I'll be 41 in June, they pictures look tragic as I get older.

Shawn, did you race David Alwan? He would have been about your age. And maybe the younger Byerly (can't think of his name, older brother was Bruce).

I remember both names I'm not sure I raced against Byerly. There was a group of us from the Quincy, IL area that all started racing around the same time (79 - 82). There was several of us that traveled all the time and some that did everyonce in awhile. From our group that traveled alot were Jim and Amy Rupert, Chris George, Rocky Rockwell & Darrel, can't think of his last name. We were all different age groups and some of the names blend from different age groups. I can't remember if Byerly raced against Chris George or me. My age shows as details are not very good any more. I remember faces way better than names. Did you ever race the ABA track over by Springfield? I raced the number one plate holder over there several times. I wish I could remember his name, he was a dirty rider. He recked me countless times. Is there a site where you can look up Illinois State standings, National Standings for those older years? I goofed on a posting earlier, thought I raced until 84, found the only BMX today I own and it was 82. I found news paper clipping and in 81, I finished 19th in national standings and 5th in Illinois State. That was the year that you rode alot correct? I was in the 12X class then, you probably raced Jim, Darrel or Rocky and that is why I remember your picture.

Hey old buddy. I am really glad my parents took pictures when I was younger. Here is that berm

Another landmark memory, the over/under bridge

I loved that Collinsville track! Stompin Stu and Greg Esser chearing him on.

Quincy?

Landmark!!! That was the name of that track, right? I went there once. Only once. Holy cow I forgot about that place!

Thanks for posting that.

The Goose at Landmark.

Panda6 at Riverside

John Piant at JAG

Springfield indoor Convention Center?

Sometimes it won't let me post a viewable size picture. I keep getting a not enough space red x. One more, Pekin indoor. Scott Friend whooping up on jeff peters and jim vaughn.

That be Toby Sharp on your rear... and he's not diving for your rear wheel, yet. lol.

Great pics Troy! Keep um coming.

Troy,

Are you using a scanner for these? If so, it should let you drag and select the area to scan. This way you will have all picture and no white space.

Let me know if I can give you some tips on that.

Best,

M

Yes I am using a scanner and not to happy with how they are turning out. I will try that tonight! Thanks

Troy

Troy, thanks for the pic! Do you know where this is? Pretty sure it's a '81 WOS N. ILL? Tim

You goy it, that was Quincy.

Great pictures Troy, keep them coming if you got more.

I keep getting an error that the upload failed because the image was larger that the available space! Can someone help me out here. I rescanned pictures like Mark said but still have a problem. Is there a limit to space available? Do I need to check out the image hosting deal?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Troy

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Big names at Detwieller. Can you name them?

Anyone remember that track they had in Washington Ill. I think it was a fair race or some kind of 1 time special event.
Picture of Dan Fabre who worked and rode for Peddlers Palace in Peoria.

Tim, I read in an ealier post about you talking about Ade and how he was teaching us life lessons. I really know what you mean. He was a great man and willing to help anyone. He gave me a break and taught me alot. Heres a picture dedicated to him. His son Mike Antonini at the Springfield Convention Center.