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3/13/2018 3:11pm
...that showed the LA Coliseum race where Guy Cooper (15, Honda) (edit) ALMOST beat RJ in the main. There were several other segments that showed enduro/Baja stuff too. I used to watch this over and over as a kid and I need it in my collection! Hoping you guys might be able to help with the title!
Thanks
David
Thanks
David
Cooper didn't beat RJ, he lead until the final lap, RJ was down in the first turn and passed Cooper twice on the last lap (RJ tipped over).
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https://youtu.be/gDZxziWVOKg
This race is really awesome- LMAO "Ricky Johnson Superman of California, San Diego" He's ridiculously fast in this one, for the time period.
OMG thank you so much I watched that video tape soooo many times when I was little!!!!!!!!!
I was at that race.
The 80's were the best era of Supercross. 2-strokes, sights, sounds, the tracks...
Pit Row
Now everything is cookie cutter. Cookie cutter tracks, cookie cutter riders, cookie cutter bikes and cookie cutter TV coverage. 90%+ of the folks saving it was not better never lived it to make a fair comparison.
I realize this is a post from 2018, but was this the video that had the "ride like the wind" song, and the weird twilight zone segment where they would play the race backwards
Yup. The only good tracks on the regular SX season are Daytona and Atlanta (Atlanta has become the best track) SMX surprised with some tracks that threw people off their game.
The rest of the stadium tracks are essentially practiced to death aerial gymnastics. This is why SX has become more of a circus show over the years.
I really do miss the days of waiting 3 months to read about a race that I waited a week to see 1 second clips of on Motoworld. Those were the days. No message boards with Old men bitching about kids and the new tech that was just a fad. They did it like real men, at the race track around a campfire that burnt wood . Back when You could go to Unadilla and have a good old fashion Rock fight so You could look as beat up as Your Girlfriend that was chased down and fondled by a drunk mob the night before. Then having a good laugh about it as You sat around the campfire used to be Your Van. But that same drunk mob set it on fire. Ahh the good old days...........
You could argue that You personally had more fun back then as a rider . But for Fans, it is much better now. Unless You prefer watching 1 race on network TV then months later at 2am see another on ESPN IF it was not pushed for the world curling championships . Sometimes You might only get to see the condensed version. the 4 motos on an hour show with commercials. Back then the SX tracks were built by local contractors who might have never built a jump before. A friends Dad worked on some of the tracks.Making the tracks with spec jumps is what allows the top guys to go out and put fast laps down right away, and it is safer since they know the jumps are always built the same way by the same guys. Racing other riders normally makes for better racing than when riders have to race the track.
Parts of back then might be better, but overall spectating is MUCH better these days than back then.
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