Gophers and Cheese

Lots more photos from Flat Out Friday  2024 in Milwaukee...

I spent most of Friday sightseeing, visiting a few of Milwaukee's museums and the Public Market.  In the evening, I headed to the Fiserv Forum for Flat Out Friday . I didn't have any special access to the events this year so I spent a little extra for a front row seat and it was totally worth it.  I had a fantastic view of the racing.

Flat Out Friday returned in 2017 for a second year of good old-fashioned fun and mayhem.

2016 was the very first year of Flat Out Friday at Mama Tried .  Here are over 250 photos from the mains including a bunch of crash sequences.  Can a blogpost hold over 250 photos?  We're gonna find out together.

Back in 2016 & 2017, a lot of my photos from  Mama Tried and Flat Out Friday were included in a pair of ChopCult features.  It was pretty cool. So why am I am posting photos now (7-8 years later)?  Three reasons: (1) The 10th year of Mama Tried is this coming weekend (Feb 24-25, 2024) and I'm excited, (2) ChopCult re-platformed their website and all the old features I wrote and the photo galleries are gone ( click here for more info ), and (3) I took WAY more photos at these events than ChopCult wanted to use and I want to (finally) share them as we lead up to this year's show. We'll start with Friday, February 19th, 2016.  I had a press pass so I got a bit of a sneak preview during set up.  This was truly the calm before the storm.

Wrapping up coverage from Vintage Torque Fest 2022 in Dubuque, IA with more photos of the Tuff Mudder Mini, some mini bike flat track, and the mini bike parade.  There are some 4-wheeled vehicles somewhere in this post too.

More photos from Vintage Torque Fest 2022!  Before jumping into a ton of dirt track photos, here's my van at the campgrounds.  I made a makeshift parking space with stakes and rope to save my semi-dry piece of land when I drove into town.  The campground was muddy, slippery, and a number of people got stuck.  My biggest challenge was keeping the mud out of my freshly done interior.

Nearly 4 years ago, X Games was in town with flat track racing at Mall of America .  I watched it from the stands with my kids.  I took a ton a photos but the fence, low light, distance, and fast action was a bad combo.  As a result I got a lot of photos of the fence in focus but very few decent ones of the riders.  Oh well, it was still fun to watch in person.  If you want the official results of the races, click this link .  If you want to see the small handful of photos that were salvageable from the hundreds I took, keep scrolling.

So if you couldn't tell from the 300+ photos I've shared so far (not counting the ones below), Vintage Torque Fest is awesome.  I was bummed I had to pack up a little early.  I ended up not feeling well (legit sick, not a hangover) and sleeping in a tent next to my bike really didn't help.  I didn't think another night in the cold, damp tent was a good idea so I took the photos below, packed up, and rode home.  It was a great couple of days and I want to thank John Wells for the hospitality.  This year's event is being held 4/30-5/1, 2021.

No, I'm not done posting photos from Vintage Torque Fest 2019!  There are more tomorrow too... and the next day.  Don't worry about any of that as this post has it all... A classic shaggin' wagon, mini bikes, choppers, hot rods, hot rod dirt track racing, and even a demolition derby.  Hell yes.

The photos from Vintage Torque Fest 2019 continue...

 Is it Moto Mania???  No, it's the next best thing... Vintage Torque Fest .

One last post from Flat Out Friday 2018 and then we'll get onto the big show.  I''ll start with a center-track, almost-up-the-nose selfie.

More Flat Out Friday 2018 photos!!!  It was a fantastic experience taking photos from inside the track.

Flat Out Friday 2019 is only a few days away and it's an awesome way to kick off the Mama Tried Motorcycle Show .  Here are a bunch of photos from last year!... starting with a birdhouse.

Mama Tried and Flat Out Friday is this coming weekend (2/15-2/17/2019) in Milwaukee, WI.  I guess it's about time I post photos from last year.  I had a blast (as usual) and took literally thousands of photos.  Unfortunately, I can't attend the show this year but I had lots of fun looking through the pics from last year.  You can look forward to seeing a few hundred posted here over the next few days starting... now. I took the following photos at the Mama Tried bike night at the Harley-Davidson Museum Thursday night before the races and show began.

In case you missed it, my photos were featured for the 4th time on Chop Cult last month. This most recent feature was for Mama Tried / Flat Out Friday / Slippery Sunday 2017.  Here's the link: Mama Tried 2017 Here's just a small sampling of photos.  Check out the feature for lots more. Thanks Lisa!

My 3rd feature with Chop Cult was posted yesterday.  It features Flat Out Friday , Mama Tried , and ice riding.  Go check it out here: Mama Tried Motorcycle Show 2016 Here are my previous two Chop Cult features: Moto Mania Gophers and Cheese

Here are more photos from the Flying Dutchmen Motorcycle Club flat track races! Between Moto Mania in August (photos coming soon!) and watching flat track in September, I REALLY want to ride around a dirt oval right about now.