Kehoe Finish Line Jump Gatorback 1993

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Edited Date/Time 5/15/2015 7:23pm
http://rx.iscdn.net/2015/05/98418_kehoe_mcgrath_1993.jpg

Never saw this picture until today. Anyone know how Kehoe landed that thing?
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bayodome 5/13/2015 5:12pm
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Yeah. Really hard!
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DownSouth 5/13/2015 5:35pm
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I was standing along the fence right by the Gatorback finish line that day. I swear I felt the ground shake when Kehoe flat-landed that sucker. He easily sailed 3x the distance of MC.
thephoenix 5/13/2015 5:47pm
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one of the iconic shots in motocross...

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Ebs 5/13/2015 5:52pm
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Reminds me of Daytona last year:


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Zracer 5/13/2015 6:03pm
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Ebs wrote:
Reminds me of Daytona last year:


Well Kehoe was twice as high. I was over by the start gate over a hundred feet away and could feel Kehoe bottom out.
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Hut 5/13/2015 6:14pm
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More recently Baggett in Texas was a pretty big one too.
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Kehoe on a HoT bike at the time before he became Team Manager. 1993 was the first year of Honda of Troy. Kehoe DeHoop O`Mara
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funktree 5/13/2015 8:21pm
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I think I remember reading an interview where he said he got lucky and landed on the downside of a whoop and it wasn't that bad.
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Bluelion 5/14/2015 3:52am
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I was there that day. Standing in the area of the yellow circle. Yes he did land on the down side of a whoop but it still was a hard landing could feel it in my feet. It was an amazing sight to witness. Went on to Daytona bike week and the Daytona Supercros it was a great vacation!

Sir Roostsalot 5/14/2015 4:28am
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Just looking at that picture has always made my back hurt.
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ATKpilot99 5/14/2015 6:43am
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He's getting too much air.....Damn American tracks . Smile
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ATKpilot99 wrote:
He's getting too much air.....Damn American tracks . Smile
Little did he know at the time but that jump across the finish created a butterfly effect That would later cause Villopoto's bike to stall on the start gate at Qatar. Thanks Kehoe!
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ATKpilot99 5/14/2015 6:54am
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ATKpilot99 wrote:
He's getting too much air.....Damn American tracks . Smile
Hut wrote:
Little did he know at the time but that jump across the finish created a butterfly effect That would later cause Villopoto's bike to stall on...
Little did he know at the time but that jump across the finish created a butterfly effect That would later cause Villopoto's bike to stall on the start gate at Qatar. Thanks Kehoe!
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Lawrence929 5/14/2015 7:18am
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ATKpilot99 wrote:
He's getting too much air.....Damn American tracks . Smile
Hut wrote:
Little did he know at the time but that jump across the finish created a butterfly effect That would later cause Villopoto's bike to stall on...
Little did he know at the time but that jump across the finish created a butterfly effect That would later cause Villopoto's bike to stall on the start gate at Qatar. Thanks Kehoe!
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travis-grant 5/14/2015 7:47am
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i swear to god ive seen footage of this. honestly

im sure it is on youtube as part of a duke video season round up, art eckman presents it
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WhipMeister 5/14/2015 7:59am
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At 3:40
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The Rock wrote:
Kehoe on a HoT bike at the time before he became Team Manager. 1993 was the first year of Honda of Troy. Kehoe DeHoop O`Mara
I thought for sure the O'Mara referenced would have sparked a comment or two as this is a relatively unknown piece of history.
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Hut 5/14/2015 8:59am
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WhipMeister wrote:
At 3:40
Is that it? Doesn't look like that big of a deal in the video.
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Kjbmx520 5/15/2015 5:07pm
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Does anyone have any pictures of James Stewart or Millsaps, hitting the big step-up at gator back when they were 85's?
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travis-grant wrote:
i swear to god ive seen footage of this. honestly im sure it is on youtube as part of a duke video season round up, art...
i swear to god ive seen footage of this. honestly

im sure it is on youtube as part of a duke video season round up, art eckman presents it
Agreed. MotoWorld race recap. Not a great clip if I remember not as impressive as the pic
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MX45 5/15/2015 5:43pm
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You don't often see this angle. Seems to be caught at almost the exact same time as the other shot.

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kawa38 5/15/2015 7:23pm
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Bluelion.. I was there that day in about the same spot.. Small Moto world..

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