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One of the most infamous machines in motorcycle racing history: the Roberts TZ700/750 'miler. For more information on this machine and this race, click here. |
Donnie Castro rides an Erv Kanemoto-built Kawasaki Triple-powered dirt track bike. Three cylinders, two-stroke—very fast. |
A very young Kanemoto walks to the grid with tuner Larry Shultz. Kanemoto was working with Scott Brelsford but they did not make the main that night. |
Don Castro, Gary Nixon and others sit near the Castro Kawasaki. |
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Before and after the TZ-Miler was outlawed by the AMA, Yamaha built dirt track bikes from the 650 Twin platform. |
Racers Gary Scott & Korky Keener, on the line with the 'men in white'. |
Roberts embraces Kel Caruthers on the night that would go a long way in defining him as a rider. 'It's so fast!' |
1969 250 champion Kel Carruthers works on the TZ-'miler he built. Little known fact: Carruthers was a driving force in getting the bike banned because he felt it was too fast for dirt track. |
Kenny Roberts' dirt track nemesis: Harley-Davidson's Gary Scott. |
This is the back side of the Indy podium that night. Roberts on top, with Scott and Springsteen, who thought they had the race in the bag, on the lower steps. |
Right in the middle. Who is surprised? Roberts' mentor, Bud Aksland, is behind him as they 'group-wrench' on the Twins. Note the Champion frames. |
Roberts confers with Carruthers pre-race. |
Roberts and the TZ-'miler in action. 'They don't pay me enough to ride that thing.' |
This is the cool-off lap, at the Indy Fairgrounds on that famed night. |
Full stands and vintage t-shirts everywhere, welcome to AMA dirt track in the 1970s. |
Gary Scott ponders life in the middle of the pre-race chaos. |
Any article of clothing in this shot would now bring $40 on eBay. |
Gary Scott walks through the paddock that night at Indy. |
Beaten in the last few feet of the race by Roberts, Gary Scott waves to the crowd. |
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