Post up your pro racing treasures

Got this from when back in the day I had to go down and do some testing for them. Doing to testing on the engine blocks for the old truck team.

The King walked past me and the engineer I was working with and went straight to Maurice and said who the hell are those guys?

Spent a week with the boys, that was pretty cool

 

I threw away about 100 autographed posters I had a few years back. Still have my Laguna "weekend of champions" one though autographed by about 20 past champions. Won it on ebay in an auction by Ducshop where proceeds went to the AFF. Wish I could say I had been there and got it in person

 

I have a National Guard #54 hat signed by Jake Zemke.

 

Love Pro Mod. Wicked fast door slammers. Can't remember but didn't y'all run 100% nitro and one mag? I still dig watching PM today. They always put on a great show.

 

Here's one of mine I'm pretty proud of.

 

100% alcohol and one mag. That was almost the only difference in motors ..

 

I have Larry Pegram's '05 Ducati 749RS. I kept all of the original bodywork, as he raced it in AMA Formula Xtreme. The bike has a neat history, I think it was used first in Italian SuperSport (the bottom of the RS seat pan has some Italian guy's name on it) Then it went back to the factory and was one of 4 built by Ducati Corse for AMA FX. Stroker crank and 999RS sand cast cases, painted to look stock, so it's an 848cc. Two were delivered to Pegram, and 2 to Marty Cragill. The Cragill bikes are at Boulder Motorsports, one has been raced by Shane Turpin.

Larry's bike also has some neat mods, like a handmade quick change for the D-200, I believe the first year it was an FX race. Dave Weaver was on the crew at that time, and shaved the brake caliper down by hand.

 

I also have Anne Robert's MotoAmerica 600 SS engine....'09 R6....that's for sale, BTW

 

I have my cornerworker vest that Nicky signed for me after his first GP win at Laguna Seca.

 

I don’t have the lower or upper from Yates GSXR 1000 he crashed in the wet at Road America that Kevin Schwantz had to jump over the pit wall to help out the Yosh team and simply threw them over the pit wall into the paddock at my feet when, Iirc Mladin also went down, and they were frantically trying to get both ready for the rest start. Nope, I don’t have them.

 

A photo of my FAV Racer Kevin Schwantz sitting on the gas-tank of my 929-stuntbike w his legs over the handlebars, in the parking lot @ at Barber in 2005

 

One of my most prized race possessions, given to me by a friend at the track.

 

Got this in winner circle 2010 , from Martin Cardenas. Barber's motor sports park.

 

Pm me details?

 

You guys got me thinking after this last post, I mounted up the Pegram bodywork and took a few photos. Anyone recognize the names on that seat pan?

 

I keep trying to remember to get some pictures, but failing. I've gotten a number of interesting goodies over the years, many as stuff "auctioned" off at the Chris Carter show during Bike Week in Daytona. But, a textual of a couple of my favorites:

1. A huge poster (4x5 foot or so printed on a vinyl material) that was used in the Honda tent at Daytona the year after Nicky won the championship. It is Nicky taking his victory lap with the flag. We really liked it in the tent, and somebody asked what they did with them after the show. "Throw them away" was the answer. Damn, I wish I would asked first. But... The guy asking was only interested in another one with the new CBR600 on it, and knew little about racing. Score! We drug it home on the bike and I paid a small fortune to have it mounted and framed.
2. A pair of signed Rodger Lee Hayden gloves from his Kawasaki days.
3. A signed Kevin Schwantz knee puck.
4. A signed Ducati Austin embroidered team shirt (Eric Bostrom and .
5. A plaque I bought when I had a VIP ticket to Indy MotoGP and got signed by a bunch of riders (Rossi, Lorenzo, etc.).
   
6. A signed cross section slice of a slick by the Honda Factory Daytona team that year (Miguel, Jake Z, Kurtis Roberts, Alex Gobert)
   
7. Tons of signed posters, hats, etc. The big Honda Rider's club wing ding they used to have at Daytona every year was a big source of those.
8. A "Day of Champions" poster from the east coast (Daytona) and west coast (Laguna Seca MotoGP).

That is the best of the stuff I got myself for next to nothing from "being there". I have bits and pieces I have actually paid money for and was not "there". Not as interested in that generally, but I occasionally come across something too cool to pass up, or get something nice as a gift. Mercedes F1 wheel nut (made into a clock), Jordan F1 wheel nut, Honda F1 milled aluminum cover for something or another, a top fuel piston signed by Darrell Gwynn.

Yes, I love my little tchotchkes...

 

Just the one that says “TOoL”. Is that you?