I got this neat e-mail from Mike O’Neil:

We still bring out the seven 1949 Indian Arrows annually. This year we ran the Volusia short track during Bike Week. The riders raced them hard and put on a close and excellent show. Yet, nobody fell and we went hope with seven running machines! The riders are:

1. David Aldana (no mistaking those leathers!)
2. Timmy Mitchell
3. Joe Baggott
4. Chris Carr (someone said he had ridden in a few of these flat track races before)
5. Shane Fox
6. Beau Braswell (sings the new country “flat track” theme song)
7. Charlie Seale (another former national number)

The photo with the riders mounted was taken in staging just before the riders went out for their first heat race. The other photo was taken right after the main. Fans came out of the stands and applauded as the riders dismounted. They put on a great race.