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n Hallow een night, Vintage Iron's Rick Dou ghty assembled a gro up of so me of
the fines t motocross racers the spo rt has to offer, bri ngin g rid ers from all over
the wo rld to att end his cha rity banquet. Speed vision 's Larry Maiers interviewed
the he roes of yes terday, and naturally there were plenty of stories ...
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(Above ) One of the more poputar
banquet guests was Jim Pomeroy
- the first American to wi n a moto
in Wor ld Championship
Mot ocross.
(Left) Multi-time AMA Motocross
Nat ional Champions Broc Glover
and Dav id Bailey hang out wi th
Ba il ey 's father, Gary - h imself a
note d race r, instructor and track
build er.
(Below) Larry Maier s interv iew s
the American World Cham pio ns
from 1982 - Brad Lac key (cen ter)
and Danny LaPorte (ri ght).
(Above) Fo rmer AMA SOOc c Nat ional Motocross Champ ion
Ric k B ur g ett s ig ned an o ld Yamah a tank that was lat er
sol d in an auction at th e ba nq uet . Ev ent organizer Ric k
Doughty lo oks on.
(Ri ght) With out a do u bt, J ohn De Sot o i s Hawaii's most
f am ous motocros s export . DeSoto s lipped on a b ib t hat
was later auctioned.
(Below ) No one came to t he banquet with more titles than
current Suzuki m otocros s team manager Ro ger DeCost er .
How do es five-tim e SOOcc World Cham pion sound ?
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(Right) DeCoster talks shop with Maiers and 1960 and
1961 European 2S0cc Motocross Champion Dave
Bickers, who made the trip from England for the
banquet. Wit h no 2S0cc World MX Championship until
1963, being the European Champion in '60 and '61 was
the equivalent of being World Champion .
(Below) One of the
youn ger ex-r iders in
attendan ce, Rick
Johnson was the all time leading AMA
Supercross w inner
un til Je remy McGrath
came along . In addi ti on
to h is two AM A
Superc ross titles,
Johns on als o won fiv e
AMA Nati onal
Motoc ross ti t les during
hi s illustri ous career.
