AMA Springfield Mile - Ricky Graham, Terry Poovey, Chris Carr, Jay Springsteen

[@garylester8621]

Nothing can beat the sound of Harley’s racing pass the grandstand. Man I miss those days at the Sacremento mile.

[@williamalley4976]

I was a Ricky Graham fan and it was a sad day when He was gone forever killed in a house fire! He gave my son a trophy at a local Half mile event for winning a district Championship. He will never be forgotten in this sport!

[@rustyhanna6709]

Grew up in Texas, watching Terry Poovey race at Ross Downs. It was always a big deal when Mike Kidd, Bubba Shobert and Terry got together. They put on a hell of a show.

[@noelwarner1235]

Ricky G you will never be forgotten. Dave despain was so good at broadcasting motorcycle racing.

[@colinerikstanhouse6385]

Grew up in Du Quoin in the 70s and 80s and got to go to every flat track race there. Springfield and Du Quoin were these guys favorite mile tracks back then.

[@ericlynch4501]

Grew up in Flint, MI. So many of these guys were our hometown heroes. I was a young kid when the Michigan Mafia dominated. Good memories.

[@frankcastle5294]

Yes on the MI mafia. Here in southern PA near the Harley Davidson plant...Jay is considered a living Deity.

[@jimpearson1896]

2kooooolsville!!!! I got to paint for Ricky graham in seaside,CA. I think I did this bike( 3 number plates) great times!!!

[@spooler7828]

I remember Parker, Chris Carr and Jay Springsteen. I loved watching this on the Speed channel.

[@wildcardartist]

Ricky...a ,personal friend..Salinas and monterey will never forget you...Yamaha Bill

[@flugplatz21]

When I bought my custom built '88 Sportster in '93, it came with a rear tire Ricky Graham had scrubbed in and still had his name written on the sidewall. I never met him, but the guy who built the bike was a racer and shop manager at the local HD dealer and had good connections. Pretty neat detail, I thought.

[@vodkaone1053]

Ricky Graham, simply the best.

[@mikeskidmore6754]

Some of the biggest names in modern Era Flat Track .. R.IP. Rickey Graham ..

[@mikejohnson5900]

Used to see them at the old San Jose mile!

[@bryanwhitton1784]

Yep, a family event for us. We all got up early and went to breakfast at The Spur on Monterey Rd. Then to the races. Often my dad was the official that measured the winner in f it was a Harley. I never raced the SJ mile but raced and even won at the SJ 1/2 mile. Love those Sundays in May and Sep.

[@worldwar2lucky961]

I watched all these guys race at ascot park many times. I took pictures with a Polaroid camera mounted on top of a solI'd post. I could push that button 6 times and get 6 pictures of the riders technique on on ,ALL ON ONE POLAROID. try that today. Taught me a lot of the exact skill set needed to race. I once hurt both my calves lifting weights to hard, so I nailed 2 two by four boards to the heal of my shoes to walk around wherever I wanted to. CRAZY, RIGHT. THOSE WERE THE DAYS. IT GETS BETTER. when the race was over, I spent 2 hours looking for Kenny Roberts to get his signature. Finally found him, me with two by wood nailed to my heel of my shoes, a kid from ela. But he was very nice. Think he appreciated my determination 😁😁😁😉😉😆😆😆

[@tomwilliams4885]

This era was the most interesting to me. I was lucky enough to watch Chris Carr race since he was four years old out at Lodi Cycle Bowl. Watching him as a kid you knew he was gonna go a long way with it. And did he ever. The competitors were very interesting in the 80's. Parker, Springsteen, Graham, Shobert, Poovey and so many others. What a great era.

[@Heavywall70]

Agree, lots of contenders for wins, yes HD factory dominated with consistent results but good riding could really get a win because all of them were so closely matched

[@madhatter5331]

My ol' man took me to The Mile, in 84. Saw Graham crash we sat at the entry of turn one had a full look of the incident. That was full blown racing. Good times...

[@terrellcrawford3149]

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[@djb3271]

ditto - used to go to the Delaware State Fair - the event week included AMA 1/2 mile. was amazing to a 10 year old kid

[@frankcastle5294]

Carr lives right up the road from me now. Lost that idiotic Calif attitude when he moved here. Really nice guy.

[@dlpannebakker]

Has anyone been to the San Jose Mile? I have. 1981. My second cousins lived very close so I walked to the track. I was in the Marine Corps at Pendleton at the time.

[@mrserious55]

these guys have balls that we wish we had

[@fredgutierrez1244]

AJ Herrera number 42 e Santa Barbara will never be forgotten and my great-uncle Tony guitarist Aztec racing my dad Robert Bob guitars

[@millerswood39]

Awesome! Also the bikes.. Now a want to build a bike like this! 👍🏻

[@stevehageman6785]

What a great track.

[@toyman81]

Poor Rodney Farris, Who knows how far he could have gone!!

[@hicks727]

Nice to see they put some hay bales in the corners. When men were men

[@joeblow5037]

This was the pinnacle of flat track racing. Camel Pro Harley vs Honda RIP

[@ericstewart1770]

thanks ama springfield mile. i dream of a kareoke world tour and joining the flat trakers on the mile tracks soon. happy thanksgiving to everyone around the world. best wishes . eric stewart american trucker biker swimmer singer monroe city indiana

[@fredgutierrez1244]

If you remember ascot Gardena California Sammy tender the flying flea Gene Romero Jimmy filice Ascot those were the days this is from Fred guitarist Tony guitarists nephew remember the Pomona half mile in memory of all the great ones Scotty Parker Ricky Graham jumpin Gene Romero skip van lewin that's when racing was racing

[@maximuswedgie5149]

These guys are awesome

[@fredgutierrez1244]

Remember AJ Herrera from Santa Barbara California he was up and comingin memory of AJ Herrera and I want to say hi to his dad Tony this is from Fred guiteras I live in northwest Tacoma Washington I hope you see this Tony AJ Herrera will never be forgot

[@channelx92]

Eldora Speedway was the place to watch these guys.

[@Heavywall70]

I miss the xr750 Greatest face bike ever made

[@artmchugh5644]

HEAVYWALL 70 yamaha TZ 250 GREATEST EVER ! Got so many into racing at. Low $$$😄😄😄😄😄😎😎😎

[@whiteribbonman1]

+HEAVYWALL 70 Just wondering. Face bike?

[@Heavywall70]

whiteribbonman1 LOL my bad RACE BIKE But ima leave it just for you (Don’t say I didn’t get ya nothin for Christmas)

[@whiteribbonman1]

+HEAVYWALL 70 Ah! 😀 Thank You.

[@tommccallan8802]

And Hardy made sure that bike would stay on top..by having the AMA change the rules for any bike beating the Harleys XR 750.. just ask BSA..TRIMPH..HONDA..all these bikes whooped Harleys..and somehow the rules got changed for these bikes....

[@sanfranciscobay]

At 1:15 you can see rider #20 on the outside, look to his left and make eye contact with the rider on the inside. He probably yelled at him and told him to hold his line, don't force me outside and don't cause me to crash. Later he gives him the hand signal to Move Over/Don't Crowd Me.

[@mikejohnson5900]

Good eye! I saw that too.

[@michaelchristman4761]

I’m looking for footage on Rod Spencer from San Jose,California

[@sanfranciscobay]

Tough guys riding fast in dangerous conditions.

[@jayashcroft1783]

SanFranciscoBay

[@alanheath7056]

I only watch the oldies seems more dramatic than races today.I want to alter a pursang to flat track so hopefully i might find one soon.I wanted a Astro but above my pay grade

[@fredgutierrez1244]

Remember Richard are nares number 16 z

[@stevehageman6785]

Man, what racing!

[@FastSloW-qt8xf]

These guys are nuts. What nerve to lay them bikes out going that fast

[@michaeleadie2552]

Hall of fame were all in one race.!

[@bigd-1-channel514]

REAL AMA racing

[@rogerbiddlestone7271]

Great balls of fire

[@GustyMidwest]

Rock Island Baby

[@ralphwatten2426]

Had to end on Cupcakes crash. Nuts-

[@toddricketts9498]

Was there in 95 I think, does anyone know what year this race is

[@bprickard]

I'm not seeing Joe Kopp#43. Must be when he broke his leg 🤷‍♂️

[@ralphwatten2426]

Oh for the days of Speedworld, Speedvision and Speed TV. P.S. Nobody like Dave Despain either.

[@fredespinosa9373]

I practice with Ricky Graham in Salinas Ca racing over. Hupdeedoos as fast as we could I was never able to keep close to him he was fast He made it look so easy flying over hill to work out arms and legs tried to stay with him buy never

[@chuckg6039]

Friends, this is flat track racing. Sure wish it was like this today.

[@jeffrey9794]

GREAT RACING ,,THE BEST OF ALL TIME ,,NOW DAYS IS NOT WORTH WATCHING

[@keithmeyer4509]

Road America

[@ronspeer445]

was this back in 90's ?? i remember watching similar line up at sacramento

[@frankcastle5294]

How does one human being with balls the size of watermelons actuall fit onto the seat of a Harley Davidson XR750? Fascinating.

[@michaeleadie2552]

Terry outrides them in the corners. Can't beat them on the HP.

[@TheRandyDowning]

Poovey was a beast! (He still owes me a face shield.). ;-)

[@KingRatt]

What happened to the end?

[@joemomma1363]

Dan ingram crashed

[@richardkrause9296]

Parker Wins !

[@Heavywall70]

Y’all see how competitive a larger bunch was The racing now is nauseating

[@real.free.grace.9099]

What year is this race?

[@jrowens771]

hi donny

[@sanfranciscobay]

I want to see video of the riders going through the turns in High Definition and in slow motion. Does anyone have any links?

[@bobbyjohnnascar]

+SanFranciscoBay Take a look at youtube "Ride the Springfield Mile with #1 Jared Mees, this is the best I have seen , really captures the speed of the mile track.

[@sanfranciscobay]

+Bobby John. I watched the video. Go Pro camera was vibrating and it lacks the high definition and slow motion necessary to see how much drifting these riders do in the corners. Maybe a helicopter going around the track on the inside with a bunch of cameras attached, or some kind of magnetic floating traveling camera that moves on the inside of the track at the same speed as the riders.

[@keithsage7258]

Na!!! You should have seen the best years, with BSA, Triumph,Norton..you would have seen Dick Mann,.Gary Rice, just a few of the greatest riders and the best of times.(for this old kid)

[@knuckles-3386]

@@keithsage7258how about Sammy tanner Gary Nixon and many others i can’t remember Ascot on Friday night sprint cars on Saturday night been there many times

[@TurkiyeCumhurbaskani]

early 90s right?

[@talon0863]

I'd guess mid to late 90s

[@richardkrause9296]

91 … so yes you are correct. Parker ends up winning it😊

[@gated320]

Post the entire race.....WTF

[@cnoshoes7049]

No front brake

[@mattcuddy814]

Who do these guys think they are, slidin around on them fancy machines, and all I gots me is some Allstate Twingle that makes a wheezing noise when it starts up. Yep.

[@halrice770]

not complete. leaves you hanging

[@joemomma1363]

Dan ingram crashed pretty bad

[@johnnycomelately6341]

What year was this?

[@richardkrause9296]

91

[@johnnycomelately6341]

Thank you @@richardkrause9296

[@richardkrause9296]

I got to thinking amd from another vid .. this could have been 93

[@frankcastle5294]

Where the hell is Springsteen?

[@frankcastle5294]

@kemetnu8950 Ohhhh....yes. Got it. Jay is a living Deity here in Amishland, PA

[@joeblow5037]

either show the whole race (and winners) or jump in the lake VERY disappointing

[@thegentlemen6135]

Wtf I watched all this for nothing who won the damn race

[@CandaceAnderson-i6v]

what a disapointment the video did not complete the race

[@death2pc]

Oprah holds the track record. Really.

[@iancraig6070]

No technical information? Who's riding what type/make of bike? No info is no professional or informative.

[@toddfenley9179]

One of my hot rod, friends and I have a joke.I hear a bunch of noise but I Don't see anything moving well.These are some Harley Davidson's.That actually make noise and move