Classic Dirt Bike

Light blue touchpaper…

The iconic picture of Georges Jobe jumping over his arch rival Andre Malherbe in the Hawkstone Park sandpit, with the backdrop of a massive crowd going bananas on a roasting hot day during the 1984 British Grand Prix, still turns up as regular as clockwork both in print and of course it is a recurring staple on social networks.

The pic was taken by ace MX photographer Nick Haskell, who by rights ought to be a rich man on royalties from that single image – he isn't, of course. A less known fact is that fellow lensman

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