Mt Morris High Point 1984 National 125, 250 and Open Class

[@jackporter4180]

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[@bobbyblenio4571]

This is Priceless ! I was 16 & about 3 yrs into Riding & Started Racing…All,these Dudes were my Magazine Hero’s🦾…

[@mikeb4708]

I am so happy that I stumbled onto this little gem of a video. It captures the era better than any video I have ever seen. Nice video of the pits with the riders, bikes and babes chilling pre race. Good coverage of practice and then epic duals of Bailey/Glover, Johnson/Lechien and O’Mara/Ward. 1984 doesn’t get any better than this. Outstanding!

[@avogoofy5130]

AWESOME VIDEO. Great perspectives, angles etc. Thank you.

[@CoolcatAMA-Pro]

Wow how things have changed since 84' in the sport & Society. This video brought back a flood of memories. The 80s decade thank God for the VHS

[@fkp-1353]

Great film, Jack. What a flashback. Thanks for posting!

[@tundraghinidude0894]

Great footage,Shouting out from Levittown PA ,2 strokes are so Awesome,Brings back the best times ever had

[@Jon-xr9lj]

This is amazing footage! Those works Hondas were so cool.

[@warclownband]

thumbs up just for the priceless pit footage!!

[@Lightnin42]

Motocross and Box Vans, what a beautiful combination 😎🇺🇸

[@halseyknox]

Only second to open face helmets - Carrera 98 goggles - Hallman goat skin blue leathers - JT socks folded over boots - and jofas 👍👍

[@speedsterwinston]

I was at that race. Grew up in that area and was a Johnny O'Mara fan. Thanks for posting the throwback video

[@glenpiro313]

Great video!!! The pit footage was outstanding!! Pit Tootsies with Big Hair!! The only thing missing was leg warmers! Wards SR125 was up for auction this week in Vegas thru Mecum, it appears the reserve wasnt met. Awesome footage thank you

[@SoCalGolfer1966]

Factory bikes and box vans! Man those were the days!!!

[@alanmccooker7829]

Yes we had box vans or panel trucks. No plastic racing mats either usually. Most of the time our bikes were set up on milk crates or homemade welded bike stands. Sitting right on the grass or dirt lol. I started carrying me a canvas drop cloth to spread out. And I'm talking factory support rider. Usually had to share the van with your team mate and all our gear etc crammed in it. But loved it I'd do it all over again.

[@jackporter4180]

Glad you enjoyed it, Mike. Yes, there were some great battles. Johnson was pretty fast on that Yamaha(with the look over at Lechien going up the straight). And Johnny O blowing over the last turn berm for second place finish.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Some great racing and pits nostalgia there. Thank you.

[@chadkennedy529]

High point and steel city were my home tracks... crazy to see how out sport has grown.. this was probably summer of 84 so I was only a couple months old. Also seems like a pretty high dollar camera you had here back in the day!

[@jackporter4180]

My I-phone was in for service that day(1984)..LOL, So the Back up was a two piece portable Hitachi VHS recorder, A battery pack and a old plug in Camera......this was the good old days...

[@chadkennedy529]

@@jackporter4180: I remember my mother buying this enormous jvc camcorder from Sears in Washington pa probably around 89ish and I remember her complaining about how heavy the damn thing was lol

[@jerrymarshall2095]

I like it, how simple things were.nothing like this mess today

[@Diego-ju5bu]

Thank for sharing, so good to see rare footage of real works bike ..

[@steveperelli3602]

1984 were beautiful dirt bikes

[@troyStoll1028]

A special time in AMA PRO MOTOCROSS!❤😂 LOOK AT THEM BEAUTIFUL??? BIKES?? LADIES?? EXCITING TIMES FOR SURE! LET'S GO RACING JACK PORTER! RIGHT ON BRINGS BACK LOTS OF GREAT RACING MEMORIES APPRECIATE YOU LETTING ME SHARE

[@gregmaggio5217]

Broc Glover's bike doesnt even have disc brakes,.and he's up against Honda works bikes...he was that good !

[@superfly3990]

It was always fun to hang out in the pits. Here, @3:42 Julie Tamm is making arrangements for a secret encounter during intermission. Let's just say she was quite talented.

[@robertrishel3685]

Great video! Best era of American MX!

[@superfly3990]

This old footage of the Nationals is terrific. Of note @2:41 is Billy Liles sweet talking the race promoter's daughter to jam Broc Glover's gate. This was rather typical in those days.

[@MarkAlan-no7mb]

The chic in the white was happy and having a great time 😊. The other two girls had a look on their face like they just discovered a miniature turd on there upper lip 😂😂😂.

[@deborahchesser7375]

Absolutely awesome footage

[@Lightning7474.]

I'd give anything to be back in that era.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Me also. They sold a lot more bikes when any kid who wanted to make a buck/hr could buy one. Now, the tracks and trails we built are all grown in. "Those were the days my friend. We thought they'd never end. We burned up gas, forever and a day. We lived the life we chose. We'd fight and never lose,--for we were young and sure to have our way."

[@Lightning7474.]

EarthSurferUSA that was heavy what you said. So truthful. I kinda got lost there for a moment in time, back in 1984.

[@jonlebon5086]

Those were the golden years of motocross racing, the music was great, being able to afford two bikes and rebuilding top ends on a Saturday night till 10 PM only to get up at 5 and get to the race track. Yep, it was a fantastic time to grow up.

[@shawndoucette9797]

You’re right. Those were the days when we could all have a factory bike. Now the gap between those who have and those who have not is to large for anybody without a ton of money to be competitive. I miss those days.

[@EarthSurferUSA]

@@shawndoucette9797 I am sorry Shawn, but what the heck are you talking about? First of all, the bikes you see here are actual factory works bikes, (made illegal in 1986 by the AMA, which was a bad idea IMO), and the only people racing these $50,000 bikes are the top factory racers with a contract with the factory to win races. Nobody else had a factory bike, and we were fine about it, and the same people won after the factory works bike was gone in the USA. The factory ride is earned by talent, and even you, with the new marxist bernie sanders commie attitude you will suffer under in the future, could get a factory ride in this sport----if you were talented enough. I don't think you are old enough to miss those days. We did not have a marxist education back then. And if we did, we were too busy riding to pay attention. "Have and have have not!!!!!!" in a free society where you can start your own business if your not too lazy to learn something to create a value,----that is your choice! You were taught to make the choice to be a have not. Sorry Shawn man, I am sick of this marxist crap taking over the USA. Yes, those were the days.

[@glenpiro313]

The best part of this entire video may be when Bailey clears the Iron City Beer Double Jump and the fans acknowledge it. Not to take anything away from todays outdoor MX and riders, but Id rather watch these races any day

[@tedpaszko8274]

Me too Much more personal and grass roots camping atmosphere

[@BosephusBigelsworth]

Thanks for posting this!

[@1ls376]

Thank You for posting

[@superfly3990]

These races from the 1980's were fantastic. Of note @0:20 is Linda McCartney making a drug deal with Tina Onassis for an 8-Ball. That was the 1980's in a nutshell.

[@maxwellbrown7294]

I love that the camera guy is just filming the hot chicks for longer than they should.

[@deborahchesser7375]

I’m with you lighting, I’d give anything to go back then, I was still 17 for 2more months wow listen to that YZ ,nothing like a stock sounding bike boy she’s crisp

[@thomaspartin191]

Deborah chesser : in 83, they still had the "works" bikes. No stockers for these factory guys.

[@deborahchesser7375]

Thomas Partin true they were far from stock I he’s I meant fresh

[@deborahchesser7375]

I wonder what a winning factory bike is worth, like Hannah or Omaras bike

[@nurumenokan]

いい動画をありがとうございます!! good job!! Thanks😉

[@jackporter4180]

Thanks, this tape is almost 40 years old.

[@JoeCole12]

Excellent footage!! I was 18 back then. I don’t remember those rollers after the first turn?

[@gregd360]

Awesome video!

[@jackporter4180]

Thanks Greg, Never thought I would get over 25K views, it was some footage I shot as a kid, I may need to have it touched-up professionally . lol

[@robertrishel3685]

Works bikes! What a great year for MX! I remember waiting for cycle news or MXA or come out so I could see where the 125class battle stood! But those factory bikes....worst decision the AMA ever made....well maybe the second worse thing they ever did (4-strokes...meh!). Those Honda and Kawasaki works bikes were just so trick in ‘84! Meanwhile, poor Brock is pressing on with that aircooled bike.... good times, the 80’s👍👍👍👍

[@rossmorgan3273]

The Europeans with their tracks and riding techniques of this time were 10 years behind the Americans . Did we the Europeans even know what whoops and double jumps we're back in 1984 😂 , awesome video

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Boy oh boy. What would you give to own one of those 1984 Honda Works bikes? I understand most works bikes got crushed by the factories after their racing days. What a shame. It would be cool to see the old works bikes from all manufactures from 63 to 86 in private circulation. I wonder what they would be selling for today? I wonder if the owners would ride them? :)

[@iwillkillue9767]

Six figures easy..

[@ricardocrabu4124]

Con in pista : "Johnnj" 0 show, lo Spettacolo è ha mille!!!! Grande O' Mara!!!!

[@jackporter4180]

There back again, after 25 years it's still running!! This Weekend, June 16, The 42nd Annual High Point National. This year's High Point will mark Round 4 of the 2018 Lucas Oil Pro Motocross Championship, sanctioned by AMA Pro Racing. The races are the perfect way to spend Father’s Day weekend in the great outdoors!.....Sorry, the $10 admission not possible in 2018. Leave a comment, if you were there in the eighty's or Maybe going this weekend. Also, What Bikes do you prefer, the 450F's or CR500's

[@chadkennedy529]

I'm from 84 pa and still run +30 when I find the time off work.. High point was a huge part of my childhood.

[@jackporter4180]

Original I'm from Belle Vernon, Pa. One Day (around 1980), this kid on a XR 80 stopped by my farm. This Crazy kid was Emery Anden, One of the best from D5. That was the start of my 6 years in motocross. I've be Lucky enough to race in Pittsburgh, Detroit, Atlanta, NJ, Florida and local Races in D5 & D6. Best 6 years of my life.

[@chadkennedy529]

No kidding.. yeah the good old district 5 days with Bud little.. I I wouldn't trade those memories for the world.

[@jackporter4180]

Yes, Buddy Little, and Friday night's at Motordrome, (Smithton Pa) racing Motocross all Summer Long....

[@johnnymohler3381]

CR’s no question

[@OnTheFritz602]

Damn these guys were fast!

[@tannerbo1p]

I was there that weekend

[@vintagemxer9165]

Last lap and Bailey is all over Glover and the video taping stops! Why?! Did O'Mara go off the track before the finish line? Damn there was some serious battling in every class! Who's girlfriend was the chick in the blue Honda shirt?

[@jackporter4180]

Thanks Jamie, I believe David tried a move around Broc on the bottom side of the track, so Broc rolled in unchallenged ….Yes, Johnny O blew threw the last berm and finished 2nd. The Honda girls are David's B Wife and Johnny O's Girl friend in 1984...Note, I was 24 when filming this in 84, and today all the riders and there friends in this video are in their 50's now... LOL

[@blashblash62]

Back when there were 3 people in the pits; the rider, the mechanic and the girlfriend.

[@deborahchesser7375]

Cone pipes and tight jeans, yep , 84’

[@brucefile7430]

Thats David Bailey's wife Gina in the opening pit scene. Cameraman can't take his eyes off of her.....lol

[@smartymx97]

Surely alot of those riders are not AMA National standard......

[@toddalterman6142]

Anyone else miss cotton jerseys?

[@jackporter4180]

My kids use my old jerseys for night PJ's.. the old shop "J & J Cycles" Grove City Pa

[@iwillkillue9767]

What's up with the camera guy always panning over to the blonde chick? Who is she,, I'm pretty sure the brunette she was talking to in the beginning was Mercedes Gonzalez?

[@jackporter4180]

Mercedes Gonzalez, No, its David Bailey wife and Johnny O's California Girl friend, Camera man never seen a REAL California Girl .

[@fkp-1353]

@@jackporter4180 Yes, the dark-haired girl is Gina, David Bailey's wife. Not sure but I think the blonde is Lisa Petty, Preston Petty's daughter. The story I always heard was that Lisa had been dating Donnie Hansen until Donnie was seriously hurt while practicing for the des Nations and then Lisa immediately dumped Donnie for Johnny.

[@coolmusic1579]

pit tootsies hanging around. Do they still call them that? 🤔 😄

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Who cares what others accept. I still call great looking girlfriends of racers "Pitt Tootsies". But that is only because they are supportive of their boyfriend racer, and look good doing it. It has nothing to do with their mind as/or a derogatory statement, because I am sure most are sharper than their boyfriends after the racing is done. :)

[@jerrymarshall2095]

Pit pirates now.ha ha.

[@iwillkillue9767]

Look at everyone sitting around ,,and not seeing one person with a phone or tablet in their hands!!!

[@rogersoscaletrains2946]

Hey jack did I see Bob Hannah in this video

[@jackporter4180]

Yes Roger, I believe he's riding the no. 25 Honda. Grew up south of Pittsburgh, Moved to Harrisburg for two years, now in Tulsa Ok the last 37 years. Also, I Enjoyed watching your Lionel and layout videos.🏍

[@rogersoscaletrains2946]

Wow I love watching these videos thanks for sharing

[@jackporter4180]

Yes honda 25 I believe

[@gregmaggio5217]

My Gawd, I believe one of the mics was actually on one of the mufflers, yikes!

[@jackporter4180]

Sorry , rookie mistake on up converting VHS to MPG-4 to HD. Bloc's 490 sound was pretty true "CRISP SMOKER"

[@deborahchesser7375]

WORKS BIKES wow

[@EarthSurferUSA]

Ron Lechien: The super talent with little desire, doing only what he thought he had to do, to keep up with the start of mediocrity of MX in the USA. Lechien was one of, if not the first true talent to see the competition allowed him to party. Not good overall.

[@deborahchesser7375]

Drum brakes on an 84’ ? Odd

[@jackporter4180]

De, these were the years of converting over to disk brakes, some "works bikes" had them, and some didn't.

[@johnpena9165]

@@deadenear Yamaha was the last manufacturer to convert to disc brakes (front only) in 1985 !

[@johnrickey5631]

glover beating bailey on a pretty much stock yz490,against a 100 thousand dollar works piece of art.

[@jerrymarshall2095]

Glovers bike was far from stock,but not the match of the rc's

[@michaelmays9292]

Like to have that gas tank

[@jamesbramblett3346]

Thanks for posting this gem. I really enjoyed watching the pit area moments.