1980 Unadilla 250cc MXGP #1 Kent Howerton #2 Georges Jobe. You can see other entrants at 1:45 This is Super 8 film shot by me, converted to video, and being shown for the first time in 36 years!
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@exceldrivr2 ай бұрын
I was there. Went to the Trans USA race also in 1980. I have a lot of pictures from that one. Back then anyone could go into the pits. Seeing the guys making sandwiches in their box vans, working on their own bikes. Brad Lackey gave my mother his jersey. Was also the year Gaylon Mozier was killed training in his bike. They had his bike and gear on display.
@stevesinewave25626 жыл бұрын
Great era! would've loved to have been there at that first corner when the pack came around. Such rapid development from factory to production MX era at that time. Thanks a million for posting your film for the world to see !
@nomdeguerre137 жыл бұрын
what a real treat to watch this...my first race ever at 10 years old, Jim Holley on the program cover. Still remember this today.
@user-br3fx6oc9q5 ай бұрын
That year Jobe was only 19 years old when he won world championship in 250 class, I remember like this.
@charlesharper64214 ай бұрын
Yeh,and Kent put the wood to him.
@jeffjones50634 ай бұрын
I was there. Jobe won at Unadilla at least once. Euros loved it at its prime. Howerton didn't put the wood to him.
@charlesharper64214 ай бұрын
Great rider. Sad how he went out. He deserved better
@charlesharper64214 ай бұрын
@@jeffjones5063fact check..jobe never won unadilllla. Howerton won there overall in ‘79 & 80…rolling jobe and every other euro in the process. the only euro to ever win there was Kees van der van in ‘82..unless you wanna count Englishman Neil Hudson in ‘81.. the Americans owned unadilla…
@kurtvonfricken68296 жыл бұрын
Suzuki twin shocks AND full floaters. What a great time in the development of works bikes (and later production bikes). The 250s were still air cooled but the 125 works bikes were starting to be water cooled back then.
@richardkey42895 жыл бұрын
Kurt Vonfricken evolution taking place in front of our eyes! Single shock suspension,liquid cooling, but notice the drum brakes & gas tanks waaaay high on the chassis ( that's a lot of weight far, far away from the center of gravity)
@laserdadАй бұрын
That was back when the track had character and was only used for one, or two, races per year. Now it's just another modern type track with multiple tabletops and doubles.
@rochellestanley9532 Жыл бұрын
Thanks
@jamesspella85482 жыл бұрын
The good ole' days!!!
@stp4797 жыл бұрын
I see Doug Mulligan's Cycle Design van at 6:05
@philhashey96515 жыл бұрын
stp479 the mighty Cycle Design Team, I live in Bangor Maine, the home of longtime team member David "Rud" Rudnicki
@OurWild-Life4 ай бұрын
My brothers, some friends and I went to several Unadilla races around that time. I'm 67 now. The first one we went to Kent Howerton won the 250 race. If that's this race I was in that crowd somewhere. Those were great times. Gravity Cavity. Screw You Hill. The "show us your tits" signs on one side of gravity cavity and the girls flashing their titties on the other side of the hill. We'd stay at the KOA campground nearby. The good old days.
@ravanderveur7 жыл бұрын
Great stuff Thank You!!!!!
@jmzochsnrtr3 жыл бұрын
Howerton 👍🏁🏆
@garylauster40326 жыл бұрын
Pat Moroney won the support class that day the white knight
@brucefile74302 жыл бұрын
Howerton was the man back in 1980 & 1981...
@kellienicolebrooksschettin65986 жыл бұрын
Hey I just got one for this video,Hannah, Hannah, Hannah,oh shtt sorry wrong year,I gotta go,thanks
@chrisjacks25992 жыл бұрын
To the youngsters this soundless video must look like a long long time ago, but it wasn't.
@SymonSaysTV5 жыл бұрын
Funny they were racing on grass. You wouldn’t see that today.
@lfoxracer5 жыл бұрын
Unadilla was mostly pasture land back then. The owners, the Robinson family just mowed the grass and put up some course markers for the race weekends. I never recall seeing a bulldozer on the track... ever. The layout was 100% natural. First practice session the grass would be axle deep grass in many parts of the track.
@vintagemxer91654 жыл бұрын
@@lfoxracer Wasn't it beautiful -the mix of grass and dark dirt mixing on an all-natural track and the sound of 2 strokes and the smell of pre-mix? Magic. Electric atmosphere with the Euros there.
@maverick22427 жыл бұрын
No sound, pity looked great..
@moe928706 жыл бұрын
Never new Bailey rode a Kawi
@richardkey42895 жыл бұрын
Moe howard yup, he was there during their single shock early days; Honda wisely smelled his talent & poached him from team green
@coolmusic15795 жыл бұрын
Didn't he also ride a Bultaco?
@vintagemxer91654 жыл бұрын
@@coolmusic1579 Remember Gary Bailey's book on techniques of motocross with father and son on cover on Bultacos? I used to have it but forget the title - Ake Jonnson's book too.