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Permalink Reply by jen on August 17, 2010 at 7:19pm

http://www.mowergang.com/page6/Detroit-Velodrome.html

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Permalink Reply by Rowbike Mike on August 18, 2010 at 4:21am

Thanks for sharing this - in my mind, I have a vision of the "Mower Gang" being dressed in "Road Warrior" style paraphernalia. The writing on that site is really funny, too.

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Permalink Reply by knowbody on August 18, 2010 at 4:38am

found this...

"Where the heck IS this track?!

Oh shit, all it took was a google....

"10/17/00
Back home in Michigan we have a dream that we are trying to make come true. We used to have a velodrome in Michigan. To be exact, it was the Dorais Velodrome located at Eight Mile and Mound.

Those who have ridden the Dorais Velodrome know the location; it's not a place you forget.

It doesn't matter when you rode the velodrome, even if it was when it first opened in 1969, you'd remember. It's not like the Los Angeles or Indianapolis velodrome in or near a college campus.

It's not like Kenosha or Northbrook that are located in a nice park. And it was never like T-Town, which is the cream of the crop for track racing.

No, our Detroit track was located in one of the "not-so-nice" areas. The drive to and from the track provided lots of scenery. Eight Mile is known for its irreputable dance places and the night brings out the corner workers.

The track had no boards at the top; if you got taken to the top you could just ride along the grass at the top of the track and hop back in.

The same could be said if you got pushed well below the pace line. The track had no bridge and it had no tunnel to get to the infield. Then again, no one wanted to go into the infield.

Everyone would park around the outside of the track where you could sit in your car and watch all the races and training rides. You could even look down on the burned-out cars, old tires, and dumped appliances that littered the infield."

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