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I've told this story before but the local bikeshop that looked after me wanted to showcase the new RMX at the Kyogle night MX (Biggest event in our area) and the real fast guy they wanted to do it got injured, so I was the next best person to show it off! They wanted me to do a lap or two during the intermission with the light on, blinkers going and all that stuff, as I was taking off I heard the shop owner say 'oh blow the horn a bit too' which I forgot to do until I was coming up to the finish line jump so with a bit of a bum whip and a 'beep beep' in the air my job was done.. BUT straight after I finished they started the 'expression session' which for the youngins reading this was the start of freestyle where riders could do their tricks over the finish line jump, the winner would be determined by the crowd response.. Aaanyway for some reason the commentator included my 'beep beep' in the lineup amongst Andrew McFarlane doing massive whips and some freestylers from the Gold Coast doing the new tricks like heel clickers and no hander landers and the like but being the local guy I got the most cheers and won $100 haha (Which didn't make it past the night out afterwards haha)
I guess it's more basis for my mates to fuck with me about rather than claim to fame but still haha
Holeshot Stroupe in both schoolboy motos at a gold cup race at Perris in ‘06. Held him off for 2 corners and he went FLYINGGGGG past me in some whoops and was in another zip code after that 🤣🤣🤣
How about hosting the most successful Ohio based pre-podcast-era podcast !!
My only claim to fame is being at the first Yamaha Super Series of Motocross event held in the Houston, TX Astrodome back in 1974. I was in the 125 Support class riding a Husqvarna. Marty Smith was leading the 125cc National Championship in 1974, so naturally he absolutely smoked everybody...and I absolutely smoked nobody!
Yeah...I'm that old.
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Claim to fame... not much 😄Got my pic in the otmx ad in the worlds vet program, #523, was otmx club secretary in 2020, and finally earned a top ten number (9) after 30 plus years of trying, I have some old cycle news articles I'm mentioned in and that's about it lol
Had to get on an old MackBook to find the pic.
Tell me you’re JB without telling me you’re JB. 😎
Shouldn't you be 70#nairB ?
I'm the same height as RC.
Or "Nairb sdrowkcab" 😀
I love stories like this.
in 1996, I was at Perris with some friends. Jeremy McGrath and Steve Lamson were there pounding out laps, just hauling ass around the track like a Team Honda freight train.
I had a trick line in one spot where the racetrack connected back to the start straight at a 90-degree angle; most dudes were flying out across the starting gates to the outside and making a big, long, sweeping left turn out of the whole start straight, including MC and Lamson. They must have been going 4th and 5th gear WFO, standing up.
My line was simple: get on the brakes, hard left turn, go straight up the inside like you just left the far left starting gate.
On one lap, Lamson had just passed me as we came to this section. He went around the outside, which I truly believe was slower, then met me right as we were nearing the first turn. As my line put me in a better position for the inside line, he chose to be gracious and let me have it instead of clobbering me into next week.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the story of how I repassed a 2x National Champion.
At South Fork Dirt Riders around 09-10, they would rip the track again at intermission, and I wasn't scared to put in some hero laps in the deep stuff (but apparently was scared when bumps and ruts showed up), I was in the 1st moto after the prep and had a good line after the finish line that turned a 90, short straight, into a 180 sweeper into 1 long corner that I could click 4th for, and my I put a wheel on Bubba Pauli and Kyle Corman there at the start of the 2nd lap, and promptly slid out. I doubt they even knew I was in the race but I was stoked I kept them close for a lap!
^Yeah, Lamson passed me down the very next straight like I was an afterthought. It's cool to be able to ride on the same track at the same time with pros, though!
07 Red Bud I rode amateur day, and that big/rough of a track was a massive shock to me only riding 3-4 local tracks at that point, and I was crawling around in last place in 250B, 3rd lap in Tye Simmonds blows past me at Mach 7 before the finish and throws it upside down. Scared the shit out of me and humbled me worse than I already was by the track alone!
In the early 2000s I had a jersey numbered by a company
Couple of months later flipping through Racer X and there was an ad for the company, lo and behold they used my jersey in the ad
Slowest C class rider to ever be shown in Racer X
White MX Boots. My idea.
On a cold thursday night in Huron, CA, Rusty Holland (on an 80) used me as a berm, took me (rm125) out.
I can wheelie anything with 2 wheels
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I took this mega viral photo. It says O'show on the bar tag but every person thinks it's Ronnie's 85
Coolest thread on Vital in my opinion.
Seriously? I'd love to hear that story if so. Thank you, BTW; I've worn only white boots since 1987.
That’s sick. In high school my friend’s uncle was the drummer for Weezer. I went to his house one time with my friend, they lived in Canyon Lake at the time. I love the first two Weezer records so it was cool. The guy was super nice and gave me a short tour of his home studio, all his instruments, etc…
I have two.
My builder’s labourer, Marty, was the drummer in Fine Young Cannibals. Told me a fascinating story about how the band got started and became instantly famous in like two weeks!
Kit Harrington (Jon Snow out of Game of Thrones) grew up next door to me (and his folks still live there).
Lots of short kings on this board.
Nice! Wardy always looked clean in his Sinisalo gear.
My buddy who recently passed away showed me his high school yearbook last year that had Jeff Ward in it. He also grew up living across the street from Pierre Karsmakers.
😎
I was all over the local paper for winning a HS football game by blocking a field goal in overtime and then passed up a college scholarship because I was in love. Married 37 years now to a girl who makes 3 times what I do so I guess it was the right decision. lol
Moto related, I was there when Evel attempted the Grand Canyon jump, I was blitzed around the outside by Brian Swink at Brown City motocross and I was the track worker in the whoops at Daytona for the mass yard sale in 2020.
Nickname is makes no cents
1978 and Stu Peters head honcho of CMC So Cal motocross came up with a 6 week series consisting of Saddleback and Carlsbad.
Overall winner in each class was awarded a Honda XR75.
I ended up winning one and it was highly competitive as the sandbaggers came out of the woodwork, and were dropping down in classes.
One dude got so greedy he tried to win TWO! 😲🙄 One in in the 125 and 250 class. He ended up with none and it was my mission to beat him and I did. 🙂
It was also the year Can-Am came out with completely revamped 250. There was none on the starting line when I started this series. Bike was a Holeshot machine and I got quite a few. By the end of the series, more showed up.
Gave the bike to my girlfriend and taught her how to ride. Good times.
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