Eddie Mulder and Digger Helm met at the race track, and they’ve been friends for over 50 years. Mulder and Helm were touring professionals, and they've got long and accomplished motorcycle histories. Helm and Mulder combine forces each September to put on the Digger Helm National. This Flat Track race has both vintage and modern divisions, and is held on a short-track at the Kern County fairgrounds. Eddie has described this Flat Track race as a fist fight in a bull ring. There’s lots of physical contact, and a lot of sideways racing. If you've never seen one of the oldest forms of motorcycle racing in the country, you owe it to yourself to check it out. Don't expect to see a bunch of gray haired old farts puttering around in the dirt. These racers move. And there is plenty of young blood out there too, from the youth division right up to contemporary National-level racers such as Joe Kopp and Jared Mees.