Every once in a while, a piece of racing history surfaces that is almost too good to be true. This is one of them. It captures an era of American roadracing that is long gone, when a future World Superbike Champion could still be just another guy at the track trying to figure it all out. There are about a dozen moments in this footage that deserve to be preserved forever.

Doug "Pollen" running a N00b triple-digit number

"Ya don't need to touch the stove to know it's hot again."

$200 for a pair of race tires.

"I'm a little in awe. I'm a little staggered."

Dave Rash of D&D Cycle is featured. He was the man who tuned Polen to so many contingency money wins.

Polen lapping at the fearsome old Texas World Speedway with cords showing on his bias ply front tire.

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