Calling the ferret (or any other MX fans)...

[Guth_imp]

I just bought a new (to me) film scanner this past weekend and have been playing around with it in my spare time over the past few days. Seeing how you were a Bob Hannah fan back in the day, I thought you might enjoy this photo that I took back in 1978 at the Trans-AMA event held at Red Bud in Buchanan, MI. This photo seems oh-so-appropriate as Hannah went on that year to become the first American to ever win the series that began in 1970. He would also be the last American to win as it turns out — 1978 was the final year of existence for Trans-AMA before it was morphed into the Trans-USA series.

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[url=https://flic.kr/p/2jCUkG9]Bob Hannah by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/160414302@N05/]Bill Guthrie, on Flickr


The guy who won the series the previous 4 years? "The Man", Roger De Coster of course...

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[url=https://flic.kr/p/2jCTxEJ]Roger De Coster by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/160414302@N05/]Bill Guthrie, on Flickr

By the way, I can't recall if any other races that I attended in my youth featured a parade lap as seen in these images. These are the only such photos that I have of this sort in my personal archives. Perhaps this was specific to the Trans-AMA series?