vintage racing part two

[tpierce]

I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. We had Laguna Seca to the south, Sears Point to the north. Sears Point was more receptive to weekend and club racing. The summer of 1976 had us at Sears Point with an RD350 Yamaha. What a blast. Jim rode the bike while Lenny and I wrenched. Check out the variety in the starting grid!

By ozarksguzzi at 2011-11-10
A home made monocoque framed Honda

By ozarksguzzi at 2011-11-10
A Suziki water cooled triple

By ozarksguzzi at 2011-11-10
How cool is this little bit

By ozarksguzzi at 2011-11-10
The grid

By ozarksguzzi at 2011-11-10

By ozarksguzzi at 2011-11-10
Mission accomplished

[Jack P]

Man you have some cool photos.. look forward to the nex showing

[Tim-WT]

I can't tell you how much i enjoy these posts. Great days like those deserve to be remembered!

[Tim-WT]

More please ;D

[03rexrev]

Nov 10, 2011 16:16:35 GMT -6 tpierce said:

I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. We had Laguna Seca to the south, Sears Point to the north. Sears Point was more receptive to weekend and club racing.

Hey Tim,
I grew up in SanJose, and some in Salinas by Laguna Seca. Man what memories those pic's are! I'll try to post up some From Laguna Seca.

Dan S.

[tpierce]

Dan - Your mention of Salinas brought up memories of the hill climbs. I'll dig up some old black and whites I did one year. I think it was '69 or '70. A coworker modified a Yankee for the climbs. It was a 500 twin 2 stroke with both pistons firing at the same time. LOTS of torque.