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Any of you guys remember ol' Eric Eaton? I was just going through some of my old 84' Washougal national pics , and wondered where the hell he took off to? Anyone know? I used to have his Jersey from that year #44 , and someone snagged the fuggin' thing! I still have Phil Larson's though #62 i got the next year.
For those of you who don't know who Eric Eaton was....He was a 500cc Privateer who finished 2nd in points at the end of the year between Broc Glover for 1st and David Bailey for 3rd! He would of been 3rd in points i think if David didn't move down to the 250cc class to help out a team mate.....Think it was Jonny O'.
For those of you who don't know who Eric Eaton was....He was a 500cc Privateer who finished 2nd in points at the end of the year between Broc Glover for 1st and David Bailey for 3rd! He would of been 3rd in points i think if David didn't move down to the 250cc class to help out a team mate.....Think it was Jonny O'.
BTW.....thanks for the info on Eric Eaton! I'm glad he's still in the industry in some way. Definitely one of my child hood hero's!
The Shop
Check out the pics.
Jim Anderson....#244!!! How could you ever forget him man! He was a legend out here in these parts. And Eric Hall too.............man those dudes used to battle big time! Rowdy Blaisdel was always right there too.....and could hammer down for a big dude!
After that he went to work for full time for his brother Brian who owned Pro-Caliber and worked there til Brian sold his shop to Jason Hannah.
Last time I seen Eric he was still living in Camas like 5 years ago or so,working for some heating/air conditioning company or some shit like that just doing his own thing.
I think she was a 125 jr. rider?
What about these guys...
Graysen Hart
Tony Graves
Darren Rodgers
Jeff Daily
ahhhh, the sweet memories!
Pit Row
Last I heard he was working full time for the Huffmans building / maintaining the Washougal track.
Kevin Jansen is also still doing good in the 40+ expert class.
I remember watching these guys when I was a kid. Eric is actually about 5 years younger than me, I remember he had a RM 80 with a chrome tank on it. I was a top level 250 intermediate rider and Eric would ride in our class on his 80 and routinely smoke us.
Some other names I remember, Mark Gregson, Brian Hall, Barney Newman (fast on a Montesa!),
Tim Mikaletch (spelling?) and of course Chuck Sun and Rick Burgett. Monty sumthin'erother on a Maico ......
Lotta fast guys in them thar woods!
Anybody ever ride at a track that was in central Washington called Sun Target? Huge Euro GP type track that was blast. My dad took us riding there a few times and once John Banks was there on a CCM "John Deere Replica" 4 stroke. (probably around 1977 or 1978. He walked all over every Open Class 2 stroke in the Pro class, and this is an open class track that has a one long hill that is probably an 1/8 mile long. I remember he would pass people up that hill. let off so they would l pass him back and then he would finish them off at the top!
The sound of that thing, had me hooked on 4 strokes from then on! Ofcourse, it would be over 20 years before those childhood fantasies came true.......
Here is a link to Brian Barnes Facebook, he has a bunch of Old school pictures posted...
All these names coming up bring back so many memories!
Here is a couple more for you....Scotty Tyler , Steve Oyster , Allen Dyke (sp?) and Doug Lange.
Oh yeah....almost forgot another dude who I kind of hung out with quite a bit....Jamie Munson.
Go to my video page and watch "Let's Ride Part 2". She's in there practicing at Mountain View.
http://www.vimeo.com/4625457
Dawn's on Facebook and so is Eric Hall. He lives at the Washougal track in Washougal, WA, I believe. Still riding.
Gary Piazza
Last I had heard of Doug, Darren Currier told me he seen Doug at PIR a few times,back around 2001ish.
Also, anyone remember Brett Woodring?
He was fast also....
We need your comments...On June 19th and 20th 2010 we are going to have a full scale NW motocross reunion at Washougal MX Park, during rounds 9 and10 of the P.R.O. NW National MX Series...BBQ and Slide show Saturday evening...Vintage racing both days with special entry fees...And the possibility of Free gate fees for many of the riders from back in the day...Please send back your comments and suggestions we need your feedback ASAP...
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