1976 AMA 125cc National Championship in San Antonio, TX. Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 30 мар 2016
- Footage from the 1976 AMA 125cc National Championship in San Antonio, TX. Use the comment section if you can identify riders. From reel #47.
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The "Golden Age" of American motocross! Thanks for sharing.
Wow! This is an important 3 minutes of video in the historical archive of the sport! The 1976 National 125 championship is an epic story and very little video seems to exist preserving it for us. The battle between Smith and a Hannah, the claim rule endangering works bikes, the amazing level and speed of engineering advancements in the sport....it is all embodied in that ‘76 season! Your film with its Fantastic quality and excellent production is some of the best footage I have ever seen from that year; thanks so much for sharing!
Thanks Robert!
Perhaps I'm being nostalgic, but I liked MX a whole lot more when it was down-to-earth, literally and figuratively.
I grew up in Austin racing 125's throughout central Tx. Great time to be 18 and racing. The final that year was at Waggaman ,La. I broke my leg on that track 4 weeks after the 125 National Finals , also had the 500 Nationals final as well there. I'm 65 now and your fine film just took me back to my world and my youth. It wasn't only about or all about $$ back then. K. Howerton (San Antonio) and S. Stackable (Austin) were our top local hero's. Thanks much for the post.
Yeah, films can do that. I was a big fan of Howerton and Stackable too. I live in Wichita, KS and made the treks to see those races. Glad you liked it.
Don't forget Steve Wise from McAllen! Cycle-rama and Sayers MX were my home tracks here in San Antonio. I had a '78 Yz 125 E.
@@pfdrtom .....and a little later Danny Storbeck.
A few years ago there was a couple of articles online that documented the 1976 125 Nationals behind the scenes. One was about Bob Hannah and Bill Buchka going to all the races together in a box van. They kept the AC off all year in the vehicle and in hotels, so they'd both be ready for the blistering hot race conditions. The other article was about Marty Smith and Dave Arnold (I think) building their own RC125 for the US Grand Prix at Mid-Ohio. The works Honda was uncompetitive and unreliable so they went about building their own race bike without Honda's knowledge. When they rolled it out of the van the Honda execs freaked out. Of course Marty went 1-1 that day. I can't find either of these two great articles and thought maybe somebody could steer me to them. They were lengthy probably an hour read all together
1 Smith, 39 Hannah, 16 Kessler, 20 Reid, 255 Kudalski, 17 Mcdougal, 14 Wise, 352 LaPorte, 848(?) Glover, 75 Englund. I was there, it was hot and humid!
Thank you!
Was the water truck broke down? Lol
That was well done- rare to see decent camera work back in the day.
Motorcycles were quieter back then.
Evidently😂
Incredible. Thanks for posting.
352 Danny LaPorte. 255 Don Kudalski. 16 Mickey Kessler. 17 Bruce McDougle. # 20 I think is Steve Wise.
The sound of real dirt bikes, smell of Klotz synthetic, vibatrating handlebars, and missing a shift.. Somehow "wing dingy ding ding" sounds so much better than "blat...blat..blat...blat" like sheep with heartburn. Yeech!
Totally agree!
Today's four strokes sound like blubbering fartmobiles compared to the awesome sounding two strokes, especially when they were jetted perfectly. I still remember how crisp O'Mara's CR250 sounded at Unadilla back in 86. I was there, and that bike looked so fast that I wouldn't have been surprised if it was a 275cc bike. 🤣
Marty Smith looks fast, and Bob Hannah looks really fast.
Just imagine IF they had been on the current equipment? Good gawd⚡️and they would not be whining either! Truly they were really really fast!
Imagine Marty Smith (young & fit) on a currrent KTM 150🔥holy shit the lap times!
Ah yes, back in the days when jumping your dirt bike was like jumping off your roof onto the sidewalk!
LOL! I know...
Thanks for sharing!
Killer footage.
39 Hanna, 1 Marty Smith
Awesome!
Good stuff
What's up with Kessler's Honda? Looks like that RC broke down in each moto? Smith looking burnt out from runnin' ragged in Europe.
If that was at Good times mx track. Sadly its now overgrown with weeds
Awesome... 8mm
cool.
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What no sound ?
Not in those days. Shot with my dad's handheld Super 8 camera.
@@dogfoose im a huge bob hannah fan , cool clips anyway 👍thanks tho .
This is what i call race friendly enviromental not like today it is very toxic racing wr need to go back to the 1970s vintage like this
Shell M is a clear vegetable cooking oil mixed with super petrol becomes racing fuel and i have even used peanut cooking oil for racing it is clear and clean fuel for race smelling enthusiasts and the oil we use these days is very toxic smelling it is a killer when breathed in it is not enviromentally friendly like our vegetable and cooking oils we used for racing was far more cleaner than todays toxicity of chemicals are filthy killers