Today in motorcycle history, August 11, 2013

      




  

   PMC (Peoria Motorcycle Club) Race Park, home of the "World's Longest Consecutive Running Dirt Track Race", celebrates its 65th AMA Grand National Championship TT race.

  After a week of lawn-soaking, basement-flooding rain, the 65th running of an AMA Grand National Championship TT at PMC Race Park was anything but wet. Somehow the track remained excellent and the competition remained intense. Some of the top racers had tough days, the track claimed some and motivated others. There was a lot of blood, sweat, crashes, stitches, blown engines, come from behind charges and Emergency Room visits. Pure excitement.

  In the Budweiser/AMA Pro 16 lap race, Rodney Spencer Jr. of San Marin, California, navigated his Honda CRF 450R to victory over Dan Bromley of Warrington, Pennsylvania, and his KTM 450SXF by 00.339 seconds.

  The 25 lap Expert race saw Henry Wiles of  Winn, Michigan, aboard a Kawi KX 450F dominate the pack, including leading for 17 consecutive laps, enroute to beating Eatonville,Washington's Brad Baker riding a Honda CRF 450R.

  Racing at Peoria began in 1931 and has seen the legends of motorcycle racing such as Joe Leonard, Carroll Resweber, Eddie Mulder, Kenny Roberts, Mert Lawwill, Dick Mann, Bill Miller, Bart Markel, Jay Springsteen, Chris Carr, to name just a few. 83 years later Peoria is still going strong. The 2014 Budweiser/AMA Pro Grand National TT Championship is August 17. Check it out.

  Today in motorcycle history proudly supports the National Association for Bikers with a Disability (NABD).  www.nabd.org.uk