The death of Canadian road racing - Page 2

Papa_Complex · 08-09-2010, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by smileyman

I was a big fan of the Canadian series back when The Speed Channel covered them. That was a decade ago but I know the talent hasn't declined. Calabogie and Mosport would be great venues and the AMA needs tracks that arent in field oval roadc courses. With two countries worth of sponsors and a healthy North / South rider rivalry we could have a real interesting series...

I would truly love to see that but I can only think of two current tie-ins between the two series:

Frank Wood: A great guy and great race announcer, who worked with the AMA series last season.

Colin Fraser: At this point you folks likely know about as much about him as we do.

smileyman · 08-09-2010, 11:43 AM

Bah to Colin, Bah I say. Twixt him and that loon Roger Edmundson we almost lost our series...Good riddance.

Papa_Complex · 08-09-2010, 03:47 PM

Ken's SOAR Series is more grass roots. If I read his intentions right in the beginning, when he was asking if I could be his official shooter, he was aiming more at the track day crowd; "run what ya brung." If you had a bike he either had, or would make, a class for it. He was rather disaffected with RACE.

karl_1052 · 08-12-2010, 12:31 PM

Yeah, I meant RACE.

Expand it to more tracks(calabogie, Mostport, Shubie) and make it the national series.

then every racer(north and south of the border) should be allowed to kick Fraiser in the nuts.

Papa_Complex · 08-12-2010, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by karl_1052

Yeah, I meant RACE.

Expand it to more tracks(calabogie, Mostport, Shubie) and make it the national series.

then every racer(north and south of the border) should be allowed to kick Fraiser in the nuts.

They ran 3 rounds at Cayuga back in (I think) 2003. They were so poorly attended that it was the last season for it.

08-09-2010, 11:43 AM	#2
smileyman White Trash Hero Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NW Arkansas Moto: Buell 1125R Porco Rosso Edition Posts: 4,895	Bah to Colin, Bah I say. Twixt him and that loon Roger Edmundson we almost lost our series...Good riddance. __________________ Arkriders.com To be the best you must first be willing to risk the worst!

08-09-2010, 03:47 PM	#3
Papa_Complex Nomadic Tribesman Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Brampton, Canada Moto: '09 ER-6n Posts: 11,152	Ken's SOAR Series is more grass roots. If I read his intentions right in the beginning, when he was asking if I could be his official shooter, he was aiming more at the track day crowd; "run what ya brung." If you had a bike he either had, or would make, a class for it. He was rather disaffected with RACE. __________________ "Everything's better with pirates." - Lodge, "Dorkness Rising" http://www.morallyambiguous.net/

08-12-2010, 12:31 PM	#4
karl_1052 sergeant hatred Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Ottawa Moto: The bus Posts: 2,723	Yeah, I meant RACE. Expand it to more tracks(calabogie, Mostport, Shubie) and make it the national series. then every racer(north and south of the border) should be allowed to kick Fraiser in the nuts. __________________ My wife was afraid of the dark...then she saw me naked and now she's afraid of the light.