Word: motocross
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Dates: during 1972-1972
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...scene began to change. Guys and gals rebelled against their moms and dads. Both sides waved good bye to each other over a widening generation gap. Parents still holding up their hands in threatening gesture of authority. Children flicking a last piece of chewing gum or a motocross magazine disdainfully across the gulf...
Traveling from race to race with their two bikes and two mechanics, the Ruscitto's lives are gradually becoming enmeshed with motocross. Asked if she had any children, Leslie smiled, pointed to the motorcycles and said. "Yeah, two of them...
...started me riding." Leslie explained. "He said, 'Let's go riding motorcycles,' and I got hooked." Leslie wants to see more women race motocross, but says "they've got to get serious." She refuses to race "powder-puff," insisting that she compete against men; but so far she hasn't won a race...
Most professional motocross racers are young men in their late teens and early 20s. Tall, thin and lithe, they straddle their bikes with a sure-fired brashness made possible only by youth. In the pits before the races they dress slowly as the smell of gasoline wafts through the air and the drone of the motorbikes drowns any conversation. With long hair often past their shoulders, they are indistinguishable from their fans. Voluptuous young girls run through the pits, their bosoms overhanging as they reach out with the screwdrivers and wrenches that are requested by drivers' mechanics. Akin...
They train hard for their races, very hard. Following a pattern similar to the training for professional football players, the riders usually wake at six, run five miles, do 15 minutes of calisthenics, eat breakfast, bicycle for ten miles, work on their machines for five hours, ride a motocross course for one hour without a seat, ride an additional two hours with one 15-minute break, eat dinner, and then...