The Mid-Ohio Superbike event is this weekend. Maybe I’m biased, I’ve been attending motorcycle races since the first one in 1983, but for my money Mid-Ohio is still the best track in the country in terms of spectating.

The scenic track is located in the rolling hills of rural North Central Ohio. Some of the most memorable last lap passes have happened coming out of Thunder Valley and entering the famous Carousel turn at the end of the circuit. Watching the bikes run through the slight kink on the straightaway is a thrill, and power wheelies through The Esses are common place. But by far the most popular spectating point at Mid-Ohio is on the grassy hill overlooking turns four and five, or Madness as riders and spectators like to call it.

That’s where I heard the loudest cheer ever at an AMA Superbike race when Miguel Duhamel took over the lead of the ’94 race on the Harley-Davidson VR1000. The roar from the massive crowd on the hillside actually drowned out the sound of the bikes. It sent chills up my spine.

You get to really see the riders and bikes from a close perspective at Mid-Ohio and it’s infield area is small enough that you can easily move to different parts of the track between races.

It’s supposed to be a clear, crisp weekend in Ohio, a perfect time to check out one of the classic circuits in America if you’ve never been.

Here are a few more photos from Mid-Ohio 25 years ago. I wasn’t on assignment, so these photos were snap shots I took from spectator areas. I found these little 3X5 prints in a shoebox.