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they ran a supercross at talladega in 84, i think wardy won that one.
"Burnt Hickory, GA
Road Atlanta, GA (damn that was a badass track!)
Atlanta International Raceway, GA
Six Flags over Georgia, GA
Gatorback, FL
Sunshine Speedway, FL "
Road Atlanta, what a track, i loved that one. i remember wardy and o'mara had a ferrocious battle for 2nd on that one in '81, all i can say is those cats really had some imagination attacking those obsticles.
i got to race at sunshine speedway once, since i was a nobody, i had to park and pit in the short track, couldnt hear the pa and had to walk a lot to find out what was going on. i loved that track.
did mid-ohio ever run a Nat? did sears point ever run a nat?
i dont think they ever run a nat at orlando sports stadium, but that was one of my favorites. 3 foot whoops all day long.
at the '81 winter series at gatorback, hannah flew in late, took one lap of practice and won the 250 class hands down .... dayum.
i remember the Nat at westwego, louisiana, in '76 hannah would bonzai that one jump every lap.
1977 125 national?
no ruffer track on the planet.
we race HS there twice a year. it's one nasty bunch of sand whoops. LOL likley the same whoops which were formed in 1977 and before.........
Highland Hills, Hillsboro, Ohio Track where the classic Charles Morey photo was taken of the Jammer leaning in on Tony D the fall of 74..
I don't remember a National ever being held there. But I was gone by the '80s.
I was a local hot shoe in the 70s there. In about '77 or '78 the local Yamaha dealer got Bob Hannah to come to town. We all thought we would give him a run for his money at our local track. Yeah right. About 6 turns in and he was gone. Rode my ass off, Hannah was gone. This kid learned the difference between a local hot shoe and a top flight pro that day. Convinced me I better go to college.
And yeah, Road Atlanta was a bad-ass track. Saw Gary Jones, Karsmakers, DeCoster, lots of others there. I think it was part of the Trans-AMA series. They had a fast fast sweeper up on the hill there, those guys would come through pinned, throttle side handlebar just inches from the picket fence the entire way. Good times!
Agency was my home track, practiced there weekly. That was the National Magoo clipped the flagger.
That Baldwin National was a mudder.
I do not recall a National at Herman. I remember the name, but can not remember the location. For Nebraska tracks there was Ft. Calhoun, Denton & Herman
BTW, this was not at the same location of the Mid Ohio sports car course.
Does anyone out there remember this?
I thought the Trans Am just changed to Mid Ohio in about 75 or 76 and stayed there.......I will ask Phil Alderton this question....he is a walking MX encyclopedia
Pit Row
Delta Ohio at the fairgrounds.
seen Barnett there race amatuer and have faster lap times then Hannah and Smith that day. The year after that they found out when he turned pro.
long long time ago.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/13312654@N05/1366692184/
All other Pro races (I was at) the track was run clockwise.
Could have my time line screwed up. Set me straight.
1977 Mid Ohio 125 GP. Pat Richter first American. Good ol Ohio mud.
I camped at the track for the week, got to see Arlo England (whom I had not seen since 1975 in CO) testing the Husky automatic.
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