Mr. Marrs, my name is Zach Stanton, my father was Dave Stanton that worked at the foreign car shop and raced motorcycles back in the day. I believe he was mentioned in the story. I have several pictures of those forgotten days. Not sure if you would care to see them, but let me know. Zastanton1976@gmail.com
Thanks so much Randy for the photos. The one with South Florida Racing and the rider Rick Shaw was so cool. The name of the dealer on the windscreen SO. Dade Yamaha was the shop I worked at when Rick was sponsored there. Such great memories.
Yeah, great for sure. thanks for making these available. Interesting to me as I looked through, stopping every fourth or fifth for a closer look, was that for several of these my mind produced immediate concurrent smells and sounds to accompany them. That doesn’t happen when I look at contemporary pics… good, and interesting ones though they be. Early memories imprint differently than others. Maybe that’s the allure of bean oil, leather and two strokes even when inferior to present tech. Life is deep and wonderful at all parts of the arc. Thanks for dialing these memories in for me today.
Great story Larry. If it wasn’t for you guys, none of us old racers would get to reminisce about the old (80’s) times…
Thanks for the photos boys!!
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Great photos by Randy Marrs! We can find our racing history on http://www.CycleNews.com/Archives
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https://www.cyclenews.com/cycle-news-archives/
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Seeing this and the flood of the wonderful times, friends & memories I have makes me very emotional. All you guys are the very best.
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These are awesome. Thanks.
Are Cycle News East in the archives yet?
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Mr. Marrs, my name is Zach Stanton, my father was Dave Stanton that worked at the foreign car shop and raced motorcycles back in the day. I believe he was mentioned in the story. I have several pictures of those forgotten days. Not sure if you would care to see them, but let me know. Zastanton1976@gmail.com
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Thanks so much Randy for the photos. The one with South Florida Racing and the rider Rick Shaw was so cool. The name of the dealer on the windscreen SO. Dade Yamaha was the shop I worked at when Rick was sponsored there. Such great memories.
Sad he’s no longer with us. RIP Rick.
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Ed, would you like to have that photo? shoot me an address and when Larry returns it, I’ll send it to you.
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Yeah, great for sure. thanks for making these available. Interesting to me as I looked through, stopping every fourth or fifth for a closer look, was that for several of these my mind produced immediate concurrent smells and sounds to accompany them. That doesn’t happen when I look at contemporary pics… good, and interesting ones though they be. Early memories imprint differently than others. Maybe that’s the allure of bean oil, leather and two strokes even when inferior to present tech. Life is deep and wonderful at all parts of the arc. Thanks for dialing these memories in for me today.
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