Fastest rider you have ever been passed by?

10/4/2008 6:46pm
How about some Dirt Track Racers? Guys like Kenny Roberts, Gary Scott, Dave Aldana and Dennis Kanagae.
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10/4/2008 6:58pm
villopoto. lake whitney
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10/4/2008 7:09pm
5+ years ago Carlos Serrano on an old Maico at Speedworld....kinda humbling experience.....
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10/4/2008 7:35pm
Tim Ferry, aka Red Dog.

Almost got passed by Ty Davis, but he started at about the same time as I did, and there really wasn't any passing involved. I did get a few seconds to inhale his dust, though.

The Shop

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10/4/2008 8:17pm
Robbie Reynard - Ponca City...

They combined my Novice class with the schoolboy class(for practice)...i looked up on the overpass thinking I had caught some sweet air and the #67 kawi came over me, pink fox gear and all...it was awesome...

go RR...
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10/4/2008 8:17pm Edited Date/Time 10/4/2008 8:17pm
halfe316
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10/4/2008 8:18pm
Everyone should go back and their posts to include races only!!!!!!!!!! not practice...think about it...
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10/4/2008 8:35pm
PJ205 wrote:
Travis Preston at Competitive Edge about 2 months ago. First pro ive been on the track with. Heard him pinned coming up from behind but on...
Travis Preston at Competitive Edge about 2 months ago. First pro ive been on the track with. Heard him pinned coming up from behind but on top of a blind downhill, saw him for a split second and he was gone
rubarb wrote:




we were out on at comp edge this day, A.Short and villiman were out as well.
Dang. KW's body position doesn't vary much at all. I'll bet he practiced a few circle drills in his time.


Ok, this thread has HOF written all over it. Gibby....file it!!!!
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10/4/2008 9:43pm
my buddys dad owns a honda dealership. use to practice at his dads farm. so were out there turning laps and i was going pretty fast,well...
my buddys dad owns a honda dealership. use to practice at his dads farm. so were out there turning laps and i was going pretty fast,well i thought i was, untill this guy passed me like i was parked on the side. i read the back of his jersey,and sure enough it was marty tripes.boy,did i feel like a spode.but,got to meet him that day and it was pretty cool. and yes,it was along time ago.ill never forget that day.he was on a cr 250. the old red framer. man that scooter was bad ass!!!!!
Mike Alessi, Steve Boniface, and Antonio Balbi. It was at REM year before last and they were on the first gate and we were on the second gate. It was no time until I was lapped and it was scary how fast they went by........
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10/4/2008 9:54pm
texas tracks:jeff dement, ivan tedesco, matt walker, kyle williams, ryan dungey, wil hahn, ben lamay, and sean hackley just to name a few.
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10/4/2008 10:09pm
George Holland, many times at Lake Madera, Dunlap, most Central Valley tracks.
Bob Hannah, when he lived in Carson City, Nev. Rex Staten at Dunlap.
Larry Roesler in the desert near Red Mountain. ect.ect.
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10/4/2008 11:36pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 8:42pm
I have been blasted by... well the list is long because I sucked, even when i rode local pro but names you would know

1. Rocket Rex Staton - Canyon Raceway and Thrasherland
2. Jimmy Button - Canyon and Thrasherland
3. Mercedes Gonzales - Canyon Raceway 1990 Lorretas qualifier canyon raceway
4. Destry Abbot - yes Canyon raceway
5. the Blose Brothers - I was a so called 250 intermediate, they embarrased me on their 80's - you got it at Canyon Raceway
6. Bobby Moore - at a practice track in North Scottsdale near 136th and dynomite rd I didnt always ride at Canyon Smile
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10/5/2008 12:27am
Two that stand out:

- Mike Brown on the CAT Honda CR125 at Golding Barn (UK)
- Rob Herring on the Heron Suzuki RM250 at Seven Hills (UK)

Brown came past me WFO, and the motor was singing like only a 125 two-stroke can.

Herring railed around the outside berm in a sandy left-hand turn before a short run to a tabletop, where upon he calmly looked back at me in mid-air and merrily carried on his way to another fast lap-time. I thought it was cool then (I was 16 in 1990 when this happened), and it's just made me smile now at the memory.

I'll STFU now...
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10/5/2008 4:05am
Joshua Hansen on a pitbike, Tyler Bowers on a big bike. Honorable mention would have to go to Trevor Vines who has passed me hundereds of times.
Yamaha Jim
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10/5/2008 6:11am
I'm been passed by Shane Watts, David Millsaps, and Kyle Chisholm.
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10/5/2008 4:31pm
I've Been passed by Gordon Crockard, Martin Barr, Trey Canard, Tommy Searle, Tom Church, Joakim Rodrigues , those are all I can think of right now.
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10/5/2008 4:33pm
my buddys dad owns a honda dealership. use to practice at his dads farm. so were out there turning laps and i was going pretty fast,well...
my buddys dad owns a honda dealership. use to practice at his dads farm. so were out there turning laps and i was going pretty fast,well i thought i was, untill this guy passed me like i was parked on the side. i read the back of his jersey,and sure enough it was marty tripes.boy,did i feel like a spode.but,got to meet him that day and it was pretty cool. and yes,it was along time ago.ill never forget that day.he was on a cr 250. the old red framer. man that scooter was bad ass!!!!!
The Rock wrote:
Mike Alessi, Steve Boniface, and Antonio Balbi. It was at REM year before last and they were on the first gate and we were on the...
Mike Alessi, Steve Boniface, and Antonio Balbi. It was at REM year before last and they were on the first gate and we were on the second gate. It was no time until I was lapped and it was scary how fast they went by........
its true even knowing the sport and riding... you don't appreciate how fast they are till they pass you... no wonder it is hard for someone who doesn't race to appreciate the level the top pros or any pro for that matter are racing at.
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10/5/2008 6:19pm
Slow ~ Pro wrote:
On the Pro line (my first) at Corona Raceway, 1978...I got the holeshot ! Was quickly passed by Danny "MaGoo" Chandler, Rex Staten, Rich Eirstedt, and...
On the Pro line (my first) at Corona Raceway, 1978...I got the holeshot !


Was quickly passed by Danny "MaGoo" Chandler, Rex Staten, Rich Eirstedt, and a host of others. I ended up beating one guy...I think he was carrying his bike.

Got passed by McGrath, at the last Christmas GP at Carlsbad. He was on a CR250, I was on a CRF450...I ran with him down the straight, a few turns later, he was out of sight.
I don't recall Magoo ever racing Corona. I sure wish I'd have been there that night, or maybe I was. I would have remembered Danny coming to play at my stomping grounds though...
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10/5/2008 7:21pm
Ross "Rollerball" Pederson at a Canadian National in the early eights. That dude made everyone on the track look silly.

And during a practice day in Millville around 2000, Heath Voss quaded two doubles while I was in between them. He must have been 20 feet above my head. Scared the shit outta me! lol
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10/5/2008 7:35pm
Too Many to list.
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10/5/2008 10:18pm
Bob Grossi at the Laguna Seca Sand Pit (dump). My first 250 expert class race. He was very smooth. I saw him at the start and when he lapped me.

Brad lackey, Bob Grossi and Bill Silverthorn at Carnegie, the old Inter-Am track. During practice.

Danny Chandler passed me and then crashed during a night race at Fremont. He had crashed at the start and was working his way forward. I thought he was done after that. Not. He blew by me again a lap later.

I got a holeshot, just beating out Steve Stackable into the first turn at some sandy track near Austin in the late 70’s. I can’t remember the name, only raced there once. He took a turn or two to figure out I was a slug but not dangerous and eased by. I kept him in sight for a lap or two and then I was done for the rest of the moto.

Dick Mann and I raced for a few turns at Sand Hill Ranch. 75’ I think. I can’t remember if I was on my Maico or the RM. I came up on him and he ran into the side of me. I’m thinking, “Dude, I’m going to pass you, just move over”. The guy was so competitive, I don’t think he had it in him to move over. We ran into each other a couple more times and I finally made it passed him. He hit me so hard that first time, it startled me and it frickin hurt. No one ever ran into me like that before or since. I was like 20, pretty much at the top of my racing career and he was like 50 or 60 or something, riding a slug thumper. Woopee. I passed Dick Mann.
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James Stewart, McGrath, Dubach, Craig Davis lapped me a couple of times during a GP. He was riding a 125. The best was long time ago, I got tired of getting passed so I started blocking. When the rider eventually came around me, the guys jersey said Emig on it.

I felt like a total spode for blocking Emig.
10/6/2008 6:17am
KW at the Texas Pro Challenge. He beat everybody on a bone stock Yami.
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10/6/2008 6:36am
well i got lapped by every pro gncc rider when i tried the orange crush a few years back. been passed by about half the kids racing the lites class right now when i went to the mini O's a few years back and they were all running the b classes. Stanton has been around me a few times at local practice days at log road.
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Nico Izzi, PJ Larsens, Shane Watts, Kevin Walker, Matt Walker, Leah Cantrell, Ashley Fiolek, Steven Houser, Earl May.

That pretty much my list for the short time I've been riding.
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10/6/2008 10:55am
Doug Henry or Ryan Hughes
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10/6/2008 11:09am
I have been passed by DV12 and RonRon out at Cahuilla a few years back.

Was passed by McGrath at Carlsbad during morning practice one time.

Was passed by Jlaw, Nick Evennou, JS, MC, Reed, and Tatum Sikk out at Cahuilla in recent years.
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10/6/2008 1:48pm
Guys and gals... this thread turned out better than I ever hoped... One thing is for certain in this sport, if you aren't JBS or RC, you get passed a lot! I hope you all enjoyed reading the responses as much as I did... Good stuff...

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