On one of my rare weekends off from the race track last year, I stopped in on the Kentucky Kickdown festival at American Turners in Louisville. With bikes, music, food, burnouts, stunts, and mud drags, it was a cool scene.
I took a bunch of pics, but got busy with racing again and they all went on the back burner. But here they are—some processed, most straight from the camera.
This year’s Kickdown is this coming weekend. If you’re in the Louisville area, you definitely have to go, but pregame with these snaps:
Overview of the bike show and midway area of the Kickdown, located on the Ohio River waterfront at the currently hip American Turners
Matt Wooley and the CC Powersports crew out in full forceMy old high school buddy Matt Kraft and the dream combo of the time—Kaw 1000 with a Kerker header
“Keep yer ‘nads clear of those stacks, lads!” Goldwing at the KickdownStunter showing some tongueLovely ladies slinging Jack Daniels on the midway
Mud drags!Jeffersonville’s famous Hale brothers on the sceneThe burnout boxA sweet Yamaha 400 2-stroke
Detail of a KZ900Hot Wires drummer/artist/fabricator/force of nature Brad WhiteHot Wires guitarist/vocalist Brian GrayMud men loveMud guy
Mud man Dirt Reynolds in actionBurnout box actionRat rod chopperStunterMore Dirt ReynoldsBurnout box action
