Motorsports

I like vintage motorcycle racing and history. My favorite track is the Mid Ohio Sports Car Course. I've never rode my motorbike on this track but I pedalled around it for a couple hours.
bentmike rides Mid-Ohio

I grew up in Indy, been going to Indy 500 qualifying for 30+ years, also go to the U.S. Nationals Drag Race every year since the late 70's. My dad was a sportsman racer when I was a kid, so I've been around drag racing my whole life.
P.S. 1000 ft. SUCKS! Drag Racing is 1/4 Mile.

I live about 15 minutes away from Daytona International Speedway.
I own a GMC Syclone and have owned quite a few GMC Typhoons and Sonoma GT. For those unfamiliar, produced in 91-93 only, AWD, turbo/intercooled v6. One of the fastest production trucks produced (mid-low 13 sec quarter mile in stock form) and rare. Ive owned my Syclone going on 15 years.
I used to streetrace a lot since most everyone has no clue what the truck is. Nothing better than taking down Mustangs, Camaros, and Corvettes with a 91 pickup truck. I would take it to the track occasionally, but mainly during shows or events. Ive more recently gotten into autocross racing with the Syclone which is quite fun due to the lack of pickup trucks that do it, especially in the Syclone/Typhoon community.....so Im basically at the forefront of learning and educating other owners on the limitations and capabilities of our trucks. I am probably 1 of about 5 people who actively race within my truck community. Trucks arent made to turn so the local SCCA and racers love seeing me come out and throw the truck around the course, especially since most have never seen a Syclone in person, let alone watch someone take a rare vehicle and drive the wheels off it. My truck is far from stock anymore and have been continually modifying it to specifically run autoX.
Here's some shots of me racing:


Daytona Infield Course

Nhra and nascar for this guy. I used to drag race when I was younger.

No love for the sportscars? GT and DP class racing, now that's good stuff.

Not so much about going fast, but I also enjoy ARCA/IRCA rock-crawling.

I love the Syclone, I bet that does ruffle some feathers.

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Ive broken many hearts on the street and strip with it. People often have called me out as a liar thinking I have a S/C 350 under the hood to which they become really embarrassed when I pop the hood and show them a little 4.3 V6 :nana:
I also used to have a 65 GMC longbed with a 305E V6 and 3 on the floor (still regret selling it), and currently own a 2012 Camaro 45th Edition. Ive owned 3 GMC Typhoons, 1 Sonoma GT as well...amongst a slew of other vehicles.
Forgot to mention, I do enjoy GT racing. Being spoiled with Daytona next door, going to see the 24 hours of Daytona is always a good time....getting a pit pass is even better!

Kart racing for my son and I. These were our previous karts:


Nick before a race at Virginia International Raceway.


Replaced the red kart with a sit up which is getting converted this month back to a 125 Shifter kart.


Traded the yellow kart in on this 125 Shifter Kart too.


Recently did the Mario Andretti Indy Car Experience at Charlotte Motor Speedway. You only get 4 laps and also have a pesky 5K rpm limiter, but still managed to get to 152.89 MPH


Also did the NASCAR Ride-A-Long last weekend, but it's still tank racing, big heavy ass cars....boring. 170 MPH in one of them was like 100 in the Indy Car. Hard to beat the open cockpit. After a couple of years of shifter kart racing, then I want to get a formula style car that has a GSXR 1000 motor in it, which is becoming popular now. That has to be a blast.
Had 15 motorcycles through the years, none now, but want another woods bike, and a Kawasaki ZXR1200 one of these days.

i like F1, Le Mans, and moto gp, touring car racing, rally (group B), drifting and time attacks. But i like to watch any kind of motorsprot racing. Drag racing and nascar isn't really my style, but i have respect for all levels of motosport racing.

I always wanted to smell that nitro burning.

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There is nothing better than the smell of burning tires and nitro in the air.... ok, well maybe a good pipe too. ::