’93 AMA Superbike at Laguna Seca Images

Fast by Ferracci Ducati was a major player in the Superbike paddock during the 90’s, and in 1993, Eraldo had Doug Polen and Pascal Picotte riding for him. Polen won the Laguna Seca race on his trademark-number-23 Ducati 888.

Just a fresh-faced boy in 1993, Vance & Hines Yamaha rider Colin Edwards had immediate success on the OW01, which launched him onto the world stage in very short fashion.

Team Fastline/MCM Suzuki was defending champion in the GTO class of AMA Endurance Racing, with their GSX-R1100 monster bike.

Before he wrenched four-strokes for Nicky Hayden, Yamaha and Pat Clark Racing, a young Jefferson Burks (pictured on the right) worked on two-strokes, including Aprilia’s AMA 250GP racer.

Camel cigarettes had a big presence in AMA racing back in the day, when smoking coffin nails was not so politically incorrect

Connecticut rider Chris D’Alusio was a force to be reckoned with in AMA 250GP racing, especially when he rode a Yamaha TZ250 for Southwest Motorsports. He works for Specalized bicycles now.

More in the corkscrew. Muzzy Kawasaki's Scott Ru$$ell leads teammate Miguel DuHamel, and Vance & Hines Yamaha rider Jamie 'The Ragin' Cajun' James.

Yoshimura Suzuki’s Thomas Stevens leads Muzzy Kawasaki’s Tiger Sohwa, Fast by Ferracci’s Doug Polen, and Vance & Hines Yamaha’s Colin Edwards through the Corkscrew.

Dave Schlosser’s Dutchman Racing Yamaha FZR1000 raced in AMA Endurance, and the team won the 1993 GTO event at Laguna Seca.

Eraldo Ferracci and Pascal Picotte talk things over.

Supersport DOT tires are stacked to sky and waiting to be spooned on and churned into rubber dust.

Pretty TZ250s all in a row…except, wait, look closely. That bike in the foreground is an ultra-rare-in-the-U.S. Yamaha TZR250R street bike, the infamous ‘Kocinski Replica’ that commemorated JK’s 1990 250cc GP World Championship.

More in the corkscrew. Muzzy Kawasaki’s Scott Ru$$ell leads teammate Miguel DuHamel, and Vance & Hines Yamaha rider Jamie ‘The Ragin’ Cajun’ James.

Resplendent in V&H Yamaha magenta, yellow, and black, Colin Edwards de-briefs with his crew chief Jim Leonard.

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