Vulcan Bike Week goes off with a fizzle, tempers flare
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I am Valerie Abbott, the Birmingham City Councilor who was the lone vote AGAINST giving $25,000 to the promoters of Vulcan Bike Week (for reasons which are now obvious to all). I AM NOT the council member who owns a promotional company and owns the company the promoter rented the stage from and I want this erroneous information removed from your site immediately. Being a rare honest elected official is tough enough without getting “credit” for the misdeeds of others. Other than that, I enjoyed reading the article, which proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that I was right! Thank you!
A sad, sad story, but a very good read. It is interesting to hear the story told from your point of view Paul. Thanks for taking the time to write and post it/
It it is unfortunate for motorcyle drag racing, unfortunate for Dee Vance, unfortuante for the track owner, and unfortunate for the 12 people who paid the #25 admission.
It was a bad deal for everyone that got involved with those people.
Even though we (the track) got taken just like everybody else, Jason – the track owner tried his best to make it a better day. We stayed until about midnight and let the bikes T&T….he also put together a small heads up race for each of the classes/winner take all………and he GAVE away FREE admission tickets to our OutLaw Street Car race this Saturday the 10th to all the spectators.
It was a tough day, the motorcycle riders did not deserve to be treated the way that he treated them.
Great write up Paul!
(You go girl, is my favorite part! Its always nice to know smart people!)
Cole will be proud to see his name!:)
The Huntsville 7/11 Motorcycle Club will be at our track (Alabama International Dragway)the weekend of July 23-25 – you should come by and join us!
So nice to meet you,
Denise
great article. I hope to expand on some of the background politics involved. Me and a friend rolled up to see the spectacle at the in Steele – I guess we left too soon to see the explosion – but we did capture some video (link below) of the ultra-slim crowds.
http://bamarides.com/2010/07/vulcan-bike-week/
We told everyone 9 months ago this was a scam, then the city gave up $25,000 to highlight what a huge scam it was. Apparently this guy ripped off everyone, O’Reilly, the bands, vendors, BOTH tracks, BOTH cities, and worst of all the racers and fans. Off with his head!