Soup's This Week's Greatest Racing Photo Ever Taken: Dick Mann & Romero on the Lift Gate
by Chase Winstead
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Reasons why:
Racer and champion Dick Mann mentored dozens of riders including Gene Romero, pictured here. Romero looks at "Bugsy" respectfully in this photo from 1971. Mann seated on lift gate; Romero crouched on the ground.
Dick's taped wrist.
The "are you sure you got it cranked down?" handle on the bed-mounted vise.
Brent's stool.
Mann's plaintive expression. "Well, kid, when I raced Dodge City in 1953 ..."
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