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SUMISWALD 2008
"YEAR OF THE BIG RACE"
EVERY TWO YEARS THE DEADRIDERS OF SUMISWALD SWITZERLAND PUT OUT THE WELCOME MAT TO THE BIKERS OF THE WORLD.
THIS IS A BIG PARTY 30,000 GUESTS IN A BIG VALLEY EMMENTAL WITH BIG BIKES
USUALLY FIRST TO ARRIVE ARE THE BRITISH AND THE AMERICANS
THESE PEOPLE CAME ON THE 6 PASSENGER BUS
SIDECAR WILLY MUST HAVE BEEN IN HEAVEN
FOR THE RAT ENTHUSIST
EVER CREATIVE ALEX ROTH HAD FIGURED OUT HOW TO TRANSFORM HIS UNIMOTORCYCLE INTO A PULLER
FRONT WHEEL DRIVE CERTAINLY HELPS A PULLER
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"THE BIG RACE"
THE EUROPEAN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OF UNIMOTORCYCLE DRAG RACING
THE G-7 TEAM WERE METAL WHEELED TO THE MAX
ARNDT WEERTS - TEAM FREISENFIGHTER - GERMANY
FATHER OF UNIMOTORCYCLE RACING IN GERMANY
BLACK PIG - TEAM WILD HOGS - ESTONIA
SIDECAR WILLY SAYS THAT HIS FAVORITE TEAM THIS YEAR WAS THE WILD HOGS FROM ESTONIA. THESE GUYS TRAVELED 2500 KM FOR 3 DAYS TO COMPETE AND REMARKABLY CAME IN 6TH PLACE THEIR FIRST TIME IN COMPETITION WITH AN ET OF 2.94sec.
"GREAT EFFORT"
HURT 1 - TEAM HERACLES = BELGIUM
LATKA - TEAM ROGUES - HOLLAND
DAS BULLET - TEAM ROAD REBELS - GERMANY
ERIC ROTH - TEAM HESSISCHE KAMPFSAU - GERMANY
BASE BIKE - BOMBAY THUNDER TEAM - SWITZERLAND
ANDRE STREIT NICOLAS PACCAUD
FOUNDING FATHERS OF UNIMOTORCYCLE RACING IN SWITZERLAND
