Manager of Indian Dunes 1975-1985

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jpracer1 1/7/2009 11:04am
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ventura speedway kicked ass,yes i did go with you guys,i lived in visala but spent alot of time down there with my mom and the j's,built brand some of those quads also
toby lawes aka(snake) # 2 1/9/2009 2:16pm
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Dad Dunes wrote:
Hi the name is Gary Lamb I was asst. manager of Indian Dunes for 10 years ANY QUESTIONS ??? The pic is of my son "Daniel...
Hi the name is Gary Lamb I was asst. manager of Indian Dunes for 10 years ANY QUESTIONS ??? The pic is of my son "Daniel Dunes" Lamb on the International track @ 7 yrs. old on his YZ 60 (that I bought from Mouse McCoys dad Mike) That thing was fast....
HI GARY. MY NAME IS TOBY LAWES MY NIC NAME WAS SNAKE#23. I RODE A YZ 80 IN THE 80CC INT-EXP CLASS. I REMEMBER YOU AND YOUR SON VERY WELL!!! ME AND MY DAD CHARLES USED TO TALK TO EVERY WEEKEND MY DAD WAS A SECURETY GUARD AT TRAVEL VILLAGE DOWN THE ROAD. I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU. ME AND MOUSE MCOY USED TO DRIVE YOU NUTS!!!!! PS MY SON JARRETT LAWES IS 11YEARS OLD AND RACES 65CC &85CC MOTOCROSS AT E STREET MX TRACK IN MARYSVILLE CA
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Dad Dunes 1/12/2009 11:21am
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Hi the name is Gary Lamb I was asst. manager of Indian Dunes for 10 years ANY QUESTIONS ??? The pic is of my son "Daniel...
Hi the name is Gary Lamb I was asst. manager of Indian Dunes for 10 years ANY QUESTIONS ??? The pic is of my son "Daniel Dunes" Lamb on the International track @ 7 yrs. old on his YZ 60 (that I bought from Mouse McCoys dad Mike) That thing was fast....
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HI GARY. MY NAME IS TOBY LAWES MY NIC NAME WAS SNAKE#23. I RODE A YZ 80 IN THE 80CC INT-EXP CLASS. I REMEMBER YOU AND...
HI GARY. MY NAME IS TOBY LAWES MY NIC NAME WAS SNAKE#23. I RODE A YZ 80 IN THE 80CC INT-EXP CLASS. I REMEMBER YOU AND YOUR SON VERY WELL!!! ME AND MY DAD CHARLES USED TO TALK TO EVERY WEEKEND MY DAD WAS A SECURETY GUARD AT TRAVEL VILLAGE DOWN THE ROAD. I WOULD LOVE TO TALK TO YOU. ME AND MOUSE MCOY USED TO DRIVE YOU NUTS!!!!! PS MY SON JARRETT LAWES IS 11YEARS OLD AND RACES 65CC &85CC MOTOCROSS AT E STREET MX TRACK IN MARYSVILLE CA
Hi Toby... So your the other guy that is responsible for all my gray hair...All you kid were alot of fun..Good to hear your son Jarrett is on a bike that should keep him out of trouble as he grows up..Is he driving some poor guy at E Street NUTS !!!!!.Boy I remember your poor Dad during the World Mini Bike GP... The kids That stayed at Travel Village tossed the pinball machines.and video games from the rec. room into the swimming pool....Talk about driving someone NUTS !!!!
I to would like to talk to you e-mail me and I'll give you my Phone #
My Best Dad Dunes "Gary"
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Potts 1/15/2009 2:51pm
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jpracer1 wrote:
AME races were the best there,remember the 7j's racing team?
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Hi jpracer1 AME and Jerry Shore were the very best...And I still miss Jerry He was a true friend .... Do I remember The 7 J's...
Hi jpracer1 AME and Jerry Shore were the very best...And I still miss Jerry He was a true friend .... Do I remember The 7 J's !!!
You mean Dr. Sid, Brand, Lance and Kyle Johnson. Sure do Sid Johnson was also a good friend as was his family ,We did a lot of things away from the race tracks ..Thanks for the memories
Dad Dunes "Gary"
Any idea where "Little Jerry" is now? I heard he had moved to New York but that was many years ago.

Welcome to the board!

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Dad Dunes 1/16/2009 10:46am
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jpracer1 wrote:
AME races were the best there,remember the 7j's racing team?
Dad Dunes wrote:
Hi jpracer1 AME and Jerry Shore were the very best...And I still miss Jerry He was a true friend .... Do I remember The 7 J's...
Hi jpracer1 AME and Jerry Shore were the very best...And I still miss Jerry He was a true friend .... Do I remember The 7 J's !!!
You mean Dr. Sid, Brand, Lance and Kyle Johnson. Sure do Sid Johnson was also a good friend as was his family ,We did a lot of things away from the race tracks ..Thanks for the memories
Dad Dunes "Gary"
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Any idea where "Little Jerry" is now? I heard he had moved to New York but that was many years ago.

Welcome to the board!

David
Mr. Potts..Jerry Shore Jr. what a great kid...friendly, Funny and Fast...I Think "JR" Little Jerry is still a driver for the studios, Last time I saw his name rolling on the credits was in 2007 The movie was" Into The Wild"..If you need to get in touch with him you might call Teddys the Hollywood answering service.. I think he lives in Acton Ca.
Jerry Jr, was a real close to getting a 125 factory ride...If I remember correctly a broken leg set him back..He and his Dad both went to work for the studios as drivers..
Thanks for the welcome... Dad Dunes "Gary"
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Potts 1/16/2009 12:05pm
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Dad Dunes wrote:
Hi jpracer1 AME and Jerry Shore were the very best...And I still miss Jerry He was a true friend .... Do I remember The 7 J's...
Hi jpracer1 AME and Jerry Shore were the very best...And I still miss Jerry He was a true friend .... Do I remember The 7 J's !!!
You mean Dr. Sid, Brand, Lance and Kyle Johnson. Sure do Sid Johnson was also a good friend as was his family ,We did a lot of things away from the race tracks ..Thanks for the memories
Dad Dunes "Gary"
Potts wrote:
Any idea where "Little Jerry" is now? I heard he had moved to New York but that was many years ago.

Welcome to the board!

David
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Mr. Potts..Jerry Shore Jr. what a great kid...friendly, Funny and Fast...I Think "JR" Little Jerry is still a driver for the studios, Last time I saw...
Mr. Potts..Jerry Shore Jr. what a great kid...friendly, Funny and Fast...I Think "JR" Little Jerry is still a driver for the studios, Last time I saw his name rolling on the credits was in 2007 The movie was" Into The Wild"..If you need to get in touch with him you might call Teddys the Hollywood answering service.. I think he lives in Acton Ca.
Jerry Jr, was a real close to getting a 125 factory ride...If I remember correctly a broken leg set him back..He and his Dad both went to work for the studios as drivers..
Thanks for the welcome... Dad Dunes "Gary"
Thanks Gary! I used to talk with Jerry at the track and sometimes he would come into the shop I was working at (Pesky's Suzuki) and he was always friendly. I quit racing in 1977 and didn't realize he had made it to the pro ranks. I think he was a fast junior when I knew him. He was always funny and was one of those people that made Motocross such a great experience.

I had no idea "Big Jerry" went to work at the studios. I though he promoted races until he was killed in the tractor accident.

David
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BobbyM 1/16/2009 3:50pm
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I won Hopetown when it was held there. I loved the creek crossings.
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Dad Dunes 1/16/2009 4:44pm
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HI Potts .. "Big Jerry" did not die from the Bulldozer accident while building a jump on the International track..He was in the hospital for a couple months..He went on to work many movies ..He passed away on his porch in Acton Ca. in 1989, He and Shirley had just bought a ranch..and he was working on the show 30 something..
Thanks ..Dad Dunrs "Gary"
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Dad Dunes 1/16/2009 5:09pm
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I won Hopetown when it was held there. I loved the creek crossings.
Bobby M.. Congrats...On winning Hopetown I took The race for the Dirtdiggers at the last minute when they lost The track at Corragan ville "Hope Ranch" in Simi Valley..I think We at the Dunes really pissed off Jack "CRC" Because it was CRC's week end to race.. But I think we made it up to him with the annual Dunes Town GP which CRC is still running every year at LA County Race Track...
Dirtdiggers Hopetown was not a race It was a Happening In the day it was the biggest happening of the year.."WHAT FUN!!!!"
Dad Dunes "Gary"
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JSB 1/20/2009 10:52pm
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I never raced indian dunes, practiced there alot on a KX60, I always try to remember it when I pass by it on the 126, my last memory was trying to follow my dad through some sand somewhere and couldn't get my KX60 through it.
finishlineflager 2/15/2009 2:14pm
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Is the old International tracks starting gate at LACR ?
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krazee1 2/15/2009 4:32pm
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Indian Dunes was so fun...I grew up racing there and at Saddleback. The best part was between races you could hit one of the other tracks and blast around with your buddies...I remember we did like 1000 laps on the TT course and I missed my 2nd moto. My dad was pissed! haha...good times.

here's a pic from the international track on my kx80
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Dad Dunes 2/21/2009 11:30am
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finishlineflager wrote:
Is the old International tracks starting gate at LACR ?
finishlineflager.. I can't remember where LACR starting gate came from. AME was the first to race at LACR, I remember helping Jerry Shore set it up..."In a 105 degree heat"
but I'm not sure where it came from..Also I have No Idea if it's the same starting gate that is there now.. Don't think anyone would of wanted Internationals gate it was real bent and beat up.....CRC may have grabbed it after we closed I'm not sure...
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Dad Dunes 2/21/2009 11:37am
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Indian Dunes was so fun...I grew up racing there and at Saddleback. The best part was between races you could hit one of the other tracks...
Indian Dunes was so fun...I grew up racing there and at Saddleback. The best part was between races you could hit one of the other tracks and blast around with your buddies...I remember we did like 1000 laps on the TT course and I missed my 2nd moto. My dad was pissed! haha...good times.

here's a pic from the international track on my kx80
Krazee1... Great Picture ...Boy you too.. And I thought my kid was the only one that did stuff like that...I can't count the times he would just make it to the line for the second Moto
And then I had to worry about how much gas he had left..
Real good times...
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JustPuttinAround 2/24/2009 8:57pm
2/24/2009 8:57pm Edited Date/Time 2/25/2009 11:24pm
Thanks for the post--I Spent a lot of times at the Dunes during that period, I am sure I would recognize you if I saw you...CRC # 5 in '80 or '81...more than a few AME trophies still down in the shop....
Didn't they make us go through some sort of barn/movie set during the Dunestown races? I can remember some pretty difficult "sections" (on the other side of the "crick") in the CRC GP races/Dunestown--compared to a current GP at Glen Helen or LACR, it was a different game.... I clearly remember the "water jump" (VERY COOL pic on this thread) over the "crick"--you had to be on the gas to get over it cleanly!! I'll admit it--if the race didn't go my way, I took the "alternate routes" a few times....I guess that's why Randy Morales always smoked me in the GP's there....HAHa
The 7 J's brings back memories...Lance was once the first person "on the scene" of one of my worst wrecks at the Dunes--I was really scared...I'll never forget him for that.....I remember their huge trailer and them being good people....
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Brian George 10/23/2021 3:02pm
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jpracer1 wrote:
AME races were the best there,remember the 7j's racing team?
I remember Brand, Lance and Kayle. Always fast! Doc Johnson was very generous and a great ambassador for So Cal MX.

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