Mahony Photo Archive Fire

I heard about this fire when I was out at the US Superprestigio, but didn't know the details until the other day.

Sideburn has featured Dan Mahony's dirt track photos since issue one. He photographed throughout the 70s, 80s and 90s, before moving to Montana Missouri where, according to Mark Gardiner (see below), he and his wife fostered abandoned animals while Dan converted his 1000s of images from print and negative to digital. Virtually any Ascot photo you've ever seen is either Dan's or his father's, Walt (who helped found the Ascot track and the Trackmaster frame company). An example of one of Dan's evocative shots, this one from the Houston Astrodome, is below.

The archive was stored in Dan and Vickie's home and was wiped out by the fire. Most of the animals perished too, but Dan, his wife and mother-in-law escaped, though Dan was badly burned trying to rescue some of the animals.

A friend of the family has set up a Go Fund Me page if you would like to help with any money to put the Mahonys back on their feet.

Many more sad details of the fire are over on Mark Gardiner's online Backmarker column on MotoUSA.com. G

Death Spray x Burly Brand Charity Tails

This from the Burly Brand Blog.

We plan on promoting each Death Spray-painted  tail section at events throughout the year. Each tail section will be raffled off one by one until the end of the year. 100% of the proceeds will be donated to the Ride For Kids benefiting the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation. 

Please consider donating $1.00 to our Pledgie fundraiser campaign. For every $1.00 donation, you will be entered to win a FREE Burly Brand T-SHIRT. Donate $5.00, get 1 entry into the Cafe Tail Section Raffle. The last drawing will be held on Nov. 3, 2014.