Wardy just wanted to stay cool
Wardy just wanted to stay cool
Hi everyone, from the late 80s through the mid 90s I was a contributing photographer for Hi-Torque Publications (MXA and Dirt Bike magazine). The photos that you see here were never published and have been stored as 35mm slides for the last 15-20 years. A month or so ago, I finally got around to purchasing a quality scanner and the journey began, going through these images has been a revelation, as I haven’t looked at any of them since I put them away and had only seen them as tiny little 35mm slides. Scanning them, then seeing the images on a computer screen has been like seeing them for the first time, they stir up lots of great memories, and bring back a great era for motocross, lots of bright color, big characters and of course, some true legends of the sport.I hope you enjoy viewing them as much as I have-Mike Sweeney
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Sweeney–“Jeff Ward, Southwick 1991. News flash, Massachusetts is hot as balls in August and humid as well. As you may or may not know, material technology has come a long way in the last 20 years or so. Back in the day a somewhat heavy cotton riding jersey was the norm, and for some reason in the early 90s designers decided that a mock turtle neck would also be a benefit!
Just like cable TV has killed the art of wiggling the antennas and turning the knobs, modern materials have made the art of jersey slicing obsolete. Wardy was a master of this art form, ventilating his jerseys with a razor, (remember this was the era of heavy metal dudes and dude-ettes wearing ripped everything – think Wayne’s World) so the sliced up jersey’s looked cool man!
Anyways, on this hot as balls day, Wardy who was nearing the end of a great, long career got on the box with a 3-4 moto score for 3rd overall. Stanton took the overall with a 1-1 and JMB took second with a weird 4-2 moto score.”
