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- The arena is a dirt oval. The gladiators have a steel-shoe on their boot that keeps them and their motorcycles balanced at high speeds. Every weekend, they travel great distances for the opportunity to pass the checkered flag first. This is flat track motorcycle racing.
Flat track is one of the oldest forms of motorcycle racing and it has a rich history in the United States. Perhaps even more captivating than the bikes and the speeds however, are the people that make up this sport.
Directed / Produced / Camera / Edit: Evan H. Senn - กีฬา
If you are tired of primadonna NASCAR drivers, this is the racing you need to see. This is America's gift to the racing world and the competition is intense. There is everything from the guy that hauls his bike in his pickup (as seen in movie) all the way to the factory teams that show up in semi's. There are pro classes and amateur classes, so everyone can find a class to compete in. Don't be surprized how fast the "little" guys go. It's good to see the racers working on their own stuff. Not only does it put the condition of their ride in their hands, it also gives them an appreciation of what they are riding. This is grass roots racing at it's best. Great video, I hope you do more.
You won't find any cry babies in flat track but there are plenty in NASCAR. Shut up and race.
I absolutely concur. I first heard of flat track and tt racing reading about it and races in motorcycle mags when King Kenny was the man. I never got the chance to see a race untill the internet and smart phones brought everything to us. I use to love Nascar before it was taken over by " movie stars". Flat track is cool and I plan to go see an actual race.
What track is that
So insecure
i totally AGREE 100% + flat trackin is REAL BRAVERY
I'm almost 80 years old, used to have a t-shirt that read... "If you ain't turning Left... You ain't Shit"... 'Nuff said!!!... Happy New Year...
I saw my first Flat track in Savannah, Ga. In 1967.
I was hooked.
Wow what a great film!!! Really fantastic job on this. We NEED more motorcycle movies that is for sure. This one made me want to watch the 1972 On Any Sunday. I've been a rider for over 50 years- movies like this show the real side of the motorcycle family. Thanks!!
Mark Brelsford was my hero during the seventies, he was spectacular on the mile ovals.
I've been a flat track fan since childhood (the late 60's) and this is pure gold. Thanks for posting.
When I started racing in AMA District 36 (Central and Northern California) in 1968 Class C dirt track was the most popular bike racing in the country. You could race 3-5 times a week all spring and summer. Then in the early 70's MX exploded and in the mid/late 70's road racing did the same. Over the next couple decades sort of faded but it's great to see it never disappeared. You did a fantastic job with this. You really captured the spirit.
Excellent film! Flat track is the purest form of great racing. The people involved are the best. Much respect to all.
Mr.Senn, you made a beautiful movie. Thank you.
Thank you so very much!
The reason an old Bultaco is still fast is because the frame dimensions and angles were perfect for flat track. When Doug Schwerma started Champion Frames he patterned them after the Bultaco frame. I know, I was there. I worked at A&A Racing for Mr. Ray Abrams an built parts for all of the TZ750 flat trackers and many other motorcycles for Kenny Roberts, John Gennai, Rick Hocking and many more. I raced a 1973 Yamaha MX250 engine in a Champion Frame. When I tell kids we used to race 4 days a week and our longest drive was 1-1/2 hours to Lodi, they have a hard time believing me. From A&A Racing in Redwood City. Wednesday=short-track at Fremont, 20 minute drive. Friday=TT at Fremont, 20 minute drive. Saturday=TT at Hayward, 15 minute drive. Drive to Lodi after the Hayward race Saturday night, sleep in front of the track and race Lodi TT on Sunday. Worked, raced, ate and made love to my girlfriend. That was pretty much it. Oh yeah, and trying to stay out of jail hanging with Gennai, Hocking, Neil McGregor, Ray Abrams, Bill Butler etc.
That was trip down memory lane! Used to race in the early 70's at tracks in SoCal. Brown Field, Dehesa, Elsinore, El Centro. Mostly TT but some flat track too. I quit when I got married and started a family. I see a lot of guys never stopped. Great film! Thanks.
They’re still racing at old Perris.
First rate film!!!! @23;37 Rest in speed brother... Shared a lot of years racing in ABQ. and Pikes Peak with that man.
I'm 57 My dad was a tuner in the 70's. I grew up around and followed DT all my life. This was beautifully done. Thank you.
Man, this video deserve much more views, it's so well done and truly a declaration of love for this sport... as many other "minor" (what an awful term) sports, these niches are where i believe you find the true sportsmanship and true passion... no big teams, no networks and half time multi-million dollar commercials... just sweat, gasoline and true passion. Much love from ol' Italy
Opening with Snyder in the Bultaco leathers. Maaan, my family has a broken past but I grew up racing flat track and watching this man. What a great soul. He may not remember me but I will never forget a 9 foot tall legend quicker than lightening!
Is that bill Snyder?
Did my first flattrack race last weekend in Germany, and experienced exactly the vibes you captured so nicely in this video. Awesome mixture of nice people and addicting in all aspects! Flattrack FTW 💪🤘
Thank you! Ride safe and keep racing.
Did they race any speedway racers? The Europeans like those Speedway I was stationed there in 1964 and part of 65 before being deployed to Thailand had a 54 BMW and went to every flat track race and I can fine
I watched Kenny Roberts at the San Jose Mile as the 4th corner flag man. The TZ750 was unreal, Roberts was trying to ride the groove, but it wasn’t working. He went out into the marbles on the way outside and flat out boogied, it was art in motion.
You're film and commentary Nearly brought tears to my eyes, So honest and true. Perris raceway in southern california was a mile across weeds, I was 16, Rode my Kx to the track One-handed with a toolbox on the Tank, you should have seen the look From all the big hitters Especially when I left that night With that same toolbox and a first place trophy, Got home at 12 am at night, my brother was playing the piano After work, he heard me pull up, Walked in the door and put that trophy on top of his piano Hes smiled and kept playing. 1975, thank you!
Thank you so very much, this film means the world to me.
What a great film and a real window into the beating heart of this sport. This film is about so much more than Flat Tracking, it's about the way things were, the way things SHOULD be, and proof that amazing humans DO still exist, taking care of each other and makign the most of our time. Thank you Evan.
Thank you so very very much.
@@evanhsenn - Truth is TRUTH Dude - this is a great film and really captures the spirit of the culture. I've recommended it to lots of people with great feedback. Don't know if you've ever thought of doing a follow up - but that would be great as well. Or even a comparison to the European counterpart (they call it "Speedway"), your take on it would be amazing I'm sure. Maybe someone (@TH-cam? @Netflix?) could have you turn it all into a series - you clearly have considerable talent with capturing the vibe and true humanity behind the subject - it would be rad to see lots more motorcycle content from you Dude. Keep on keepin' on - and thanks again for what you've already done.
@numberthreetube you are so right in your comment. This video/film is just fantastic! I watch it and just disappear back into the times of the past! I’m still into MX bikes of the 1980’s, but my childhood was in the 1970’s. Those were better days, and this video is simply all that rolled into an experience. Amazingly done!
Good Show! I miss that dearly…
I grew up in the era of Mann , Nix , Markel , Nixon and all the other greats , they were my Hero's ! Great video !
I just started crying and yelling when I saw this…so fine, magnificent!!!
I know half of these folks in this film. You definitely nailed the Kansas racing vibe. I have to say this is the first time I’ve heard Ryan Stewart’s song. Awesome job guys! Thank you!
Us Europeans tend to look down on Americans distinct forms of racing but for me flat track is one of the purest expressions of motorcycle racing.
I watch racing in Europe , love them all, kinda favor the big track , speedway racing.
That was awesome! I've always wanted to try it.
Thanks for creating this.
Magnificent documentary! Personally I have always been a big fan of Speedway racing but Flat Track is such a grass roots, American form of motorsport. It's interesting to see the steel shoe is fitted over a WORK BOOT!
My dad raced in the late 60's when I was a small child. This could have been a film of one of his races. I wish he could have seen this movie. Well done!!
I'm 57 and rode all my life. So glad to see the old timers still doing it. Gonna build myself a track bike before its said an done. Always wanted one and after watching this made up my mind. Very cool...thanks for sharing.
Well done Evan - what a lovely documentary , story telling at its finest
My flat track number plate from the 1960s hangs proudly in my shop. I was never that good, but oh my god it was fun!
Red McKeen 27x
Yes Sir! Once that adrenalin monster gets his claws into ya, it's over.
Great video. My dad (#31N) was a flat tracker on the Kansas circuit back in the 1960s and 70s. Bultaco and Triumph. Hell yeah! He still has his old Bultaco!. Classic! I fondly remember the late Gordon Dusenbery and also Paul Pressgrove whose brother Ken was in the movie 'On Any Sunday' and died in a race not long after it was filmed). So many others. Nothing cooler than nights at the track. Even the smell was special with the 2-stroke engines. Such great memories.
Really love the passion and community in flat track this film shows
What a wonderfull film! Waow ❤️
This is the only motorcycle racing film that comes anywhere close to the original On Any Sunday, by Bruce Brown. I've been riding and racing for over 50 years, and this film captures the feelings of bike racers better than anything out there. Excellent photography, editing, and interviews. Super job, thank you!
Thank you, that means a lot.
Beautifull movie, beautifull sport, beautifull peoples.
Touching the heart of what is America...
"Bravo"!
Love this! Really good film. Got my AMA license in 1973 and ran till 1991. Colorado based, so I got to see the backside of a lot of great riders! ;-)
Loved the film !
Memories flooded back from back in the day, at Hayward and Fremont. Was great fun.
So nice to see all these racers showing, and living the “love”. ❤️
Just awesome. Has a real 'On Any Sunday' feel to it.
Full throttle to fullslide, between sanity and the Fing hospital. Rush to withdraw, bipolar to serenity. Livening life
On the edge of out of control that's where the fun is!
This was a refreshing look at racing for the love of it. God bless the flat track families!
Great to see a bunch of good old old school folks with great hearts, flat track, T T love that stuff
Going to my first flat track ama race this weekend as an amateur 250cc class. This was such an exciting and emotional documentary, well done and so authentic to my local dirt tracks. Thanks for putting this together
f course! Follow me on social and let me know how it goes.
I remember when I was a junior in high school in metal shop and I built my first hot shoe. The teacher came up to me and says what are you doing wasting Time what are you making, I said I’m building a hot shoe To race my motorcycle I don’t believe he cared for my project too much he only gave me a C but it fit like a glove on my foot and I used it for at least 10 years those were the days before big money came in and found flat track
Bultaco Bill is one cool dude.
I am here after @garagemetallica share it. Great movie guys!
Excellent excellent excellent…..
I’m 69 years old , and have been on a motorcycle since I was 10 or 11…
There was a motorcycle shop next-door to my grandparents, whom I stayed with at least three or four days out of the week … it was called Harlow Griffiths motorcycle…! Harlow was a flat track racer from way back.. he worked on any motorcycles, but he’s sold almost exclusively British bikes.., Triumph,Norton, BSA, Moto Guzzi, Ducati, and he was our towns bultaco dealer… I have been lucky to hear fantastic stories, and grow up in the Midwest, where motorcycles are way of life… my father rode my mother Road and my grandfather had a motorcycle repair shop…
They are definitely extension of our bodies ..! This was a fantastic down to earth video. I truly enjoyed it….!
I still have three motorcycles in the garage , and I ride all three as much as I possibly can, While I still can….🎶👍🏻🙏🏻
Wow... Standing ovation for you, Evan. That was one beautiful bit of storytelling.
Thank you so very much.
....just brilliant ! No other words.
What a wonderful story. The feelings were communicated very well. You felt that you could experience the adventure. Thank you..
Amazing look into the flat track world. Everyone sounded super stoked and very family oriented. Nice film, well done!
I grew up in the '70s in Socal.
Flat Track racing and Speedway were my favorites.
We used to go to the 1/2 mile track at Ascot Park in Gardena to watch the races. Also to the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa to watch Speedway.
It was an epic time to be a fan!
Great talented documentary. Super soundtrack. A lot of Humanity, reality, poetry in this film. Respect!
That was really well done, nice job! The part about people helping each other was super cool.
Wow that was a flashback! Huge credit to your film making for capturing the experience.
Old grizzled District 26 tracker here! This form of racing courses through the DNA of my soul as I follow AFT either on Fanschoice or live! 1973 was my first race @ OCA Hotsprings Raceway in Ogden, Utah. I'll be an ardent fan until my final breath!
Raced for 19 years before I had the one I couldn't come back from.
And then 28 years later I won a grass roots impromptu race on the little track in Mansfield WA. on my sporty during a bike run there. You always want to go back.
I almost bought me a vintage racer after that, my wife said no.
Prolly a good choice.
Have fun all.
Watching those kids made my evening. The essence of sport, of any kind. I'm a Brit, but I have a soft spot for this side of motorcycle sport. No limits on age or level. Way to go!
Thank you very much.
Wow - great film! Flat track racing deserves more attention than it gets! Motorcycle racing is so fun to watch.
What a beautiful film, showing the great personality of those gentle protagonists.
I always remember my days of flat track racing in Flint,Michigan in the early 70's with great fondness. A long time ago.
Class from start to finish. Just like everyone in it. Love from a fellow biker from Ireland. As we say here "keep 'er lit". Thank you!
Damn...that was really awesome!!!
Wonderful....cheers from Florida, Paul
Fine little film, thanks for making it.
excellent movie! Thank you, thoroughly enjoyed it!
We love ya and are thinking about you Brad Backer! Get well soon!
This is a film about motorcycles but more than that it is a film about passion and joy. The individual stories are compelling and relatable. The cinematography is beautiful and draws the viewer in and sparks emotion. This is aspirational and inspirational, characterized by the messaging of finding something you love and making it a lifelong pursuit. It is pretty clear that Evan found that in both motorcycles and cinematography and it inspires me.
As a kid in the early 70's went to a few track in and out side Jersey with my parents and siblings . Dad new a few of the racers locally who were sponsored by Ricks Cycle Center in Bound Brook NJ . He also loved his Triumph Motorcycles as do I so this really is great to see and brings back good times at the tracks with my family and me .
When I saw Rick's Cycle Center mention it made me remember a '67 Norton Atlas i purchased. It was listed as a Dunstall on the N.J. title but I am not sure Dunstall even sold whole bikes at the time. It did have a nickel plated frame, akkront alloy rims, Bauer electronic ignition and polished ports but was a real Frankenstein bike with a sissy bar and longer fork tubes for a semi chopped look. Burned a hole in the piston and i believe Rick's lined me up with a replacement. I think it was a high compression item that was pretty rare.
Outstanding work! Loved this!
When I was a kid my dad worked at a motorcycle shop in Fl. 1967 or so. The owner was a man named Charlie Seal he did it all but when we went to watch him on the flat track that was my favorite because I could see the whole race. I remember when he fell hard once and broke his arm I burst into tears.
That is the best inspirational video I've seen. You all should be very proud of the motorcycle fraternity you have betrayed here.. here's to many more left turns to you all..safe travels..
I love flat track racing and I'm in the UK, closest we've got is speedway
Outstanding video you got my vote Steve from Annapolis Maryland
Seriously amazing film, you killed it man!
Really enjoyed this! Thank you so much Evan for sharing it with us.
The production on this is unbelievable. Cinematography, editing, music. So so good. What a great story too, Well done!!
What a film fantastic job to everyone involved keep racing
Where drifting began
Love this, great job!
Really makes me want to attend a race. A nice film about people doing things they love with people they want to be with - boy, do we need a little more of that right now. Thanks for making and sharing this with us.
Loved the movie. I grew up and raced in the 100cc class at the Jeep's club in the mid 60's to early 70's. Brings back a lot of great memories and people I knew. Bill and Marcella and Billy and Gordon Duesenbery, Bobby Chenault, Don Loman, Nancy Loman, Clarence Bash, Frank and Roberta Saylor, and of course, my mom and dad, Sam and Billie McCurley. Thanks Even, for the memories.
This is a pure gem!
Just awsome the purest form of racing ever keep it going
This is the authentic film from good guys America
Thanks for posting, great story!
Love flat track racing we got a track in castle rock Washington always fun to go watch
This made me smile. Thanks.
Awesome movie, sir. I got on a track for the first time last week and Im hooked. Cant wait to get back out there!
Yeah! Rip it!!
As a kid from the mid 60’s practically every kid in my neighborhood had a motorcycle. Being from Kansas there is literally no terrain for us to construct a proper motocross track. So we just chased each other in a oval track till the thing became established as a track with all the vegetation denuded. We spent nearly every minute away from school riding and sliding. I went onto race motocross when I could afford a proper bike and transport myself to and from the regional tracks. Did ok and podiumed often. The ole flat track riding honed a lot of useful skills. 66 years old now and still riding bikes, not your cruisers but performance bikes. Got two in the garage. Still got that desire for WFO. 😎
Makes me wanna go racing, great job
Good job making this film! I raced with Bill Snyder back in the early 70"s. Stevan Billings
Awesome!! Such a cool form of motorcycle racing
That was just wonderful. I believe I'll watch that again
that movie made me feel good! thank you
What a fantastic film, thank you👍
Thank you for this great movie. Nice pics, music and a perfect story. I love to see it
An Awesome film! Brings back such great motorcycle racing memories. Oh how I miss them dearly...✌
Wonderful film.
Thank you.
I could almost smell the racing gas! Thanks for an awesome film.