Wow, I miss the good old days of Supercross racing!
@Bt26x2 жыл бұрын
This was the first Supercross my dad took me to. I still have Polaroids of it. I was 5-6yrs old. I still have a couple of memories of it & will never forget it.
@robertrishel36853 жыл бұрын
David Bailey.....on those works Honda’s....he was like a time traveler from the future or an alien from a superior civilization, here to cherry pick against mere humans! That...AND he was so cool and stylish. Team Honda were just amazing at that time, O’Mara, Bailey and Hannah (!)....the three most stylish, fastest and most forward thinking riders of the era.... good grief! Glover, Ward, Johnson, Lechein....my God those were great times in the sport.
@static-remission274 ай бұрын
Styx just keeps gettin harder to find, pit 13, mudflats ricebowl
@slotstikskimboards17 жыл бұрын
During this era, the top 6 in any final were multiple National Champions. Ward, Bailey, O'Mara, Barnett, Johnson, Hannah... it was the best era of Moto Cross.
@EarthSurferUSA6 жыл бұрын
Yep, I was just looking at the main even starting line up, (starting at min 28:58), and count nine champions on the line, almost 50%. opps, Lechien did not win a championship until 1985 (125 nats), I believe. 8 champs on the line. RC cleaned that all up during his career. :)
@reese34073 жыл бұрын
I agree that was a great era but the Ricky Carmichael ,Jeremy McGrath,James Stewart , Ryan dungy and Ryan villapoto era was pretty awesome also. Hopefully we'll we are in the process of building a new era. So far it's been a goose egg
@static-remission274 ай бұрын
bitches in back cono off the line
@marcusfistarol82704 жыл бұрын
Love those old Sinisalo pants.....best Quality at that time...
@BATTLECATT008 жыл бұрын
Oh wow it has been a long time, I remember these guys, David Bailey was my favorite racer. I remember his dad had that mobile motocross training school. Was advertised in a edition of Motocross Action magazine. They had the school up here in Indiana at the Dunes. Those were the days, would re-live them and back on my ol' 79 YZ 100! Memory lane can be awesome!
@EarthSurferUSA8 жыл бұрын
My first MX bike, a 1978 YZ 100 that I bought making $1.00/hr at 14 years old. That was the second bike I bought on my own making $1.00/hr, (1976 Kawasaki KD 125 was my first at 12 years old). Yea, those were the days. A kid can't afford a bike anymore, and all our old trails are grown in.
@BATTLECATT008 жыл бұрын
I hear you, sometimes going forward, is less brighter than looking back...
@HarborEdwin2 жыл бұрын
Mike Bell co-commentator! R.I.P. Mike!
@jongalleog34866 ай бұрын
? How did too tall die ?
@muzzmatrix8 жыл бұрын
Few riders are known for their gear as much as their championships & Jeff Ward's white Sinisalo gear is right up there. Always on point. Not to be outdone, I believe Glover wore the infamous pink JT gear later on in the 1984 season.
@pressrolls8 жыл бұрын
Sinisalo JET gear. Rick Johnson wore the same gear this year as well. These 2 riders were the reason I switched to Sinisalo that year!
@MasterChief-sl9ro7 жыл бұрын
We started selling Sinisalo gear after this.. I was the only guy in the shop that wore them.. As nobody else did at the time. Just to be different. I never believed in free advertising either but it was good stuff.. They come a long ways since 1981. Not bad for a Finnish company....
@bradr5394 жыл бұрын
G❤R On Broc's bum..
@dansmolen16185 жыл бұрын
Barnett was 'da man on 125's!
@oldmoto50092 жыл бұрын
Got to love the before GoPro camera 🎥
@toxsickdog6 жыл бұрын
Bailey & O'Mara look like Twins. Amazing.
@EarthSurferUSA5 жыл бұрын
Yea, that is what happened when you have "stick and ball" producers do a MX races back then. Pssst, they call their dysfunction progress.
@scottdunkin1733 жыл бұрын
Lol
@kellybrown69883 жыл бұрын
Haha Johnny Omara’s picture for David Bailey! Lol!
@jongalleog34866 ай бұрын
I caught that 😂
@racer7748 жыл бұрын
How on earth did this production crew put Johnny O's picture in place of David Bailey's? David's dad designed virtually all of the courses back then! Not to mention it is easy enough to see Johnny O's face in both his hat and his helmet. Great video. Thanks for the upload.
@GettingthruLife5 жыл бұрын
I had the JT ALS-1 helmet and thought it was the coolest.
@jongalleog34866 ай бұрын
BOB HANNAH THE KING OF MOTO CROSS !!!!
@static-remission274 ай бұрын
Bob on this, get your apple bucket bend over and drive it home
@thomaswayneward2 жыл бұрын
Compare this the corporate run super cross we have nowadays. I will take the riders and the tracks from the past any day. The current riders can't even talk when being interviewed, it is like IQs went down twenty points.
@motonorcal99382 жыл бұрын
I believe this is a result of kids being groomed to be pros from age 5. Back then it seems like the riders had more life experience and were more articulate. David Bailey in particular was really sharp. Jeff Ward was also groomed but riders had a lot more responsibilities back then compared to now, when most racers just have to train and race.
@static-remission274 ай бұрын
@@motonorcal9938 so they had cameras in your school too, I learned from the hobos about courts and kangarros
Team Tam was based out of Las Vegas , when they broke up my friend John Collings bought Alan Kings bike and kept it at my house ...it was a Good Bike !
@charlesharper6421 Жыл бұрын
Bultaco bob, the Harper bros been looking for you. Hit us up..
@fkhan5779 ай бұрын
Their owner from the Detroit area set up shop in Vegas.
@static-remission274 ай бұрын
wow, no such thing as a good bike
@static-remission274 ай бұрын
where does it land?
@LChem16 жыл бұрын
Ricky Ryan, the only privateer to win a SX race, 1986. I started taking my son to Hollister in 1994. Ricky was the fastest pro, usually and Stapleton, Volland's, Rodney Smith, Holland, many other pros would race. Ricky rode at my track in the Santa. Cruz mountains in the late 90's, he married in 98 and that was that
@mrabrasive513 жыл бұрын
I used to race at Baylands in Fremont early 80's..every week Sean McConn would go 1-1 in the 125 and 250 race..then Rick Ryan stated to race there and McConn finished 2-2..true story!
@LChem13 жыл бұрын
@@mrabrasive51 i visited Baylands once, i recall it being dusty and clay like?
@mrabrasive513 жыл бұрын
@@LChem1 definitely hard pack clay,but the late night racing could get a little damp and slick..
@static-remission274 ай бұрын
hollister hills 1976 and beyond 1 rice compresser
@static-remission274 ай бұрын
santa cruz mountains? how much property did you own?
@foobarmaximus35062 жыл бұрын
Jeff Ward made it look easy, but he was a true vet by this time. He won his first race in 1945 at the end of the first World War. lolol
@static-remission274 ай бұрын
first non communistic act scramblers
@remotecontrol98745 жыл бұрын
It's funny: Clint Hardick. Just imagine how it would be with that name. He's at the sperm bank waiting room, and the lady calls him and asks, "Are you ready to make a deposit". He says, "I was born ready!"
@flyinbryan16199 жыл бұрын
the similarities between jeff ward and ricky Carmichael are uncanny. both red headed, freckled, little short 5ft6" dudes. both riding factory kawasakis. both wearing the #4 plate. both guys if you don't know who they are and run into them on the street would be the most modest and soft spoken dudes that you would never expect to be able to do what they could do on a track. and both dudes absolutely vicious competitors that would annihilate you on a motocross track. both guys at one time were without a doubt the fastest riders on the planet. but there is truly only 1 g.o.a.t. (and I don't mean brecker_)
@jinoziniosti5633 Жыл бұрын
Yes he is the greatest of all time only racer to ever win all FOUR championships..... Then there was the guy who was the only to win all 3 titles in the same year.... and then you got the guy with winningest record.. ..decisions..
@static-remission274 ай бұрын
CZ Yammers 250 and beyond
@jerrymarshall20956 жыл бұрын
Iv watched a bunch of these old supercross races from 80 thru 86 and havent seen magoo in any of em.he must have been on the mend or something.i know he didnt care for sx but i know he rode some of em
@EarthSurferUSA5 жыл бұрын
Here ya go. enjoy. He was a good man. kzbin.info?search_query=magoo+racing
@jerrymarshall20955 жыл бұрын
@@EarthSurferUSA thanks my friend ill certainly check em out ,magoo was worth the price of admission thats for sure
@david541063 жыл бұрын
They forgot to mention that Jeff Ward was only 5''6...
@johnnycash5783 ай бұрын
standing on a crate lol
@25PJ199 жыл бұрын
thanks , i love this!
@Fmontes8 жыл бұрын
Do you have the very end of this broadcast when they showed highlights with an awesome audio track on top? I remember that to this day, and pretty sure it was on this Atlanta SX, perhaps the year after though. Please let me know! Thx.
@bradr5394 жыл бұрын
I skipped straight to the ending hoping to see also! The o'show punching the air while changing colors! It was so cool. Omara won everything that year. Song"riders in the night"? Something like that..
@cintroberts66147 жыл бұрын
The hondas were so much better than the kawasakis back then
@ghostrt16086 жыл бұрын
Robert Clint ... Yeah the Honda CR's were the best bikes back then, they won a bunch of races back then... I have a 1984 CR250 that I'm about to restore
@EarthSurferUSA6 жыл бұрын
You can have 2 straights in a row with out a jump. You don't have to enter whoop sections at 50 mph. Today's tracks are boring, (too fast, dangerous, predictable, don't separate the talent), compared to these older tracks IMO. I will start watching the FIM world MX rounds that start pretty soon, (to break up the monotony of SX), but not the "s#*t hole" rounds.
@static-remission274 ай бұрын
there needs to be an opening that you qualify for bigger track bigger balls always watch out for mr 2x4 orchards
@johnnycash5783 ай бұрын
poor mike bell sucks that we are all slowly being taken away
@manuelescobedo35464 жыл бұрын
9 heats??
@kepler2404 жыл бұрын
40 degrees and he said it's good weather. I'm surprised to see ANYBODY in the stands. Now it's a billion and half dollar monstrosity with enough video boards to make you dizzy
@corey4c1054 жыл бұрын
Scott burnworth I believe is Ronnie Mac's real father
@jimmyroberts72444 ай бұрын
If you are over 50 you realize every one was full of shit back then. Actually nothing has changed. FJB!!!!
@static-remission274 ай бұрын
your so full of shit my eyes are brown
@motoman22atgmail6 жыл бұрын
Wrong face for Bailey ...and Broc Glover didn't ride Kawasaki. That was in just the first 3 min. Editors back then sucked.
@GettingthruLife5 жыл бұрын
Immediately noticed the wrong photo and was like what!?!
@static-remission274 ай бұрын
who cares Kawasaki is laden with things above projecting metal is actually water