Ferman Brown Bill Ray 77th Motorcycle Week at Laconia		"Brownie" has perfect attendance at Laconia for the past 54 years. Born in Raleigh, NC in 1919, Brownie began his racing career in 1948 at Laconia. As for the bikes he's had, he "don't even bother to count 'em", but he does have his favorite, a 1956 HD1000. He won over twenty trophies for drag racing with that one.