Woodstock Half Mile: loud and fast motorcycles
By Mark Schadenberg
The Outdoor Canada Farm
Show.
The Woodstock Wood Show.
Cowapolooza and the
Victoria Day long weekend both in Southside Park.
Motorcycles back on fairgrounds' oval
There are many annual
events that play a role in putting Woodstock on the map.
Another summer happening
this year is: Saturday, Aug. 2 at 1 p.m. (Races begin at 4 p.m.) with the Woodstock Half
Mile motorcycle races at the Woodstock Fairgrounds on Nellis Street.
It's always intriguing to
witness the balance of the racer as their one knee appears to have
enough friction on the track to start a blaze as the motorcycles
speed around the fairgrounds oval, which was once (in past years) the
home to many harness racing nights.
The flat track series is not a one-day only extravaganza as the Woodstock stop is just one of many throughout southern Ontario, including race cards also in London, Burford, Paris, Leamington, Welland, Wheatley (Action picture below from Facebook and Wheatley race) and elsewhere.
The flat track series is not a one-day only extravaganza as the Woodstock stop is just one of many throughout southern Ontario, including race cards also in London, Burford, Paris, Leamington, Welland, Wheatley (Action picture below from Facebook and Wheatley race) and elsewhere.
Just as NASCAR and the
PGA Tour have a season-long points standings based on results at each
event, so does the Flat Track Canada series. The 'CC' of the bike and
experience and age of the racer are just three of many determining
factors to create the various divisions. Don't google my name to ask
me questions about who is the one to beat in 'Open Intermediate'. I'm
a blogger providing free advertisement and promoting another terrific
event in Woodstock.
Advice I will offer,
however, is to wear some type of hearing protection as the
motorcycles are both fast and loud. It's also not just 2-wheelers,
but ATVs will also take laps at the fairgrounds.
Listed online in both the
Youth 85 CC and Youth 65 CC grouping is Boyd Deadman of Woodstock, so
you can attend and cheer on young local athletes. By reading a
Woodstock Sentinel-Review story from 2013 (link below), I'm guessing
Boyd is only about 10 years old. He also has an important hometown
advantage, as mom Leanne is one of the race-day organizers.
Admission is $15, and
practice heats begin around 1 p.m.
LINKS
www.flattrackcanada.com
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/2014/07/30/flat-track-canada-race-to-be-held-at-woodstock-fairgrounds
www.flattrackcanada.com
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/2014/07/30/flat-track-canada-race-to-be-held-at-woodstock-fairgrounds
FACEBOOK: Flat Track Canada Inc
2013 STORY:
http://www.woodstocksentinelreview.com/2013/07/31/motorcycle-racing-comes-back-to-woodstock
OTHER LINKS:
Promoting Everything In Oxford County
Mark
Schadenberg, Sales
Representative
Senior
Real Estate Specialist (SRES designation)
Royal
LePage Triland Realty
757
Dundas St, Woodstock
www.wesellwoodstock.com
(519)
537-1553, cell or text
Email:
mschadenberg@rogers.com
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Mark Schadenberg, Royal LePage Triland
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