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While motorcycle racing is dangerous, as this past weekend reminded us, it is not often deadly these days. Modern rider safety gear, and safer tracks have reduced the risk involved from the days when you would expect several racers to get seriously injured over the course of each season.
The AMA has said they will meet with the track, promoters, and the EMTs that were on duty to be certain everything was done to keep the riders safe, and see if anything further can be done.
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Filmmaker and Wisconsin nativeWendy Schneider is in the process of making a documentary called Angels of Dirt that follows around some two-wheel enthusiasts with two X-chromosomes. The full-length documentary has been in the works since , and follows several young flat track racers from the Lake Mills, Wisconsin area. While there were no official rules disallowing females from partaking in racing, it simply never occurred to many girls that it was even an option due to outdated societal norms and the lack of female racers to look up to.
In addition, some girls with the racing bug let themselves get talked out of it, or worry about how they will be seen. One of the subjects Schneider began filming when she was nine-years-old, was a promising young racer from the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area by the name of Charlotte Kainz who had been riding since she was four and racing since five.
By the time she was ten, Kainz had already won the 50cc championship, then when she was 12 she won the 65cc title. After years of hard work and proving herself on the flat track, in supermoto, and in a myriad of other riding disciplines, Kainz made it as a professional racer in when she was Laura Llovet had previously never attended a pro flat track race; now she's hooked.
Here's her report:. When it comes to professional flat track racing, it's not my specialty. I've never really followed it and had never been to a race. Fortunately, I got the opportunity to attend the season finale — the Santa Rosa Mile, which is held at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. It didn't take much to convince me to head to this event, as I tend to fall in love with anything that involves racing and two wheels. There's more than just the rebranding and an Indian vs. Harley battle happening!
More on the the schedule in a bit, but first an explanation of how I fell in love with flat track. I was in for treat; I was slated to ride on the back of his bike on an oval track. Of course, I was pretty nervous. Especially since: a I've never ridden on the back of anyone's bike on the dirt; b I didn't have head-to-toe gear. Thankfully, we stayed on two wheels and I had a blast despite the look on my face These races host a bunch of amateur racers battling it out on the small oval track, located right behind the mile track.
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