Travis Pastrana 125 @ Loretta Lynn's

Travis Pastrana 125 battle @ Loretta Lynn's

[@MXprofessor11]

Thanks, been doing this for many years. Every time I was out with one of my riders I most always had my camera. Never know what you are going to get. 13 years with Travis. Good to go back and see detail.

[@bradwyrick7513]

Gary Bailey awesome camera skills for back then, thanks

[@russelleldridge3726]

I hope you horrified him for sitting down so much! I have some videos of stew I took in 01 at Loretta’s. No one ever rode that track faster.

[@goldsbym]

Great old videos. 1987 Lake Sugar tree amateurs event the day before the nationals. 125B class was a awesome battle.

[@MXprofessor11]

👍👍👍 Going to post more from those days.

[@roymcdavid4549]

Was that a swarm of angry bees?? No, 125s on the pipe!!! Love that sound

[@scottbradford4130]

Came looking for this comment cause I was thinking the same thing.. hahahahaha..

[@milesdufourny3783]

I love the smell of Maxima 927 in the morning!

[@brandonqueen9327]

@@milesdufourny3783 wasnt that called. Maxima "Caster 927" i feel in all honesty caster 927 was all around better for your clutches but i dont know how anyone could say it smelled better then Klotz Benol. Mmmmmmmmmmm. It just sa dang good!

[@trevorodom1930]

This was the peak of motocross right here this era.

[@markme4]

80s and 90s were both great

[@logan3815]

Epic, my dude ivan in there too. Back when there was not a single 4 stroke on the track! Good old days lol

[@Evander42117]

Logan you could actually hear the people you came to the track with talk. that was nice.

[@trevorodom1930]

Amen to that

[@chadanderson2486]

Fourstrokes are for pussies!!!!

[@MichaelAMyers1957]

@@chadanderson2486 you're a clown

[@JimmyR83]

4strokes completely ruined motox imo. We used to have to work on a 2stroke

[@mickjagr3538]

I miss the days of Ricky Johnson...David Bailey...Jeff Ward...Johnny O mara....

[@JR-qz3zt]

Dang, I miss that sound! I miss racing. Thank you for posting this. Travis is definitely one of a kind. Pretty cool to see him at this stage.

[@magus1111]

Those were the days my friend.... :) So many lifetime accomplishments. Thanks again for these priceless vids !

[@wayneboyd2682]

Excellent. Thanks for sharing this Gary.

[@teamflanneloutdoors5631]

Thanks for sharing this video Mr Bailey👍 Now I will have to check the Vault to see who all was in that race that Pastrana beat.

[@joshhellstorm184]

Awesome stuff Gary. Trav has been my favorite rider since I was a kid.

[@thesouth50]

Thanks for sharing this! My body tensed up like it was my own kid. I had a hard time breathing correctly. Lol. Not to take away from tedesco, but man was u pulling for Travis.

[@unoefxz]

Winnig a championship, awesome!! The smirk after the interview, PRICELESS!!!

[@tobyh3681]

My son is getting ready to transition to 125's at the end of the season. Great motivational video 4 us. Thanks Gary. 👍

[@zPrideful]

Toby H schoolboy is probably one of the toughest classes. Great place to learn how to be the fastest tho lol.

[@hrbestalkinme3690]

Don't forget the value of cross training!! Trials bikes, singletrack, and even stand up jet skis. Standup jet skis are a great FUN way to stay in shape. Works similar muscle groups. Helps you get "smooth". And youre always getting a good workout swimming back to the ski every time you crash. No track fees, they dont eat tires/chains/pistons, and low injury risk! Hope he does well. 125 days are pivotal and fun times

[@DM-qp7do]

I was always too big for 125s in my day. But ya gotta love that sound! Just ON THE PIPE the entire race. Love it...

[@jasonfalcon7703]

You upload the best videos! for our love for our sport!

[@bunnymanmoe8819]

Shouts out to the camera man for good consistency.

[@dustinmcmanus5527]

Woah, TP, didn’t have hand guards😂😂😂

[@williamjeffreys2980]

To me, going fast on a race track is always more impressive than any tricks or flips. I always wondered how fast Travis could have been had he committed himself to it long term. We'll never know.

[@abracing199]

Don't think he has the attention span to buckle down to training for racing. Seems like his mind is best going in a million different directions, he's made a pretty good living of it.

[@AUSTIN_457]

Imagine if all his achievements in freestyle motocross never happened. I agree that seeing his full potential in racing would have been very interesting but this man had so much more of an impact on fmx that racing never could. Can you ever imagine the double backflip being landed for the first time and it not be him? I can't!

[@RileyTheGamer]

@@abracing199I agree but he also said he wasn’t willing to be an asshole. If he had friends that raced with him, he wanted to remain friends on the track. He wasn’t willing to do whatever it took to win. His quote was something like “Ricky Carmichael was willing to be an asshole and I wasn’t.” Essentially, he’s too nice. He felt bad if someone went down because of him. He wanted to be the nice guy and unfortunately nice guys finish last. He was a hell of a racer though. I feel like people took advantage of him being the “kid” of his era and would bully him around and he just got sick of it.

[@DiegoRuiz1991]

TP199 said during his very very very lengthy Whiskey Throttle Show that we actually saw him probably as good as he could ever be, that he actually tried really hard but that he wasn't "that good"

[@RICHOWASP]

97 I was racing then shame it's all 4 strokes now hope they bring the 2 stroke action back. the by far

[@cml9200]

I had the pleasure of getting smoked by Ivan that same year at Ponca. Good times, thanks for uploading this vid. Pure gold.

[@bradwyrick7513]

Chad Labat Ponca was an awesome track

[@Skateoutlaw]

I so miss those days.

[@joewahrerMotorcycleMan]

Thank-you Professor Gary Bailey for posting this video. You are helping us all get geared up for the MX Des Nations in Michigan. I hope to see you there! I think David Bailey represented the USA at one of the MX Des Nations, didn't he?

[@paulreefman4108]

3 or more times and would have been at least 1 more if he didn't have the accident.

[@Motocue912]

Been to your school over 5 times growing up at Byron il .. I went on and got myself a top ten at Loretta’s .. them were the good old days .. nice video , thanks...

[@rustyshackleford5549]

Before Aaron, Joe ran the show Trivia question Who ran Byron before Joe?

[@Motocue912]

Joes Dad .. I’m just Guessing . Two words Saw Dust.. That was when the track was rough and tough. Miss them days.

[@Motocue912]

Gary would smack my hand with a peice of sno fence if I dident have two fingers on the clutch. Love that guy.

[@rustyshackleford5549]

Darrin Hill I first experienced Byron in the spring of '74 on an XR-75 "Moto Mike" was the first to run Motosports Park (before Joe) He would sit on top of the sign in shack and read off riders meeting with a bullhorn He then moved on and ran Tipton Iowa And for the record, it wasn't saw dust rather wood chips in the back section ( the early 90's) That back berm was fuckin legendary (Byrons version of original Southwick) I loved watching Jim Veugeler, Bob Behrens, Jr. Jackson, Breck Powers DESTROY it That group were the only ones doubling the huge triple As for the Gary's school, I totally remember the "smack the hands" thing I also remember David being at the school in 1980 (#45 Kawasaki) and Gary having him lay his bike on the face of the uphill (trying to block the fast line) and the students would have to negotiate around his bike (find a fresh line) Here's one for the wayback machine - remember Maplehurst?

[@davidatwood2619]

@@Motocue912 i heard he broke a kids finger doing that

[@BusaJohnny1]

Nothing better than that swarm of bee’s to the first turn😎🤘🏻🤙🏻

[@Landonmoto39]

Travis is still one of the most naturally gifted riders to ever live....I don’t follow his other endeavors much these days, but when he was racing, I was obsessed with that #199...he was/is my idol

[@joshhellstorm184]

Agreed and cool as hell and humblest of all.

[@Luftbubblan]

God these sounds brings me back :;D

[@stevenllewellyn8906]

Luftbubblan I can remember the smell , best smell ever.

[@Luftbubblan]

Agree :D

[@bunnymanmoe8819]

Luftbubblan U made me turn my volume up

[@bunnymanmoe8819]

Steven Llewellyn fact

[@nancysmith9487]

Pretty cool seeing Travis in his younger years... awesome Track was mint....

[@KyleHansen509]

Good seeing Travis anything with dirtbikes Travis is a warrior in that sport and one of the most athletic persons on the planet really

[@jpaterna125]

Wow is this THE GARY BAILEY????? I CAN'T BELIEVE I CAME ACROSS YOUR CHANNEL. I WENT TO YOUR RACE SCHOOL IN DANVILLE VIRGINIA WHEN I WAS ABOUT 16 WITH MY KX80!!!! YOUR WERE A GOD TO ME AND STILL ARE!!! YOUR TRACK WAS AMAZING!!! AND THE KNOWLEDGE AND TECHNIQUE THAT YOU TAUGHT WAS AND STILL IS EXTREMELY BENEFICIAL!!!! DO YOU STILL RIDE?? IS YOUR SCHOOL STILL BEING HELD?? I HAVE A 5 YEAR OLD SON AND WOULD LOVE FOR HIM TO PARTAKE IN THIS AMAZING EXPERIENCE!!!

[@txman276]

Man, TP had really good throttle control in the corners and got insanely good as his career progressed. Sure his freestyle was great, but I think Pastrana had some of the best cornering technique I’ve ever seen. Very underrated discipline and skill.

[@bradwyrick7513]

txman276 he stayed upright a lot more than everyone else pure throttle skill

[@ryanlynch2259]

He had the fastest lap times. Faster than the greats... can't beat that

[@brandonqueen9327]

@@ryanlynch2259 it was all in the roost deflector flappy thingy things lol!!! He was using them before they were even cool. Thats his secret to success lmfao

[@TeoZMuff313]

Great work. Thanks

[@michaelmcdonald4699]

Good ole days...him..Mr rob and Ms Debbie are great people. I spent many weekends racing with him and having fun at his RV at night with the Pastranas brings back great track memories even though he used to destroy us once the gate dropped lol

[@Amy-ww1sk]

My brother Aaron Day was in this race # 28 he's in the background at the end. Brings back so many memories.

[@mikealbrailsford1499]

I remember arron day ,from acuasco mx park. He had a brother that was fast also.

[@jaredleavermx94]

A rare look at Travis Pastrana *without* handgaurds

[@underthegun5799]

Tedesco was keeping him honest most of that moto. What a awesome battle!

[@jgrimfrost8747]

Great! I Will follow 😃👍🏼🇸🇪

[@mototoad1242]

Nothing like these days! Those em 125s were the most fun you could have on a 125

[@psychosneighbor1509]

Nobody fixed his goggle strap for him? Pffft...

[@Evander42117]

Psycho's Neighbor my first thought. poor kid.

[@slimjimmy693]

Showing off his painted helmet bruh

[@johnschauder]

SlimJimmy he needs to get a custom goggle strap that matches the picture on the custom painted helmet perfectly when it is in the right place...that's how a real savage does it

[@fkhan577]

These were the days when REAL riders rode REAL BIKEs for REAL MX. Dicking around with goggle-straps was not much of a priority ..

[@oz2strokeman116]

Something most of us consider a serious failure when it comes to moto style. The mechanic (or even Gary Bailey filming, who had a son with more style than nearly everyone else) must have received a death threat (after all his pants weren't on fire) just prior, to have let that slip. Probably the poor mechanic still can't stand being reminded, or maybe he's now that old guy you see at the local track whose goggles hang down and always have.

[@thadschaeffer2563]

I miss the days of the high pitched shriek of a 125. Plus the smell of race fuel and 2 cycle oil.

[@gfg8262]

I love to hear Tim Cotter giving the play by play. Feels like summertime.

[@Kevin_40]

i added this to my good music playlist

[@joshhellstorm7767]

Hell yeah thank you

[@jasonurban3597]

Does anybody know who was on that YZ the Travis was battling with

[@motoduzzi7420]

Ivan was smooth in the corners but Travis owned those jumps! Great battle

[@ansoncritchlow1770]

Wow......... Incredible footage..... Pastrana... Probably the most exciting but most inconsistent riders of all time...... He cud come first or dead last on the same day..... Incredible rider... Just a loonatic!!

[@jonlebon5086]

Aggravates me that his mechanic didn’t fix his goggle strap at the line

[@dirtydave2691]

I was thinking the same thing .

[@jamesfalterman5098]

@@dirtydave2691 Me too

[@dougdickason]

Travis and Ivan had one heck of a battle most of that motto.

[@noelnegative7697]

conventional 97/98 twin chamber cartridge forks.. i only saw his front end get loose once .im sure it was on the last lap. got me 3 pairs of those. the inverted's are replaced with 98 rm forks every new bike i get..love to here travs report on those forks

[@brianstump6388]

Gary Bailey the legend. I miss training at Baileys Mx school those were the days

[@kcinc11]

Can you please post race date ? That would be nice

[@kellienicolebrooksschettin6598]

I thought Travis was looking back to see if he had room for tricks he was thinking about it....THANKS good race

[@64maxpower]

Thanks Gary!

[@johnschauder]

I had those same fox 360 pants back in the day

[@VlogEpicness]

Just me or were the 10 commandments smaller?

[@MichaelAMyers1957]

It looks like Everything is alot smaller and smoother

[@MitzvosGolem1]

Excellent 👍

[@kevinkreager6849]

Murder hornets charging into turn one...

[@drtydawg73]

97? i had a lovely 97 kx250 for a while, loved that bike.

[@migueldeoliveira0227]

Yes, 97

[@davidramsay7465]

Is he on a stock bike?

[@brianmorrison9066]

God bless Loretta Lynn!

[@MXprofessor11]

Jamie thanks for all the facts, all good to know.

[@kings17court]

I heard the name Ben Riddle. I think he currently offers coaching at Spyder MX in Wildwood, FL.

[@maximumhardcore4362]

Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in a while and forgot all about. I think it was him way way back that got into some type of underground or cage fighting or something like that for a bit when his max career wasn’t going as planned.

[@kingracing6693]

Gotta love the goggle strap schwag

[@zekeziemann4736]

That was a great race...

[@RUSSty1975]

What year was this Greg ? and great footage also..

[@migueldeoliveira0227]

1997

[@ZZ123FORE]

Next stop Las Vegas, Way to go Travis World record jump!!!

[@stuckcamping]

Back when tracks used to be technically challenging separating the field out

[@DeletedUser73926]

What year is this?

[@migueldeoliveira0227]

1997

[@neildickson4897]

my right ear is still waiting for this race

[@flightforensics4523]

Class act!

[@johnnyrye5779]

Travis was absolutely shredding.

[@dirtydave2691]

I live about two hours North of Hurricane Mills and it is hot and humid that time of year. I mean really humid.

[@dasilva103]

Interesting to see the 100% sticker on his fender, what did they make before goggles and apparel?

[@DoGnarlyStuff]

I'm pretty sure just numbers and stickers. Back before they had pre printed number plate backgrounds I remember seeing them

[@55tmilam]

Stickers. Back in the day you had to have a 100% sticker on your bike!

[@DM-qp7do]

Pastrana is definitely earned the name wonder boy. I'm not sure who he's chasing in the 1 spot but Travis is about 6 inch taller than him and probably 60lbs heavier. Travis was always in great shape for racing. He will forever be my favorite, first it was Rick Johnson and then Pastrana.

[@turtlewax653]

Way to keep it on 2 wheels!👍🏻

[@Beenweenie669]

Bro is crazy as a mf!!!!!!! Bro is a absolute LEGEND AT THE VERY MF LEAST!!!!!

[@arborist460]

Ben riddle was the man to beat around here in ky....his lap times at dbmx in London ky were light yrs ahead of everyone else....got the holeshot in his first supercross....I remember it well...fell in the oxycontin hole I recon and ruined it all

[@dennisdreher1038]

damn that sucks i was wondering what ever happened to him

[@warclownband]

bens dad was a dickhead. i remember a buddy knocking his ass out at muddy creek for stealing the water line to wash bens bike in the middle of someone else washing theres. cocky elitist asshat.

[@mickeybeahl3664]

I raced there also. I knew Ben. He got into trouble for trafficking Weed. His dad was good in my book.

[@davehalcomb2258]

Watched Clark Stiles there , Mike Brown too, remember the Cannondale MX400 ?? seen it run there , or attemp to run can't remember who the pilot was

[@jaydavis0927]

Those mosquitoes are going off!

[@davem145mxr]

Ivan ran a good race until Travis decided to check out

[@lect0n7]

You’re telling me Ivan Tedesco was fast enough in 1997 to lead golden boy Pastrana through most of a Loretta Lynn’s 125A moto, but didn’t get a popular run in the _lites_ division until after two-stroke motorcycles had been forced outta the picture in professional racing & after Travis had long since stopped racing Motocross & Supercross... by the time Tedesco was a top level pro, Pastrana had already moved past WRC Rally Racing & was well into Lyn-Z & _Nitro Circus..._

[@motowhips1179]

Did anybody have no sound or is it my phone?

[@gjs9551]

Phone

[@Purefunkx]

Sounds like an angry swarm of bees! I love the smell of race gas in the morning.

[@davidatwood2619]

Damn tim cotter looked young!

[@colesutherland1298]

What year?

[@migueldeoliveira0227]

1997

[@d3et1roi3t]

42 leaders Bike is way faster than 199's. Wonder if RC4 & JS7 are in the pack?

[@zPrideful]

You can tell which ones know how to get a holeshot just by how where their heads are facing lol

[@PokeyCottons]

T-SMOOTH!

[@shannongrisham]

Ricky Carmichael raced two years ago because I was there and seen him ride

[@MXprofessor11]

it is possible they change a little every year when being rebuilt. you know as the bikes get better and the riders little better they make a bigger they make challenges a little bigger.

[@SHADYxx178]

His goggle strap so low on helmet is freaking me out for some reason.

[@MrEtonmess]

Dustin Schlickau he has it like that so the custom paint job on the helmet can be seen.

[@basshawk100]

He still rides like that

[@Thepianobird]

Travis can be such a goon, but hes still travis

[@bradwyrick7513]

That’s how we did in the 90s

[@ronbradshaw7404]

Is this Ben Millot, being Trav's mechanic???

[@MXprofessor11]

Not a back brace... it’s chest protector, front and back

[@69mjar]

Who was Travis racing for the lead?

[@paulreefman4108]

Hot sauce

[@migueldeoliveira0227]

Ivan Tedesco

[@NessieTheCatt]

traviss is such a good dude good friend

[@bud385]

Travis is cool I raced with him a couple times in Fl back in the 90's Fun times.

[@tommorgan7178]

Wish would of raced just a little bit more before go on to fmx

[@davewyatt1468]

Who was no.42 on the yamaha

[@Wordtoyamom]

ivan tedesco

[@todddooley793]

A lot of the youngsters out there never knew how legit TP199 was. That was Ivan Tedesko he beat(#42), a sx and national champion. #9 career number.

[@Purefunkx]

Saw him at Kenworthy's and yeah he was fast as hell, beat Brock Sellards that day I think. Travis, Metzger, Deegan were all fast, hell I saw Mike Jones get the holeshot at Indy Supercross before once haha.

[@davehalcomb2258]

@@Purefunkx , Mr Funk not only did Mad Mike pull the hole shot, If I remember correctly he led a lap or 3, good times there !!! I saw Travis there too, watched Randy throw a clutch in Jeremy's Mazda Chapparal YZ , haven't been back since RC, he ruined it for me !!

[@junkyarddawgs9956]

I heard Ivan Tedesco and Andrew Short names called

[@fullnoyz7670]

Awesome battle? Does anyone no who number 42 is?

[@calineman]

Ivan Tedesco aka hotsauce.

[@fullnoyz7670]

Kenny Boatman oh nice! Cheers for the reply!

[@tressner]

Balls of your feet ...finger on the clutch lean your head into the corner weight the outside peg ..no ones perfect some are just closer than others

[@fartguy171]

probably the last time he rode regular forks