Bob Hannah and Roger DeCoster launch off the line at the 1977 St. Peter’s (Mo.) Trans-AMA. (AMA press kit photo)
Bob Hannah (2) and Roger DeCoster (104) launch off the line at the 1977 St. Peter’s (Mo.) Trans-AMA. At the time Hannah was the up-and-coming motocross racer in America – DeCoster already a five-time World Champion.
In this battle of motocross legends it was the veteran DeCoster racing his factory Suzuki to victory over Hannah, who took second on the factory Yamaha. In the end Roger D won the Trans-Am Series over The Hurricane. It marked DeCoster’s fourth-straight Trans-Am title. Hannah would go on to win the series in 1978.
Both riders are considered among the all-time greats in the sport.
Rider Files 
Why is Roger running #104? It seems as though he would have a lower number, or was the numbering system done differently then?
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There was a time when foreign riders had to have a three-digit number, but I’m not sure if that was the case. I know Roger had won the Trans-Am the year before, so yeah, you would think he would have a low number.
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I was there.
And… retrieved DeCoster’s goggles when he threw them off on the big downhill on the back of the track, before the straight with the jumps along the railroad tracks (and pits).
Like the kid that I was… I then lost the goggles somewhere along the line, damn it!
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