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Robert Schleichert
Softcover
126 pages
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The Birth of Motocross: An Illustrated History of the Early Years of America’s #1 Dirt Sport – The Tracks – The Riders – The Machines
$35.95
This is the story of the beginning of what has become America’s #1 dirt sport, when motocross was “imported” into America, first as the “Inter-Am” series in 1968-’69, then as the “Trans-Am” series in 1970. Classic race tracks ranged from the movie backlot at Westlake Village and the arid Carlsbad and Saddleback Park in California to Linnville, Ohio, and Unadilla, New York, and Pepperrell, Massachusetts. The best European riders – Roger Decoster, Jeff Smith, Joel Robert, Torsten Hallman, Bengt Aberg, Arne Kring, Vic Allan, Dave Bickers and others – competed against the brash new American like Gary Bailey, Dick Mann, Marty Tripes, Brad Lackey, Jim Pomeroy, Gary Jones, Rex Stanton, Barry Higgens, Preston Petty and more.
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| Weight | 0.5 kg |
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| Dimensions | 28 × 21.6 × 1 cm |
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