The Brou double
These photos are the only ones I have of the massive double jump at Brou, during the 1990 French Grand Prix....
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A collection of my favourite photos, with some of the stories behind them. Please click on an article to view.
Qualification and timed training
This snap was taken by my father Ron during Sunday timed training at Namur in 1986. David Thorpe was going...
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David Thorpe & Andre Malherbe at Sittendorf, 1985
This is a photo that I took myself at Sittendorf, Austria, in 1985. This was my first 500 GP and...
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Canadian GP, 1986
These photos are from the Canadian GP in '86. I think this was the last time that a GP was held in...
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Namur, & the legend that is Carla
This photo can only be Namur. This is the Chalet du Monument, down at the bottom. For those of...
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Thorpe preparing his goggles
David Thorpe preparing his goggles. No goggle building reps back then, even for World Champions. Can’t remember where this was taken....
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Brou, France.
This monochrome Jack Burnicle photo says a lot about GP motocross. It’s taken at Brou, where we had the French...
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The downhill double at Namur
Here's Paul Malin jumping the downhill double at Namur. This was one of those jumps that nobody really...
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Austrian GP, Sittendorf
This photo is from Sittendorf, Austria 1987. I am #47 on my JBR Honda, Kees van der Ven is #5,...
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Chasing Giovanni Cavatorta, Italian GP, 1988
This is from the Italian GP of 1988. Can’t remember the track though. Italy, like France, always had spectacular,...
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Belgian GP, Namur, 1988
Namur again, this time from 1988. That’s me with the holeshot, which was a rare occurrence. This was the race that...
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Checking out the start gate at Beurne, Germany
This was at the 1986 German GP at Beurne. Camel Boots was on off-shoot of Camel cigarettes, intended, I believe, to get...
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Claire in the pit box
This photo is probably from somewhere like Luxembourg in 1989. That’s my wife Claire doing her best to keep me...
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Spanish GP, 1987
This is another Burnicle picture, this time from the Spanish GP at Yunquera in 1987. This was the opening GP of...
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Life on the road
One aspect of life as a GP rider that people probably don’t appreciate, especially a privateer, is the length of time...
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Finnish GPs
This is the Finnish GP track at Ruskeasanta, close to Helsinki airport. Finland was a long way from home. To get...
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Giving everything you have
This 1990 photo is of myself and Australian 500GP racer Robert Scott*. I don't recall which race it was taken...
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Myself & Eric Geboers at Namur
Eric Geboers chases me out of the woods in the 1988 Belgian GP, on his way to clinching his 500cc world...
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1987 German GP, Reutlingen
This Jack Burncicle Photo was taken as I walked back to the truck after my best ever moto result – 2nd...
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Namur again
This Roddy Macleod photo deserves it's own section. Taken in about 2004 I believe, it shows the staircase section which...
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Sittendorf 1986
The 1986 Austrian GP at Sittendorf was probably my finest day. I came into the race as a true outsider...
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Namur 1987
In June 1987 I suffered a bad knee injury. I had been riding really well that year, scoring 5th at...
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1990 French GP, Brou
This start line shot brings back some memories for me - not so much of the track or the specific race,...
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