Hall of Famer Shrimp Burns Goes All Out at 1921 Beverly Hills, Calif., Board Track

Rare 1921 video of Motorcycle Hall of Famer Shrimp Burns at a 1921 board track race in Beverly Hills, Calif.

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[AlbertShiny]

@GrigoriZhukov That is because today it would all be made in tiawan! Our skilled labor force has been crushed br "cheap labor" and very few men today know what its like to work with their hands. america has become a sellout of douchbag politicians!

[GrigoriZhukov]

@eyeinthesky325 For saftey reasons it's a non starter. The wood availble today is crap. There is NO trained much less skilled labour force to do the job...so it just wouldn't be safe for the racers.

[eyeinthesky325]

Let's bring these races back, During the Depression the Hearst Castle was built using cheap labor.... Let's put the Jobless Wall Streeters , to work nailing strips together building on to the future of Board Track Racers!!!

[codystafford]

I want to see footage of the sub mile tracks. Pretty dangerous apparently

[DaNuWaGiLi]

wow, what a great piece of footage and wow is it clear and easy on the eyes, what detail indeed. The 1921 precursor to AMA superbike at daytona. Think of all of those boards. Have you ever had the feeling you have been born in the wrong time? LOL PEACE!

[ChristyHetzel]

This footage is awesome and incredibly clear. I am so grateful for the abundant preservation of racing history. My dad, Frank (fallguy) Hetzel, (died in 1984) raced and built bikes,midgets, sprint cars and modifieds all his life. ABC Brewing Company bought him a JAP cycle and he raced with Jack and Cordy Milne. Jack and I became good friends, as well as the boys from Costa Mesa fairgrounds. I showed my dad's scrapbook to Scott, Kelly and Bruce... I am so proud of the gears in my head!!!

[wesmeis]

Is Shrimp Burns the guy who won 900 or so races?

[leftcoasttim]

I've raced speedway, and seen 'em slide flat-trackers at Pomona and Del Mar, but this is like THE "balliest" racing ever! Don't think too many of today's single-minded prima donnas would dare tackle those banked walls...and BOY were they banked!

And remember: as the t-shirts at Costa Mesa used to say, "Brakes are for pussies!"

[chumpthedog]

According to an article in the Huffington Post, the board racing track in Beverly Hills was located where the Beverly Wilshire Hotel now stands.

[chopperdavez]

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