> You can see how close the racing was.. there were a nation wide > system of mile ovals used for this series, only the nations top one > hundred riders were allowed to qualify.... of those twenty five made > it the main event. > Many of these came up in their sportsmans class days at Lodi Cycle > bowl. Lodi is a small town, and in those days a very small town.. but > was well known if not famous nationally... ( I ran a refrigeration > service > business there for ten years, food and winery systems, meat packing > etc. sold it in 1980 to move to Sacramento, then LA) > One year Dave Aldana got off while leading the main event in about the > same spot Rice did in this video.. with only seven laps to go... he > managed to stand the bike up, bend the bars back into shape and rejoin > the race only losing a magical 7or 8 places > he won the event in the last seven laps logging the fastest times ever > seen on that track before or since > This is a good look at those guys, the worlds finest. > > The narrator said most riders will not tell you why they will ride > with a broken leg etc.. > they know, but cant put it into words.... > its a fact that in those cases, and a few indy car drivers and one or > two of worlds finest motorcycle riders have said they are outside of > their bodies at those times... some call it being in the zone. I > call it the void, and in that situation or even after that > situation, its almost not possible to lose. it makes an indellible > imprint that stays with you for life.. the drive to go on is close > to irresititable... > in this film we see Jim Rice ( from modesto california, home of some > of the worlds best, including Kenny Roberts... and with both coming up > at lodi cycle bowl) get off in turn one, and hauled off in the > ambulance only to return for the restart. > ( I'm in modesto now by the way... amazingly rare, sweet and innocent > people.. the town motto is 'nothing gets modesto's goat' :) > .... developing an advance in mechanical refrigeration systems, deep > into the cryogenic range, maybe as low as 250 below zero F time > will tell >
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> system of mile ovals used for this series, only the nations top one
> hundred riders were allowed to qualify.... of those twenty five made
> it the main event.
> Many of these came up in their sportsmans class days at Lodi Cycle
> bowl. Lodi is a small town, and in those days a very small town.. but
> was well known if not famous nationally... ( I ran a refrigeration
> service
> business there for ten years, food and winery systems, meat packing
> etc. sold it in 1980 to move to Sacramento, then LA)
> One year Dave Aldana got off while leading the main event in about the
> same spot Rice did in this video.. with only seven laps to go... he
> managed to stand the bike up, bend the bars back into shape and rejoin
> the race only losing a magical 7or 8 places
> he won the event in the last seven laps logging the fastest times ever
> seen on that track before or since
> This is a good look at those guys, the worlds finest.
>
> The narrator said most riders will not tell you why they will ride
> with a broken leg etc..
> they know, but cant put it into words....
> its a fact that in those cases, and a few indy car drivers and one or
> two of worlds finest motorcycle riders have said they are outside of
> their bodies at those times... some call it being in the zone. I
> call it the void, and in that situation or even after that
> situation, its almost not possible to lose. it makes an indellible
> imprint that stays with you for life.. the drive to go on is close
> to irresititable...
> in this film we see Jim Rice ( from modesto california, home of some
> of the worlds best, including Kenny Roberts... and with both coming up
> at lodi cycle bowl) get off in turn one, and hauled off in the
> ambulance only to return for the restart.
> ( I'm in modesto now by the way... amazingly rare, sweet and innocent
> people.. the town motto is 'nothing gets modesto's goat' :)
> .... developing an advance in mechanical refrigeration systems, deep
> into the cryogenic range, maybe as low as 250 below zero F time
> will tell
>