WMRRA Hosts Legends Reunion
At The Ridge
"I
f none of you are 72 years
old, you've got some catch-
ing up to do!" chortled Bruce
Lind who began racing in the
1960s, and co-founded Wash-
ington Motorcycle Road Racing
Association (WMRRA) with wife
Edy Lind and local racer Bruce
Bille in 1974. "Carry on racing!"
has been Lind's mantra. In recent
years, he's raced his TZ750 in
Australia's Phillip Island Classic,
and recently he took it to The
Legends Reunion at The Ridge in
Shelton, Washington.
The Legends of NW Motorcy-
cle Roadracing Reunion was put
together by WMRRA racer Mike
Wassemiller and Alan Schwen
whose Track Time event com-
bined 55 senior club racers with
about 35 track-day enthusiasts.
Canadian Ken Botham has
raced Lind since at least the
1970s. As a TrackTime riding in-
structor, he found The Ridge "ter-
rifying at first, but once you string
together a series of apexes, it's
fun."
Gus Denzler is another of
Bruce Lind's peers who recently
retired from a career as principal
of middle schools. Denzler rode
his tricolored Moto Guzzi, in ad-
vanced level 20-minute sessions,
with younger brother Chris Den-
zler. An instructor called "Super
Don" said veterans passed him
close, but without the drama of
"some of the 20- and 30-year-old
riders in the relaxed and interme-
diate levels." Two-time WMRRA
president Joe Davis welcomed
all. (Some joked that Davis was
"most hated" because his 1979
leathers still fit, but he's too fast
and likable for that.) Matt Harlowe
and others told tales.
Blues band Hurts Like Hell
played during a ribs and chicken
dinner. Mike Wassemiller and
wife Gina explained that spark-
plugging the Legends reunion
took most of a year. Mike said,
IN
THE
WIND
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Bruce Lind, John Palmer and
Ken Botham trade stories
next to the WASCO TZ750
Yamaha at The Legends
Reunion at The Ridge.
