TR: Yeah, 40 years ago this year my dad saw the Motocross des Nations in Gaildorf, Germany. Q: Way back in 1972, your dad Gene purchased theis property and etched out the circuit now known as RedBud… While moto patriarch Gene Ritchie will not be there to see it, his son Tim certainly will (likely from the seat of a bulldozer!). This Sunday, the gate will drop on the 71st annual Motocross of Nations at RedBud MX in Buchanan, Michigan. Not much else really needs to be written in this introduction. He often said, ‘If you get to do something you love for a living, you’re truly blessed.’ He was blessed. To everyone who ever threw a leg over their bike or set foot there, he was so very grateful. We’re so thankful that he left this earth just the way he wanted to: peacefully, at home with his dogs and family. Here’s the Facebook message the Ritchie family posted on February 20, 2016: “Our dad passed away this morning.
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