1954 Willie Wilson Motorcycle Rider of the Month - 1-Page Vintage Article For Sale

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1954 Willie Wilson Motorcycle Rider of the Month - 1-Page Vintage Article
Original, Vintage Magazine articlePage Size: Approx. 8\" x 11\" (21 cm x 28 cm)Condition: Good
Almost every rider who has entered a hareand hound has heard the name “Willie Wil-son”, and at one time or another (if fortu-nate) has witnessed his style in the “rough”.Most every rider will, sooner or later, de-velop a distinct style, the way he sets thebike, or maybe the way he holds his arms.With Willie it’s plain determination and ifyou doubt this, watch him in a hare andhound when he is behind, see how hard herides and how many places he picks up onthe way in.For the record, Willie was born 24 yearsago, Nov. 28th, 1929 in Inglewood, Calif.He started riding in 1946 and entered com-petition in 1950. Since then he has piled upan enviable record in the sporting scene.When Big Bear was a national he picked offa third spot and in the 49er run several yearsago many of you will remember how hepassed the leader, Bill West in the last 5miles only to fall into a poorly marked ditchjust 100 yards from the finish. His first winwas the Jack Rabbits Scrambles in 1951, andin 1954 his style began to follow a patternas he chalked up two more firsts by winningthe 49er Scrambles and the HighlandersScrambles. These wins plus “umpteen” sec-onds and thirds, helped to put Willie wherehe is today, at the top of the list for theperpetual scrambles trophy and at present isleading the all around rider award list.Except for a hitch in the Navy, Willie hasridden quite consistently and although hislaurels are far from easily won, are morecertainly deserved. He has ridden the pastseason much the same way a prize fightermight fight, constantly piling up those pre-cious points.In his personal life Willie is enthusiastic,young and single. When I asked him whathe liked most in this crazy mixed up world—he replied “girls”, then he added rathercasually “blond ones that is”. When he canfind die time he likes to water ski, and fora living he is a real estate salesman andbuilder.When asked what particular incident stoodout in his mind concerning hare and hounds,I was surprised when he related an incidentthat took place about two years ago, involv-ing three rather eager young men. It seemsas though “yours truly” was tooling alongthis rather fast fire-road (in the Moose Rim),when upon rounding a curve found somecharacter sprawled in the middle of the road.Since there was no place to go, and no time,I was forced into laying the machine down.As could be expected I slid into the block-ade with Willie bounding in—in the samemanner. Just as we were about to pick our-selves up, Jerry Platt blasted around thesame turn taking similar action. Willie saidit took him about five seconds of deep con-centration to realize everything was OK, wethen unscrambled ourselves and blasted off,much more cautious if not a bit wiser.Some of Willie’s likes and dislikes could besummed up as follows: thinks running “fuel”in scrambles events is unnecessary expense;would like to see another scrambles courseas good as the one at the old Lincoln Parksite; would have more social activities suchas the party at the Catalina trophy presenta-tion; picks Catalina as the best sportingevent; thinks Big Bear is best hare andhound; also (quite naturally so) thinks AJSand Matchless machines are the “only thing”for sporting events in general.Although it would be impossible to coverWillie’s complete life history, the aboveshould answer a few of the more pertinentquestions that might arise. At any rate Ithink most everyone will agree that WillieWilson certainly deserves anything good thatmay come his way.
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