Here's some Guilford for ya, from 1982:

First turn 14 over open, me #3, Mike Patrick 7 is in here too (mustve slipped a pedal)



Dip jump

I raced there in the mid-eighties for the NBL nationals held there every year, nice smooth track, typical NBL track in the eighties, not very technical and better suited to the power riders....cw did a freestyle promotion with dizz hicks and ceppie mayes the one year, got the whole thing on video, at lest my dad got it on video.....great memories at that place.....eric rupe and travis (cant think of his last name) did a cover shoot there for the cover of bmx plus one evening after the racing.....they had this pong that every one would always swim in...as always the good ole days of racing

Guys check out the Mid West regional post here from Waukegan BMX. That is the track that I am the Track Director of and we had a great race. BMXNOW.com has all of the photos posted.

Steve
(Wino) NY then
(Stanz) IL Now

Tomg, thanks. I didnt get there much but Guilford was one of my favorite places to race. the track flowed and i loved the starting hill/first straight and the drop offs. plus the compitition was the best in the 80's when it was 17 and over ex. thanks again.

How about a big shout out to the one and only David James who just entered the 40-44 cruiser class last week while celebrating his Birthday. Happy 40th DJ.

do you guys that are still in NY race at upstate BMX? i'll have use one of those freebie ABA passes & get out there sometime.

Next week in Bridgewater (south of Utica) we are having our state series races. There are also having money opens so it should be some good racing. www.cnybmx.org

40-44 must be a phantom class, because he never shows up.

WEAK!!!

LOL! David you need to come out sometime... cuz I think that I only met ya for like a sec!!
Stephanie
Hope to see you soon!!
You too Victor!!!!!!!!!

Phantom class? I never see any of you Rochester guys come here either.

Good point. If I did not have to buy an NBL license I might venture out Southtown way.

Maybe we can meet halfway, set up some cones and race in an old Walmart parking lot!

When do you guys race? Friday nights? I would love to check it out sometime.

Friday at 8:00 pm but usually the gate doesn't drop until almost 8:30 beacause it's the like first time they ever ran a race. By the time the mains are done it's after 10:00pm with a moto count around 20 so you may want to get a room. They run things very slow for so few motos. Registration ends at 7:15pm.

20 motos is solid, it must be nice to get a little rest between races. How close is the track to UB, my wife is taking classes there on Friday nights? How many older (39) cruiser dudes you get typically?

Eric

The track is about 25 minutes from UB. The only cruiser class has been 40-44 and we've had anywhere from 2-5 riders. There is no racing today due to a state qualifier this weekend. I will not be there the next couple of weeks due to my sons hockey tournaments in Canada. If you r going to come out give a shout.

Sounds good man, will do.

Upstate BMX racing tonight Sat with sign ups from 5 to 6! Stop out and see us!!!!

[quote name='upstatebmx' post='792257' date='May 28 2009, 04:23 AM']LOL! David you need to come out sometime... cuz I think that I only met ya for like a sec!!
Stephanie
Hope to see you soon!!
You too Victor!!!!!!!!![

WHERES MY TOOL

Nice and safe in my tool box. I will try and get it back to you soon and the bike you let my daughter try.

ERic

Rockford Day 2 Results That is me in 2nd place...

36-40 CRUISER Total Riders = 13 Groups = 2

1 MOSES TILLMON, EXTREME DOWNFORCE RACING, BOLINGBROOK, IL

2 STEVE STANZIANO, , HIGHLAND PARK, IL

3 GREG "HAWAIIAN HEART THROB" LEASURE, FACTORY AVENT/BOMBSHELL/, TEMPE, AZ

4 JONATHAN "BIG JW" IRVIN, SUN BRU/YUMS, DUNCANVILLE, TX

5 WILLIAM TENBOER, , MORO, IL

6 STEVE GRAY, MJT DESIGNS/INTENSE, TUCSON, AZ

7 GREG SCHWARTZ, APEXBMX.COM, WISCONSIN RAPIDS, WI

8 TAE THOMAS, KAOSBMX.COM, FARMINGTON, AR

I want to send out a big GET WELL SOON to Andy Lee.
He shattered his left wrist.
Take Care My Brother!!!!

DJ help the man out, tell him your therapy techniques for sore wrists!

Series starts June 29th and will go through Sept. 7th.

Monday Night Opens
King (or Queen) of the Dirt Series

-Must be an ABA member
-practice $4.00 Opens $3.00 (of the $3, $2 goes to end of year awards $1 per rider goes to the winner of the class)
-Will take 5 best scores plus the double points final to determine the King(or Queen) of dirt. (finals TBD sometime in Sept.)
-classes will be 9 and under, 10-14, 15-20, 21-35, 36 and over. (riders age as of Sept.1 will determine what class they will ride in)
-Must register for opens by 6:30. 1st round at 7:00 2nd round 7:30 and finals at 8:00
-UCI Random gate will be used for the series
-Qualifying:
-2 motos (must race both) and main
-8 riders with lowest points go to main (total points)
-in the event of a tie for 8th there will be a run off for the 8th spot
-Points + 1 point per rider in class:
-1st 100
-2nd 90
-3rd 80
-4th 70
-5th 60
-6th 50
-7th 40
-8th 30
-DNQ 20
-Upstate BMX reserves the right to make changes to the rules if needed.(nobody is perfect)

Steve,

It was nice to meet you this weekend. Good clean racing and glad to see the some old Cool-Tooler's getting dirty. Also got a few minutes to chat with Jud Ciancio as well. He pretty much cleaned up this weekend like he used to do BITD.

Eric Truelson

Results from the Empire State National this past weekend in Horseheads NY.

National #1

36-40 CRUISER Total Riders = 8 Groups = 1
1 JOHN (BROKEN) ROBERTS, 505 RACING/SUPERCROSS/FL, ALBUQUERQUE, NM
2 CHRIS CARLOSS, TEAM ASSAULT, PASADENA, MD
3 ERIC TRUELSON, , ROCHESTER, NY
4 STEVE STANZIANO, , HIGHLAND PARK, IL
5 MICHAEL "PITBULL" KENEMORE, , HANOVER, PA
6 RICK MARCEAU, SKI-IN, WARE, MA
7 BILL SHEPHARD, SNAP BMX, HORSEHEADS, NY

National # 2

36-40 CRUISER Total Riders = 7 Groups = 1
1 CHRIS CARLOSS, TEAM ASSAULT, PASADENA, MD
2 JOHN (BROKEN) ROBERTS, 505 RACING/SUPERCROSS/FL, ALBUQUERQUE, NM
3 STEVE STANZIANO, , HIGHLAND PARK, IL
4 ERIC TRUELSON, , ROCHESTER, NY
5 MICHAEL "PITBULL" KENEMORE, , HANOVER, PA
6 RICK MARCEAU, SKI-IN, WARE, MA

Yes it was good to meet you to Eric. It is hard to race when I come back as I try and see friends and when that happens you get no sleep and drink A LOT. If you are ever in Illinois free race on me at Waukegan BMX.

Steve

Steve,

I remember seeing pics of your track somewhere. I recall it looking pretty sweet, I will definitely take you up on that offer if I am ever out your way.

Got my 11 year old part-time racing daughter to balance on the gate tonight for the first time, what a difference. I think she was a little mad I did not let her race at the national.

Take care and good luck the rest of the season.

Eric

oh WHAT!
i'm having a GREAT SUMMER thanks for asking.

check out my summer action!!!!!WOOOO!!!!!!!

Hey man, how is your summer?

What is up with the wrist, heard you busted it? Hopefully your recovery is coming along and you will be back on the bike soon.

yeah..thanks...this sucks.
EVERY summer..but i
was riding 2 pump tracks,so at least i wasnt doing something uncool...haha
and now Oakley has a new one..
Miss Kitner has flicks on her site..
http://www.jillkintner.com/home_blog/2009/...pump_track.html
click on the flicks.
cast be gone!
hope the track holding up....how's motocounts?
any more locals coming around?
cementing the berms soon?

just thought if maybe you guys built a 'dirt jumping' area,more local kids would come?
(making like a 'bmx park'...racing,jumping)

i'd like to give a big shout to my man with the plan Dave James,for the box of rochester swagger....i'll be holding it down for about a week with these joints right here,you betta beleedat.

ALSO a fat shout out for ray-ray and toniqua over at All Day Sunday....doin they thang slangin
them malcom caps and the inscense...
ok,lets get back to it tah do it
this is commander Leetronix thankin' you for keepin the block locked on dkx.

Any Cool Tool racers going to the NBL Grands next week?? If so post

Steve

To anybody here is a news release from channel 8 in rochester:

One man is under arrest, accused of shooting his friend inside Hot Shots Volleyball Club on University Avenue.

Rochester police were called to Strong Hospital Thursday where a man was dropped off. 44-year-old Victor Wilson had been shot in the chest. His injuries are serious.

His friend (and the suspect in the shooting), 44-year-old Jose Correa, was stopped by police on East Main Street. Police did find a handgun inside.

-Everyone please keep our friend Victor in their prayers that he comes out of this OK. We have no more info on this beyond what was said there.

Prayers are going out. Hang in there buddy.

I went and saw Vic yesterday.
He is still in ICU but he was looking a ton better Saturday compared to Friday. He has one more surgery to go, and then he has a long recovery road after that.
I will keep everyone posted.

I just call back home to see if anyone knew anything. My sister goes out with Vic and the crew. I hope all is well for Vic.

Steve

Per Dave James this morning:

Vic is getting better every day. He is still in ICU but they hope to have him closed up by the weekend and moved into a regular room by the weekend.

He is still on a breathing tube so he cannot speak but he can make eye contact and squeeze your hand to communicate. He is having trouble breathing on his own and is still in a lot of pain.

Stay tuned for details on a potential fundraiser for he and his family.

Eric Truelson

I moved this over to the Cool Tool Topic

Hello, my name is Ryan Malinchak, I wanted to let members of the forum know that one of our own, 'BMX924' aka Victor Wilson was involved in a shooting here in Rochester, NY and was left in the hospital in trauma having to have a kidney, his spleen, and pancreas removed. He survived the injuries, but has been in an induced coma for nearly a week now while the doctors make sure that there are no infections or problems before they can close him up. He will be going in for more surgery this Thursday. He will be out of commission for some time and has a long road to recovery ahead. We will be setting up a collection fund for anyone who would like to help his family to cover the ensuing medical costs. I will post information once it is set up. If anyone wants to send cards, etc. email me below and I can give information to send them to so he will get them. Please send your thoughts and prayers out to him for a speedy recovery.

Thank you in advance

Ryan Malinchak
rcmalinchak@gmail.com

news story link:
http://rochester.ynn.com/all-news-news-213...e-rochester-bar

Just trying to keep everyone updated. Here is a post from Ryan.

Here is the flyer that was sent around locally. If anyone wishes to make a paypal donation, I am accepting donations on behalf of Vic that will be brought to Towners Bike Shop. Email me for info. Rcmalinchak@gmail.com

Friends,

A very special person, Victor Wilson, was critically injured in an accident on Thursday October 29th and his road to recovery will be long and painful. For those fortunate enough to know Vic he is an amazing person filled with passion for his family, his friends, bmx, and motorcycles, just to name a few. After fighting for his life he is now left without a spleen, kidney and large portions of his pancreas and small intestine. The medical and recovery expenses are going to be astronomical for Vic and his family and we’re asking for help. Please drop off or mail in anything you can spare to the location below of your choice. Cash or checks payable to “Victor Wilson”.
Your help is very much appreciated.

Towner’s Bike Shop – 1048 University Ave. Rochester NY 14607 – 585.271.4553
Full Moon Vista Bike and Sport - 180 St. Paul St Rochester, NY 14604 – 585.546.4030
The Bike Zone – 885 Long Pond Road Rochester, NY 14626 – 585.225.7960
Pedallers Bike Shop – 2511 East Henrietta Road Rochester NY 14586 – 585.334.1083
Park Ave Bike Shop – 2900 Monroe Avenue Rochester NY 14618 – 585.381.3080
Sugars Bike Shop – 2139 North Union Street Spencerport NY – 585.352.8300
Towpath Bike Stop – 3 Shoen Place Pittsford NY 14534 – 585.381.2808
Mendon Cyclesmith – 1350 Pittsford Mendon Road Mendon NY 145 – 585.624.2120
RV & E – 40 North Main Street Fairport 14450 – 585.388.1350
Trailblazers – 80 West Main Street Victor NY – 585.742.1310
Freewheelers - 1757 Mt. Hope Ave Rochester 1460 – 585.473.3724
Mac 5 – 21 East Main Street Webster NY 14580 – 585.265.4106
Swain Bikes – 94 Main Street Geneseo NY 14 – 585.243.0832
Bicycle Outfitters Inc. – 72 Main Street Brockport NY – 585.637.9901

Very sad story...perhaps, this should have a thread of it's own.

I dont know Vic, but living here in ROC I'm aware of the story, and was shocked to find out that he is one of our VBMX bros...

I'll get a donation out asap, and if his family has any fundraisers please keep us updated...I could likely get my company to donate the spaghetti sauce if they decide to hold a spaghetti dinner fundraiser, and I'm thinking that they may also be able to get one of the local grocery stores "Wegmans or Tops" to donate the pasta...

Any updates on vic?

Vic is doing good. He is awake and alert. He is still on a ventalator and can not talk yet, but they hope to remove the tubes by the end of the weekend. The plan is to remove him from ICU and put him in a regular room soon. When I was with him today I told him everyone on Vintage was sending their well wishes..

Thanks David tell him everyone at upstate is pulling for him.

Great News!!! Vic is off the ventalator and breathing on his own. He was sitting up and he was in great spirits. He misses his kids but he understands that they can not come and see him in ICU. Hopefully they will be moving to a regular room soon, and from there he will begin the work to get home.

who knows about powerlite bmx bikes? are they good?

great news! hopefully we can go and see him soon! thanks David (you need to come and see us someday too before you forget how to ride that bike. lol).

David, I i vic out of icu yet? Have a couple people aking if they can go ee him.

Vic is still in ICU but you can go see him. He is getting better everyday and is starting to eat solid foods again. There making him walk around too. I bet he will be running laps by Thanksgiving...LOL..