when a pro.

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Edited Date/Time 10/9/2012 10:15pm
Destroys your pro dreams lol.

Mike larrocco hauling ass on the vet track at milestone today; passed me like i was standing still Dry Blink Blink

Who else has this happend to? Lol
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JW381 10/8/2012 4:07pm
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Did you really have pro dreams? lol

I've been passed by Justin Hill and Landon Currier a few times as if we weren't even doing the same thing. Like MX vs BMX, if you get the drift.
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bobby397 10/8/2012 4:08pm
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I was practicing at a local race in NC "devils ridge nc championship" in the early 2000's, they let the A & B class practice together and Damon Bradshaw came by me on the outside of a turn and pulled atleast 18-25 bike lengths away on a flat part of the track when I thought I was going WFO! Unfortunately Damon broke his leg in the second turn of the first moto and pretty much hung his boots up after that.
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peelout 10/8/2012 4:14pm
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last lap of my moto at the Day in the Dirt in '05 at LACR, MC passed me over a decent size triple and did a whip look over.

probably one of my coolest moments racing. finished 8th in the open pro that moto.
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JW381 10/8/2012 4:19pm
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peelout wrote:
last lap of my moto at the Day in the Dirt in '05 at LACR, MC passed me over a decent size triple and did a...
last lap of my moto at the Day in the Dirt in '05 at LACR, MC passed me over a decent size triple and did a whip look over.

probably one of my coolest moments racing. finished 8th in the open pro that moto.
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Motodave15 10/8/2012 4:23pm
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JW381 wrote:
Did you really have pro dreams? lol I've been passed by Justin Hill and Landon Currier a few times as if we weren't even doing the...
Did you really have pro dreams? lol

I've been passed by Justin Hill and Landon Currier a few times as if we weren't even doing the same thing. Like MX vs BMX, if you get the drift.
Eh not really lol
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BKoonts 10/8/2012 4:37pm
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In November '05 I was at Pax Trax in north Florida and Justin Barcia passed me like I was standing still. Yeah, he was on an 85 :-) Oh well. I have also been mistreated by Ashley Fiolek at North Florida Motocross Park in Hilliard, Fl. She passed me in a 180°bowl turn like I was stuck in neutral.
fullfloater 10/8/2012 4:41pm
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BKoonts wrote:
In November '05 I was at Pax Trax in north Florida and Justin Barcia passed me like I was standing still. Yeah, he was on an...
In November '05 I was at Pax Trax in north Florida and Justin Barcia passed me like I was standing still. Yeah, he was on an 85 :-) Oh well. I have also been mistreated by Ashley Fiolek at North Florida Motocross Park in Hilliard, Fl. She passed me in a 180°bowl turn like I was stuck in neutral.
That's rough. Always assumed all guys exited the track to "work on their jetting" when Fiolek got on. Wink
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BKoonts 10/8/2012 4:46pm
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BKoonts wrote:
In November '05 I was at Pax Trax in north Florida and Justin Barcia passed me like I was standing still. Yeah, he was on an...
In November '05 I was at Pax Trax in north Florida and Justin Barcia passed me like I was standing still. Yeah, he was on an 85 :-) Oh well. I have also been mistreated by Ashley Fiolek at North Florida Motocross Park in Hilliard, Fl. She passed me in a 180°bowl turn like I was stuck in neutral.
fullfloater wrote:
That's rough. Always assumed all guys exited the track to "work on their jetting" when Fiolek got on. Wink
Ha ha if knew she was there I would have bailed, no question. I didn't even know she was on the property, let alone on the track with me. She and her father were there in a pickup truck. Very Inconspicuous...
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tbanks 10/8/2012 4:48pm
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Had Brett Metcalfe and Matt Walker pass me at Budds over the Deer Stand jump before Henry Hill like I was standing still on practice day. They combined A&B practice for the amateurs that morning and they showed up for some laps as well. This was during their yamaha of troy days.

Also raced Mike Alessi a few weekends before his pro debut and luckily I wasn't one of the riders he lapped when they combined the A and B motos together.
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GuyB 10/8/2012 4:59pm
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Doug Henry passed me over a tabletop at ADITD last year. Pretty sweet. I'm not claiming to be fast, but he pins it, even now.
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BR_HERO 10/8/2012 5:13pm
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Jake Weimer, Wild West nationals, tried to stay with him for as long as i could (not long). He was very fast on a 125, believe dat.
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pummel 10/8/2012 5:23pm
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Thought I was hauling ass at the world vet a few years ago at Glen Helen until Jeff Ward jumped over the top of me. Humbling.
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captmoto 10/8/2012 5:27pm
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Erik Kehoe on an 80 at Indian Dunes. I was in my prime and realized then that I was destined for mediocrity.
The Oracle 10/8/2012 5:34pm
10/8/2012 5:34pm
Josh Grant passed me on the outside in a 180 bowl turn at Milestone, gained a lot of bike lenghts during the next straight, and then jumped half the whoop section, I was mindblown...

Also, Josh Hansen threw a flat whip above my head at a Glen Helen double to pass me, lol.
MikeYamaha624 10/8/2012 5:44pm
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Scott Sheak past me at Diamondback MX in NY maybe in '95 or '96 before he went to Honda. I had to check that my spark plug and chain were still on the bike
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fader418 10/8/2012 5:49pm
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He did the same thing to me at the Golden State at Gorman in 1986. I was leading the 250 intermediate class for 3 laps and he passed me like I was standing still and beat me by over 10 seconds. And it was only a 5 lap race....
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TX24 10/8/2012 5:53pm
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Day before the National one year at Gaterback. I got a very good look at Jeremy Buehl's skid plate from below.
Blackopsrider7 10/8/2012 7:06pm
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When I was riding in Canada( C level or junior as they call it), Dusty Klatt blew by me and I couldn't even see him over a rhythm section. I occasionally rode the same track with these guys and Darcy Lange, same story...Darcy was whoop king! It is humbling!! Smile You pretty much just want to give up riding!!

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YZBooster 10/8/2012 7:38pm
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I let MC pass me at Cahuilla...Laughing
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Jt$ 10/8/2012 7:48pm
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Been inside the top 10 in outdoor motos and RC still lapped me. Got 10th at Daytona a few times but I remember RC lapped me twice when I was 10th. This was back when Daytona Main event was 30+ mins but still, that guy was truly a badass.
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manering 10/8/2012 8:14pm
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i pulled onto a popular practice track and one corner in and this pro passed me like i was going backwards...
then i realised i was going backwards on the track. i quickly turned around then showed him whats up. fun day
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Deetsmx 10/8/2012 8:18pm
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Jt$ wrote:
Been inside the top 10 in outdoor motos and RC still lapped me. Got 10th at Daytona a few times but I remember RC lapped me...
Been inside the top 10 in outdoor motos and RC still lapped me. Got 10th at Daytona a few times but I remember RC lapped me twice when I was 10th. This was back when Daytona Main event was 30+ mins but still, that guy was truly a badass.
In practice at hangtown one year I was trying to stop for the corner after the big uphill double where you land flat, when I turned down the hill Carmichael had already taken the inside rut and was a few bikelengths down the hill. Didn't even know he was behind me.
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WhipMeister 10/8/2012 8:28pm
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Hawthorne, Bogard and Vallejo used to embarrass me regularly. You'd think they could find them a different place to ride.
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montesagold 10/8/2012 9:31pm
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When I was 14 ('02) at the Florida gncc, Jeff Emig wonl the overall am race from the front row Industry class. About an hour in, I was getting pounded by the sand whoops all alone, Fro came around me like a ghost. I forgot about him racing that day, when I saw him it caught me off guard! I never had a pro dream to bust, if anything I felt like a pro for a split second until he disappeared just sharing the track with him.
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TerryK 10/8/2012 9:40pm
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Years ago at a Millville practice day I was the last rider in B to go by the flag stand before the checkers came out. I was going through the whoop on a CR500 and Ryan Dungey and some other kid passed me so fast it was silly......and they were on 65s. Found a short cut and pulled off. I just couldn't finish that lap! lol

That same day in the combined A/B session, Heath Voss quadded the three doubles section at the back, jumping over me easily 25 feet over my head. Crazy.
Blackopsrider7 10/8/2012 9:54pm
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Speaking of quadrupling, Dusty Klatt was truly the James Stewart at local Canadian tracks, if he could find a way to combine a section of doubles into a single he would!! We did not get to see his true potential Stateside. LOL. I like the comment about dudes pulling off to check their jetting when Ashley gets on the track!! Smile
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bangmyhead 10/8/2012 10:02pm
10/8/2012 10:02pm
When a pro.



jumps passed you and you think twice about quitting that day job.


happened to you, happened to me
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gsxrcr28 10/8/2012 10:08pm
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Got lapped while running 13th by Scott Russell and Doug Chandler at the Miami Grand Prix AMA National in 1990.
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zedbike 10/8/2012 10:37pm
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Local fast man Dave Hammond (he raced in the US during the 80's) passed me on a downhill off camber turn at broadford like I was standing still................ he was on a 83 XR200............I was on a 97 RM250!!!!
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Fat Fingers 10/9/2012 1:14am
10/9/2012 1:14am
Can we turn this into a Jeffrey Herlings thread? This one time at lommel....

On a serious note, any time I've ridden a sand track.

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