to this site.
Sal Echel was a mainstream at East Coast races BITD and I remember him stomping me constantly at Braddock! (I used to announce there Sal).
Sal Zeuner Sr., I mean what can we say...Vineland BMX Track THE track in Southern NJ, I remember my first time rolling down that starting hill and into that monster turn and thinking OH MAN THIS ROCKS!..
Thanks for all the great memories you two...

what about sal? his brother ,,,,and sis? anybody know? they use to travel in the day,,,,,, and sal z. was as fast as ANYONE in the nbl back when.....

Jen posts here on occasion and I'm trying to get Bios from here on the whole BMXin family...

I never met Echel but was impressed by his dialed uniforms always. I was always so undialed. He rode for Patterson back in those days.

Sal Zuener was a huge inspiration to me. My first race ever was at his parents track in Vineland in 1978. I met his parents that weekend. That summer I went into their shop, Pedalers East and bought my first real race bike from Sal himself (He sold me his MCS Z1).

The issue of BMXA where Sal got the cover featured a letter by me to BMXA about Sal.

I used to hang out alot with them including Jenny and Terry. Terry was less famous but equaly cool and a fast NJ Pro also. He was co sponsored by SE for a while. Seems their shop was tied in with SE and DG.

When they stopped running Vineland it was the end of a era and BMX as we knew it in South Jersey.

thanks for the info,,,i remember terry now riding for se,,,,,,,put that cover shot up if you can,,,i am having a hard time remebering it. thanks

Yeah I remeber Sal E. He use to call me the Mohamed alli of Bmx back in the days. Sal introduced me to such greats as Greg Hill when Greg stay with him while he was racing east coast races! Sal also stop me from pounding Phil Finckels face in at the Penn State Nationals back in the days!

......welcome to the site Sal Jr & Sal Sr!.....you're going to love it here!
~mike~

Welcome to our growing family!!!!

Yo Jammer whats up?

Sal E...Where are ya man? If your on here PM me we need to catch up...OMG I remember the days of racing all the NBL Nat. back east..Sal became the GHP team manager for a while..Good times! Hope your well my friend..

GH

Well?...when are Mr Zeuner(as I remember ) and Sal E. gonna show up?
Greg Ferguson here.
You've got some friends waitin'

Hey guys,
i finally got here, i forgot about this site.
so whats going on, who do we have on this thing.
greg i left my number on a PM so call me bro we need to hook up again!!! i have spoken to ken amen, franco perrino and john schackel.whats up fergy. reach out bros
Sal

Yo Sal, Dust off that old redline and get out to Shoreham. Let me know if you need a helmet, you can borrow my birdcage.

Big Sal!
Welcome my friend! Now do one of those famous toe wheelies .....Oh yeah!
Kick back and let the good times roll..
And go drag that little brother of yours over here and make him post a few words.
By the anybody have one of these.... I still do!



Rod Miles
Indy BMX 77'-84'

[ September 03, 2006, 02:42 AM: Message edited by: Rod Miles ]

I remember that cover. I bought (one of) Sal's used DG's in candy yellow from him in 1978 when I was ten. I remember his sister was my age and super cute.

This is Sal E at an NBA double pointer in Lime Rock CT summer 1980, 14 over open, left to right: Dan Bishop (CT), Sal E (NJ), Tim Rabb (NY), me (CT)

Where's Sal Zeuner? Been trying to track him and Terry down.....
Sal your still not mad at me for putting you over the first berm in Vernon Valley?

That is the first issue of BMXA I was exposed to as a kid. I still have it.

Hey Sal, Elvis here, Whats up!! Its been a long time hope all is well

hey sal the big dude from queen ny,wow have not heard your name in 20 or so yrs. its richard votta from brooklyn good to see your name hope all is well i live in arizona now and still at the local track with my son racing now..chandler bmx just wanted to say hi ....rich

i live in vineland. i hear sal is around every now and then. im to young to know him though, alot of my older friends raced with him and mentioned his name. i used to cut school and ride all the way across town to ride the vineland bmx track. i learned how to drive stick shift there when i was 14 in a old dodge d 50. the lot where the track was is still there ,empty and all grown over. its a shame nobody opened it back up.

I actually went to the city with Caveman in 1990? and they were excited about reopening it. They just wanted more info from us. But it was like an hour and half drive from my house. So I decided if I ran it I would HAVE to make the trip every weekend and that made me give up. The city though was very receptive to reopening then.
With the Olympics and the X games exploding I'm sure they'd be interested even more now.

Did Richie Votta ever make the main at the Jag Worlds? Did he trophy? Why yes, yes he did.
Sal Z. is still living in the Vineland area, his parents still live in the same house. Jenny Z. lives in SW Colorado, Terry Z. was living in Ohio in the mid 90s and even raced cruiser, but think he may be back in NJ.

Hey Sal welcome to vintage . We raced against eachother in cruiser class in the 80's .Hope everything is great with you . Should have some old pics with you in it .Gary Mason - Wooden Wheels racing