that track is still there, and has weekly races. great stuff. i recommend a stop through the shop there, run by this guy alois, whos worked there since time immemorial, apparently... some real gems in the little hole-in-the-wall shop, and theres nothing quite like a day at the track watching races, downing bratwurst and beer :)
-joel
At 21:54 -0500 02.14.2006, Aldo Ross wrote:
>Pic of the Day
>16 February, 2006
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>Ted Ernst in Action Behind the Motor
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>http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/album17/1959_Ted_Ernst_motorpacing_in_Z
>urich
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>1959, Zurich, Switzerland. Photo credit goes to Photopress Zurich.Ted
>Ernst in action behind a motor on the outdoor cement "Oerlikon" track.
>Behind him is Dutchman Wout Wagtmans, winner of the 1957
>Roma-Napoli-Roma. Never heard of Roma-Napoli-Roma? This event has been
>absent from the calendar since 1961, but you might recognize the names
>of a few previous winners - Gerbi, Girardengo, Binda, Belloni, Guerra,
>Robic, Kubler, Magni, Van Steenbergen, Ockers, Van Looy, Baldini, Bobet!
> See also:
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>http://www.wooljersey.com/gallery/album17/robicjpg
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>Picture provided by Ted Ernst. Thanks again!
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>Tomorrow's pic - "How do you say "Ouch" in German?" ;-)
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>Aldo Ross
>Middletown, Ohio
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i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
after she got that bicycle...