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So. Cal., Desert racers here ?

I spent a great part of the early 70s racing District 37 Hare & Hounds, & European Scrambles.
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marty smith used to smoke people out there in the mid 80s i remember him on a 85 yz 250. think it was district 38 though, as well dan ashcraft and duane summers were fast as f**k. ur too old for me though, early 70s????i was 3
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justlovemx 7/22/2008 3:07pm
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Slow ~ Pro wrote:
So. Cal., Desert racers here ?

I spent a great part of the early 70s racing District 37 Hare & Hounds, & European Scrambles.
well if you were in cycle news,then i saw ya...were you in cycle news?
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Slow ~ Pro 7/22/2008 4:18pm
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On a few occasions...On the cover once (inset) in 1977, the story read how I was leading from the start, and had my fuel petcock off...I have never started with my petcock off since.


I was a member of the "San Gabriel Valley motorcycle club" Raced desert from 1969, through about 1976, then drifted over to GPs and raced few Desert races after that.


Then quit all desert racing after 1985, and now only race GPs.
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justlovemx 7/22/2008 6:42pm
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Slow ~ Pro wrote:
On a few occasions...On the cover once (inset) in 1977, the story read how I was leading from the start, and had my fuel petcock off...I...
On a few occasions...On the cover once (inset) in 1977, the story read how I was leading from the start, and had my fuel petcock off...I have never started with my petcock off since.


I was a member of the "San Gabriel Valley motorcycle club" Raced desert from 1969, through about 1976, then drifted over to GPs and raced few Desert races after that.


Then quit all desert racing after 1985, and now only race GPs.
i remember elsinore and being on a bultaco pit crew..they all broke..john desoto won both days,wheeling all the way down main st.

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Slow ~ Pro 7/22/2008 9:28pm
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Wow...I don't remember John Desoto winning Elsinore. Not saying he didn't. He just never mentioned it to me. What year was that ?
I have to bring it up.
I was his mechanic the last time he raced it in 1998.

I was however, there in 1970, with Steve McQueen, when he broke his foot. I entered as well...I was center punched, in the first turn, and the collision broke off my exhaust.





Somebody, wanna get that ?
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goat breker wrote:
marty smith used to smoke people out there in the mid 80s i remember him on a 85 yz 250. think it was district 38 though...
marty smith used to smoke people out there in the mid 80s i remember him on a 85 yz 250. think it was district 38 though, as well dan ashcraft and duane summers were fast as f**k. ur too old for me though, early 70s????i was 3
Don't remember Marty Smith being there, but I would guess being from SD he would be District 38. I raced a few select D-38s (and handled a few 38 Ds, I couldn't resist).


Dan Ashcraft, absolutely, Duane Summers, sure...

I've raced against Summers, pretty sure I was beat...Never in a class against Ashcraft.
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What happened to Terry Clark? I know he was big into MX and Desert in the 70's. I know he died but I never found out what happened.
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HuskyEd wrote:
What happened to Terry Clark? I know he was big into MX and Desert in the 70's. I know he died but I never found out...
What happened to Terry Clark? I know he was big into MX and Desert in the 70's. I know he died but I never found out what happened.
That's a good question...I'm sure I read about it, but it slips my mind, as to what actually happened.
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I grew up in the desert....my dad was national number 3 and rode for hodaka in the 100cc expert class when there was like a billion guys out there....but that was before i was born haha...we were members of the Spoke Benders MC...here is a pic of him back in the day...


the starts were crazy....


here is my mom with Steve McQueen. i guess he used to hang out with my parents....



its funny, but i only raced one desert race...it was in 1988. i was always a motocross guy and my buddy talked me into racing his rm250 at lucerne....the race had 4 loops of about 30 something miles each....a hare and hound??? i don't know what it was called...

i do know that before the race i asked my dad how i would know where the track went if i was out front....he kept saying "there will always be someone in front of you, just follow the dust"...haha....i was so pissed at him when i found myself in the lead and didn't know how to follow the stupid flags and had no idea what the lime stuff meant....i hit a road crossing at like 80mph and rode the front wheel forever...i was still in the lead on the second loop when the bike seized....i think a guy named eric hallgath? won....on a 125 even! i never raced another dez race....i don't even know why...it was a blast.
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Slow ~ Pro 7/24/2008 11:31pm
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What was your Dad's name...I was there in those days.

There was the 100 class, 250 & open. Novice, Amateur, and Expert.

My mom has pictures of her trying butterfly McQueen's lip. I had know idea who he was, or what he was. The women were going crazy running around, like his head was cut off...It was a little cut, why are all these women getting so upset, I thought to myself.

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Rode one dez race. CRC at lucerne. I am color blind so the ribbons were all over the place and all looked the same. My school mate in High School was Mark Zoller. I guess he did well in D37.
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krazee1 wrote:
I grew up in the desert....my dad was national number 3 and rode for hodaka in the 100cc expert class when there was like a billion...
I grew up in the desert....my dad was national number 3 and rode for hodaka in the 100cc expert class when there was like a billion guys out there....but that was before i was born haha...we were members of the Spoke Benders MC...here is a pic of him back in the day...


the starts were crazy....


here is my mom with Steve McQueen. i guess he used to hang out with my parents....



its funny, but i only raced one desert race...it was in 1988. i was always a motocross guy and my buddy talked me into racing his rm250 at lucerne....the race had 4 loops of about 30 something miles each....a hare and hound??? i don't know what it was called...

i do know that before the race i asked my dad how i would know where the track went if i was out front....he kept saying "there will always be someone in front of you, just follow the dust"...haha....i was so pissed at him when i found myself in the lead and didn't know how to follow the stupid flags and had no idea what the lime stuff meant....i hit a road crossing at like 80mph and rode the front wheel forever...i was still in the lead on the second loop when the bike seized....i think a guy named eric hallgath? won....on a 125 even! i never raced another dez race....i don't even know why...it was a blast.
I knew Eric hallgaths name would show up he was fast on those 125s in the desert and got some good help I used to race mx with him before he went desert only
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rdmike wrote:
Rode one dez race. CRC at lucerne. I am color blind so the ribbons were all over the place and all looked the same. My school...
Rode one dez race. CRC at lucerne. I am color blind so the ribbons were all over the place and all looked the same. My school mate in High School was Mark Zoller. I guess he did well in D37.
Mark did good until he crashed really hard, and hurt his head. He now owns "Z Racing" in Anaheim. Mark's a good guy, he used to work on my Cagiva...a lot !
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Well I found a "home" where I can reminisce with my brothers...

Thanks for the post "Pro"

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