The man...the legend...the 2010 Grand Marshall Malcom Smith leads the Husky Legends Parade lap. Gunar holeshots the 1st moto in shorts! Other Husky legends showed with no gear but still rode hard despite this. Borrowed gear led to some "Stimulus package gone wrong" ensambles! Cunnimgham shakes his head after Scot blasts by. TC gets "back on it" to make a move on Scot. Freight train of "Legends" Scot leading some Legends around. Nick Burson getting pressured by a legend Not the Baja.....but Hardin going WFO! Ron Ribolzi leading Kearney Burson appears to like the 1984 WR400! But later, Burson gets "owned" by Ribolzi Classic Cunningham......still fly's! T.C. moving on Ty Davis King Richard And King Richard again. Cory Grafunder gets "owned" by King Richard! But then Cory Grafunder moves on a legend Again, Grafunder makes another move on a legend Kearnney appears to "like" the old WR 430!
That exhibition race was a once in a lifetime event. I am extremely grateful to be able to see it. Here is a list of the legends and current Husqvarna team riders that rode the race, I've called around and believe it is complete. Glenn Kearney - bike #8f (red/white/blue jersey with stars, #16 on it) Dick Burlesun - bike #493 (blue/white gear) Scot Harden - bike #7 Ron Ribolzi - bike with yellow side plates, no number Nick Burson - bike #45e (red/white/blue jersey with #1 on it) Gunner Lundstrom - bike #510 (blue jersey with #5 on it and shorts, no boots Malcolm Smith - bike #199 (purple/black msr gear) Ty Davis - #371 for the parade lap and #199 (the bike Malcolm used in the parade lap) (red/white/blue Axo gear, #59 on the back) Terry Cunningham - bike #173 (blue/white modern gear) Cory Gruffunder - bike #921 (red/white Axo gear) Also riding were Mark Blackwell, Bobby Garrison, Bill Silverthorn - wish I knew who rode what bike. .
This was my first Mid-Ohio vintage event. Many thanks to Scott who recogmended my next Husky, and all the Husky crew for making this an amazing weekend. I never imagined so many old motos were still running. By far the most popular bike there was the Honda Trail 70, my 3rd bike many, many years ago. What amazed me more than anything was a 70ish year old dude in jeans and a tee shirt, in the trials event riding a 70ish year old Indian with a hand shifter. Just one of hundreds of strange things to be found at this years event. WR Bob
Uh Oh, me thinks Bob will be back on a Husky soon. Glad you enjoyed Mid Ohio Bob. Wish I could have gone.
Saturday evening dinner... That exhibition race was extremely special. Just under that was the Saturday evening dinner. Unbelievably cool lecture & discussion given by Gunner Lindstrom - he was the highlight of my trip, great guy. As things came up the people in the audience that had lived through what he was talking about would come up on stage and say a few words. He showed some pictures on the monitor, and I took a few pics of them. Hope these are ok to put up, they are low resolution & distorted from having the TV monitor setup wrong (stretched). I'll make the rest smaller so as not to clog your internet pipeline too much.
continued... Can anyone guess who this is? Malcolm and Gunner I believe this is Terry Cunningham John and Jack Penton, incredible.
The dealer awards! Central Jersey Cycles - north east Upstate Cycles - south east Bills Motorcycle Plus - north west Malcolm Smiths Motorsports - south west Halls cycles - midwest & USA overall Tri County Motorsports (southern California) - rookie of the year Yes... a few pics. Malcolm Jay Hall (Rob Kieth on left, Jay holding award, and Mark Brady on right) And Gerald
My plan is to put up some pics of the bikes on display, then some miscellaneous pics. I'll wait a bit to do that so you can digest what has been put up so far...
Photos at Mid Ohio My 1987 430 was part of the Husqvarna display and I have taken around 300 photos. If you would like to check them out go to my company site"its the best way I can show them". www.troutnerphotography.com and then go to my event and then motorsports. What a great time it was. Guy
True that Krieg. Probably not a harder working shop owner in the country than Gerald. Wonder if that's Geralds new lady friend? The 150WR did look nice. Hurry up and get one Krieg so I can test ride one! WR Bob
Hi Bob, I'm waiting on the 2011 TC 250 before I decide. Cody has been doing a lot better than expected on the 2010 TC 250. I'd like to keep him on a 4 stroke if possible. Regarding Gerald, I'm guessing, but I think that may be his significant other. His smile seems to suggest that as well. I'm happy for him. He's a great guy and a great advocate for Husky!
Some miscellaneous pics... I was glad to see they were prepared. Young famous person getting vintage race award (forgot who at the moment) Old infamous person getting vintage race award with dubious look on his face Legend on left, Scot, and a famous announcer on right - forgot his name but he does some tv announcing such as gncc races. Jack Penton interviewing Gunner Another legend getting interviewed Legend (Terry Cunningham?) signing gas tank This took me by surprise, thought it was someone else for a brief moment. There was a vendor there from the Netherlands - Super B batteries, it was really a nice battery, they should be arriving in the usa soon.
