Tuesday, July 5, 2011

1968 Sammy Tanner - The Flea Flees

One hundred and twenty-five pounds - sopping wet - of muscular dexterity; but when you are watching him as he massages a bike way up against the wall and through the north turn at Ascot Park, in Gardena, Calif., you'll realize just why anyone who speaks of the "Flea's'" half-mile elegance, does so in a toned reverence. For, Sammy (The Flea) Tanner is the crowned royalty of the dirt ovals. He carries with him, as his scepter, some phenomenally quick, bent-framed racing bikes...

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