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2/21/2019 9:42pm
Anyone familiar with what is going on with the old Highland Lakes track out in Hillsboro.
The last I heard the place was bought at auction by Middletown Honda (I think that's the name). They were going to open it back up for riding but haven't heard a thing.
Whats the latest?
The last I heard the place was bought at auction by Middletown Honda (I think that's the name). They were going to open it back up for riding but haven't heard a thing.
Whats the latest?
It was also day Charles Morey took the famous Tony D/Jimmy Weinert picture that epitomizes MX racing.
I won the Open class the day before the National and we raced there from about 1973 to 79 or 80. Man it was so beautiful to race there in the fall. They also had a fifty rider starting gate and a fifth gear first turn.........keep us posted.
I would make a special trip back to Ohio and would beg, borrow, or steal a bike to ride there again.
Wow! In all my years of mx (over 40 years) I have never heard of a 50-rider gate, much less have seen one....crazy!
Jim J
But I'm talking about the track in Hillsboro, OH. I don't think it was ever a national track. It was fairly new about 2-4 years old and unfortunately went under. It went to Sheriffs Auction last I heard.
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Jeff and his lovely wife owned it (I believe). A rider died there. Pretty sure that
ended things.
That's the last I heard.
Highland Hills only had one National race which I believe was Labor Day weekend the fall of 1974.
Last I heard they were still racing at Dirt Country in Blanchester, OH. I left the starting line at 2 AM one morning there....crazy!
WFO heading into the left hander after the start.
Tim Rhodes passed me on the last lap of this moto after I had held him off the entire moto.
I had just got my pro license for the 75 season (Mike D was 105 and I was 107) but combination of head butting with my dad and meeting my future ex wife derailed my pro plans.
Ohio fast guys back then were Tim "Crazy' Murphy, Tim Rhodes, Tom Bellamy, Teddy Fischer and his brother......... Tom Sprude and Tim Shepherd.......what's up with all the fast guys having names that start with T?
It will be a pay practice track only for now. Thats about all I know but I do know it should be opening for open riding during this summer.
Pit Row
Highland Lakes is now opening under a new name, Buckeye Hills MX. They are having an open ride day on Oct. 15-16 2011.
They hope to have more practice days next year.
You can check the details out on their facebook.
I hope some of you can make it out and support an AWESOME track re-opening!!!
Here is the link to their page.
After taking a break for about 30 years I decided to go back into racing, problem was my knees and shoulders couldn't take being up on the pegs for mx race, so I went GNCC ATV racing. Not as rough on the knee and shoulders but a whole lot harder on the body. Two hours of running through creeks, mud, climbing over downed trees, running through dry creeks with rocks bigger than a bowling ball, climbing up the sides of cliffs and falling back down the cliff , wide open fields (only time you get to go real fast). We give the Post Office a run for their money, neither rain nor snow nor heat will keep us from making our rounds (laps)!!! We race ATV's on Saturday and Bikes on Sunday and we have a class for every one based on age and skill I run the Silver Masters 55+ (C Class) which is a novice class, been racing the C classes since 2008. They race on the east coast (east of the Mississippi River). They even have two races in eastern Ohio one is the mx race course Lost Creek outside of Athens. We run only a part of the mx track the rest is in the woods around the track. 9 - 11 miles long race course and we do 4 or 5 laps in two hours) . The AMA Lucas Pro Motocross Ironman race this August is in Crawfordville Ind. at the place where we have been racing GNCC for years. We got to race on part of the MX track last Oct before they had it all completed. Look forward to racing on it this October when it is completed.
If you still have the racing bug that you needs to be scratched every so often come and join me! Google GNCC and you can go to their website and they list all the races and where they are. Look forward to seeing at one sometime!! Just look for the old man who still thinks he is 21 racing an ATV that will be me!!! If your not sure if you could do it there are plenty of helmet cam videos shot by riders racing the tracks on youtube.com just type in GNCC and enjoy, you will see both bike and ATV's in all ages and skill levels.
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