Pro Circuit - A season on the brink ('93)

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Feel free to delete if this has been posted already (I couldn't see it anywhere), but i feel it's worth posting.

Amazing story once again by Matthes after his last Eleven10Mods article. Can't believe how some of the things came about, and how close Mitch was to shutting it down after Honda sent them on their way. Gaddis really seemed to be the saviour of the Pro Circuit team, very cool!

Anyway, well worth the read for anyone with some free time!

http://racerxonline.com/2016/08/30/longform-pro-circuit-a-season-on-the…
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slowgti 8/31/2016 4:52am
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Damn good read, it's a good story
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ga_pike 8/31/2016 5:51am
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Excellent read. Need more stuff like this.
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Turbojez 8/31/2016 6:07am
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Great article, thanks for sharing Chuck!
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TXDirt 8/31/2016 7:07am
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Great article! Enjoyed reading!

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3rdgearpinned 8/31/2016 7:22am
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Excellent read. All we see is guys on $9000 bikes and $1500 in shiny new gear and big rigs in the pits and want it all also but to see some of the inside stuff puts it in perspective, not to mention the guy is doing it all from a wheelchair.
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Crush 8/31/2016 7:29am
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3rdgearpinned wrote:
Excellent read. All we see is guys on $9000 bikes and $1500 in shiny new gear and big rigs in the pits and want it all...
Excellent read. All we see is guys on $9000 bikes and $1500 in shiny new gear and big rigs in the pits and want it all also but to see some of the inside stuff puts it in perspective, not to mention the guy is doing it all from a wheelchair.
I had the same thought reading it... 93 was right in my moto madness as a kid... I remember looking at PC and being like, WOW!

Who the fuck knew that Mitch was hangin on by a thread whilst creating a dynasty. Awesome and mandatory reading for all moto fans.
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RussB 8/31/2016 8:28am
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An awesome read, learnt some moto history from that!
Really cool reading about the development, grinding a tweaking loads of cylinders to see what works. I bet that was a fun era to be a mechanic!
35-37hp from those 90's bikes as well.... I wonder how much they were getting before the 250f switch in the early 2000's, couldn't have been much over 40?
MANNERS226 8/31/2016 9:35am
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Fantastic moto journalism.
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C-Rock 8/31/2016 9:42am
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Great read. Makes you feel like buying a '93 Kawi...
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dboivin 8/31/2016 10:07am
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wow. what a great write up. glued to it til i was finished. kinda cool as i raced grayson and gaddis years prior to this time frame and wrenched for a friend (top 5 guy) during this whole set of years discussed (east coast).

phil, swink were exactly 100% like phil describes. lol. There wasn't much training happening in that group. Both extremely talented tho.
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chuckdavies 8/31/2016 10:35am
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C-Rock wrote:
Great read. Makes you feel like buying a '93 Kawi...
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Hahaha thats what i thought too! Erm, maybe not!
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RMT 8/31/2016 1:32pm
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Sure sounds like guys had more fun back then. Hitting LA clubs being a pro motocross racer and in shape!!!!!
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sandman768 8/31/2016 2:31pm
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Great read! great format. It's funny to see what the riders think of that now. Always wondered what happend to Chamberland, a lot of us can relate to riding great in practice but then sucking in an actual race!
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RG1 8/31/2016 3:34pm
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Just finished reading it. Best article I've read in a long time. An education
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hvaughn88 8/31/2016 3:37pm
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Whatever happened to Grayson goodman?
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JM485 8/31/2016 4:24pm
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That was an awesome article, probably my favorite of any I've read on RX
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dboivin 8/31/2016 4:37pm
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hvaughn88 wrote:
Whatever happened to Grayson goodman?
i dug up an old "where are they now" on here today. evidently he had major drug issues and legal issues. That info was back in like 08-09'.

Gene is a construction foreman in Texas area. Swink is operating dozers in florida. Gene and swink are both active on facebook. Swink has no filter so follow at own risk.

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GrapeApe 8/31/2016 4:44pm
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hvaughn88 wrote:
Whatever happened to Grayson goodman?
Unfortunately he got caught up in the lifestyle and it became more important than the racing. Awesome memories of the Dallas SX parties at his Dad's place in Plano. He had a great support group, but in the end it's up to the rider to focus.
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NATEP231 8/31/2016 6:46pm
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Funniest part about that video was what Bradshaw said and what was said on the pulp MX show Monday with Weimer
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colintrax 8/31/2016 7:24pm
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That was a great read, thanks for the link!
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Superdave19 8/31/2016 7:41pm
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Very cool- Love the underdog story!

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