Page 4 of Seventy Thirty - The Supermoto Company by NELWRX

trippe recalls when i went to abc i said `look we don t want to have a phony iroc thing referring to the international race of champions auto-racing-legend spec race we want to get all these great riders together in one deal the theory was to bring together dirt track motocross and road racing in order to make the whole thing legitimate in those days the guys at abc were just great the head guy at the time bob iger had an inside office in the 1970s bob was just young and enthusiastic [ed note today iger is the ceo/president of disney second in power only to michael eisner in those days i could sit down and say `hey bob let s do this event helping trippe s cause were the big four japanese factories with motorcycle racing receiving virtually no tv coverage during the era honda yamaha suzuki andkawasaki were well aware that millions of eyeballs would be cast on the superbikers so they all jumped in headfirst with riders machines and technical support seventythirty off-road racer mike baker leads defending champion kent howerton in the `85 superbikers which turned out to be the last time the event was held jay springsteen leads fellow dirt trackers ted boody 12 and alex jorgensen in 1983 ii

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