This just in from Chris Carr. The round table, that is free to view, happens tonight.
Who: Scott Parker, Chris Carr, Jay Springsteen, and Joe Kopp against today’s Flattrack stars Jared Mees, Bryan Smith, Sammy Halbert, and all-arounder Ryan Sipes
What: One on One, best of 3 Match Races. Best of Legends vs Best of Today’s Stars on BULTACO ASTROS!
Where: Undisclosed location due to Covid-19
When: 8:30 PM EST, 5:30 PST, Tuesday, June 9, 2020
How to Watch: The following link: Flat Track Fite Klub goes to the event order page at Fite TV.
Benefits: The AMA Rookies Class of '79 will collect commemorative # plates, steel shoes and helmets from participating riders for auction. Auction proceeds to be used for assisting injured flat track racers.
Why: Participating riders are ready to resume their lives, as I am sure you are as well. I hope this unique event will help fill your flat track void during this time.
I made it to 0245 before I quit the live stream and watched the rest on catch-up yesterday.
I really liked the round table, as for someone who has only seen Chris Carr speaking they just humanised a whole bunch of racers in one go.
I kinda liked the slightly homemade feel of the thing, but that's me all over. Yup, the sound did suck and would need fixing for any future outing, but for a one off I think it was worth bearing with it.
I thought having the heat loser sitting with the commentator for the next race was a nice touch too. It's something I hadn't seen before, and for me added to the whole thing. Halbe…
Re: Mees' Astro. They go before they blow!
The racing was truly spectacular! The audio needs a great deal of improvement. My feeling is this: brutal honesty is required from the fans who paid to watch. For repeat customers, it will be imperative (for me) to get a guarantee from promoters that the a/v equipment will be of higher quality, and some prep time spent rehearsing for sake of production value. That sort of match racing on *equal, blind draw bikes, is an equation that could prove successful with better production value. Again, the racing was fantastic!
*The Estenson bike that Mees drew, seemed clearly faster than the rest...until he blew it up!
That was hugely entertaining. Thanks for the link - I never would have seen it. Hopefully you can watch the racing on replay - I've got work in the morning!