Grand National: America's Golden Age of Motorcycle Racing » (REV)

Compared to racing done elsewhere in the world, the American Motorcyclist Associations Grand National series is challenging, unique, and baffling to outsiders. To have any chance at all of becoming the Number 1 rider, riders must have the well-rounded racing skills to enable them to, over a single season, find their way around dirt tracks of four varying lengths, shapes, and speeds, plus paved road circuits like Daytona. Because each surface and track requires a bike to be set up quite differently, contestants must be able to compete on essentially five different dirt and road model motorcycles. Complicating matters further, these bikes cannot be one-off factory specials specifically designed for each type of racing, but instead are based on more-limiting stock machines. All things considered, Grand National racing is one of the most demanding and exciting motorcycle racing on the planet.

March 2005 - American Iron

Joe Scalzo s book captures the spirit of the Golden Age of motorcycle racing pretty accurately. The book s bounty of great pictures make it a fascinating read and a worthy addition to any enthusiast s library.