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t and finally • .- I winning o 00 (j) .-4 IAbovel Bed Bred Leckey h8s completed a Kawasaki-to-Kawasaki cycle; this shot was taken in 73. (Below rightl Remember MiWty Tripes on a Honda - in 19137 (Below left) America's flrst.ver MX Grand Prix winner Jim Pomeroy on his Bultaco. Do you remember when it was Bob "Who?" Hannah instead of "Hurricane" Hannah... the fledgling spon of MX in 1970 as compared to today's version ... Many Tripes winning the Superbowl of MX at age 16 and then proving it was no fluke by winning the next year also .. _Unadilla. perhaps the MX track in the U.S. being designed by Mid Andrews who then turned his talents to trials and won a World Championship... All the MX'ers and their mechanics whose first taste of glory came from a hardworking, MX·loving motojournalist. .. long before the din rags figured it was the thing to do .. Jimmy Weinen and Tony DiStefano's classic battles. ••• Do you remember the AMA's decision to allow a rider to contest only one National Championship... the advent of the multi-rider factory team ... the people who said that Supercross would never work ... Gary Jones' three 250cc National Championship titles (197274) on three different brands... collecting autographs from the GP stars like Roger Decoster. Heikki Mikkola, Adolf WeiI and John Banks... the BSA MX team ... Brad Lackey's "Love Dove" that he kept clipped to his crossbar ... controversy over Pierre Karsmakers being awarded the 500cc National title in 1973 despite the fact that he wasn't an American citizen ... ••• Do .you remember Ake Jonsson winmng nine straight Trans-AM A events in 1972 ...or Brad Lackey's eight best American finishes that ye.ar. .. Adolf Weil's steel blue eyes... Barry Higgins and the 500cc Yankee MX bike... the younger and younger riders . .. the new little league known as minibike MX ... the cobby CZ's of the Czech riders ... the rise and fall of the HarleyDavidson MX effort... plastic MX boots ... Mickey Boone and his chewing tobacco ... how Danny Chandler got the nickname "Magoo..... why they call Rex Staten "Rocket". _. ••• Do you remember Peter Lamppu ... how about his wife Judy and her weekly saga of life on the MX circuit ... MX'ers winning the Motorcycle Olympiad and The Superbikers ... the days when Europeans made up nearly half the Trans-AMA entries... that both Gary Jones and Tony DiStefano suffered leg injuries after winning three 250cc National litles.•. Bob Hannah, twice 250cc National Champion, breaking h.is leg while waterskiing with arch-rival and now teammate Many Tripes driving the boat._ Jimmy Weinert riding dirt track and doing fairly well before committing himself to MX full time ... ••• Do you remember Evel Knievel's $100,000 Snake River MX with Pierre Karsmakers and Marty Tripes taking home over $10,000 each ... pit tootsies ... Edison Dye, who with John Penton, first brought MX to America ... Gerrit Wolsink's domirfation of the 500cc USGP at Carlsbad ... the fact that no American has even won the Carlsbad GP .. Jimmy "Captain Cobalt" Ellis... Yamaha's clean sweep of all major U.S. titles in 1978 ... all those neat weight saving pans made from "unobtainium"... bow they were legislated out by the AMA, and now how they're legal once again, .. the hilariousJohn "Light Brown" Lancione.... ••• Do you remember Gary Bailey turning from racing to teaching MX and ending up being called "The Professor" ... Rick Burgett going all out to win the 1978 500cc National title because his contract at Yamaha was up for renewal.. Jimmy Weinert and Mike Goodwin having a punch out over a "slight" disagreement ... Bob Hannah and Marty Tripes refusing to ride the '78 Anaheim Supercross unless paid a starting premium ... Mark Blackwell's promising career ruined by leg and eye injuries... the first time you saw a rider do a cross up ... Bob Hannah's style of riding when he is charging from behind ... ••• Do you remember tbe AMA's claiming rule and whatever became of it ... the introduction of water·cooled works bikes into the National Champion- 13