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Looooved that bike! I too bought one from a local pro - actually, it was the bike that Pat Barton rode while leading all but the last 2 laps of the first moto at Southwick that year. I was able to consistently pull top 5 starts with that bike. Luckily, it was outfitted with crazy flourescent orange plastics that made...

mxnick - Jay is originally from Seymour. I think that his sister actually replied to a Vital post that I had commented on a year or two ago. Glad to see such a good, hard working guy making a living at something that he loves! Did you ever head up to Beacon Falls to ride back in the 80's? From...

Glad to see this thread is still going - so many good memories shared by all the folks who have posted! MxNick - are you a CT guy too? I saw that you mentioned John Ruddy earlier - John and I used to ride together at a sand track owned by my neighbors back in '87-'89. One of the other...

Thanks for posting this! After I clicked the link (based on the title of your post) I couldn't believe that this was the same Jason Haines that I used to ride with in CT during the mid-to-late 80's. I lost touch with him after I left for college, so it has been a good 20 years since we've spoken. Great...

I spent a bit of time racing with NEMA in the early-to-mid 80's before making the jump to NESC. The limited number of tracks in the southern New England area and the fact that I just wasn't that fast enough to worry about contending an entire series were the primary reasons for moving on to race NESC and MSC/Dist. 34...