S5 EP2 SCOTT BURNWORTH

[@kroutmoto]

You got this in just in time Ping. I was a fan of his since his days on R&D Racing Engines RM80’s wearing the styling JT gear. RIP.

[@JosephDredd31]

Extremely sad to hear of Scott's passing. What an absolute positive spokesman for the Sport. God Speed Scott.

[@motosusansportsgirl5661]

Rest in peace Scott Burnsworth 🙏💛🕊️

[@monkcox1662]

Thank you so much ping

[@DanArnets1492]

Spanish guy here, I can give a whole lot of notes about Burnworth's time in Spain: · Manresa is indeed 40-50 minutes away from Barcelona and Wikipedia says it was like 65k people back in the late 80s, not that small and for sure the biggest town in like a 20-minute radius. He was probably hired by the Maquina Motors guys, dealership is still there but the main KTM importer is now in Terrassa (halfway between Manresa and Barcelona). · Andorra is this one small tax haven between Spain and France, it's basically a "bowl" 100% surrounded by tall mountains. LOTS of MotoGp riders and pro road cyclists live there, both for taxes and for physical training. Downtown Barcelona to Andorra is like 3h flat and like 20 minutes more if you wanna reach the couple big ski resorts in there · Montserrat is one of the most beautiful places in Europe, quite easy to be motivated to pedal up and down the bunch of twisty roads there. The crazy rock formations combined with the monastery, cathedral and such is AWESOME. · San Marino is a microcountry, even smaller than Andorra, entirely surrounded by northern Italy. I don't think they've ever truly hosted anything BUT motorsports events held in places like Imola are usually classified as "San Marino GP" and such. · IVECO (not Ivico like Burnworth said) is an Italian van+truck company that has/had manufacturing plants in Spain, making them rather popular up until the 1990s. I'm almost 100% sure they were moving around in a 1980s IVECO Daily with the torque-focused 80hp engine. Thing could climb no problem but cruising speed was indeed just 55mph or so if you wanted the engine to last. · Barcelona to Lommel is around 900-950 miles depending on the route and you only had to cross TWO borders (France in the middle).

[@michaelpanagiotis7109]

Burner ! This was great Ping , thanks for trip down memory Lane . . .

[@SKRATCH587]

RIP LEGEND🙏🏻

[@DS-oi4wl]

This interview has some great pictures...wow.

[@lancelove2858]

Awesome remembering Scott and seeing him ride at Barona #1 I went from a stock 1975 XR 75 to Scotts 1974Mod YZ 80A I watched him win many races on the Motorcycle So cool Bernie put it up for sale My Dad bought it Never forget It was like riding a rocket ship . So cool I hole shotted and win races on Scotts Motorcycle.

[@scottburnworth2006]

Hey Lance!

[@Langleyshowpig]

I got to race 125 intermediate at the LA collesium 1978 with him. Scott dominated 3 classes that day. I still have my big ass trophy and think about him and all the thieves jacking bikes in the RV lot the night before. awesome memories!!

[@patrickrichard9606]

Another good show ping in the 70s what I remember was Tarzana Yamaha tricked out 80s motorcycle Specialties green xr75 being a fast intermediate was cool in the 70s my brother did nma every kid was fast Timeflies

[@AESOP2U]

Another one out of the park Ping. Scott is such a good person.

[@valerieumphenour3565]

My husband raced with Pat Jacobson. He always said Pat would of been one the greats. Said story!

[@scottackerman8981]

I always loved the Burner! Fellow Suzuki lover as well. Great when he was talking about being aggressive at his Vintage races there at the end......heck I want to go race one now! Of course if he gets close to me in a corner he's going in the cheap seats.

[@MotoXplor]

Burner is a great guy. Got to know him through the vintage community. Lots of great times with him and his family.

[@wtfftw24]

I always loved to watch Burnworth racing. Stylish e fast

[@borehole8631]

Always liked the Burner. Great interview.

[@whiskeythrottlemedia]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@remotecontrol9874]

Burner is a trooper. When he was 125 pro he had to race against O'mara, Wardy and Barnett. And all those guys had better bikes. Burnworth was on the crappy Yamaswap suspension and radiator mounted on the triple clamps. When I was a kid the first time I saw him was at a Saddleback National. He looked fast, totally cool in JT gear, but Barnett won both motos.

[@jeremywalters2205]

CDR Tech Track was in Castle Rock Colorado, it stands for Continental Divide Raceways. It’s a legendary Car Raceway, Mario Andretti, Al Unser Jr, all raced there. They held the 1981 and 1982 AMA motocross nationals there, someone got killed and they shut it down. Then it went back to the first lakewood track in 1983, where the 1979-1980 Nationals were held, at Lakewood Sportcycle park. Then to the new Lakewood track Thunder Valley, where it has been since 1984. Think old and new Hangtown track’s when you think of the Lakewood track’s. I grew up 10 minutes from both Lakewood track’s and my moms ashes are spread at CDR. Hope this helps.

[@robertrishel3685]

To guys my age, who were racing back in the 70’s and 80’s Burnsworth is among the best. Burnsworth, Meyerscough…. There is a long list of guys who were so amazing and so close…. They were as much a part of it as Hannah, Ward and Bailey to me. All my hero’s.

[@daveeppig-nu7fq]

Great job Ping, The 🔥 Burner is one of the Legends and he does so much for the sport!!

[@joedill8162]

Fantastic interview ping keep'em coming braaap

[@DS-oi4wl]

1:04 I agree -- the No. 8 is a cool number...because it has symmetry.

[@bobhannah9944]

Remember all the pic in the magazines, he had some great rides/bikes/fast company for sure!!! I currently had 3 RM80's in the machine shop ,building trick racers-1-1977,2 1978 models!!!!

[@teamflanneloutdoors5631]

How did I miss this one? Always enjoyed watching the Burner race. Dude was fast and smooth, not many can put those two skills together! One of my prized MX trinket’s is a Burner Suzuki decal (#39 peace sign) an old MX buddy gave me one time many years ago after we bench raced one night about Scott on that 86’ YZ125 turd @ Red Bud✊🏻 Thanks again Whiskey Throttle-Very cool.

[@markllev356]

I love your interview with Burner! I cannot help but wonder why you didn’t touch on Jetpilot more? In my opinion, he did way more for the Jet Ski industry than he ever did for moto! He was partly responsible for creating an image in that industry that was at a level that will never be duplicated! They were the JT Racing of the Jet Ski world. In fact in my opinion they were way more cutting edge! Thankfully I was part of the JT, and then Jetpilot movement back in those days! I cannot even put into words how awesome that time was! One of my great buddies Chris Gann not only raced for them, but he also worked there. I remember being so stoked to go to So Cal and hang out at the office.

[@borehole8631]

I never knew that. Cool. Thanks for sharing.

[@shepherd_mx]

Looking forward to this!

[@DS-oi4wl]

"You're 16 now...here's a pack of smokes and a 250!" Funny...

[@moneyontrees6]

All alone no spectators along the fence at Binghamton 1983 or 4 told Scott Good luck. He turned to see me I was 20. Do you remember ?

[@sqd37l]

R.I.P. I hated to hear that Scott passed. Sounds like a truly nice guy. These Whiskey Throttle interviews are pure gold.

[@patrickharper9969]

Ping loved when you raced, but you're the moto historian now, history will always remember you for your gift to the moto world.

[@gmazz0913]

I remember back in the early 80s at the San Diego Supercross, there was a flyer going around in the pits about an after Supercross party at Burners house later that night. We lived about 2 hrs away but we were driving there but decided to go home instead cause Jamul was a ways out there and we had a long drive home already. Wish we would have went there.

[@scottburnworth2006]

It was a good one! 😀

[@gmazz0913]

@@scottburnworth2006 Thanks for the comment 👍 Loved that black and red Hallman gear you sported. San Diego was MX force back then.

[@carloscampillo6107]

I’ll dig the flyer up!

[@gmazz0913]

@@carloscampillo6107 That would be cool. I have the scarf RJ used to wear around his neck in 84 signed to me by him at the 84 San Diego Supercross, also have his helmet from 85, bought at fund raiser for Magoo at San Diego Supercross .

[@DS-oi4wl]

Very interesting. I can relate to his early riding experience and attending USGP in the '70s...I did the same stuff as a kid too. Scott was into Suzukis when they looked great...

[@scottrugg7109]

I remember when I learned how much easier it was to ride in sand and mudd with the right tires I looked forward to muddy and sandy tracks I could easily get up front and just not tip over and I can’t imagine if I had a bike completely set up for mudd you stay safe with everything they do have fun Danger Boy see you at Red Bud 🙏💯

[@slrrifleworks828]

Love it

[@DS-oi4wl]

1:55:40 Right -- supercross tracks are over-designed.

[@bobhannah9944]

Wish I had some of those Suzuki 80 pics to replicate parts

[@chriscadman6379]

Good morning.

[@jonlebon7106]

Kinda reminds me of an older Jesse James

[@athomerecordschannel]

Sad to see that I leave a comment showing my support and admiration for Scott "Burner" Burnworth, and mention just how much he meant to me as a kid coming up as a fan of this sport and someone at Whiskey Throttle Media felt the need to delete it. No cursing, nothing disrectful, nothing but positivity and greatness spoken about one of my childhood Motocross Heros and it gets deleted. Very sad to see. I guess Whiskey Throttle Show believes in censorship for absolutely no reason these days.

[@shepherd_mx]

Ping has been watching too much CNN😝

[@Kawboy65]

Are you sure Whiskey Throttle deleted it? KZbin bots delete comments all the time of users that they feel left "controversial" comments on other videos in the past.

[@DS-oi4wl]

@@shepherd_mx I have had that happen here too...

[@AESOP2U]

Happens to me all the time too, probably youtube admin and not Ping.

[@whiskeythrottlemedia]

@homerecordschannel Not sure what happened, but your comment wasn't deleted. The only reason I would have deleted your comment if it was distasteful or disrespectful. KZbin does flag some comments but I don't see anything from you being held for review.

[@alanmartin8786]

John Banks how can you not know who he was 😁 , see if you can get some old uk guy on is Kurt's day still kicking he'll give you an education.

[@scottburnworth2006]

😀

[@docstomp5524]

Unfortunately Suzuki just isn’t the same company they were in the days they dominated. There are some great people there, but the culture there at the higher level is depressing.

[@algoresports7847]

Nice stash 60

[@whiskeythrottlemedia]

Thanks 👍

[@jimkoch66]

Rad!

[@fallrookmike]

😕👊🏁