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Memories of Boutwell's Cockeysville: - some guy on a Monday needing a dry clutch for a roadrace Yamaha, asks if they can get it before the weekend. Lynn tells him probably not because he might not get around to ordering it until Friday. - buying an oil seal and noticing that it was melted and covered in soot from a...

Stuff I remember from Sparks as a spectator: - sneaking in through the woods 'cus I had no money. - a drop-off stream crossing. - a pit dug in the track that filled with rain and guys had to use rope to haul stuck bikes out. - an off-camber left - yamaha enduros with tape over the headlights - BSA's...

My 1st race was at the Sparks Blue Gray, probably 1974. I was on a Penton. My clutch cable was almost completely frayed. In gear, on the start, it kept creeping forward against the rubber tubing. I had to start in neutral. I was last to the first turn. It was a huge dust cloud and you couldn't even see...

here's another try posting the photo (or look at my icon)

One of the signs from the track, circa 1978: http://i1105.photobucket.com/albums/h353/hoatso/BurntHickory/BurntHicko…