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takes us on a track by track tou"
1982 Winston Pro Series
By Gary Van Voorhis
Horsepower and rid in g ski lls aren 't th e only ingredien ts needed to win a W in sto n Pro N ati on al. You have to have a relia ble bi ke , be ab le to read the track,
kn ow th e right chassis setu p, choose th e correct tire com pound and then have the
right air pressure and cu t on th e tread . Yo u have to have a li ttle lu ck and a lot of
guts -- but first you have to make the starting f ield. What are the 20 rema in in g
dirt track N ationa ls lik e' AMA Grand Nat ion al Cham pion M ik e Kid d tells us.
Let's take the season, track by track,
goes back to th e good o ld da ys in th e
and hear your opinions on the things
sixties. I wa nt to put m y na me down
tha t ma ke the difference between winon th at roster o f winners.
ning and being an also-ran.
Louisville H alf Mi le.
Ascot TT.
Louisville is a tra ck where th e crowd
The Ascot 'TT is one of th ose events
reall y get s behind th e riders and th at
wh ere f can 't really figure out why I
makes yo u feel lik e yo u 're riding for
win there. I won on a 500 in 1980 an d
so me th in g more th an just m on ey an d
again last yea r. It seems th at if there' s
poi nts . You have to stu dy th e tra ck
one ra ce where everything falls into
closely as it cha nges, and be aware of
place this is it. For me, th e key is
yo ur chassis and engi ne chara cterisriding the 500, but for others I believe
tics so you can make th e bike hook up
a 750 is best. Gary Scott is probabl y
o n th e lim estone su rface. For th e pas t
four o r fi ve yea rs, th e track has been a
th e best 750 rider at Ascot. The co nd iti on of th e tra ck -- wet or dry -- mak es
blue groov e in th e Nati onal which
some differen ce a nd on a dri er course
means yo u must get a good sta rt. If
th e 500 puts th e power to th e gro u nd
yo u ca n ge t a good sta rt and grab th e
better an d th at ma kes a ll th e differlead , yo u co u ld wi n th e race a lt ho ugh
ence. Through th e in fiel d, a ccelerayou don't have th e stro n ges t engine.
tion is the key.
Watch th e vetera ns, th ey'll hug the
Sacramento Mile.
pol e -- th at 's a pol ite way of sayi ng
Sacramento is a rid ers tra ck -- not j ust
you block th e gr oo ve. The key to
th e rider wh o will let it a ll hang out,
Lou isville is patience. You h ave to
but one who ha s go od throttl e co nwait fo r th e rider a h ead of yo u to
trol. The track has a san dy, loamy
mak e a mista ke. If yo u ho und h im
packed su rface that grooves up quickenou gh -- o n a goo\'e th at n arr o w -ly. We'r e running 120·130 miles per
h e'll make a mistake a nd yo u h ave to
hour down th e straights and probably
be read y for it. It' s virtually impossible
ave ra gin g near 100 mil es per hour.
to pass on th e o u tsi de, yo u 've go t to
The track actuall y gets slippery a nd
go underneath. You have to run it in
th is is wh ere throttle co ntro l co mes
deep in th e corners, but n ot so deep
in , yo u want to get all the power to
th at yo u hang up on th e back tire of
the ground. It's a p assing track if yo u
the rider in front of you. Interestingly,
have horsepower, because you have
Louisville is a track wh ere yo u wea r
to do your passing at the end of the
yo u r front tire as much as the back
straights. There is very little passing
because yo u' re using it to slow you
co m ing off the turns because everydown in the turns.
one is hunting for th at last little bit
H arrington Half Mil e.
of traction. .
Harrington is the track of the brave,
beca use you 're go ing to have to stuff
San Jose Mile.
If th ere's a jinx for me it's San J ose. I
in u ndernea th someone if you want
never seem to come up with the right
to pass. If you don't, you'll end up
com bination. You have to get a good
p laying follow-the-Ieader.
start so you can catch th at frontKnoxville Half Mile.
running draft. If four or five riders
I believe this is a track which is really
brea k away from the pack they're
too dangerous to run a Winston Pro
going to be hard to catch. If you 're in
Series National on. Last year we ran
th at pack of four or five then it's a
it in the daytime and it grooved up,
game of psychological warfare to the
rutted upand was dusty. Add the bankfinish. It boils down to who is willing
ing and you can see what I mean.
to charge into turn three and try to
There are plenty of other good tracks
break the draft. You have to play that
around for a da y event. This year we
game for the last five la ps. Track conrun at night and it could be entirely
ditions change dramatically from pracdifferent because ' we can probably
tice time to the National. You have to
groom th e problems out of it. As far
be aware of what tire air pressure yo u
as banking goes, it takes a lot of nerve
to run up h igh because yo u ca n mi swant to run and how yo u want to
groove your tire to make it last 25
j udge so easil y just how hard yo u ca n
laps.
run it into th e turns. It tak es a lot of
Asco t Half Mil e
nerve to get around a banked oval
The half mile at Ascot is a rac e where
fast .
I never feel comfortable. However ,
India napolis Mile.
I've talked to many other riders and
I don 't think th at for th e first Indy
Mile th e track is in as good a sha pe as
th ey don't feel co mforta ble th ere
either. You ca n ' t really charge into
it is wh en we co me ba ck a t fair time
th e turns and feel relax ed because
in August. It seems lik e a tot all y
th ere's a wall staring yo u in th e face
different ra ce tra ck . It grooves up and
it ta kes a lot o f horsepow er and a
and the traction at Ascot is better or
tal ented rider to win. Passing is easy
stronger than any o the r p lace we rid e.
a t Indy and th ere's n o n eed to stu ff
What you hav e to do is tell yo urself
yo u hav e to live with th e feel ing
so me body. You ca n let it hang out a
you 're going to bail off at an y minute
bit a nd not get in to troubl e.
Santa Fe T T .
because you have to ride so hard.
You 've got to let it h an g o u t m or e
I lik e to ca ll th e Santa Fe 'TT th e
Winston P ro Seri es mot ocro ss. It 's a
than yo u 're used to . T o some, lik e
good track a n d th e event, for m e at
Sp rin ger, it seems to mak e n o di fferleast, reminds me o f scra m bles racence.
Springfiel d Mile
ing. It's a rid er 's track an d definitely a
I' ve never ridden the track , but I'v e
500 track because it 's a little too tight
read a lot a bo ut it and I wo u ld really
and the jumps a re a bit too steep, plus
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o n th e 750s. H ow ever , here's another
ins tance where so meo ne lik e Springer
an d hi s H arl ey co u ld mak e a liar out
of me.
DuQuoin Mile.
I lik e the DuQuoin Mile alt hough
yo u co u ld proba bly say it 's a dangero us track if yo u 're not payi n g attention. It 's rea lly sq uare sha ped. Th e
turns a re so lon g yo u have eigh t turns
rath er th an four. You make a 90
degree turn , th en stra ig h ten up for
abo u t 100 feet a n d th en make another
90 degr ee turn . You 've al so got to be
careful ex iting th e turns because you
can swing o u t a n d ge t very close to
th e wal l.
Santa Fe Short Track.
The short track at San ta Fe is another
jinx for m e. I gre w up being known
as a short tracker an d I'v e never won a
short track Na tio na l, which is fru strating. Ever ything h as to cli ck for
yo u th at night in or der to win. The
rider wh o feels comforta ble and has
hi s bik e worki ng'good is goi ng to be
to ugh to bea t. Local tal ent or those
wh o run the trac k's weekly program
play spoilers. T hey resurfaced th e
track abo ut five years ago and now
it's always a hard groove. If yo u want
to pass, yo u ma y just have to hold
yo ur brea th a nd stu ff somebody to get
the m out of the way . Mistak es p laya
part , and so meti mes yo u j us t have to
wait yo ur tim e. Of co urse, yo u can't
wait too lo ng.
Peori a T T .
T he Peoria Tr is another event where
I ca n ' t see m to ge t every th in g workin g. I have trouble wi th th e a p p ro ac h
to th e jump and that slows me down
so I los e momentum for the tight
right and left hand turns th at co me
quickl y after the jump. That' s the
key because yo u ca n lose a lot of time
there and yo u have a hard time making it up . Because of the lon g fro n t
st raight, the track favors the 750 ri ders. Stamina p lays a n important rol e
in the 25 lap National because we' re
usually running in 90 degree temperatures with about the same humidity
level. You find out rea l q u ick if
you 're in shape. I had an oxygen bottle
with me in th e pits last year .
Tulsa Half Mile.
Tulsa is a typical stock car track. It's
big, it's clay and th e straights are so
wide you can get lost. The track is
coming around and th e promoter is
learning how to prepare it for bikes,
which is tot all y different from ca rs. It
needs to be wat ered more because it
drys out and ruts up. It br eaks th e
boredom of racing on the other tracks.
You ca n pass. The turns are so big
th at a rider wi th good thro ttle contro l
can start roll in g o n th e gas before the
apex a n d have h is spee d up as he 's
exiting so he ca n pass co min g off the
turn ra the r th an go ing in.
In di anapolis Mile.
The Saturday night Indy Mile ha s to
be m y favorite event. It 's like riding a
real fast rol lercoa ster. You go down
the straights in to th e turns so deep
and so hard tha t it's a little breathtaking. I lik e a cha llenge and the cha llenge at Indy at night is to see how
fast yo u ca n go aro u n d th e track . You
don' t fin esse the trac k, yo u let it all
hang out. It 's on e o f th ose- tracks
w here yo u ca n ha ve a lot o f horsepower and th e rider be off an d still
win o r have th e rider be really on, but
a bit down o n p ow er and win. One
can make up for th e other. The raeing is always close. The drafting is
