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Our very own Joe Welder can boast one very unique claim to fame. \u00a0He grew up down the street from Eddie Lawson<\/a>! \u00a0They raced motorcycles together in AMA district 37 when they were little! \u00a0(Okay, perhaps not so little\u2026)<\/p>\n

And now, they still remain connected, although in a different way: they help to keep each other in business.<\/p>\n

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In dirt-track racing (how Eddie got started in his career), you need something called a \u201chot shoe\u201d. \u00a0No, they\u2019re not hot. \u00a0And no, they\u2019re not really shoes. \u00a0They are actually the antithesis of their name \u2013 they keep your shoes from getting hot.<\/p>\n

On a dirt racetrack, as the rider leans the bike into the turns, he has to stick out his left foot to keep balance and direct the bike through the corner. \u00a0And, as you can imagine, direct contact with hard-packed dirt going over a hundred miles an hour might hurt your foot just a little bit.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where the hot shoes come in. \u00a0Hot shoes are metal casings that are formed around the bottom of your riding boot. \u00a0They are perfectly shaped so that they don\u2019t fall off or let dirt in when you use them to turn that corner at speed.<\/p>\n

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Iron Cobbler Hot Shoes<\/a> is a company out of Salinas, Ca that custom makes\u00a0hot shoes for riders in AMA district 36. \u00a0They use the best tungsten carbide hardfacing available to make them and let me tell you, this material is not for the faint of heart. \u00a0It\u2019s the same stuff used for mining equipment. \u00a0If it can dig into rocks, it can certainly protect your feet from a little wear and tear.<\/p>\n

\"p1030357re\"So where do Joe Welder and Arc-Zone.com come into this? \u00a0Well, in order to create great hot shoes, you need the proper welding equipment by your side. \u00a0And what better place to find it at than Arc-Zone.com?\u00a0 If you’re interested in welding hot shoes, check out our TIG section<\/a>, especially the Tungsten Grinders<\/a>…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our very own Joe Welder can boast one very unique claim to fame. \u00a0He grew […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8560,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,30,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-joe-welder","category-memory-lane","category-motorsports","entry","fw-tab-6 fw-tabr-4"],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\nOf Hot Shoes and Eddie Lawson - Joe Welder\u2122 Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Of Hot Shoes and Eddie Lawson - Joe Welder\u2122 Blog -\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.arc-zone.com\/joewelder\/2009\/04\/08\/of-hot-shoes-and-eddie-lawson\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joe Welder\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/08\\\/of-hot-shoes-and-eddie-lawson\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/08\\\/of-hot-shoes-and-eddie-lawson\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Joe Welder\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d11eef7e30a3295231fc0ea473ff9505\"},\"headline\":\"Of Hot Shoes and Eddie Lawson\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-04-08T16:49:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-08-15T17:21:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/08\\\/of-hot-shoes-and-eddie-lawson\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":340,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/08\\\/of-hot-shoes-and-eddie-lawson\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/wp-content\\\/new_ups\\\/default-featured-image.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"About Joe Welder\",\"Memory Lane\",\"Motorsports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/08\\\/of-hot-shoes-and-eddie-lawson\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/08\\\/of-hot-shoes-and-eddie-lawson\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blog.arc-zone.com\\\/joewelder\\\/2009\\\/04\\\/08\\\/of-hot-shoes-and-eddie-lawson\\\/\",\"name\":\"Of Hot Shoes and Eddie Lawson - 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