VOL. 54 ISSUE 29 JULY 25, 2017 P75
I
t's impossible to decide what facet of AMA Vin-
tage Motorcycle Days, featuring Riders of Ka-
wasaki, is most appealing. The answer depends
largely on the allegiance held by any particular
attendee you talk to at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car
Course.
But for maybe all except hill climbers, drag racers
or land-speed aficionados, this three-day celebra-
tion of motorcycle history likely encompasses
enough diversity of the sport to feed any taste.
It starts off with vintage hare scramble racing fol-
lowed by dirt track, motocross, observed trials and
road racing (though that genre now offers classes
for more contemporary machines). All competed for
AMA Vintage Grand Championships in their respec-
tive classes. Oh, and after several years of outlaw,
after-hours pit-bike racing, the AMA decided to
make an official AMA Pit Bike TT with three different
classes, though their races were for trophies only,
not championships.
A
CELEBRATION
OF TWO-WHEELED
HISTORY
WE TAKE A TRIP DOWN
MEMORY LANE AT MID-OHIO
STORY AND PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARK KARIYA
