Greatest Comeback in Supercross History: Rick Johnson and the 1987 Super Bowl of Motocross

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@jonrowe9355
@jonrowe9355 Жыл бұрын
I was at that race it was awesome.
@robertrishel3685
@robertrishel3685 Жыл бұрын
A fine example of why Ricky Johnson is on a very short list, among the greatest athletes in the history of motocross.
@WeWentFast
@WeWentFast Жыл бұрын
Agreed!
@BoPunk
@BoPunk Жыл бұрын
I can't believe I never knew Guy Cooper put in a 2nd place finish as a Privateer to RJ back in '87. Guy Cooper was one of my childhood heroes because of his big sends over insane jumps... and this was back in the '95 - '96 era with Suzuki! What an insane race! 🤙
@WeWentFast
@WeWentFast Жыл бұрын
What a treat! So glad we could give a Guy Cooper fan this fun gift. There's a whole story about this race on the We Went Fast website.
@72TheGoodGuy4Life
@72TheGoodGuy4Life 9 ай бұрын
yup insane jumps by a lot of them Danny Chandler Ricky Ryan Fantastic Riders
@dscopes
@dscopes 4 ай бұрын
Sky Cooper!!
@justAmotoDude
@justAmotoDude Жыл бұрын
Man, these 80’s booths and coverage had so much more energy. What happened?!? Haha
@gdv4612
@gdv4612 6 ай бұрын
2 strokes disappeared that's what happened
@xradrd
@xradrd 4 ай бұрын
4 strokes 🤦🏼‍♂️
@greghunter5966
@greghunter5966 Жыл бұрын
I was at that race. There was about 3 laps to go and we started to leave to beat the traffic. As we got down the steps, the crowd started going nuts, we turned and RJ was doing his thing. One of the great come from behind rides
@joedillon1806
@joedillon1806 Жыл бұрын
I watched this race on Rick Johnson: profile of a champion in 1990. Watching this takes me back to that exact moment. Such an iconic race, and Larry Huffman brought an excitement through his announcing that is extinct in todays racing. Thank you for this!! 🤙🏻
@WeWentFast
@WeWentFast Жыл бұрын
You turned around and went back to your seats, right!?
@WeWentFast
@WeWentFast Жыл бұрын
@@joedillon1806 Yes! I have that VHS tape!
@jpesicka492
@jpesicka492 6 ай бұрын
Why do ppl go To events just to leave before the conclusion? Lmfao just stay your butt home if u dont want to be there
@brianp316
@brianp316 5 ай бұрын
Dude, thank you! I've been trying to find this race forever. I remember watching this as a kid. I was at the 1986 USGP and I will never forget how Rick Johnson beat the world.
@WeWentFast
@WeWentFast 4 ай бұрын
Happy to help, Brian! Tell your friends about We Went Fast and support us at shop.wewentfast.com!
@keithrozeski8463
@keithrozeski8463 Жыл бұрын
Fred Andrew's. Hell yeah. I bought a bike off him at his dealership in Salem Oh ! Thats so awesome
@WeWentFast
@WeWentFast Жыл бұрын
Small world! ha ha
@JusticeSather
@JusticeSather Жыл бұрын
The quality of these are incredible. I could watch this all day
@franciscolopez3229
@franciscolopez3229 Жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks for sharing this video. This men are one of the best batch of great riders. Guy Cooper is one awesone guy and rider but he was kinda under rated.
@WeWentFast
@WeWentFast Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@mauriciopapaleo4639
@mauriciopapaleo4639 5 ай бұрын
Rick Johnson #1 The BEST. My hero . From Maurício Papaléo #3- Rio de Janeiro- Brasil
@bruce2keys270
@bruce2keys270 5 ай бұрын
Love Guy Cooper, he is a great rider during this era of supercross.
@drivenwon
@drivenwon 5 ай бұрын
Can't get enough of this... Jeff was on mean green and Rick was on the red rocket! I remember watching this as a teenager. The real deal Champions of 2 strokes...
@boeingdriver29
@boeingdriver29 3 ай бұрын
Great looking back and seeing my mate Leisky put in a great ride. Thanks.
@dc_5sauce
@dc_5sauce Жыл бұрын
Imagine if they built a track like this today? Try to ride a 450 fast on that...they need to drop the displacement and slow down racing again in stadiums. Just 350 and 200cc 4 strokes anyone?
@WeWentFast
@WeWentFast Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that track would be unrideable on a 450
@franciscolopez3229
@franciscolopez3229 Жыл бұрын
I couldn't agree more.
@Bd212_
@Bd212_ 5 ай бұрын
4 strokes made the sport boring, momentum is what made the racing exciting and now the bikes just have so much torque everything LOOKS easy and it’s more dangerous than ever..
@underthegun5799
@underthegun5799 7 ай бұрын
Wardy in the open face is wild!!!
@lucyloo2228
@lucyloo2228 4 ай бұрын
I’ve been looking for this race for the last 10 years! I watched it on vhs along with other Rick Johnson races like the David Bailey vs Rick Johnson “you can’t touch him with a 20 foot poll” race. I wish someone would post that entire vhs because it was my childhood, I watched it everyday before school back in the early 1990’s.
@deborahchesser7375
@deborahchesser7375 5 ай бұрын
I remember watching this race as a 21 yr old, seems like yesterday. I miss the days when we knew almost every rider on the track. Magoo Chandler was my absolute favorite what a wild man he was. 🐾✌️🇺🇸
@72TheGoodGuy4Life
@72TheGoodGuy4Life 10 ай бұрын
My mother My father and me my parents took me to this race it is awesome the memory of it a little history { about 2 rows up in the stands fight almost happened intoxicated people }
@zackk695
@zackk695 10 ай бұрын
No biography I can find on RICK and he was such an influence to so many and won so many races and broke records during that time. What a shame
@omardaniel1
@omardaniel1 7 ай бұрын
You’ve never seen Rick Johnson Motovation?
@zackk695
@zackk695 7 ай бұрын
@@omardaniel1 I think I’ve seen them all. I would have to look but there’s one that’s kind of silly but it actually did show some of Rick’s best racing. He was the man who took Honda to the top and I just think he deserves a professional biography done on him
@wtfftw24
@wtfftw24 Жыл бұрын
Great footage 😎👍
@JeffreyTrainer-z1b
@JeffreyTrainer-z1b 11 ай бұрын
They used to race like somebody was trying to take food outta there mouths. Pride or anger or whatever. They fought like no tomorrow and I love it
@zackk695
@zackk695 9 ай бұрын
Exactly! Thats what’s going on but they need to have more incentive to ride for blood. Maybe a large bonus for 1,2 and 3 place. Football players have no reason to destroy themselves because they get the money up front and want to enjoy it. Also generation Z is now racing and has been for a while and they are just soft and fragile men. They come from the give me a hug generation instead of the I’ll kick your ass generation
@xradrd
@xradrd 4 ай бұрын
Yeah. Now it’s boring in comparison 😂
@travistatman
@travistatman Жыл бұрын
22:50 "Incredible floating sensation over the bumps" is the equivalent of the announcers trying to explain the first alley-oop slam dunk in Semi-Pro. lol
@WeWentFast
@WeWentFast Жыл бұрын
🤪
@StacyHenry-d4o
@StacyHenry-d4o 3 ай бұрын
Rick Johnson was a beast! Honda Red ruled in the late 80's . &David Bailey, Johnny O'Mara
@DrtyALGreen
@DrtyALGreen 5 ай бұрын
RIP Larry Huffman
@fmradio42
@fmradio42 8 ай бұрын
Applause sound effect. Larry Huffman can make paint drying sound exciting. lol
@michaelmays9292
@michaelmays9292 Жыл бұрын
This would of been the year for Bailey. So sad that happened to him. Didnt stop the guy he done things after his accident that most people wouldn't think of doing.
@WeWentFast
@WeWentFast Жыл бұрын
Agreed. Sucks
@davide5431
@davide5431 Жыл бұрын
I think than Jeff ward in 1987 is very fast like johnson and bailey
@davideverett2848
@davideverett2848 Жыл бұрын
Would have been a huge year team Honda vs Team Kawi. Johnson had the speed over them but Bailey was Mr smooth.
@jinoziniosti5633
@jinoziniosti5633 4 ай бұрын
Bailey was my hero and didnt like RJ at first but I think they would have split alot of wins that year. First saw a scrub when RJ did it over a finish jump (with feet off the pegs) on his YZ back in 85 and thats when I started to accept him LoL That race is on youtube somewhere.
@gavinwerder6030
@gavinwerder6030 4 ай бұрын
God bless you 🙏 Ricky
@israelmoreno1808
@israelmoreno1808 11 ай бұрын
Does anyone know the vhs this came on? This race was the last scene of the movie. I watched this over and over until the vhs didn’t work anymore. Love it
@omardaniel1
@omardaniel1 7 ай бұрын
Rick Johnson Motovation
@lucyloo2228
@lucyloo2228 4 ай бұрын
Oh my god me too!! I watched it everyday before school until it stopped working.
@israelmoreno1808
@israelmoreno1808 4 ай бұрын
@@lucyloo2228 i need to find that video tape, it was the best lol
@kungfu2toe
@kungfu2toe 6 ай бұрын
This is why rj was my favorite rider.
@williammorgan9865
@williammorgan9865 Жыл бұрын
6:58 without some sort of grown-up
@davideverett2848
@davideverett2848 Жыл бұрын
Anyone know the soundtrack at the start??
@fleece192
@fleece192 Жыл бұрын
Holy Toledo
@SPENJERE
@SPENJERE 5 ай бұрын
RJ !!! 🙌
@dohman76
@dohman76 Жыл бұрын
I can't believe those poor 30 second board girls had to run to not get hit. lmao. good stuff
@Dealete420
@Dealete420 Жыл бұрын
It makes for good excitement and exercise for her! !
@WeWentFast
@WeWentFast Жыл бұрын
Sprint! But they weren't women like they are now. It was a race official and they literally had to sprint off the track. They didn't move until the gate was down
@waynehearst317
@waynehearst317 5 ай бұрын
RIP Jeremy McGrath, wow....what a way to go out. Say hi to OJ Simpson for me.
@azff
@azff Жыл бұрын
I was there.
@WeWentFast
@WeWentFast Жыл бұрын
Tell us a story about that day!
@benowen5792
@benowen5792 5 ай бұрын
I was there too. My story is drunk SuperCross fans throwing full cans of beer at homeless people’s heads who wanted the cans.
@azff
@azff 3 ай бұрын
​@@WeWentFast Not much to tell. I was 16 and there with 2 of my high school/riding buddies. I took a bunch of pictures that night. Johnson looked good in that blood red FOX Racing gear.
@petshopox
@petshopox 5 ай бұрын
Cooper is riding like Charles Manson !
@Dealete420
@Dealete420 Жыл бұрын
I was there, it was the worse track design ever. That was the year they wouldn't let them build the track over the grass on the FB field like they did in the past. RJ was running around bitching to anyone who would listen . Great come back by Ricky.
@WeWentFast
@WeWentFast Жыл бұрын
That's what makes this comeback so awesome. That earlier story of struggling with the track all day and then he goes and does that!?
@joebonanno285
@joebonanno285 4 ай бұрын
I think cooper always rode best on honda
@2strokin70
@2strokin70 Жыл бұрын
Man these old tracks are bad ..there was no rhythm to them really and made racing seem so slow..these tracks would not work today for sure
@airbats801
@airbats801 Жыл бұрын
they are fantastic.
@Dealete420
@Dealete420 Жыл бұрын
That track was bad... That was the year they wouldn't let them build the track over the grass on the FB field like they did in the past.
@WeWentFast
@WeWentFast Жыл бұрын
so bad they're good, ha ha
@webheadwilks
@webheadwilks Жыл бұрын
That track was 1-line crap
@WeWentFast
@WeWentFast Жыл бұрын
Which is the great mystery of the main event. RJ couldn't pass all day and then he comes from almost last to win it!?
@williamharris7357
@williamharris7357 5 ай бұрын
That track layout sucks big time
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