Bud Ekins at the 1955 Catalina Grand Prix motorcycle race.

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I recently acquired this excellent set of photographs directly from the Pelton family (Harry Pelton was an Indian dealer later taking on Triumph and Ariel in the 1950’s). They are of Bud Ekins competing at the 1955 Catalina Grand Prix riding a Triumph TR5 500cc Twin as well as some publicity shots from Johnson Motors after the race in which he earned 1st place in his class. Most of these are unpublished, I have seen a couple in 1955 motorcycle magazines which covered the event as well a one of the shots was used in the 1956 Catalina race program. Hope you enjoy them as much as I have.