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A bit of the valley’s almost-forgotten sporting history resurfaces today and Saturday as dozens of motorcycle racers spin around a short, slick and quick concrete track at the Santa Clara County Fairgrounds.
“You have to lean in pretty far and stay on the gas,” Jethro Halbert, a professional racer from San Jose, said before Thursday’s practice round in an indoor pavilion. “There’ll be a lot of bumping out there.”
Indoor motorcycle racing was popular in the 1950s and 1960s, when San Jose was Northern California’s mecca of motor sports from go-cart to stock-car racing. But as …Â Details
Former AMA Supercross champion turned TV analyst Jeff Emig can hardly wait to get to work these days.
“It’s something special,†said Emig, who works the booth for CBS and Speed. “You’ve got a world-class battle going on for the championship between two of the greatest riders of all time. It’s just plain fun.â€
Last year’s champion Chad Reed leads the 2007 series winner James Stewart by just 11 points heading into a Saturday night race at the Rogers Centre in Toronto.
But the competition is a lot closer than just a few points …Â Details