How many of you have won a race?

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Jimmy_Sloan 12/1/2015 6:36pm
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This would have been a great thread for RC to have posted in.
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Jimmy_Sloan 12/1/2015 6:38pm
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robkinuk wrote:
Biggest win was the Yorkshire Grand National, back in 1978...............fcuk that's 37 years ago!. We only had cavemen and dinosaurs in the crowd, back then! ;)...
Biggest win was the Yorkshire Grand National, back in 1978...............fcuk that's 37 years ago!. We only had cavemen and dinosaurs in the crowd, back then! WinkLaughingLaughing






That top picture is really cool looking.

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motojoel 12/1/2015 7:32pm
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My buddies all raced D37 hare and hounds. I went out with them. One day, after about a year of racing, I had one of those days. I would be on a fire road actually trying to find another gear on my KX 500. I would have a pack in front of me, wonder why they were so slow, and go out into the pucker bushes and pass them all. I was in the zone. It takes a while for the results to come to you, but I was first in my class that day. I couldn't believe it. The Checkers Hare and Hound of 1997.

The first mx race was the 1998 Cal State Am Championship at Glen Helen. It was the first race my dad came to watch me ride. I won the open novice, back when they still had open class.

I have won a few Vet races in MX too. The most fun is battling someone you can trust not to take you out.
Oh, and I am in the Loretta's Vault, I qualified there once in 1999 and Ron Tichenor won my class, I was 32nd.
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Premix 12/1/2015 7:35pm
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I won my C class LLQ back in 03 and a few B class races the next few years. These days I'm just happy as long as I beat my riding buddies.
TripleFive 12/1/2015 8:13pm
12/1/2015 8:13pm
Since this thread encourages us to beat our own drum, from '96-'07 I earned approximately thirteen state championships between motocross, ice racing, and hill climb.
Roger@Arroyo 12/1/2015 8:39pm
12/1/2015 8:39pm
A bunch of flat track and a few mx wins as a kid, and a couple hundred roadrace wins as an adult.
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Old-Man 12/1/2015 8:47pm
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Won a race back in 84, then they started comin in Droves...LOL
Honestly have no idea how many i've won. I tried alot of other Modalities in Moto too like Scrambles, three hour Hare Scrambles. GP stuff, Enduro's.

Yes Moto is a BlastLaughing as many have said in this Awesome thread
http://www.vitalmx.com/forums/Moto-Related,20/First-race-how-did-yours-…
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lostboy819 12/1/2015 11:57pm
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MarkF wrote:
[i]"For instance: guys like BobbyM raced The Real "Hangtown"..."[/i] BobbyM has won plenty of races! I didn't win this moto at the 1984 Hangtown national (I...
"For instance: guys like BobbyM raced The Real "Hangtown"..."

BobbyM has won plenty of races!

I didn't win this moto at the 1984 Hangtown national (I didn't win any national moto's), but this is me getting the holeshot there in the first moto.

Right next to Cooper. Cool and his short sleeve jersey.
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robkinuk 12/2/2015 2:19am
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robkinuk wrote:
Biggest win was the Yorkshire Grand National, back in 1978...............fcuk that's 37 years ago!. We only had cavemen and dinosaurs in the crowd, back then! ;)...
Biggest win was the Yorkshire Grand National, back in 1978...............fcuk that's 37 years ago!. We only had cavemen and dinosaurs in the crowd, back then! WinkLaughingLaughing






Jimmy_Sloan wrote:
That top picture is really cool looking.
Thank's pictures were taken by the late James Moorhouse,a freelance journalist, who covered Yorkshire Trials and Motocross events for many years for our weekly newspaper Trials & Motocross News, which celebrates it's 2000th edition tomorrow!, a fantastic achievement............................
James was a real gentleman, who always took the time to come and interview winners after the race and would send you prints of his great photo's in the post.
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hillbilly 12/2/2015 6:15am
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I've won a few,thousand, from 1973 to 2009
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More than I can remember... The best part of it now...giving the trophy to a 50 rider.
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-Won a NMA Championship at Rio Bravo in Houston when I was 12.
-Won a total of about 15-20 races in the minibike class on my XR-75.
-Moved up to big bikes when I was 14. Raced Novice once and won, raced Intermediate once and won.
-Started riding the Expert class. Took about a year to get my first win. At some point had 12 wins in a row in South Texas.
-Moved to Houston when I was 20 to further my "career". Only ended up with two Expert wins.
-Made the night programs to about 6 Supercrosses. Never made a Main. Did make it to the 40 rider field at the Lake Whitney 250 national.
-Have raced a handful of times in the last 10 years. Two wins, I think. Vet class now of course!
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BobbyM 12/2/2015 10:09am
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TeamGreen wrote:
Yes From my Novice days at Baylands to my old fart days at Glen Helen & everything from Saddleback to Mt. View in-between. What might be...
Yes

From my Novice days at Baylands to my old fart days at Glen Helen & everything from Saddleback to Mt. View in-between.

What might be an interesting thread is:

"What tracks have you raced and won at?"

You've got Full-Spectrum in here and some of the replies might surprise a lot of you.

For instance: guys like BobbyM raced The Real "Hangtown"...
FreshTopEnd wrote:
Hah . . . won a moto at Bayland (last turn pass!!), never won an overall, but threw a couple away. Speed, skill and stamina were...
Hah . . . won a moto at Bayland (last turn pass!!), never won an overall, but threw a couple away.

Speed, skill and stamina were never my strengths . . . but I had a lot of fun.
I thought you were way too smart to race dirt bikes FTE? Smile
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BobbyM 12/2/2015 10:12am
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robkinuk wrote:
Biggest win was the Yorkshire Grand National, back in 1978...............fcuk that's 37 years ago!. We only had cavemen and dinosaurs in the crowd, back then! ;)...
Biggest win was the Yorkshire Grand National, back in 1978...............fcuk that's 37 years ago!. We only had cavemen and dinosaurs in the crowd, back then! WinkLaughingLaughing






Jimmy_Sloan wrote:
That top picture is really cool looking.
scared the shit out of the photographer hey rob?
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MarkF 12/2/2015 10:44am
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The photo is from the December 1984 issue of Motocross magazine I think. It has a caption under it in the magazine. If anybody has that issue in their collection and wouldn't mind scanning it with the caption, I sure would love to have it.
Thanks,
Mark

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dl117 12/2/2015 11:48am
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I have won a couple on minis back in the 80's, then when I came back to racing I had a good run in plus 25 and vet C, won consistanly the 1 year I was in C....moved to B and got ass handed to me for a while, then won a few and podiums.....nothing to write home about.....now I just watch my kids race BMX cause my body is no good anymore.
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robkinuk 12/2/2015 11:52am
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robkinuk wrote:
Biggest win was the Yorkshire Grand National, back in 1978...............fcuk that's 37 years ago!. We only had cavemen and dinosaurs in the crowd, back then! ;)...
Biggest win was the Yorkshire Grand National, back in 1978...............fcuk that's 37 years ago!. We only had cavemen and dinosaurs in the crowd, back then! WinkLaughingLaughing






Jimmy_Sloan wrote:
That top picture is really cool looking.
BobbyM wrote:
scared the shit out of the photographer hey rob?
Yes, no telephoto lens BITD.
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FreshTopEnd 12/2/2015 12:02pm
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BobbyM wrote:
I thought you were way too smart to race dirt bikes FTE? Smile
Brains has nothing to do with it, other than to figure out when your skills don't match your balls in terms of keeping as safe as can be expected. It's pretty hard to argue your balls are too big to race dirt bikes.
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stangkag 12/2/2015 1:34pm
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ocscottie wrote:
Winning races is cool, series titles are better. B) [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/users/405/photos/25534/s1600_131079300_1270527645.jpg[/img]
Winning races is cool, series titles are better. Cool

Cool stuff right here Scottie! This was after your injury right? Ive been thinking after my surgery maybe one of these would be easier and safer to get back into than another 450. I just wont know until I heal and Ill make that decision then but was curious how hard these were on your back, is it super harsh when landing or does the suspension soak it up well enough not to bother you.

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stangkag 12/2/2015 1:35pm
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I've won only one race in my life that im aware of.



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hillbilly 12/2/2015 2:16pm
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How many states or town have you been in the ER? I'd have to really cipher on that one to get them all.

The Daytona infield hospital was one,got a free xray and ambulance ride up pit road.
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kkawboy14 12/2/2015 2:22pm
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dv12.com wrote:
I won a couple REM races on Saturdays in Glen Helen back in the day. Does that count?
Hey why does Roncada have DV's login? Smile

I've won a bunch
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motomike137 12/2/2015 3:01pm
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Just want to say that this is one of the best threads on here in a while. It is great to see how many among us have had that feeling at least once or twice if not a bunch of times.
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yak651 12/2/2015 4:00pm
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Some local stuff, but have this sweet Bud barstool racing championship trophy....



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MX558 12/2/2015 4:38pm
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Won some amateur road races in 90s then a bunch of vet b races in the 2000s and more roadraces in mid 2000s along with a couple of amateur titles . Im 50 now and I don't really race anymore just some VMX stuff but I do ride a lot . I'm lucky enough to ride with some older guys that are faster than me so it pushes me a little , can't afford to get hurt anymore.
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chuckie108 12/2/2015 5:36pm
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My first win was the 125 Beg class at the 1989 Adelanto Grand Prix- funny thing is, it was my first District 37 race and my pops and I had no clue where I finished because all levels of racers were on the course at the same time, which was like 200 people. So I pull off after the checkers, and I'm like "How'd I do?", his answer was "You looked good to me!" LOL. I Didn't have a clue I won until I got the results in the mail 6 weeks later. I Remember the feeling of opening the results at the mail box, and then sprinting to the phone to call the old man at work. Greatest feeling ever! :-)

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