Ok so this isn’t technically a board track, but the high banked curves makes me think the race technique was similar. Brooklands maybe? I can’t imagine what it would be like to be the monkey in this early sidecar racing.
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That’s the “Members Banking” at Brooklands, England’s first permanent racing circuit.
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In the early 2000s, I had the opportunity to visit Brooklands. I had business in Waltham, just a few miles from there. On my first (of three) visits over time, I actually walked on that exact piece of the track. I have no problem admitting that the experience overwhelmed me, and I shed a few tears as I walked the concrete.