Old USGP Photos

[Wayneb]

I loved all the old Laguna Seca photos posted here from the 80's and 90's
I attended all 0f the 88-94 USGP races have a few photos from them.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3227148-schwantz.jpg

[Wayneb]

Here is a photo from the 1991 USGP I took of Wayne Rainey.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3227161-rainey.jpg

[Wayneb]

Mick Doohan from 1994 in B&W.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3227167-doohan-b_w.jpg

[Wayneb]

Kevin Schwantz with his #1 plate from 1994.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3227177-leaned_schwantz.jpg

[JeZzY]

awesome!!!!;)

[zeefrenchspy]

very cool pictures!!

[Racer_Boy]

Love the pics! That's enough hay to feed the entire 4th Cavalry!

[Wayneb]

Thanks, I have been scanning my old negatives and trying to learn Photoshop.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3227286-dchandler.jpg

[Sharky]

Brings back memories. Seeing those guys wrestle the 500cc machines around the track is something we'll never see again. The relative tame power delivery and traction control of the 4 strokes takes some of the fun out of watching MotoGP.

Schwantz is THE MAN! Demon the the brakes.

[Wayneb]

I like the 250cc bikes also, Rich Oliver from the 1994 USGP.
He did not have as good a bike as the factory 250 guys but he does great in AMA racing.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3227333-roliver.jpg

[wsmc831]

yep, I remember watching them get the front wheel off the ground coming out of the corkscrew downhill.

doohan sitting in the middle of the track dazed and confused after hitting a haybale. Living in Oregon at the time I was very dissapointed in his accident right before the 93 race.

[Wayneb]

I remember one year taking pics at the end of the front straight
trying to get pics of them pulling wheelies out of turn 1 and Lawson's brakes fell apart, he went hard into the wall outside 2.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3227397-eddie_crash2.jpg

[Wayneb]

Here is a photo from the grid.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3227602-kenny_and_kenny_jr.jpg

[Wayneb]

John Kocinski from 1994.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3227604-jkoz_grid.jpg

[RcrBoy]

Got one of Kevin with the Camo helmet? He wore it for practice only in the 1991 GP to support troups of Desert Shield...


:loco Mark :loco

[Wayneb]

I have some on the grid with is helmet.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3227644-schwantz_grid.jpg

[USARMworker]

Awesome pics! Here's a couple old threads, so no one has to repost too much.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=112357

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=183210

[Bikerx260]

Great pictures! I have a few going back to 89, but NONE of them are that good! All the good ones I have were taken by a photog buddy.

old pic (terrible):
http://www.patriotdreams.net/images/pdub/15.jpg

newer (great- not me):
http://www.patriotdreams.net/images/pdub/20.jpg

I have no idea how to re-size them :)

[Wayneb]

My pics from 88-90 were pretty bad, I bought a Canon EOS 630 and a 100-300mm lens for the race in 91 and noticed I could get
alot better pics then I could with my old Manual focus Nikon and JC penny's finest zoom lens. I went and practiced panning at the club races at Willow springs here in So. California before the 94 USGP and got alot better at it.
The 250cc bikes were pretty easy for me but the 500's are a so much faster.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3227730-luis_d_antin.jpg

[Critter]

Originally posted by Wayneb
Kevin Schwantz with his #1 plate from 1994.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3227177-leaned_schwantz.jpg

DAYUM this brings back memories! I was a GOD when I rolled up to summer school on my Schwantz replica YSR back in the day.

Good stuff.

[paroxysm]

dude, those are SICK!

[gp125racer]

nice pics, makes me want the 500cc bikes back again ;)

[RhythmRider]

Dude, if Kevin Schwantz wasn't one of the quickest men alive, I think he would get ripped on for his body positioning. Looks pretty crossed up.

[MotoLiam]

Originally posted by Wayneb
My pics from 88-90 were pretty bad, I bought a Canon EOS 630 and a 100-300mm lens for the race in 91 and noticed I could get
alot better pics then I could with my old Manual focus Nikon and JC penny's finest zoom lens. I went and practiced panning at the club races at Willow springs here in So. California before the 94 USGP and got alot better at it.
The 250cc bikes were pretty easy for me but the 500's are a so much faster.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3227730-luis_d_antin.jpg

Everyone, say hello to my boss, Luis D'antin, riding like he means it. Thanks for putting these photos up Wayne, they're great!

[BohnJerntsen]

Wonderful pics...another BARFer with camera skilz :applause

Thanks for sharing!

[Wayneb]

My pre 91 shots when I used amanual focus camera were not so good. Here is Schwantz in 89 just outside turn 3.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3228588-schwantz1989.jpg

[Wayneb]

Here is another from 89 of Schwantz.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3228596-schwantz3062.jpg

[Wayneb]

Luca Cadalora from I believe 93.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3228602-cadalora.jpg

[Johndicezx9]

Awesome photos, Wayneb! :applause

We're greedy bastids on BARF, so keep 'em coming! :teeth

[Team-Excalibur]

Would you happen to have any of the sidecars?
Thx

[Wayneb]

Originally posted by Johndicezx9
Awesome photos, Wayneb! :applause

We're greedy bastids on BARF, so keep 'em coming! :teeth

Thanks, I was motivated to join this forum after seeing all the great old photos you posted. I went to Laguna once before the USGP races back in 1983 but I did not get all the great rider photos like you did.

Here is Kel Carruthers pushing Kenny Roberts 680cc bike in 1983.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3229219-kr1983.jpg

[Wayneb]

Originally posted by Team-Excalibur
Would you happen to have any of the sidecars?
Thx

I don't think I took many sidecar pics, I will check through my old negatives.

[Wayneb]

Here is another from 1983, Eddie Lawson in the corkscrew.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3229231-lawson1983.jpg

[Team-Excalibur]

Originally posted by Wayneb
I don't think I took many sidecar pics, I will check through my old negatives.

That would be greatly appreciated, thank you very much !

[Wayneb]

Originally posted by MotoLiam
Everyone, say hello to my boss, Luis D'antin, riding like he means it. Thanks for putting these photos up Wayne, they're great!

Sounds like you have a great job then, I just started reading your thread on your job, only 190 more pages to go.

[mikev]

Originally posted by Wayneb
Here is another from 1983, Eddie Lawson in the corkscrew.

That picture is absolutely awesome.

You don't have a higher res version by any chance, do you (my desktop is 1920x1200 :D)

[4tuneit1]

Bad ass thread...


I didnt realize they had aero hump leathers back in 93'...its cool to see how tech has evolved.

[Wayneb]

I scanned a 3.5" x 5" photo for the Lawson corkscrew pic, I lost my 1983 negatives some how over the years. I lost a ton of negatives from superbike and endurance races at Riverside also.
I don't think it would hold up well at 1920x1200.

[Inky]

Wow! Great stuff. The Wayne shots would be fun to paint. But I have enough work to do....................but it's WAYNE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh what a dilema..............lol

[Wayneb]

Thanks.

Here is another pic of Doohan

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3229856-doohan.jpg

[Wayneb]

Originally posted by Team-Excalibur
Would you happen to have any of the sidecars?
Thx

I looked through my negatives last night but I didn't find any sidecars, sorry.

[Wayneb]

Here is Kenny Jr. on a 250cc from 1994.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3230738-krjr.jpg

[Johndicezx9]

Originally posted by Wayneb
Thanks, I was motivated to join this forum after seeing all the great old photos you posted. I went to Laguna once before the USGP races back in 1983 but I did not get all the great rider photos like you did.


"High praise from Caesar" indeed! Thank you, but your shots are fantastic!

You should contact Dean Adams at Supebike Planet ("Soup"), he loves running galleries of photos like this!

[Wayneb]

Thanks, I kept buying better cameras and lenses to get better Quality, I was using a Canon A2E with a Sigma 70-210 APO f2.8 for most of my photos from the 93-94 races, I went to the Willow Springs motorcycle club races and practised panning so I wouldn't be so overwelmed by the speed of the GP bikes. I still took a whole bunch of photos that were not quite in focus or that I clipped one end of the bike or other off.

[Johndicezx9]

Yup, same here, lotsa pics left in the photo store trash can... These kids today don't know how lucky they are with all their digital gizmos!:laughing

[budman]

Wayneb Awesome photo's... :applause

Thanks for sharing them with us.. give me goose bumps looking back like that.

:cool

:smoking

[ALANRIDER7]

:cool

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3231493-1645921-gardener_88.jpg

[Wayneb]

Originally posted by budman
Wayneb Awesome photo's... :applause

Thanks for sharing them with us.. give me goose bumps looking back like that.

:cool

:smoking

Thanks, I am glad people are liking them.

[Wayneb]

Gardner from 1991.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3231678-gardner1991.jpg

[Johndicezx9]

Originally posted by ALANRIDER7
:cool


Alan, don't ruin Wayneb's thread by posting the hack photos I took... :laughing

Wayneb, as I said, keep'em coming!

[Wayneb]

You can't ruin a thread by posting a photo of a GP bike.
I wish I could take photos as well as the guy that used to sell the 8x10" and 11x14" photos at the track, I think he was from San Jose Pro Photo or something like that. I also wish I didn't have to stand on a step ladder so I could clear the fence at Laguna. I felt like a pack mule walking around the track with a ladder strapped to my back and a heavy camera bag.

[Bikerx260]

I bought one of the Aussie companies prints at the first MotoGP. It was Colin on the red,white,blue Laguna Special SP2! Awesome shot, autographed and numbered.

[Inky]

I can't resist, please check your pm's.

[Wayneb]

Here are a couple more.
Rich Oliver on a 500.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3232038-oliver500.jpg

[Wayneb]

And John Kocinski from 1991.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3232041-jkoz1991.jpg

[Wayneb]

Originally posted by Bikerx260
I bought one of the Aussie companies prints at the first MotoGP. It was Colin on the red,white,blue Laguna Special SP2! Awesome shot, autographed and numbered.

I bought 3 11x14" prints from the San Jose place, Mamola, Schwantz and Rainey, I had them on the front seat of my motorhome when I moved and I left them there too long because the roof leaked and a bunch of my larger photos got stuck together. I still have a few prints that James Crespinel did,
Lawson, Mamola, Rainey and Schwantz.

[Wayneb]

Originally posted by Inky
I can't resist, please check your pm's.

I checked out your site, very nice work.
All I do is point the camera and it is over in 1/250th of a second,
I tried painting when I was a kid but I was not very good at it,
my dad could paint pretty well though and I have a brother who can draw really well but I don't think he has drawn anything in years.

[com3]

ridiculously great pics, man! post more!

and i just forwarded that shot of chandler over to doug. i think he'll appreciate that. :thumbup

[Inky]

Originally posted by Wayneb
I checked out your site, very nice work.
All I do is point the camera and it is over in 1/250th of a second,
I tried painting when I was a kid but I was not very good at it,
my dad could paint pretty well though and I have a brother who can draw really well but I don't think he has drawn anything in years. :teeth

[Wayneb]

Originally posted by com3
ridiculously great pics, man! post more!

and i just forwarded that shot of chandler over to doug. i think he'll appreciate that. :thumbup

Thanks, I cropped that one from this shot.
I

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3233270-dchanfull.jpg

[Wayneb]

I had a very hard time trying to get a good photo of Lawson back in 1991, I shot this on ISO 400 so it had alot of grain and I underexposed it. I wish I could take my DSLR and Canon Image stabilised lenses back in time and give it another try.

I think this was one of the best looking GP bikes ever.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3234229-eddielawson.jpg

[Bikerx260]

Classic photo, I concur with your assessment about the bike.

[Wayneb]

Here is Kevin Schwantz's 1994 bike from the USGP.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3235192-ks1994_bike.jpg

[Inky]

Is it just me, or do these bikes just look prettier than the new ones? Seems like more consideration went into the paint schemes then. Just a thought.

[Wayneb]

I know I like the older bikes better myself, I think it took more
skill to ride them fast also.

[Wayneb]

Doug Chandler's Cagiva

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3236902-gp_bikescagiva.jpg

[Wayneb]

Mick Doohan's 1994 bike

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3236904-gp_bikesdoohan_1994.jpg

[Wayneb]

Harada on his 250 from 1994 USGP

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3236907-harada.jpg

[Wayneb]

Alex Criville

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3237370-acwheelie2.jpg

[Wayneb]

Another Alex Criville

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3237373-alexc.jpg

[Wayneb]

Eddie Lawson on 1991 USGP Grid

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3237379-eddie_grid.jpg

[com3]

i saw doug today. when i talked to him, he was totally stoked about the pics, as he said all he had were a few black and whites from 1994. :thumbup

[Wayneb]

I loved those old Cagivas, I thought they made the best looking bikes every season.

[VroomVroomVroom]

Originally posted by Wayneb
I remember one year taking pics at the end of the front straight
trying to get pics of them pulling wheelies out of turn 1 and Lawson's brakes fell apart, he went hard into the wall outside 2.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3227397-eddie_crash2.jpg

If my memory serves me right........ I believe Lawson lost his brake pads going into turn 2 on a "testing" day prior to the season........ could be wrong.

Nice pics!

[Wayneb]

I never went to a test session, I ran down to turn 2 to take these photos after he crashed.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3237617-eddie_crash.jpg

[Samurang]

Originally posted by Wayneb
I never went to a test session, I ran down to turn 2 to take these photos after he crashed.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3237617-eddie_crash.jpg

Oh shit, I remember that.

Got any pics of Luca Cadalora?

[Wayneb]

Luca Cadalora

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3238173-cadalorawheelie.jpg

[Wayneb]

An older 250cc pic of Luca Cadalora

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3238177-2cadalora250cc.jpg

[Wayneb]

Another Schwantz from 1994

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3238419-schwantz098.jpg

[number_6]

Originally posted by VroomVroomVroom
If my memory serves me right........ I believe Lawson lost his brake pads going into turn 2 on a "testing" day prior to the season........ could be wrong.

Nice pics!

It was during the Friday Morning practice. MotoGP never tests at Laguna Seca. They just do the race weekend.

Awesome thread.

Dainese should bring back those Ice Blue (thats what I would call em anyway) knee pucks.

I remember going up to the races the year when the Aprillia's first got the Chesterfield sponsorship. They didn't start the season with that sponsor they got it a few races in. And this was back before the internet was like it is now. It was a trip to show up and see the bikes in all black instead of the old purple and silver and red.

The two strokes doing plug chops at the end of sessions always made for some cool pics. You'd see the guys all hanging out at the end of the straight... not riding, but in the full gear on the race bike just kicking back, or pushing the bike back to the pits.

[Wayneb]

Here is Ruggia on his Chesterfield Aprilia.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3238822-ruggia.jpg

[Wayneb]

And another of Kenny Jr.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3238824-krjr2.jpg

[defraine]

Anymore? They are FANTASTIC! Especially the 500's. Best racing EVER!

[Samurang]

thanks for the pics.
Got another request for ya.

How about Christian Sarron?

Got any of those?

Or Sito Pons? Or how about Loris Capirossi when he was racing 125's?

[Wayneb]

I didn't take any 125cc pics, I used to only take 10 rolls of film so I tried to save as much as I could for the 500cc bikes. In 94 I took 20 rolls of film or about 480 photos, I read about a pro Photographer taking 6500 pics at the USGP last year.

I was very bad in the earlier years when Sarron was riding, even by 1994 I only had about 10% of my action photos come out good, I don't know what percentage of a pro photographers pics are good but I am sure it was much better then mine.

I tried to shoot at 1/250th of a second and I even used 1/125th on a roll or two to get a good blur on wheels and backgrounds. I wish I could have had my Digital SLR back then so I could take as many photos as I wanted and then I would have taken lots of photos of every rider.

[Johndicezx9]

I don't remember them racing 125's at Laguna during the run of GP's from 88-94....

[Samurang]

shit, actually you're right.

250's, 500's, and WORMs.

[Wayneb]

I have to be honest here, I didn't remember any 125cc bikes either so I looked in my programs and the last two years 93 and 94 it has 125cc bikes listed as racing. In 1994 for example it shows the 125cc started at 2:30 PM and ran 29 laps. I am starting to get holes in my memory now, getting old sucks so take lots of pictures.

[Wayneb]

John Kocinski 1993

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3241345-jkoz1993.jpg

[Wayneb]

Freddie Spencer 1993

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3241349-freddiespencer.jpg

[Wayneb]

Another Spencer

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3241350-freddie2.jpg

[Wayneb]

Barros 1993

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3241356-alex_barros.jpg

[Wayneb]

Criville 1993

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3241358-criville.jpg

[com3]

Originally posted by Wayneb
I didn't take any 125cc pics, I used to only take 10 rolls of film so I tried to save as much as I could for the 500cc bikes. In 94 I took 20 rolls of film or about 480 photos, I read about a pro Photographer taking 6500 pics at the USGP last year.


last year, i shot the USGP for repsol. i ended up shooting about 2100 pics with about 1800 usable ones.

[Wayneb]

I wish I had a hit rate that high back then. I should of practised more. I also lost a bunch to using a T/C with my Sigma 70-210 f2.8 lens, the vignetting was terrible with that lens. I should of bought the Canon instead of trying to save a few hundred dollars, I would of been able to use it on my Digital SLR too instead of having a big paperweight.

I have bad arthritis in my neck and back now so I can never go and shoot photos all day for 3 days straight again but I hope I can make the USGP next year.

[Wayneb]

I had quite of few like this also.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3241912-oliver114.jpg

[com3]

Originally posted by Wayneb
I wish I had a hit rate that high back then. I should of practised more. I also lost a bunch to using a T/C with my Sigma 70-210 f2.8 lens, the vignetting was terrible with that lens. I should of bought the Canon instead of trying to save a few hundred dollars, I would of been able to use it on my Digital SLR too instead of having a big paperweight.

I have bad arthritis in my neck and back now so I can never go and shoot photos all day for 3 days straight again but I hope I can make the USGP next year.

well, from what you posted so far, i think they're DAMNED good. :thumbup

[slydrite]

Originally posted by number_6
It was during the Friday Morning practice. MotoGP never tests at Laguna Seca. They just do the race weekend.



yes the crash was during the race weekend, but GP guys did in fact test at LSR...I worked at the track from 90-93 and was there when Cagiva came testing, Lawson for sure and I think Kocinski as well, although, that could have been a different year....

Lawson brought a 250 SuperKart along and all the Italian mechanics ripped it up in the paddock next to the school at the end of the day....also, another stand out memory from those days was the Newman-Haas Champ Car team was 'sharing' the track with them, and at one point, Mario Andretti took Lawson's bike out and Lawson drove the IndyCar!!!

I wish I had pics from that day....another barfer, getagripgreg was also there that day...prolly 91 or 92

I will certainly never forget the sounds that day,......during testing, it's much easier to hear the differences in throttle applications, both how long they hold it open and how soon they open it again....fuggin stunning to stand next to the track with no one around and witness that... :wow :wow :wow

[Wayneb]

Originally posted by com3
well, from what you posted so far, i think they're DAMNED good. :thumbup

Thanks, I did ok I guess for an amature.

[Inky]

Well, this amature painter thanks you for what just came in the mail! I'll make sure to keep you posted on the progress!

[Wayneb]

Thanks, glad it made it.

[Wayneb]

Mick Doohan 1994

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3244127-doohan117.jpg

[Wayneb]

John Kocinski 1994

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3244128-kozinski119.jpg

[Wayneb]

A couple of Umbrella girls from 1994

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3244132-schwantz_s_ugirls124.jpg

[Wayneb]

Wayne Rainey 1994

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3244134-waynerainey127.jpg

[Wayneb]

Wayne Rainey's bike

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3244140-rainey_s_bike120.jpg

[Wayneb]

Doug Chandler on the grid 1994.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3244144-doug_chandler128.jpg

[Wayneb]

The winners 1994 500gp race

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3244147-podium1994.jpg

[Wayneb]

Ron Haslam's bike

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3245264-rhaslambike140.jpg

[Wayneb]

Doug Chandler

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3245267-chandler141.jpg

[Wayneb]

Mladin

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3245270-mladdin135.jpg

[Wayneb]

Daryl Beattie

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3245276-beattie150.jpg

[Wayneb]

Alex Criville

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3245279-criville151.jpg

[Wayneb]

Wayne Gardner

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3245284-gardener147.jpg

[zypher]

nice photographs...

[Wayneb]

Thanks

[Bikerx260]

Gardner hated Laguna, but he kept coming back! It's funny seeing three Cagivas in their last year.

[Wayneb]

Gardner was another guy who seemed to ride the wheels off his bikes. I think alot of non U.S. riders hated Laguna.

[Wayneb]

Kevin Schwantz with Camo helmet

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3247579-kshelmet160.jpg

[Wayneb]

Another Kevin Schwantz with Camo helmet

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3247584-kshelmet157.jpg

[Wayneb]

Randy Mamola's Cagiva

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3250534-cagiva163.jpg

[Wayneb]

Alex Barros

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3250537-barros167.jpg

[Wayneb]

Max Biaggi

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3250540-biaggi168.jpg

[Wayneb]

Shinichi Itoh

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3250544-shin170.jpg

[Wayneb]

Doug Chandler from 1993

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3250546-chandler166.jpg

[Wayneb]

Nobuatsu Aoki

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3250549-aoki169.jpg

[Inky]

Originally posted by Wayneb
Alex Barros

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3250537-barros167.jpg These photos make you realize how long some of these guys have been racing!

[Wayneb]

It makes me realize how old I am. It is very addicting to ride and race.

[Alexey]

Fantastic thread. Thanks for the pics, everybody.

[Super Duke]

THANK YOU!!!!!!!

I was going to find some old photos but....not after
your picks ,
my photos were with a disk camera
rember the disk

[Johndicezx9]

Originally posted by Wayneb
Gardner was another guy who seemed to ride the wheels off his bikes. I think alot of non U.S. riders hated Laguna.

I remember reading that at a riders' meeting before one of the earlier GP's Gardner was complaining about the condition of Laguna, he said it was bumpy and dangerous through the Corkscrew... Johnny K. shut him up by asking what he raced on in Australia, red carpets!

:laughing

Great pics!

[Wayneb]

I bet Gardner would have loved the 1994 and 1995 L.A. Superbike races in the parking lot at the L.A. fairgrounds, now that was a crappy track. Laguna is a difficult track and not perfect but I bet if he were an American who rode it all the time he would have been just fine with it.

[Wayneb]

Originally posted by Super Duke
THANK YOU!!!!!!!

I was going to find some old photos but....not after
your picks ,
my photos were with a disk camera
rember the disk

Thanks, I never had a disk camera but it was small enough to have a camera with you all the time, not the right camera for racing photos but I have seen people using camera phones at the track.
I bet you could still get some good shots with one in the pits though.

[Climber]

More '80s Archive Images From Laguna Seca (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/laguna/9/)
Archive Superbike Images # 1 90's (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/chino/)
Archive Superbike Images # 2 90's (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/chino/2/index.htm)
Archive Superbike Images # 3 90's (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/chino/3/index.htm)
Archive Superbike Images # 4 90's (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/chino/4/index.htm)

What are your favorite pics?

3 champions in a row. Mike Baldwin with 1978 and 1983 Laguna superbike winners Wes Cooley and Wayne Rainey.

[34robert]

3 champions in a row. Mike Baldwin with 1978 and 1983 Laguna superbike winners Wes Cooley and Wayne Rainey.

Thats so cool where did you get the pic?

[Climber]

Thats so cool where did you get the pic?
Updated OP with links.

[Bob O]

Cool shots

Here's one of the same era from my archives

[fjackie]

Great pictures...

[RhythmRider]

This is my favorite! That crest following the start/finish straight looks so different with the hillside next to it... almost like a really wide version of mines road.

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/laguna/9/web9.jpg

[Johndicezx9]

Sorry Climber, repost, go about 12 pages in....

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=112357

[Climber]

Sorry Climber, repost, go about 12 pages in....

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=112357
How could it be a repost, Superbike Planet just posted those picture galleries. :x

[Johndicezx9]

How could it be a repost, Superbike Planet just posted those picture galleries. :x


If you notice, even Dean at Soup throws in a "repeat" in the title.... :teeth

A couple years back they ran galleries of old Laguna pics, including some of mine. I think the the links in the old thread are still good.

[Climber]

If you notice, even Dean at Soup throws in a "repeat" in the title.... :teeth

A couple years back they ran galleries of old Laguna pics, including some of mine. I think the the links in the old thread are still good.
Ah, thanks for the clarification!

I hadn't seen them the last time around. Cool pictures, Laguna Seca has changed considerably over the years!

[Johndicezx9]

:thumbup

It's an honor to see your stuff on BARF first!

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/laguna/1983/1/

[Wayneb]

Thanks, I am glad too see people like these old photos.
I wish I knew how to use my camera better and had a few more lenses back then.

[fezzick]

I remember reading that at a riders' meeting before one of the earlier GP's Gardner was complaining about the condition of Laguna, he said it was bumpy and dangerous through the Corkscrew... Johnny K. shut him up by asking what he raced on in Australia, red carpets!

:laughing

Great pics!

Hehehehe, that's funny. Knowing the tracks that Wayne DID ride on here in Oz during his early career, I can tell you they were NO red carpets, not even CLOSE!!!!

[MRpilot]

:banana This thread make me jump for joy!

[Climber]

Superbike Planet posted up some more old Laguna Photo's 1983 Laguna Seca Archive Images images by wayne baker (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/laguna/1983/1/)
In this picture below, did they connect the rear stand to the bike?

[Johndicezx9]

:teeth What's up with all the re-posting lately? J/K

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=208674&page=10

[Johndicezx9]

Hehehehe, that's funny. Knowing the tracks that Wayne DID ride on here in Oz during his early career, I can tell you they were NO red carpets, not even CLOSE!!!!

Did he inspect the tracks in Australia as closely as he inspected Laguna in 1990? :teeth

[Climber]

Crap, beaten again! :nerd

[Climber]

Very nice pics Wayne! :thumbup

Thanks for sharing!

[Wayneb]

Thanks

[fezzick]

Did he inspect the tracks in Australia as closely as he inspected Laguna in 1990? :teeth

Regularly and often as spectacularly!!!!

[fezzick]

Superbike Planet posted up some more old Laguna Photo's 1983 Laguna Seca Archive Images images by wayne baker (http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/laguna/1983/1/)
In this picture below, did they connect the rear stand to the bike?

Yes, they did. The rear axle was hollow and the stand had tubes at the top that matched the hole in the axle. A rod was passed through the tubes and though the axle so that the stand became attached to the bike. It was then flipped up and temporarily secured to the tailpiece of the bike by a bungee cord so that the bike could be moved from place to place.

[Johndicezx9]

Soup is putting up more pics:

http://www.superbikeplanet.com/image/archive/laguna/1983/2/

[Joseppi]

I have some on the grid with is helmet.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/images/threads/000/208/674/3227644-schwantz_grid.jpg Hey now,Lucky Strike girl.:teeth:teeth

[imod david]

Truely awesome work Wayne - sort of humbling to a hack like me too. You're the man and ya' still got it :hail . I hope ya' still make a club race or 2 this season too.

All the best to you,
David

[Wayneb]

Thanks David, if you go through the photo section here you will see that this forum is full of lots of great photographers. I still feel like a amateur hack with bad photoshop skills myself.

[grimlock]

Great pics! Makes me wanna pull out the old 500gp YIR's that I have!