Got a great email from motocross historian, CZ aficionado, and all-round good guy Reese Dengler. Reese attended the very first AMA MX National at Washougal, WA in 1980. In honor of the 2010 National he dug through his personal archives and pulled out some great photos. Here’s what Reese had to say:
On the occasion of the 2010 Washougal national I’ve dug thru my old slides and posted a few of my shots, (34), from the first Washougal national in 1980. You can see the shots on this web page,
http://www.100megsfree3.com/ahrmanw/Stuff.htm
Some of these shots have never been seen before except by me and a few of my old moto-cross buddies.
There’s some great pics here. There aren’t any captions but if you use Microsoft Internet Explorer to view the thumbnail page you’ll see a title/description pop-up (this doesn’t work in Firefox.) Click the link above or click the photo to visit Reese’s photo page.
There are actually 44 shots from the 1980 Washougal national now posted. I ended up picking a few more shots after the initial batch went up. I also rescanned some of the sildes so the pictures look better.
OK I’ve now there are really 44 shots, and I’ve added short rudimentary captions below each thumbnail picture.