Loretta Memories...

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Edited Date/Time 1/27/2012 1:33pm
It's coming that time of the year that all the amateurs wait for. What are some of the best stories or memories that you have from Loretta's?...
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lumpy790 6/12/2009 9:35am
6/12/2009 9:35am
Watching Travis's dad jump from the tree!

Buying a cheap raft from Walymart and floating from the pits to Lorettas house....watch the cows in the creek!
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breck 6/12/2009 10:37am
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RC Taco'in the Rim of my Haro there in 92 or 93?
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oshow 6/12/2009 10:43am
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Was he jumping from the side road into the creek? We messed up a lot of bikes doing that.
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9194 6/12/2009 10:51am
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Getting up early before the family wakes up. Get some biscuits and gravy with a coffee and heading down by the pond in our golf cart and watching some great racing on a pristine track.

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TGTech 6/12/2009 11:12am
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I'm happy that Dave Coombs Sr. and Dave Jordan (the manager of Team Green in 1980) decided to put the whole Loretta's thing together in that first year. Its an absolutely great facility and a fun event.

Dane
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kw859 6/12/2009 11:23am
6/12/2009 11:23am
I got too many to list....
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breck 6/12/2009 11:46am
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oshow wrote:
Was he jumping from the side road into the creek? We messed up a lot of bikes doing that.
Naw, a jump we had dug up
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Short 43 6/12/2009 11:50am
6/12/2009 11:50am
Anyone been to the bridge over the Duck River?
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Shawn142 6/12/2009 11:54am
6/12/2009 11:54am
Pulling spoon 39 from that God forsaken cup before my first moto of the week.
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peelout719 6/12/2009 12:07pm
6/12/2009 12:07pm Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 12:23am
my only memory is from the Southwest qualifier at Cedar City in about 00 or 01.


in a back and forth battle in the 125A class, i led all but the last lap, Michael Blose finally passed me for good and 3 corners from the finish Shane Bess goosed it and landed on me over a step-up. i broke a collorbone, bad concussion, and my bike was garbage.


obviously i didn't qualify, was laid up for months, and never tried qualifying again


bad memory i know, and not even of the main show, but it was a hell of a race
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breck 6/12/2009 12:43pm
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Shane's rasing put bulls now, watch your back.
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zookrider62! 6/12/2009 12:48pm
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breck wrote:
Shane's rasing put bulls now, watch your back.
Is he really? Im surprised he didnt stick with the AX route, he was doin good there
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wilcom121 6/12/2009 12:50pm
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Shawn142 wrote:
Pulling spoon 39 from that God forsaken cup before my first moto of the week.
My first trip there, my first moto, my first pick out of the bucket. I pulled 42.
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peelout719 6/12/2009 1:18pm
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breck wrote:
Shane's rasing put bulls now, watch your back.
shoulda told me to watch it in 00... i would have qualified high for the 125 A class, not to mention beat some well known names. now i'll always be a shoulda coulda woulda
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Short 43 wrote:
Anyone been to the bridge over the Duck River?
I believe so.
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zookrider62! wrote:
Is he really? Im surprised he didnt stick with the AX route, he was doin good there
last I knew. AX is his deal, but I think he got burnt out. Got hurt again in 06/07 season.
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Cygnus 6/12/2009 1:46pm
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Doobie Doobie Doo.
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breck 6/12/2009 1:55pm
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Cygnus wrote:
Doobie Doobie Doo.
ha

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twizzler 6/12/2009 2:01pm
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Cygnus and the golf cart

Some other fond memories from 06' too. But will never get a mention on here....mums the word.
ctaylor209 6/12/2009 2:13pm
6/12/2009 2:13pm
Pulling a top 10 Start in my last moto of 450A last year. I had been getting terrible starts all week and dealing with carnage in the back of the pack. Last moto I finally got out of the gate good and came around the first corner in 6th. Amazing how much quieter it is at the front of the pack compared to the back haha
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breck 6/12/2009 2:59pm
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Pulling into Lorretta's in 07, within 4 Min's of being there a rhino squeels past our motorhome and promplty rolls!

We hopped on our 3 golf carts after unloading 2 bikes and started laps!

07 was a good year... Fun...

Jim and I swapped motors between practices, then swapped back after practice!
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peelout719 6/12/2009 3:17pm
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breck wrote:
Pulling into Lorretta's in 07, within 4 Min's of being there a rhino squeels past our motorhome and promplty rolls! We hopped on our 3 golf...
Pulling into Lorretta's in 07, within 4 Min's of being there a rhino squeels past our motorhome and promplty rolls!

We hopped on our 3 golf carts after unloading 2 bikes and started laps!

07 was a good year... Fun...

Jim and I swapped motors between practices, then swapped back after practice!
Pulling into Lorretta's in 07, within 4 Min's of being there a rhino squeals past our motorhome and promptly rolls!

didn't j-law turn pro in 06 though?

lol
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DMG 6/12/2009 5:26pm
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Getting drunk with RC and watching him pay girls to show off their breast.
FormerPartsGod 6/12/2009 7:35pm
6/12/2009 7:35pm
1988 the shop I was working at was sponsoring Lisa Akin-Wagner and I was standing
next to her husband Bobby as she made the pass on Mercedes G in the last corner for the win. No offense to Mercedes, but that was a cool moment. Same year Bradshaw went from 42nd to 1st in one of his races, that was awesome to watch as well.
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In '05 Katie was in the top 10 in the first moto, I was so excited I drove the golf cart all the way up the hill to see her, of course she was nowhere to be found, she was in impound. My friend Darren Reed was the "Stand in Father" . But I got lucky and I was with her 2 more times that year in the impound area (and I met RC's Mom!).
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viking24 6/12/2009 8:29pm
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Going to the ranch for the premier race in '82 in the 100 B class. Seeing Storbeck (YZ80) & Lechien (YZ125) gave me a new perspective. I was in disbelief of what they could jump. Storbeck was amazing that year.

Tommy Watts also was impressive in the 84-85 years. I remember seeing him wheelie a scooter like he was Doug Domokos.
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35smom 6/13/2009 3:27am
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2001.....when my son won Smile
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TGTech wrote:
I'm happy that Dave Coombs Sr. and Dave Jordan (the manager of Team Green in 1980) decided to put the whole Loretta's thing together in that...
I'm happy that Dave Coombs Sr. and Dave Jordan (the manager of Team Green in 1980) decided to put the whole Loretta's thing together in that first year. Its an absolutely great facility and a fun event.

Dane
Dane,
Don't forget Paul Schlegel was part of that from the start. As well as bringing SX to the Pontiac Silverdome. He was never out front but was always working the program.

Good guy for sure..............
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DMG wrote:
Getting drunk with RC and watching him pay girls to show off their breast.
I remember being in the beer tent in '05 with RC and Tedesco. RC was offering up the money for a show. Was a really good time.
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TGTech 6/13/2009 7:28am
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TGTech wrote:
I'm happy that Dave Coombs Sr. and Dave Jordan (the manager of Team Green in 1980) decided to put the whole Loretta's thing together in that...
I'm happy that Dave Coombs Sr. and Dave Jordan (the manager of Team Green in 1980) decided to put the whole Loretta's thing together in that first year. Its an absolutely great facility and a fun event.

Dane
TomZ wrote:
Dane, Don't forget Paul Schlegel was part of that from the start. As well as bringing SX to the Pontiac Silverdome. He was never out front...
Dane,
Don't forget Paul Schlegel was part of that from the start. As well as bringing SX to the Pontiac Silverdome. He was never out front but was always working the program.

Good guy for sure..............
I know that Paul was definitely involved into the amateur championships. I think that actually, he got the amateur championships started.

Dane

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