Dave & Tommra Kiesow

In this week's episode, we recap Arizona, look ahead to this weekend's mile event in Sacramento, and catch up with a race promoters of the Springfield Mile, Dave & Tommra Kiesow. We not only discover a bit more about their history, but some interesting history about this iconic race track they promote twice a race season and find out what fans attending the race next weekend can expect. 00:24 - Phoenix recap/Sacramento preview 02:07 - Dave & Tommra Kiesow intro 03:30 - Where were you guys born? 04:29 - How did you guys get involved with motorcycles? 05:27 - When did you start racing motorcycles? 06:09 - Do you still have any of your race bikes? 07:16 - Dave talks about an older XR-750 he’ll have at next weekend’s event 08:02 - How did you guys meet? 08:49 - Talks about the transition from IMDA to the Keisows as race promoters 10:04 - Talks about the roles they filled with the IMDA 10:49 - Talks about the riders they have helped through the Kiesow Racing program 11:38 - Do you stay in touch with riders you’ve helped in the past? 12:09 - Dave talks about Carver’s first national win in Castlerock 13:27 - Dave tells us why he thinks Springfield Mile is the greatest 13:44 - Tommra tells us why the track is the fastest on the AFT circuit 14:41 - Talks about the Springfield water truck and what makes it so special 16:14 - Brief history of the Springfield Mile 17:29 - Talks about what they do between the two events each year 18:53 - Do you think running your events on a holiday weekend help your event? 19:34 - How did you convince Dave Despain to be Grand Marshall for the Spring event? 20:56 - Scottie tells his favorite Despain story from Springfield 22:00 - Dave explains the new Production class racing in the Spring event 23:27 - Talks about other raffles and vendors on site for the event 25:12 - Talks of the sponsors who help make the Springfield Mile possible 26:09 - TICKET INFO for this weekend’s Springfield events 27:20 - Tommra talks about why the fall race this year is so significant 30:46 - What is your favorite motorcycle? 31:42 - What was your favorite Springfield memory? 33:34 - Besides Springfield, what is your favorite national to attend? 34:28 - Why don’t we run the AFT Singles class on the Mile?