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Thrillarena features a bunch of photographic goodness on motordromes of yesteryear. Cookie Ayers doing no-handed wall rides look so badass.

The NY Times also wrote a piece on Samantha Morgan, one of the few remaining female motordrome riders in the United States.

As she continues her maverick pursuit, Ms. Morgan worries it may be the end of an era for women in the dromes. There were as many as 30 in the dromes’ heyday, she said, but now there are no young people coming up to take her place. She knows only one other female rider, Ms. Donmoyer, who rides for the Hell Riders and is known as Sandra D.

She passed away in April of 2008 due to complications from prior injuries while riding the wall of death.