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"My name is Damon Bradshaw, and I am here to kick ass tonight".
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Isn't it about entertainment!? Saw him in Tampa 89 (my first SX), he was pissed with 3rd.
And it's not pink, it's magenta.
Yamaha had sponsored Damon since 1985. They gave him eight bikes for the year, two tuned by factory mechanics for national events. He got $8,000 parts credit for the year ( a ton of money in 87) and had the option to sell the bikes at the end of the season. His parents got about $25,000 to cover travel and expenses. He got $500 for a national win and $50 each day to test.
I was working down on the floor at this one and there is so much you can't tell from the video.
1. It rained during move in and the dirt that the call clay in south florida is really a gravely limestone that does not handle water well. The track was, for want of a better word, mushy. I remember there was one tabletop that the riders would land short on and you could see the jump mash down like a big block of foam.
2. The amateurs had raced on the morning of this race because they had a monster truck event scheduled Sunday afternoon. John Savitski was still building the tracks back then and equipment was much slower than the new generation hydrostatic stuff and it was all the crew could do in the time they had to work some of the corners. The ruts were much deeper than what you can tell in this clip.
3. It is funny how slow these guys look compared to modern supercross, but the track was a tough one. Ruts and a bunch of short steep obstacles that really disrupted the flow of the small bores. It would sure be interesting to watch some 250Fs ride on one of the old designs like this one. I really believe they would look like "B" riders.
4. I have seen a full version of this race on youtube but couldn't seem to find it. Bradshaw had already taken a pretty tough fall before this clip even starts.
When he wanted to win, he was tough to beat.
enjoy G-No
Cyndi Goerke
These hang on my office wall.
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