And to make it a motorcycle day, this piece of history; thank you Superbike Planet
http://www.superbikeplanet.com/2005/Mar/050327a.htm
Easter: A Time For Chocolate Rabbits, Church & ... Racing?
by dean adams
Sunday, March 27, 2005
The Easter holiday weekend means different things to different people. If you're a follower of the most factions of the Christian religion, then it's a time of celebration and prayer. If you're addicted to chocolate, and you have kids in the house, then you probably won't be too far from a fix (or at least some peeps) for a week or more. To film buffs it's a good time to catch The Ten Commandments or The Passion of the Christ on television.
There was a time, though, when the Easter weekend historically meant racing. For more than a decade the grudge match of the year between British and American riders happened each Easter. In fact, Easter weekend has always been an important racing weekend in England—the Brit Superbike series, for instance, opens this weekend.
Born in the early 1970s as a contest between BSA and Triumph riders, by the early-1970s the "Match Races" were quickly changed to the format they'd keep until the end: American riders versus their British counterparts on UK tracks, with group scoring on several differnet tracks over three days.
That said it was a fun morning of Easter baskets, chocolate and Peeps with the kids
