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I still have the Cycle News where he was on the cover riding the brand new 83 KX80 at Ponca City. Mini Cycle legend.
https://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Old-School-Moto,22/former-mini-stars,160…
RIP CHAMP.
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RIP PD
Sad to hear.
RIP
I've posted this Ponca photo I took a few times previously. RIP!
Sad to hear, gone way too young.
Condolences to all his family and friends. Rip Paul.
Pit Row
Come on it's a joke get over it. Nothing is going to bring this amazing person back. It's better to laugh and exalt and to cry OK?
RIP minibike legend
So cool the story of Paul riding the tricked out Italjet PR50 in those years and how it was actually named after him- 'PR'.... meant 'Paul Replica'. as Dado has explained. I think some of the pics he(Paul Denis) posted on Vital there is a pic of one of his PR50's from the Italjet race of Champions in '79 I think.
Also are some pics of Paul I saw landing his KX80 right on the front wheel- flat out- love that picture- what times and Paul was so fast then.
I was fortunate enough to work on Paul's KX80s during his very successful mini expert days. He was a very soft spoken kid (for an MX racer), and both he and his Dad Jack were very easy to hang out with. Gone far too soon ... Godspeed Paul.
You should be banned
U.S sent Paul Denis and a bundle of other amazing riders, think Larry Brooks also may have been there- cannot remember all the US riders but they were some of the very best of the time. 'Hammering Hank Moree' may also have been there- abit younger- there were alot of the top US lads- wish I could remember the names
Paul won the event- against many top International riders of the day and seriously quick riders who did good in GP's later. Pretty damn cool to also have a seriously good bike named after you (the Paul Replica- PR50)- probably one of the quickest 50's to have ever existed!
It always makes me really wonder how Paul never did so good as a pro- he was surely as fast as pretty much anyone you would have thought at that time... Would have thought he could have run with Wardy and O' Mara even.
RIP and GODSPEED the NMAchamp!
RIP Paul Denis
My pal still has Pauls, Griffin race pants from that meeting, sad to say, quite worrying really as I am the same age born in 1966 & I knew a few riders in that race that are no longer with us today.
RIP Paul Denis
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