I lost the top edge of this neg, must have been at the end of a roll...but nonetheless you get to see the image and why it matters...three important MX people are in the shot (left to right):
1) Freddie Ephrem was a great racing personality, former flat tracker and long-time AMA MX referee. He loved each racer like his own child, but that said, he could give a rear-end chewing that made any rules-breaker take heed. Freddie never lost his ear-to-ear grin. He passed away in 1989. Great dude.
2) Kent Howerton. Big name in the sport. Gave Bob Hannah fits. I am finding a bunch of frames with the Hannah/Howerton duel. More to come.
3) Ben Cheatwood. The eternal Honda rep who bleeds red. Honda Ben. This guy has been a PA announcer at over 1000 races (I made that number up, but it's a lot of announcing). Good guy who helped me immensely during my Cycle News days and on occasion would drag my sorry behind to enduro events...even when I was riding a KLX 250. Thanks Ben.
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