July 19

DIRT QUAKE 2017

TAKE IT BACK A FEW YEARS AND YOU MAY NOT HAVE EVEN HEARD OF DIRT QUAKE. YET, FROM ITS HUMBLE, WET AND SLIGHTLY INSANE BEGINNINGS IN 2012 THE SPEEDWAY EVENT HAS CONTINUED TO GROW AND IS NOW RECOGNISED GLOBALLY AS AN INAPPROPRIATE BUT OH SO GENIUS WEEKEND OF DIRT RACERS, SPEED AND THE OCCASIONAL DONALD TRUMP IMPERSONATOR IN A PADDLING POOL.

 

SIDEBURN EDITOR GARY INMAN CAME UP WITH THE IDEA INITIALLY AS NOTHING MORE THAN A BIT OF FUN, BUT DIRT QUAKE SOON DEVELOPED INTO AN EVENT KNOWN TO BREAK THE BARRIERS OF OTHER MORE EXCLUSIVE RACES- “MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE TO PEOPLE WHO PREVIOUSLY WOULDN’T HAVE A CLUE.”

 

THIS YEARS EVENT HELD AT THE ADRIAN FLUX ARENA IN KINGS LYNN ONCE AGAIN MANAGED TO THROW HEALTH AND SAFETY OFF TRACK AND, TEAMED UP WITH HARLEY DAVIDSON PULLED OUT AN UNFORGETTABLE, RULE-FREE FEW DAYS REVOLVING AROUND  LOOSE SURFACED CIRCUITS, STUNT ASSAULT COURSES, LIVE MUSIC AND ALL THINGS GREASY.

 

“BECAUSE OF DIRT QUAKE  HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN PART IN THERE FIRST EVER RACE”- WHETHER THAT BE ON A VINTAGE CUSTOM, A MODIFIED STREET ROD OR A CHOPPER…

 

 PHOTOS: GRANT EVANS