Bench Racers Christmas

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 6:55pm
Okay, this is something we have been quietly working on for some time now: a comprehensive archive of the AMA Pro Motocross Championship results. I know there are a bunch of fellow bench racers and students of the sport here on Vital, so think of this as a brand new resource, with more records and results to come from AMA Supercross, the old Trans-AMA and Inter-Am Series, the Motocross and Trophee des Nations, and more....

Gentlemen, start your browsers!

http://www.racerxonline.com/2011/12/23/bench-racers-christmas-forty-yea…

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neverwas 12/23/2011 10:59am
12/23/2011 10:59am
moto trivia just made easier,I will look like a genius of moto now.
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jeffro503 12/23/2011 11:02am
12/23/2011 11:02am
Davey.....I can't get that link to work for some reason.
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jeffro503 12/23/2011 11:11am
12/23/2011 11:11am
WOW!!.....This is freaking awesome! I'm pulling up names from some of the local NW guys on this new vault from way back in the 70's and 80's!! This thing is SWEET!!!

Thanks Davey and RacerX!!

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mx_563 12/23/2011 11:20am
12/23/2011 11:20am
Matthes' prayers have been answered! (mine too, thanks DC!)
theonlinelegend 12/23/2011 11:44am
12/23/2011 11:44am
Thanks to all that are involved with this project. Such an amazing tool for motoheads.
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pilotdude 12/23/2011 12:01pm
12/23/2011 12:01pm
That place is COOL.
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P 12/23/2011 12:04pm
12/23/2011 12:04pm
Nice, veeeeery nice. Good ammo.


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Pdub 12/23/2011 12:46pm
12/23/2011 12:46pm
DC, that is a landmark moto app. Thank you very much!
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MXR 12/23/2011 2:46pm
12/23/2011 2:46pm Edited Date/Time 12/23/2011 3:31pm
DC wrote:
Okay, this is something we have been quietly working on for some time now: a comprehensive archive of the AMA Pro Motocross Championship results. I know...
Okay, this is something we have been quietly working on for some time now: a comprehensive archive of the AMA Pro Motocross Championship results. I know there are a bunch of fellow bench racers and students of the sport here on Vital, so think of this as a brand new resource, with more records and results to come from AMA Supercross, the old Trans-AMA and Inter-Am Series, the Motocross and Trophee des Nations, and more....

Gentlemen, start your browsers!

http://www.racerxonline.com/2011/12/23/bench-racers-christmas-forty-yea…

DC
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Right on , I raced the Washougal MX National in 1985 250 class . I think I went 31 st & 16 th for 24 th overall after checking the Racer X vault ( broke the front brake caliper off in the first turn of the first moto when I ran into the back of Lecheins bike and just cruised around with no front brake. The second moto I was running 14 th for most of the race , then I think Hannah and Dymond passed me toward the end or may have been lapping me , not sure .. I didn't even know what place I got in the 2nd moto untill the AMA sent a check , for $100 .This was after I basically quit racing in 1983 , race a couple times in 1984 , then sold the bike a 83 cr 480 . In 1985 I was 24 years old , my buddy talked me into racing his bike a 85 cr 250 , I did about 3-4 local Washougal races then decided to do the national for fun . I really wasn;'t in shape and was out partying with my friends the night before . A couple other guys I know did great in the open class that year , Eric Eaton won it and Phil Larsen . We used to have some pretty fast guys up here . After that race I did not touch a bike for about 10 years . I started racing when I was 16 when I could pay for it myself and turned local pro at 18 . Brings back some fun memories I had back then . John Svensson 24 th overal 1985 Washougal 250 mx National woohoo . Thanks Davey and Racer X .
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Highsider 12/23/2011 2:58pm
12/23/2011 2:58pm Edited Date/Time 12/23/2011 4:35pm
If RacerX adds the Trans-Am and Trans-AMA results, I am screwed.
I always make-up stuff and nobody can check if I am correct!

Edit: A BIG THANKS for setting up this archive! What a treasure.
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wpark89 12/23/2011 3:29pm
12/23/2011 3:29pm Edited Date/Time 12/23/2011 3:37pm
Just awesome!

I've wanted something like this for years.

Very cool to be able to look up results...and to be able to search by manufacture.

Some bugs but it's going to be an amazing resource. All the Cannondale riders come up under Can Am which is kind of funny.
Joel Smets came over and raced Gainsville in '95? I didn't know that (although it lists him on a Husqvarna and he would of been on a Husaberg)

A lot of riders are listed 2 or 3 times because they had differnet addresses or used their middle initial one year on their sign up but not another. You've also got David Bailey on a Yamaha from Axton, Virginia in the 125 class at Hangtown in '90 and the 500 class at Washougal. That would of been a different David Bailey...there was one from Washington.

Not at all complaining...just some stuff I found while browsing the last hour.

Thanks for this! It's huge!
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DC 12/23/2011 3:33pm
12/23/2011 3:33pm
WPark, thanks for spotting those! It is a work-in-progress, and I imagine that the computer needed more info on the Can-Ams vs. Cannondale designations, as well as Smets and Bailey. We will work on all of this that you spotted, please let me know if you see anymore.

DC@mxsports.com
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jasonv43 12/23/2011 3:35pm
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Good things, good things.
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andymoto 12/23/2011 3:41pm
12/23/2011 3:41pm
Just happened to run across it this morning and thought it was neat. Wish could see each of the moto finishes, but since you're going back to the Inter-Am's and Trans-AMA's, Thanks a lot!
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Digger437 12/23/2011 3:42pm
12/23/2011 3:42pm
Very awesome!
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Rupert X 12/23/2011 3:47pm
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Standing up, clapping, my head making figure 8 movements, classical music playing, profoundly.

Me likey.
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ebers 12/23/2011 4:10pm
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That is way cooler then I thought it could ever be. Very well done, I'm already spending too much time surfing around there!

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Law 131 12/23/2011 6:11pm
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Well done!
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JPT 12/23/2011 6:15pm
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Ok, this I like.
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kw1 12/23/2011 7:13pm
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This has deadset just made my Christmas! Thanks so much DC (and everyone else involved), this is something MX has been missing for years!
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geo309 12/23/2011 7:28pm
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I would like to see a list by state?
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MCfan4life 12/23/2011 7:52pm
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Freakin' awesome. Thanks Davey and everyone else from RacerX who was involved.

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AZ35 12/23/2011 8:44pm
12/23/2011 8:44pm Edited Date/Time 12/23/2011 8:45pm
Not enough information.

Need the astrology sign, favorite food, and birth date of every person ever to race a motorcycle. Any motorcycle. Ever. But then we would need pics of every one of them.... Some people are never satisfied....

Great to look through all the years and read the summary of each season, with the related historical "events" happening during that year. I found it amusing that my moto memories of each year were much clearer than any recollection of the worldwide news events during the same year.

Some great memories, thank you.
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Tbteam 12/23/2011 8:49pm
12/23/2011 8:49pm
This may be the greatest interweb development in the history of mankind.
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DanDunes818 12/23/2011 11:32pm
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Rupert X wrote:
Standing up, clapping, my head making figure 8 movements, classical music playing, profoundly.

Me likey.
x2 ^^^^ plus enough excitement to actually get movement...

This is a bible to a guy that loves to research and write about moto.. I can't count how many times I needed just one simple factual result to ad validity to a statement I knew to be true, but couldn't fact check. Countless emails were sent out last year to get a confirmation on a result I believed to be true.. Even a couple emails to DC for a fact check.. I will say that DC always amazingly had the answer I needed.. Haha!

Thank you DC and all the people it took to put this together.. I will have this site permanently up..
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DanDunes818 12/23/2011 11:34pm
12/23/2011 11:34pm
Tbteam wrote:
This may be the greatest interweb development in the history of mankind.
As crazy as it sounds I may actually agree with that (what some would say) grossly overstated praise.. Woohoo
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jeffro503 12/24/2011 12:44am
12/24/2011 12:44am
HOLY CRAP Davey.....I must of spent 3 friggin' hours on that damn site today! Curse you!!

The best motoX archive known to man!
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TomZ 12/24/2011 4:34am
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Rupert X wrote:
Standing up, clapping, my head making figure 8 movements, classical music playing, profoundly.

Me likey.
DanDunes818 wrote:
x2 ^^^^ plus enough excitement to actually get movement... This is a bible to a guy that loves to research and write about moto.. I can't...
x2 ^^^^ plus enough excitement to actually get movement...

This is a bible to a guy that loves to research and write about moto.. I can't count how many times I needed just one simple factual result to ad validity to a statement I knew to be true, but couldn't fact check. Countless emails were sent out last year to get a confirmation on a result I believed to be true.. Even a couple emails to DC for a fact check.. I will say that DC always amazingly had the answer I needed.. Haha!

Thank you DC and all the people it took to put this together.. I will have this site permanently up..
Dan, As much respect as i have for your noble thoughts on adding validity to a statement............i think the finest use for this fantastic tool will be calling out my old friends on results from back in the day that were very difficult to verify until now !!!

Thank you DC.....for us older Vital members you have provided the gateway to memory lane.

I hope that it will work well on my mobile device so i can try to keep up with the trivia Buydos has in his memory bank.
oldschoolmxr203 12/24/2011 5:26am
12/24/2011 5:26am
Awesome, always wanted to be able to look past results up,

this is the best bench racers christmas EVER, thanks a million DC,

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