Butch Lange #3 on the Mid Town Cycle Yamaha at the Robin Hood short track, Andalusia, Illinois August 1970.

L to R: Ben Shoemaker on his HD KHK, and Jerry Templeman on his HD 165. Webster City, IA Scrambles Summer 1954.

98K Anthony Derksen on the Norris Motor Sport Honda. Princeton, Illinois July 1968

Princeton, Ill

Dale Jones on his XS 750 Yamaha at an unknown ½ mile event.

Peoria TT

99K Harry Bellinger BSA Gold Star. Lincoln, ILL Sept 1968.

Herb Bellinger on his BSA 650 twin at Jerseyville, Illinois Spring 1970

Dewayne Hopkins trying out his new Ossa 250 Stiletto at the Wapello Fair grounds, summer 1969.

Harry Bellinger

Paul Schafer June 1970

Dewayne Hopkins

Hoppi Galesburg, Ill

From L to R: 18 Don Larue, 34 Tim Hopkins, 64 Brian Machlin, 99 Anthony Derksen, 29 Rick Reinecke.

Davenport, Iowa

Tim Hopkins on his Missile Honda 600 at Mason City 1/2 Mile 2001

Billy Hopkins leads the field at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa on the Tri-City Motorcycle Sales Kawasaki.

Billy Hopkins lines up with the Kawasaki single at an unknown ½ mile to be pushed off by Dale Jones.

10K Dale Jones gets his Yamaha 750 sideways at an unknown half mile.

35 Dan Gray and 34 Dale T. Jones line up at Davenport, IA

34K Dale T. Jone at Davenport, Ia

Billy Hopkins & Dale Jones tuning on the 131K bike

Dan Gray on his Yamaha at Davenport, IA

Identified riders are: #66 Paul Schafer, #3 Charlie Evans, #54 Guy Hocking. Charles City, IA

Harry Bellinger is assisted by Dave Alftine after winning the Novice 250cc final at Lancaster, Wisc Aug 1966.

Don LaRue on his Ossa at Columbus Jct, Iowa

L to R: Bill Hopkins, Dale T. Jones, Dewayne Hopkins

National Number 29, Herb Bellinger and his 500cc BSA Gold Star single.

Art Hickey 4th from left at Dixon, Illinois 1/2 mile. Summer 1939

Butch Lange on the Mid Town Cycle Yamaha.

Credits: Ed Ahlf photo

Credits: Shoemaker collection.

Credits: Dave Bauerbach photo

78K Bob Smith, Dubuque, IA on the Jim Norris BSA Gold Star at Princeton, Illinois 1/2 mile, April 1967. Also in the line up, 43S Dale Harding.

Credits: Dave Bauerbach photo

Credits: Ed Ahlf photo

Charlie Evans, at the Peoria TT Aug 25, 1963, tuning the Yamaha twin for 16M Ronnie Doyle.

Credits: Dave Bauerbach Photo

Credits: Dave Bauerbach photo

Credits: Ed Ahlf Photo

Credits: Ed Ahlf photo

99K Harry Bellinger on the Honda CB450 at Knoxville, Illinois May 1970 being assisted by Jim Norris and Dave Brown. Watching is Referee J.T. Miles and 78K Bob Smith.

Credits: Dave Bauerbach photo

Credits:

Hoppi on his Ossa Stiletto 250 at an unknown dusty 1/2 mile track.

May 1970

Credits: Ed Ahlf photo

173K Dewayne Hoppi Hopkins on his Ossa leads the field on the white flag lap at Galesburg, Illinois TT race. July 1970

Credits: Ed Ahlf photo

Credits: Tim Hopkins collection

Credits: Tim Hopkins collection

Credits: Bill Hopkins collection

Credits: Bill Hopkins collection.

Credits: Tim Hopkins collection

Credits: Dan Gray collection

Credits: Dan Gray collection.

Credist: Bill Hopkins collection

Crredits: Dan Gray collection.

Credits: Jim Norris collection.

Credits: Dave Bauerbach photo.

Credits: Don LaRue collection.

Credits: Dale R. Jones photo

Credits: Dave Bauerbach photo

Credits: Hickey collection.

Credits: Mike Hildebrandt collection.