John Ramos, left, and Dan Mahoney Jr. Two professional photographers who I envied. I was always jealous of the motor drives on their cameras.
Donnie Castro and Jim Rice.
Cal Rayburn and Gene Romero.
Alan Kenyon, left of his bike, Tom Butler and Sonny Kenyon.
Sonny owned, along with Gene Duncan, the local Bultaco shop. They also had BSA's. Wasn't unuasal to have a main event at a local track with every rider in Sonny Kenyon leathers.
Sonny Kenyon
Alan Kenyon
J.O. Jimmy Odom
Cal Rayburn and Mert Lawwill
Jack Dunne, mechanic ... and Mert Lawwill
same photo take a second later.
Jack on Merts bike with Dick Mann walking by in the back ground.
Mark Brelsford & Billy Morgans dad.
Dick Mann and in the background Dave Hansen #54 yelling to someone.
Gary Scott as a Jr.
Jim Rice doing a wheelie as he heads out for practice. He never did this. Thats why I devoted two shots to it.Bob Scally right behind him.71z
Jim Rice
Donnie Castro.
Cal Rayburn
Alan Kenyon. His helmet has a 96 on it. The #96 was his number at Road Atlanta. He just hadn't taken it off the helmet yet.
Alan Kenyon, Dick Mann. Cal Rayburn. #54 Dave Hansen #18 Jimmy Odem
#7 Mark Brelsford, #71z Bob Scalley
Les Costanza
Help again
Scott Brelsford leads the pack on his rocket ship Yamaha 250 twin.
Scott was usually long gone after one lap. Jimmy Odem rode the 250 and talked about how fast it was.
Kenny Roberts as a Jr. 2x
same photo but I have two negatives don't know why.
crash at turn 1-2
same crash
Donnie Castro
Eddie Mulder
Gene Romero
Dick Mann with Bill Spencer taking pictures in the back ground.
Dave Aldana
Dick Mann
Mark Brelsford
Tommy Rockwood
Eddie Mulder in his paisley leathers
Bobbie Goodman
help
Mark Brelsford wearing helmet camera used while filming On Any Sunday
Gene Romero and , I think, Dick Mann. For a few years the AMA gave out your number by how you finished the previous year. These photos cover a number of years and I get mixed up.
#8 is Chuck Palmgren, Thanks Frank
Jimmy Odem, Dick Mann with a passenger. Count the legs on our right and #88y Alan Kenyon.
2nd is #54 Dave Hansen, then Alan Kenyon and #9 Tommy Rockwood.
#10 Niel Keen, Mert is in the middle but you can't see his number plate. I got a note saying Scott Brelsford is #19 but I don't remember him on the big bikes.
Jimmy Odem, #10Niel Keen, Dick Mann. Bill Spencer taking photo.
Alan Kenyon with helmet camera used in filming On Any Sunday.
Jimmy Odem, #10 Niel Keen, #88 Alan Kenyon
Jimmy Odem heading down the back stretch.
#6 maybe Mert, #88y Alan Kenyon, #18 Jimmy Odem, #7 Mark Brelsford, #4 Dick Mann and Bill Spencer taking pictures.
#6 Mert, #7 Mark, #18 J.O.
Gene Romero and Dave Sehl from Canada. Thanks, Frank
#71z Bob Scalley, #3 Dave Aldana
Help 2nd guy looks like Chuck Palmgren
#3 Dave Aldana, sliding, again. 88y Alan Kenyon, #4 Dick Mann, #6 Mert Lawwill.
Look on the outside it's Dave Aldana in a slide, feet up. How unsual!
Alan Kenyon was the only one in focus.
Since I spent way to much time at Sonny Kenyon's shop I got to know Alan hence all the Alan Kenyon pictures.
name these Juniors. # 64 Gary Scott? 25 Billy Morgan?
On the outside Bill Fleck, #9 Tommy Rockwood, #88y Alan Kenyon and in front #54 Dave Hansen
Bill Flett, solo shot. He is a motorcycle dealer in Scotts Valley, Ca. now. Specializes in old English stuff.AJS, Matchless, Ariel, BSA, Norton, Royal Enfield , Triumph and Indian, not English. 408-438-2816
3 shots in a row of #17, a little help here.
Who the heck is this? After all these years no one can tell me!
Back straight Alan and Dave Hansen
Turn 3 Alan Kenyon.
#14 Cal Rayburn, #1 Gene Romero
#1 Gene Romero followed by Mark Brelsford.
Mark Brelsford could also slide.
Turn 4
Mark Brelsford reaching for a tear off. I had a better picture but I sent it in for a contest and never saw it again.
and it's Mark Brelsford....
Alan Kenyon with the #96 helmet on
Bob Scalley. He still races to this day. He is still fast. and he still fits into these leathers.
Mike Yarn. Turns out we had the same room mate at different times.
Down out of turn 4...
but he has the presence of mind to look back for other riders.
Sized Bultaco. Notice the long skid mark.
Jim Rice under the paint
Scott Brelsford. On occasion he hid under the bed in my van because he didn't have the money to pay to get into the local track, Fremont.
Cow Palace indoors, Kris Bakke and ?
The guy in the lead looks short enough to be JD Pilkington, help. San Jose indoors.
Alan Kenyon and Billy Morgan? Same guys are in a photo at San Jose dirt track.
This was a track called the Sand Pit. In the blue is Ron the ambulance guy. He was at every event. The guy in the white T shirt is Bruce and way in the back is some guy who couldn't afford a bike but he looks fast.
Alan Kenyon, the photo is reversed.
Pretty sure it is Alan again
left is Scott Brelsford right is Alan Kenyon
Halls Ranch. Guy in yellow jacket sitting in back ground is Al Chuck. Guy in white T shirt behind him is Bruce, again.
#77 tries out a new yoga position
nice rooster tail in the bottom of the photo
Starting crash, Halls Ranch. You can see the hill climbs in the back ground.
#1 is Al Chuck. You will see lots of pictures of him.
Al had the most points in the Palo Alto motorcycle club last year so he got to wear the #1 plate.
Al was aka as VC, for Viet Cong. It was the early '70's and Al is Chinese.
No yellow tape so is he out of bounds or not?
Al also raced slot cars. In that world he is known as Owl Chump and is in the Slot Car Hall of Fame.
Misjudged the turn or as a friend says " Ran out of talent".
Larry Schultz just took this guy out. I was looking through the view finder going " Holy Shit".
Pretty sure this was one of the Kenyon girls boyfriend but I can't remember his name.
same kid
I'm told it's Rick Hocking.
Trials event in Eastern Washington State winter of 1970-71. I just liked this photo.
Notice no helmets back then. It was gentleman's sport. My first dirt bike in the US was a Sherpa T.
Fremont, Ca. Notice the GM plant in the back ground.
#57 was a best friend of local champion Jim Foley. I told him he was landing on the front wheel every time he went over the jump. He told me "never" did that. Ha, take that.
Mean Gene Duncan, co owner of Sonny Kenyons Cycle.Airborne! Gene is a big guy.
Gene again.
Took this just outside of Tokyo Japan in Jan. 1970. It was the debut of the new RM 250 Suzuki.
It was just a few days before I was discharged from the AF.
There were only 6 guys in this class, the international class.
Gary Bailey Sr. riding a 125cc Zundapp at one of the first Hangtown motocross events. He has paper rabbit ears taped to his helmet.
You had a choice of lines.
John Desoto the " Flying Hawiian"
My first bike a 650cc Matchless.
Bought it from another AF guy when I was stationed at Dyess AFB in Abilene, Texas.
I bought it in the spring of 1966.
Sold it and bought a real man's bike. A Sportster 883. Now those are "girls" starter bikes. The Sportster handled really bad compared to the Matchless and was no faster.
I had nothing to do if I wasn't flying so I polished the bike a lot if I wasn't riding. Rode that bike all over the place.
Open face helmet. They didn't have full face helmets yet. Only GI's rode with helmets all the time. The locals seldom wore helmets.
My BSA B50T. I rode it in the mountains for years. All my friends rode 2 strokes. When I bought my Maico they all bought 350 honda singles and bored them out to 405. I have never been instep.
