Disciples of dirt – Sunday Slide

Photos and words by NinetyNineCo.

Optimism reigned supreme this week as backyard workshops across New South Wales occupied pre 90’s home-builds and excitedly tentative owners, standing hopeful that the weather would hold out for Sunday’s slide fest.

As the weekend came into focus, the only evidence of the midweek downpour was a lake of muddy water, smack-bang in the center of the Nepean Raceway. But lucky for us, that lake was surrounded by a halo of glorious dirt, just begging to be kicked up – this Sunday wasn’t going to be a day of rest.

The morning began with a thick mist and a bitter chill, soon subsiding as the sun eventually crept over the trees whilst bikes were lifted off of trailers and out of the back of vans across the carpark. The cold start didn’t deter the crowd which was out in force with prominent figures of the local scene all in attendance showing their support, and many donning jerseys and joining in the action.

After the obligatory riders briefing, head Jerkyl Andy Baker said the now infamous prayer to kick off the second Sunday Slide:

Our father who art Mert Lawwill
or Gene Romero be thy name
Thy Kinchrome come,
Thy top end rebuild done
On dirt as that is in heaven
Give us this day, one lap ahead
And forgive our bad passes
As we forgive those that bad pass against us
Lead us not into temptation
Deliver us from moderns
For thine is the 2 stroke
The power band and the oily
Dirt track for ever and ever.

Hosted by The Jerkyls, 90+ riders of all shapes and sizes were brought together to hit the track. Categorised into three groups, Wombats, Camels and Kangaroos, (or beginner, intermediate and advanced) they took their turns to give their 2-strokes all they’ve got.

A notable participant was the Sol Invictus Mercury café racer come flat tracker, that was chopped up a couple of weeks ago at the Jerkyls Slide Night. It was great to see this tough little thing zipping around the track, and you could definitely pick out the violently distinctive sound of its sawn off pipes as it brapped past.

The Sol Invictus Mercury being pushed hard by Champo.

The good guys from Rising Sun Workshop were on hand to fill people’s bellies, and after quick stop for lunch and re-watering of the track, it was straight back to it. A warm and sunny afternoon of harmless, but exhilarating fun.

After lunch, Yamaha decided it was time get their post-apocalyptic FZ1 dirty. The bike was built for the movie Mad Max Fury Road and as we soon discovered, it was also built to get sideways. Ridden by Dave McKenna who was riding this beast madder than Max, constantly sliding in and out of corners and even getting sideways on the straight – this bike was obviously a crowd pleaser.

Photo by Johnny at Fluke Shot.

It was great to see all the people get behind this day of dirt worship. It wouldn’t have been made possible without all the sponsors. Big thanks to Sol Invictus, Deus, Ducati, Yamaha and Rising Sun Workshop. The day was an absolute blast and let’s pray there’s another one planned soon. Amen.

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The Triple Nickel is More Than a Motorcycle

In the latest from Petrolicious, founder of female motorcycle club East Side Moto Babes Stacie B London gives us her account of what it means to be a vintage motorcycle racer.

When you think of girls and motorcycles, a spandex covered lady sprawled over a bike is probably the first thing to come to mind. Well, not London. She not only rides, she works on her bike herself. Hot, right?

London’s passion for riding started when she attended the closest vintage race to her, in Willow Springs, in 2010. She fell in love, saying it “blew her mind,” and she knew she “needed” to race. What she didn’t know was that it entailed going in the shop every night from three to four hours and every single weekend, to work on her bike.

London’s choice of bike was a Honda CB160 (due to the centre of gravity), and she even built the engine herself with help from her mentor, Ralph Hudson. The CB160 was supposed to be finished for Willow, but London was in a serious car accident, resulting in a broken collarbone, whiplash and a large hematoma on her shin the size of a papaya.

Nevertheless, she describes the drive to ride as what pulled her through – that possibility of riding again helped her in the healing process as something to look forward to.

Source: Petrolicious

The Rallye Breslau Poland 2015 has finished!

The Rallye Breslau Poland 2015 has finished! Most competitors have crossed the finishline near the camp, we are waiting for a few cars and trucks and then the timing crew can start their work. Tonight the pricegiving ceremony will be held, and all final results will be available.
'Endlich geschafft!' says Frank Stensky after crossing the finishline as the first Cross Country car. 'We have competed more than eight times and finally we have managed to win!' Even though the final results come tonight, Frank and Stephan Stensky had 20 minutes lead at the start. 



The battle between bikers Henno van Bergeijk and Rico van der Sanden was incredible, with Henno making the final push today. He was 6 minutes behind Rico this morning, but finished 19 minutes ahead of him and way ahead of the calculated average time: the organisation was surprised to see this kind of speed on the stages in Drawsko Pomorski.
Jim Marsden is on a roll and wins the Rallye Breslau after eight tough stages. 'We did it! Excellent race!' he cheers at the finish. 'I tried so hard to win here, and it took me four times to get ahead of the competition in this event. I love it. The dust this year made it particulary hard, but we are now well trained for desert racing!' 

Remi Kusy wins the Quad Extreme category for the fourth time, he is happy with the Rallye Breslau. 'It is navigation that counts,' he says. 'To be fast is one but to navigate well and to choose the right strategy makes all the difference in the Rallye Breslau Poland.' 



Tom Heuer managed to beat his father with the fast Tatra in Cross Country trucks, and he is the first truck to cross the finishline. Directly after him we see Ton Stoker, who is racing a fast Iveco in Truck Extreme but is a careful pilot. 'On the open field of the Polygon we had to find an Azimuth and when we found the right track we were ahead and out of the dust of our competitors!' Even though Ton did not reach the podium he is one of the winners of the honourable 'Klaus Leihener Pokal', the trophy for the winner of todays' stage, driven in name of the founder of the Breslau, Klaus Leihener. 

In the small truck category we see Alfred Wemhoff, flying with his Unimog. He has been working on it for many years. 'If you look at pure driving quality, there are many pilots who are faster than me,' according to a very surprised Alfred. 'I still have to understand and believe what is happening here!'