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dennisjonon
2/5/2014 4:39pm
2/5/2014 4:39pm
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2/7/2014 6:53am
who all attends these kick ass events? I'm looking into selling my kx 250f and getting a speedway bike now that i live out here…
if you can ride moto can you ride a speedway bike or should i get Penhall's expertise? he's offered, so why not!
if you can ride moto can you ride a speedway bike or should i get Penhall's expertise? he's offered, so why not!
The Shop
I went and saw these races last Summer, after seeing two guy's lock bars on the start and drive each other into the Fence all I could think is "Fuck that"
I used to attend CM speedway races in 1968, when Troy Lee's grandfather helped get it started.
http://www.ocweekly.com/2013-09-26/news/costa-mesa-speedway-brad-oxley/
On the other hand, I love spectating the races. Watching guys that actually know what they're doing is highly entertaining.
When I was just out of high school, I worked for Malcolm Smith, and would occasionally borrow his annual pass to hit the Orange Show Speedway on Wednesday nights.
i will definitely look into some schooling before i just go out and give it a whirl!
crazy thing about all you older folks is you probably know bobby boogaloo shwartz!! i saw he's still racing in CM.
You need to grow a mullet to really be into speedway in Costa Mesa! Mike Faria style.
I was fortunate to earn my living racing in Europe,it's pretty big over here,(huge in Poland),the tracks are a lot different too,Industry is around 200m whereas the tracks here are 300-400m
I managed to get to Costa Mesa and Auburn in recent years and caught up with some of the guys I raced with over here who amazingly all still race,man some of them are gettig on a bit,Faria,Venegas,Janniro,Hicks,Hancock,Hamill etc!,I stayed with Billy,who's doing a great job getting kids onboard riding 250's backed by Hagon Shocks so it's going in the right direction.Those tracks are cool,I couldn't believe how small Costa Mesa was
There's a young American kid coming to race for my home track Ipswich,called Gino Manzares and he looks like a huge prospect
S
A group of 3 of us always wanted to get a bike and take turns riding. Never got around to it.
Pit Row
That is me in the front and Alan "Crazy" Christian behind me. That picture is from around 1987.
Come on, Dennis! We want full reports.
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