1980 San Diego SX

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Edited Date/Time 9/14/2021 6:41pm


Almost like a different sport but some good racing . They called it the Motocross Finals on the telecast . Announcing has come a long way too despite out complaints .... MIke Guererra lol .
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9/11/2021 7:06am
That’s was cool. They were battling for a bit!
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9/11/2021 10:22am
Remember watching that live on TV...
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9/11/2021 10:54am
That track is fucking awesome...
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9/11/2021 12:29pm
I won both my qualifiers during amateur day, holeshot the final by about 2-3 bike lengths going into the first turn and was already celebrating when I laid it down in the first turn. That was almost as bad as getting a front flat right after the guy I was battling for the lead quit with only 2 laps to go during a Mammoth Motocross final…
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9/11/2021 1:09pm
That was cool ,I just sent the link to the video to a friend of Mike Guerra, I hope he forwards it to Mike, he will like seeing it.
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9/11/2021 8:17pm
I first watched this race on Netflix. Back when they did DVD rentals. They would mail you DVD's and you would mail them back! I remember being surprised to see Hannah racing. I always thought that he missed the entire year of racing in 1980 due to his infamous broken leg in the water skiing accident with Marty Tripes. I later learned that he also raced the Trans USA series that fall.
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9/12/2021 2:17pm
Mike Bell's #3 1980 Supercross Championship year . . .
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9/14/2021 4:24pm
They called it the Motocross Finals, and also violated my #1 rule with "Highlight's"

You NEVER, EVER use an apostrophe to make something plural! I have to go back in time and make the ABC sports guys read my Grammar with Falcon thread. Grinning
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9/14/2021 4:27pm Edited Date/Time 9/14/2021 4:28pm
ATK Pilot was right that it almost looks like a different sport.
Could you, on a modern bike, beat all those pros from 1980? I feel almost like I could. Something tells me to check my bravado a little bit, but the speeds seem so much slower than today.

EDIT: I mean, beat them in that race, back in 1980 with your current bike. Travel back in a time machine to race.
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9/14/2021 5:58pm


Here's New Orleans from the same season . Terrible quality but still pretty cool to watch . This track is faster or has more flow ,lol . Falcon yeah not sure what skill level you are but if you are someone who can do most or all of the obstacles on a track you could possibly win on modern machinery . The corner speed of these guys is pretty incredible though. Someone like me ? Not a chance . Notice there were a lot more mistakes being made in San Diego as it was a slower more technical track relatively speaking.
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9/14/2021 6:40pm
They sure jumped a lot different back then..
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9/15/2021 8:28am
^ I didn't even see it was "motor" cross. Grinning Grinning Grinning Grinning

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