Area riders you thought would be factory stars.

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So many big names ITT who never realized their potential. Reminds you exactly how tough it is to succeed in this great sport.
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Chris Wright. Childhood hero.

He rode Yamahas and then had a Cannondale. Canondale was built about 30 minutes from us.

Probably raced D5 and 7
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Casey Clark
Jeremey Cook
Chris Hunter
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Airick wrote:
Casey Clark
Jeremey Cook
Chris Hunter
Grew up racing with all three of those dudes. Chris Hunter was a couple years older so I’d always watch his motos. On certain days he would give Paulie Carpenter a good battle on there CR80’s. And Jeremy and Casey always close in speed and always in the same class as me so I knew them well. Another one in our same group was Shane Bartholf from western NY. Those three were all super fast

John Schneider though prolly had more potential to go pro then all these guys. Not sure what happened to him but in early mid 90’s he was pretty much unbeatable in the northeast
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Chad albritton
Aaron Lindsay
Matt walker ( made it but no title)
Shane lusk
RIP chad. Loved that kid.
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Don Upton used to own Perris raceway in it heyday of Goat Breker and early nineties. Wasn't uncommon to see him wax factory riders like Chicken at the summer night races in 93-95. Not taking anything away from Chicken but Upton hauled ass at Perris but it didnt transfer to nationals or SX
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Not to say he hasn't had success, but I thought Jace Owen would be a champion.
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Cooper Webb (when I lived in NC)- I was right! Grinning
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JayLay118 wrote:
Nick Evennou on a KX60 and 85 was the most impressive local mini racer I've seen
I remember watching him battle with the Alessi boys back in the day at Budd's. When I was growing up I had one of his practice 250F's.
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Larry Witmer back in the 70's. Larry was the only one who could push Mark Barnet. I got to see them battle as they lapped me.
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logger707 wrote:
Don Upton used to own Perris raceway in it heyday of Goat Breker and early nineties. Wasn't uncommon to see him wax factory riders like Chicken...
Don Upton used to own Perris raceway in it heyday of Goat Breker and early nineties. Wasn't uncommon to see him wax factory riders like Chicken at the summer night races in 93-95. Not taking anything away from Chicken but Upton hauled ass at Perris but it didnt transfer to nationals or SX
I've seen this dude's name on the results sheet at Glen Helen in more recent years. He always waxed us pretty good.

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I have two, and both are friends from my hometown:

Frankie Brundage, who was a Team Green rider as an amateur. He traveled to New Zealand in '86 or so and came home with some kind of national championship. I don't know if it was amateur or pro. Then he won the 250 Pro class at the World Mini in '87. He and Bader Maneh were duking it out, I think. Frankie got burnt out and just couldn't keep the flame alive though.

Billy Laninovich, who I raced in the 125 Intermediate class, went on to a factory KTM ride, and later won the San Francisco Supercross on an Amsoil Honda 250F. I thought for sure he'd graduate to bigger things, but it wasn't in the cards. To this day he still throws the most ridiculous whips I've ever seen.



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Falcon wrote:
I have two, and both are friends from my hometown: Frankie Brundage, who was a Team Green rider as an amateur. He traveled to New Zealand...
I have two, and both are friends from my hometown:

Frankie Brundage, who was a Team Green rider as an amateur. He traveled to New Zealand in '86 or so and came home with some kind of national championship. I don't know if it was amateur or pro. Then he won the 250 Pro class at the World Mini in '87. He and Bader Maneh were duking it out, I think. Frankie got burnt out and just couldn't keep the flame alive though.

Billy Laninovich, who I raced in the 125 Intermediate class, went on to a factory KTM ride, and later won the San Francisco Supercross on an Amsoil Honda 250F. I thought for sure he'd graduate to bigger things, but it wasn't in the cards. To this day he still throws the most ridiculous whips I've ever seen.



There is a jump still called frankies named after him here at the harrisville mx track here in nz,

He won the national senior title . We don’t have a pros ans d amateur , just senior and junior. (Under 16)
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Falcon wrote:
I have two, and both are friends from my hometown: Frankie Brundage, who was a Team Green rider as an amateur. He traveled to New Zealand...
I have two, and both are friends from my hometown:

Frankie Brundage, who was a Team Green rider as an amateur. He traveled to New Zealand in '86 or so and came home with some kind of national championship. I don't know if it was amateur or pro. Then he won the 250 Pro class at the World Mini in '87. He and Bader Maneh were duking it out, I think. Frankie got burnt out and just couldn't keep the flame alive though.

Billy Laninovich, who I raced in the 125 Intermediate class, went on to a factory KTM ride, and later won the San Francisco Supercross on an Amsoil Honda 250F. I thought for sure he'd graduate to bigger things, but it wasn't in the cards. To this day he still throws the most ridiculous whips I've ever seen.



scott_nz wrote:
There is a jump still called frankies named after him here at the harrisville mx track here in nz, He won the national senior title...
There is a jump still called frankies named after him here at the harrisville mx track here in nz,

He won the national senior title . We don’t have a pros ans d amateur , just senior and junior. (Under 16)
Ive got FB on Insta. He's currently back at his hometrack, Barona Oaks, taking care of the track. His daughter rides and races.
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Full factory-Avatar, Casey Johnson, Bob Myers, Mike Brandes, Brett Racine, late Timmy Aston, Dana Waxham, Scott Myers.
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Didn't read through every page so not sure if anyone mentioned this guy... Nathan Davenport. He was a team green rider from Wiggins, MS home of Star Chevy. Last I heard he was actually working for Mr. Bobby at the dealership.
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I'm confident that Skyler Howes will be on a factory rally team in the very near future.
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shane509 wrote:
Didn't read through every page so not sure if anyone mentioned this guy... Nathan Davenport. He was a team green rider from Wiggins, MS home of...
Didn't read through every page so not sure if anyone mentioned this guy... Nathan Davenport. He was a team green rider from Wiggins, MS home of Star Chevy. Last I heard he was actually working for Mr. Bobby at the dealership.
He was mentioned. I thought he was hurt in a hunting accident.
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228YZ 2/12/2021 6:18pm
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Chad Montero out of Louisiana was blazing fast. Saw Chad beat Earl May who was on a YZ250 with his CR125 one night for a cool $1000.
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shane509 2/12/2021 6:33pm
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shane509 wrote:
Didn't read through every page so not sure if anyone mentioned this guy... Nathan Davenport. He was a team green rider from Wiggins, MS home of...
Didn't read through every page so not sure if anyone mentioned this guy... Nathan Davenport. He was a team green rider from Wiggins, MS home of Star Chevy. Last I heard he was actually working for Mr. Bobby at the dealership.
228YZ wrote:
He was mentioned. I thought he was hurt in a hunting accident.
dang I haven't heard that, hope he's alright. will try an reach out to some friends and see if I can find out more
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