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I was going through some old race programs to put on eBay and came across the 1998 CMC Golden State Series program. Inside they list GSS winners of all the previous years and in 1990 MIke Healey won the Golden State Series Championship in ALL THREE CLASSES! That's championships in 125, 250 and 500cc Pro, in an eight race series.
Now, the series may not have been as star-studded then as it was during the earlier years, but winning all three pro classes in any series is pretty badass and requires some serious commitment. The list only shows the champions, so I don't know who he beat, but he also backed it up with the 500 championship in 1991, and the 125 and 250 championships in 1992. I think it was about that time that he split for Europe, where he finished 2nd in the world at least once.
Anyway, I just remember how hard those GSS races were, (at least in 77-81 when I raced them), and it impressed me.
Now, the series may not have been as star-studded then as it was during the earlier years, but winning all three pro classes in any series is pretty badass and requires some serious commitment. The list only shows the champions, so I don't know who he beat, but he also backed it up with the 500 championship in 1991, and the 125 and 250 championships in 1992. I think it was about that time that he split for Europe, where he finished 2nd in the world at least once.
Anyway, I just remember how hard those GSS races were, (at least in 77-81 when I raced them), and it impressed me.
That's pretty cool. Some riders don't even let fans know that they even exist. Good for you.
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Thanks for posting, Steve.
Mike Healy raced the 97 4 stroke nationals with me and he was really cool to me and my dad we raced a KTM 620 and he was racing a tricked out Honda xr400. LMAO!! Good times..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkbq5vkIflA at 5.30 Emig hits the bridge
50 road bikes that the KTM importer he was riding for at the time, had crammed one of their 250 cc motors into! That thing was
completely insane,just lit the tire up constantly. He let me ride it and I can say it was the scariest thing I have ever ridden!! Mike was on fire that year,had some good battles with Keidrowski,Lamson,etc. I got to ride and hang out with mike during that series and he was super nice and gave me some great advice for me being a rookie pro. Then in1991 McGrath got the Peak Honda ride and put the hurt on everyone,winning both 125 & 250 classes at most of the round he hit. Also made some serious cash too cause Honda had the 5000$ cash payout for 1st in all pro classes!! The good old days hahah
was in a shop in paso robles..had cr250 forks and shock...was pretty trick..
we ended up getting a husaberg 501 instead....big mistake..
WOW. Awesome story, bro
Can you tell us another one about someone who almost did something.........????
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Speaking of Goldenstates....Was it 86 that Ron Lechein popped Johnson in the mouth on the finish line? That was chaos in the pits...super exciting!!! I remember that, got Ricky Ryans goggles, Jeff Emigs jersey (he was on 80's) and Jeff Wards jersey from that day. The life of a kid..... good times.
he was a fast dude thats for sure.
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i think beau got it...guess its still sitting at his house ive heard
No hard feelings. Your story was pretty cool, it had me reading with interest , it was just very anti-climatic, that's all.
I felt let down....................
Guess you had to be there, and you weren't so.. sorry to waste the 10 seconds of your life it took to read my post. Or, in your case, the minute and a half... sound it out bro...
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Mike was a great guy! Mike was a true player! I can remember going to South Coast Plaza, A leather shop in downtown Huntington beach and Laguna Tatoo dropping about 5 grand in a few hours.
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