All Entries in the "Vintage Dirt Track" Category
Mees Blows ’em Away at Willow!
Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Dirt Track Series Round 1: Willow Springs International Raceway Story by Tom Htinaw Photos by David N. Haughs and Tom Htinaw ROSAMOND, CA, MAY 4-5, 2013 The opening round of Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Dirt Track Series was held on May 4 and 5 at Willow Springs International Raceway, nestled behind [...]
Online Race Entry Available for AMA Vintage Grand Championships
AMA Vintage Grand Championships Courtesy of the American Motorcyclist Association PICKERINGTON, OH, MAR. 7, 2013 The American Motorcyclist Association has launched online race entry for the 2013 AMA Vintage Grand Championships. The Amateur Vintage racing event will take place during AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days, July 19-21, at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio. Competitors [...]
West Coast Dirt Track Series Wraps Up with Willow Doubleheader
Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Dirt Track Series
Rounds 4 and 5 of 5: Willow Springs International Raceway’s Walt James Stadium
ROSAMOND, CA, OCT. 20-21, 2012
The weekend after the final round of the AMA Pro Flat Track Championship was held on the half mile at Pomona, the final two rounds of Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Dirt Track Series were held at the Willow Springs International Raceway’s Walt James Stadium’s three-eighths-mile dirt track in Rosamond, California. Many of the [...]
Cool Racing and (almost) a Grilled Berger at the Sacramento Vintage Mile
Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Dirt Track Series
Round 2: Sacramento Vintage Mile at the Cal Expo Fairgrounds
SACRAMENTO, CA, JULY 26, 2012
The second annual Sacramento Vintage Mile, round two in Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Dirt Track Series, was held during the last day of the California State Fair at the Cal Expo Fairgrounds. It was another West Coast Dirt Track Series success! Mulder and his crew, decked out in beautiful new blue Triumph shirts [...]
Cannon Blows Away the Competition at Action Sports Vintage MX National
Ohio Vintage Motocross Nationals
Action Sports Moto Park
ATHENS, OH, JUNE 23-24, 2012
Brad Cannon traveled 16 hours from Denham Springs, Louisiana, to Athens, Ohio, just so he could blast the competition at the 2012 Ohio Vintage Motocross Nationals. Cannon overcame temperatures in the 90s, a tricky course filled with off-camber turns and elevation changes, bike issues, and a large group of fast riders to win [...]
Cory Texter Claims Two at Gratz Half Mile
Pennsylvania Half Mile
Gratz Fairgrounds
GRATZ, PA, MAY 19, 2012
For the third year, Baer Racing Products brought motorcycle racing back to the Gratz Fairgrounds, located north of Harrisburg, and Cory Texter used the opportunity to break out his seldom-used race-framed Honda to take two Expert finals. Mention of this track brings smiles to old-time racers in the Mid-Atlantic area, as [...]
Dan Rouit Museum Turns 21!
21st Anniversary Celebration
Dan Rouit Flat Track Museum
CLOVIS, CA, MAY 20, 2012
Dan Rouit is a flat-track enthusiast extraordinaire; he raced back in the day and decided to formally and permanently preserve the machines and related memorabilia from the sport in his museum, which he built himself [...]
Ascot Lives On!
Ascot Flat Track Reunion
Wally Parks NHRA Museum
POMONA, CA, MAY 12, 2012
The mere mention of the name “Ascot” still evokes a feeling of a time when Friday night flat-track racing was a way of life for thousands of riders, tuners and fans. Ascot was a track so unique that riding styles and engine and suspension settings became highly specialized for Ascot exclusively. Setups and riding styles that [...]
West Coast Dirt Track Series Ready to Go!
Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Dirt Track Series
Round 1: Willow Springs International Raceway’s Walt James Stadium
WILLOW SPRINGS, CA, APR. 20, 2012
Sunday, April 29, will mark the beginning of Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Dirt Track Series’ 17th season, and what better way to kick it off than enticing the stellar racers in the Open Pro class with a huge payout?! Digger Helm, former National number 57, is once again sponsoring the Pro purse and offering up $12,000 for round one [...]
Baker Scorching-Hot at WCDTS Finale!
Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Dirt Track Series
Round 7: Willow Springs
ROSAMOND, CA, OCT. 23, 2011
Another 88-degree day was on tap for round seven, the final round of the 2011 season of Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Dirt Track Series. As has become tradition, the final two rounds are held the week after the last Grand National race of the season, affording many of the top Pros in dirt-track racing the opportunity to [...]
Kolkman Carts Off Kern County Conquest
Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Dirt Track Series
Round 5: Kern County Fairgrounds
BAKERSFIELD, CA, SEPT. 24, 2011
For the seventh year in a row, Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Dirt Track Series held a short-track race at the Kern County Fairgrounds in Bakersfield, California. On this night, 140 entries filled 20 heat races and 18 main events on the oval designed by Dustin Allen and Eddie Mulder and built over three days of intense preparation inside a rodeo arena [...]
If At First You Don’t Succeed, Try Try Try Try TRY Again…
West Coast Flat Track Series
Round 2: South Point Casino Rodeo Arena
LAS VEGAS, NV, JAN. 8, 2011
The second night of Gene Romero’s West Coast Flat Track Series at South Point Casino in Las Vegas had one less Pro in attendance, as Eric Rickman of Orting, Washington, had injured an ankle in the Saturday morning practice. Rickman had finished fifth in Friday night’s Open main event. Practice and a few Top Gun and Classic heats are held in the morning so that participants can take part in the Mid-America Motorcycle Auction [...]
Mees Doubles Down but Bauman Clinches the Championship
Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Vintage Dirt Track Series
Round 8 of 8: Willow Springs Raceway Walt James Stadium
ROSAMOND, CA, OCT. 24, 2010
The final round of Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Vintage Dirt Track Series at Willow Springs Raceway has always paid double points. This year’s finale was no exception, and several class championships were still undecided. The tension in the air was as palpable as the cold breeze that blew through Rosamond, California, as [...]
Halbert, Mees Rock Rosamond!
Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Vintage Dirt Track Series
Round 7-8: Willow Springs Raceway
By Jamey Blunt
Photos by Janice Blunt
ROSAMOND, CA, OCT. 23-24, 2010
National number seven, Sammy Halbert, shot to the front of Saturday’s 20-lap Digger Helm Open Pro main event at Willow Springs and led every lap to secure the top rung of the podium with a five-second gap over the second-placed rider, National number 21, Jared Mees. Though National number 37, Jimmy Wood, nailed the start and ran as high as third, he faded in the final stages of the event, while National number 17, Henry Wiles [...]
Don’t Rain on THIS Parade!
Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Vintage Dirt Track Series
Round 7 of 8: Willow Springs Raceway Walt James Stadium
ROSAMOND, CA, OCT. 23, 2010
Throughout its 15-year history, Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Vintage Dirt Track Series has never canceled a race due to rain. However, with rains (sometimes of the torrential type) through most of the week leading up to round seven, this Saturday event could have been sketchy, to say the least – but as the racers arrived in Rosamond, California, the clouds above [...]
Coming Up at Willow Springs
Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Vintage Dirt Track Series
Final Rounds: Willow Springs
ROSAMOND, CA, OCT. 23-24, 2010
National number 37, Jimmy Wood, sits atop the points ladder for the Maxxis Tires points fund in Eddie Mulder’s West Coast Vintage Dirt Track Series as it heads into the final two rounds [...]
