I concur . We lived out west so had to do with carlsbad, saddleback and the LA memorial coliseum.. Unadilla was the premier mx track in america. Mammoth in California is the only thing close.
Good call on those support class riders . All along I thought 27 was Guerra and 36 Jonathan Keller.I was gonna call you out but I definitely needed to check the facts. You were 100% correct sir.your the man up here in this piece. A dios ,amigo..
Yep. At 4:29 you can see Laporte is using the air cooled Yamaha, (81), but just a few seconds later a yellow Yamaha #33, (Johnson?) lines up and is running the top heavy radiator. We know this is 1982, because nobody ever ran that bike in 81 or 83, and some would not ride it in 82. But 82 was Yamaha's first "production" water cooled. They made some in the 70's for their racers, but I think Yamaha lost one to a silly "claim rule", where a loser could claim a works bike and steal it from the factory. It was some of the first socialism in USA Motocross.
@@EarthSurferUSA Laport and Glover had works bikes and air cooled. Johnson was full factory too. I have no idea why he chose the terrible production bike. I'm from PA we were there, all the GPs
@@EarthSurferUSA Not to worry. It was MartyTripes bike that was claimed (1978 I think). The manufacturers all complained to the AMA and the rule disappeared.
These were some of the best years for Unadilla. Great camera work.
I concur . We lived out west so had to do with carlsbad, saddleback and the LA memorial coliseum.. Unadilla was the premier mx track in america. Mammoth in California is the only thing close.
Good call on those support class riders . All along I thought 27 was Guerra and 36 Jonathan Keller.I was gonna call you out but I definitely needed to check the facts. You were 100% correct sir.your the man up here in this piece. A dios ,amigo..
Jimmy Ellis, Mickey Kessler and Billy Grossi dicing in the support class.
Back when Dilla was Good 🦾
1982 Danny LaPorte wins the 250cc World Championship . Danny #31
Yep. He come outta nowhere. By then Any elite american could go over and roll the euros.
Real MX!
The best Danny La Porte 💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪
Great footage and clarity. Those were good days for racing. What year was this and who were some of the players? I'm guessing 80-81.
This was in 1982 the year Danny LaPorte (#31) won the 250cc World Motocross Championship.
Yep. At 4:29 you can see Laporte is using the air cooled Yamaha, (81), but just a few seconds later a yellow Yamaha #33, (Johnson?) lines up and is running the top heavy radiator. We know this is 1982, because nobody ever ran that bike in 81 or 83, and some would not ride it in 82. But 82 was Yamaha's first "production" water cooled. They made some in the 70's for their racers, but I think Yamaha lost one to a silly "claim rule", where a loser could claim a works bike and steal it from the factory. It was some of the first socialism in USA Motocross.
@@EarthSurferUSA Laport and Glover had works bikes and air cooled.
Johnson was full factory too.
I have no idea why he chose the terrible production bike.
I'm from PA we were there, all the GPs
@@EarthSurferUSA
Not to worry. It was MartyTripes bike that was claimed (1978 I think). The manufacturers all complained to the AMA and the rule disappeared.
Proper MX.
Good stuff here.
1982
@143chippy…you would be correct sir..
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Pretty sure 82 since Steve Wise won in 81.
It’s definitely’82. Wise might’ve won a moto in ‘81 but Englishman Neil Hudson won it o/a. Kees van der ven won the o/a in ‘82..
1981...
36 Kessler?
David Bailey #36
Michael kessler
Kessler 36 support class , Bailey 36 GP