Dave Roper, the first American ever to win an Isle of Man TT, will be riding a restored 580cc Indian TT model v-twin in the 2011 TT. Roper has a lifetime of achievement in vintage racing, including more than 20 AHRMA national championships as well as his win of the 1984 Senior Historic TT on a G50 Matchless. Support the first motorcycle to ever win the Senior TT on the Mountain Course, the only American marque to win at the event and the only American racer to ever win the Senior Historic TT!
Wednesday, June 7, 2023
Track count update 2.0
In June, 2016 I posted all the tracks that I had ridden at with the date that I had first ridden there. The total was 115. Since then I've ridden at a couple more, so here's the updated list: Bridgehampton, N.Y., '72 Loudon, N.H. Bryar, '72 Noduol (Bryar 'backwards') '72,'73? NHIS, '90 Summit Point, W. Va., '72 Pocono, Pa., '72, '73? Virginia International Raceway Full circuit, '72, '73? North circuit, '01 South circuit, '09 West Palm Beach, '73 Daytona 3.81 mi.,'73 1.6 mi. Infield, '81 1.74 mi. Infield,'85 1.76 mi. Infield, '87 3.56 mi.,'90 (95?) 2.85 mi.,'02 3.51 mi., '09 Dade City, Fl., '73 Dallas, Tx., '73 Charlotte, N.C., '73 Gainesville, Fl., '74 Road Atlanta, Ga., 2.54 mi., '74 With modified 'gravity cavity, '98 With turn #3 chicane, '03 With modified turn #12, '09 Lakeland, Fl., '75 Thompson, Ct. 'Version 3', '76 1.7 mi., '16 Ontario Motor Speedway, '79 Sears Point original, '79 Current, '13 Road America, Wl. Original, '80 Current, '08? Lime Rock Park, Ct., '80 Talladega Super Speedway, Al.,'81 Laguna Seca, Ca. Original, '82 GP., '97 Shannonville, Ont., Canada Nelson, '82 Pro, '99? Roebling Road, Ga., '83 Mid-Ohio, '83 Blackhawk Farms, Illinois, '86 Watkins Glen, N.Y., '86. Mosport, Ontario, Canada, '88 Heartland Park, Topeka, Ks.,'89 original, '89 current, 2021 Talladega Grand Prix, Al. Original, '91 Current, '13 Grattan, Mi., '91 Rockingham, N.C., '92 Las Vegas, Nv., '93 Seattle Intl. Raceway, Kent, WA., '93 Putnam Park, In., '94 Gateway Park, E. St.Louis, Il., '94 Willow Springs, Ca., "96 Atlantic M/S Park, Shubenacadie, N.S., Can., '96 Deland, Fl., '97 Stafford Springs, Ct., '97 Gunstock, Belnap, N.H., '99 Carolina M/S Park, S.C., '99 Cayuga, Ont., Canada, '01 Frontierland, Loudon, N.H., '01 North Florida M/S Park, '02 BeaveRun, Pa., '03 Barber M/S Pk., '03 Sandia, N.M., '04 No Problem Raceway, La., '04 Autodromo St. Eustache, Quebec, Can., '04 Thunderhill, Ca., '04 Gingerman, Mi. Original, '05 Current, '16 Pueblo, Co., '05 Miller M/S Pk., Ut., '06 Portland International Raceway, Or., '10 Motorsport Ranch, Tx., '11 NOLA, La., '13 The Ridge, WA., '13 NJMP, N. J. Thunderbolt, '13 Lightning, '14 Calabogie, Ont., Canada '16 Hallet, Ok., '18 You'll notice that the above is only circuits in North America, so now I'll add public road races in North America: Steamboat Springs, Co.,'84 La Carrerra, Baja, Mx., '86 Delmar, Ca., '96 Maybe Deland, Gunstock, & Frontierland should be in this category. Now we go to overseas circuits Caldwell Park, Eng. Club, '75 Full, '86 Darley Moor, Eng.,'75 Donnington Park, Eng., National, '81 GP, '86 Brands Hatch, Eng., G.P., '82 Indy, '89 Oulton Park, Eng., '81 Mallory Park, Eng. Original, '82 With 'bus stop', '89 Adelaide International Raceway, S.A., Aus., '85 Mallala M/S Park, S.A., Aus., '85 Winton, Vic., Aus., '85 Circuit Paul Ricard, Fr., '86 Autodromo Riccardo Paletti, It., '86 Snetterton, Eng., '87 Assen, Nl., Longer, '87 Shorter, '99 Misano, It., '87 Knockhill, Scotland, '87 Pukekoe, N.Z., '90 Ruapuna, N.Z., '90 Autrodromo de Linas-Montlhery, Fr., '96 Nurburgring, Ger., '96 Eastern Creek, N.S.W., Aus., '98 Artic Circle Raceway, Norway, '98 Tsukuba, Jpn., '02 Jurby, I.O.M., '13 Phillip Island, Vic., Aus., '14 Finally, the overseas public road courses: Mountain course, I.O.M., '82 Villa Real, Portugal, '84 Dundrod, N.I., '84 Brno, Czechoslovakia, '84 Oliver's Mount, Eng., '95 Total:118 I plan to race at High Plains Raceway, Deer Trail, Co. this coming weekend and, assuming that happens, will make 119 race tracks I've ridden on.
2-4 June, 2023 I rode at my 120th race track: Motorsports Park Hastings in Hastings, Nebraska.
Posted by Dave Roper at 8:47 PM
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4 comments:
AnonymousMay 7, 2022 at 4:42 PM
Impressive!!
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Dave RoperMay 7, 2022 at 4:52 PM
And I did indeed race at High Plains Raceway 23-24 April, 2022 making 119 different race races I've ridden on.
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