the most prominent racers from your local area BITD, who got the fame/factory ride Options

[Jsea73]

We all had a Guy/Gal from our Local track or State who made his or her way onto a Factory Team, had a Low National Number, picture in a Magazine, so who were the most prominent racers from your area BITD,

I'm From Kentucky we have a ton of Througobred race Horses who are famous but very few BMX's but here are a few guys who had factory rides and Low national Numbers,

Greg Beller from Owenboro Ky Factory Profile BITD and I Believe National # 3 in 1982
Tony Nurse I'm not sure if he was from Henderson or Owensboro, Had a National #
Paul Nichols From Madisonville Ky, Factory Vector He could fly on a Cruiser, had a Low National #
Mike Lausman, Rode for Whitmans out of Ohio and then Factory Free Agent Briefly in 1986 National #3 in 1985
we had a few other guys who were pretty fast and ended up doing pretty well at nationals,
Freddy Hooper From Owensboro, Did very well back in 1980 81 82
Brad Saylor

These are the guys I remember from KY, If you remember anyone else list em


Name some guys from your Hometown or your State unless you are from California, then you can probably name 10 guys who lived on your street,

[Duck]

Name some guys from your Hometown or your State unless you are from California, then you can probably name 10 guys who lived on your street,

I'm from St. Louis, MO. We had a bunch of guys from here with factory sponsors, a bunch of number 1s and top ten riders as well...

Tim Kikaraus- Vector / Freshour- top ten amateur for several years
Travis McGhee- Vector / Coastal- made the last terrible ten in BMXA, top ten on 20 and 24"
Ryk Roth- Free Agent- B Pro originally from Downey, CA
Derek Fink- Coastal- Top ten or so 17x, 18x
Dru Potts- Freshour- top 15 once or twice, maybe 16 or 17x
John Piant- DG / Huffy- I think everyone that thinks of St. Louis thinks of this guy. He did a lot.
Paul Gossrau- Jag / Raleigh (?) Nat'l #1 a couple of times against guys like Ellis, Williams, Johle, Leone, etc.
Mike Goeddy- GT- Nat'l #1
Steve Moore- GT- Nat'l #1
Jim Wallace- Torker- Nat'l #1 cruiser
John Baker- RRS- Nat'l #1
Kevin Conrad- Kuwahara- fast little guy. his head would shake "no" all the way around the track. crazy to watch.
Bob Hunt- Torker
Owen Dowdy (I forget who he rode for)
Marty Luker- Traker- I'm not sure if Luker ever got a number 1 but he was really fast. He was going up against Loncarevich and that class, back when Loncarevich was on Diamond Back. I guess that would have been 15 and 16x.
Matt Guinn- MCS
Margo Carroll (Panda?)
Jenny Zeuner (lived here in the late 80's, now in Colorado)

I know I'm missing some of the guys from the early 80s but that should be a pretty good list. I'm pretty sure one year Moore, Goeddy, Baker, Wallace, and I think Gossrau were all NBL number 1 at the same time.

[DeanHoward]

We all had a Guy/Gal from our Local track or State who made his or her way onto a Factory Team, had a Low National Number, picture in a Magazine, so who were the most prominent racers from your area BITD,

I'm From Kentucky we have a ton of Througobred race Horses who are famous but very few BMX's but here are a few guys who had factory rides and Low national Numbers,

Greg Beller from Owenboro Ky Factory Profile BITD and I Believe National # 3 in 1982
Tony Nurse I'm not sure if he was from Henderson or Owensboro, Had a National #
Paul Nichols From Madisonville Ky, Factory Vector He could fly on a Cruiser, had a Low National #
Mike Lausman, Rode for Whitmans out of Ohio and then Factory Free Agent Briefly in 1986 National #3 in 1985
we had a few other guys who were pretty fast and ended up doing pretty well at nationals,
Freddy Hooper From Owensboro, Did very well back in 1980 81 82
Brad Saylor

These are the guys I remember from KY, If you remember anyone else list em


Name some guys from your Hometown or your State unless you are from California, then you can probably name 10 guys who lived on your street,

Also from Owensboro Joey were:
John Hayden: Got on the Cook Bros. Factory Team
Chad Cornelius: Factory Hutch
Uh, Cody Weakleys sister: Factory Hutch also I believe
Dean Howard: Factory Harris Cycle Shop (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sarcastic_hand.gif) (ok, just a local bike shop)
Tony Nurse: He WAS from Owensboro. He went to California for a year to be on the Jag Team in I think 1979

This post has been edited by DeanHoward: Oct 10 2008, 04:52 AM

[MichBMX]

We had plenty of talent here in Michigan

Deanna Edwards - Factory GT Nat #1
Robyn Desjardins Factory JMC
Gary Debacker Factory JMC
Brian Colegrove - Factory CW
Kevin Special K Collins - Factory Hutch
Pat Sheridan Factory GT
Jeff Whitbrott- Factroy JMC
Marc Scooter Steimer- Factory GT
Dean Neeb - Factory Vans
Paul Rowdy Reed - Factory Kuwahara
Solan Foster- Factory JMC
Brain Barlow- Factory Jag Pro
Tammy Spaven - first year girl Pro Class Rider 1985
Jamson Hendler - Factory Shwinn - BMXA Terrible 10
Bart Chilers - Team Champion ( never got that one? )
Melanie Cline - Fast little girl BITD Factory Champion when I remember her


And there were plenty of laocal racers that had low national numbers BITD
Brian Norris
Scott Sedore
Jason Hill
Kevin Hood
Jason Smith
Mike Goose Chapman
and the list oges on!!!!!!!!

This post has been edited by MichBMX: Oct 10 2008, 06:21 AM

[robert foshag]

We had plenty of talent here in Michigan

Deanna Edwards - Factory GT Nat #1
Robyn Desjardins Factory JMC
Gary Debacker Factory JMC
Brian Colegrove - Factory CW
Kevin Special K Collins - Factory Hutch
Pat Sheridan Factory GT
Jeff Whitbrott- Factroy JMC
Marc Scooter Steimer- Factory GT
Dean Neeb - Factory Vans
Paul Rowdy Reed - Factory Kuwahara
Solan Foster- Factory JMC
Brain Barlow- Factory Jag Pro
Tammy Spaven - first year girl Pro Class Rider 1985
Jamson Hendler - Factory Shwinn - BMXA Terrible 10
Bart Chilers - Team Champion ( never got that one? )
Melanie Cline - Fast little girl BITD Factory Champion when I remember her


And there were plenty of laocal racers that had low national numbers BITD
Brian Norris
Scott Sedore
Jason Hill
Kevin Hood
Jason Smith
Mike Goose Chapman
and the list oges on!!!!!!!!

MISSED A FEW MI BMX..ILL HELP YA.

JEFF FOSHAG FACTORY ROBINSON, consistent top NATIONAL 16 expert from late 70'2 early 80's
TROY RAATZ FACTORY KUWAHARA, HUFFY ,CLASSIC BATTLES WITH JUICY JAWS JENSON
BRENT WALK FACTORY SE
ANDREW SOULE FACTORY HUTCH, HUFFY
IM SURE THERES MORE

AS FAR AS NATIONAL NUMBERS GOES THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY TOO LIST..

[bmxerpete]

My local tracks were Pompano, Coral Springs, Grand Prix (Ft. Lauderdale), Miami South, Homestead, and Kendall. They produced a few fast riders...

Greg Esser
Bryan Esser
Tim Judge
Nelson Chanady
Seth Buccieri
Johnny Turner
Lenny Batyicki (not sure if I spelled that right...sorry Lenny)
Dave Mountain
Jamie Burrows
Kerensky Bullard
Roy Reboucas
Vince Asbury
Gary Slater
Bebe Tavares

There's a ton more...I'm having brain fade at the moment. Chime in South Florida guys.

[3rd gear]

San Diego
E. KING
M. KING
SHAWN TEXAS
SHANE WIMBERLY
K. WALLER
AND THE MOST FAMOUS OF ALL........................ JOHNNY JOHNSON.

[Loper]

I'm from St. Louis, MO. We had a bunch of guys from here with factory sponsors, a bunch of number 1s and top ten riders as well...

Tim Kikaraus- Vector / Freshour- top ten amateur for several years
Travis McGhee- Vector / Coastal- made the last terrible ten in BMXA, top ten on 20 and 24"
Ryk Roth- Free Agent- B Pro originally from Downey, CA
Derek Fink- Coastal- Top ten or so 17x, 18x
Dru Potts- Freshour- top 15 once or twice, maybe 16 or 17x
John Piant- DG / Huffy- I think everyone that thinks of St. Louis thinks of this guy. He did a lot.
Paul Gossrau- Jag / Raleigh (?) Nat'l #1 a couple of times against guys like Ellis, Williams, Johle, Leone, etc.
Mike Goeddy- GT- Nat'l #1
Steve Moore- GT- Nat'l #1
Jim Wallace- Torker- Nat'l #1 cruiser
John Baker- RRS- Nat'l #1
Kevin Conrad- Kuwahara- fast little guy. his head would shake "no" all the way around the track. crazy to watch.
Bob Hunt- Torker
Owen Dowdy (I forget who he rode for)
Marty Luker- Traker- I'm not sure if Luker ever got a number 1 but he was really fast. He was going up against Loncarevich and that class, back when Loncarevich was on Diamond Back. I guess that would have been 15 and 16x.
Matt Guinn- MCS
Margo Carroll (Panda?)
Jenny Zeuner (lived here in the late 80's, now in Colorado)

I know I'm missing some of the guys from the early 80s but that should be a pretty good list. I'm pretty sure one year Moore, Goeddy, Baker, Wallace, and I think Gossrau were all NBL number 1 at the same time.

Duck..........here are a few corrections.
Tim Kakourus-also road for Jag-was top 5 national rider from 81-85
Travis Mcgee-was never a member of "The Terrible Ten"
Paul Gossrau-never earned a #1 plate racing Ellis, Williams, Johle, Leone,the guys he did race to win a title were-Patterson,Poulson,Zagars,Marietti,Cho,etc.
Jim Wallace-Never rode for Torker-he rode support MCS and Schwinn
John Baker-was never nat. #1
Bob Hunt-was Torker support
Marty Luker-lowest nat. # was 2 in cruiser,3 in expert.

[sanjosebmx]

Wow Nor Cal was full of big names.

Scott Clark
Frank Post
Richie Anderson
Ronnie Anderson
Brent and Brian Patterson


How do you pick a #1 from that group?

[omartcruisers]

Clarence Perry
Gary Ellis
Houseman Bros.
Corky Gainsford
Pee Wee Lee
Bret Luce
Tons more I can't remember