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brian posts crazy shit when he's drunk. couple of the pulp show calls he was drunk during call in...guessing he was again, i haven't listened to this podcast. I personally don't like listening when brians on. I knew brian well when we were kids and its hard to watch/listen. His dad died thru suicide just like over a year or 2 ago so its kinda scary.
With in a week, you sound like him and re-recovery sounds, and feels impossible. Whats needed is something like a lock up facility. Thats why you see such dismal results for out patient programs.
I remember when the coroner was picking up my brothers body.
He said, "Sir, I'm sorry, but I have to ask this question....Your brother was a drinker, but why are there 33 1/2 pints that are empty when the larger bottles cost so much less?"
I said, "Thats easy. Each one of those bottles was the "last one"
Once Kenny hung up, you could tell that he was quite emotional and if it was someone you knew I can understand why.
I hope Brian can get back on track.
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My fondest memories of racing motocross are days like this in the 80's, you can see Brian in this photo wearing a BAD ASS open face Shoei helmet, white Scott face mask and Gear racing kit.
listened to both pod cast he was on and sounded like a repeat of the other one. Sad to hear someone say they made
400k a year but really was not much money. I'm assuming he is construction now working his off from sun up to sun
down. Hope he turns it around and can come around the races sometime. Maybe it would give him some hope to make
things better for the future.
i rode against swink for 4-5 years every weekend. amazing talent...but he always was kinda trouble maker, no fucks given type. him and i went at it in 60's where it was fist fights when we came off the track, lol. he was amazing at pushing peoples buttons.
#15 swink leading me in 82'
swink to the right of me and rock in 85'
swink holeshotting me and kitsch..also 85'
tapes of me with my kids @ Christmas, or whatever, & I sound just like that......My life now
is so awesome, I couldn't have imagined it was possible. I wish there was a button Brian could
push, so he could see what's possible for him, but unfortunately there is no magic button......
brian was younger than rest of us so didn't hang around him much. I will say this, if you took swink in his prime on the 80's and nick wey in his prime on 80's...they were so damn similar...speed and style was very much alike. both had the same opportunities all the way through....2 complete different endings.
some of our 80A races were amazingly stacked. kitsch, swink, bowen, larocco...
oh and don't forget 6time stanton was d-14. hard to beat his resume.
Great radio bro!
Edit: It's at pulpmx.com
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I do know Brian Swink and Michael Craig were by far the two toughest, never say die types that ever rode for Phil Alderton. It was Dallas or Houston circa 96 and Brian crashed so hard he split his helmet in TWO. Did he pack it in and call it a night? Hell no! The Swinkster grabbed a new helmet dashed to the LCQ and put 'er in the main. I told Brian I was going to start calling him Timex because "he took a licking but kept on ticking!" I also watched Stingray crash in practice at both Mt. Morris and Bercy (97) and a mere mortal would have been stretchered off the track. Stingray fired it back up and kept going.
Best of luck Brian. I have complete faith in you and am blowing my air horn and swinging my t shirt cheering you on. If you read this please tell your mother (Nelda?) I said hello please.
I think Brian should be pumped on his career rather than dwell on his mistakes.
Maybe mental health struggles run in his family with the passing of his father and Brian's state of mind in the podcast was up and down.
I was at the race and in the pits and remember seeing him sitting in the ground after the moto with lots of people huddled around him and he seemed spent or distraught. He answered the bell for the next moto but wasn't the same.
I just looked it up and it was redbud 94', he went 39-7 and I think he was up front but dnf'd the moto. That makes more sense. Good thing for the vault, my memory is not good.
Doesn't seem like Swink is in a place where he's ready to accept help.
Based on that podcast, it seems like he has a lot of angst about his moto career and is blaming it for his station in life. But to me, it sounded like he got a fair shake for the most part, and was responsible for his own choices - as far as teams, etc.
Life is long, and I hope this guy can pull it together for his kid's sake. That was horrifying.
I figured out a different way to go about it. It wouldn't work for everyone, but it worked with my situation.
I have a friend so close, he's more than a brother. We met while we were in the Marine Corps and became friends quickly. After our first tour, we went on to a Scout Sniper platoon and served our next tour in a team together. We saw some terrible times and some great times. We both hit the bottle pretty hard after our last tour in Afghanistan. When we got out of the Corps, we both went home to opposite sides of the country and picked up local jobs. After 6 or 8 months I took a contractor job and was headed back to the sandbox. On the way over, I stopped through his hometown and hung out for about a week. We did some fishing, target shooting and saw some other friends nearby. I asked him what he was doing and he was pretty straight up about it: drinking, working and living. When I got over to the 'Stan, I worked hard and built a pretty good reputation quickly on the job. As soon as I could, I cashed that in and helped get my friend hired on. He had to put the bottle down to come out and do this work for a few years before returning home. Two years ago I spent a week at his place turkey hunting. He confided in me that I probably saved his life helping him get off the bottle and get into a job he took a lot of pride in helping those young Marines out there. Now he's back home and doing well for himself, has a chick, a house and a good business with his older brother.
I can relate and am wishing all the best to Brian.
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