1981-1986 Amatuer/Pro-Am National/Regional/Local Race Results

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Anyone feel free to chime in if I have a rider/# incorrect, but from what I see I think this is pretty close....



Greg Vowell (Kawasaki) #151

Larry Brooks (R&D Suzuki) #2

Mouse McCoy (DMC Kawasaki) #52

Bob Moore (Yamaha) #7

Eddie Hicks (Yamaha) #3

Mike Healy (Honda) #99 (behind #151)

Bryan Brunner (Kawasaki) #35

Scott Brown (lying on the ground)

Craig Canoy (Kawasaki) #15




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Shaun Kalos, Team Suzuki (R&D) 1982
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Mike Healey, Team Suzuki (R&D) 1984
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Eddie Hicks 1984 DMC Yamaha
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Larry Brooks - Team Suzuki (R&D) - 1983
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Larry Ward "Big Bird"
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Team Suzuki #1 Plate - I believe 1982 and Larry Brooks?
Somebody help me here....?
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Kawasaki Race of Champions - 1986
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Paul Dennis sitting down on crate in his Kawi gear and black and yellow boots.
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Former Honda Factory Mini Rider Rick Simmett
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NW#599 wrote:
[IMG]http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy59/MiniExpert/20539_291277070908_167209720908_334.jpg[/IMG] Larry Brooks - Team Suzuki (R&D) - 1983


Larry Brooks - Team Suzuki (R&D) - 1983
You have some really cool photo's there. Just the look of those photo's bring back good feelings. I have tons and tons of photo's at my Mom's house. I was going through them the other day when I was over there with my wife and kids. I pulled one out from the day that Bruce, Rick and Kyle were killed. It was a photo of the impound area at Ponca 1982. It was after the final race and there were 3 Suzuki 80's on stands and about 10 Kawasaki's leaned against the fence behind them. After Kawi protested our bikes, Rudy protested every Kawi that crossed the line in the final. It was a cool photo.
Who know our world was going to change just minutes after that photo was taken.
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NW#599 wrote:
[IMG]http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy59/MiniExpert/20239_304994525908_167209720908_338.jpg[/IMG] Team Suzuki #1 Plate - I believe 1982 and Larry Brooks? Somebody help me here....?


Team Suzuki #1 Plate - I believe 1982 and Larry Brooks?
Somebody help me here....?
Yea, those are my bikes in Ponca 1982 and that's my sister to the left, behind that car.
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[IMG]http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy59/MiniExpert/Cantalopi.jpg[/IMG]
That's Eric Kehoe #51 and man, I just can't remember who 241 was. I think that's Ponca also. Right?
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[IMG]http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy59/MiniExpert/Cantalopi.jpg[/IMG]
LB wrote:
That's Eric Kehoe #51 and man, I just can't remember who 241 was. I think that's Ponca also. Right?
Donnie Cantaloupi? Yes, it is Ponca

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NW#599 wrote:
[IMG]http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy59/MiniExpert/Cantalopi.jpg[/IMG]
LB wrote:
That's Eric Kehoe #51 and man, I just can't remember who 241 was. I think that's Ponca also. Right?
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Donnie Cantaloupi? Yes, it is Ponca
I don't think it's Cantaloupi. That RM looks like a '79, and Donnie would have been way too old for 80's by then.
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LB wrote:
That's Eric Kehoe #51 and man, I just can't remember who 241 was. I think that's Ponca also. Right?
NW#599 wrote:
Donnie Cantaloupi? Yes, it is Ponca
Sully wrote:
I don't think it's Cantaloupi. That RM looks like a '79, and Donnie would have been way too old for 80's by then.
Guys....you should all be embarrassed. It is Ron Lechein on a '79 R&D RM 80.
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NW- thank you so much for the awesome photos... Although I don't personally know any of the racers nor raced against any of them in the early 80's, I am very familiar with the Hicks, Denis, Brooks, etc era, and thank you for these wonderful photos... I have many photos from that time that I will post if I ever get the motivation to dig them up.... And many thanks LB for your thoughts and best of luck the rest of the season.
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NW#599 wrote:
[IMG]http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy59/MiniExpert/012-2.jpg[/IMG]
Robbie Hanson's pre production KX80. He was a fast kid from South Ga. Seemed like after he left Team Green to ride Yamahas things did not click as well for him.
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NW this whole post is so cool brings back alot of good fun memories all from my time of racing keep them coming, do you have anything on the 1981 CMC Golden State series.
Thanks Louie Peick I went by Butch back in the old days.
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This topic/thread can help clear up many of the photo recognizing issues we have had on the Bruce, Kyle and Rick thread as well as the Mini Stars threads. Most every photo is marked and if it is not feel free to include who they are.

Please feel free to add photo's from this era to this thread as I know many would like to see them, myself included.
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Let's get the names/bikes/numbers cleared up in this classic 1982 photo of what may have been the most talented assortment of mini riders to ever hit the first turn at Saddleback:



What I do know (at least pretty sure) is this:



#6 = Bruce Bunch (Suzuki)

#1 = Paul Denis (Kawasaki)

#4 = Rick Hemme (Suzuki)

#5 = Larry Brooks (Yamaha)

#99 = Mike Healey (Honda)

#9 = Danny Storebeck (Yamaha - open face white helmet on top of photo)

#335 = Billy Frank (Kawasaki)

#66 = Robert Mason (Honda)



What I don't know:



#? = Bike on the ground? Sam Storer?

#? Top outside on Kawasaki is this Willie Surratt?



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Kawi on the top... Maybe Eric Yarnell...or possibly Doug Harrington. I think he was riding intermediate at the time though....
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WOW, thanks for the results, can finally prove I raced with Emig
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3/24/2011 12:43pm Edited Date/Time 3/24/2011 12:45pm
I remember reading these articles over and over and wishin' and wishin'......

R&D Suzuki, DMC Kawasaki, DMC Yamaha, DG Works 80's, CRF YZ80 and on and on....here are a few


1984 R&D RM105






1984 DMC YZ80






1983 DMC KX80 C-27K










1982/83 DMC YZ80 C-27








1982 DG YZ80






1981 CRF YZ80H





DG Super RM80
















DG WORKS 80cc Machines









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I believe the guy standing next to the #44 bike in the DG ad is Steve Skibel.
Yep, that's Steve Skibel next to my bike. I'm in the background with the white DG jersey between Steve and Warren.
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NW#599 wrote:
[IMG]http://i777.photobucket.com/albums/yy59/MiniExpert/062.jpg[/IMG] Anybody see themselves in this Gary Bailey MX School class picture?

Anybody see themselves in this Gary Bailey MX School class picture?
Any idea what month and year this photo was taken??

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