Throwback Thursday: Ron Tichenor in a Carolina Downpour (1991)
Larry Lawrence | June 8, 2023
Riders Endured Heavy Rain at the 1991 Charlotte Supercross
Kit Palmer photo
In this week’s Throwback we dial back the Wayback Machine to April 20 of 1991, location, Charlotte, North Carolina, and that weekend’s AMA Camel Supercross Series Round 12. Just as the featured main event was lining up on the starting gate, the skies opened up and the racers and were drenched as it poured for nearly the entire event. Looking through the black & white film of that night’s race this Kit Palmer image of Ron Tichenor navigating the soaked track on his Suzuki, perhaps best illustrated just how tricky conditions were that night. Jean-Michel Bayle took the victory, while Tichenor finished sixth.
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