Old NHIS Photos

[senecak19]

Anyone have any? I work with a bunch of guys that keep talking about the 70's and I know someone had photos from that era or close to?

[Crash Dummy Denno]

talk to JOHNNY B

[OreoGaborio]

no such photos exist... NHIS didn't exist in the 70's.

But i bet you could find some pics of Bryar Motorsports Park from that time

[Johnny B]

Here's the factory Honda team in 1981. Note Mike Velasco with the hair.
Freddie Spencer is sitting in the lawn chair in yellow t-shirt with leathers
dropped to waist.



John Ulrich's Team Hammer fueling up at the Labor Day Endurance race, 1982?



Here are 73 pictures from the 1980 Laconia Classic:

1980s Loudon Pictures

Here's some pics from Animal Hill:

Animal Hill Archives

And if you want to go wa-a-a-ay back, here's the YouTube clips from the 1961 Laconia Classic, before there was Bryar Motorsports Park!

YouTube - Vintage Laconia NH Racing (1of4)

YouTube - Vintage Laconia NH Racing (2of4)

YouTube - Vintage Laconia NH Racing (3of4)

YouTube - Vintage Laconia NH Racing (4of4)

[Doc]

Wow, Those guys in the 80's look like our pits last year!

Look how far we have come!

[Johnny B]

Wow, Those guys in the 80's look like our pits last year!

Look how far we have come!

Back in the 80's, there were no tire warmers. You wrapped the shit out of your knees with duct tape, no knee pucks then. No rain tires, you rode around with your legs almost crushing the gas tank from fear.
But look at the crowds in the stands at the Classic!

[Degsy]

I know that photographer. LOL

[Johnny B]

I know that photographer. LOL

You know the guy with the afro and the glasses holding the #53 bike, too.
It's Alan Hathaway.

[Johnny B]

And that's Jerry Wood sportin' a beard, holding the real Johnny B's bike!

[Degsy]

And that's Jerry Wood sportin' a beard, holding the real Johnny B's bike!

I think I have seen that bike at the shop. I'm always in there buying parts. Dave B brought it down from storage one day a few years back. That or a bike that looked very similar.



derek

[Marc]

Here's some of my collection

862057 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

[roadracer685]

Awesome! What a blast from the past!

[Pookie]

Too cool! Thanks all....

[Johnny B]

I think I have seen that bike at the shop. I'm always in there buying parts. Dave B brought it down from storage one day a few years back. That or a bike that looked very similar.

Jerry says that he still has that bike.

[Johnny B]

Here's some of my collection

862057 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Holy crap! Those brought back the memories! Something I didn't mention before was that except for the purpose-built racebikes the fast guys had, most of the stuff out there were "Universal Japanese Motorcycles". Note in one pic that the bike had the tufted seat padding and the chrome grab rail around it! Photos #56 and 132 show that there were Motards raced back in the 80's. Photo #93 is AAMRR racer turned Honda factory rider Mike Baldwin (#43) with Kevin Cameron. #110 is Herb Quarterley, Dale's father, holding his bike. #115 shows the dirt pit that used to be the paddock. I remember lousy bathrooms that had no doors for the stalls. In the middle of taking a dump, one was often confronted by either a very large black dude or a woman. Either one had a plunger in their hand and was there to remind you to flush the toilet!

[jtaylor719]

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing.
Nice to see the old school supermoto RM400! I remember Jeff Heino had one of those, I think he actually raced the Superbikers with it (Carlsbad maybe?)

He was the shit in our hometown back in the 80s & 90s. The race shop was on my way home from school and one of my buddies worked there. I wish I new then what I know now - all I was interested in was getting a free t-shirt and getting the motor in my dirtbike built by his tuner.

[Doc]

They let em do wheelies back then!!

[Doc]

Did they do burnouts at the start to warm up the tires?

[Johnny B]

They let em do wheelies back then!!

They weren't supposed to. I don't know if that the National or what, but my rider was constantly being chewed out by AAMRR officials. He barely escaped a $500 fine for doing one after the red flag came out. I was on pit row and managed to convince them that he had already passed the Turn 8 station beforem the flag came out. Back then, a red flag meant to come to a complete stop on the track and wait until you were directed to do so before going back the the pits/grid. My rider finally stopped doing wheelies after he blew up the motor trying to show off along the pit straight.

Did they do burnouts at the start to warm up the tires?

No, that's 2 stroke smoke. They didn't run as clean back then. There wasn't a better smell on Earth than Castrol Bean Oil in a 2 stroke!

[Ken C]

Here is my RD400, circa 1986.

[Doc]

No, that's 2 stroke smoke. They didn't run as clean back then. There wasn't a better smell on Earth than Castrol Bean Oil in a 2 stroke!

I knew that,