S5 EP2 'FACTORY' PHIL LAWRENCE

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  • Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
  • This weeks guest is a special one 'Factory' Phil Lawrence is not only a SX winner and ex factory racer he's Pings brother in law. The two have been friends since Ping went pro and have a great history together.

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  • @55tmilam
    @55tmilam Год назад +25

    It takes a real man to put his pride aside and share his testimony!!! I really enjoyed your story! I’m the same age as factory and I love hearing stories from the 90s the best era in SX/MX best of luck in your future factory Phil!

  • @Chaseracer
    @Chaseracer Год назад +11

    It takes a real man to be vulnerable and lead with emotion when sitting face to face with one of your peers who you admire. Ping you are a class act, your progression and talent in this medium has been incredible to witness so far. Thank you both for an amazing interview, both of you are legends in my book, cheers guys.

  • @trailvet5957
    @trailvet5957 Год назад +5

    Probably the best interview I've seen in this industry. Ping I really appreciate your gifts as an interviewer and person. I didn't know that much about Phil, because I was checked out of the moto scene to raise a family. What a great story of the power of God to touch lives and take a humble person and bless countless lives. Thank you, Phil, for humbly submitting your life to God and being a great witness to His love and grace. Love you guys!

  • @danielwilson6401
    @danielwilson6401 Год назад +5

    This was the best show ever! Thanks to both you and Phil for the real story.

  • @425clay
    @425clay Год назад +3

    Best show yet, Thanks Ping.Been a Phil fan for years. And I was @ Orlando in 96. Was yelling for Phil back then haha.

  • @ronaldtravis970
    @ronaldtravis970 Год назад +3

    Great show as always Ping ! Phil was a great guest 🤘 🤘🤘 The 90s RULED 🔥👍 LoL , I was a Punk also 🙏✝️

  • @shaneleyden622
    @shaneleyden622 Год назад +5

    This is by far the best episode yet!!! Go Phil!!!

  • @wheels.and.wrenches
    @wheels.and.wrenches Год назад +4

    Phil cracks me up. Great show

  • @extremedf53
    @extremedf53 Год назад +6

    I am now a Phil fan, I think it is so cool of him to be so honest about his life. I grew up and raced in the 70’s in Florida it was a party there also.

  • @rickyallen5873
    @rickyallen5873 Год назад +9

    Truly a bad dude on a motorcycle in his day. I was a bit shocked to hear how clean Phil was early on. I figured he was a partier all the way through. SO PUMPED to hear he got right with the Lord and is leading that life now. I know it’s humility but I’d like to tell him to hold his head high for the accomplishments during his racing years. He has a lot to be proud of and is selling himself quite short. Awesome show man. Love to see that connection at the end where two long time friends really show how they feel about one another.

  • @freebird1292
    @freebird1292 Год назад +5

    Great show Ping! Great to see Phil doing so well!!

  • @robertrishel3685
    @robertrishel3685 Год назад +9

    What a great story! another great show, another great athlete and human being.
    Thank you for sharing so much of it with us.

  • @JohnHowerton137
    @JohnHowerton137 Год назад +4

    Always wondered what happened to Factory Phil. Great pod Ping. Lots of fun.

  • @jamespatterson2002
    @jamespatterson2002 Год назад +9

    ping..i look forward to your show every time. you are the best in the buisiness at getting riders to open up and tell us things we never knew....GREAT JOB

    • @mxcollin95
      @mxcollin95 Год назад

      Absolutely 100% agreed! Ping I know you have a successful firefighting career but please don’t ever stop staying involved moto because you’ve done so many good things and have so much more to give! You’re definitely a huge blessing to this sport that so many of us grew up in and love!

  • @MC-zc1qm
    @MC-zc1qm Год назад +3

    His story is the type of story that changes lifes. Thank you both....

  • @jimbarberie3304
    @jimbarberie3304 Год назад +8

    Yep, best one yet IMHO Ping. Thanks. I hung out with Phil a bit in the 90's. I was always afraid to bring my girlfriends around for obvious reasons. To me back in the day, he was the cool guy and full of confidence. He had the coolest "smurf" Z71 and was cleaning house with the ladies...all the ladies. Very cool to see Ping get chocked up at the end with Phil's turn around.

  • @jpmorgen5726
    @jpmorgen5726 Год назад +2

    I have watched a lot of these videos, wasn't into watching this one, but so glad I did!

  • @cbh148
    @cbh148 Год назад +14

    Love this show. Thanks for everything you do, Ping.

  • @Bruhman514
    @Bruhman514 Год назад +9

    That had to have been the best story you’ve interviewed thus far!

  • @darrynruzicka2883
    @darrynruzicka2883 Год назад +7

    Wow! David you're right, that is an excellent observation by Phill. It would be very interesting if you were to take a deep dive into the broken home thing. I personally know it is devastating and profoundly alters everything in a person's life. It really hits home when someone brings it up like you and Phill did. Great show!

    • @aaronanderson7619
      @aaronanderson7619 Год назад +3

      It absolutely does. Hope all is well for you these days.

    • @darrynruzicka2883
      @darrynruzicka2883 Год назад +3

      @@aaronanderson7619 Well thanks for the reply, Aaron. All is good these days. I'm coming up on retirement and all the mess has faded in the distance. Hope you are well.

  • @darrynruzicka2883
    @darrynruzicka2883 Год назад +5

    OMG Randy! I grew up in Palm Springs and always took off from my garage out to the desert on anything that I could ride. Had an SL70 and then road my buddies YZ80 and I was always the fastest guy in the neighborhood. Fast forward some years at age 22 I finally had enough money to buy a year end 1984 CR250 for $1900. I went to Deanza race park (San Bernardino, CA) to see how that was and man was it an eye opener the difference between being out in the desert to a real race track. I struggled hard but after several trips out there I started figuring it out and I entered my first 250 beginner race on saturday and there was all kinds of chaos but i still won. Then the next day sunday i raced again and lapped the entire field. I went from there to novice to intermediate for several months till I blew my knee out. The end. But, within just a few short months of never riding a track, the track manager (cant remember his name) would time me during the week when I would practice and said i was running the previous weekends pro lap times. What could have been....

  • @TravisEngle333
    @TravisEngle333 Год назад +3

    Great show

  • @michaelpanagiotis7109
    @michaelpanagiotis7109 Год назад +2

    This was a great sit down with Ping and PhiL . . .BLessings and Joy abound !

  • @aaronanderson7619
    @aaronanderson7619 Год назад +4

    Troy lee and Mitch was cool, can you get Mitch back for a bench race bs session? Stories that everyone with an mxa subscription wants to hear?
    Thanks for what you do.

  • @javimotocross
    @javimotocross Год назад +2

    Hey, Ping, it would be great if you can interview your dad Pingree senior just to remember everything from the beginning from a different angle 👍

    • @mxcollin95
      @mxcollin95 Год назад +1

      That would be amazing!!! And maybe some of the other Dad’s too like jack McGrath, Dungy’s or Stewart’s parents! That’d be pretty fascinating!

  • @herdfreak2
    @herdfreak2 Год назад +4

    This is fantastic!

  • @mxfan1008
    @mxfan1008 Год назад +3

    Another Dandy!!
    Loved seeing Phil back in the day at De Anza! ✊️💯

  • @manifestcreative1677
    @manifestcreative1677 Год назад +1

    Best show so far. Phil is awesome.

  • @425clay
    @425clay Год назад +3

    Show really hit me. Thank you again

  • @davidwilfong8028
    @davidwilfong8028 Год назад +4

    great show ping.. Phil ALWAYS had that "factory" look(hence the nickname) & some kick a#@ custom painted helmets...top notch work from both ya thanks

  • @aaronanderson7619
    @aaronanderson7619 Год назад +13

    Big ups to Phil to be man enough to keep it honest. Didn’t know factory Phil at all other than tv and mags, refreshing to see humility in a man.
    Good on ya Ping. Just keeps getting better.

  • @carneyrapids7375
    @carneyrapids7375 Год назад +3

    Absolutely epic video!

  • @larrygenevanbruntjr4309
    @larrygenevanbruntjr4309 Год назад +2

    Man how I can relate to Phil's story 100% and I now have alot of respect for both of you and I am a huge fan of you two guys man I love your stories and I will buy the book when it comes out I love watching club life and Phil was the reason I watched it and now I know why its because of the life he has made it through I am 56 years old and I did 20+ yrs in the California prison system and I got out july 5th 2003 and never looked back I am also a better man after I gave my life to God and let go of the old me because he was on the verge of death the old me I'm talking about but now I got church and Christian people in my life. Thank you for letting phil talk about the life of him and the outcome of his career and his life now I have witnessed a great mericle of God's work I will always have a great memory of phil for the rest of my life God bless you all much love and respect from the bay area California Larry vanbrunt jr.

  • @jakeshuster6783
    @jakeshuster6783 Год назад +1

    factory phil won seatte sx witch was the 1st supercross i ever saw live as a kid. been hooked ever since.

  • @DS-oi4wl
    @DS-oi4wl Год назад +3

    Sounds like Factory Phil came up like Bob Hannah -- riding alllll the time.

  • @billylaninovich358
    @billylaninovich358 Год назад +1

    Great Interview ping and factory Phil!! Two genuine guys!!

  • @lor332
    @lor332 7 месяцев назад

    Honestly, awesome interview. I met him in 97. He so cool. He seen me struggling on a line and gave me a tip. Glad to see his life turned out so good.

  • @teamflanneloutdoors5631
    @teamflanneloutdoors5631 9 месяцев назад

    Wow! I was not expecting that at all. Now I wish I'd watched it earlier at a Moto friends suggestion. That was inspiring. Enjoyed it all thoroughly. The world needs more people like Phil Lawrence. Respect👍👍

  • @hootowle8905
    @hootowle8905 Год назад +1

    Thanks Ping I've been waiting on this very pod. Thanks Phil

  • @patrickharper9969
    @patrickharper9969 Год назад +2

    Still have a dollar bill signed by Factory Phil Lawrence back at the Seattle supercross way back when..
    He hung out with some 1 800 collect guy i can't remember his name. Lol

  • @macy9123
    @macy9123 Год назад

    Just finished it, Ping you killed it, and Phil went deep at the 3/4 mark !! God is great, All good, and all true !!

  • @darrynruzicka2883
    @darrynruzicka2883 Год назад +3

    I wonder how many times if ever, Phil raced high on something? That would be a great question! No judgment here because I've lived his lifestyle but I'm just really curios.

  • @jamespatterson2002
    @jamespatterson2002 Год назад +3

    awesome

  • @Tommo47NZ
    @Tommo47NZ Год назад +1

    Ping ` I enjoy listening to these, though some are definitely better than others. However this one was outstanding ....`
    I've listened to it a few times now..
    To see and here Factory Phil (not just the moto persona ) talk about his young life and now how he sees it looking back was absolutely superb ..
    Well done mate `

  • @nicholasmetcalf7615
    @nicholasmetcalf7615 Год назад

    Very very good show! I had a helluva time with the post race transition. I’m a fan Phil!

  • @kevinkron966
    @kevinkron966 Год назад +2

    Faith
    "Faithful" Phil Lawrence!

  • @prestonthomas5399
    @prestonthomas5399 11 месяцев назад

    That was really enjoyable. Thanks guys!! Factory Phil a cool dude

  • @macy9123
    @macy9123 Год назад

    PHIL LAWRENCE...Amazing interview, What a good dude and bright !!

  • @LortJonny
    @LortJonny Год назад +1

    Lovely episode.

  • @triumphtigertravels2020
    @triumphtigertravels2020 Год назад

    Really inspiring story. Thanks for sharing your faith story!

  • @carlosstorms7434
    @carlosstorms7434 Год назад +1

    Excellent 👊✊🙏🙏

  • @michaellawson2984
    @michaellawson2984 Год назад +1

    Awesome!

  • @CMoeJr.
    @CMoeJr. Месяц назад

    Myself being a recovering drug addict, Phil's past sounds tame, drinking, bud, and X lol. He seems like a hell of an awesome guy, and I'm glad he's doing well 💯

  • @rustyshackleford5549
    @rustyshackleford5549 Год назад +3

    1:14:02
    R.I.P. Dave Miller

  • @michaelamore2429
    @michaelamore2429 Год назад +2

    Do a New England show come out here . Dowdy Lorusso Barton

  • @boreholecrick7779
    @boreholecrick7779 Год назад +2

    I waited for Factoryy Phil.

  • @mxcollin95
    @mxcollin95 Год назад

    Awesome interview that I know I relate to. This is definitely helping to help me turn things around for the better. God please help me to continue to do the right things and to do what you want me to do…in Jesus name amen.

  • @roscoholden4142
    @roscoholden4142 10 месяцев назад

    Factory Phil well mate if I could show you a Tear on a comment I have one, you Two Bro in Laws are Exceptional Humans who are completely Focused on the first and most important FAMILY.Thank You.

  • @DS-oi4wl
    @DS-oi4wl Год назад +3

    7:15 My boss was that 1-out-of-10 first-timer...jackass showed up late and left early for A2 supercross.
    I myself made the mistake of accepting an invitation to a Dodgers baseball game the very next day after Pala 1. Needless to say, I left the damn game after one and a half innings...sooo boring with basically NO action, just eating and sitting.

  • @patrickirby9825
    @patrickirby9825 Год назад

    Humility personified.

  • @mike23417
    @mike23417 Год назад +2

    Too funny i have a big framed pic of me racing amatuer day at pontiace in 97 and there are hay bales and not tough bocks this shows my age.

  • @mikebarnato7632
    @mikebarnato7632 Год назад

    Cool thanks

  • @mike23417
    @mike23417 Год назад +2

    I swear i was in a world of shit and i surrender to jesus and Ronnie faist gave me some words and comfort to get my mind right enough to get it all together and since then everything turned around. God forgave me and forgot about the whole dirty mess!

    • @mxcollin95
      @mxcollin95 Год назад +1

      And if any situation or person in the future ever tries to thro past mistakes in your face just remind them and yourself that you are 100% forgiven forevermore and move forward in freedom with a peaceful heart knowing that God is in control and that he’s always got something better for you in the future! Look to Jesus and never look back to stay in His will and full of His peace that surpasses human understanding!!! Take care man.

  • @boreholecrick7779
    @boreholecrick7779 Год назад +2

    Amber is a 9.8

  • @kjmaury5116
    @kjmaury5116 Год назад

    Lee McCullum was pastranas mechanic

  • @yabadabadoo72
    @yabadabadoo72 Год назад +2

    2:26:18 haha

  • @mikebarnato7632
    @mikebarnato7632 Год назад +2

    😂😂😂💩

  • @moto7622
    @moto7622 Год назад +1

    god bless you ! phil

  • @bobovv6060
    @bobovv6060 Год назад +12

    Wow what an awesome interview between 2 great guys, thanks to you both

  • @gmazz0913
    @gmazz0913 Год назад +9

    Never would have thought listening to Phil and Pings family thoughts values would be the best part of the show, but it was and they hit it out of the park with this show. Thank you.

  • @bobbywhoops
    @bobbywhoops Год назад +4

    Very emotional show ! Thank you so much both of you ! Such a Great time listening you

  • @Biffbaker
    @Biffbaker Год назад +5

    Dude let’s get a Grayson Goodman show!!

  • @dannyberrueta
    @dannyberrueta Год назад +3

    What a great guy Phil is.. excellent rider and human being...I am Mexican and saw you both racing in guadalajara..fan of you since long time ago

  • @scottandtammylewis532
    @scottandtammylewis532 Год назад +8

    Great show again Ping, WTM, and all behind the scenes! Finding out about and listening to Factory Phil was very uplifting. Finding humility is not an easy thing to do. Mr. Lawrence you are a Humble man. Thanks guys.

  • @TheMxer345
    @TheMxer345 Год назад +3

    This is such a wonderful story. For all of us who rode moto in the 90s and Really understand the importance and experience it was special time. Thanks Ping for having this show and exposing times that have been such a big part of our sport that all of us love. Good dam job Phil 👏

  • @JayEss414
    @JayEss414 Год назад +2

    this was one of the best whiskey throttle shows ive heard.Phil ur awesome man

  • @kaylon39
    @kaylon39 Год назад +4

    Wow, great incite Ping.

  • @jamiecallaway2463
    @jamiecallaway2463 Год назад +4

    Really impressed with Phil. Everyone is different and we all have different lessons. Different isn't wrong it's not normal it's nessasary. Normal isn't a real thing. But different is really the normal. Thats a real thing. Happy for phil.....

  • @cnc.moto_factory
    @cnc.moto_factory Год назад +4

    Awesome interview with Factory Phil...he looks just like Damon Bradshaw!

  • @DS-oi4wl
    @DS-oi4wl Год назад +3

    2:20 I remember what RJ said about being issued No. 13: "I'm a Christian. I don't believe in hocus-pocus" and took the number.
    There is actually a word for the No. 13 superstition: triskaidekaphobia.

  • @jasonlowther7
    @jasonlowther7 Год назад +3

    stand up guy...

  • @JohnHowerton137
    @JohnHowerton137 Год назад +3

    It was Mike Grondahl (Geico Honda & Planet Fitness founder) who said he’d hire moto guys over others.

  • @johnjunkin7646
    @johnjunkin7646 Год назад +4

    Love that swink got some love from you guys

  • @fmradio42
    @fmradio42 Год назад +2

    1:08:20 dule ignition crash mechanic Lee McCollum? talk about lousy bikes. Chapparral too.

  • @morganpeckenham7802
    @morganpeckenham7802 Год назад +2

    I still Mtb race in one of his ole race pants. I bring them out for special races. Bring back the ole look for the youngsters

  • @brentcarr8365
    @brentcarr8365 Год назад +2

    ATC honda!!!! There a blast lol!!

  • @sunrealclothing
    @sunrealclothing Год назад +1

    Phil Lawrence ripped! I came from such a broken messed up life, I raced on weekends as Glenn Somerville and went to school as Glenn Martyn 6th-12th grade. I made many Mini O's podiums against legends... I would blow it on mental blunders. I was in the shadows of Vince DeVane & Ronnie Tichenor... I topped many legends, but I never got my local two just mentioned. Once almost in an open $ race at Dade City where I holeshot on a stock Cr125 and had the lead till last lap where Vince got me on back straight on his yz250. Guy Cooper got 3rd of 4th? So I won 1986 FL State Champ 125A... I got podium tt riding with an unknown Burst C1... so I made top 3-5 in mx motos before going numb and discovering I shouldn't be walking. I made it back but crushed my arch on some shit boots cause we couldn't afford much. So I was out again... so basically on couch after a good yr... even at ponca that summer I was doing really well in 125int seated 3rd in final moto to Denny Stephenson & Michael Craig... Final was a mudder... and I got taken out in first turn... I caught up from last to 3rd and might have won it... but I ceized on last lap... dnf'd... was pissed... so that fall I topped those two in Mini Os till I couldn't keep goin... a flagger was sleepin on a tripple in sx practice and I landed on a pille up... I beat Emig straight up a few times, LaRocco, M Brown, L Ward, K Lewis.... anyways I was on couch all of 87 and 2wks off couch and I maybe broke in this 88 Cagiva 125 about 2hrs... I went out to 88 Gatorback Winter Am and swept both 125A motos by half a lap... 30min motos... Then they took bike back... it was a fill in ride... so I got a kx but didn't have more than 2 wks on it... so I rode timid at Tampa 125 Pro esx...then 11th at Daytona a few weeks later feeling more dialed. I was about 5th w 2 laps to go... lapper landed on my back and I went back to 24th and caught back to 11th... they botched the record books... but I had the stupid oversized $400 chk. That was the last time I raced or used the name Glenn Somerville 798... I announced moto in Fl early 90's calling races with RC & Stewart... so that was fun... anyways... what your bro inlaw said about coming from a stable home matters a lot... so does having $ & Support... and a coach... I had none of that... if I could pull a John Dowd, I would... but I ran out of time... now I'm just an artist and fan... SunreaL bro!✌😎

  • @gmazz0913
    @gmazz0913 Год назад +2

    Sébastien Tortelli had 13 also.

  • @mike23417
    @mike23417 Год назад +2

    Tortelli had 13 and 103

  • @mike23417
    @mike23417 Год назад +2

    Lee mcolum

  • @David_Boyd_
    @David_Boyd_ Год назад +1

    Great show guys

  • @martymadsen981
    @martymadsen981 Год назад

    I remember when i was 18 down in Cali parked at Lapaglias SX Track and i was in awe and didn't even want to ride i just watched Phil rip laps off. So smooth and i loved this interview. Such a humble nice guy too. Ping I love this show Inever miss one. I was also psyched of you one time when you pulled out of San Diego SX with your sick truck and Splitfire bikes in the back at my second try at SX and then watched you hit the whoops wide open 2 lap of practice lol

  • @gfg8262
    @gfg8262 Год назад

    These episodes are all great but somehow each one is better than the last. I watched the 96 season as it was aired on ESPN & was a fan of all these guys. Phil seems like a down to earth awesome guy!

  • @arthurdraper6801
    @arthurdraper6801 Год назад

    Phil has a great story. It is impactful to hear it. Thanks for being so raw, truthful and humble.

  • @littemisscarrage2909
    @littemisscarrage2909 Год назад

    but how many lengths did he jam in jammable holes back then

  • @bakedbeans3181
    @bakedbeans3181 Год назад

    WTM = 23 - .666 ....T+M =6
    6666

  • @cbadnc9040
    @cbadnc9040 Год назад

    What an inspiring story! Thanks Ping and Phil!

  • @showtime951
    @showtime951 Год назад +4

    I hope you parents out there heard the clear message of this episode loud and clear.
    There is nothing impressive about being a Mom or a Dad. Having kids is about as difficult as ordering breakfast at Denny's.
    Being a dedicated, responsible, married, loving Mother or Father to your children, who strives to lead and guide them, supervise them and hold both you and your children accountable, unfortunately these have become things that are really special.
    You really don't want to create children that question their belief in themselves and their abilities, who become the same way as adults and spend their lives wondering why they lack confidence.
    Then, after years and years of failing, soul-searching and resent, finding out.