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The Shop
Dist 7 guys. Boutwell's was a shop in the city. Didn't Taylor have a brother that was
pretty good also?
Before them....Mike Cleveland, Noel Hall, the DelGarno brothers.......man, time flies....
I'm also glad that you raised mention of some classic D-7 riders like Glen Taylor, Jimmy Lauer, Noel Hall, etc. These were the guys that as a kid I first looked up to when I started in D-7.
Any time I think of Big Berm, I think of Glen Taylor clearing the "uphill double" on his Maico Magnum (sometimes one handing it or throwing a leg or two off the pegs). He made it look effortless, but on my YZ-80 it scared the living be-jeebies out of me!
Of course with today's bikes, that uphill double would probably be cleared by kids today on KTM 60's! Back then, the only mini guy that could pull it of was Randy Jones on his very cool KX-80. I was always a little surprised that Randy Jones didn't make it big, as he was by far on a totally different level. He was extremely impressive to watch ride. He almost totally disappeared a year after jumping up to a 125. I did last hear a few years ago that Randy had been working landscaping in Maryland.
My Dad knew Noel Hall. I think Dad even had one of Noel's old Maicos at one point. He also knew the Delgarno brothers as well (I remember when Bultaco used Brian in an ad in the motorcycle magazines).
I also saw the Aquasco NRHA website pictures that you mentioned. They made me feel old to see that full size trees have now grown up through the drag strip! In our MAMA racing days, my father often went down to Aquasco on Thursdays to prep the track for big races. He would throw my bike on the lowboy with the bulldozer and I would have Aquasco totally to myself while he prepped the track! The story gets even better-- I once squeezed my KX-80 though the welded guardrail that blocked the old dragstrip and gave my little KX a few runs down the drag strip totally tapped out to where the G-forces of the wind on my helmet visor had my totally head pushed back and my eyes watering with goggles on.
I still remember my Dad asking what happened to my new knobby tire... "Uh.. I dunno Dad!!!".
I just found some old Cycling East's at my parents-- dating from '73 - '89. I'll try to see about scanning some shots if I can. I know someone was looking for a picture of Farrell McCoughlah (sp) a while back, and I believe he may be in one of them.
Thanks for the trip down the D-7 memory lane this morning!
Not only was Boutwells a Yamaha Shop in Timonium but there were 2 Boutwell Brothers that ware fast. Last I knew Greg Boutwell was still gunning for us riders rights as an AMA congressman and worked at Cycle World in Glen Burnie. Was it 78 when Greg raced a Champion framed super trick TT500?
I worked for Mike Cleveland at Tucker Rocky. Last Christmas I was back home in Laurel and we went to dinner at the Red Lobster. While sitting there I would swear Jimmy Lauer and his family was waiting for a table too.
Randy Jones was super fast but always crashed after moving up to the big bikes. A friend of mine John Huston beat Randy Jones for the #1 125A plate that year.....Randy would come smokin by John but a few turns later would be picking his bike up. Randys uncle worked at Heysers and won the 1977 D-7 open championship when Heysers had the big team on Orange Yamahas. Boutwell finnished 2nd.
Do any of you remember the Drop off water crossing at Budds Creek?
How cool would it be to bring back that section for the National?
Aquasco......I loved that track! Some of you may remember me as Lump Racing Suspension & Sky Force Racing Suspension.
Greg (Ears) Moores
Outahand Jeff Lanahan
Karsons Suzuki/Maico was a power house
The Pits in Laurel
The Dust Bowl in Glen Burnie
Dunkirk
Before my time but I picked up this Cycling East on eBay a few years ago.
Those gravel pits on Laurel were amazing. I grew up in Beltsville and started riding in those pits in 74. I would leave my house on my TS100 and ride all day. Stop for a snack at the Gunpowder Country club, then eat lunch at the Bay and Surf next to Heysers. Spend an hour or two at Heysers snooping around, then head back home again.
There were a lot of good D7 riders back before Virginia became D13. There was Troy Bradshaw, Ferrell McCoullogh, Pete Wolfe, John Untide, Jimmy Gibson, Mike Kelly
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I remember the year he won the 125 National at Carlsbad. Since this was way before the internet and MX wasn't covered on TV at all, we had a hard time finding out the results of the race. A bunch of us neighbors kept checking with each other hoping one of us would hear from the McCoulloghs with the results. When we heard he won, we just couldn't believe it, then we heard about his do or die pass at the finish line of the second moto to clinch the win. I sure wish there was video of that race.
Its a shame Mike Farmer never made it Pro.......I think he would have had something for them.
Its funny there were so many fast MD riders that came out of MAMA and then the district.........back then only Bradshaw made a splash as a pro till Mike Moore.
Wasn't it Jimmy Brookens (sp) that suffered a spinal injury related to a crash with a tree. Fast dude on RMs from the early 80's era, later got into micro's or karting.
Pit Row
Skip and I made our way up through the youth ranks at the same time in District 7. I remember he rode some pretty tricked out 100's back in 76-77 time frame. We were the freshmen class for the MAMA organization around that time. I'm pretty sure by 79 Skip was riding a 125 or maybe even a 250.
At the spot where we were spectating from, there was a very gnarly pot hole that had developed right next to a tree. There were several near crashes before the guy on the KX 250 came by, got way out of shape in this pot hole and crashed into the tree at high speed. I was standing just a few feet away from it and saw the whole thing. The rider seemed to be hurt pretty bad, he was awake and alert, moving around, but yelling out in pain. The last thing I remember was the rider being carried away on a stretcher.
After the moto I went to the scorekeeper's booth and looked up the rider's name - it was Skip Schildauer. I never did hear whatever happened to him - whether he was ok or not and this is the first time I've heard his name since that day. Even though this happened almost 30 years ago, I still remember it well because it was such a horrific crash - one of the worst and scariest I have ever seen. I hope he was OK. Do any of you guys know how he is doing today ? And right after this moto, they got out the shovels and cleaned up the gnarly pot hole.
Some one must have old pictures from White Oak.
I had lost all of my old pictures & trophies from back then.
The best thing about the pictures I posted above..........I scanned those in from my old girl friends collection. She had kept them for almost 30 years that we had not seen or talked to each other! She is a keeper! We just celebrated out 1st year wedding anniversary.
Antietam in Hagerstown wasn't too much further out RT.70 from Big Berm, so that may have been a possibility too.
Maryland Line was also around in '79. It was only about 30 mins from Bel Air (and is only a few minutes away from where I now live).
Offhand I can't remember the off camber turn at Big Berm, but that doesn't mean much as I recall Big Berm frequently adding new sections from time to time, running the track different directions, & generally mixing things up on a fairly regular basis taht last year before it closed. Budds Creek, of course, had the off camber turn that I recall that sounds the most like the one you are speaking of.
Lumpy- thanks for starting this thread! I haven't been able to check in for a day or two, but I love all the responses that have followed as a result! By the way- your story of your wife reminds me of me & my wife. I reconnected with my wife at my 15 year reunion & have now been married two years... We also rode out of our wedding on my street bike.
Great picture & congrats!
I'll still try to scan some Cycling Easts as I mentioned a couple days ago.
Chris
I spectated at one MD Line race but do not recall a hill. Could have been Domascus? Was it all natural with grass when the day started?
The HD was not ours. It was the hair dressers boyfriends and when we saw it in the parking lot we had to do it. Lets just say my inlaws were not thrilled.......even though my wife has her own Virago they dont like bikes that much.
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