I never tire of looking at photos of riders flying over Grattan Raceway’s famous jump. Here’s a shot from a May of 1987 WERA A or B Production race at Grattan with two riders taking the jump side by side, a fairly rare occurrence. I believe No. 625 is Jon Joseph. I’m not sure about No. 170. Note both riders have their front wheels lofted over the jump even though that era of GSXR was well balanced and not at all wheelie prone. Joseph scored podium finishes in both the A and B Production Novice races at Grattan this weekend.
WERA racer Jon Joseph soars over the famous Grattan jump side by side with rider No. 170 in a WERA sprint race at the track in May of 1987. (Larry Lawrence photo)
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Wrong background and they’re both tucked in, leading me to guess they’re running the course backwards.For those never there, “tucked in” is a giveaway because in running the course in the normal direction there’s a right-hander immediately after the jump, so you’re sitting up and praying for your wheel to touch down so that you can brake. It really gets your attention.
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Absolutey, that is Nettarg whenever it was run backwards. Usually a third gear wheelie.
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Peter and Bill beat me to it Nattarg it was
Nice thing about that was having 2X tracks, different challenges
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