Jim Pomeroy Gets His Trophy

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Edited Date/Time 5/12/2015 5:39pm
Video and narration by Ty Karney.

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gsxrcr28 5/9/2015 4:45pm
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Very cool.
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That was awesome!
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SRP33 5/9/2015 6:27pm
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Reese95w wrote:
Video and narration by Ty Karney. [embed] https://youtu.be/CIhe-uJOlNA [/embed]
Video and narration by Ty Karney.

That is GREAT
RIP Champ

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Bultaco 5/9/2015 6:48pm
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Thanks for posting. This is the coolest. Jim was one of the fast guys.
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That was awesome!
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Jim stayed at my place for a week back in the mid 80's, hours of bench racin with my hero.....I will never for get it. What a Great guy. RIP "First American Jim Pomeroy"
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PVB 5/9/2015 8:08pm
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Why didn't he get the trophy in '73?
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FIREfish148 5/10/2015 2:24am
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The first and only time I saw him in person was at a Mabton "Squisher" race in 2001 put on by Pat Jaquish, who my dad grew up with back in he day. Needless to say I've heard tons of stories about how fast the guy was and how funny he was off the track. I wish I would have shook the dudes hand or something but I was too tired to even stand up after the race if I remember correctly.

Pomeroy was out there pounding out motos at the end of the day when the track had formed into a 1.5 mile long gnarly deep sand whoop pad. He was still hauling ass on the Hodaka w/ the chrome metal tank. Grinning

RIP Jim, legends never die.
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I remember reading about it on Cycle News. It was amazing at the time.
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Did Maisch ever explain why he didn't return the trophy ?
Mr. Robinson 5/10/2015 11:38am
5/10/2015 11:38am
You would have thought that with the race being in Spain and Jim being on a Bultaco, that there would have been a action in getting the trophy back. Like that they even let the German guy on the German bike would even be allowed to get out of the country with it.
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BAMX 5/10/2015 11:49am
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ATKpilot99 wrote:
Did Maisch ever explain why he didn't return the trophy ?
That is pretty weird. Why would anyone do that?
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Was still thrashin' a Ruttman when Mr. Pomeroy served notice that the USA was for real in MX. He was a HUGE inspiration to all of us. Much respect.
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That was awesome! Jim is a legend!
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Bultaco 5/11/2015 6:09am
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ATKpilot99 wrote:
Did Maisch ever explain why he didn't return the trophy ?
BAMX wrote:
That is pretty weird. Why would anyone do that?
I've read Hans had quite an ego and lack of concern for fairness or anyone else. Could be wrong.

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DoctorJD 5/11/2015 6:18am
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ATKpilot99 wrote:
Did Maisch ever explain why he didn't return the trophy ?
BAMX wrote:
That is pretty weird. Why would anyone do that?
Because they're an ass.
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Jim never met anyone he didn't know. Cool guy, good guy, funny guy.

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robkinuk 5/11/2015 6:28am
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Fittingly the first painting I ever did when I launched my art career in 2006 was of Jim Pomeroy! Original was bought by Tim Sullivan in Oregon to give to Jim's first wife/girlfriend who did his accounting.

Jim was such an inspiration to a 16 year old art student. I did a pencil sketch of the b/w photo after reading of his exploits in Motorcycle News. Wish I could find it now!
Got to meet Jim a few years later at Ladies Mile 250cc British MX GP. His Bultaco had broken down but he still had time for his fans.
At Budds creek MXDN in 2007 I was introduced to his beautiful red headed daughter on our stand. Naturally I gave her a giclee printing of her daddy.

I still have a few giclee art prints from the original painting if anyone is interested?

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RandyS 5/11/2015 6:37am
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There were obviously more of these trophies made than the one the asshole German took, why did the FIM not just send him one?
What's the story on this one, where does one buy a 30+ year old GP trophy?
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newmann 5/11/2015 7:05am
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RandyS wrote:
There were obviously more of these trophies made than the one the asshole German took, why did the FIM not just send him one? What's the...
There were obviously more of these trophies made than the one the asshole German took, why did the FIM not just send him one?
What's the story on this one, where does one buy a 30+ year old GP trophy?
They tracked down the artist who cast the original in bronze to have him make another. Come to find out he had another one, maybe a prototype of sorts that he had cast back then. At least that's what I read somewhere years ago.

Oh, and fuck Hans Maisch!
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philG 5/11/2015 1:24pm
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excellent story .. Pomeroy was one of those guys who's picture i covered my school books with back in the 70's , along with Tommy Croft and the like. So many magazines lost to that cause.
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PN27416 5/11/2015 2:12pm
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The look on his face, priceless!
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David Izer 5/11/2015 2:20pm
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Awesome stuff!
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HuskyEd 5/11/2015 2:27pm
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Wow, how great was that. Jim was stunned and teary eyed. That trophy seemed to mean the world to him.

RIP Bimbo
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robkinuk 5/12/2015 12:52am
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Remember reading an interview with Jim about his Spanish GP win. He said he used his flat tracking experience to good use on the wide open Sabadell track, clicking his Bulto up a gear higher and power sliding the slick polished surface, taking the corners in big sweeping wide arc's.
Some more photos I saved from BITD.





Pomeroy leading Hakan Andersson Yamaha.




Pomeroy and Andersson from another GP battle that year.

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bultokid 5/12/2015 9:32am
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Bimbo was one cool cat, had some good times at the vintage races here for sure. Guess the kraut still has the original....douchebag
Temor a la Mancha 5/12/2015 5:39pm
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Pomeroy was a badass. I got this photo from the owner of Lancer Leathers, one of Pomeroy's sponsors:



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