John F'n Dowd

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46 years old and 13th in 2nd moto at Millville. What a stud. Brownie in 12th. I'm proud of my generation
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FastEddy 7/14/2012 2:19pm
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That's awesome!
Dowd is amazing!

Would love to see Dowd line up/qualify for a national at age 50....
Only 4 more years to go.....and I bet he could pull it off.
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DownSouth 7/14/2012 3:00pm
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It is impressive that he set the record for oldest national winner at 32 years old back in 1998 and he is still out there 14 years later.
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Sunhouse 7/14/2012 5:13pm
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After 15 years, he´s still my favorite rider! What a guy! Classic!
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TerryK 7/14/2012 5:57pm
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He'll be 47 in less than a month.

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jleews6 7/14/2012 5:59pm
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My friend races against him in the NEMX series and he said that he still halls ass every weekend. He is a good guy also.
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dehner47 7/14/2012 6:17pm
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MAD RESPECT!!!!
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gt80rider 7/14/2012 6:43pm
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Didn't the rule used to be you only had to score 1 point to keep your number??? then they upped it to 25??? Ya, huge props to Dowd, hope he keeps his number for years to come...
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ATKpilot99 7/14/2012 6:47pm
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gt80rider wrote:
Didn't the rule used to be you only had to score 1 point to keep your number??? then they upped it to 25??? Ya, huge props...
Didn't the rule used to be you only had to score 1 point to keep your number??? then they upped it to 25??? Ya, huge props to Dowd, hope he keeps his number for years to come...
Yes the rule is 25 now. 15 more to go for Dowd. Hopefully he can do it at Southwick. Not sure if he's doing Unadilla again this year.
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machine 7/14/2012 6:50pm
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Brown mentioned that the heat is what got to him the most. I can relate to that at 45. I was dying out on the track today in 90 deg and 80-85% humidity.
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motojoel 7/15/2012 5:23pm
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He gives us all hope...I think he can qualify for sure at Southwick when he is 50. He just podiumed there a couple of years or so back.
Bulldog Racing 7/15/2012 5:48pm
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Niloz wrote:
46 years old and 13th in 2nd moto at Millville. What a stud. Brownie in 12th. I'm proud of my generation
Dowd is amazing, I am 39 and get worn out at local races.

Dowd is my hero!!!!!!
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yamaha385 7/15/2012 6:14pm
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Still shredding!
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PN27416 7/16/2012 7:44am
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Awesome that they brought him and Brown onto the podium and it got on TV!
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dl117 7/16/2012 7:57am
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That was awsome to see, it was f...ing HOT yesterday, I was worn out wandering around at 38y/o let alone motoing 30 +2 at 46y/o.

he is the man.
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bayodome 7/16/2012 10:06am
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Niloz wrote:
46 years old and 13th in 2nd moto at Millville. What a stud. Brownie in 12th. I'm proud of my generation
Does that mean I should be ashamed of my generation? Pretty incredible that the winner of the class is less than half Dowd's age. Both Junkyard and Brown are amazing athletes.
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GuyB 7/16/2012 10:14am
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This thread needs more Dowd. Wink

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adamdf 7/16/2012 12:48pm
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shows ya don't need to "bubba" scrub every single jump to go fast! great news!
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Hawwy 7/16/2012 1:02pm
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Dowd for Lommel! Wink

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OW38B 7/16/2012 1:18pm
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Just for a frame of reference:

Southwick 1989:

3rd John Dowd with a 4 - 5

9th Bob Hannah with a 3 -33

Bangin' bars with the "Hurricane" and this was Dowd's 3rd year racing Southwick.
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montesagold 7/16/2012 1:23pm
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Wow, that's some history! We need put a string of pics of dowd and brown from every years since amateur days.
Blackopsrider7 7/16/2012 2:29pm
7/16/2012 2:29pm
In road racing, I have seen guys in their late 50, early 60's and they are at the front of the pack in the expert class!! One guy a retired pro MX rider who has been riding street bikes for only 7 years now!!
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rallendude 7/16/2012 3:45pm
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And some people here thought he had no business racing, taking up a space that some privateer could have had.
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mx338 7/16/2012 5:14pm
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Wait til he comes home To The "Wick"... What a show he puts on.....
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Hank_Thrill 7/16/2012 6:04pm
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I bet Ryan Hughes just crapped his pants!

Man, the Junkyard sure is inspiring. The speed to place 13th is impressive enough, but the fitness to do it in the second moto is just mind blowing!
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backinthesaddleagain 7/16/2012 8:20pm
7/16/2012 8:20pm Edited Date/Time 7/16/2012 8:21pm
Remember Dowd in '86 in the NESC 250 Amateur (AKA "B") class. He won the championship, while I was mid pack. Then just a couple years later he is running with the factory guys at the Southwick national. Amazing and inspiring to see him out there so many years later keeping his national number, and whipping most of the local experts when he races NESC.
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honda341 7/17/2012 2:54pm
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Imagine if he would have gotten on a bike when he was 5 instead of 16.
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tuz371 7/18/2012 4:06am
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montesagold wrote:
Wow, that's some history! We need put a string of pics of dowd and brown from every years since amateur days.
This is all I got. Dowdy racing at Englishtown, NJ - Kawasaki ROC - 1992? He had a super cool translucent green chest protector.

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