Tulare Fair Race

September 16th

Youth 60

 116 y - 3

Youth 80

3nw  -  67 ?   -   5?

250

34 win

450

30 - 10 - 85 - 55 - 10

Plus 35 vet

4 Donnie - 29 - 45e

    


Plus 50 Senior

25 hd - 12e  - 91 - 33

Vintage 500

77 - 96 -  45e - 33j  28 - 65

Pro

37 - 10  - 54z -  95 h  - 65y

    

    

My name is Jeff Wilson with WSJ Promotions.  We are holding a flat track race on Friday September 17th at the Tulare County Fairgrounds in Tulare, CA.  We will have a 3/8 oval clay class C traction race, pro and vintage bikes.  We will also have a 1/4 mile T/T open traction race for bikes, quads, and lawnmowers. $5000 Digger Added Pro purse for the 3/8 oval,   and  100% Pro purse fot the Quads on the TT track. The Pro Quads have a $600 Hoosier tire contingency. Call 559 303-9289 for more information Click here for entry forms and more information

AMA Grand Nation history on the Tulare 1/2 mile dirt oval.

The ony AMA grand Nationl race completed on the 1/2 mile oval was July 1st, 1967. It was was won by
 Bart Markel on a Harley Davidson KR.  Another National was scheduled for August 1st, 1970  and practice was held,
 but for some unclear reason, the race was cancelled before time trials. The  crowd got a little unruly and stole
Aggie's hat and and he was sprayed with a fire extingisher.  Not a good night.

     


It was common during this time period to hold professional TT races the Friday night before National races at San Jose
or Sacramento. Many of the national riders entered these events.




Jack Jones Sr. was a scrambles and flat track racer who won the number 1 Pro Blue Plate in AMA District 35 in
 the early Seventies. Jones, who lived in Tulare, was killed in an Ultra-lite accident.



The Dan Rouit Flat Track Museum in Clovis has a Van Teck Suzuki that Jones raced in the mid seventies.
Van Tech frames were made in the early to mid 70’s in Visalia, CA. They were made for light weigh engines 50 to 250 cc’s.

The half mile track with its inside TT track was used until 1978. The track was then rebuilt
to a 3/8 mile banked clay, ovel which is the present configuration.