Earlier this week, we shared the tough news that industry veteran Gary LaPlante is not doing well, and that Mike Cline and Hector Cademartori were incentivizing donations to Gary's GoFundMe account with B/W cartoons. Now they are stepping up the program with a series of oversized 20" x 15" full color prints .
"I did these paintings for the February 1985 issue of Cycle World magazine," explains Cademartori by way of provenance. "They ran four articles about four champions of the 1984 season: Eddie Lawson, 500cc FIM World Champion (written by Ken Vreeke), Ricky Graham Camel-PRO Grand National Champion (by Dave Despain), David Bailey, Motocross Grand National Champion (by David Edwards), and Johnny O'MaramSupercross Champion (by Dale Brown).
Ricky Graham signed with Honda at the end of 1983. After 33 races of the 1984 Camel PRO Series, Ricky Graham won the title by only one point over his teammate, Bubba Shobert, in the last race of the season at Springfield.
Johnny O'Mara lost the 125 Outdoor championship in 1984 to Kawasaki's Jeff Ward, but he won the Supercross title by a big margin against all the top riders. He was also part of the winning teams of the Motocross des Nations that year (and in '81, '82 and '86).
American Eddie Lawson (Marlboro Team Agostini-Yamaha) in pursuit of Freddie Spencer (HRC Honda) and Randy Mamola (RM Promotions Honda) during the 1984 Austrian GP at the Salzburgring. Eddie would win the race on his way to the first of his four 500 cc FIM World Championships.
In 1983, David Bailey won titles in every motocross series he entered: 250 Outdoor, Supercross, and the Motocross Grand National Championship (which combined points from the stadium and outdoor championships). In 1984, his first year in the Open class, he clinched the title before the last race of the season.
A donation of at least $150 gets you a large full-color print, delivered to your door. Hector adds he will be happy to sign each print. Send requests to:
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