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RH340 7/13/2010 9:42am
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Not much Billy how have you been? Are you still with the same company that I called on when I covered the Quad Cities. I have been in Austin TX now for 13 years.
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FBI_51 7/13/2010 9:53am
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All is well. Still at Sears MFG. Been here for 18 years now. I moved into the R & D Department about 8 years ago. Hey, What ever happened to the Spaws??
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HORNETDRIVER 7/13/2010 10:02am
7/13/2010 10:02am
FBI_51 wrote:
All is well. Still at Sears MFG. Been here for 18 years now. I moved into the R & D Department about 8 years ago. Hey...
All is well. Still at Sears MFG. Been here for 18 years now. I moved into the R & D Department about 8 years ago. Hey, What ever happened to the Spaws??
I'll tag on here and add:

Whatever happened to Rich Hardesty?

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RH340 7/13/2010 10:21am
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Not sure what is going on with the Spaws. I know Johnny started racing stock cars. How are you parents? The last time I saw your dad was at a night race in Illinois and I arrived late so they were not going to let me race. Your dad saw me and told the promoter to let me ride. It was the first time I had ever been there. Must have be around 1992 or 93.
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FBI_51 7/13/2010 11:00am
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RH. - My Mom passed away a year ago May. We sold Mom and Dads house and property and moved dad to a high rise apartment. He is doing pretty good, cant see for shit and his hearing is getting bad but he still gets around good.
The night race you were at must have been Mendota??




Hornet - Rich Hardesty???....H'mm, I don't have a clue what he is doing. I all but completely forgot about him.
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RH340 7/13/2010 11:07am
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Sorry to hear about your mom Billy. Tell your dad hello from me and it was Mendota. Your dad got my wife out of a real jam that night. We had driven for about 45 minutes when Shelley realized she had forgot to load all my gear in the motorhome. We had to turn around and we were so late that I missed practice. Your dad bailed us out. Including going back for gear, we had been on the road for almost 7 hours.
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Dmoks 7/13/2010 12:08pm
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RH340 wrote:
Sorry to hear about your mom Billy. Tell your dad hello from me and it was Mendota. Your dad got my wife out of a real...
Sorry to hear about your mom Billy. Tell your dad hello from me and it was Mendota. Your dad got my wife out of a real jam that night. We had driven for about 45 minutes when Shelley realized she had forgot to load all my gear in the motorhome. We had to turn around and we were so late that I missed practice. Your dad bailed us out. Including going back for gear, we had been on the road for almost 7 hours.
Biill,
Sorry to hear about your mom and dad. I lost both of my parents in the last five years. I just got in touch with Joe Cox and Greg Randa on Facebook.
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Dmoks 7/13/2010 12:08pm
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RH340 wrote:
Sorry to hear about your mom Billy. Tell your dad hello from me and it was Mendota. Your dad got my wife out of a real...
Sorry to hear about your mom Billy. Tell your dad hello from me and it was Mendota. Your dad got my wife out of a real jam that night. We had driven for about 45 minutes when Shelley realized she had forgot to load all my gear in the motorhome. We had to turn around and we were so late that I missed practice. Your dad bailed us out. Including going back for gear, we had been on the road for almost 7 hours.
Biill,
Sorry to hear about your mom and dad. I lost both of my parents in the last five years. I just got in touch with Joe Cox and Greg Randa on Facebook.

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DonnieS 7/13/2010 6:31pm
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LB wrote:
What's up boy's? Pretty cool to see a lot of you coming out of the wood work and join an Old School forum. Anyway, this is...
What's up boy's? Pretty cool to see a lot of you coming out of the wood work and join an Old School forum.

Anyway, this is Larry Brooks and I've been looking around here for a while and decided to come in too.
Heya Larry... long time!

Good to see you on here...

Donnie Sigrist
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LB 7/13/2010 7:47pm
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Larry, this is Rich Halstead. Do you every see or hear from Bill West who was Alan King's mechanic? Always wondered what happened to him.
Rich, I haven' seen or speak to Bill in years. A buddy of mine said he moved up North and is building and restoring vintage bikes. I guess he's doing well. He plays in a band up there and just hangs out. Not part of the racing seen at all now a days.
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LB 7/13/2010 7:50pm
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LB wrote:
What's up boy's? Pretty cool to see a lot of you coming out of the wood work and join an Old School forum. Anyway, this is...
What's up boy's? Pretty cool to see a lot of you coming out of the wood work and join an Old School forum.

Anyway, this is Larry Brooks and I've been looking around here for a while and decided to come in too.
DonnieS wrote:
Heya Larry... long time!

Good to see you on here...

Donnie Sigrist
Thanks man. I think this is a pretty cool page. I sent hours on here last night just looking at old photo's and reading posts from people that raced back in the day. Those were good times.
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RH340 7/13/2010 8:08pm
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Larry, When you say up North do you mean Northern Cal or actually North as in real winters? I can't imagine Bill up North dealing with winter. I don't miss those long winter at all since I moved to Texas. Bill sure was a trip to travel with though, barely let me take time to eat. I had to run my ass off to a fast food joint at gas stops.
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Webcokid 7/13/2010 9:34pm
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LB, just have to ask. What do you think would have happend with the 125 pro class in 1983. How do you think Bruce would have done? Or Rick H. for example. It was hard to take. I didn't even know who Mike Kedrowski was for example, and all the sudden he's a big name? Paul came out on a Kawi and did well, but then? I beleive you mounted the big bikes in 84?
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chipnice 7/14/2010 7:49am
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Hey Larry, how about posting a few pics of the glory days.
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bblevins1 7/29/2010 5:12pm
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I believe Paul Denis rode Kawasaki kx 80's to win those titles in the early 80's..he moved up to a kx125 cuz as he would say " I was getting biger,I eeded bigger bikes"..
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I believe Paul Denis rode Kawasaki kx 80's to win those titles in the early 80's..he moved up to a kx125 cuz as he would say " I was getting biger,I eeded bigger bikes"..
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Wandell 7/30/2010 8:16pm
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Paul, if you find anymore old pics of yourself be sure to post them.
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RH340 wrote:
Sorry to hear about your mom Billy. Tell your dad hello from me and it was Mendota. Your dad got my wife out of a real...
Sorry to hear about your mom Billy. Tell your dad hello from me and it was Mendota. Your dad got my wife out of a real jam that night. We had driven for about 45 minutes when Shelley realized she had forgot to load all my gear in the motorhome. We had to turn around and we were so late that I missed practice. Your dad bailed us out. Including going back for gear, we had been on the road for almost 7 hours.
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Biill, Sorry to hear about your mom and dad. I lost both of my parents in the last five years. I just got in touch with...
Biill,
Sorry to hear about your mom and dad. I lost both of my parents in the last five years. I just got in touch with Joe Cox and Greg Randa on Facebook.

Erik Knodle
Wow. Halstead from Iowa? Pretty soon Junior Jackson will be on here, Jimmy Canner, and Greg Randa.

Breck Powers is in Texas too. You guys see the Mike Roth Vegas deal? He punched some dude out! LMFAO.

Bummer to hear about Little Fosnock.

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Tray 20 10/31/2010 6:24am
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1977 NMA Rio Bravo. I am the red head, and the kid on the right of me is 2 time world champion Trampas Chad Parker.
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This site is acting strange...
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web mx 12/2/2010 7:39am
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Tom Corley wrote:
[img]http://i563.photobucket.com/albums/ss76/tomcorley/DSC_1206.jpg[/img] Rudy Dickinson Sr. proudly poses next to Shaun Kalos and his R&D Racing Engines Suzuki. Check out that display in the background with Bell helmet...


Rudy Dickinson Sr. proudly poses next to Shaun Kalos and his R&D Racing Engines Suzuki.

Check out that display in the background with Bell helmet lamps.

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That was the most badass RM60 ever!
This was an RM80 not a 60------1981...
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CCMX 12/16/2010 3:19pm
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wownd out wrote:
What ever happened to EC Birt, is he still in business?
In Tennessee building shifter karts, still in business.
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toomey706 3/18/2011 1:34pm
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I found this link yesterday on youtube. It's the 87 CMC Golden State Nationals, and an awesome 80cc race. Button, Emig, Clowers, Chris Neal, Chad Pederson, Buddy Antunez, ect... I don't know if it got aired, because of the 4 wheeler race that went the same day, never seen it before.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvQBvCPAZdI&feature=feedlik

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