When Honda Went Dirt Track Racing
Cycle News Staff | December 19, 2021
Limited to just 1000 hard copies, the book entitled When Honda Went Dirt Track Racing ($224.99) chronicles the fascinating history of the development of the Honda dirt-track program in the 1980s and early 1990s.
Authored by Gerald Foster and Chris Carter, the book contains more than 60 interviews with the key players involved in the development and racing of these bikes. More than 700 photographs fill the 560 pages along with copies of period journalism, much of it from Cycle News, and many never before seen photos from private collections. In addition, expanding the story beyond Honda-versus-Harley, there are a number of sidebars which delve further into the fascinating history of the period.
About the authors:
Chris Carter: A gold medal winner in the prestigious 6-day ISDT, his passion for motorcycle racing transpired to a company built on hard work and success, Chris Carter founded Motion Pro in 1984.
Gerald Foster: Veteran writer, whose career began at BSA/Triumph in England, then with American Honda in California, was commissioned by Carter to write the book. He fell in love with dirt track racing at his first San Jose Mile in ’75
For more information, visit when-honda-went-dirt-track-racing or www.motionpro.com