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Larry Lawrence has spent decades documenting the people, moments and milestones that shaped motorcycle racing in the United States. In this episode, host Heather Wilson Schiltz talks with the longtime journalist, historian and RiderFiles.com owner about preserving the sport’s past, the challenges of keeping records accessible, and why so much of racing history is still at risk of being lost.

They also dig into the evolution of media, the value of physical archives, and Larry’s newly released book: The Immortals of American Motocross.

🎧 What You’ll Hear in This Episode:

• How Larry’s work writing AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame bios launched his deep dive into motorcycle history
• Why Rider Files started with digitizing Larry's own race photos and grew into a much bigger archive project
• What it takes to identify and organize decades of racing images and why social media has helped fill in missing details
• How race coverage changed from print deadlines and airport film handoffs to today’s nonstop digital cycle
• The difference between feeding the content machine and creating journalism that lasts
• Why Larry believes more motorcycle racing history needs to be preserved before it disappears
• How local and regional racing communities can start documenting their own history
• The challenge of ranking motocross legends for his new book: The Immortals of American Motocross

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