Tag "Cary Hitchen"

Video | First Race in 38 Years!

Video | First Race in 38 Years! By Billy Rainford #55 Cary Hitchen from London, Ontario, headed over to the back track (GDR Factory) at Gopher Dunes in Courtland to race a Thames Valley Riders (TVR) event in a Vet class. He hadn’t raced in over 38 years, so we thought we’d better get out there and record it for posterity! Sunday, June 25, 2023.

Monday Morning Coffee

By Billy Rainford Having not been at a Supercross the past couple weekends, I didn’t really have a lot of content for my past two Monday Morning Coffee columns. However, I don’t even know where to start this week! I think it’s pretty safe to say that the past 3 days contained more moto content than any I’ve had in the past…many, many years. Let me clarify. Sure, I was

Video | First Ride in 38 Years!

Video | First Ride in 38 Years! By Billy Rainford Cary Hitchen was Bigwave’s “mechanic” back in the 1980’s but hasn’t been on a motocross track in about 38 years! He bought a KTM 250 2-stroke and we hit Gore Road MX to get his feet wet. Here’s how Day 1 went.

#TBT | Happy Birthday to Billy’s 1980’s Man-Friend

TBT | Happy Birthday to Billy’s 1980’s Man-Friend Killing two birds with one stone, here. Happy Birthday to man-friend extraordinaire Cary Hitchen who was at almost as many of my races as my parents, way back in the day. The first photo is the first one in our family moto album and his least favourite of all time, but what are friends for, right? Cary was elbows up before elbows