Best Professional Rides in History

Stoneface
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4/7/2015 2:15am Edited Date/Time 4/7/2015 2:17am


Jim Pomeroy's first GP. He raced in Spain for Bultaco and won! First MX GP win ever by an American. 1973
baisleyde
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4/7/2015 5:47am
I see no mention of Dungey at Southwick 2011
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4/7/2015 8:42am
baisleyde wrote:
I see no mention of Dungey at Southwick 2011
You should look harder.

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4/7/2015 8:46am
baisleyde wrote:
I see no mention of Dungey at Southwick 2011
1-forty-8 wrote:
You should look harder.
damn , i missed it twice. you got me there
4/7/2015 2:40pm
1-forty-8 wrote:
Tortelli. Glen Helen 99.
100 % agree. Those two pics were taken this particular day :



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4/7/2015 3:04pm
Robgvx wrote:
David Thorpe, British GP 1985. First corner crash then last to first in 4 laps.
read the whole thread to see if someone had this one... might have known LOL

Watched this one from the roof of a van parked between turn 1 and 2.. just epic, DT just killed it , back in the days of 45min races , he rode the first ten like it was 15 mins long, and Farleigh being a roomy track (apart from the woods) meant there was room to do it. Shame he couldnt have brought win home, but Malherbe was some rider.

Recently , has to be Shaun Simpson winning at Lierop in MX1 , in 2013, beating Cairoli (and everyone else) for the overall on what was effectively a privately run Yamaha in the bottomless sand, this after being overlooked for the MXoN team in 2012 at Lommel because 'he wasnt good enough in the sand'...

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4/7/2015 3:13pm
I always liked the race where Ryno pushed his bike over the finish line, showed a lot of grit and passion
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4/7/2015 3:34pm
Many of these were mentioned:

1. Lechien 1983 SD Supercross
2. RJ 1987 LA Supercross
3. RV 2007 MXDN
4. Bubba 2003 Budds Creek ?
5. Bubba 2014 Toronto
6. Magoo MXDN

Not in any order

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4/9/2015 1:09am Edited Date/Time 4/9/2015 1:14am
Dave Thorpe last to first in 3 laps at Farleigh Castle 500cc Gp in 1985.
Taken down in first corner by a wayward Mervyn Anstie, he remounted way last and stormed past the whole field into first place within 4 laps.
Andre Malherbe repassed him late in moto for win
but to see his adrenaline fueled charge with the home crowd goung wild was magic!
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4/9/2015 3:01am Edited Date/Time 4/9/2015 3:25am
1. Carmichael - Millville 2006
2. Stewart - Budds Creek 2003
3. Herlings - Lommel, MXDN 2012
4. Stewart - Toronto 2014
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4/9/2015 3:12am
Flatliner wrote:
Reynard moto 1 dilla 98.
This was a very good one.
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4/9/2015 3:41am
Ken DeDyker's Mallory GP race win after being on the floor in turn 2 and coming from last was also a great ride, and it also would be in my top 5 GP races ever... 5 minutes from my house and I wasn't there ... was away racing myself and had to make do with text updates.

Will see if I can find the footage.
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4/9/2015 5:10am
Flatliner wrote:
Reynard moto 1 dilla 98.
lucero10x wrote:
This was a very good one.
That was a good one for sure!
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4/9/2015 5:33am
Don't remember the year but REED was talking shit about he can beat JS7 if he got a start and JS7slow down and let REED pass.. then smoke REED it was at Dilla
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4/9/2015 5:40am
Blows me away there are no MC. mentions. I guess every win was a regular clinic.
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4/9/2015 11:42am
Fro beating the king and stopping an undefeated SX season at St. Louis
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4/9/2015 12:51pm
I'm surprised almost no one has mentioned Pontiac 2002. RC loops at about 50 mph, gets up in last, and almost wins. Granted, pretty much everyone else crash but the fact that he got up let alone almost win is huge
4/9/2015 3:25pm
h_reed wrote:
One word. Magoo!
Aaaaaaah. That's one word that deserve a moment of silence.

As a kid, I saw him pancake an uphill double at Sear's Point . . . IN 1974!!! Come on, folks. Nobody hung it out like Magoo. Did I studder? No I didn't I said 1974. Just think about that. That's when a cross up was big.
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4/9/2015 4:18pm
I'm surprised almost no one has mentioned Pontiac 2002. RC loops at about 50 mph, gets up in last, and almost wins. Granted, pretty much everyone...
I'm surprised almost no one has mentioned Pontiac 2002. RC loops at about 50 mph, gets up in last, and almost wins. Granted, pretty much everyone else crash but the fact that he got up let alone almost win is huge
It's in my list.
4/10/2015 12:37am
robkinuk wrote:
Dave Thorpe last to first in 3 laps at Farleigh Castle 500cc Gp in 1985. Taken down in first corner by a wayward Mervyn Anstie, he...
Dave Thorpe last to first in 3 laps at Farleigh Castle 500cc Gp in 1985.
Taken down in first corner by a wayward Mervyn Anstie, he remounted way last and stormed past the whole field into first place within 4 laps.
Andre Malherbe repassed him late in moto for win
but to see his adrenaline fueled charge with the home crowd goung wild was magic!
Just out of curiosity Bobby ,

If this "magic " ride is worthy of a place in a best rides in history thread , how come you didn,t see fit to mention above others in your recent list of most memorable moments ??

You took the hump , when I said it was a shit list , yet your now proving I was right.

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4/10/2015 6:36am Edited Date/Time 4/10/2015 6:40am
I'm surprised almost no one has mentioned Pontiac 2002. RC loops at about 50 mph, gets up in last, and almost wins. Granted, pretty much everyone...
I'm surprised almost no one has mentioned Pontiac 2002. RC loops at about 50 mph, gets up in last, and almost wins. Granted, pretty much everyone else crash but the fact that he got up let alone almost win is huge
Pls see avatar...

Which year did Stewart win a 125 moto with the front brake lever dangling from the bars? Unlike other racers who claim to lose their brakes (while structurally intact), the lever on James' bike was inoperable due to a crash. Undeterred, JS remounted his bike and laid waste to the field, including passing Langston for the lead.

Did that actually happen? Or have I lost grip of reality?
4/10/2015 7:07am
-everts 1998 des nations was one of the best rides ive ever seen- just looked like he was riding a different track to everyone else

-everts 2006 des nations- passing stewart stood up round the outside in a deep rut, made it look easy that day! awesome end to his career

-herlings lapping up to 3rd at the lierop gp - incredible ride, looked like he was on a different track to everyone else. Best sand riding ive ever seen

-de reuver batting with everts on the 2 stroke (everts on 450) at lierop des nations 2004

-pourcel Unadilla 2010 race 2 - coming from back in the pack to catch and pass canard for the win

- herlings des nations final moto from lommel crashing in the first turn to be right on cairolis back wheel at the end of the race

- tortelli 99 glen Helen was impressive, also the race when he caught, passed and pulled away from RC (then ran out of fuel on the last lap)

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4/10/2015 10:28am
Ramsey's 2002 Pontiac win

Stewart and RC at Washougal

O"Mara's 86 MXdN ride

Denny Schwartz at Mid Ohio in the 70s where he beat DeCoster a moto.

Any race that Mike Hartwig was in
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4/10/2015 10:38am
Perhaps I've missed it, but has anyone mentioned Danny Smith's win at Unadilla only days after his brother's death?
Talk about emotional.

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