Area riders you thought would be factory stars.

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Josh Steel. Developed an eyesight problem.
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Stupid software...................................
nicklebolt 8/9/2010 3:11pm
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Slow wrote:
My brother grew up racing with Trevor. Last i heard he was living in Marysville near the E-street track. I wish him the best.
How long ago was this? The article I found was from 2001.
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Slow wrote:
My brother grew up racing with Trevor. Last i heard he was living in Marysville near the E-street track. I wish him the best.
nicklebolt wrote:
How long ago was this? The article I found was from 2001.
Damn that was about 6 or so years ago. 2003/04

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nicklebolt 8/9/2010 3:20pm
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Slow wrote:
Damn that was about 6 or so years ago. 2003/04
Yeah. Haven't been able to find anyone who knows where he is. I'm near Marysville, so figured I'd try to re-connect. Thanks though.
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David Harrison. Circa '80-'81 Had the dedication. Had the Speed and the Smarts

Work related injury cut his career short.

Now he's a nationally ranked wheelchair tennis pro and Murderball player.

He's a Great guy!
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DanDunes818 wrote:
I was sure Brandon Layton would be factory and very well could of if he didn't lose his life riding when he was like 12 years...
I was sure Brandon Layton would be factory and very well could of if he didn't lose his life riding when he was like 12 years old. I also thought Ryan Abrigo and Mike Corder had a shot.
sharkey wrote:
i heard alot of stories about layton dominating all the titles he had(lorettas etc). i wish we could have seen that
Does anyone have any video of him riding or racing? I would love to see some of it!!!!
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slomoto wrote:
jack keese
billy keese
mark gambetta
sherman schneller
nathan woods
andymoto wrote:
Nathan Woods reminds me of Shane Esposito; both good MXers, but found a way better niche racing off road. Mark Lawrence was pretty good too with...
Nathan Woods reminds me of Shane Esposito; both good MXers, but found a way better niche racing off road.

Mark Lawrence was pretty good too with Gambetta.

DG Dave Taylor thought would be top 125 guy. Eropkin was real good too.

Wayne Boyer. Can't remember if he was full fac. Suz. or a support rider. Another good one.

A new kid I thought might be good was that Jesse Masterpool....dunno if still racing, but use to see name in World Mini or Ponca/LL results. Know he should be 11 or 12 now.
dude masterpool past away in march...R.I.P buddy
Mean T Jenkins 10/21/2010 5:54pm
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andymoto wrote:
Younger or not. Area riders you felt had a big time chance for a factory ride.
Yeah, Kiel was pretty fast...I heard he got it from his brother, Taylor Jones...He was #708. I remember when spoded it up off of the finish line table top at Jolly Roger and got a concusion. He thought the president was George Clinton, haha!
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Vince DeVane .Fl rider .By far the best rider ever out of fl .Still think was better than tichoner and could have been as good as Rc . Was still racing up until a year ago.
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slomoto wrote:
jack keese
billy keese
mark gambetta
sherman schneller
nathan woods
andymoto wrote:
Nathan Woods reminds me of Shane Esposito; both good MXers, but found a way better niche racing off road. Mark Lawrence was pretty good too with...
Nathan Woods reminds me of Shane Esposito; both good MXers, but found a way better niche racing off road.

Mark Lawrence was pretty good too with Gambetta.

DG Dave Taylor thought would be top 125 guy. Eropkin was real good too.

Wayne Boyer. Can't remember if he was full fac. Suz. or a support rider. Another good one.

A new kid I thought might be good was that Jesse Masterpool....dunno if still racing, but use to see name in World Mini or Ponca/LL results. Know he should be 11 or 12 now.
moscrop940 wrote:
dude masterpool past away in march...R.I.P buddy
Go back to page 2 of this thread and read the date of my post to slomoto again.
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I saw someone mention Paul Veracka, what happened with him? He was fast as hell, I think he just quit to go to school but not sure
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seth505 wrote:
I saw someone mention Paul Veracka, what happened with him? He was fast as hell, I think he just quit to go to school but not...
I saw someone mention Paul Veracka, what happened with him? He was fast as hell, I think he just quit to go to school but not sure
Paul runs a Harley dealership in Michigan, we were out in vegas columbus day weekend with some friends
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Bruce Stratton, Billy Silverole,Tom Rice,Aaron Dieter , Brian or Paul Austin, Ben Retter and Troy Bradshaw.
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andymoto wrote:
Joe Wright from Idaho. Raced 2 yrs in NorCal and was real fast. Could beat Holley/Vohland. Jesse Ketcham, NorCal mini. Got hurt too much. Diced with...
Joe Wright from Idaho. Raced 2 yrs in NorCal and was real fast. Could beat Holley/Vohland.
Jesse Ketcham, NorCal mini. Got hurt too much. Diced with Racine, Mitchell and Jeff Northrup.
Casey Johnsons brother Jason. More natural talent than Casey.
Shawn Wooten.
Mike Stanton. Smooth as silk.
Adam Gallegos.
Pat Wilson; thought he'd get to the promised land.
Mikey Pascarella. Rusty Holland.
Jesse Ketcham was the fastest kid I have ever seen on a 80cc Machine. I watched him at Hangtown in 1994 inbetween my own 125cc Intermediate Motos and I couldn't believe how fast he was and how high in the RPM range his RM80 was screaming. Funny thing is he got 2nd that day. I to this day couldn't tell you who won. To the day I die though I will never forget how fast Jesse Ketcham was that day.
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We have video of Chris considine in 1990 on 60's racing sella ds and Carmichael for the win at lorettas, he went wide and he rest is history. I grew up across the woods from Chris, spent many days riding with him. Chris was a product of a broken home. Kid was amazingly fast but had parents who had their own agendas and ruined what he could have been. It makes me sad to think that he was as fast as he was and it was cut short buy parents inability to be adults. That kid slammed on wey, maximoff etc...Dave Mack was involved with his guiding if I rmember right. The good ol proffer days as well as vents goggles. Michigan mafia historia!
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Las Vegas: Past was Jason Partridge. He was very fast but got injured. Present is Jayme Gardiner
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Wow, My first post in this thread was almost six years ago. Back in 88 both my sons were racing in some big race at Lake Whitney, Texas. We pitted all week beside a Kawasaki rider named Dennis Hawthorn. After watching Dennis ride I just knew he was going to be BIG someday. I never heard much about him after that race but I'll always remember how fast he was.
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AJ wrote:
connie fiest
(he often whipped up on larocket.,more times than not and won LL 250-A class)
Feist never won 250A at LL's. And being a decade older than Larocco, didn't really race the same class. Feist was fast in early 80's but larocco was little kid then who didn't turn expert/A class til 1986 and pro til 88. The local races I saw in 86/87 Larocco's only competition was greg bowen,stanton,dehoop and feist was never even close to this group.
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Shane Bess- Friend of him and his Dad- he rode for Factory Suzuki got a top 5 in a SX and 2nd overall in arenacross
Dave Coupe- Bad fast
Chris Heiser- top ten at nationals
Brand Johnson- Beat the best
Jon Zahrt- Super fast didn't jump over my head Wink at anaheim haha
Mark Gambetta- Still fast rides at zaca (sambos team haha)
Bruce Maynor- Shoulda got a ride ( I'm biased)
Paul Vlach- RIP
Robert Laughlin- Super Fast, bad equipment messed up Dad



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I grew up in Oklahoma in the 80's around Tulsa. K&N Yamaha had a kid I went to school with named Brian Roe, aside from racing Kevin Windham as a kid, Brian was the fastest kid I got to go against on a track. He was a regular at Ponca City, Bixby's Allen Ranch Mx was our local track. When i moved to Mississippi in 1990, we had KDub hitting our locals on his KX80, but our local Johnny Overby was lights out fast. He was climbing the ladder toward a real ride and broke his neck in a whoops section in 91. He stopped riding for a decade. Came back amd it was like he never skipped a beat. Still lights out fast.
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Todd Bennick from North Carolina. He had a few top tens in 125ESX around 92-93. I heard that he married a preachers daughter and no more weekend racing. I could be way off here, but that was the story that was going around. Either way, dude still rips. Also, his son Daxton rides for Orange Brigade KTM on 50-65s and already has a Lorettas title.
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TeamGreen wrote:
Dean Matson
Dean definitely could have done something with all the natural talent he had, but you still have to do the work. He's an incredibly gifted athlete.
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Hmmmmm that's a very interesting line of reasoning John boy!
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Foo723 wrote:
Keith Watson, houma louisiana by way of tallahassee florida. the original tallahassee flash. Keith was james stewart fast and i thought he had some yamaha support...


Keith Watson, houma louisiana by way of tallahassee florida. the original tallahassee flash. Keith was james stewart fast and i thought he had some yamaha support back in the early 80's.

Keith was tragically killed at Hattiesburg Mx park in mississippi in 1981
I was there that Sunday Keith Watson died. I won the 80cc class and my brother Barry Weinberger was racing pro class against Keith Watson. Keith Watson was winning once again the first and second Moto but then lost control in the second Moto and went off the track and hit a tree that killed him instantly. We were all in shock and couldn’t believe it. Keith Watson was the fastest rider at the time from our region the south east Mississippi Louisiana and Alabama areas. I remember 1980-1981 Keith Watson started beating factory riders at the Florida gatorback pro winter series Nationals finishing second on his stock Yamaha YZ 125 right there with Mark Barnett and Johnny O Mara we were freaking out and excited to see him to start competing at a world class level. Keith Watson was world class fast and smooth and was definitely going to earn a factory sponsor if that tragedy didn’t happen. RIP and god bless!
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Necrobump.

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