We went along to the last round of the Super-X held for the first time in Ipswich for a gander-it's been more than 20 yrs since we had been. The event was run well enough though it was "padded" in parts with pit bike races and one-on-one shoot out races etc....the racing was quite mundane though with who ever getting the hole shot usually going on for the win. The big triples, where we stood, were fun with some guys getting them every time and others just doing the double and then the last one--but the guys in between that you were never sure were going to do one or the other-they were entertaining-in a dangerous sort of way
This brought us to remember the first days(nights) of Super-x in Brisbane at Archerfield when every-one had a go at it and the afternoon races were full to overflowing with wide-eyed youngsters. C grade qualifiers had full fields and the first turn was full of action. The first 'canyon' jump we ever saw was there and it took its toll for sure with most guys freaked out by it. The same could be said for saturday nights triple jump as there was also a huge canyon jump over the finish line that looked way bigger than the triples but no-one had any probs with that!.
Back to the memories---We ventured to Newcastle one week-end and it was the first time sidecar cross had been seen there. The Vics came up and we had some great races but we had to miss most of the mid-field as the local police said we couldn't go "over them big jumps" on a sidecar!!??.
Can anyone remmber or have photos of that??
