Now I wish I would have done the conversion at the old school race. I just don't want to go buy a membership to race there 2-4 times this winter. I guess I'll hit RAy's more. It's actually a little closer than Dayton.

But, we'll see. I may get the itch in January and Feb! LOL

Yeah it has been a while -

I stop out at the brookville track every now and then

Yeah steve i just bought a cruiser a couple of weeks ago. I plan on racing there on sunday, it will be my first race in 14 years. Also taking my daughter for her first race. I will be riding 34 cruiser.

Everyone within reach of a pc ,we've lost a buckeye bmxer .Hank fowler has passed away from a massive heart attack at age 32 .Im sure everone in here remembers him and his family ..
RIP

I remember racing him or should I say chasing him around at many races. He was always a nice guy and very fast.

RIP

Wow That's Crazy! We never Know when it's our time. I hope you guy know how much you have meant to me over the years. You never know if you'll get the chance to say it. I'm Looking 4ward to Rays (i still have to clean off the mud)

wow sorry to hear about hank. thoughts and prayers are with his family.

Heres his current photo.


I would encourage you all to sign his guestbook !
http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/con.../id/510337.html

steve are you going to dayton sunday?

Hey guys, don't forget about the Vintage gathering at Ray's! Looks like 20-25 members hitting it Sunday afternoon.

what time and what does it cost?

Chris, we talkin this sunday the 16th of November for Ray's?

Yeah ill be there sat night and sunday .My wrist is still jacked up from that hard crash i took last weekend and my bells still ringing from the head on slam i took .I may try to race .jack carnes says hes comin stumpy hes in the 30-35 class and fast as greased moose poop.

Stuppy and Billy,
Yes, this Sunday, 11/16 at Ray's. Official time is 2:00, but many of us will be there by 11:00.

If you wish to go, please email Ray and let them know you are coming as part of this event. There is a thread for this over in the BMX racing section.

Steve, stumpy, chris, billy, what kind of bike are you guys riding? year,brand, size [xl/pro] 20'' or cruiser 24''/26''. I'v been looking just woundering. thanks

I'll be riding my 24 dk cruiser.

I'll be on my 24" SE Floval Flyer.

do they have a pro or xl cruiser? or are they all standard. like to know a year, old, mid, new school. 5'11'' 190lbs have my eye on an 88' cycle craft 24

my dk is an 07 model year. It's a pro cruiser with a tt of 21.5-22. Some companies make a pro cuiser and an xl pro cruiser. I'm 5'11 and 200lbs best bet is to ride some bikes and see what feels comfortable to you. If you are going up to Ray's tomorrow just ask for me and I'll let you take some laps on it.

Greg Boring

08 dk cruiser

Good Times @ Rays
Set another date January/February
If you missed it or never been, you got to go. All skill levels will have a blast.

Oh man, where did you get those?!!

Wow!!! Those are cool!!!

protour77, have any pix from Rays? whats behind the name protour?, if you dont mind me askin. Steve (or anyone else here), will you be racing this weekend @ daytons indoor?

I didn't get a single picture from Rays. There were some people who took pictures and I would love to find out who they were. Someone got a great picture of me and Justin Travis going over the Red Bull box jump side by side.

The name protour77 comes from another message board I belong to. I have a Pro Touring 1977 Camaro that I have owned since I turned 16. Its my other hobby. I use that screen name everywhere I go because its easy for me to remember.

I am not going to Dayton this weekend but I will be in Morristown the week after.

any one going to the thanksgiving national?

I am not going to make it this year, but will be at the Christmas Classic.

I will be there.

what class are you riding protour77?

Hey all. Its been a couple years since I was on here.

My name is Chris Pease
I too raced here in Ohio back in the day. I lived in Ravenswood WV

I raced at 87-90 at
Marietta
Hilliard once or tiwce
Akron (chilli classic) once or twice
Vienna, WV
Ripley, WV

14/15 expert class
My ride was a Plum crazy purple Hutch Hollywood. Still in the basement and wish I would have never stripped and painted it.

Some names I remember.
Doug Burton oh
Mark Barker wv
Bart Washington
Chaz ?
Steve McCallister
Larry ? oh


Cool tread. Lots of old memories

http://www.nbl.org/races-nationals.asp

Looks like a oldschool gathering is possibe feb . 15th in columbus ...
Anyone wanting to come out and watch[sorry we wont have local access to race this one]and or have some kinda dinner after the races let me know .
At the very least we should all get together for a mass dinner one night at the race..

Any of you guys wanting a taste of the big time races will have another shot at akron and hopefully a regional too near ohio..

you didnt mention scott fahnstalk,the hines bros,scott mcmahon im sure you knew these guys too.Think both the scotts were from parkersburgh?

just wanted to post something to keep this post going, why does minnesota 1980s have so much to talk about? i think OHIO should be the same

Still seeing oldschool faces at most every race i go to.
When i was at morristown as i was leaving [wish he woulda came up sooner]a guy asked me "you may not remember me but i used to race ,my name is dave bennet"
Heck yeah dave we all remember ya ..told him to check in i was just talking bout him.
He said he was in contact qwith crazy eddie some ,and taked to doni hier too -he said donnies doing tile work now .
Dave said he lives in tn some and ohio and plans to come to the buckeye national in feb..Hope to see more of youall there too.

I talked to Doni a bit at the Akron Black Cat Chilli race a month or so ago. He was there and it was his son's first race. He asked alot of questions about cruisers and I gave him this website.

Doni Hier was at Akron for the Chili Classic helping his son get started racing. He was wearing a hardwood and flooring company shirt. Something like Heir flooring or something, but I talked to him for a bit as did Chris Cline and he was already asking about the classes for our age group. So i would look for him next year!!

Was Doni's company shirt Neon Orange or Neon Yellow?

dont know if this was mention in this thread yet..but,did anybody attend the 83 or 84(i can't say forsure) superbowl of bmx in toledo ohio?
i was there.
does anybody got pics or info they can remember on this?
i need to see results page or something for this race
i only have one magazine page ripped out of this race..

Funny, My mom said the same thing when I told her I saw him there!!!! LOL

The funny thing is I used to wear a neon shirt when I raced because he did.

I raced at the "Superbowl of BMX" in Toledo. I will look around to see if I have anything from it. What are you trying to find out?? I remember that race very well, they raffled off like 5 hutch's and I won one. Made the whole weekend since I raced like poop poop poop, I say again, poop!

interesting how this website edits swear words. I did not use the word poop in my version.

The "superbowl of BMX" was one of the worst tracks I ever raced!!! It was in between x-mas and new years. I lived in Toledo and I remember being so excited that there was going to be a national right in my home town. When they brought in the dirt it was frozen and as it thawed it turned to soup....it was awful!!

Someone had the great idea to try to freeze the water in the dirt by turning on the ice rink under the track. I think it started to work a little but if you rode off the track into the infield there was no dirt and it was just frosty cement. I'm sure more than one person wrecked hard when they rode off the track. hahaha.

by the way...
I think the rider behind the hutch rider above is Rodney Freeman from Milan MI

what happened in my race.

Damon theres 2 guys in here that prolly have every issue of every bmx mag .
johnny ringo[i asked him bout some results awhile back and he never responded -and Oldtimer1980s
Im sure if you tell oldtimer1980s the date and ask him very nicely hell find your results .Mine from orlando in 85 were only covered in super bmx and freestyle and only showed top3 so i didnt get to see who finished behind me but i know andy golibic and joe spurer beat me at age 12 in 13 under cruiser [i thought i may even beat brad birdwell for the 1st and only time but may never know ?]

The thread is starting to get dormant i think everone may have turned thier email notifacation off lol.
I know im a big mouth on here but im excited about bmx again.
Is there anyone considering racing the buckeye or akron national this year that came to the oldschool race ?
Wildman says hes going to try and come to the feb buckeye race [its been 2 years since he came home]It may be pricey to race a national but 75 % of us would be in the same 20' or cruiser class anyway just wont be so oldschool.
Any event ,if anyone wants to participate in a night out [dinner catching up like some of us did at the os race let me know]
All you old farts have a great christmas !

Steve, has anyone tried contacting the NBL to see if they would let us run an OS race maybe during one of the breaks or something? They may be for it as long as it doesnt interfere with the national.

Charlie

ABA Superbowl of BMX Toledo, Ohio Dec. '83 ABA's trial race at a (NBL style) 3 moto qualifing system. Top 4 Results:
6 open: tapley holland, frank gregory, chris gibson, david roinnel
7-8 o: donny karr, rob o'brian, kurt deboer, ben smith
9-10o: brad moore, justin burdick, koby moody, shawn alpers,
11-12o: monte gray, jason johnson, damon smith, jd finney
13-14o: steve veltmen, rodney freeman, todd cress, trece meyer
15-160: cw stary, shan mason, kris moody, ed semo
17-o: shawn carmody, mark hardy, tom truski
7 g: kelly merryman, melanie cline, suzie whitaker
9g: missy fred, wendy winter,wendy fulton
11g: christy anderson, niki davishek, melanie keith
13g: deanna edwards, robin dj, barb higel, darcy ainsworth
15g: jenny zellner, kris miller, molly moody
12 cr: monty grey, jason johnson, mark franklin, david buckner
13cr: steve veltman, doni hier, bill couch, david hill
15cr: mike chapman, rich garcia, ken williams, wally baryczka
17cr: matt ling, kevin nowak, danny itzenthaler,mark varnes
31cr: paul neal, john hagedoorne, scott solesby, bob hendershott
5: danny hanion, shawn chidester, brad comment, chad baird
6n, scott riskey, chris connor, chris gibson, david cline,
6x: trapley halland, frank gregory, david roinnel, daniel beug,
7n: billy frigic, dan miller, shad richards, mike duncan
7x: ryan constance, matt mccullough, donny karr, josh owens
8n: todd morrissey, cid cunningham, jessie hardink, randy dunn
8x: drew vonderahe, kevin blackman, rob obrian, nathen windel
9n: david hudson, jesse duncan, justin hilgers, jack wampler
9x: jason burdick, scott powers, damion swigert, brian colgrove
10n: tony dakis, jamie hall, greg schats, brian messiner
10x: brad moore, koby moody, shawn alpers, mike carr
11n: david mitrovich, eric balaz, eric schultz, nic buchanon
11x: jason johnson, lawan cunningham, duane maddax, jd finney
12n: scott murry, brian fisher, jeff mielke, david irvine
12x:monte gray, david buckner, mark franklin, jimmy brown
13n: jerry rozen, donald jezioski, brian burchianti, jason seavolt
13x: jason griggs,kevin collins, rodney freeman, mark fairbanks
14n: tim robinson, charles marek, daryl tanski, doug henderson
14x: steve veltman, todd cress, trace meyer, marty yockel
15n: roger fisher, randy lofgren, scott whitman, mark flack
15x: jason white kris moody, brain noethen, kris gawthrop
16n: scott mayfield, jim brennen, harry smith, doug anteau
16x: shan mason, rich garcia, mike chapman, doug chapman
17n: doug finnem, boomer reynolds, tom baliff, jarrod porseglove
17x: shawn carmondy, matt ling, vern cheeseman, dugan neil
pro: brent walk, matt harris, toby henderson, jay hanby
bike team: Reggies
factory team: hutch

excellent!..thanks bmx teacher!

I just found this site. Its so coool the see all the old names and places. I remember going to races all over Ohio.
I saw one mentioned the dust bowl at the madison track, I was there. Matt Ling was injured at the North park trackby Pittsburgh and never fully recovered from that. Does any one remember Stormin Norman ?
tackeling Rich long (old guys cruisers)in a state race final at West Jefferson? Good Times Good Times
Mike Schrader

Just checkin in.
I just found this site. Its so coool the see all the old names and places. I remember going to races all over Ohio. I was at Lagona BMX many times. I liked the bridge tunnel thay had.
I saw someone mentioned the dust bowl at the madison track, I was there.
Matt Ling was injured at the North park track by Pittsburgh and never fully recovered from that. Does any one remember Stormin Norman ? tackeling Rich Long (old guys cruisers)in a state race final at West Jefferson? Good Times Good Times
Mike Schrader

I Have a twin brother Jeff. Most people knew us for the trails behind our house.

Everyone remembers "Schraders" not many could tell you appart I took me a minute and I saw you guys every other day. Great to see you on here. Call me when you're in town. -ED