1) I think I'd been to just one Motocross meeting before I joined the ACU and that one was a small club meeting in Cambridgeshire back in the '70's. So the July 1988 British Motocross GP at Hawkstone Park, in Shropshire, was the first time that Vicky and I had been to a big off-road event. The weather wasn't great but the atmosphere more than made up for it and, as this shot of some of the riders lining up before being presented to the crowd shows, cigarette sponsorship was de rigeur.
2) This is top British rider Dave Thorpe on the works Honda 500. Told you the weather wasn't the best. He won both 40mins-plus-one-lap legs and sent everyone home happy. Which was lucky as getting off the car park fields was a nightmare. Not the most exciting shot, eh? Note to self: try to get one of him in the air next time.
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