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Motorcycling History: Motorcycle Chariot Racing

 

Motorcycle chariot racing is a motor sport that combines motorcycle racing and chariot racing.

The sport was somewhat popular in the 1920s and 1930s, having been inspired by the 1925 film Ben-Hur.  It went largely (although not entirely) extinct after that.  Exhibition rigs are still made and driven.

The sport was developed in Australia in the 1920s and quickly spread to Europe and America.  Motorcycle chariot races were, for instance, probably held at the old Charlotte, North Carolina Motor Speedway (and not the more modern Charlotte Motor Speedway).

A typical early vehicle configuration was a rider on a motorcycle, pulling a chariot and charioteer who were essentially ornamental.  A 1922 short piece in the magazine Popular Mechanics describes this configuration:

"Burlesquing the ancient Roman chariot races, members of a western motorcycle club entertained the spectators at one of their recent gathering with an exhibition of extraordinary riding.  The "chariots" were constructed of wine barrels which were cut obliquely in two, each half providing the body for one equipage.  Automobile wheels were then mounted on the strange bodies, and to heighten the effect, the "charioteers" donned costumes reminiscent of the old Roman days.  Hitched behind motorcycles, the chariots were towed at high speed around the arena, affording genuine excitement."

 This soon developed into a configuration with two riderless motorcycles steered by a single charioteer using reins.  Steering was sometimes done with reins attached to the throttles (the charioteer steered by controlling the relative speed of the two motorcycles), and sometimes with rigid extensions attached to the handlebars.  Modern rigs may have foot pedals for speed control, the reins used for steering the front wheels.

Sadly not much is known about this sport today, although there are still some motor cycle chariots racing enthusiasts who are trying to keep it alive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some vintage photos from the races

Motorcycle Chariot Racing

 

Motorcycle Chariot Racing

 

Here Sgt. Terry McCosker takes the lead in a mechanized chariot race from Senior

Constable Keith Askew (both are from the police motor cycle squad).  The police control

their mounts by reins attached to the handlebars of the motorcycles and governed the

speed of the machines by means of pedals on the floor of the chariots, attached by cables

to the cycles.  October 09, 1974. (Photo by George Lipman/Fairfax Media via Getty Images).

Motorcycle Chariot Racing


Some people keeping it alive


Motorcycle Chariot Racing

 

Motorcycle Chariot Racing


Check out this short YouTube video from a motorcycle chariot race




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