American-Board-Trackers' Boardtracker 1 turns mayhem on its head

It was almost a century ago that alcohol-fueled board trackers raced around wooden oval tracks in front of enthralled audiences. That was before the brakeless 100-plus mph motorcycles started careening off the tracks' steeply angled banks, crashing into crowds, killing spectators and prompting the press to call them "murder cycles."

By Susan Carpenter

March 19, 2008