The headline shown about "Motorcyclist loses clothes in fall" at 1:15 - come on, that is 1920's clickbait gold. Post the source, I gotta know what happened! XD
There used to be a number of comments to this post, many with helpful suggestions on how to improve this clip. The production values are good and I like the music score. But...you guys need to work on your research. There was no 1928 accident that killed eight riders. The accident you refer to involved rider Eddie Hasha and occurred in 1912. It's not entirely clear from news reports but it appears five spectators and two riders were killed. Also, board track racing was never "outlawed." It died a slow death with the demise of the hard to maintain board tracks and the pressure of the Great Depression. Another point - "in a time when automobiles only traveled at 35 mph" is not only misleading but inaccurate. In 1911 Bob Burman set the world land speed record at Daytona Beach at the speed of 141 mph. Look, I am not trying to be critical to feel superior. Your work reflects passion and quality - but the research is lacking. I would love to see a well research documentary on this topic come to fruition, but not something riddled with errors. The heroes you celebrate deserve better than that. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Hasha
shemakesitclap Very interesting about your great uncle. Have you searched Google Books? So many of the full volumes of newspapers and trade magazines are available there for free. The link here is one example but I'll bet you could find much more with additional search. Google has done a fantastic job of making such info available... books.google.com/books?id=JqUyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA201&dq=eddie+hasha&hl=en&sa=X&ei=R5c_VdrMM8OkgwTEsIDoAg&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=eddie%20hasha&f=false
Boardtrack racing was not outlawed, it was regulated out by the Motorcycle racing association with a series of rules from 1912-1932. Basically the powers that be in racing, did not like the motorcycle racing getting the lions share of fans, and they gave into various safety concern groups. Board track racing also felt the crunch of the great depression, the board tracks were expensive to maintain, and fans could not pay to watch in such numbers as well, it slowly died, by 1941 it was all over on all circuits.
The headline shown about "Motorcyclist loses clothes in fall" at 1:15 - come on, that is 1920's clickbait gold. Post the source, I gotta know what happened! XD
Boardtrack racing was not outlawed, it was regulated out by the
Motorcycle racing association with a series of rules from 1912-1932.
There used to be a number of comments to this post, many with helpful suggestions on how to improve this clip. The production values are good and I like the music score. But...you guys need to work on your research. There was no 1928 accident that killed eight riders. The accident you refer to involved rider Eddie Hasha and occurred in 1912. It's not entirely clear from news reports but it appears five spectators and two riders were killed. Also, board track racing was never "outlawed." It died a slow death with the demise of the hard to maintain board tracks and the pressure of the Great Depression. Another point - "in a time when automobiles only traveled at 35 mph" is not only misleading but inaccurate. In 1911 Bob Burman set the world land speed record at Daytona Beach at the speed of 141 mph. Look, I am not trying to be critical to feel superior. Your work reflects passion and quality - but the research is lacking. I would love to see a well research documentary on this topic come to fruition, but not something riddled with errors. The heroes you celebrate deserve better than that.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Hasha
Mark Dill Eddie Hasha was my great uncle and just learning about all this.
shemakesitclap Very interesting about your great uncle. Have you searched Google Books? So many of the full volumes of newspapers and trade magazines are available there for free. The link here is one example but I'll bet you could find much more with additional search. Google has done a fantastic job of making such info available... books.google.com/books?id=JqUyAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA201&dq=eddie+hasha&hl=en&sa=X&ei=R5c_VdrMM8OkgwTEsIDoAg&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=eddie%20hasha&f=false
Boardtrack racing was not outlawed, it was regulated out by the Motorcycle racing association with a series of rules from 1912-1932. Basically the powers that be in racing, did not like the motorcycle racing getting the lions share of fans, and they gave into various safety concern groups. Board track racing also felt the crunch of the great depression, the board tracks were expensive to maintain, and fans could not pay to watch in such numbers as well, it slowly died, by 1941 it was all over on all circuits.