The first yearbook was the 1979 issue with the nation flags on the cover, more or less only a collection of important driver portraits, very few words about the 1978 ERC. The next one, 1980, was the biggest with 208 pages. Both were done by different printers in lousy quality. During the 1980 ERC season I split up with my partner and did another three real books, 1981, 82, 83. From 1984 on there were only brochures, rather than books, but the fans kept on calling them the RX yearbooks, while I prefer to say "the so-called yearbooks". For 1990 there was no money to find any longer and I produced a meagre thing with just 40 pages. Makes a total of 12 "yearbooks" in a row, while I did 17 calendars in a row, between 1981 and 1997. The books of 1979, 80, 81, 82, 83 and 90 are sold out, but there are only a few of the others left with me anyway. I do not offer them any longer, since the prices for second hand ones at eBay are pretty high. Same with the calendars. Some kind of speculation…
In Holland RX was covered by the AVRO for 10 or 11 years from 1969 on, a fortnight after each race they did a one hour programme with the best races on TV. As I live very close to the Dutch border I was able to see RX in 1972 and 73 on the telly by aerial. On September 1 1974 I went for the first time to Valkenswaard, just a 45 minutes drive (I need the same time to go to Maasmechelen as well) from my home, and got immediately hooked.