I don't know if he ever landed a factory ride but the fastest guy I recall seeing
in the Tampa area was Randy Street.

NOR CAL Wins..

Add Jordan Nopens to that list.. yeah 'technically' lives in SoCal..but raised up right in NorCal!
x2 National Champion Cups..



Uh and you missed one Miss Cheri Elliot...

come on Adam...

you have a girl give them PROPS!

Nor*Cal wins this ish everytime .past champs, future champs and life after bmx champs. Im throwin Mike Hajek in the mix . Mikey is still racing .... he 's racing rc truggies and kickin mucho a$$.. check out michael vincent . com to see how big time baller status Mikey is livin'

Isn't Tennette from NorCal?

I used to really like his style but would he be considered old school? I don't remember him being around until late 80s/90s. Whatever years he raced, the dude was bad.

This list spans some years; from when I started in '83 into the 90's

Houston, TX
Steve Veltman-Hutch
Monte Gray-Hutch
John Purse-Eagle Snacks
Cody Smart-Patterson
Todd Mitchell-Titan, Robinson
Mike Hoadley-Tahoe
Jacque Chidester-Hawk, Tru Color
Jay Davis-Titan

Corpus Christi, TX
Parnell Haley-Free Agent, White Bear

San Antonio, TX
Marty Christman-Free Agent

DFW, TX
Todd Slavik-Free Agent
Chris Eudaley-Free Agent
David Molenda-Hawk, Elf
Kevin Gentry-ESP, Supercross
Jason King-Vans
James Pritchard-GT, White Bear, Elf

Austin, TX
Brad Finnel-ESP
Trey Walden-ESP
Eddie Siegmund-Skyway, ESP
Julian Hurst-Elf

yes, Terry is from NorCal. Started racing at Phil Zeip's track in the San Jose area.

I'm not going to be the spokesperson for So Cal, but come on Nor Cal, really? You think you were that dominant?

I'm not the historian here, but if memory serves, So Cal just in the 80s (not even counting SD) was home to...

Stu
Pistol Pete
Harry Leary
Greg Hill
Mike Miranda
Tommy Brackens
Billy Griggs
Brian Gass
Brian Lopes
Eric Carter
Glen Pavolovski
Chris Moeller
Geoff Scofield
Craig Bark
Mike Horton
Rob Fehd
Barry Nilson
Mapu Naki
Danny Milwee
Dave Cullinan

That's just a partial list off the top of my head. The names don't get much bigger!

AZ Factory Guys/Girls

I'm sure I will miss a couple

Ed "Bigfoot" Timpson
Carl "Meat" Webster
Darrin Beach
Mike Bell
Misty Dong
Jason Wharton
Kyle Flemming
Ronnie Ames
The Battles brothers
Holly Dunn
Chad Dunn
Buckwheat
Andy Contes
Mike Ellis
Jaydee Finney
Digger Kalsow
Debbie Kalsow
Fred Hightower


and oh yeah..........that Galen Starlin guy

Where is this So Cal that you speak of? Never heard of it!

South of Nor Cal

Ha! It's where Matt Hadan is from.

The Diesel?

Oh wait, it's where my bike was made, huh?

More Nor Cal for the list:

Kenny May
Dennis Hammond

You gotta put Mikey in it. 20 years ago is "BITD" to me.

The three that I remember from Central NJ were:
Troy Fatula
Dean Valis
Ed Mroz

Those guys could race, I know Ed still does...

Justin Green / Diamond Back

Santa Ana, ese! Orale!

Let's don't forget that So Cal was also the home of the LEGENDARY Luckys, Parks, Honda Hills, Centennial, Sheep Hills (didn't come on until the 90s though), Jones Track, etc.

Just consider that the Luckys Crew alone comprised Maddog, The Buckle, and yours truly. Between the three of us, there is a premiere rider-owned company, BMXA covers, hundreds of published photos, and 4 silver cups. Yep, the three amigos, all from our local trails. BEAT THAT NOR CAL!!!

Okay, so I really didn't contribute much to all those accomplishments, but I was the trail boss!

Milham also rode for GT
Tony Synaka - Kastan
Percy Owens (from Sarasota but close enough)- Free Agent

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I Raced Back at the beginning of the 80's with Denny Owens, Russ Creech, etc, I Was Track Champions Of Itasca, Elk Grove & Lombard for the 1982 Summer In 16 Expert Class.
Recently Found Some Pics To of it all, was online looking for track pics of Elk Grove & Itasca Just now and ran across this forum..... Man sorry to hear about Denny, the one pic i found was when i beat him at Itasca.... Sorry for his loss, he was a fast one....
Bret

Wasn't Brent Romero from Az?

Yep

Marty Luker was no.2 because Doug Prather Factory Skyway was no.1

That's Marty Luker(no.2) behind Doug Prather (no.1)

Doers anyone have current contact information for Albert Delgado? He has been nominated for the Texas BMX Hall of Fame, and we are ccurrently unable to locate him.

South Park Pa had so many prominent racers BITD.
To name a couple,
Paul Pecina-Kuwahara, Vector
Jim Stinson-Huffy, Vector
Mike Stinson-Raleigh
Matt Harris-Kuwahara
Paul Scamardi-Powerlite
Jim Brammer -Currently-Thunder Racing
Tom Andrews-Free Agent
Timmy Anderson-Pro-Neck
Chris Kerns-Powerlite

and the list goes on and on.

IN THE HOUSE!!!!!! Thanks for the props, kinda weird to see your name brought up.

Todd, are you on the Missouri Outlaws Facebook page? If not, check it out.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/185082378208890/

No, i tried that whole facebook thing for a minute, decided to cut my loses on that plan. Is that where they are all hangin these days? This site sure is bringing back some memories, hoping to reconnect with fellow riders and help out where i can with the nastolgia!

there's a bunch of guys from the 70s and early 80s plus
John Piant
Steve Moore's father just joined
Tim Kikauris
Rick Barker
Bob Hunt

Tim Judge is a member but doesn't post. So is Renny Roker.

Did you know Dru Potts? He's a member as well but doesn't post much if at all. Still, you'd be able to connect with a bunch of faces you haven't seen in a while.

i recognize all the names,they are all a little older. i raced on freshour with tim after i left redline, i think steve had a younger brother joe more my age,i raced more in the ages of brian howard,phil carona,tracy bogler,kevin conrad. think i started in 80 and stopped in 85-86 as a 14 or 15 x. had 5 missouri #1 plates and never made it to enough nationals to do any good on that level.did place really well at several as far as trophy. often raced the older locals when enough my age wouldnt show. are you my age or a little older.remember the name dru potts, was he on redline or freshour.

Dru was on Freshour. I used to race against Dru, Barker, TK, Travis McGhee, etc. Steve Moore did have a brother named Joe (same as his father). I remember Kevin Conrad. He'd shake his head all the way around the track. Really fast little guy on Kuwahara. You should definitely check out the Facebook site. I guarantee you'll run into some old guys you used to know. Brian Howard isn't on there but his older brother Noel is always on.

Fixed that for you, William.

That is by no means a complete list. Orlando has always had stacked local races. It kinda sucked but at the same time it was kinda cool. You'd have all these crazy fast guys in your class at the locals, but that was good for training, 'cause then at the nationals it would always just be the normal local guys that beat you. The bad part is they would always beat you...