WHO IS THAT? | Bikesportnz

The BikesportNZ.com photo archive is a treasure trove of classic old snaps.

We have decided that each week we are going to run an archive photo or two – a bit of a guessing game for you. See if you can answer the questions about BOTH photos.

We’ll offer you a few clues, but we also want to keep you guessing.

Check back and we’ll give you the answers next week, along with our next “Who’s that?” feature photos.

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Plus, we have a sponsor for the feature. Thanks to Crown Kiwi, EVS, Alpinestars and 100% apparel and accessories, we can offer a small prize each week – a tee-shirt or a cap – to the first respondent with the correct answers.

The winner of our last quiz was Pahiatua’s Stu Sowry, who correctly identified Dave Thorpe and Steven Bird as the two riders featured.

Clues for photo above:

This photo shows a crash at Manfeild during a Victoria Motorcycle Club Actrix Winter Roadrace Series event.

Name the rider who is crashing and the two riders behind him, riders No.6 and No.47.

We do also need you to answer the question about the photo below.

Clues for photo below:

This photo shows a Kiwi rider in the pits at Manfeild in the 1990s.

He went on to great things internationally and is still heavily involved with the sport. Name him, where he was from (what New Zealand town) and also tell us what was probably regarded as his greatest achievement internationally?

Last week’s characters revealed:

The main rider featured last week was one of Britain’s legends of motocross, kissing the trophy he’s just won as he celebrates claiming yet another world championship.

Yes, it was, of course, Dave Thorpe, kissing the world veterans’ crown he’d just collected at Donington Park in the British Midlands in 2007.

We also asked you to tell us what world motocross titles he’d won.

Thorpe won the world 500cc crown three times, in 1985, 1986 and again in 1989, before going on to win the world veterans’ title in 2007.

The second photo shown last week was of Palmerston North rider Steven Bird, preparing his bike during the work period at the International Six Days Enduro in 2006.

The former New Zealand enduro champion is still occasionally active on the national enduro scene.

Email your answers to this week’s quiz to contest@bikesportnz.com

Note: Be careful to answer the questions being asked. We may ask for a time, a place, an event or ask for one or several of the individuals in the two photos to be identified.

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