Sorry, I went to Owensboro High School '84 grad.

Dino

Joey, you're thinking of mike howard, football player from doss.

Dean, do you take paypal for the stands? And do you have a web site?

Yes I do take PayPal for the stands. I still need to put my current new stand on my website for sale. I could also bring you one to the grands unless you wanted one earlier. Could save you on shipping. My website is www.deansfabshop.com

I could just do a request money from Paypal for now if you wanted one before I put them on my site. I shipped one to Las Vegas last week to Conman's Dad and it cost $16.00 to ship it via UPS ground. So, whatever you wanna do bud.

Dan's Comp also sells my DFS BiStander stands in the Race section.

Thanks,
Dean

Steve

I wasn't the one who asked Dean that question. I'am well aware of the difference between Dean Howard from owensboro, and the mike howard who went to Doss, next time pay Attention

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Bryan Ward

shut up you jackass

Yep I got beat by Tommy too, he is thinner now than he used to be

You guys are too funny!!

This picture is from Derby City BMX 1981

Derby City 1982 check out the manual gate

Derby City Aug 1982


Below Left to Right, Mike Hogland, Brian Fell, John Tichenor Aug 1982 Derby City BMX

pics from the Aug 21st 1982 Kentucky State Championship in Louisville at Derby City BMX Hounz lane track

1981 before there was a starting gate,,,,Check out Johnny T #39 ready to go.. and That cool blue race inc # 35 s has,,

The riders in these pics are from the 12 year old class
39 T John Tichenor
51 T Breckley Tipton
9 S James Surface
47 L Eric lowery
55 Fred Wright

Anyone have pics from the 1980 or 1981 KY State Championships? Henderson, Evansville Nationals? (Or video if anyone had a video camera back then)

Scott Willett. From what I remembered he stopped racing in about 1981 to play golf? Never knew he came back.

Pics from the 1983 Ky State Championship in Bowling Green Ky, Beech Bend Track

Some riders in this pics are 51 t Breckley tipton, 39 t Johnny Tichenor

parade lap bowling green, some riders Trevor Fell #1, John tichenor 39 T, Vanmeter 82 V,


Gate Start Bowling Green Ky 51 T Breckley Tipton, 39 T Johnny Tichenor

A list of some Bike shops and race teams from back in the day in Ky, Who did you race for and where did you buy most of your parts ?? and are they still around ??

Race Teams

Doc's Bicycles
Clarksville Schwinn
Okolona Schwinn
The Bike Barn
Moto Mom's
BiCycle Station
Dixie Schwinn
E-Town Schwinn
Holiday Inn
Beechmont Hardware
Vads
Thornbury's

Bike Shops

Okolona Schwinn, Still in Business, Bought My first Hutch there 1982
Clarksville Schwinn, Still in Business, Bought a lot of parts from Bob BITD
Dixie Schwinn, Still in Business
E-Town Schwinn ??????/ I raced for Bob for a year
The Bike Barn,,,Out of Business
Moto Mom's Bicycle station out of business
Doc's, out of business
Dodd's Schwinn in Lexington ??????
Everbody's Bike Shop ????// Lexington Ky
Pedlepower Bike shop ?????
The 10th gear Bike shop ?????? Lexington Ky

Todd Eldridge in the Top Picture do you have any clue who that is behind me,
i'm trying to get a jump start on planning next years reunion and race, I need names,

Some old Pics from the NBL Grands in Louisville KY Derby City BMX Track

Man......
There is some great times there! Remember racing a few of those KY. tracks. Henderson and Owensburo were great. I had a few good friends there too. Tony Nurse and I banged bars there many times...gotta love it!!! The pic below is me #11 in 1980 at the NBL nats. in Henderson, Ky.





Ride on!!

Rod

Rod

DUDE!!! If you only knew how many people asked me for pictures from that Henderson national, If you got more post em,

Dino Howard has some pics from owensbore he posted on here, check em out

Joey, I've sat here a good while trying to remember who that is behind you but haven't had any luck. Could it be a racer who was from western Kentucky or maybe the northern Kentucky/Cincinnati area?

In the NBL Grands pic of the pros on the starting hill is Ken Aman the Blue Max racer between Stu Thomsen and Tommy Brackens?

Rod Miles' pic of Henderson brings back some memories of that flat track in the tree filled park. First place I ever saw Dan Duckworth of Dan's Competiton fame dealing BMX goods out of a van. Racers of today wouldn't know what to think of loose dirt surfaces and charging into tight turns like hungry uncaged badgers chasing a rabbit.

Remember that first turn at Henderson's track you could slingshot that thing like crazy,
I went by there not to long ago just a field now i will snap a pic this weekend on my way to E ville

Bump this up for some Old Racers from Derby City BITD

It may be a little early but I'm going to try and Start planning the 2nd annual Russell Douglas Memorial Old School Race and Show, so If you still talk to any old School Racers from BITD let em know,,,,the Date or the race and show will be announced on Vintage at the first of the Year,,,Never too early to plan..

Some good ole pics from 1980 Derby city BMX

A moto sheet from Derby City 1982, my name is missing must have had a baseball game that day

Names from top to Bottom in the 12 year old class moto 1
Doug Bright
Ronnie Childres
Marty Wayne
Doug VanMeter
Ric Lenox
Eric Lowery
Robert bartlett
Ervin Sorrell

12 year old class moto 2
John Tichenor
James Surface
Breckley Tipton
Tim taylor
Billy Schmid
Dawson Updike
Fred Wright

Racing in the Mud Lexington Ky Aug 1982

From what I remember The Owensboro track never re-opened after that year,
there were some fast guys from that area,,

Some Grand National Pictures I believe 1986

More Lexington Ky Pics 1981 except this top Pic not sure where this is,,,

More Grand national pictures,,
First pic is Billy Griggs, and Doug Jica ?? rider in 3rd ?? 4th Jay Becht or maybe brian Fell can't remember who had #46, 5th Richie Jones,

More Grand National pics
Mighty Stu Walking along the pit area

A full parking lot of Cars and racers at the Old Hounz Ln Track, 1982 Derby City BMX

Nice pics Joey. I don't remember a track coming together out Highway 60 West in Owensboro. The only one I remember is Chataqua Park right in the middle of Owensboro. What year was that from?

Dino

Man I just found this thread and it's awesome.

I have lots of great memories of BMX in Kentucky. I lived in Southern Kentucky so mostly did my local racing in Hendersonville, TN and Nashville, TN but I lived for the State Series. So many cool tracks, Henderson, L'ville, Lexington (Masterson Station), Madisonville (rain cancelled to only chance I had to ride it), Owensboro (I think it was called Hawesville) and the Bowling Green track in Lampkin Park.

I recognize a few of the names but I think like 2X4, I blossomed a little late ('86 to '94).

Keep the memories coming, guys!

1984, I Really don't remember much about it, Not Sure it really got up and running,

lampkin Park, I have been trying to think of the Name of that place, for awhile Now, that is where they moved the track after Beech Bend Park track shut down,
I remember having a great Battle in a State Qualifer or the State championship in 86 or 87 with Breckley Tipton, and A guy Named john Mains, or John Sledge, I can't really recall his last name,

Lukedogg post up some pics if you have some,

And the Owensboro Track was in Vastwood park, Near Hawsville, Even though It wasn't really in Owensboro it was called the owensboro Track,,

A picture of the starting Hill and old Gate at the 1985 NBL Grands, the Little Fella in gate 6 Is none other than Clinton Caskey from Madisonville Ky,

Phot by Windy Osborn

Those were the days dirt turns and lots of pedalling.

i miss em

Dood, I wish I had some pics. Only a few from racing in TN.

I remember one time racing a State Championship at the track in Lexington (Masterson Station, I think even though I went to college there, I'm not sure of the name of the park) and noticing that weird, menacing building off in the distance. Late that night, after driving 3 hours home, I watched this late night documentarty about women's prisons and they filmed it at that federal prison! Kinda surreal.

The fast cats I rode with (not necessarily raced) were Matt Satterly (he won a National #1 I think the first year they started handing them out to Novies), Lee Hagendorn, Travis Dooley (I thought he was from TN), Mike Lausman, Chad Meyers and some others I can't remember.

I remember Jay Becht as someone I really looked up to.

I also remember Jimmy Levan rockin' the mike and pickin' up some older, but still young chickens.

Anyone remember Howard's Bike Shop in Bowling Green? They had a pretty good team for a minute.

Again, good thread.

I remember having a great Battle in a State Qualifer or the State championship in 86 or 87 with Breckley Tipton, and A guy Named john Mains, or John Sledge, I can't really recall his last name,

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Could that be John Hicks from Franklin, Ky? I know I used to ride with him and Randy Trout to some races BITD. They were on the scene a few years before me. Like me, they did most of their locals in TN.

I pretty sure it wasn't John Hicks,,,

This Guy would have been a 16 expert in 1986,,

Diggin' those Kearney Road Central Kentucky BMX Lexington track pics and all of the Louisville pics.

That one pic with the blue truck in the background is Lexington too. For a few years they had the two third turns. Check the Everybody's Bike Shop banner on the blue truck.

Radical Review!

ok i do Remember the 2 third turns,,,Hey I'm getting Old,,

ya know this is kinda sad, there Has only been a little more than a Handfull of Guys to Post on This old School Ky thread,,,,sometimes I wish I lived and Raced in OHIO they Have a Huge Thread,,Get in touch with your Old School Racing Buddies tell em to join Vintage and post on this thread,,,,,Or is everyone right Kentucky is a Hillbilly Hick State and we don't have computers Yet

I come to you from the hills of eastern Kentucky with dial up internet and BMX in my veins. This hillbilly here hopes that he gets a new BMX to get radness back into his life.

see we do have computers and the internet in Ky,,even if it takes Todd 2 days to upload anything with his dial up,,,

Them Derby City Grands pics rule. Shows the newer folks what it was like twenty + years ago. Grands packed with people and a track that actually had BMX jumps instead of 4 stroke Kawasaki needed dirt mountains that are useless to the majority of racers. From what I've seen from recent video and pics of that track the first three straights are basically filled with jumps that are so big the majority of riders ride up the face of them, across the top and then down the backside. The jumps are just too big to where it's hard for most to jump them or it's slower to jump them. I can hear people now when seeing it for the first time:

"Where is the BMX track? This looks like an MX track."

The first three straights need reworked. As it is it probably scares new people off and makes regulars get bored or disgusted easily.

First straight: make the roller bigger, step up style first jump looks fine, make the table a doable by most double with a nice long backside that smoothly blends into turn one

Second straight: make the roller bigger, shorten the first step up in length and make the landing side taller so one is actually jumping upwards and landing on a nice sloping backside, shorten the second step in length and make its transition into the second turn pavement landing better

Third straight: take the table and make it a roller/table by shortening the length of the table and putting a roller before it, first double needs to be made into a doable by most step up where you actually jump upwards onto the landing side and have a nice long backside, second double needs to be made to where it's doable by most and do so by making it shorter in length and height with a long backside

Rest of the track looks fine.

Them Grands pics show a track configuration where it was so fast to race on and the jumps weren't Joey Chitwood Stunt Show obstacles like today. Well, even back then they were big obstacles to my hillbilly self that just ramped my BMX onto flat ground over here in the hills regularly.

Hey todd good analogy on the kawasaki comment .
The second jump is stupid.
The table coming out of the 1st turn is stupid ,these both are ride up across and down jumps [allthough i did jump the second one its still stupid]
The step into the second turn is hairy i jumped it some a month before the grands [the week before they stretched it a foot or 2 and made the launch taller=i didnt even try it at the grands]
evansvills step in thier second turn was awesome it popped you right over they need one like that .
OR just dont do anything with it the way it is its hard enough now [dont screw with it next year took me long enough to get it right.
The 3rd straight is very crowded and virtually no room to pass[the 1st straight and second is really the only places to pass]
I like the 3rd straight but it makes it virtually race over at the second turn unless you screw up.I like to pedal and there isnt no pedalling that 3rd straight anywhere at all.
The last straight was so beat down in 1 line in the middle there was no passing there ,and the way it turns theres no outside line .The finish/straight should be toward the gate or make the turn at the last turn to straighten the last straight.
But im a nobody ,have raced the grands 8 times/years though .