How about favorite local hero

Fred Boss Mx Dion
Edited Date/Time 12/8/2014 2:07am
that tore em up at home but,, for some reason, never made it big in Nats?

My guy: Pat Richter, Norcal Pat raced for the pure joy of it.
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A kid out of Lubbock named Taylor Watts. He smoked everyone all the time. His family owns Watts Yamaha, Lubbock, TX.
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mach6972 wrote:
Tony Summey,Micky Boone
Mickey did pretty good in the Nat's until he got black balled. Tony was a beast on that big Maico. Don't forget Sam Dayton too!

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Ty Wallace. super fast. great guy. never had the chips fall his way. a lot of injuries
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Ben Riddle. I know he made it to the pro's for a bit, but watching him at the local races was truly an amazing sight to see. I never will forget watching him quad the supercross six at Daniel Boone for one of the 4 stroke national races. Dude had some serious skills.
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Drew Kain. I used to watch him in the early 2000's at Thundercross in Okeechobee FL and it was unreal how fast he was. His last year at Loretta's he was top 15 in both A classes but I do not think he ever really made the jump to the pros.

I always think of him when people talk bad about top 20 guys in the pro ranks and realize that as fast as Kain was that there are even faster guys who somehow get mocked for not being good enough.
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Jim Meenan was a god in New England growing up, but he never really got out of there much...

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Fred Boss Mx Dion 4/4/2014 10:07am
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There was another guy in Norcal, in the mid 70s , Name; Alex Jorgenson, that was primaraly a smooth track rider with high National numbers. He would show up at Dixon about 3-4 times a year and smoke on one of those evil Can-Ams......It was embarrasing for the regulars.
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Brian Mcgary from Andrews Texas he was a badass
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Kenny Keylon.
Todd Hempstead (got hurt)
Mark Murphy
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In the Charleston WV are Steve Childress rode for Suzuki but injuries kept him from going farther, still rides today, Chris Carte was another amazing kid, unreal skill's just didn't have the right guidance, last time i rode with him he was still fast.
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mach6972 4/4/2014 10:26am
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mach6972 wrote:
Tony Summey,Micky Boone
olds cool wrote:
Mickey did pretty good in the Nat's until he got black balled. Tony was a beast on that big Maico. Don't forget Sam Dayton too!
Why did he get black balled?

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mach6972 4/4/2014 10:32am
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mach6972 wrote:
Tony Summey,Micky Boone
olds cool wrote:
Mickey did pretty good in the Nat's until he got black balled. Tony was a beast on that big Maico. Don't forget Sam Dayton too!
How about Micky Wetzel,anybody heard of him?...I think he invented the scrub.lol 1979ish
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Bart Kellogg, 70 years young and still rips......(Colorado)
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edgo897 wrote:
Kenny Keylon.
mach6972 wrote:
Todd Hempstead (got hurt)
Mark Murphy
Raced Florida winter series in '81, those guys were fast.....
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In FInland, early nineties: Marko Koskela!
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Also the one who went by the name of Ysikymppissälli.
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Supermoto somewhat justified it but:

Mark Burkhart

His cornering flow was impeccable.
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Jimmy Anderson was a bad dude, maybe too bad. Maybe that's why he never got the ride he deserved.
6th in '84 125 nationals lots of 4th and 5th place finishes.
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Sandberm 4/4/2014 11:51am
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Heros too strong of a word but...

I really enjoyed watching Lance Smail ride his RM125 90-91 seasons. Also, I always like the way Grayson Hart carried himself. Somehow I ended up parking next to him at a few pac-west races and he and his mechanic always seemed like good guys.
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pummel 4/4/2014 11:56am
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Sandberm wrote:
Heros too strong of a word but... I really enjoyed watching Lance Smail ride his RM125 90-91 seasons. Also, I always like the way Grayson Hart...
Heros too strong of a word but...

I really enjoyed watching Lance Smail ride his RM125 90-91 seasons. Also, I always like the way Grayson Hart carried himself. Somehow I ended up parking next to him at a few pac-west races and he and his mechanic always seemed like good guys.
Grayson is a great guy. Smail was always fun to watch.

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