Yates and Hacking are Passing You
© Bert Lamb

I spent the past weekend camping out in the middle of a race track in Virginia for my now annual trip to the AMA Superbike races at Virginia International Raceway. It is always a nice time, and no one ever really knows how to react when I tell them what I did for the weekend. It is one of those niche sports that it is always nice to find someone else who is interested in it because it is like meeting a long lost friend (Meeting people that watch The Wire has a similar affect).

Sometimes people assume that if I watch motorcycle racing that I’m into NASCAR also. Nope, not even the same thing. I’m of the opinion that a NASCAR driver is essentially ballast that needs to turn left every now and then. NASCAR also just isn’t that much fun to watch. Motorcycle racing is a lot of fun to watch, and the riders have to move all over the motorcycle to get it to lean as much as possible and change direction quickly. They are athletes and riding the way they do for a whole race is a grueling experience. They also have an inability to fear death that I assume is some sort of genetic defect that they are taking advantage of having.

Good time was had by all, I’ll be back next year.