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My 1st MX race was at this track...
I think if that track was still around today..it would be one of the best tracks in so-cal..
Has anyone else been there??
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maicobreako 4/14/2006 5:23pm
4/14/2006 5:23pm
Great track.

Saw a few memorable events at that place.

East-West shootout: West team had Tim Hart, John Desoto, John Rice, Jim O'Neal, Jim Wilson, and Jim West. Forgot who the East coasters were. First round was held at Pepperell Mass and the two teams left there seperated by a point. The west coasters laid waste to them at Bay Mare though. A thorough butt whupping.

Then there was a Nor-cal/So-cal shootout. Lackey rode a CZ with the dove on the bars. Bob Grossi crushed the locals in the 5-hunny class.

Also went to an Inter-Am event that was later (much later) televised on Wide World of Sports. Bengt Aberg, Arne Kring on Huskies, Ake Jonsson on Maico. Sylvain Geboers rode the 370 Suzuki, finished well back in 5th or sumpin like that. The Japanese mechanics spent more time taking pictures of the Euro bikes than they did wrenching on Geboers bike.
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dougie 4/16/2006 6:01pm
4/16/2006 6:01pm
Just where was Baymare? I remember after I got out of the Army at the end on 1970 my brother mentioning that place. I seem to remember a track at Terminal Island, in Long Beach and another one up off the Long Beach frwy near Bell or in that area. Ring any bells?

Hey Rod, how ya bean man?
KCMX4LIFE 4/16/2006 7:46pm
4/16/2006 7:46pm
The track off the 710 and Firestone @ Garfield/Eastern was Trojan Raceway that you were thinking of. KC
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450guy 4/17/2006 5:44am
4/17/2006 5:44am
Baymare was off the 118...

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maicobreako 4/17/2006 8:22am
4/17/2006 8:22am
Yup, I guess parts of 118 were around then.

Baymare was west of Moorpark (Krap room spelled backwards).

The 118 didn't make it thru to Moorpark in those days so you'd have to take Tierra Rejada road out of Simi Valley thru all the orange groves. The track was at the of Bixby Road off Balcom Canyon. Officially the area is known as Somis

The thing I most remember about that drive were some of the bends in the road. They'd be yellow sign posted at 15 mph and they weren't kidding when they put those signs up.

I think there was a Super Hunky column once about over cooking one of those turns and ending up in the groves.

When I was 17-18 I was in a car on those roads, at night, with a bunch of drunks, unfamiliar with the road, who thought it would be great fun to turn off the headlights and turn on the interior light.

Let's just say it was a bad move.
TricksterTed 4/26/2006 12:29pm
4/26/2006 12:29pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 5:59pm
Anybody have a copy of that old "Snoopy" ad they used to run in Cycle news all the time?

"Happiness is a day at Baymare"
OW38B (MD) 5/3/2006 12:00am
5/3/2006 12:00am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 5:59pm
[quote="dougie":050b4]Just where was Baymare? I remember after I got out of the Army at the end on 1970 my brother mentioning that place. I seem to remember a track at Terminal Island, in Long Beach and another one up off the Long Beach frwy near Bell or in that area. Ring any bells?
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Cycle Haven was the track out on Terminal Island.

Joe Stern and I were talking about the track the other day...we remember a kid named Goforth that used to fly around that place.
OW38B (MD) 5/3/2006 12:11am
5/3/2006 12:11am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 5:59pm
Dave Eropkin...next time the OTHG and the OTMX have a race together we need to look each other up and say "hey".

You don't race with the OTHG any more so we don't get to shoot the sh*t. That leaves me talking to Blix and Stern about the "old school stuff". :D

I am 19g with the OTHG this year.

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450guy 5/4/2006 5:32am
5/4/2006 5:32am
hi Jim...looking forward to seeing you guys again...
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Potts 7/26/2007 9:19pm
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[quote="450guy":c9a7d]My 1st MX race was at this track...
I think if that track was still around today..it would be one of the best tracks in so-cal..
Has anyone else been there??[/quote:c9a7d]

We used to ride on what was left of the track in the late 80's but the track was pretty torn up and rough from erosion. I saw my first Motocross there but never got to race there. Yes, it was off of the 118fwy in Moorpark, CA and up above the orange groves next to a brick mfg.
Redrider12 7/30/2007 7:43am
7/30/2007 7:43am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:02pm
Check out http://www.vintagefactory.com" target="_blank under the last "Arm Pump" posting, I posted race coverage from Baymare!
Thanks
Scott
trick121 (MD) 7/30/2007 8:08am
7/30/2007 8:08am Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 6:02pm
[quote="Redrider12":87d0b]Check out http://www.vintagefactory.com" target="_blank" target="_blank under the last "Arm Pump" posting, I posted race coverage from Baymare!
Thanks
Scott[/quote:87d0b]

Armpump is fun to read! Thanks for posting those articles.
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barry.kunz.75 5/14/2013 12:45pm
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450guy wrote:
My 1st MX race was at this track... I think if that track was still around today..it would be one of the best tracks in so-cal...
My 1st MX race was at this track...
I think if that track was still around today..it would be one of the best tracks in so-cal..
Has anyone else been there??
yeah my boss said he rode there and Johnny O'mara used to race there. Then they closed it and fenced it off but people cut the fence and kept riding there.
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havetacos 4/12/2014 12:10am
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hmm did someone say they used to cut the fence to ride at bay mare?thats really funny because you coulda just rode around it any one of a million ways.its all good you made me really good at repairing chain link.and yes the track was the end of bixby off balcom cyn in somis n the only way to go there is at about 100 mph n who cares bout that 15 mph turn sign cuz ur goin straight anyways.haha. its now around 6k orange trees the rock plants hstory and it is for sale.if any of u big spenders are game?btw the hole in the fence goes with the land as a free bonus.i got tacos
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trackmaster 1/12/2016 12:45pm
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450guy wrote:
My 1st MX race was at this track... I think if that track was still around today..it would be one of the best tracks in so-cal...
My 1st MX race was at this track...
I think if that track was still around today..it would be one of the best tracks in so-cal..
Has anyone else been there??
My dad managed Muntz/Valley Cycle Park, until it closed in 1976. My brother,Tom Zahnter, and I both raced at Baymare in the mid-late '60's. I'll have to dig out some photos----.
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jimmie 1/12/2016 5:21pm
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trackmaster wrote:
My dad managed Muntz/Valley Cycle Park, until it closed in 1976. My brother,Tom Zahnter, and I both raced at Baymare in the mid-late '60's. I'll have...
My dad managed Muntz/Valley Cycle Park, until it closed in 1976. My brother,Tom Zahnter, and I both raced at Baymare in the mid-late '60's. I'll have to dig out some photos----.
"dig out some photos"
If possible please do. I have only visited that place via pictures in magazines. I'm ready for pictures on the internet!
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havetacos 1/13/2016 2:18am
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baymare huh lemme dig thru my foggy brain here.oh yeah baymare hey do me a massive favor instead of cuttin the locks or the chain. just go around the fence i mean its only a couple gates.anyway its all orange trees now well except the shortcut down to old balcom.straight down must be 1200ft straight down lol yupp my family still owns the place and my step dad used to get a quarter per car for parking back in the day to let everyone park.kinda funny before he passed i can remember whenever we left a restaurant if it wasnt paper he would throw the change on the ground said the extra weight hurt his back.wow and track your pops managed for madman.ok im smellin way to much old goin round here.enjoy the day

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SCR 1/13/2016 7:37pm
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450guy wrote:
My 1st MX race was at this track... I think if that track was still around today..it would be one of the best tracks in so-cal...
My 1st MX race was at this track...
I think if that track was still around today..it would be one of the best tracks in so-cal..
Has anyone else been there??
trackmaster wrote:
My dad managed Muntz/Valley Cycle Park, until it closed in 1976. My brother,Tom Zahnter, and I both raced at Baymare in the mid-late '60's. I'll have...
My dad managed Muntz/Valley Cycle Park, until it closed in 1976. My brother,Tom Zahnter, and I both raced at Baymare in the mid-late '60's. I'll have to dig out some photos----.
Muntz / valley cycle was awsome. After years of trying to negotiate a minibike out of my dad he bought me a SL70 when I was 9 yrs old, and first place we took it was muntz. I still remember driving down the 23 fwy looking for this place and then I see this place with hundreds of dirt bikes, I was blown away. Rode and raced there till it closed in 76. Went to the Jim West memorial race there. Rode there the last day it was open. Great times.

Bay mare I remember closed then re-opened in 73 or 74 briefly I believe for a few races. We went and watched but never raced there.
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havetacos 1/15/2016 2:43am
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anyone know why the track was shut down!
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havetacos 1/15/2016 2:49am
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oh and the first bike I ever rode was a Yamaha mini endure then it was up to the sl70 now that bike would run forever. man my buddy and I would just ride on his lawn all day long.or at least until the tour bus showed up with all the Japanese with their cameras. lol
sam cullen hodaka pro class 2/7/2016 6:47pm
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If any body wants to know any thing about let me know my dad ran muntz and i raced at baymare alot i lived in simi valley back then,,im Sam Cullen my dad passed in 2007 he was a HELL OF A DAD THE BEST. HE OWNED HODAKA OF SIMI
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dougie wrote:
Just where was Baymare? I remember after I got out of the Army at the end on 1970 my brother mentioning that place. I seem to...
Just where was Baymare? I remember after I got out of the Army at the end on 1970 my brother mentioning that place. I seem to remember a track at Terminal Island, in Long Beach and another one up off the Long Beach frwy near Bell or in that area. Ring any bells?

Hey Rod, how ya bean man?
Baymare was in Somis, CA. You took the 118 (Los Angeles Ave.) to Balcom Canyon RD., then turned right onto Bixby Rd. It was in a canyon, at the end of the road. Just some dirt and a few ranch out-buildings there, from the current Google Earth images.
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sam cullen hodaka pro class wrote:
If any body wants to know any thing about let me know my dad ran muntz and i raced at baymare alot i lived in simi...
If any body wants to know any thing about let me know my dad ran muntz and i raced at baymare alot i lived in simi valley back then,,im Sam Cullen my dad passed in 2007 he was a HELL OF A DAD THE BEST. HE OWNED HODAKA OF SIMI
Hey Sam, did your dad run Muntz after my dad left in '76? I quit paying attention to the track after my dad died. The name had changed to Valley Cycle Park in about 1975.
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Baymare tunnel jump photos 1968 and 1970





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7I3N 10/11/2016 9:29pm
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I loved that track. I only got to race there twice before it closed. Here’s what it looks like today.





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450guy wrote:
My 1st MX race was at this track... I think if that track was still around today..it would be one of the best tracks in so-cal...
My 1st MX race was at this track...
I think if that track was still around today..it would be one of the best tracks in so-cal..
Has anyone else been there??
My favorite track! 118 to Balcom Canyon Rd.
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RandallM 10/16/2018 1:59pm
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The Kodak box this 8mm film was in is labelled "Racing at Bay Mare 1962"
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Zeke27G 10/17/2018 1:54pm
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KCMX4LIFE wrote:
The track off the 710 and Firestone @ Garfield/Eastern was Trojan Raceway that you were thinking of. KC

Hanging in my office...

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havetacos 10/18/2018 8:10pm
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All i can say is just wow man. My stepdad told me he got a quarter a car for the parking.man if he was still around these pics would surely blow him back.awesome stuff. Everthing from the first gate to the second is now orange trees around 6k of them and the end of the canyon where the track was is prob still empty.i was still a future thought in 62 lol

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