Florida Mini riders from way back

JOHN CHOATE
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JOHN CHOATE 12/24/2011 1:02pm
12/24/2011 1:02pm
Keep the pics comin', Joe.
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BVS40FL 12/26/2011 7:18am
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Thought of some others that I hadn't heard of since way back then. Scott Lorenz , Albert and Steve Engler, Tony Dayton
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ga_pike 2/8/2012 10:34am
2/8/2012 10:34am
Not as old as some other being mentioned but anyone else remember Jarrett Tipping?

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croom mx 2/11/2012 2:20pm
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BVS40FL wrote:
Thought of some others that I hadn't heard of since way back then. Scott Lorenz , Albert and Steve Engler, Tony Dayton
Read your post, Steve Engler was a 125a rider, rode a suzuki I use to race with him, have not heard from him in years.
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yamahayz80 4/27/2013 12:00pm
4/27/2013 12:00pm Edited Date/Time 5/28/2017 5:09am
I remember steve engler from the golden eagles days - he rode suzukis for suzuki of tampa. gordie from cahills rode big bikes. ronie white , and robbie white my uncle - yamaha rider kirk youngblood - i think cahills sponserd him. seen him out -run the big bikes in the open money glass at dade city think 78 . glen lofley , jack beasly, stevie dodge.
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BVS40FL 4/28/2013 4:48am
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yamahayz80 wrote:
I remember steve engler from the golden eagles days - he rode suzukis for suzuki of tampa. gordie from cahills rode big bikes. ronie white...
I remember steve engler from the golden eagles days - he rode suzukis for suzuki of tampa. gordie from cahills rode big bikes. ronie white , and robbie white my uncle - yamaha rider kirk youngblood - i think cahills sponserd him. seen him out -run the big bikes in the open money glass at dade city think 78 . glen lofley , jack beasly, stevie dodge.
My wife and I were having a yard sale a few years back and a man came up and I thought he looked familiar.
Turns out it was Kirk's dad. We had a long conversation about how much fun we had "back in the day".
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yamahayz80 4/28/2013 6:41am
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he could jet a bike, by sound and make it fly. Herbie..
jeff.hope.98 4/29/2013 11:53am
4/29/2013 11:53am
VDBJR wrote:
Anyone ever see Jeff Hope wax the 100`s at the Orlando track on his XR75? Yarnell is still blazing fast. Usually wins when he races.
SweetDaddy wrote:
Jeff Hope - haven't heard that name in over 30 yrs!
croom mx wrote:
I know Jeff Hope he rode Honda 250A and pro class. Last time I saw him was a St Pete or Chicken Farm 1981. Back then...
I know Jeff Hope he rode Honda 250A and pro class. Last time I saw him was a St Pete or Chicken Farm 1981. Back then there were tons of fast riders that no one knew about!
Thanks those were good days to be racing.Im still riding today
Jeff Hope
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yamahayz80 5/28/2017 4:34am
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yamahayz80 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/05/28/197962/s1200_FB_IMG_1495899254890.jpg[/img]


Found these old pics of my uncle kirk youngblood 1979 st.pete motocross
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yamahayz80 5/28/2017 4:38am
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yamahayz80 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/05/28/197963/s1200_FB_IMG_1481237631197.jpg[/img]


Cahills Yamaha had that bike dialed in. The good ol days
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yamahayz80 5/28/2017 2:33pm
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Picture of Mark knowles
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yamahayz80 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/05/28/197962/s1200_FB_IMG_1495899254890.jpg[/img]


That looks like Chicken Farm MX in Homosassa.
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yamahayz80 6/6/2017 5:25pm
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Yep that was a cool track...rough and sandy but a awesome lay out..
Flying Red Head 10/1/2019 1:34pm
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Joe_Cartier wrote:
I've been going through some old pics and came across this and thought i'd practice posting with it. Fred was a good friend of mine and...
I've been going through some old pics and came across this and thought i'd practice posting with it. Fred was a good friend of mine and we shared good times and bad, I do miss him as well as others, had some great rivalry's with several riders mentioned here and didn't get along to well with some, but we were all young and did what we felt we had to then. would be great to get together with you guys and tell stories.
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Very cool Joe, I also remember and miss Fred, and considered him a friend, even though i hadnt seen him since the 80s, the first time...
Very cool Joe,

I also remember and miss Fred, and considered him a friend, even though i hadnt seen him since the 80s, the first time i seen this thread, the riders i thought of were ,J.Cartier,, Mark Murphy, J.Pinner, Todd Hempstead, Freddie Van Waggoner, and Karl Jordan, and im sure there were many others, from 1976 until 1980 or so.

That picture was your Mini Elsinore from the sr mini class,brings back a ton of memorys, when you get a chance post more pics, and look for a thread called old fla pics, it has some great pics from the 70s in it.
Larry,,
I finished 2nd to Freddie Van Waggoner in the Mini - Nationals... We rode for Yamaha of Troy Alabama. I rode the last race with a broken finger and we just duck taped it and raced. I just remember the sand wop's getting so large, they were more like jumps for mini's... Mike Bray
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BVS40FL wrote:
Thought of some others that I hadn't heard of since way back then. Scott Lorenz , Albert and Steve Engler, Tony Dayton
My name is David French, Tony Dayton was a great 100cc racer and a greater friend.

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