this is a picture of Pete Lancharavich (?) at the Murray World Cup in 1986. Greg Hill right behind him.

Here is Ken Aman at the same race, in B pro running his National Number one he earned in 1985. Super Fast!

Wow, Tri City looks pretty gnarly back in the day. I never raced there until this past fall. It's all refined and smooth as a baby's bottom now. I raced against Chase there and at Bridgewater in "money open" races at the end of this past season. Another guy from the western NY area was there (Tom Murphy?) said he raced some of the old school EBA tracks.

I remember racing at the horsetrack there in MA in early winter 86. As 17X motofiller it was a long drive from Utica.

[ December 21, 2006, 12:51 PM: Message edited by: mdurg ]

ok..jokes aside,and they were some damn COMEDY,Dave James and Whitey somehow lifted the 2nd jump at cooltool..."oh big deal" you say??...on the real,that jump was SCARY...i tried 900 times,and maybe did it 3 times,so me and bobby iovanella(sp) just skyed it(landing in the turn)...but look at this..the proper lift-poke-pedal...i was so mad every moto,should i do it? no i cant,i should no wait..i swear,all of us had to be doing 30mph at his 'lift' point even tho it dosent look it..you guys were kings of this-and taught me all the butter style i had..except this....and i'm still kicking dirt mad about it..ahahha

Mr. Lee,
The last time I saw you was @ the Hess on Monore ave. Your car was all packed up your said you were goin to MA. Dude you know it was all about E-team. When did SX make the replicas your HIGH Still!!!!! And if you do have one I WILL STEAL IT TOO. Is your wife hot???lol Life is Good

Stanz,
Are you still working for NATE???

Mr.Lee,
Those are pics of the 1st roller @ the bottom of the startin hill?

Inviso,
I remember that first jump, it was pretty cool!

I also remember Bobby Iovinella. He was a great guy, and I miss him. He started racing my class right before I moved up here. You heard about him passing on a few years back, right?

Anyone have shots of him they can post?

Iceman

mdurg,
Here's another shot of Mark Chase bitd ripping down the first straight at Tri-City on the near side. That's me on the far side.



Iceman

[ December 21, 2006, 06:10 PM: Message edited by: Iceman ]

thats the SECOND JUMP at cool-tool!!!!

it was INSANE STEEP going that fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!

the first one we all pedaled over no sweat,this is the 2nd one....whitey and dave james (and billy griggs) were the only ones i ever seen lift it....it was BRUTAL (scan a few pages back and look for the videos i posted,of a not-so-fortunate Dave James...it was insane.

it took balls to lift this full speed fellas...

i heard about bobby...rip.

[ December 21, 2006, 06:19 PM: Message edited by: invisibleman1 ]

Oh yeah, that's what I meant. I forgot there was even a first jump at that track, because it was the second jump you had to work.

Iceman

I remember seeing one of the B pros hit that jump at full tilt, and he bailed hard...so hard, they said he shifted his rib cage when he hit. Bad deal...
I remember he was from Delaware, and he raced the NY series in my class the year before.

Iceman

[ December 21, 2006, 06:18 PM: Message edited by: Iceman ]

i'm sorry dave...but Iceman,...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHfrA7EE7hw
none of us ever saw a crash this bad...this is to give you guys a idea of just how balls it was.

Oh CRAP!! That's gonna leave a mark!!
That hurts me right here and now!

Sorry Dave.

Iceman

bmx94,

I no longer work for Nathan as they had a manager that did not want me around any longer.

Stanz

Dennis,

I have a video of you and Whitey at the State Championship in Binghamton, NY I think 89 or 90. I will try and post it soon. On a side note are there any openings at your company?

Stanz

names and pics from then everyone?...i remember all of you but forget faces...(sometimes thats not a bad thing!!!!)...wait till i request RECENT pics...oh man...PhotoShop FIELD-DAY

i always use this....http://load.imageshack.us/

get on it!!!!

Took me a bit, but I'm getting this picture thingy down now.

Here ya go..



Iceman (Russ)

i'm sick so you will have to scroll back to page 8 and let the laughs begin...

awesome....i remember that day you were skying the first turn/berm..being filmed i think..what was that for?

Vic,

read on...

http://www.vintagebmx.com/retro/azusa_001.htm

someone is selling a black 20" on this site...

http://www.vintagebmx.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...t=023926#000000

[ December 23, 2006, 01:21 PM: Message edited by: invisibleman1 ]

being filmed i think..what was that for?

Very cool that you were there! I remember telling the guy to stand on the other side of the first berm, and then just launching straight-off; praying he got a good shot. That was a lot of air, and I hurt my arches when I landed! I always like to point out to people how I used to stop the front wheel from going any further around, with my toe...check it out:

dude, you just posted Dawn's personal information in a public place.

why don't you see if you can edit that off of there and have people PM you for the info.

i think we should set up a can-am...im sure bmx will edit this post...no worries!

indoor race....THATS a reunion.

See the little kid (Paul) ?

He has kids that age now!

Awesome picture.

Our driver (The Brawler) is dead now.
RIP Fred Mueller!

Very cool thread.
Great photos.
Cool content.

Makes people realize that New York had more great talent than just Ken Aman.
Ken was definately great.
With the influence of one great racer, others spawn.

dude,you have no idea how great i was..hahahahahaha.

HAPPY NEW YEARS YOU LAZY BAASTIDS!!!!...
>>>jimmy,dig out a national pro please,whitey isnt gonna ride it...i waaaaaaaaaaant one...but not the one he snapped the front end off at the pines.....and knocked himself out....you can keep that one..and whitey,i KNOW you still feel that one.

please dig thru rog's pics....or does rog need to sign up here.

country sweet ! thanks dj!!!!!!

Invisibleman1, I am #36 in that video where he crashes. I was behind him, though.

Thanks Johnny. You are right, alot of fast racers called NY home.

Superfly gots to have tons of old pics. Big Dady Rog is way to cool to ever be @ a track with a camera is his hands.

I will check with The Blues Bros Billy and Ben.

what about mike stevens?
him and his moms were always at cooltool....he was the cw fanatic...always ended up in motos with DJ.

Here's a pic I took of Ken Aman back in 1983.
BMXA of San Diego/ NBL "Del Mar Nationals".
San Diego, California.

Ken Aman #5 and Dana Griffin #612 are about to collide in
turn #1.
Dana's little brother and future star, Darwin Griffin #11 crashed too.
Kiyomi Waller #12 in the black, yellow, and white
Haro/ Torker stuff won and tripled that day.


[ January 06, 2007, 12:45 AM: Message edited by: JohnnyJohnson OMAS DirtSlinger ]

Hey Ken, that dude was TWICE your size, I hope it didn't hurt much.

I spoke with Mike Stevens last month...

Where is Superfly?

And Steve Frey?

Dana was a big boy for sure. I thought I heard he passed away?? Check out the guy in the back letting it all hang out.

Yeah Dana Griffin passed away almost 10 years ago.
He was a nice guy and a very good BMX racer.
Gone waaaaay too soon.

i'm selling a bike...i'll post here before evilBay...parts are pre-enjoyed but frame,brakes,seat fresh fresh...whitey,i'll trade you for a national pro complete.....mmmmmhmm

http://www.vintagebmx.com/cgi-bin/ultimate...4228;p=1#000000

Andy,

Dude, bike looks pretty sweet. Pink though?? I'm starting to question your manhood........ha ha ha!
Quick tip: Lose the "Chicago bar" setup and bring those bars back son.

I'll gladly trade you one sheered off National Pro for that bike. It would look pretty fast with me on it.....


Whitey

Pics coming boys........

pink....man why you think im selling it!!!...paulie lange wins,so he can rock it pink, but i cant get 5th in 36+ on a pink bike...sorry.

oh man,the bars....whooo!!!!!!...its a sickazz bike tho-

pics coming soon...man,i know you got heat...take it easy on me...hahahhahahha..maybe i should repost the same 5....ha.

bellflower track had opening day today..i did about 20 gates to 1st turn,it drops on 'IGHTS' there was a few 30+ dudes,but i only brought 20"
...remember you ran JT chest gaurd,and when you spaghetti'd you clicked...CLICK CLICK CLICK....might as well have had a pink bike..haahhahaah.....DAVE JAMES WINS PAL of the CENTURY and sent me country sweet chicken sauce...

Mike and his mom was in the shop last week. I was not there. Lambert said he owns a golf shop in Fairport. I will get his # and have him sign on too!
How long has your wife been racing? That pink ride is really nice.

Ben has a national Pro in his basement COMPLETE

i want that national pro,ben needs to sell it to me..
or trade me for something...make it happen man,c'mon...i'll give cash and 3 slaps in the grill.
pink or not at least mine dont have gears.hahahahahahahahahahhahhahhhahaaahahahhahaha.

mike stevens owns a golf shop..and 64548 CW's..