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The Racer at KI originally ran forward on both sides, then switched to one forward, one backward in '82.

I have fond memories from the 80's and 90's riding both sides. There was always some good-natured trash talking between the two tracks as they headed out from the gate and up the first hill (think "Great Tasting" vs. "Less Filling" and corny stuff like that). They eventually turned away from each other, but came back together for the finish line.

Sadly they flipped it back to the original configuration a while ago.