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Whatever happened to Michael York ?? and his sidekick Sean (his last name escapes me) Sean was super tall raced pro....
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And BTW, I plan on spilling at least two drinks !
The Shop
As for York , I grew up racing with that kid in the late 80s and early 90s I thought for sure he was going to go a bit further as a pro . Last time I saw him race was at the 97 LA Coliseum , he didnt make it through the pre quals in the 125s.
He used to race in Washington quite a bit,I think he was from Idaho.
Pretty sure he raced SX for a while also 92 & 93.
He was part of the whole freestyle scene when it started blowing up in the late 90's / early 00's ...he may have been part of the mulisha at one point.
no surprises there..dude is from 'methford', oregon. lol
methford?
seriously??
I think it was 1991, Pac-west at SIR, there was this jump section where anyone that was sane went two-two-two-etc. Huffman and McCormick(still rideing 250 intermediate btw) decide that ...I think...6-3 is a better combo. Nuts.While Huff and McCormick were out front doing there thing the rest of us 250 int were fighting for first real intermediate(3rd). Anyways, Highland hucked that jump section right in front of me and did it without crashing his brains out. I was impressed.
And, Mrs McCalister was a really nice lady. Good people.
http://freestylemtx.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38710
Pit Row
I remember Michael York at the Pac west races too. Dude just steadily improved.
I helped out a shop in Carson CA get their parts Dept. in order this last year, and he came in and bought some parts. He seemed to be mellow and doing good. Still tall and skinny and inked up.
I remember him being mostly a freestyle dude, being an OR guy myself. We shot the shit for a while, he was cool and seemed stoked on moto.
Michael York was fast....look in the Lorettas Vault. 3rd place in the 125 12-15 class battling with Windham and Travis Preston. I think he won or was top 3 at Ponca as well in the mid 90s. Just remember he looked like a mini Rick Johnson with full matching Fox gear and Hondas back in the day. I raced a lot on 80's with his cousin Tommy in 93 and on to 125's and 250's in '94. I think Michael got hurt some and just got out of it. I turned pro in '98 and remember Michael was on Yamahas and did some Arenacross that winter 98/99 and then never saw him again.
Highland I remember 994? on Suzukis in JT gear with such a unique style. I remember him running top 10 in the 250 National at Washougal in 94 or 95 for half the moto and the stock pipe just fell apart on his RM 250...every lap it got louder and louder until there was absolutely nothing left.
Those guys came up with a super strong group of Intemediates in the early 90s. Pac West was so big back then. Great to be around that era and race with and know most all the names that you guy's have mentioned.
Tyler....your dad was a badass on a bike. I raced against Tommy( Michael's brother I think ) many years ago , but had a lot of race days / nights where I would run into them. If I remember right , wasn't your dad #502? I can't remember if it was him or Tommy that I was hanging around with a bit down at salem arenacross many years ago. With Tommy I remember racing against him many times at washougal. Good family.
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A little info I came across last summer was that Michael Brandes works in the same field as a buddy of mine ( They drill huge holes in the earth , pour concrete for those huge pillars for bridges , power stations and so forth ) And Michael was suppose to be coming up this way I guess for a job. He talked to my buddy and said that he would like to try to go out and do some riding with us. He said he hadn't ridden in quite a long time but was thinking of going out and having some fun.
Good to see you here Sondy , and it was awesome meeting and hanging with you at the GP last year!
Whatever happened to Paul Winn?
I saw an update on Rick Simmett... used to be in awe of that dude when I saw him ride. Perfect bikes, gear and style and fast!!
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