If you want to see NERVES taking over, get on FOX sports speedway or Speedway gp.com.
Stock Jawa 500cc engines are about 68 hp. 11,000 revs. No gear box, clutch only, no brakes, no rear suspension.
Four laps of 1/4 mile, standing start, usually under a minute.
No time for dreaming at the starting gate.
New clutch plates and rear tyre every race.
Hence you see the boys waiting at the start gate, double and triple checking everything.
Fuel on, clutch adjustment just right, gogles. tearoffs. Fuel on, clutch........
NERVES. I'd like to see a heart rate monitor on one of them.
Slip the clutch for the first 40 odd meters so she doesn't spin up too much.
Good motor for a Featherbed frame and a 6 sp box.....??
Yaa hoo.