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1971, riding my JT-1 mini enduro.
The Shop
Proof that I rode KTM's way before it was cool. 1979 Twin State national enduro. That's a 79 KTM 175. 78 was the first year they were officially KTM's in the US and no longer carried the Penton name. I had a Penton Jackpiner as well but no pics of me riding it anywhere.
I remember racing at Village Park in Encinitas around 76. It was a one off Scrambles. We rode at the pits near there also in Olivenhain in the early 70's It was a great place to grow up in.
" Did you grow up in that area? I probably rode that same race. "
Did you know an AMA race was held in the Olivenhain area in, I think, the late 60's? Let me see if I can dig up the clip..
Yes in Rancho Santa fe but we lived on the east side of town so I mostly rode around Black Mountain. I don't remember the AMA race but my cousin raced there around 71. Did you know there was a MX track right where they built Torrey Pines High school?
Keep em comin
Early 1976 on a YZ 80c over the ski jump at Red Bud.
Me crashing on a 1980 KTM RV125. This was a fast bike and I won quite a few 125A races on it. I had a '79 too, that wasn't so fast.
2nd NSW title maybe '86ish
1981 Claverack, NY, this is the first moto I ever won too. Those are size 24 Bates leathers, actual leathers. 11 years old and kept #70 till the end.
Family photo: Dad on his Husky, Mom on her Hodaka Dirt Squirt, Bro on his YZ80 and me on my MR50.
Is that in San Diego, BTW?
Pit Row
I was 15 in 1975 on my Hodaka Dirt Squirt 100
1977 at Southwick, My first year of racing, on my RM250, real leather riding pants too, they were hot in the summer.
1984
The first is me (right) and my brother on my dad’s XR 200s, and the second is the day my brother and I got our brand new RM80s in ‘82.
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