MAYO MOTO STREET CLASSIC
Brings Racing to the Streets of Tulsa
By Julie Wenger Watson
Roland Sands Design, a California
custom motorcycle product, apparel and
event company is bringing its Super
Hooligan National Championship to
Tulsa as part of a new motorcycle and
music festival, The Mayo Moto Street
Classic (MMSC), Saturday June 15 at
Mayo Place, 525 E. 6thStreet. Billed
as “a party where a race breaks out,”
in addition to motorcycle races, the
festival features vendors, art, food and
music. Gates open at 11 AM, with races
throughout the day. The evening closes
with a concert from JJ Grey & Mofro
and Tulsa’s Paul Benjaman Band.
The Super Hooligan flat track races are
one of the fastest growing series in the
world. The Tulsa event is one of nine
stops on the series for 2019. Others
include Austin’s Hand Built Show, South
Dakota’s Sturgis Rally and Costa Mesa
Speedway in California. Super Hooli-
gan races run on street bikes right off
the showroom floor and are open to
all manufacturers. The bikes must be
750cc and up, with flat track tires in
stock frames. There are race opportu-
nities available for professionals and
amateurs alike at the Tulsa festival.
MMSC takes place on the grounds of
the former headquarters for Nordam.
Businessman John Snyder of Brickhu-
gger, LLC, a Tulsa developer whose
projects include the Mayo Hotel, owns
the property. The urban industrial site
will be transformed into a festival, with
a racetrack right on the streets. For-
mer professional racer, Roland Sands,
oklahoma biker the riders ragazine
the founder of Roland Sands Design,
was in Tulsa in April to design the
track. Two-time Grand Prix Motocross
World Champion, Trampas Parker, and
Shawnee-born Motocross Star, Jimmy
Albertson, stopped by to lend a hand
and test the course.
“It’s incredible to bring the Super Hooli-
gans to Tulsa,” says Sands. “Bob Wills
was a cousin to my grandma, so I grew
up listening to steel guitar and Texas
Swing. Bringing the love of music and
motorcycles together in one place with
the type of energy provided by Tulsa is
a special opportunity, and we have an
amazing partner in John Snyder and the
Mayo crew. We’re racing in the streets!”
The festival also kicks off the opening of
the Mayo Moto Museum, a collection of
200 + vintage bikes. The museum will
be open to the public, free of charge,
beginning on Saturdays in late June.
General Admission tickets to the festival
are $35 and are available at www.tick-
etstorm.com. For more information, visit
www.facebook.com/mayomotoclassic.
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