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VIR's Historic Moto Grand Prix Images '08
images by chris anderson/surfin turf

An ex-Dale Singleton Yamaha TZ bookends a phalanx of historic Yamahas. Legend has it that Dale raised pigs, but he definitely didn't ride them.	Just imagine if this was your garage. Makes you weak in the knees, doesn't it?	Yamaha TZs on the flight line. Scratch your monitor, and you'll smell castor bean oil.	Tom Kipp raced a Yamaha YZF750R to the 1995 AMA Supersport Championship. He used to slide the back-end going into turns just to watch Halvie's hair turn gray.
That's a YZF1000R motor in a YZF750R frame, hence the 'YAMAMONSTER' moniker. Dutchman Racing used to run this bike?to great success--in WERA, the AMA's Monsterbike Shootouts, Team Endurance events, and even at the Macau Grand Prix.	An old Ducati racer, resplendent in the famous NCR livery.	The proverbial 'tax disc', de rigeur on bikes across the pond.	This gray ghost showed up to remind everyone who were 'the makers of the world?s fastest motorcycles.'
The Vincent. 'The' because there is nothing else like it.	Smoke 'em if you?ve got 'em.	A literal timeline of Yamaha racing history was on display at VIR.