On Saturday night we will see the first race of the new season, which means it will mark the first time for many to unveil their 2016 numbers. Before that happens, we thought we would dip into the vast Racer X Archives to randomly list numbers 1 to 99 and show what each number might have looked like in some other year, like 1974, or maybe 1984, or 1994...
In Part I, we will run through numbers 1-49, with numbers 50-99 featured next week.
Special thanks to all of the photographers who snapped these gems, including the Dick Miller Archives, Gary Van Voorhis, Rick "Super Hunky" Sieman, Thom Veety, Charley Morey, Dave Smith, Fran Kuhn and more.
#1 David Bailey | 1984
#2 Mark Blackwell | 1971
#3 Jeremy McGrath | 1995
#4 Guy Cooper | 1990
#5 Mike Bell | 1982
#6 Jeff Emig | 1994
#7 Mike LaRocco | 1992
#8 Adolf Weil | 1974
#9 Ryan Hughes | 1995
#10 Jimmy Ellis | 1976
#11 Bengt Aberg | 1974
#12 Jim Pomeroy |1974
#13 Rick Johnson | 1990
#14 darrell Shultz | 1981
#15 Goat Breker and #16 Warren Reid | 1982
#17 Brian Myerscough | 1980
#18 Denny Stephenson | 1995
#19 Scott Burnworth and #20 darrell Shultz | 1982
#21 Jimmy Weinert | 1979
#22 Jeff Ward | 1981
#23 Donnie Cantaloupi | 1980
#24 Marty Smith | 1976
#25 Marty Moates | 1981
#26 Ty Davis | 1990
#27 Marty Tripes | 1978
#28 Jim West | 1974
#29 Steve Lamson | 1991
#30 Tony Amaradio | 1996
#31 Doug Henry | 1991
#32 Doug Dubach | 1994
#33 Robbie Reynard | 1994
#34 Danny "Magoo" Chandler | 1982
#35 Brian Deegan | 1995
#36 Jim Holley | 1981
#37 Gary Denton | 1982
#38 Marty Moates | 1979
#39 Mike Bell | 1978
#40 Johnny O'mara | 1981
#41 Kenny Keylon | 1982
#42 Jeff Ward | 1982
#43 Kevin Windham | 1995
#44 George Holland | 1982
#45 Billy Grossi | 1974
#46 Davey Yezek | 1994
#47 "Flyin'" Mike Brown | 1981
#48 Marty Tripes | 1979
#49 Superbowl of motocross | 1973
Numbers 50-99 will be featured next week.
