SUPER HOOLIGAN RACING
Feature
P90
way standards at just 185 yards,
or 1/10th of a mile around, but
when its clay/decomposed
granite surface chimes in after
a couple of races, it's like a
perfect 12-foot barrel for dirt
trackers. The tackiness of the
clay also makes for a safer ride
as it allows the rider to back the
bike in seamlessly while having
somewhat of a safety net and
the opportunity to explore differ-
ent lines without losing time.
My ride for the meeting
would, once again, be an
RSD-built Indian Scout, a bike
that's had plenty of race miles,
crashes, wins and general
heroics under its Dunlop tires.
It was a tried and tested race
steed, code-named "Raw Dog,"
which would later come back to
(Above) It's all about to go pear-shaped. (Below) AMA Superbike great Eric Bostrom
was first on the scene of Rennie's crash. What a nice young man, Mr. Bostrom is!
bite me in the B Main final.
Costa Mesa would see me race
against the best Hooligan riders
in the country—Kopp, former road
racer-turned Hooligan front run-
ner Andy DiBrino, RSD's Jordan
Graham and Brad Spencer, an
amateur racer who's taken to SH
racing like a duck to water.
With no practice at all except
for one sighting lap, racing a
Hooligan event at Costa Mesa
is a sink-or-swim kind of deal.
Thankfully for me, even though I
was up against Kopp in my first
race, I took a fourth out of six after
