Here's a photo that brings back golden memories...got this yesterday from David Bailey. A great shot of me - in my former thick 214 pound body - helping with a video segment in the pits.
Bailey looks good and is telling me about his chances of winning the Wrangler Super Series Grand National Championship, after taking the 1983 Supercross title. He thinks this was taken at Millville, Minnesota...with his steel trap of a mind I'm sure that's correct.
The Wrangler Super Series was a bittersweet journey. Wrangler had the sport's best interest in mind when it wanted to create a program that named one specific motocross champion, which could then be marketed similar to a NASCAR Winston Cup champ.
All good in theory, but the motocross industry and teams never truly supported it. As a matter of fact, I took Bailey's Motocross Action pickup, threw a box stock CR250 in back, and drove it from Axton, VA to the Talladega Supercross that year - so he could gain points and chase the Wrangler program title. Guess it was evident Honda wasn't too supportive of the title.
Whatever, that was then and this is now. And what remains is a solid friendship with a guy who rode well and lived an exemplary lifestyle. Can't ask for more than that.
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