September 7th, 2009

NJMP - AMA Superbike

Went to my first motorcycle race this Sunday, was very cool. The AMA Superbike race in Millville, NJ at New Jersey Motorsports Park. It was the last round of the AMA Superbike season, and the last race in the dominating career of seven time AMA superbike champion Matt Mladin .

It was also my first time visiting NJMP, a fairly new racing complex, in southern New Jersey. I only ended up seeing the last and premier event of the day, but it was great, if a bit short. :]

The photo set...

First time using Flickr, and I don't really like it TBH. Photobucket decided to be more ghey, and chopped their free online storage in half, so that put my account over the limit. (suggestions welcomed for free online photo storage, thx)

Posted 5 months ago by SorvatS
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Kay0s24

#1 Posted 5 months ago	+ 1 Cool [ Reply ] [ Quote ]
Very nice!... looks like you are becoming more awesome with your DSLR.

Jimmerz

Cutz

Didn't know Mladin was retiring. Back in the early 80s I went to see motorcycles race at Laguna Seca, and though I didn't really know who he was, got to see King Kenny Roberts. Not sure what he was in, it's been so long, but it must have been right at the end of his career... Eddie Lawson and Randy Mamola were there too, so there was probably an AMA Superbike race. As awesome as Laguna Seca is for watching cars, seeing motorcycles come down the corkscrew side by side like jets in formation is one of my fondest experiences at a track.

kokopelli73

thx darling

#3 Posted 5 months ago	+ 1 Zing! [ Reply ] [ Quote ]
Coolio! I've not yet had the chance to go to a bike race, but would like to at some point. Not sure about photobucket. I only have used half the space there. Sounds like some cleaning out is needed! =P

SorvatS

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#4 Posted 5 months ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to kokopelli73, #3: Cleaning out?...Never! Except for a album or two, most my photobucket albums and from races and car shows. I would not want to lose those, man.

jws381

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Very cool that you got to go. Very cool about seeing Mladin's last race. I'm not a motorcycle fan, but I can certainly appreciate his epic career, mostly because he's one of the few guys I've actually heard of.

How difficult was it to get there, maps seem to place the track in the middle of nowhere? As the crow flies it's the closest track to my family's NJ home, but it seems like it would be harder to get to than even Dover, at least time wise.

SorvatS

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#6 Posted 5 months ago	[ Reply ] [ Quote ]
In reply to jws381, #5: Not the hardest track to get to. Being aided by our car's GPS it was quite easy to get to. But it was rather far, about -150 miles away from me. Second furthest race track I've ever driven to after Dover and not including Daytona, which I've visited on trips to Florida.

spikep

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#7 Posted 5 months ago	+ 1 Cool [ Reply ] [ Quote ]
one of favorite type of bike races Great photos buddy

JasonThePink

DirtyWater

#8 Posted 5 months ago	+ 1 Cool [ Reply ] [ Quote ]
Buddy of mine and I are going to try and hit Moto GP at Laguna next year......guys are frippin animals. Nice pics as always man.

caboose1177

2010

#9 Posted 4 months ago	+ 1 Funny [ Reply ] [ Quote ]
I know this is a late post, but one question. Did you have a great, awesome, kick ass, AWESOME time?

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