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o 00 0') (Above) Steve Eklund's TT briHiance helped him win the 79 crown. (Below) Gery Scott and H·D's Dick O'Brien share a friendly moment in 75. (Above) John HateIey showed off-the-track style as well. (Below) Gary Fisher loses it at Corona. Fisher was better known as a road racer. (ContinuedfTom page 9) Do you remember Kenny Ro~ns winning a TT, shon track. half mile, mile and road race all in one season (1975)... Steve Eklund's dominance of Santa Fe Park Nationals... the unfolding drama at the 1976 Daytona 200 when Kenny Ro~ns blew a rear tire because of excessive wear while Johnny CecOttO went on to win, the threads finishing with showing... the oppressive heat and red hOI racing of Peoria ... Gene Romero leaving a proud of flesh - literally - OD the track at Talladega and haviDg to sit on cushions during the flight home since his posterior was so tender ... Mark Brelsford's firey crash at Daytona ... the saying that old racers never die as demonstrated by Ban Markel at the 1979 Syracuse Mile? ••• Do you remember panying ~fore. during or after a National... the first time you saw Jay Springsteen working a track for all it was wonh ... Dick Mann's collection of hats... Harley· Davidson racing team manager Dick O'Brien... Gary SCOtt's passion for making sure the claiming rule really worked ... Paul Smart's three consecutive Daytona 200 pole position winning rides... watching the pit crew of Team Triumph lift Gary Nixon onto his bike so that he could ride the 1971 Daytona 200 despite a broken leg... Roben E. Lee, "The Little General," or Mike "Coon Ass" Gerald.. .Jim Rice breaking his collarbone in the midst of a National winning ride by hittinK the inside rail? ••• Do you remember Kenny Robens saying that "They don't pay me enough to ride that thing," about his Indy winning TZ750 Yamaha dirt bike...Corky Keener saying about Ro~ns' win, "I heard that screaming s.o.b. coming and I knew it was all over." after finishing second... the AMA banning multi-cylinder 750cc din track two· strokes from Nationals... the change from 350cc to 250cc for shon trac\r. racing machinery... Dick Mann's Homewood Mile and Peoria TT wins -the 23rd and 24th of his career - which were. unfortunately, his last... An Baumann, the fastest road racer on two wheels, when he could stay on them ... Yvon DuHamel, Baumann's Kawasaki teammate, who also had a bit of trouble staying on two wheels... Ron Wood's immaculate Nonon din trackers with Alex Jorgen· sen in the saddle... the delightfully crazy Eddie Mulder? ••• Do you remember the Goodyear DT I and DT II din track tires which changed the entire scope of tire selec· tion for di'n track ... the best dressed rider award at the Charity Newsies... the fantastic things. Sid The Jeweler built as awards for setting fast time at San Jose and Ascot. .. road racer Pat Hennen taking the chance on going to Europe and winding up with a Suzuki factory contract. .. the accident on the Isle of Man which ended Hennen's promising career in Sehl getting a 1978... Dave stranglehold on the Louisville Half Mile in the early seventies... thinking that if one Indy Mile was good. two would be great and then finding out you were right. .. the Castle Rock TT, a show in itself...Steve Baker winning the F750 World Championship and losing his ride with Yamaha because he didn't win the 500cc title also? ••• Do you remember Dale "Pig Farmer" Singleton and his porcine mascot Elmer. .. Gary and Hank Scott ganging up on Jay Springsteen's tuner Bill Werner in a washroom punch·out before San Jose ... Evel Knievel spon· soring Gary Scott and Gene Romero ... Team Bean ... watching Scott Parker and wondering how he managed to keep it on two wheels ... World Champion Giacomo Agostini making a movie star entrance on the starting grid of the Daytona 200 and then going on to win ... Steve Morehead's one year of glory on the HarleyDavidson factory squad ... Randy Goss' determination and will to succeed in 1979 ... what gas cost in 1979 _ .. the AMA Board of Trustee's refusal to even listen to arguments in favor of an unrestricted 500cc 4-stroke restricted 750cc rule for din track as a remedy to bri1'!g more brands and new blood back into racing? ••• Do you remember Don Castro... Don Emde Russ March Bouncing Bob Malley Gary Fisher Charlie Watson ... Duke Pennell. ..Jody Nicholas .. Rex Beauchamp... Chuck Joyner . Charlie Seale .. .Jay Ridgeway Guy Odom Keith McClure.. .Jimmy Mashburn ... Billy Eves... RoD Grant. .. Paul Bostrom ... Gordon Dusenberry... Ted Henter. .. Ron Pierce ... Bubba Rush ... Rick Hocking... Darryl Hurst ... Ronnie Rail Tom Rockwood ... Billy Schaeffer Hurley Wilverl. .. Kurt Leibmann Reg Pridmore... Eddie Wirth... Dave Smith Terry Dorsch DeWayne Keeter Frank Gillespie Steve Dro.te... Phil McDonald Pat Evans... Cliff Carr.. .Jim Evans and all the others who made the seventies one helluva decade? ••• Do you remember? We do. 11