycles.


 
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I just can't wait!

Oval racing is action-packed, no mistakes racing and gearing is the big trick.
I will be running a 43t sprocket. If you're running a stock bike, 46t to 44t, depending on how much power you can make.

But power is not always what wins on the oval.

Sticking to your line with no mistakes is the key to wining on the oval.

If you can maintain your line and be clean and fluid you will do well. I make the dirt oval a part of my riders training program throughout the year.

This will make for some real good training for the boys. I will be doing some on-track training to help the boys with the transition from the dirt oval to the asphalt oval.

If any of you would like to get some help with your riding skills, I would be happy to help. You can join in with my riders on their training program.

Racing is my passion! Helping you, the riders, is what makes it for me!

Thanks,
Dave
I am showing up at noon on Saturday and so is Dave and the Arrow crew
so if you want to get some training and instruction on oval track racing that
would be the time.

We officially start at 2 pm when the EMT arrives and the oval track riding clinic
can continue to 3 pm. Will be very instructive and a lot of fun.

Dave was a pro flat tracker racer on a Yamaha 600 cc and he knows his stuff.
There is much more to oval racing than 'Go Fast turn Left!" and the skills you
will learn will make you a better racer on the go kart track and street rider.

At just about every race at Grange Dave is a busy guy keeping the Arrow bikes
racing and all around the pits helping out with tuning and fixing other racers bikes.

Willow Springs is at 2400' elevation and the gearing for the oval may be lower than
what you are used to at Grange.

The weather forecast changes a bit each day and is looking very good for our
first night race. Most of action will be from 5 pm to 11 pm

Oval track racing is not quite board track racing but it's as close we are going
to get so this is the event for all you board track racers.
On Sunday we can try out the other paved and dirt oval to see which oval we
like best.

check out the sattelite map of all the tracks and access roads.
https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&tab=wl
 
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