OK, so we couldn't come up with anything better than 'Old School'... at least we didn't spell it Skool!
This year the ACT club will once again be running a class just for the old bikes, this time it's the Old School class which is a loosely based Pre 88 class. The fundamental rule is that the bike must have conventional forks (ie no upside-downies) and a rear drum brake. Beyond that, disks, water cooling and single shock linkage suspension is OK. So, you could rock up with anything at all really - a 74 TM, a 78 YZ, a 79 RM, an 86 CR, even a Maico, and you'd be in.
From the sounds of things there's a bit of interest around so we might finally crack the double figures in entries. How cool would that be? Also this year, I believe the class will race with the newly formed Ladies class (hmmm... why is that do you suppose?), so it may be that in effect we have our own race without fear of being jumped on by an overly testosteroned 18 year old. Yes Please.
It's a 9 round series with the first round kicking off next Sunday 17 February.
The full calendar is as follows:
Rd 1 - 17 February
Rd 2 - 30 March
Rd 3 - 27 April
Rd 4 - 11 May
Rd 5 - 15 June
Rd 6 - 20 July
Rd 7 - 21 Sept
Rd 8 - 19 Oct
Rd 9 - 16 Nov
If you find yourself with a free Sunday on one of these dates, come on down. It's a fun day with a great track, good company, plenty of bench racing and you can even impress the crowd by entering one of the additional classes like the Over 35s. If you have an older bike you shouldn't feel too worried about being outclassed, I'll be riding my 75 RM125, and Billy Campbell sometimes rolls up on some old KTM and goes indecently fast for one of such advanced years.
Here's a pic of some Honda ridin nancy boy styling it up last year...
And here's a short video of the lads in action:
http://www.ozvmx.com/video/vid4.wmv
