na, plus the works Maico pairing of Ger-
mans Adolf Weil and Willy Bauer. Needless
to say, the 'internationals' ran riot, winning
every race of the three-round series which
was condensed into three meetings in just
eight days across three Australian states.
With a Honda dealership to look after, I man-
aged to compete in only the Sydney round,
while my mate Laurie Alderton, 10 years my
senior, did two.
Later, when the Europeans had departed
with the prize money, Laurie and I got to
thinking that a bit more of this would be a
good thing. Europe was out of the ques-
tion, but the emerging U.S. motocross
scene might just be possible. Originally,
we thought of entering the International
Six Days Trial, which in
1973 took place in Massa-
chusetts, but the red tape
associated with that quickly
quashed the idea.
Instead, I wrote to Art
Barda, at the time general
secretary of the AMA, enquir-
ing sheepishly about the pos-
sibility of Laurie and I getting
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(Above) Jim Scaysbrook at Mid-Ohio. Two
DNFs and a sore butt. (Below) Roger DeCoster
roosts the factory Suzuki Canada.
