Their involvement in motorsports include auto racing as well as motorcycle flattrack. Many smaller events like Gene Romero's West Coast Flattrack Series Pro Am events offer vintage classes if there is enough rider participation. One major attraction that vintage racing offers to competitors is a low cost alternative to spiraling mainstream dirt track classes. A lot of the riders can locate a bike that has been gathering dust in a garage or barn. With a little work, these beaters can be competitive.
Many vintage racers are senior or rapidly approaching senior status.
They have families and other responsibilities that do not allow them to spend thousands of dollars on state of the art machinery. Through vintage racing these competitors have been able to stay competitive for a fraction of the cost of modern class machinery. As I stated before, these vintage riders have a love of the sport and the classic motorcycles. I recently received some photos from bike owner, and racer, Jim Grant. One series of photos included many shots of vintage bikes being raced at some of the California tracks including Hanford.