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toby lawes 9/9/2009 12:43pm
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#47 Troy Welty. The Weltys were the coolest family ever in existence. That's a family I miss a lot. I used to ride at their house...
#47 Troy Welty. The Weltys were the coolest family ever in existence. That's a family I miss a lot. I used to ride at their house all the time. They lived right by Mouse in Canyon Country and had a cool little track we'd all ride on. That family was a 100% motocross family.
danny .i used to hang out at ths weltys all the time!!!!!and at mouses house !! i remember you like it was yesterday . the picture of the #23 kaw is of me in 1979 on the mini track. do you remember johny rodrequis and criss cole???
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OldSkool31 9/9/2009 3:04pm
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I just happened to stumble across this site and posting and was blown away by the names I read and remembered from back in the day.
I just learned that Walt James passed away this week, who I met as a kid at the "Dunes"
As I read on was reminded of my days at "Shadow Glen" and the International track.
My first time on a bike was when Dave Haugh sat me on an XR75 and sent me down the track yelling at me to shift dammit shift.
Later on in my years I had the good fortune of working with the best this sport had to offer
Jim Felt, Rick Mercier, Dave Haugh, Al Baker, Goose, Keith McCarty, Johnny O'Mara, David Bailey, Donny Hanson, George Ellis, Bob Hannah, Marty Tripes, Dave Arnold on and on. Wow what a trip seeing these names and remembering the good times.
Thanks for the memories.
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OldSkool31 9/9/2009 3:19pm
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By the way, The hot chick on the XR75 was one of the Anderson twins, Diane her sister was Denise.
Sadly Dave Haugh passed away last year suddenly.
Diane and Dave broke up in the early 70's and years later Diane married Jim Felt
tuner for "The Flyi'n Hawain", Chuck Sun, Broc Glover and Johnny "O'Show" O'Mara
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dan ? do u have a myspace or face book acc???? (snake)

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Toby --Whats facebook or myspace? lol. No- I don't have any of that stuff. Besides MX.SX,Poker,Porn ,and fantasy football I have no use for my computer.
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toby lawes 9/11/2009 8:52am
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Toby --Whats facebook or myspace? lol. No- I don't have any of that stuff. Besides MX.SX,Poker,Porn ,and fantasy football I have no use for my computer.
dan!! lol lol lol !!! I KNOW !! FACE BOOK AND MYSPACE CAN BE A PAIN IN THE ASS!! ITS JUST A EASY WAY TO TO SEE FAMILY PICTURES AND SEE WHAT WE ALL LOOK LIKE NOW . TALK TO U LATER TOBY (SNAKE)
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ps the new profile picture is of my son. 9 yrs old 65cc beg class e street mx track . BOY!!!! WAS HE NERVOUS!!! ME TOOOOO!!!!!!!! TOBY (SNAKE)
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Radicalwick 9/14/2009 7:39pm
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I just remembered....the hot chick on the xr75 was Sue Weisberg!1976 or so.Ring a bell?
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HEY TOM FROM LEFT TO RIGHT #43 I THINK IS TONY PUGA ? I KNOW # 47 IS TROY WELTY!! I CAN REMEMBER #60 AND #45...
HEY TOM FROM LEFT TO RIGHT #43 I THINK IS TONY PUGA ? I KNOW # 47 IS TROY WELTY!! I CAN REMEMBER #60 AND #45 but not ther names DAM!!!!.CANT SEE ALL THE BIKE #ERS TO THE RIGHT. COME ON OLD MINI TRACK RIDERS HELP ME AND TOM OUT. SOM ONE OUT THERE KNOWS WHO THESE OTHER RIDERS ARE!!!!!!!!! TOBY AKA(SNAKE)PS AT THIS TIME I WAS RACING THE BIG TRACKS AS A80 INTERMEDIATE.
I think 87d is Brock Suter. Does anyone remember Welty's all white RM80? I always thought that thing looked so cool...
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toby lawes 9/28/2009 2:25pm
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HEY TOM FROM LEFT TO RIGHT #43 I THINK IS TONY PUGA ? I KNOW # 47 IS TROY WELTY!! I CAN REMEMBER #60 AND #45...
HEY TOM FROM LEFT TO RIGHT #43 I THINK IS TONY PUGA ? I KNOW # 47 IS TROY WELTY!! I CAN REMEMBER #60 AND #45 but not ther names DAM!!!!.CANT SEE ALL THE BIKE #ERS TO THE RIGHT. COME ON OLD MINI TRACK RIDERS HELP ME AND TOM OUT. SOM ONE OUT THERE KNOWS WHO THESE OTHER RIDERS ARE!!!!!!!!! TOBY AKA(SNAKE)PS AT THIS TIME I WAS RACING THE BIG TRACKS AS A80 INTERMEDIATE.
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I think 87d is Brock Suter. Does anyone remember Welty's all white RM80? I always thought that thing looked so cool...
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toby lawes 9/29/2009 4:46pm
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no ? I dont remember a white rm 80. but iam sure he had one befor he went to kawaski in 1982. the next year i think they went back to suzuki?? ps nice 1980 dg yz 80!!!
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no ? I dont remember a white rm 80. but iam sure he had one befor he went to kawaski in 1982. the next year i...
no ? I dont remember a white rm 80. but iam sure he had one befor he went to kawaski in 1982. the next year i think they went back to suzuki?? ps nice 1980 dg yz 80!!!
yeah it was his 81 rm80...it was all white with blue graphics.
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no ? I dont remember a white rm 80. but iam sure he had one befor he went to kawaski in 1982. the next year i...
no ? I dont remember a white rm 80. but iam sure he had one befor he went to kawaski in 1982. the next year i think they went back to suzuki?? ps nice 1980 dg yz 80!!!
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yeah it was his 81 rm80...it was all white with blue graphics.
did u race minis at the dunes? if so ? what years and what bikes?
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no ? I dont remember a white rm 80. but iam sure he had one befor he went to kawaski in 1982. the next year i...
no ? I dont remember a white rm 80. but iam sure he had one befor he went to kawaski in 1982. the next year i think they went back to suzuki?? ps nice 1980 dg yz 80!!!
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yeah it was his 81 rm80...it was all white with blue graphics.
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did u race minis at the dunes? if so ? what years and what bikes?
1981 through part of 83 on minis...I rode yz's in 81 and the first part of 82 then switched to team green. Here is a pic from the international track on my kx.
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toby lawes 10/2/2009 9:10am
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yeah it was his 81 rm80...it was all white with blue graphics.
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did u race minis at the dunes? if so ? what years and what bikes?
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1981 through part of 83 on minis...I rode yz's in 81 and the first part of 82 then switched to team green. Here is a pic...
1981 through part of 83 on minis...I rode yz's in 81 and the first part of 82 then switched to team green. Here is a pic from the international track on my kx.
wow !! u look so familiar? i was out there with u im sure. in 82 i was on a yz 80 in the exp class and a yz 100 in the int class!!my # was 23 s on the 80 & # 2S on the 100 . who did u hang out with?? the gear u have on looks like what troy welty wor. PS . THE NAME ON THE BACK OF MY LEATHERS WAS SNAKE ITS SO COOL TALKING TO OLD RACINGS BUDS!!!!!!!! i just added a picture of me on the international track 1982 on my profile. u might know the kid i just passed in the picture. his # is 47 on a kaw
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toby lawes 10/2/2009 5:09pm
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how do u post a picture on this ? cant seem to do it dam !!

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how do u post a picture on this ? cant seem to do it dam !!
Hey toby, you have to upload your pictures to a site like www.photobucket.com, then use the link they give you with the img in it. Thats a cool pic of you and welty, the 80 exp class was so fast back then! Here is one of me leading mike kiedrowski on the shadow glen track.
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how do u post a picture on this ? cant seem to do it dam !!
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Hey toby, you have to upload your pictures to a site like www.photobucket.com, then use the link they give you with the img in it. Thats...
Hey toby, you have to upload your pictures to a site like www.photobucket.com, then use the link they give you with the img in it. Thats a cool pic of you and welty, the 80 exp class was so fast back then! Here is one of me leading mike kiedrowski on the shadow glen track.
thanks for the help! i still talk to mike kied from time to time when i go to so cal. he rides at shane trittlers track in castaic alot . I DONT KNOW HOW HE GOT SO FAST!!!! cool picture of you and mike. i think i ate 50 to 75 % of that sand in that wash!! lol lol lol lol. ( SNAKE) ps just tried photo bucket. turns out some one opend a account using my e mail there? so i will fix ? sum how????? TOBY.
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Love these stories brings back good memories. I remember the mouse and snake rivalry (don’t know if you guys really had one though) I remember watching Dans races because I raced with his step brother and my dad used to know Gary. My sister raced 80s then so I also watched all the 80 races I knew Kyle Lewis we both lived in Simi Valley at the time. I was friends with Dave wetly we raced together so I knew them great family although their sister I think did not like me LOL. We knew the lippies very well our dads hung out and having a sister all the girls loved Allen. Well I could go on and on keep them coming.
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Love these stories brings back good memories. I remember the mouse and snake rivalry (don’t know if you guys really had one though) I remember watching...
Love these stories brings back good memories. I remember the mouse and snake rivalry (don’t know if you guys really had one though) I remember watching Dans races because I raced with his step brother and my dad used to know Gary. My sister raced 80s then so I also watched all the 80 races I knew Kyle Lewis we both lived in Simi Valley at the time. I was friends with Dave wetly we raced together so I knew them great family although their sister I think did not like me LOL. We knew the lippies very well our dads hung out and having a sister all the girls loved Allen. Well I could go on and on keep them coming.
hey dr 516? snake here. me and mouse did have a rivalry!! but it was only on the track. we wer good friends went to school togather from 6 th grade all the way through high school . he would spend the night at my house half the week& i would stay at his house . but when the gate droped that weekend the friend ship stoped!!!! we all wanted to win !!! BUT WE ALL SHOOK HANDS WHEN IT WAS OVER!! LOL LOL LOL . hey troy sister vicky welty either likedu or she dident? thats the way she was !! for some strang reason she loved me ????????? havent herd allen lippe s name in a long time we wer hard core competters and did not get along even are fathers dident talk muchlol lol lol. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW A LITTEL MORE ABOUT U ? ITS NICE TO PUT A FACE WITH THESE BLOGS . (SNAKE)
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dr516 10/7/2009 8:20am
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Hey snake its cool to talk to you. We did not know each other we used to watch mouse’s races and one day my dad said there is this kid racing with the name snake so we were hooked. Good times. I started racing dunes in 78 we did not know much about moto then I really should have been racing 80s well in 82 I started racing 250 int and that’s when we started getting to know every one. The numbers I used were E7 and then 516 man all the good stories don’t even know where to start. I would say we knew all the locals. Vicky Welty thanks I for got her name I raced a team race with Dave once and when I came to their pits she just snapped LOL the lippies I would say we were good friends I raced with randy and hung out with him. Did you know the densfords?
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toby lawes 10/7/2009 4:37pm
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Hey snake its cool to talk to you. We did not know each other we used to watch mouse’s races and one day my dad said...
Hey snake its cool to talk to you. We did not know each other we used to watch mouse’s races and one day my dad said there is this kid racing with the name snake so we were hooked. Good times. I started racing dunes in 78 we did not know much about moto then I really should have been racing 80s well in 82 I started racing 250 int and that’s when we started getting to know every one. The numbers I used were E7 and then 516 man all the good stories don’t even know where to start. I would say we knew all the locals. Vicky Welty thanks I for got her name I raced a team race with Dave once and when I came to their pits she just snapped LOL the lippies I would say we were good friends I raced with randy and hung out with him. Did you know the densfords?
yes i was good friends with whole densford family. we went to jimmy whineharts school of moto-x together. his sister paula worked at the hamberger stand at the internatial track. she used to give me free food and drinks lol lol lol !! THANKS PAULA!!!! PS i f you think vicky welty had a bad temper. THER MOM BOBY WELTY WAS REALY BAD AT TIMES !!!! that whole family realy loved mx racing!!!!!! talk to u later (SNAKE) IM SORRY IT WAS PAM DENSFORD NOT PAULA DENSFORD! GOT THE GIRLS NAMES MIXED UP . THAT WAS ALONG TIME AGO!!
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DanDunes818 10/16/2009 1:24am
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Hey snake its cool to talk to you. We did not know each other we used to watch mouse’s races and one day my dad said...
Hey snake its cool to talk to you. We did not know each other we used to watch mouse’s races and one day my dad said there is this kid racing with the name snake so we were hooked. Good times. I started racing dunes in 78 we did not know much about moto then I really should have been racing 80s well in 82 I started racing 250 int and that’s when we started getting to know every one. The numbers I used were E7 and then 516 man all the good stories don’t even know where to start. I would say we knew all the locals. Vicky Welty thanks I for got her name I raced a team race with Dave once and when I came to their pits she just snapped LOL the lippies I would say we were good friends I raced with randy and hung out with him. Did you know the densfords?
Hey dr516--Its Dan Lamb here. Like Toby I love hearing stories from you guys. I of course knew everyone you mention. Weltys,Mouse the Densford and everyone else were my childhood family and I miss them all. Good times at the ol Dunes. So you raced with my step brother Eric. Eric was awesome. One of those kids with absolutely zero natural talent but some how he went pretty fast. I remember him working so hard. Oh and yeah Vickie was a firecracker. I was just a kid so she loved me like a little brother. When you''re 5-12 years old you never see that side of the ladies..lol Loved the whole Welty family and spent a lot of time in their shop and riding at mouses down the road.
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Hi Dan Doug Russell here my best story about Eric is one day on the international track it pored rain all night and was still raining Sunday morning I think their was only two or three of us and Eric shows up in this brand new all white gear after we went through the first turn that nice new gear was toast LOL. How is he doing? Your dad mentioned he is a fireman now. I remember our dads used to talk and that you used to park behind the sign up booth. You most likely knew Jeff Barbacovi I think my little sister had a crush on all you guys. Yes the dunes holds very special memory’s for me some of the longest friendships I have had started their. The reason I remember the Densfords is because of our sisters, I don’t think they got along very well LOL.how about the Johnson’s I am sure you knew them got to know lance it was a little later though after dunes closed. Dave wetly had that friend that was his mechanic I remember him but not his name. my favorite Dave wetly story on the shadow Glenn track off the start he moved over on me and through up this soft ball sized rock hit me square in the eye blood every where swelled up like a foot ball went over to give Dave a hard time and his mom went crazy to make sure I was ok she got all upset when I told I was racing the second moto man we were core LOL drop some names it helps jog the memory.
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toby lawes 10/19/2009 12:50pm
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Hi Dan Doug Russell here my best story about Eric is one day on the international track it pored rain all night and was still raining...
Hi Dan Doug Russell here my best story about Eric is one day on the international track it pored rain all night and was still raining Sunday morning I think their was only two or three of us and Eric shows up in this brand new all white gear after we went through the first turn that nice new gear was toast LOL. How is he doing? Your dad mentioned he is a fireman now. I remember our dads used to talk and that you used to park behind the sign up booth. You most likely knew Jeff Barbacovi I think my little sister had a crush on all you guys. Yes the dunes holds very special memory’s for me some of the longest friendships I have had started their. The reason I remember the Densfords is because of our sisters, I don’t think they got along very well LOL.how about the Johnson’s I am sure you knew them got to know lance it was a little later though after dunes closed. Dave wetly had that friend that was his mechanic I remember him but not his name. my favorite Dave wetly story on the shadow Glenn track off the start he moved over on me and through up this soft ball sized rock hit me square in the eye blood every where swelled up like a foot ball went over to give Dave a hard time and his mom went crazy to make sure I was ok she got all upset when I told I was racing the second moto man we were core LOL drop some names it helps jog the memory.
HEY GUYS! do u remember a100cc exp rider named jerry ancher? he had custom orange speedway gear with bell bottom leather pants? he looked so trick!! and no one could touch him on any track. i watched him pass and beat johnny o at saddal back once!!!! I COULDENT BELEAVE IT!! JOHNNY O WAS ON A 125 JERRY ANCHER WAS A YZ 100 . i wonder what happend to him???? HE WAS WICKED FAST.
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dr516 10/20/2009 8:19am
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Sure do. did not remember his name though. Mostly saw him at dunes once or twice at saddleback. I remember him on 125s also.
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toby lawes 10/20/2009 6:15pm
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Sure do. did not remember his name though. Mostly saw him at dunes once or twice at saddleback. I remember him on 125s also.
cool! the weekend he beat o show iwas watching the pros with jeff barbacove. when the moto was over me and jeff wet to give o show a hard time .jeff climed into oshows factory honda box van and said u got beat by a 100cc exp LOL LOL LOL!! A FRIEND OF OMARA PICKED UP JEFF BARBACOVE AND THROUGH HIM OUT OF THE BOX VAN ON HIS HEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE WAS HURT PRETTY BAD!!! OMARA FRIEND DIDENT KNOW WHO HE WAS MESSING WITH!!! JACK BARBACOVE WAS FIGHTING MAD!!!!! I NEVER SEEN THAT FRIEND OF OMARA AGIN!!! ME AND JEFF WER GOOD FRIENDS I MISS HIM ALOT. RIP JEFF

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