Bradshaw...for all you youngsters

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Edited Date/Time 2/20/2021 7:47am
Looking at the rookie class, Jett Lawrence is badass...no doubt. But bradsahaw was badder. We all talk about James but man..Not sure why I didn't catch this till now...2 crashes n still wins!
https://youtu.be/YlyR0t-IDVo
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str8line 2/17/2021 8:48pm
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The Beast From The East was really aggressive as a 17-year-old. In the premier class!
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Rickyisms 2/17/2021 8:53pm
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Bradshaw was a bad dude, anyone remember when he was on Pulp talking about how someone at a ride day took him out?

That was my friend and coworker, who missed the brakes and plowed the beast from the east, He was cool about it though. My buddy sent an email to Steve and asked if he could get Damon to sign his carbon Yosh that got smashed in the incident, hung that trophy in his office for a good while. Damon wrote "Sorry!" on the pipe along with his signature.
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EZZA 95B 2/17/2021 9:37pm
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I've got the VHS highlight video from that season. They don't show the replay of the pass on Davis but instead show Bradshaw nearly going over the bars on the finish. He shakes his head as he's entering the corner, knowing how close he was to eating it a 3rd time.

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AxlBundy 2/18/2021 12:32am
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Had a Bradshaw fox youth gone wild poster on my wall. Still remember the old fox catalogs. Hated McGrath when he started winning everything in the 250’s at first. Later heard a hilarious interview with Mc where he was having an exchange with Bradshaw and called Damon an old man, then realized he was older than Bradshaw
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WCRider 2/18/2021 12:48am
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My favorite rider when I was young. His riding style was very modern for the era.

I had also a big poster of him in my bedroom.
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watched that live and have the vhs somewhere
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philG 2/18/2021 1:10am
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This is what i struggle with these days ... kids getting the whole 'look at this kid' thing when they are far from being kids... what Bradshaw and Lechien did in the premier class against better opposition was unnreal.
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sgrimmxdad 2/18/2021 4:35am
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We used to race this little Saturday night track and when we would see that Yamaha Box van pull up we all new it was about to be ON! It was like Elvis rolled in lol! Never saw any one really challange him though, no competition. He was on an entirely different level even on the 80s!!
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Cook441 wrote:
Looking at the rookie class, Jett Lawrence is badass...no doubt. But bradsahaw was badder. We all talk about James but man..Not sure why I didn't catch...
Looking at the rookie class, Jett Lawrence is badass...no doubt. But bradsahaw was badder. We all talk about James but man..Not sure why I didn't catch this till now...2 crashes n still wins!
https://youtu.be/YlyR0t-IDVo
Thanks for sharing I was looking for the video a couple weeks ago when everyone was excited about Jett (well deserved he is fun to watch)
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predel323 2/18/2021 6:31am
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Back in 87 he showed up at a Friday night Georgia track as a tune up for Muddy Creek later that weekend- he put jump combos together that none of us had ever even thought about! And damn his 125 barked!
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lumpy790 2/18/2021 6:41am
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Remember him creating the naming of Bradshaw Boulevard at High Point on his YZ80?
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motomike137 2/18/2021 7:02am
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lumpy790 wrote:
Remember him creating the naming of Bradshaw Boulevard at High Point on his YZ80?
Was at High Point for the National one year and Damon was racing am's on Saturday on his YZ80. It was unbelievable watching him basically jump everything that the big boys could do and I swear he could have qualified for Sunday's program on that thing!
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mattyhamz2 2/18/2021 7:24am
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Even though I was young at the time(Born in 1990), Bradshaw was my favorite rider even ahead of MC for a while. Only way my parents could get me to eat food was to tell me Bradshaw was coming through the whoops.
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SteveUrchin 2/18/2021 7:31am
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Jett Lawrence is fast but he hasn’t earned my respect yet...at the shootout I say he’s around 8th place when you combined east & west.
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SteveUrchin wrote:
Jett Lawrence is fast but he hasn’t earned my respect yet...at the shootout I say he’s around 8th place when you combined east & west.

He'll earn my respect when he solves world hunger. 10th place, max.
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Moto520 2/18/2021 7:54am
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I remember that race! The track was so weird with all that sand. Bradshaw was on another level. In the 250 class.....local Ron Tichenor almost won the race until he crashed on that triple that only a handful of guys were doing. Great race

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Ted722 2/18/2021 8:12am
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Came into the sport and competed at the highest level right away. In fact, his very first SX (1989 San Diego) he scored a 3rd in a cameo 250SX ride at 16! And was full time 250 a year later in ‘90.

Amazing the different paths some riders take. On that same night in 1989, McGrath scored an 8th place finish in 125SX at 17 yrs. young. And would put another 3 seasons on the 125 before his history making 1993 rookie 250 season.

Bradshaw was good for the sport. When Bradshaw was on the track, you watched. Looking at his metoric rise, wonder if RJ’s wrist injury in ‘89 could have influenced (even a little bit) Bradshaw’s move up to 250’s in ‘90.
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Chance1216 2/18/2021 8:16am
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Back in 89, I was the only kid bringing MX magazines to school. I still remember the first one I ever brought had Bradshaw on the cover with his # 45 YZ. Good memories.
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Jason XCmtb 2/18/2021 8:49am
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Awesome rider, and reminds me a bit of Rob Herring in that they were both insanely fast in their late teens but seemed to hit their peak really early and (although fast) never carried that unwordly raw speed into their mid-20's. Almost like they burned too bright, too early.
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peanutt 2/18/2021 9:00am
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At 16 he won at one of the annual Japan 250 Supercross races against all the fast factory riders at that time including RJ.
Lets not forget The Dogger at 16 also winning a 250 Supercross in Florida.
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JustMX 2/18/2021 9:02am
2/18/2021 9:02am Edited Date/Time 2/18/2021 9:06am
I worked for super sports at that event.

That was some funky dirt. A limestone sand mix that came in wet.

When riders cased jumps it looked like they were landing on a big block of foam.

Bradshaw was definitely on it that night. He had swagger, and could back it up.

At atlanta '91, (maybe '92) they went down the gate and interviewed top riders before the main and when they got to damon, he said "my name is damon bradshaw, and I am here to kick ass tonight".

Then he went out and did.
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Shredder 2/18/2021 11:43am
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sgrimmxdad wrote:
We used to race this little Saturday night track and when we would see that Yamaha Box van pull up we all new it was about...
We used to race this little Saturday night track and when we would see that Yamaha Box van pull up we all new it was about to be ON! It was like Elvis rolled in lol! Never saw any one really challange him though, no competition. He was on an entirely different level even on the 80s!!
I saw him at a racer at Sand Hills in early 87 when he was racing 80 Expert and 125B. His 125 blew up in the first moto so he raced the 80 in the second 125 moto and no one got anywhere near him.
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Ranman68 2/18/2021 12:24pm
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James Stewart himself would have to say "holy shit!" after seeing this. I don't know if I've ever seen any rider send it like that. Wow. Talk about going into "beast mode". Jeeesus.
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1993. National 125 Outdoor championship.
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Rickyisms wrote:
Bradshaw was a bad dude, anyone remember when he was on Pulp talking about how someone at a ride day took him out? That was my...
Bradshaw was a bad dude, anyone remember when he was on Pulp talking about how someone at a ride day took him out?

That was my friend and coworker, who missed the brakes and plowed the beast from the east, He was cool about it though. My buddy sent an email to Steve and asked if he could get Damon to sign his carbon Yosh that got smashed in the incident, hung that trophy in his office for a good while. Damon wrote "Sorry!" on the pipe along with his signature.
Post a picture of the pipe
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Teejay 2/18/2021 3:11pm
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I love how chaotic and unpredictable supercross was back then, great find.
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Ted722 2/18/2021 5:05pm
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Chance1216 wrote:
Back in 89, I was the only kid bringing MX magazines to school. I still remember the first one I ever brought had Bradshaw on the...
Back in 89, I was the only kid bringing MX magazines to school. I still remember the first one I ever brought had Bradshaw on the cover with his # 45 YZ. Good memories.



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Chris_Buehler 2/18/2021 5:34pm
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SteveUrchin wrote:
Jett Lawrence is fast but he hasn’t earned my respect yet...at the shootout I say he’s around 8th place when you combined east & west.
You're out of your mind. He got 5th in the shootout last yr against Ferrandis and Sexton. So he's regressed? He's got the West covered
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