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Motocross Motorcycle Racing
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Motocross Collector Book Review
Heres a real piece of Motocross History, The book is titled Motocross Motorcycle Racing (Super wheels Series)
by John Yaw
47 pages
Publisher: Lerner Pub Group 1978 47 pages
ISBN-10: 0822504235
ISBN-13: 978-0822504238
This book is 100% old school Pro Motocross. Despite its publishing date of 1978 the book has pictures of
Bob Hannah in his first year (1976)
This book is just loaded with awesome pictures of Pros Like Hannah, Marty Smith, Rex Staten, Jimmy Ellis, Tony D, Warren
Reid, Steve Stackable, Jimmy Weinert,
Gary Semics, Brad Lackey, Kent Howerton and MORE. |
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Dark Blue Text is actual text taken from the book
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| The book Motocross Motorcycle Racing
begins with a history on Motocross and Scrambles covering important facts with black and white shots of
a pre war Scrambles another picture of the 1954 Motocross des Nations. |
Scrambles machines
were heavy and hard to handle, and riding them demanded as much physical strength as it did skill and
daring. In fact, the winner of an early scrambles race was often the contestant who was strong enough to push his motorcycle
through a mud hole before any of his fellow racers could.
Then, in 1930, a Swedish manufacturing company recognized the growing sales possibilities of a factory-produced machine for
scrambles racing. So it was that the Husqvarna Company of Sweden designed and built the Special racing Motorcycle, a bike
intended expressly for scrambles competition.
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Pre War Scrambles
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1954 Motocross Des Nations
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1976 125 Nationals
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Warren Reid
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The book breifly explaining the rules of
Motocross and the sanctioning bodies of the AMA and
the FIM. Then moves to the meat of the book the American Motocross scene, the
real story for the collector is the images this book captures.
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FMF rider Warren Reid stylin click
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Far left
FMF rider Warren Reid pulls the holeshot in front of
the likes of Bob Hannah, Marty Smith, click
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HISTORY OF THE SPORT
Since the turn of the century, motorcycle racing on dirt tracks and paved roads has been a popular pastime in the United States.
But the kind of motorcycle racing known as "motocross" is a relatively new sport to Americans. In fact, not many motorcycle
enthusiasts in the United States had even heard of motocross racing before the late 1960s, when the first motocross exhibition
series between American and European riders was held in California. Because they were new to this rough-and-tumble form of
motorcycle racing, the untrained American riders performed poorly in the early rounds against their experienced European competitors.
In Europe, where the sport originated, some form of motocross racing had existed for almost 40 years.
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Bob Hannah rests between motos click
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Far left
Bob Hannah and Gary Semics
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Rich Eierstedt holeshots in front of
Gary Semics, Jim Weinert, Brad Lackey, Rex Staten,
Steve Stackable and more
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Marty Smith click
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Water Cooled Yamaha click
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Far left
Can Am rider Jimmy Ellis Suffer a DNF click
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Start at Mid Ohio
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Icons Motocross Collector Book Review Rating
With even more
images then shown in this review and every one of
high quality this book is truly a worthy
addition to any motocross memorabilia collection.
The fact that all the photos are of professional
racing and some of the photos cover the rookie
season of a Motocross Icon make this a truly
valuable piece of history. |
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