Orlando Sports Stadium

GRTracer19 wrote:

I think I must have made a million laps around the old sports stadium track from 69 till the late 70's (crashed too many times on...

I think I must have made a million laps around the old sports stadium track from 69 till the late 70's (crashed too many times on the tunnel jump too!)
I'm John Gore (#19)
Also raced a bunch with Dorsey Fields and rode for his brothers Bultaco shop(leesburg) in 73 and 74.
There were some fast boys at the sports stadium in those days!!
Other tracks included Bithlo, Dade City, etc etc.
Any of you also do any TT or short track ?
I used to race TT @ dade city and maybe a short track along with a Sunday MX somewhere just about every weekend and on the same bike,,
Laced up some short track wheels( 250 Bultaco Pursang) for Dade City and Ocala and ran either the short track setup or the knobbies depending on track conditions.....LOVED TT at Dade city and also later at Zuber in Ocala...

humyam wrote:

I rode the Sports Stadium only once. It was in '74 at the NMA Nationals. A buddy of mine and I came over from Texas and...

I rode the Sports Stadium only once. It was in '74 at the NMA Nationals. A buddy of mine and I came over from Texas and ran both the 100 and 125 expert classes. He rode CR's (sleeved down for the 100) and I rode YZ's. He was having seizure problem with both so I helped him break them in after we got to the track. These classes were run back-to-back so our dad's were on the starting line warming up our 125's while we ran the 100's. Moto 1 in 100's we take off and run out 1st and 2nd with a large lead. BOOM, there goes my buddies 100 so I take the moto win. Moto 2 in 100 was another win for me. In moto 3 I was leading and threw a chain. Don't remember how I finished but too a stinking second overall. Moto 1 of the 125 satrted the same with my buddy and I running away from the field then BOOM, there goes his 125. Before he blew up he had splashed muddy water on my goggles. As I came around to thke the white flag, the spots on my goggles tricked me into thinking it was the checker, so I take my goggles off and go past the finish and take the next 180 right hander. About that time second place blasts past me. I'm WTF? Then I can clearly see the white flag. I take back off and catch the leader, only to fall in the last left before the finish and getting stuck under my bike. Don't remember how I finished. Moto 2 I think I ran away with it. While on the line for moto 3 I'm reving my bike and it's shaking like crazy. Turns out my swing arm bolt had siezed and had wollowed out the hole in my frame. Too late to do anything about it, so let's go racing. Talk about a squirly bike, coming over that huge mountain of a jump, I had no idea where the bike would go. I finished near the front but don't remember where. Took another second overall. Fun trip and a rough track (sand!). I had already won the World Mini in the 125 Expert class that year so I was racking up some series points. Took a double (100 and 125) class win in Houston later in the summer at the World Mini Championships.

Bike # was 622

Jersey # was 1u

Glen Urquhart