The top BSA finishers gather for a photo at the 1957 Daytona 200 held on the beach course. Al Gunter (No. 54), of Los Angeles, finished second that year to Harley-Davidson’s Joe Leonard. Eugene Thiesson (No. 4), of Eugene, Ore., was third and Tommy McDermott (No. 29), of Norfolk, Va., was fifth. Also in the photo are Ted Hodgdon (in the BSA jacket behind Gunter) who was the head of BSA in the Eastern U.S., Hap Alzina (in dark jacket) who was the West Coast BSA distributor, 1953 national champ Bill Tuman (directly behind Thiesson) and BSA Ad Manager Emmett Moore (in glasses behind McDermott).

The top BSA finishers gather for a photo at the 1957 Daytona 200 held on the beach course. Al Gunter (No. 54), of Los Angeles, finished second that year to Harley-Davidson’s Joe Leonard. Eugene Thiesson (No. 4), of Eugene, Ore., was third and Tommy McDermott (No. 29), of Norfolk, Va., was fifth.