Ol School MX Parks in So Cal?

[mbrown2]

Another thread got me thinking about how development, legal, insurance issues, and enviromental concerns have pretty much eliminated the MX riding parks in So Cal...
What parks/places did you ride that are no longer there?
We used ride alot between 75-80 and we would always ride Indian Dunes.....However one place that suprises me that there was even a park there is Claude (or Clod) Ostings, which is no Phillips Ranch....this was a close drive to us from La Puente..
Also used to ride El Toro...
What other places used to exist but no longer do.....at least Gorman is still around..

[WishIknew]

Claude Osteens in pomona And De anza in moreno valley and corona raceway friday nites:) :) :) :) dont forget saddleback or carlsbad either

[Quid Pro Quo]

ascot friday night races were awesome.

[mbrown2]

Heck, I remember we had a undeveloped plot of land right in the neighborhood that was basically all built around but maybe a half mile square that we made a track and would ride everyday after school....most days the neighbs that lived right next to it would not even call the cops....we would get to ride from 4-6 till it starting getting dark...and then head home so folks would not get pissed. Some days the cops would come and we would just leave and they would not write any tickets or anything else....tought to see how things have changed..

[Riverkid]

has 25 acres in Corona. We built a little SX/Golf Cart/Rhino/Whatever track. So many kids came through the fences and road that he tore it down yesterday with a CAT.
Trespassers suck. Worse when they are 15...:o

[WishIknew]

we used to ride in the runnoff pit in the middle of Montclair with houses all around it :) :)

[mbrown2]

How about the racing at Irwindale Raceway.....the old one...not the new one...

[mbrown2]

Found a pretty cool and informational link....also how an economic downturn can turn the fun places of today into the ghost towns of tomorrow..very interesting when you think of the state of economy over the next couple years.:
http://www.socalxrs.com/tracks.htm
Track Location Notes Today
Baymare Hwy 118, Moorepark * *
Westlake 101 Frwy @ Westlake Ave
Westlake Village Used for Viewfinders Gran Prix the track Featured a western movie set where the weekly western Gun Smoke was filmed This track hosted a Inter-Am in 1969 the track ran through the barn, and down the main street of the western town Western movie set was still intact until 1995
when it was finally destroyed for a housing development.
Deadmans Point Junction of Hwys 18 247 Lucerne Valley Local races. Some AMA district 37 MX's Land is still intact. Track is rumored to still be there. Also rumored to be used a practice track by Rex Staten
Muntz Cycle Park 23 Frwy @ Sunset Hills Rd
Thousand Oaks Built on a parcel of land owned by housing developer "Mad Man Muntz" (who also owned a chain of stereo stores in the 70's
this track was a favorite of the San Fernando Valley locals such as Tom Rap, and Eddie Cole. As of 1997, land was still there being used to graze cattle. It is however surrounded by urban sprawl
Hopetown Santa Susana Pass Road at the east entrance to Simi Valley. Also Known As Correginville An old western movie set. This land was owned by legendary comedian Bob Hope (as was a big portion of Simi Valley and
Malibu area in those days) Home of the Hopetown Gran Prix featuring the famous Hopetown mud hole. This event was one of
the first U.S. appearances of Torsten Hallman, Joel Robert, and Roger Decoster Hopetown course is gone. The movie set lapsed into disre pair. Recently new ownersare attempting to make a comeback as a movie set with the rise in popularity of period movies (ie westerns)
Castiac I-5 at Hwy 126 Junction Not the track located at Castiac Lake today. Original track was laid out by CMC president Stu Peters and original partner Calvin Franks using a rented farmers field. In 1968 this track hosted an Inter-Am whichwas won by Joel Robert Exact location of track not clear. Believed to be in between the north and south portions of I-5 No evidence of original track remains.
Indian Dunes I-5 @ Hwy 126 - 2 miles from Magic Mountain One of the original "cycle parks" which allowed open riding. This park featured two main tracks International, and Shadow Glen as well as speedway, TT, and a separate mini bike track. The park was also used to film action movies. Multiple races each week as well as Gran Prixs with a river crossing jump as part of the track Stopped operating as a cycle park in Feb 1985 Many local riders and parents launched petition drives to have it reopened to no avail. Continued to operate as a movie set until recently. Once a wooded area next to a river, all evidence of the original park has been removed including the trees. Now nothing more than a field of lettuce plants. Unless you raced there you would never know it was ever there.
Irwindale Drags I-210 @ I-605 Irwindale Part of the famous night MX scene of the late 60's early 70's. In those days is was possible to race from Tuesday night through Friday nights every week. In 1976 the city of Irwindale leased the property to Miller Brewing Company for one dollar a year to build a brewery. The main buildings sit on the exact spot the MX track was located. No evidence remains of the track or the drag strip.
Ascot Park I-110 @I-405 @ 91 Frwy Gardena The most famous and longest lasting of the night tracks. Built as a Flat track in the 1940's, Ascot hosted it's first night MotoCross in 1968. Credited with starting the "stadium Motocross" concept years before the first "Superbowl OF Motocross" in 1972 Ascot was the starting point for the riders that would go on to race the early Supercrosses Note: this was actually the third location for Ascot Park. Two previous locations in the 1930's were closer to down town LA. Ascot hosted it's last Night Motocross on Nov 2, 1990 and closed for good several weeks later. Development of the property has been delayed by discovery of toxic chemicals in the soil, and the economic downturn of the area. Today, the dirt mound the bleachers were built on is all that remains of the original race track.
Lyons Drag Strip I-405 @ Wilmington Ave
Long Beach One of the many drag strips in southern California at the time, Lyons hosted weekly night MX. Lyons closed in the late 1970's to become a storage lot for ocean going shipping containers. Small evidence of the original drag strip is visible but no indication of the MX track.
Cycle Haven Terminal Island at the base of the Vincent St Thomas
Bridge, Los Angeles Harbor. One of the local "Urban Tracks". Races were
run by a local club. While the track was popular with the locals, the owners realized they could make much more money by rent the land to store shipping containers. The track and surrounding areas were paved over to make room for containers at the end of the 1970's.
Fontana Drag Strip North of I-10 Frwy Near the old Fontana Steel Plant Yet another of the drag strip moto cross tracks. While never having night MX races, CMC Ran some early Golden State Races there. Destroyed to make housing developments.
Orange County International
Raceway (OCIR) Junction of I-405, I-5 in Irvine Located at the end of the runway at El Toro Marine Base, OCIR was the newest of the southern California drag strips. Thursday night MX races were very popular with
Orange County locals. This track lasted until the early 80's. It has since been bulldozed to make a high tech business park and interchange for a new freeway that also ran through what was once Saddleback
Osteens Cycle Park Near junction of I-57, I-10 and 71 freeways in Pomona Owned by professional baseball legend Claude Osteen, this track featured a natural terrain out door track including a long off camphor section laid out in a bowl shaped valley. The park closed after only a few years of operation. It is now a housing tract. The land was so altered to make houses, the untrained eye could find no evidence of the track ever being there.
Rialto Cycle Park
(AKA Glen Helen) Junction of I-15 and I-215
Freeways in Devore In the same basic location as the modern day Glen Helen, this early, much smaller version featured a well laid out track kept moist with water from a natural springs on the property Located near a medium security prison, the park was closed for a number of years. Legend has it that the prison complained about the noise
Ontario Motor
Speedway Junction of I-15 and I-10
freeways in Ontario This all new racing faculty was built as a work of art in the late 1960's. It featured an oval track, road course, drag strip, and Moto cross track. With 80,000 seats the track hosted Indy cars and a Varity of events including Sunday Moto Crosses about once a month. A victim of the economic down turn in the 70's this faculty closed after only a few years of operation. It was eventually torn down. Until recently the giant dirt mound that held the seats remained as evidence of the track. This is now also gone. On the site is an industrial complex and the new Ontario Mills Super Mall
El Toro Speedway Junction of I-5 and I-405 Freeways Located across the freeway from OCIR this small 1/8th mile short track also hosted Sunday Moto Crosses. The track took advantage of the natural bowl the oval track was in to feature some sizable hills. The area is now a retail center. The track was torn down in the early 1970's, a victim of the urban sprawl that is rapidly consuming much of Orange County.
Sunrise Cycle Park. (AKA 395, or Adelanto Cycle Park. Hwy 395 in Adelanto. Opened in the early 1960's, the original track had short track and TT's. Moto Cross Was started in the late 60's. Over the years, the faculty has been operated by a number of different lease holders. The land and the track are there today, but at the current time, the faculty is closed.
Huntington Beach Cycle Park One block north of beach Blvd at Gothard in Huntington Beach Originally a TT track, one Sunday a month was a Moto cross using a long, but flat track. Mostly a local track, the regulars were hard to beat there. Closed in 1973, the site is now a trailer park
Elsinore Raceway I-15 @ Railroad Canyon Road in Elsinore A TT Scrambles track for many years, in the late 1960's an occasional Moto Crosswas run. The faculty was closed in the late 1970's for racing. The TT track is still there in good condition. The track is used as an access road for a shooting range for the gun club that now owns the land.
Rawhide Cycle Park Hwy 74 aprox 2 miles from I-15 near Elsinore On the same road that leads to Perris, this challenging track featured several water
crossings, many hills and big rocks. Several CMC races ran there in the early 70's the faculty closed after being in operation for only a short time. While the track itself is gone, the land it was on is still undeveloped. The locals still ride there.
De Anza Cycle Park I-60 east of Marino Valley Near Banning Pass This park also featured open riding. Laid out in several steep valleys. The track was on the side of a hill and not very accessible to spectators, nor were the pits easy to get to. The faculty opened and closed numerous times through out the 70's and 80's. Recently operators attempted to get state funding to improve the faculty and operate as a "Green Sticker" park. Their efforts were mired down by local and regional politics. Amid scandals and charges of bribery, the park closed for good, some of the acreage being taken for an
ever expanding land fill.
Trojan Speedway I-710 @ Florence Ave Built in the heart of East Los Angeles industrial area in the 50' and 60', this was a short track that had some night MX. While never as famous as Ascot and others it was part of the weekly So-Cal night race circuit Land was sold in the mid 1970's. Track closed property is now a self-storage business. No evidence of the original track
Bob Bailey's Cycle Park. 182nd Street @ NormandeAve. Gardena Here is an unusual one. 1960's MX legend Gary Baily's brother, Bob bought an entire operating golf course with the intention to have a riding park and Moto Cross track. The course was laid out, races were scheduled, but at the last minute the city refused to issue operation permit. The ad's that ran in Cycle News asked "have you ever dreamed of riding on a golf course". The faculty never opened for business. To this day this remains the only example of land use in this fashion. Bob Bailey was forced to sell the property. The area is now houses. Note: While no one ever raced at the track, some locals were rumored to have broken into the faculty and practiced on the newly constructed track at night.
Corona Raceway Junction of I-15 and 91 Fwy in Corona. Famous for the Corona Gran Prix using a seven mile track. The night races used a bowel originally designed for flat track and TT Races. The night races were notorious for poor lighting. Spectators turned their car lights on the track to help racers see. This track was enormously popular with the Orange County, and Riverside area locals. This faculty lasted until the mid 1980's. When Saddleback closed in 1984, the operators of the popular "Saturday Saddleback" races moved these events to Corona for a short while until this faculty also closed, a victim of increasing land values and worries over liabilities. The land is now a large housing and light industrial complex. No evidence of the original track is left although the locals swear they can point out certain sections of the track.
Irvine 91 Frwy @ Green River Anaheim Hills Thought to be one of the first "Moto Cross" tracks in the country. Although called "Irvine" location was what is now Anaheim Hills. Races were run by ACA. Track consisted of river bottom sand. Poster advertising 1966 races recently surfaced, map to location used only roads and "expressways" as this was before the interstate system carved up southern California. Area has been so completely developed, no traces remain of original track or surrounding area.
Sea Breeze Park I-5 near the junction of the Pacific Coast Highway in San Clemente This natural terrain Moto Cross track was laid out on a rolling hill side over looking the Pacific Ocean. Several CMC races ran there in the early 70's. Riders liked the fact that the ocean breezes kept the tempitures down in the summer (unlike Carlsbad) and that they could be at the beach five minutes after their last moto. Noise complaints from a church some distance away spelled the beginning of the end for Sea Breeze. The rapid and prolific development of south Orange County in the mid 1970's sealed the fate. Today in the area there are thousands of tract houses and no evidence that
Sea Breeze was ever there.
Riverside Raceway I-60 @ I-215, Riverside While not a MotoCross Track, this area was famous for the Riverside Gran Prix. Today the Property is a shopping mall. Nothing remains of the car track or off road course.
Perris Raceway Hwy 74 in the town of Perris Started life in the 1950's as a half mile and TT tracks. CMC started racing Moto Cross there in the late 1960's. Featured in the original "On Any Sunday" movie, the scene where the racer on the Sachs throws away his "$ 30.00 prescription glasses. Legend has it that racer in the movie is Honda's Eric Crippa One of only two tracks that remain today from the original tracks of the 60's and 70's, this faculty holds weekly events. Rumors of the track closing for good come and go. Although the track is just yards from houses, operations continue as of this writing.
Saddleback Park Santiago Canyon Road Irvine. The prototype for open riding parks across the country, Saddleback is possibly the most famous and photographed track in the sport. Often called the "mecca" of Moto Cross, more national stars emerged from Saddleback than any other track in the country. One little known story is that the original MX track was far from the location of the track that most people knew. The first track was laid out in 1967 by Joel Robert. The location was further down the hill near
the city of Irvine. Those that rode the first track state it was far superior to the more famous track. Noise complaints from the town forced park operator (Joe Parkhurst) to move the track to it's more commonly known location. Saddleback Park closed in July 1984. There are many legends and stories as to why the park stopped operations. Disputes between the leaseholder and the property owner, the giant Irvine Company initially closed the park. Over the years there have been many efforts to reopen the track both from within the MX industry, and by private individuals. The Irvine Company was, at one time, supposed to have had over 300 million in unsettled liability lawsuits pending, making a reopening very unlikely. Today, a new freeway has removed most of what was once the pit area. Most of the track is still desirable to any one who has ever ridden there.
Carlsbad Raceway Palamore Airport Road off the I-5, Carlsbad. The only other track from this era that still operates today. The drag strip was built in the 1950's. Moto Cross was started in 1966 by CMC. This track is as famous as the Saddleback track, gaining international fame in the early 1970's when a round of the 500 World Championship GP's was held there and televised on Wide World Of Sports. The track is still in operation today, although a shadow of it's former self. The property has been sold several times (owners included the owners of the Wimpys hamburger chain). The topography of the site makes development difficult. While once in a rural area, the track is completely surrounded by industrial and high dollar residential development that is right to the fence surrounding the track. As the entrance to the property is being leveled for slabs, the end is rumored to be near.

[Captain Dan]

For those in San Diego - here are a few old riding areas...
Cowles Mountain
Mission Gorge
Miramar
Santee Sand Pits

[WishIknew]

The last I heard Deadman's point was owned by the Hoover family(some FAST mofo's) of PHD Plumbing. and Rex Staten was good friends of there's!

[LOWRIVER2]

My folks took me to Saddleback a couple of times as a kid. Great memories.

[mbrown2]

Another find from another site:
"1977 Indian Dunes Southern California
Trip from Washington state to SoCal with my
best friend, Doug.
Old school '69 Chevy van, and the adventure
of a lifetime, riding and racing the classic
SoCal tracks (they're now all gone) :(
We rode & raced Indian Dunes, Ascot,
Saddleback Park, and Racing World /
Trabuco Canyon, Cal.
Bikes - brand new '77 RM125B (mine)
new '77 Husky CR125 (Doug)"
http://www.sevintagemx.com/images/Van_Indian_Dunes_1977.jpg

[LOWRIVER2]

Go to any District 37 race and you still see the old timers carrying their bikes in cargo vans. Economical way to bike/camp.

[mbrown2]

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c340/Potts228/PottsandHansenatDunessmall2.jpg

[RiverPirate]

In the early 70's my Uncle took us to a track/"cycle park" as he used to call it, somewhere in Cerritos. I vividly remember taping on a beer can on the pipe for a silencer. People have been bitching about bikes and noise forever.

[Ivan Dan]

Go to any District 37 race and you still see the old timers carrying their bikes in cargo vans. Economical way to bike/camp.
Old timers?? Ever heard of Mikey Childress? Races desert (Baja 500/1000) a lot on bikes and is now transitioning into buggies and trucks. He rocks a van as his bike transport.

[phebus]

Saddleback Park and Escape Country

[WUTWZAT]

Apparently this place is still open....
Elsinore Raceway I-15 @ Railroad Canyon Road in Elsinore A TT Scrambles track for many years, in the late 1960's an occasional Moto Crosswas run. The faculty was closed in the late 1970's for racing. The TT track is still there in good condition. The track is used as an access road for a shooting range for the gun club that now owns the land.
I was told its for MX bikes only..... I don't know any specifics but one weekend day is for 2 wheel bikes wheel the other days is used for sidexside racing. I was told it has a cou[le of different tracks and the entrance fee is around $40.00 first time and return fee is about $20.00. I am not sure its the same place but was directed to a place off the 15 and railroad last week.
Jason

[LOWRIVER2]

Well sooorrry,LOL.
For every ONE van, there are 100 small toy boxes and pickup trucks. Vans are in the minority. District 37 that is, and 37 is AS CLOSE to old school rides as it gets these days.
Enduros were fun to watch too. My uncle raced Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha back in the early 70's at places like Riverside, the "Bear 250" , Elsinore, etc. Pretty competitive back then. Suspensions and weight sure have come a long way.

[Hal]

I used to race dist. 37 TT races at Elsinore Raceway, Perris Raceway, Adelanto and flat track and TT at Corona Raceway from 69 to 74.
Most of the guys I raced with had vans. Those were fun times but I am sure paying for it now.:( :D :D
MX kinda took over when it started getting real popular in 73 - 74.

[Trailer Park Casanova]

Simi Valley Hope Town.
Kuehner and Smith rd.

[ZZ-Man]

How about Marano Beach off the 60 and Rosemead we used to go there and Spring Land Park in Pico Rivera. My dad had a 250 Sprint ( HD ) and a couple of mini bikes.

[KingCole]

In the early 70's my Uncle took us to a track/"cycle park" as he used to call it, somewhere in Cerritos. I vividly remember taping on a beer can on the pipe for a silencer. People have been bitching about bikes and noise forever.
I remember riding there! There was also a place in Fullerton by St. Jude hospital called Fullerton mini-bike park. No bike over 250cc was allowed to ride there. They had two mx tracks and we would ride there all day in the summer.

[prosthogod]

The original, SADDLEBACK PARK, back about 30 yrs ago.

[Sportin' Wood]

Perris Raceway Hwy 74 in the town of Perris Started life in the 1950's as a half mile and TT tracks. CMC started racing Moto Cross there in the late 1960's. Featured in the original "On Any Sunday" movie, the scene where the racer on the Sachs throws away his "$ 30.00 prescription glasses. Legend has it that racer in the movie is Honda's Eric Crippa One of only two tracks that remain today from the original tracks of the 60's and 70's, this faculty holds weekly events. Rumors of the track closing for good come and go. Although the track is just yards from houses, operations continue as of this writing.
Still open, I was just out there today. Ricky Johnson owns it now I was told.
I remember Corona, Lake Elsinore and Saddleback as well. Saddleback had some scary sh!t for a 12 year old. Big verticle climbs with hairpins at the top suck when you are 12. I also rememeber a huge berm that had a pond in the bottom..... Yep My bike ended up in the water. Sure was cool to go to that park. Lucky me I still get to ride on the same dirt I grew up on. It's right in my front yard.:D

[Wheeler]

Any one remember the guy with the cigar climbing the "Matterhorn"? Jim Robinson (Jim owned Escape Country) said it was him in the movie "On any Sunday" When Jim started flying and selling Ultralight Aircraft, he most always flew with a stoggie. Another friend claimed to be the one with the pig tails hanging out of his helmet at the "Elsinore Grand Prix" also shown in the movie, he was called "Wally Wonderful" .

[cdog]

I lived in torrance untill I was 11. I remember watching my dad race karts and midgets at Ascot when I was a munchkin. Our good family friend Henery was the mud bog and crash car derby champ there for years.
I hope we can find stuff to do like that when we move to phoenix next month.

[Wheeler]

I lived in torrance untill I was 11. I remember watching my dad race karts and midgets at Ascot when I was a munchkin. Our good family friend Henery was the mud bog and crash car derby champ there for years.
I hope we can find stuff to do like that when we move to phoenix next month.
I was born in Gardena, raised in Redondo. I was able to hear Ascot from the house in Redondo. Watched Sammy Tanner, Gene Romero and a host of other aces. Art Agajanian has a house around the corner from me here in Parker.

[riverracerx]

In Shadow Hills, behind my house was a place called the Japs. It was an old Japanese concentration camp location. Just a big bowl with hills all around it.
Also rode in the hills off La Tuna Canyon.
I was on a 1984 CR125 and was 15.
Sheriff stated chasing us in cars...
then in blazers...
then on HWY patrol bikes...
then on XR200s
Then I passed the local liquor store one day and saw the Sheriff Blazer with a trailer on the back carrying black and white CR250s :eek:
That's when they started getting serious and called in the choppers too.
I walked my bike home way too many times. But had a lot of fun running from the cops for awhile! We would lead them down dead ends with little holes we could get out of at the end. We had a dirt jump over a locked gate they couldn't get through. Lots of ways home through the hills they never knew about.
It was like a kids version of the Dukes of Hazard!! Yee Haww

[westair]

Used to go to Carlsbad Raceway for years, the top riders in the world raced on that track. A couple of years ago I watched them as they started grading it for the new development, very sad even though we knew it was coming for years.

[DesertDog]

I remember riding there! There was also a place in Fullerton by St. Jude hospital called Fullerton mini-bike park. No bike over 250cc was allowed to ride there. They had two mx tracks and we would ride there all day in the summer.
Hey I remember that place.Went there a couple times as a kid.Not too far away was hills on Beach Blvd. by the Chevron oil fields.

[cdog]

I was born in Gardena, raised in Redondo. I was able to hear Ascot from the house in Redondo. Watched Sammy Tanner, Gene Romero and a host of other aces. Art Agajanian has a house around the corner from me here in Parker.
Cool!
My first dirt bike was a 77 honda xr 75 circle track bike from an Ascot racer. That spot is still there. Just dirt. My grandfather still lives over by sepulveda & palos verdes blvd. and I pass it when I go and visit him.

[HotRod82]

I miss some of the great old parks too, but there are more parks open today than there ever was back in the day. The lack of open land to ride on has actually increased the number of MX tracks here in SoCal. Elsinore, Perris, Starwest, LACR, Comp. edge, Racetown, Cahuilla, I-5, Glen Helen, just to name a few....

[boatnam2]

i use to race alot back in the late 70's 80's ascot was wed night irwindale or orange county thursday night my favorite indian dunes friday night saddleback sat carlsbad sunday.also raced at terminal island if you can believe that they had a nice track.there was escape country in mv had a awesome track good open riding/camping.

[boatnam2]

Perris Raceway Hwy 74 in the town of Perris Started life in the 1950's as a half mile and TT tracks. CMC started racing Moto Cross there in the late 1960's. Featured in the original "On Any Sunday" movie, the scene where the racer on the Sachs throws away his "$ 30.00 prescription glasses. Legend has it that racer in the movie is Honda's Eric Crippa One of only two tracks that remain today from the original tracks of the 60's and 70's, this faculty holds weekly events. Rumors of the track closing for good come and go. Although the track is just yards from houses, operations continue as of this writing.
Still open, I was just out there today. Ricky Johnson owns it now I was told.
I remember Corona, Lake Elsinore and Saddleback as well. Saddleback had some scary sh!t for a 12 year old. Big verticle climbs with hairpins at the top suck when you are 12. I also rememeber a huge berm that had a pond in the bottom..... Yep My bike ended up in the water. Sure was cool to go to that park. Lucky me I still get to ride on the same dirt I grew up on. It's right in my front yard.:D
ricky j and sabastian torteli own it and i believe doug dubach is going to do a school there.

[Dan Lorenze]

My Dad would take my brother and I to Muntz (valley cycle park) and Indian Dunes back when we were kids. Indian dunes was epic.. I now live about a half a mile from the old Muntz park... It's a golf couse now..

[boatnam2]

so who was the fastest guys you raced with not against?I was at a few races with jeff ward when he was a kid,A guy named greg toyama rode for fmf was fast as hell.ofcourse marty smith,ron turner staright out of nerd magazine but could turn the wick.

[WishIknew]

so who was the fastest guys you raced with not against?I was at a few races with jeff ward when he was a kid,A guy named greg toyama rode for fmf was fast as hell.ofcourse marty smith,ron turner staright out of nerd magazine but could turn the wick.
Gary Jones Thats when i realized how fast I wasnt!!!!!!!

[SoCal Builder]

Track made you feel like a supercross hero!!!

[boatnam2]

I remember ascot when i first started racing.. the tt jump which was used for flat track was the big jump then going up it sideways man i thought i was the shit clearing it,iT hails in comparison to motocross today,the tracks and jumps today are insane and the kids doing it have big balls.

[boatnam2]

Does anyone remember irwindale,the starting line straight away was so long you had to let of the gas a few times are blow up your bike.The pro's would race the track backwards the called it the king of the hill because the big jump was real big going backwards.

[boatnam2]

i dont remeber the place but it was in the SFV there was a concrete resevoir that we use to jump across tha for some reason i rememeber thinking it was a big deal back then.What about the river jump at indian dunes?I loved that place and would ride all day from the motocrosss track,to the other track that was real fast throught the tree's,get on the speedway track for a few laps,river riding when it was hot.place had it all.

[PaPaG]

Gary Jones Thats when i realized how fast I wasnt!!!!!!!
You know how to ride? :D

[LUVNLIFE]

In Shadow Hills, behind my house was a place called the Japs. It was an old Japanese concentration camp location. Just a big bowl with hills all around it.
Also rode in the hills off La Tuna Canyon.
I was on a 1984 CR125 and was 15.
Sheriff stated chasing us in cars...
then in blazers...
then on HWY patrol bikes...
then on XR200s
Then I passed the local liquor store one day and saw the Sheriff Blazer with a trailer on the back carrying black and white CR250s :eek:
That's when they started getting serious and called in the choppers.
I walked my bike home way too many times. But had a lot of fun running from the cops for awhile! We would lead them down dead ends with little holes we could get out of at the end. We had a dirt jump over a locked gate they couldn't get through. Lots of ways home through the hills they never knew about.
It was like a kids version of the Dukes of Hazard!! Yee Haww
Damn I grew up on Sheldon St. I know the store you are talking about is Quick Mart. Where did you live at? We all used to hang out at the Japs.:)