Only the winner of each heat would go directly into the main event. There was EIGHT heat races for my class, which was double what we had in Salem the previous race. I was so nervous going into my heat race. Instead of flat tracking with a steel shoe like flat track racers normally do, the hot trick was duct-taping carpet around your left boot to get the same sensation a steel shoe gives on dirt. Getting into the first turn in first place was going to be crucial in the races. The track was small, tight, and hard to pass on. The coke-syrup track was insanely hooked up. Practice went great, and I didn’t need to make any adjustments to the bike. Though it was great news, then the nerves of getting the rest of the logistics lined up set in. Hunter Klee of S & S Cycle in Milwaukee got back to me with the good news that he lined up a ride for me on a similar Harley XG750 to the one I've been riding.
I was desperate, and willing to pay a rental fee if I had to because I wanted to race so badly! I sent a few Instagram messages out to some other Super Hooligan racers. Come Tuesday, time was running out and I had to try to find a bike to borrow there. And to make things more interesting, the entire track was sprayed with Coca Cola syrup to give it more traction.īacking it up a bit, I wasn't able to find someone to haul the Harley-Davidson XG-750 that I've been racing to Milwaukee, and all the shipping companies couldn't deliver it in time. This was my first time racing indoors on polished concrete.
This event was called Flat Out Friday, which is a race in a large hockey arena put on by the Mama Tried Motorcycle Show.
Just 4 days after The One Pro race in Salem, Oregon, as part of The One Motorcycle Show, I was boarding an airplane to Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the next round of the National Super Hooligan Championship.