Historical Racing Images 1967-1976 # 3
"Which one-ah you sum-bitches ..."
by allan engel
Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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Nixon on the grid at Daytona on the Hansen Kawasaki. A Cycle staffer walks past.

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Locals check out the machinery at the '76 Czech GP.

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Daytona 1970. Tommy Robb and Ralph Bryans. Dick Mann won the event on a similar Honda. It was a political disaster and fueled anti-Honda bad blood in US racing for a decade.
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Say! Your feet must touch the ground--it's in the regulations! Hailwood's machine is wheeled into place at the '67 Canadian GP.

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Walter Villa, a three-time world champion, at Ontario in 1975.

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Tapo Virtanan's works 250 MZ. This would be the last time MZ raced the 250 class.
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An Aldana or Read John Player Norton at Daytona in 1970.

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Yamaha International's Ray Martinez on the grid at Daytona.

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Yvon DuHamel's Kawasaki 750 in '74. Check out the parallelogram swingarm.
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Nixon. "Which one-ah you sum-bitches ..."
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