On this day, June 11, 1972. Motorcycle history.

Aboard a CZ 400 at Snyder Park in Washington, Indiana, Wyman Priddy wins the 5th round of the AMA Motocross National Championship 500cc class over future AMA Hall of Famer Barry Higgins.

Wyman Priddy started his career racing hillclimbs in 1962, and by 1966 was riding a Triumph 500 collecting trophies throughout Texas running TT-Scrambles. In 1968 Wyman started racing motocross, he was at the forefront of the Texas motocross movement and was the first major Texan to set center stage and make a run on the National and International motocross scene.

Wyman's 1972 500cc Outdoor National win secured his name among the nations best and coupled with the fact that until Dennis Hawthorne's career and retirement, Priddy probably won more races in Texas than anyone else, placing a big bold stamp on his name as the "Father of Texas Motocross".

Sadly, on Sept. 14, 1982, he passed away in his sleep at the young age of 36 from arterial sclerosis.

Wyman Priddy was inducted in the Texas Motocross Hall of Fame in 2012.

Wyman Priddy was a Texas moto legend...cool Dave Nielsen pic from the old school daze.

1977 Mosier Valley Experts Featuring Wyman Priddy