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RIP Champ
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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.
RIP Jim, legends never die.
Pit Row
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?
What's the story on this one, where does one buy a 30+ year old GP trophy?
Oh, and fuck Hans Maisch!
Open the video clip on YouTube and read the whole description. Click the "Show More"
"28 years later a wrong was turned right by Jim's family, friends and fans. Donations were collected and another Spanish 250 GP Trophy was obtained from the original foundry in Barcelona. The foundry still had the main component, an original trophy figure left over from 1973. From that another Spanish 250 MX GP trophy was assembled. Then 30+ years later at the 2003 Chehalis Classic AHRMA National Jim Pomeroy was presented his 1973 Spanish GP 1st place trophy in a surprise ceremony held just before Sunday’s motocross riders meeting."
Let me add this information which came from Woody Graves who headed up the effort to get Jim his trophy. It was Belgium motocrosser Raymond Boven who traveled to the foundry in Barcelona. Boven had also won a Spanish 250 MX GP. That GP for a number of years used the same bronze statue for the 1st place trophy, it was their "traditional" trophy figure. Boven took his Spanish GP trophy to the foundry for them to replicate, only to find out they still had a left over figurine from 73. And as you can see in the picture of Jim's trophy above that bronze figurine had 30 years of "patina' on it.
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