Radical Ron Turner?

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 2:07pm
Has anyone seen Ron lately?
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I beat him at the Pro / Am in December...obviously he's gotten a little slower. He still looks good. Doesn't ride as much these days.
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HAHAHAAHA Compare what Jim Holley looked like back then to now.Whistling
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Radical Ron was pretty fast on a Cagiva, too!! Maybe Pipe has a scan of Ron pullin' a holeshot at Saddleback against Johnny O' on a WMX 125.

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LW.....Larry Ward??? The "Big Hair" looks good on him!! HAHA!!
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justpinit wrote:
Radical Ron was pretty fast on a Cagiva, too!! Maybe Pipe has a scan of Ron pullin' a holeshot at Saddleback against Johnny O' on a...
Radical Ron was pretty fast on a Cagiva, too!! Maybe Pipe has a scan of Ron pullin' a holeshot at Saddleback against Johnny O' on a WMX 125.
Cagiva..Man I had one of those...like my 1972 DKW, the Cagiva, had too many neutrals. Loved the suspension though.
xnationalwrench 4/26/2008 2:57am
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Someone needs to find the MOTOCROSS ACTION magazine from back in 1977 where Ronnie holeshoted the Hangtown 125 National which made the cover, that was a great shot.
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xnationalwrench wrote:
Someone needs to find the MOTOCROSS ACTION magazine from back in 1977 where Ronnie holeshoted the Hangtown 125 National which made the cover, that was a...
Someone needs to find the MOTOCROSS ACTION magazine from back in 1977 where Ronnie holeshoted the Hangtown 125 National which made the cover, that was a great shot.
I shall ask the senior editor !

I know where you could find a copy...I remember one time I went to your house in Santa Ana, or Tustin....in your bathroom you had about ten thousand moto mags !

There were just to many to move, I am sure they're still there LOL
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I have it
I just need to get my scanner fixed.
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Tom Benolkin

i don't recognize this name. what's his story?
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jay_547 wrote:
Tom Benolkin

i don't recognize this name. what's his story?
Ex factory Kawasaki rider. Very fast I think he got hurt and stopped riding.
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jay_547 wrote:
Tom Benolkin

i don't recognize this name. what's his story?
He posts over at Mototalk
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Benolkin was a bad ass on a 125.
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Back row: Brian Myerscough, Tom Benolkin, Goat Breker, Wayne Boyer
Front row: Ron Turner, Eric Kehoe, George Holland, Jim Holley
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Another fact about Ron Turner.


He was known as the winningest rider in California.


Ron had a style, few can make work...He sat way back on the seat. How he could ever turn confused me.

I'm sure he'll be at the national...I'll get picture of him
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Mike if you see Ron tell him I said HI
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xnationalwrench wrote:
Mike if you see Ron tell him I said HI
I'm sure I'll see him. I have only spoke with him a couple times, but he always acknowledges my presence.

Anybody else you're feeling misty eyed about ?
*giggle*

What was your last name ?

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xnationalwrench 5/7/2008 7:21am
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misty eyed? not hardly, but maybe Jeff Ortberg or Marty Miller and you forgot the last name its only been 30 years? lol the name is Hanson, Chuck Hanson
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My fondest memory of you, is watching as you did 100mph on your RD350, down Newport Blvd. !

That thing was a screamer...

The city moved 17th st, it actually goes right through the property where Award motors used to be.
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My fondest memory of you, is watching as you did 100mph on your RD350, down Newport Blvd. ! That thing was a screamer... The city moved...
My fondest memory of you, is watching as you did 100mph on your RD350, down Newport Blvd. !

That thing was a screamer...

The city moved 17th st, it actually goes right through the property where Award motors used to be.
nawwwwwww it was only 99 mph. Wink
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Another fact about Ron Turner. He was known as the winningest rider in California. Ron had a style, few can make work...He sat way back on...
Another fact about Ron Turner.


He was known as the winningest rider in California.


Ron had a style, few can make work...He sat way back on the seat. How he could ever turn confused me.

I'm sure he'll be at the national...I'll get picture of him
Saw him at Ascot back in the day, riding exactly like that...
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we may have raced together. i raced just about every race they had around that time. i always did well there.

bill is a good friend of mine. he would do anything in the world for you. we have some good, friendly battles on the track. he's into supermoto now along with mx.
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Chuck...

I talked to Ron Turner, today, and last night. Message me with your email address, I'll forward it to him.
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Saw Turner run 3 classes at CMC & CRC on quite a few occasions, dude had it figured out going just fast enough to win.
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Ron Won the 50 Expert class this week end.

Chuck, he remembers you, and will be contacting you soon !
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I think it was the 125 Nationals in 1976 that Ron competed on two different brands in the same National Series.....Suzuki and Honda. Don't see that everyday!
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rons been riding again ,seen him at milestone hes still pretty fast and still sits on the back of the seat lol

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