The book American Road Runner is about The Stampede, a cross country chopper race. The Stampede is not anything like any other motorcycle race. How do you cross 3000 miles of the country in the fastest way on a rigid frame home built motorcycle? Do you go as fast as possible at all times or keep an even pace to minimize fuel stops. Do you stop for rest, or not rest at all? No matter how you plan your race, or what strategy you follow, there are going to be mechanical problems, bad weather, uncertainty and a dangerously increasing fatigue factor.
No matter
your preparation, your skill, your stamina or your luck, you are going to have
a lot of time to just think. In those long hours of non-stop riding, Bob
Marshall contemplates his life and gives us a look into his mind. American Road
Runner is a self examination of an extraordinary life considered during the
stresses of running what some have called the greatest American motorcycle
race.
