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High Lord Gomer
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- Sep 26, 1999
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That duct tape is not going to hold up past a hunnert mile an our.
Brad Lackey was the coolest ! Still is now that I think about it.
For you younger guys who don't know what we are talking about:
http://www.bradlackey.com/
WHERE ARE THEY NOW:BRAD LACKEY
“You just don’t go over to Europe and win a world championship; you’ve got to pay your dues.” This was Brad Lackey speaking to Cycle News a few weeks after becoming the first American to ever win a 500cc World Championship Grand Prix. It was a long time coming for the then 24-year-old. After winning the 1972 AMA 500cc National Championship, Lackey packed up his belongings and took off for Europe, keen to fulfill a dream of making a run at a Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme World Championship. Half a decade later, Lackey won his first GP on July 3, 1977 at Farleigh Castle, Wilts, England, triumphing over GP stalwarts Gerrit Wolsink and Bengt Aberg on his full-on factory Honda RC-400 Elsinore. A year later, Lackey placed second in the championship to Heikki Mikkola. In 1980, he would finish in the runner-up position yet again, this time with Belgian Andre Malherbe getting the better of him. His decade-long odyssey finally came to a close on Sunday, August 8, 1982, when after a frantic and tumultuous day of racing in a sweeping meadow in Luxembourg, Lackey claimed the 500cc World Championship. It was one of the greatest moments in the United States’ ascension to the top of world motocross power.
It’s now the spring of 2015 and Monster Energy Kawasaki pilot Ryan Villopoto is three rounds into a quest to win the premier class in the FIM Motocross World Championship. Who better to talk with about the past, present, and near future of Americans fighting on the international front than Brad Lackey? (Our Steve Matthes also did a Racer X podcast with Lackey prior to this season.) Fully aware of the brawl that Villopoto has gotten himself into, Lackey, from his home in the Bay Area region of northern California, took some time over the recent Easter weekend to provide us with his candid take on it all.
Read the rest at : http://racerxonline.com/2015/04/07/where-are-they-now-brad-lackey
For you younger guys who don't know what we are talking about:
http://www.bradlackey.com/
WHERE ARE THEY NOW:BRAD LACKEY
“You just don’t go over to Europe and win a world championship; you’ve got to pay your dues.” This was Brad Lackey speaking to Cycle News a few weeks after becoming the first American to ever win a 500cc World Championship Grand Prix. It was a long time coming for the then 24-year-old. After winning the 1972 AMA 500cc National Championship, Lackey packed up his belongings and took off for Europe, keen to fulfill a dream of making a run at a Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme World Championship. Half a decade later, Lackey won his first GP on July 3, 1977 at Farleigh Castle, Wilts, England, triumphing over GP stalwarts Gerrit Wolsink and Bengt Aberg on his full-on factory Honda RC-400 Elsinore. A year later, Lackey placed second in the championship to Heikki Mikkola. In 1980, he would finish in the runner-up position yet again, this time with Belgian Andre Malherbe getting the better of him. His decade-long odyssey finally came to a close on Sunday, August 8, 1982, when after a frantic and tumultuous day of racing in a sweeping meadow in Luxembourg, Lackey claimed the 500cc World Championship. It was one of the greatest moments in the United States’ ascension to the top of world motocross power.
It’s now the spring of 2015 and Monster Energy Kawasaki pilot Ryan Villopoto is three rounds into a quest to win the premier class in the FIM Motocross World Championship. Who better to talk with about the past, present, and near future of Americans fighting on the international front than Brad Lackey? (Our Steve Matthes also did a Racer X podcast with Lackey prior to this season.) Fully aware of the brawl that Villopoto has gotten himself into, Lackey, from his home in the Bay Area region of northern California, took some time over the recent Easter weekend to provide us with his candid take on it all.
Read the rest at : http://racerxonline.com/2015/04/07/where-are-they-now-brad-lackey
