Motorcycle speedway

High school (ages 12+)
Sports & Games

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/motorcycle-speedway

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the sport classification?Motorcycle track racing
2. What is the race format?Four anti-clockwise laps on an oval circuit
3. How do riders slide around corners?They use a technique called powersliding, breaking traction on the rear wheel and controlling the throttle to drift the bike through the bend.
4. Why do the bikes have no brakes?Removing brakes makes the race all about keeping momentum and using the throttle to steer, which makes it more challenging and exciting.

Powersliding: A technique involving intentional rear-wheel drift controlled by throttle and body weight.
Broadsiding: An alternative term for powersliding, emphasizing the sideways motion of the motorcycle.
FIM: The Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme, the global governing body for motorcycle sports.
Shale: A type of loose, fragmented rock commonly used as a track surface in speedway.