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Edited Date/Time 6/26/2019 12:28pm


Did Any of you ever race at Langtown?
I remember reading about langtown in the magazines
Before we had internet and i really hoped that would be the
Future.
A langtown in every city in america.
I never went but i still had dreams about that place
Looked like heaven to me.
Just a nice way to get a mx fix thats not to dangerous
Or high speed
Doesnt take up to much space isnt too loud.
For anyone that doesn't know what it is.
It was a supercross track made in someone's back yard in Southern California, and they used KX,CR,YZ,RM 80 bikes
With Air cooled 150 4 stroke motor put in them.

Any body got better pictures of it ?

If there was a Langtown in your city or nearby would you race there?

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langhammx 1/1/2019 4:42pm
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There was some serious bar banging going down at that track !
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brocster 1/1/2019 5:30pm
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Always wondered what happened to that place.
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BobKerr 1/1/2019 5:41pm
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I too remember reading about it in the MX mags many years ago. I believe that they had to stop the MX racing, but still did some bicycle racing there.
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langhammx wrote:
There was some serious bar banging going down at that track !
I was lucky enough to race there as a kid. I have no idea what place I finished, but on the over bridge I remember my friend saying "spray the girls!" Laughing (last pic)

I'm middle facing the camera (black/blue helmet).. if you look on the left that's Cole Seely in the black tshirt






2nd from the left laughing because I was probably aiming at the hottest chick in the crowd I could find Grinning
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Braz 1/1/2019 6:59pm
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Screwydilla in Olympia, WA was much the same, same time period and atmosphere.




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I was fortunate enough to have raced at Langtown and Screwydilla. They were both very cool.
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Tarz483 1/1/2019 7:29pm
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Awsome thanks for sharing the pics
I would have rather done that than raced local races on my CR80
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This is a pic of my brother-in-law at Langtown. He raced at both places as well.
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Tarz483 1/1/2019 7:43pm
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Rotten wrote:
I was fortunate enough to have raced at Langtown and Screwydilla. They were both very cool.[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/01/01/315021/s1200_2344B0E3_1D94_45DA_ABD1_1763468F9ED4.jpg[/img]
I was fortunate enough to have raced at Langtown and Screwydilla. They were both very cool.
Lucky guy, i have family in the area you live in , i have spent a lot of time in Roseville, Rocklin, Lincoln.
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Grizz 1/1/2019 9:38pm
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I never knew what this was called but remember clips of it in a late 90's early 00's moto movie that I would play on repeat as a kid. Anybody know which movie? Maybe a Mini Warriors?
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Moto Mofo 1/2/2019 5:50am
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Last I heard, the Langtown track was more recently used for Cyclocross events.

Such a cool event, wish I could’ve experienced it. I’ve got bikes and am willing to travel if something like this ever happens again somewhere!
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Grizz wrote:
I never knew what this was called but remember clips of it in a late 90's early 00's moto movie that I would play on repeat...
I never knew what this was called but remember clips of it in a late 90's early 00's moto movie that I would play on repeat as a kid. Anybody know which movie? Maybe a Mini Warriors?
Mini Warriors 2 I believe.
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Tarz483 1/2/2019 10:25am
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Im kinda surprised that more people haven't shared pictures maybe i should have done a poll asking
If people new of it or not, right now im getting the feeling
That more people on here aren't familiar with it than are.
Im not sure when it stopped. but maybe its just been long enough that most are to young.
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Sidecar 1/2/2019 10:42am
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I remember reading about it in MXA, then finding some footage on YouTube a while back, it looked rad...
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Tarz483 1/2/2019 10:50am
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Sidecar wrote:
I remember reading about it in MXA, then finding some footage on YouTube a while back, it looked rad...
Yeah i thought so too , thanks to those who shared pics
I bet Cole Seeley has some cool pics from there.
Now that i see that he raced there.
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philG 1/2/2019 3:37pm
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From what i remember , it was just a house in a regular neighbourhood, and all the people showing up to watch killed it. Someone found the place on google earth on another thread.
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CJ250f 1/6/2019 9:31am
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We went in 1997 with a xr100 cr80 conversion I built. I rode the amateur modified class well my friend James rode my bike in the pro class.






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CJ250f 1/6/2019 9:40am
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James With the Honda gear and Ryan Hughes on the KX conversion in the Thor gear.




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Craig built the best mini conversions and no one rode them better than James P!
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Tarz483 1/6/2019 10:05am
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CJ250f wrote:
James With the Honda gear and Ryan Hughes on the KX conversion in the Thor gear. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/01/06/316224/s1200_image.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/01/06/316225/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
James With the Honda gear and Ryan Hughes on the KX conversion in the Thor gear.




I dont know why but that just seems like paradise to me

I want to recreate that, even if it will never be as grand as that again
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CJ250f 1/12/2019 3:15pm
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Found my vhs video of the 1997 race.



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CJ250f wrote:
Found my vhs video of the 1997 race. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/01/12/317618/s1200_06A32B9F_1E86_43A5_B880_F6315033451D.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/01/12/317616/s1200_721114FF_8CD1_4FC9_B74E_E64895E5C335.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/01/12/317617/s1200_EC2BE974_5BA7_4C99_9FA9_7B6EDF0DC1D1.jpg[/img]
Found my vhs video of the 1997 race.



Duuude, rip the footage from the tape and throw it on YouTube! I guess you’d need the equipment to do so, but that would be awesome.
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YAMATHUMP1 1/12/2019 7:04pm
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We had some great races in Texas with these things to. There were some great races in Dallas that would have a packed field of entrees at Cartwrights. I had a YZ80 conversion that got sold to someone in Ca. Those are FUN bikes.
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rongi#401 1/12/2019 11:05pm
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Raced there when I was like 7 and then again when I was like 14, when I was little ryno was there and he gave me a pair of his purple and green Thor pants
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rongi#401 1/12/2019 11:06pm
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CJ250f wrote:
James With the Honda gear and Ryan Hughes on the KX conversion in the Thor gear. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/01/06/316224/s1200_image.jpg[/img] [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2019/01/06/316225/s1200_image.jpg[/img]
James With the Honda gear and Ryan Hughes on the KX conversion in the Thor gear.




I have those ryno pants!!!
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CJ250f 1/13/2019 12:49am
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Jimmy Lewis on the number 1 bike

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