I have some pics of Hamilton from around 82. Lots of painted white car tires outlining the track! Scott

a few more pix billy ''the squirrel'' jones , billy au , donnie hier , nardy jarred myself , me novice state '85 , roddie case and me last turn state final , nardy ryan weaderman and me , doug zimmer maybe and ? Click to view attachment

Good god i have to see all your pics ,if you have to send them to me .
Where were these taken defiance?
If anyone has some and dont want to go thru the trouble of posting them or dont know how send them to me ill start a new photobucket just for this site/post.
My email if you have any or wanna send them direct is zuk1972@yahoo.com

Know what's cool about old pictures? You can READ the numbers on the plates! Scott

I also started at Ft. Hamilton in 79, it nice too see that its still around. I'l love to see some old pics of "the pit" do any of you remember this? The pit was were the current parking lot is, it was a huge hole where i think the first dirt came from to build the track; anyway if you were not racing on the track you were riding or watching others ride the pit, there were several fly out type jumps, and it was fun back then.

i am having trouble loading pix . i have 5 others ready 2 go bill, nardy, myself, doug ...... give me time.

That does look like Defiance...........the first turn went into the woods, I remember they had a matress or large pad on the tree in the woods.

Post more if you have some please

Jrad,

I TOTALLY remember "The Pit"... That was my favorite part of going to Ft. Hamilton. There were a few guys who were getting some pretty massive air "for 1979" and then landing on FLAT ground. I saw more than a few broken frames and pancaked rims from the pit!

Wasn't there was also a dog racing (Whippet??) track behind the pit?

the attachment editor is saying that i have used 462.85k of 500.k and the max single upload size is 37.15 so i can post this pix of billy au [size is 30.96] Click to view attachmentand now my max upload size is 6.19 i need 2 know how 2 reset attachment space back 2 500.k any help?

i am printing that up right now to give to billy!!

Here's some old Delco pictures from March/April of 82 I found. I only raced for one season. I ran track and played in a couple Baseball leagues too. BMX was some extra stuff we tried to fit in. Wish we had been a little more involved.


My bro getting a slow start,


but everything turned out good! No one around heading to the finish. He passed away in 93' in a motorcycle accident.


Me on a Sunday cruise in with another Victory! Those where some good times. I see Doug from K&G under the tent.


Check out GM plant behind in the picture.


The Team


Another team photo. We where sponsored by Radar Security.

I remember Brookville and the second turn. Everyone going down. LOL! I only raced at those two tracks. Still have all the trophies in a box.

TOP JIMI

Cool pics ,I wish i could find mine from the 82-83 state race i have of kettering.
I was practicing friday without a helmet and adrea cargle ran over my head after i crashed!
I think i remember your brother how old would he be now?Names?

I'm the one in the middle in front of the Van. My name is Jim Arnold and my bro was Chris Arnold he was on the left and are friend Kyle Geralds on the right. I would have been 11 and my bro was 10 at the time and Kyle was 11 too. Thanks for the comments. I just recently dug out all my brother and me's awards to show my son and ran across them. My son is seven and we go out to Delco regularly. I think he could have a bright future at it. He's going to be a big rider. He's already about 4' 6" and 95lbs. Like big Stu. My dad didn't care too much for BMX so it had to take a back seat to the other sports. I'm going to let my son get a little more involved. He and I just started riding around the track again in May of this year. I still try to tool around a little. LOL! Sounds like you had a radical crash Steve!

well i just sent about 25 or so pix 2 steve, i hope!!!![so he might do a better job posting] pix include tracks brookville, springfield, west chester, youngstown, defiance, celina, ft.wayne, the worlds in nashville, steve there might even be 1 in there of middle town. i rode huffy and cycle craft 90d my #.

I love the old pix!

The boy on the right is the face i recognized .





My favorite so far outta all the 80s cept jrads on the jag track

This 1 of matt henry is very cool!

cool bill jones pic!

t-k rules !

Rich long ?

thats me 86D getting ready to take a spill

Mike, in the very next pic ,your eatin brookville dirt, ouch!! Steve thanks again 4 posting these pix. i only have '84, '85 ,'86 my dad has those, plus '87 maybe some'88. we'll get them posted or 2 you 2 post.

Great Pics! Were some of those from Wapak? Cool shot of Matt Henry, he had an older brother Mark, who raced too. I can't believe how clear those were......keep them coming!

My best friend and his dad are in this picture ( in the background, along the track) I'm sure I was at this race, we always traveled together. His name is Troy Drerup.........BITD!

ou guys are in for a treat you aint seen nothing yet ....give me about a 1/2 hour!

hey Steve, do you remember racing a guy with the last name of Malone? He raced in the same class or close to Matt Henry

Maybe do you have a picture?
Here we go !
Big nard rules !

That picture of Todd is simply RAD.

Steve

Hey the 4th pic down the banner in the background that says Video your star, that is who did all the video of the Memphis Race I sent ya, They must have video from a ton of nationals If they are still around we should call them I know they are located in Ft. Lauderdale Fl, I will check the Video case I have from Memphis and see if the rest of the # is on there,,,That would be cool to Find a ton of footage from all the nationals,,,

JS

Those pics are awsome!! Everyone start digging in their closets and lets get some more posted

Steve , thanks for posting them. those were from slides [150 of them] and we have several negatives to go through, give me a week or so. Tim

Tim and Steve,
Thanks for the pictures. The Christmas Nationals back when they were held in the old convention center was always the highlight of my year! It's always fun to see new pictures of such a great race at such a great time for the sport!

Theres several pictures i couldnt upload last night cause theres a bandwidth limit on vintages site .You can only upload a few pictures to vintage at a time directly .With photobucket you can upload around 15 -20 looks like at a time and then you have to wait a few posts .
Just go to the photobucket and view them all .If i see a vintage member ill post thier pics ,otherwise ill update the link each time .

http://s79.photobucket.com/albums/j142/zuk1972/?start=0


Btw ,i remember like it was yesterday when hutch picked up TODD i was so jealous !Hutch was the epitome of factory rides .He really did the colors justice at his first big race at columbus for them with all that jumping he did that year [the can can photo was awesome too]
I remember his green pro racer 20' at hilliard right after they picked him up.

If someone told me 27 years ago id be racing and all these old photos and friends would be in a lil box called a pc .....Who knew?These pics were just amazing .
Next years old school race will be awesome !

I remember that Christmas Classic like it was yesterday. Keep the pictures coming.

The 86 Christmass Classic was my last race ever. Great pics! Scott

Here's one I found last night...

How many can you ID?

nice pix , the good old days. few faces look familiar but no names, was alittle before my time. must have been around '81-'83, i was 10 and didn't start racing til winter of '84 Kiniyalocts i can not put a face [team,bike or #] 2 you, but i definitely remember that name. looking forward 2 seeing alot of you guys and gals at the next reunion or get together

My brother Tom, dad Tom and myself (Mike) were long time Whitman's riders. Around 1986, I raced for World Class Racing out of Florida and then for TNT after turning pro.

Hint on the picture: #2 is Tom Kiniyalocts from the 1982 Ohio NBL State Finals

couple more pix, this first one i had on here before but i deleted by accident sorry michelle , 2nd is of some friends that raced from my home town [from left myself 12x, dave gardner 10x, mike thomason 11, jason arn 10, and my little bro. tom 7 who later that year went on too win the christmas nats.] then a couple mag. clips of todd.Click to view attachmentClick to view attachmentClick to view attachmentClick to view attachment

Mike, it's hard putting names to some of those faces, but I am pretty confident I see Les Lynch.

Not 100% sure, but I'll take a guess:
#5 - Butch Thurman ?
#9 - Brad Lyons ?
Who is #1? I though it may be one of the Picaioni's, but I don't think so; this guy was from the Columbus area right?

What track was this shot at?

I'm thinking #1 is Marty Brown but I'm not 100% sure.

Have to agree w/Jrad that #9 is Brad because of the UA shorts

I'm thinking the track is West Jeff but I could be wrong

Yes that's Marty, I remember his dad running the gate.

I forgot to mention that #2 is ELVIS!

It took me a second to figure it out but I raced against Marty's little brother but never knew his real name since everyone always called him Jbird.

#3 Shawn Redmon

Any guesses who this guy is?

Tk









Since these were bulked in 2s [email to me this way]they dont enlarge like the others sorry.

Love seeing those pics, I used to have the Free Agent gear and the bike.........ugly now, but cool then!

I love seeing all the old Holeshot gear. I have alot of great memories in that uniform.

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I have never seen that picture before of all of the original Christmas Classic sponsors of 1986... I remember posing for the picture.
That statue is one of my favorite gifts that I have gotten for sponsoring a national.

I can't believe I wore that shirt! what was I thinking! I am second from the left.

I remember Charlie from DK (who was one of my Crit Plate distributors at the time) asked me if I wanted to be one of the inaugural sponsors of that race along with Bob and Kay Echo (RIP Bob) DK, and Cyclecraft...

Mike

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This is when Ohio NBL passed the pres cup torch to national NBL. That's Bob Bruns (Ohio ABA) shaking Bob Tedesco's hand! Years later B.B. took the Dayton area NBL tracks over to the ABA. Not so sure they would shake hands today?

I wondered who the guy who looked like jerry seinfeld was ?i knew bob t,bob bruns,the danesheks,andy spurling, danny whitman ,and martino ...Was thinking you may have been mitch his son mike ....
Though we never met you supplyed us all with tons of crit stuff in the 80's Thanks for the support!
More pics;




Mike dean is on the front left in here [single whitmans rider=isnt that you mike?]