1974 NMA World Amateur Invitational Championships

I did i won 80 expert class

I have the program from the event and the story from MiniCycle Action magazine.

Here are the top 5 from every class...

Junior Minicycle
1 Scooter Stafford
2 Kirk Ainsworth
3 Sean Rhoten
4 Shannon Kelly
5 Stump Guidroz

61cc Novice
1 Mark Julian
2 Leon Lewis
3 Shawn English

61cc Expert
1 Shaun Kelley
2 Mike Brown
3 Jimmy Wright
4 Bobby Jones
5 Kippy Pierce

83cc Novice 9-11
1 Guy Welch
2 Derek Wedding
3 Donnie Elmer
4 Shane Sitton
5 Frank Tello

83cc Novice 12-16
1 Rick McCroskey
2 Scott Carey
3 Bobby Lackey
4 Randy Raspberry
5 Larry Hughes

83cc Expert 9-11
1 Troy Bush
2 Shon Anderson
3 Wade Browne
4 Scooter Stafford
5 Mark Murphy

83cc Expert 12-16
1 Bobby Jones
2 Mike Brown
3 Brian Ward
4 Darren Rhoten
5 Jeff Ward

110cc Novice 12-16
1 Larry Hughes
2 John Bersch
3 David Roark
4 Shawn English
5 Laura Henry

110cc Expert 12-16
1 Gene McCay
2 Jeff Ward
3 Mike Brown
4 Brian Ward
5 Bobby Jones

100cc Motorcycle Novice
1 John Neal
2 Robert Ellison
3 Dean Mizes
4 Greg Howard
5 Kevin Judice

100cc Motorcycle Expert
1 Glen Urquhart
2 Scott Hitt
3 Jerry Fuzz Taylor
4 Bo Koch
5 Andy Palafox

125cc Motorcycle Novice
1 John Neal
2 Robert Westerman
3 Robert Ellison
4 Randy Adams
5 Ricky Madole

125cc Motorcycle Expert
1 Glen Urquhart
2 Bo Koch
3 Mark Pledger
4 Clifton Hicks
5 Vic Darilek

Thanks Zoom. I have never seen full results. Shaun Kelley and I entered 4 classes as team mates at Humble Yamaha. We won 3 expert classes.

I've also have the Gulf Coast Motorcycle News issue that has the story from this race. They got some great pics of Larry Hughes, that kid that won the 110 novice class and 5th in the 83 novice class. He had some great style on his XR-75! Seemed like a great kid. I wonder what every happened to him?

Larry lives here in the Houston area and his kids are involved in riding. He and I have been friends for over 30 years. He is the local Parts Unlimited sales rep. Great guy.

The bike Shaun rode in the 60 expert class was a YZ80 downsized to 60cc. Most exotic bike I had and have even seen. Our engine builder tore down a YZ80 motor and welded the stud holes on the cases. He relocated them to match up with the left side of a TZ125 road racer cylinder (twin cyl bike with separate cylinders). The left one did not have fines on the right side. He stroked the crank to hit 60cc's. We were lucky to have Jemco here in Houston so he matched a TZ125 pipe into upswept pipe. He ignitioned it like the the TZ and did same with carb. Ungodly fast. Shaun rode it in the NMA Nationals at Saddleback that year and the bike was protested and spent the weekend in impound. He lapped everyone except Flying Mike Brown on his factory Indian. Oh, and Shannon Kelley (Jr. minicycle) is the current Mr. Mary Lou Retton.

Glenn.....


This is Larry, was messin' with ya!!!


Didn't know you didn't have those issues. I will have to share them with you next time I come up to College Station.

You Dog!!!!

Does anybody Have results from 73 Rio Bravo race? Thats the year I won. 74 it was muddy and I didnt even place.I remember Bobby Jones won.

1974 was the first year NMA held the World Championship at Rio. They changed it to a national for the next 3 years, 75, 76 and 77. Then moved it to Ponca.

In 1973 there was a youth Ama national at Rio Bravo .I was there . I brought it up earliier and Glenn called it nma ,Im talkin about Y-AMA Series in 73.

I'm thinking the '73 race was the "Kawasaki Challenge Cup" the day before an AMA national.

Damn I wish i still had trophy from that race. Shaun Kelly remembers ,he sent me a pic of me from that race

Larry, did find the results of the Y-AMA national champion ship in 1975 held in Kansas we talked about?