Eastern WA/Horn Rapids

Love seeing all the old photos from Horn. I'm sure you have some Mabton pictures also.  I have followed the old FB page and all the many photos and racers that have posted there.

Good thread idea, Maybe a list of tracks might get some guys to post up their observations and track experiences. I'm gonna include  Idaho tracks also.

Horn rapids

Mabton

Moses lake

Sun Target, aka Moxee

Kiona in Benton city

Starbuck

Spokane orv

Huetter Mx 

Sandpoint, Idaho

Fossil bowl in clarkia Idaho

Alderdale

They even had races at the Benton/ Franklin fairgrounds in Kennewick in the late 70's

The Ellensburg fairgrounds(Where your buddy Morgan broke his ankle doing the triple as a 250 junior in 91?)

To see where the old Kiona track is,.... its now an orchard...take the Benton city exit off I82 and head south on Badger road. On your left(east) will be a valley filled with apple trees(where the track used to be). At about a mile or so you would take a left to get into the track. You'd drive into the valley and up the other side where everybody parked. 

Back in the day folks would ride hang gliders off the Horse heaven ridge to the southwest of the track. This is the same ridge Inslee wants to put 200 windmills.

I'll try to raid moms picture albums of big brother racing this week . God bless mom, but I think 95% of the pics she took of me were blurry.

1989 Eastern Wa. Dirt Riders MX race.

The only race I ever participated in where there was a trophy girl. Of course I made sure I won that day as I was a young guy with limited abilities in attracting hot chick's. If you won your class you got a picture with the trophy girl. Either you could A, stand beside her,  B, have her kissing your cheek...or C...full on lip lock!

I was all in!

I should have some stuff in the photo boxes I’ll rummage through them 

What I would really love to see is some pictures of alderdale or toes! 

Here’s a pic of most of the old Team Farm crew from fall of 06 at a private track that I’m sure Sandberm and definitely myself look back on fondly

Here’s another photo from a private track just down the road a mile or two from team farm. Not quite as old school as the other posts here but still good memories

Yep that was Ossmans it was a killer track real technical the other is Urlachers which was really fast with a few tight sections 

I saw what’s left of bauders a few years back but only from across the canyon. 

I never got to ride the track in Connell unfortunately but a friend of mines family owned it and he still had a couple small tracks over looking the prison near a few old buildings up until he got out of moto, they also had a pretty cool mini sprint dirt track I hear. It would be cool to see some pics if anyone has any 

As far as alderdale goes I think I only got to ride it a handful of times also, but man those few rides sure stuck in my mind that track was killer! 

Kiona closed in 79 I believe.

Jeff Ossmam's track.  Fun little track in and out of the trees.

Horn when first opened had the steep man-made jumps that you had to turn in the air or you went off the track.  The first practice was kaos 🤣

The first layout at Connel, Kaiser and myself did a lot of work on it.  Didn't have much time to get it setup and be raceable. 

 Roger did a lot of work on his track with just a bobcat.

Mark Bradley did a nice job at Alderdale

That first race at Connell was fun. I had a good time. Problem was the 30 foot start straight.

When they incorporated that bit of north hill it was more fun though still tuff to pass.

-John S.

Wow. I had no idea that Connell lasted as long as it did. I quit full time racing at the end of 93, did 4 races in 94 then let all my mag subscriptions end and began my Oct thru fall only riding schedule begin which I did through 2012 or13. I couldn't afford to get hurt during the farming season.

Now that I'm older I wish I would have stayed in touch with local scene even if not racing. Remember when Steve Maier(the Olympic  skier)used to flag at Horn for Pat?

Did any of you Tri Cities guys ever ride behind the Pasco airport? There was a killer natural track back there with huge berms and deep rollers the entire way around it. I was still riding out there as late as 2017 when I had to quit riding back there because of development 

I don't think I rode that one but it sounds similar to the track that was about a mile to the northeast of Douglas fruit along that dirt powerline road. They had one race there in the late 70's/early 80's.

There is some squatter looking guy who lives near there now and rumor is he is not very nice.

A 17 year old me in July 1988 at Fossil Bowl mx, Clarkia Idaho.

I raced Sandpoint a cople of times same as Clarkia.

In the early 70s ,74 I think, there was a track around the area of the now Rd 100. They had few races before being shut down.

Rd 100 was fun I only rode there a few times unfortunately. I think the last ride out there for me was about 2013

Suntarget was a fun fun track. A lot of good races in the hey day.  Great turnout, pro class was always a good gate.  Jim Pomeroy smashed my 480 pipe passing me on the first jump past the start.  

Sandberm where did you farm? 

Same story with me and farming.  Raced a lot at Woodland during wiwinter.

Won my first and only race (so far)at woodland it was also my first 25+ race, I hear Scott Steffy was pretty unreal there 

Eaton, Larson's , Buffaloe, Burkhart, Larry Ward, so many raced that track.  Was great for me, more sand than slick clay.  Always changed the track in so many different ways. Don't forget the big double(in it's day) had to  jump it both directions. 

I'll never forget Larry Ward on an 80 at Sun Targets in Moxee. He'd ride up to the concrete start, hit the front brake, and balance his bike on the front wheel for what seemed an eternity. 

That’s gotta be toes SX track