W
riter Gerald Foster and Mo-
tion Pro CEO Chris Carter
recently penned the book When
Honda Went Dirt Track Racing,
which has attracted a lot of atten-
tion. The book got so heavy with
content (it weighs over seven
pounds), it was decided to put
the overflow content on Motion
Pro's website. This interview with
Dee Johnson is just one of those
gems of dirt track history.
In addition to being a suc-
cessful businesswoman whose
work has been worn by dirt
track racers for five decades,
Dee Johnson is also Randy
Goss's mother-in-law. Goss
is featured in the book, and
Johnson made his and Doug
Chandler's leathers when they
rode for Freddie Spencer's Su-
perTrapp Honda team. The six
degrees of separation between
the racers, their families and the
race scene of the era led Foster
to interview Johnson, who al-
most single-handedly produced
an amazing number of dirt track
race suits.
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Sewing Leathers of the
An Interview with Dee Johnson
BY GERALD FOSTER
Dee Johnson of D's Leathers
made racing leathers for many
of the top stars, such as Jay
Springsteen, son-in-law Randy
Goss and Corky Keener! There
were many, many others.
