How about favorite local hero

visser62
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4/8/2014 9:10am
Loved watching Jason McCormick race locally when I was young.
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4/8/2014 9:11am
I'm reading a LOT of names that I have heard of. What are the criteria? Just someone that was local or someone you thought should have made it and didn't? Define made it.....

I hear a lot around here about a guy named Furman Grey but he was before my time. Heard he led some nationals but broke his collarbone a couple times and hung it up.
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4/8/2014 10:00am
Who was the "Super Smooth" guy, I think he was from Colorado?
mfowler wrote:
Arlo Englund?
"Super Smooth" was Dave Newell. However, Arlo Englund had a super smooth riding style. Both guys are good friends of mine and both were/are still incredible riders.
4/8/2014 10:33am
Who was the "Super Smooth" guy, I think he was from Colorado?
mfowler wrote:
Arlo Englund?
MarkF wrote:
"Super Smooth" was Dave Newell. However, Arlo Englund had a super smooth riding style. Both guys are good friends of mine and both were/are still incredible...
"Super Smooth" was Dave Newell. However, Arlo Englund had a super smooth riding style. Both guys are good friends of mine and both were/are still incredible riders.
Yeah, I think that was him. He would occasionally come down to Oklahoma and race in the 1980s. If my memory serves me correctly he had "Super Smooth" written on his seat.

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4/8/2014 10:53am
mfowler wrote:
Arlo Englund?
MarkF wrote:
"Super Smooth" was Dave Newell. However, Arlo Englund had a super smooth riding style. Both guys are good friends of mine and both were/are still incredible...
"Super Smooth" was Dave Newell. However, Arlo Englund had a super smooth riding style. Both guys are good friends of mine and both were/are still incredible riders.
Yeah, I think that was him. He would occasionally come down to Oklahoma and race in the 1980s. If my memory serves me correctly he had...
Yeah, I think that was him. He would occasionally come down to Oklahoma and race in the 1980s. If my memory serves me correctly he had "Super Smooth" written on his seat.
Yes, his mom made butt patches and seat covers for the local's. His said "Super Smooth". He was/is a local hero. He had some good national results. I believe his best finish was 11th at Red Bud in the late 80's. He still rides, and he still rides well.
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4/8/2014 12:01pm
Kenny Keylon's mom used to make color matched tank covers for my YZ 80's.
4/8/2014 11:08pm
rallendude wrote:
I'm reading a LOT of names that I have heard of. What are the criteria? Just someone that was local or someone you thought should have...
I'm reading a LOT of names that I have heard of. What are the criteria? Just someone that was local or someone you thought should have made it and didn't? Define made it.....

I hear a lot around here about a guy named Furman Grey but he was before my time. Heard he led some nationals but broke his collarbone a couple times and hung it up.
4/8/2014 11:12pm
Chappy Blose, Carlos Serrano and Gary Dirks were probably the three fastest Phoenix locals, when I was racing in the late 70s early 80s. Chappy got...
Chappy Blose, Carlos Serrano and Gary Dirks were probably the three fastest Phoenix locals, when I was racing in the late 70s early 80s. Chappy got a Factory Kawasaki ride in 79 & 80 and got 8th OA. in the 125 Nat. in 1980. I believe Carlos had a Factory Maico ride, and Gary rode for DG.





mxdancer wrote:
Chappy owns his own commercial fire sprinkler business in Arizona. Carlos owns a shop in Tucson. Both are quite successful business men now. I'm not sure...
Chappy owns his own commercial fire sprinkler business in Arizona. Carlos owns a shop in Tucson. Both are quite successful business men now. I'm not sure what Gary is doing, but know that Chappy and Gary are good friends and respect each others riding talents from 'back in the day'.
I've run into Chappy, a few times on different job sites over the years, and I saw him race a Vintage National a couple of years ago at Speed world, he still looked fast.
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visser62 wrote:
Loved watching Jason McCormick race locally when I was young.
Huffman/McCormick. Those two will always be linked to me.

Huffman looked soooo fast and ballsout but there would be McCormack right behind him seemingly going half the pace because he was so much smoother in style.

Couple of Huffman stories. I was pitted near him at SIR one June during a pac-west race. I think he holeshot and won both motos of the int. class that day. Anyways, the promoter, I think it was that Webhill raceways guy, came over and dq'd Ryan for jumping the gate on his starts. Ryan went ballistic! Screaming bloody murder to the point of making himself hoarse. Epic meltdown. VERY competitive guy Ryan was/is.

A year or two later I was at the Ridgefield ax doing my thing in the intermediate class and that day they let the int. and pros race together, which Ryan was at that time. The track that day had a wall jump right after the first turn which most guys were rolling, not Ryan. Ballsout hitting it as hard as he can and flatlanding in the next corner. No thankyou. Anyways, we went off the line, Ryan holeshots, slides out and I go by into the lead. Heres my big opportunity to beat the fast guy I think! 2 laps later hes all over me heading for the wall jump. I know hes going to blitz that thing and he does. I swear there was a moment when he was in the air and my throttle was off that I could hear some woman in the stands gasp loudly as I'm sure she thought Ryan was going to land on me from 20 foot up. I smartly moved over before Ryan G'd out to my right and took the lead. I think McCormack broke his wrist that same day flat landing that same jump if I remember right.

Good times they were.
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4/9/2014 9:40am
Junior Jackson comes to mind in the Best That Never Was area. Ive talked to him a few times at local races and on fb hes a good guy. He was part of the fast boys from illinois. Good news is that his son is pretty good on a bike so maybe theres a chance of history repeating itself. Theres been a lot of illinois AX stars too. Although its tough to be a blue collar racer from illinois and make it big you really have to have a lot of talent and support.
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4/9/2014 9:57am
pat moroney from new York - late 70's early 80's
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4/9/2014 10:05am
pepper19 wrote:
pat moroney from new York - late 70's early 80's
And Steve Martin from the same era.He was at a DH Mt.Bike race in Florida in the 90's,all muscle and hauled ass on that too
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4/9/2014 11:20am
Mark Hinkle from michigan amateur national champ several times in open A and 250 A
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4/9/2014 11:24am
cable wrote:
Mark Hinkle from michigan amateur national champ several times in open A and 250 A
And his brother Scott.1980 100cc amateur national champ,big boy too!
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4/9/2014 11:46am
Steve Mertens.

Super fast kid from the Norcal area. Dude was gnarly. Did pretty well in SX and scored some top 20 finishes in MX.

Had a fight with Ryan Mills in SX one year, the same year Langston got DQ'd from a round when he rode the KTM.

But he would battle with Ryan Morais on a weekly basis and watching them both was a real treat while I was waiting for my motos.
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4/9/2014 1:30pm
visser62 wrote:
Loved watching Jason McCormick race locally when I was young.
Sandberm wrote:
Huffman/McCormick. Those two will always be linked to me. Huffman looked soooo fast and ballsout but there would be McCormack right behind him seemingly going half...
Huffman/McCormick. Those two will always be linked to me.

Huffman looked soooo fast and ballsout but there would be McCormack right behind him seemingly going half the pace because he was so much smoother in style.

Couple of Huffman stories. I was pitted near him at SIR one June during a pac-west race. I think he holeshot and won both motos of the int. class that day. Anyways, the promoter, I think it was that Webhill raceways guy, came over and dq'd Ryan for jumping the gate on his starts. Ryan went ballistic! Screaming bloody murder to the point of making himself hoarse. Epic meltdown. VERY competitive guy Ryan was/is.

A year or two later I was at the Ridgefield ax doing my thing in the intermediate class and that day they let the int. and pros race together, which Ryan was at that time. The track that day had a wall jump right after the first turn which most guys were rolling, not Ryan. Ballsout hitting it as hard as he can and flatlanding in the next corner. No thankyou. Anyways, we went off the line, Ryan holeshots, slides out and I go by into the lead. Heres my big opportunity to beat the fast guy I think! 2 laps later hes all over me heading for the wall jump. I know hes going to blitz that thing and he does. I swear there was a moment when he was in the air and my throttle was off that I could hear some woman in the stands gasp loudly as I'm sure she thought Ryan was going to land on me from 20 foot up. I smartly moved over before Ryan G'd out to my right and took the lead. I think McCormack broke his wrist that same day flat landing that same jump if I remember right.

Good times they were.
Good stories. I saw Jason out at Ridgefield as well. My dad runs a finish carpentry business and one time he was working on a house out in Ridgefield or La Center and they had a huge supercross track in the back where McCormick would practice often.
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Tad Gaubman
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DA498 wrote:
Bart Kellogg, 70 years young and still rips......(Colorado)
Is his kid the Kellog that use to race Karlsen, and Atkins in the late 90's? Dude would fly on a 125.
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4/9/2014 5:37pm
Marty Smith in 72 or 73 at Carlsbad first on a Monark then the Honda. Watching him and Tommy Croft rail Carlsbad within inches of each other was epic.
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4/9/2014 5:39pm
DA498 wrote:
Bart Kellogg, 70 years young and still rips......(Colorado)
Saltybrad wrote:
Is his kid the Kellog that use to race Karlsen, and Atkins in the late 90's? Dude would fly on a 125.
Yes, his son's name is Josh. He is 40 years old now and still rips.
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4/9/2014 6:13pm
pepper19 wrote:
carlo cohen
Cohen, Mike Spear, And Kurt Mcmillin
4/10/2014 9:29am
sbyers wrote:
Tad Gaubman
Nor cal
Good competive rider and a good kid... Might be wrong but think it was Tad Gumbman.
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4/10/2014 12:40pm Edited Date/Time 4/10/2014 12:48pm
District 6 PA early 80's Kenny Biggs or Briggs and then late 80's early 90's NESC talent Joe Waddington, Tony Lorusso and Pat Barton
NESC was one of the toughest series. Most of those guys ran 2-3 classes and killed it. Then came Doug Henry and even Chuck Norris took notice...
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4/10/2014 5:41pm
one of the best privateers to ever come out of the north east Barry Carsten
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4/10/2014 6:13pm Edited Date/Time 4/10/2014 6:13pm
hammertime wrote:
Scott Tyler from Washington St. was so fast and smooth.
Scotty ended up being on of the best tig welders i've ever met and i'm a welder myself. He use to work for cline then did all the Nasa looking welds for BBR. Think He's building one off Alum tanks out of his house.

There use to be a guy with the last name of Oyster or something like that years ago at SIR that would hand Lance his ass.

The dude from Spanaway that won a 500cc national at washougal. Beleive his dad owns a ktm shop on Pac Highway.
4/10/2014 6:37pm
I was living in SC in the early 90's. Hank Moree from Society Hill was pretty fast at that time. Ran some East SX races and did pretty well. I moved away and never heard of him again...
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4/10/2014 6:55pm
that tore em up at home but,, for some reason, never made it big in Nats? My guy: Pat Richter, Norcal Pat raced for the pure...
that tore em up at home but,, for some reason, never made it big in Nats?

My guy: Pat Richter, Norcal Pat raced for the pure joy of it.
Eddie Warren
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4/10/2014 7:01pm
Mike Jones

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4/10/2014 7:03pm
Colton Faciatti or how ever you spell it use to come down with another Kawi Canada rider to battle RV.

There was a track outside Monroe that would attrack all the top riders from Canada to north Cali. Maybe cause Jay Whipple was holding riding lessons there and the track had four practice area's.

Jay Whipple in my mind is the person who made RV who he is.
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4/10/2014 7:13pm
David Kelly from Montgomery Al. Super fast back in the early 80's and later I think he wrenched for James when he was on minis.
In the early 90's Chad Montero from Lousiana always impressed me with how aggressive he was.

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