FEBRUARY 12, 1961
Harley-Davidson riders won top honors in all four classes at the Michigan State Championship Ice Races held on Fenton Lake near Flint, Michigan. The event had a record number of entrants, 276, despite the winter temperatures. Bert Cummings, a Harley-Davidson dealer from Flint, won the lightweight sidecar class on a Harley-Davidson Sprint model, with Ed Keating as his passenger. Bart Markel later used that same Sprint; sidecar removed, and won the lightweight solo event. Cummings and partner Keating also won the heavyweight sidecar class and Bart Markel finished out the day taking the win in the heavyweight solo class. The image shows Cummings and Keating jockeying for their first place win in the lightweight sidecar race.
Harley-Davidson riders won top honors in all four classes at the Michigan State Championship Ice Races held on Fenton Lake near Flint, Michigan. The event had a record number of entrants, 276, despite the winter temperatures. Bert Cummings, a Harley-Davidson dealer from Flint, won the lightweight sidecar class on a Harley-Davidson Sprint model, with Ed Keating as his passenger. Bart Markel later used that same Sprint; sidecar removed, and won the lightweight solo event. Cummings and partner Keating also won the heavyweight sidecar class and Bart Markel finished out the day taking the win in the heavyweight solo class. The image shows Cummings and Keating jockeying for their first place win in the lightweight sidecar race.
