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The pro pits at Steel City had fresh grass planted with straw still down, people set it on fire with roman candles from the opposite hillside
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My dad used to work security at the races at High Point and Steel City and my two favorite stories are these...
He was wearing his uniform and walking along the fence when he walks by this guy and the guy goes "Hey, Copper!" My dad stopped and said, "what did you call me that for?" The guy says, "well, you look like a cop don't ya?" And my dad says, "Well, I didn't call you dickhead..."
One year he was working parking detail when a car pulls out of the line to get in and tries to go around some of the other cars. My dad went up to the window and said, "where do you think you're going?" The "guy" was in the car with his girlfriend and says, "Hey, I'm the top guy out there on the track." My dad replies, "well, I'm the top guy in this parking lot and you're going to have to wait like everyone else." The guy's girlfriend busts out laughing and they wait their turn. Turns out the "guys" girlfriend's name was Ursula and, you guessed it, the "guy" was Ricky Carmichael.
I have no idea if these events actually occurred, but my dad always like to tell these stories (he's kind of a BS'er though :-)
Now I remember the circumstances....someone got ahold of the hose to water the track and started spraying the hose on the track as riders went by....riders were getting pissed, rightfully so, and the crowd took the situation into their own hands and it was on!!!
Very best times had.
Fri/Sat night Pro AX shows.
After Fri night races over; upstairs for the real show.
One rider got say a "friendly hand placed down his....."....Still remember who.
The "ladies" had a party of their own; geezis louise-is.
I'm sure a few remember....
Sorry not a National, but this was.....unreal and the wildest thing ever.....
In '07 Josh Hill walked into our pits because he wanted to play horsehoes.
Before the start of the 2nd 125 moto, some hillbilly starts filling a LARGE balloon with propane. We are next to the track mind you. He then takes the balloon a few feet away and starts stuffing rolled newspapers under. He then turns and looks at everyone and says "Now everyone get back!" Lights it and then BAAAAAM! It was a friggin monster explosion! I was like 50 yrds away. The ground shook and my cloths flapped like I was in a 100 mph wind gust! The entire facility just went quite. I remember the riders and mechanics on the gate turning around and looking like WTF? I still cant believe that guy did that!
Budds Creek 95
Saw the horrific Doug Henry crash. I remember I was down at what they now call the "Scrub This" tabletop and saw Doug haulin the mail from the back section approaching Henry Hill. He was in the air sooo long I had time to tap my brother on the shoulder and point it out! When he landed we thought the worst. When we were walking to our truck we saw the Medavac land and fly him out. It also sucked cause we didnt have the internet like we do now, so we coulfnt get updates. We had to wait like a week for an update.
Vegas SX's have been entertaining as well
in 99 or 2000 I cant believe how many fights we saw at one race. I think it was around 10 or so in the stands. Police had to come in force one time because dudes started beating the crap out of security! A few years later a drunk dude jumped on the track before the mains and started doing a lap running and jumping off the jumps kickin his feet out, doing spins and whatnot. For a while the track crew never caught on till the crouwd started getting louder. Dude almost made it a full lap! Was almost at the finish and he was tackled by security. Funny, the crowd started boooing cause they wanted to see him finish
Pit Row
I feel sorry for the guy cause that was one of the best races I ever saw and he missed it. LOL
crazy saturday nite shit that is for sure
The swat team came right after the dynamite started going off.
How would you guys rate the nats you've been to in terms of chaos:
For me:
High Point-BY FAR
Red Bud
Troy
Budds
Steel City
One year someone let off teargas Saturday night and sent the crowed into a frenzy. I think that was the year they brought in a bus to haul people off to jail.
Scott Sepkovic (J laws Agent) used to own a clothing company called Rip Rock. He had scaffolding built about 30 feet high with a Rip Rock banner tied around the top. The wind caught it and knocked the scaffolding over onto a car and hit a kid in the head. The kid was bleeding like a stuck pig.
Deegan was racing 125’s the year he won a supercross. He crashed in the section before the finish took off his helmet and launched it into the crowd several rows back. Lucky he didn’t kill someone. He turned around and got pelted by a ton beer cans. The fans were pissed. He left his bike and ran back to the pits like a little bitch.
While cars were stopped in line to park a bunch of WVU guy’s that were the size of football players thought it was funny to run up to the cars and dump beer on the people inside. A little hillbilly about 5’4” 135lbs got out of a car and walked up to the biggest guy there and told him he was going to kick his ass. He did. Before the big guy knew it the kid hit him a bunch of times in the head and had him on the ground kicking him. His buddies just stood there stuned.
also kevin windham in practice on his RM250, like 99ish, was a site to be seen.
Pot used to grow wild at Millville and one year I saw a few top 10 riders harvesting some of the local vintage.
The river that ran through the Hangtown race in '91.
The spanking that Everts put on the world at the 98 MXdN in Foxhill. That dude was riding on a different track. Amazing the skills he has in the mud.
IMO the most unbelievable things I ever saw was at High Point in the early 80's, 83 or 84 I think. Some 125 privateer dude hid in the back woods and pulled out in the 1st moto to do some glory laps with the front runners - O'mara, Lechien, Ward, ... The AMA guys were going crazy and from what I remember the dude was on their most wanted list for years.
Myself and 5 or 6 buddies went out on the track at sears point night before the trans ama and were swipping banners off the snow fencing, when security showed up and everyone took off running jumping snow fences. I watched my buddy catch his feet on a fence and do a spectacular face plant, the term nobody gets left behind didnt apply that night...
"77 plymouth hangtown staying at the 49er camp ground walking around the swimming pool area after midnight and came across radical ron turner smoking a doobie in short pants and hiking boots in the rain... dude gave me and my buddy jeff a handful of fmf stickers.
"76 hangtown sat night for sure, between the shit that was on fire.. naked people every were streaking. that shit was like woodstock to a 12yr old. Its too bad my buddy kamakazi didnt get too see any of it since his fat ass was back in his motorhome eatting doughnuts..
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