-year-old Brad Andres from San Diego, California stands with his Harley-Davidson KR race-bike and some “hardware” he picked up along the way in 1955, his rookie season on the AMA National circuit. Andres started the year by winning the Daytona 200 (the first of three career Daytona 200 wins) and then went on to stun the sport by capturing the AMA Grand National Championship ahead of many seasoned veterans. Brad’s race bike was tuned by his father Leonard Andres, the owner of San Diego Harley-Davidson at the time.

Photo from Don Emde Collection.