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I dented my exhaust during practice and the guys at the Yamaha truck gave me a new one. That's the closest I ever came to riding for the factory. Ha!
My dad helped get me started racing, but when I was old enough to drive to the races, he quit going every weekend. He drove up and caught my last moto. I don't think he realized how huge an event this was until he got there, he was all excited, saying stuff like "is your bike fast enough?", "do you need race gas?", and "are you in good enough condition?". Haha, I had worked my butt off that summer to get into shape, and, well, I was running a free factory pipe. All was good. We slept in the Suburban and hung out for a couple days. Good memories.
There was a family in a huge motorhome next to me. They were super nice and even put some gear in the truck when it rained during my last moto. Never got to say thanks as they were gone before I finished the race.
No fame for me, but it was a great week. Great thread by the way.
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Steve, this is a good thread, cool stuff.
I did Lorettas 93-99, then again 02-03. Finished top ten in at least one class every year except 94 because I had a DNF in both classes and 99 because I broke my ankle the week before the race in Axton, VA at that guys place (if anyone knows TP ask him about my crash, he'll remember it). Best I ever did was 2nd overall in 250B stock in 98. I did Ponca and Mini-O's in 02/03 also, finished top 5 I think in a class at both (I think).
Some other fond memories are:
- Winning the NY state championship over Paul Carpenter, Brandon Jesseman, Travis Pastrana in 1994 on a left over CR80 with nothing but suspension mods.
- Getting the holeshot and leading the first 125A prosport moto in 2003 until the 2 lap board, before getting passed by Hepler, had a motor problem in moto 2 and got 22nd or something, then in moto 3 rounded it out in 6th and somehow finished 6th overall, I think the winner of the class went like 5-4-4 which is kind of unbelievable. But a 2-22-6 for 6th is pretty nuts. Gotta thank Steve Ross for hooking up those A-Kit Showas for me that year, those things are the cheater hotness, it all made sense to me after that.
- Winning the KROC Mini-Shootout in 95 over some top Team Green riders including Josh Woods in my last race on a mini
- Getting the holeshot on RC and Carpenter at the KROC in 94 on a mini and having him square up a jump early, cut over the banners, over the infield like 10 feet, back over the banners again, back onto the track to make a pass, good times. Kid was magic on a mini, I think he beat most kids in the staging area with his unobtainable bike parts and gear. Luckily he was a class ahead of me.
Yeah, I got name drops, what! There are so many great memories of riding/racing, but unfortunately now that I have a college degree, a career as a software engineer and can afford to live a comfortable life, I don't really have the time to ride moto anymore. Time is indeed a valuable commodity at this point. I ride Mountain bikes to fill the gap and that has been a lot of fun. Since you can ride at night, and I live a mile from the Wissahickon park. I've done several trips to Whistler, Colorado, Utah and all around the north east. I ride XC like 3 times a week after work or on the weekends. My Buddy Curt Beloy rides MTB with us and also still rides Moto. He's been getting me psyched up to go ride again though, so we'll see, I may bust out the old dog 2004 CRF450 and hit up some riding this winter down in FL.
Racing was a large part of our lives, and I'm sure I speak for most of you, I wouldn't trade that time for anything. In many ways the competitive nature and the work ethic required to succeed make me who I am today. Most people have no idea I even raced moto, but if they understood it, they'd probably think I was a psycho or something...
Sorry to potentially derail the thread with this nostalgia driven diatribe.
I have some pics here: http://www.chrishunters.com/tags/motocross
Hunter
Headed to Mini O's tomorrow for the 50+ class.
NC97..... Which Yentzer is this? Your dad turned me backwards on the line once in Open A....do you remember when I brought Tom Welsch up to Trailways to battle you?
Pit Row
Think of the guys that have raced there over the years.
Sorry.....no thread hijacking intended.
I do recall a family living in the house at the track with a 8 or 9 YYO (?) boy.......wow that was a long time ago
You can have a pass on the thread hijack TZ as this old pic is from a LL area qualifier from Mustang Acres. Unfortunately I don't have any good stories from that track. Only thing I can recall is the boys from the Iron Mustangs biker club getting a little crazy and dragging an old aluminum fishing boat behind a beat up old truck all night long. That was a good classic District 14 track and I enjoyed racing there.
Dave Tambling #177, I'm #14, Greg Nesler #45, Keith Bowen also getting a bad start directly behind DT. I'm sure he had blown by us all within a few laps. Must have been 125 expert stock class. Hard to beleive we could ride in that gear. I don't think it is possible to get pants any tighter than the stuff we all wore back then. Those two guys spectating in the background are classic. Guy in the yellow shirt looks half in the bag from tipping Budweiser's all day. LOL.
By the way...Do I know you?
We have met a few times........i put on the AMA Supermoto Championship and have been racing with all our Michigan Mafia buddies since the early 70's as a little kid. Owned a couple shops around town and have enjoyed staying close to the racing stuff. Wednesday night comp club at Mustang is a good memory. Raced some national stuff as an am......just good enough to SPEND a living at it. Still race a handful of races each year....just to hang out with all our old friends.
As goofy as this sounds...i have a small jar of the dirt from mustang on the last race day.
Is that pic from 81 or 82 ??
Good stuff !!
I'll let you know when I get my act together to go riding moto, I just got a new VFX helmet for Downhilling, I need a set of knee braces and I'm pretty good to go, I'll let you know.
It was also featured in MotoXXX 3 I think with Deegan on an RM125
The track there is GNARLY! knee deep sand whoops that are endless.
Damn, I miss riding!
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