Wow, I remember that exact race, Jason was a year younger than me (and competed with Scott Lowe my best friend racing back then) and a good friend for many years of racing and many nationals. It was a great time. Tons of friends many many great memories over the years racing in the DC metro area.
Rockville was always fun, also Oregon Ridge and Howard County had tracks. Loved BMX until we learned about Freestyle in the early 80's! .. miss those days
I raced Rockville many times later in the 80’s. I remember the jail was next door. I remember thinking how crappy it would be to sit in jail and watch us race and have fun 😂
I was at this race. I was part of the Strokers BMX team. It was a double points race. I think there is a shot of me (Marvin Matthews) being picked from a wreck. I broke my collar bone.
Your watching a part of BMX history. Only roughly a year later Jason Griggs would be on the Hutch Factory Team along with Monte Gray and then the rise of Rockville BMX in the back of Rockville Moped and then a year later the HQ's of East Coast BMX was when Rockille BMX moved only 1/4 out of the moped shop to there location on Hungerford Drive, Rockville and the rest is history.
+tomsseries Even though I raced in those days I didn't know Jason Griggs but ended up working with his mother in the mid 90's and she talked about taking Jason to races. Very Cool!
I'm not 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure I was at this race. I think that might even be me at 1:06 on the far left (Redline garb), but so hard to tell. Christine Anderson is a name that sounds familiar. If she's who I think she is, I could never beat her in any race because I would always psych myself out because she was a girl. There was something in me that just couldn't treat her like the guys, and was kinda like I let her win. At any rate, my home track was Southern MD, and I reached #55 in the Maryland, District 2 from about 1979/80 - 84/85. I still have my bikes and equipment.
That's cool! I remember those days very well and I'm close to 47 years old now. You worked with Jason's mother? What did she do for a living at that time? Jason came out of Columbia Maryland and at that time Hutch was on the rise. Rich Hutchinson and wife Thelma when they started there team always wanted "grass roots" factory riders. Of course it expanded to the BEST Nationwide though but Jason was a local along with Christine Anderson. Hutch came out of no where. The only company that could keep up with the technological advancement and precision manufacturing was Profile out of St. Petersburg Florida and there still in business. Like Hutch they were first a automotive related. Hutch was a car fanatic. I remember seeing him in a Z28 Camaro jacked up with what looked like a Scuba tank on the transmission hull. Later on in life as I got older I finally figured out what it was. It was nitrious oxide tank (NOS) like all the kids have today ala' Japanese "soup'ed" up cars you see today. Back then it was hard to find a speed shop to do it to a production engine and back then it was killer expensive. Thanks for the comment-it made my month! If you have anything else you wanna add I'd greatly appreciate it sir.
Jason was a great kid, they were an awesome family, funny enough his mother brought him to the races most days. Although I rember one local race in Columbia his dad bringing him to the race on the motorcycle. Many of the nationals we all (md n va riders) all stayed together under shared canopies. It was a big family. I actually raced for Matt n Johns team (bike-mail order shop) for many years.
veneziablau We started racing at Rockville BMX in 79 when it was at Gude Drive. At 0:13 I'm running #80. In 1979 I ran my original # 159. It's definitely no 1979. We concluded with no doubt that it's 1980, not 79 or 81.
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Amazing post of Rockville BMX back in the day. Hopefully you've got more. Lots of old faces.
Wow, I remember that exact race, Jason was a year younger than me (and competed with Scott Lowe my best friend racing back then) and a good friend for many years of racing and many nationals. It was a great time. Tons of friends many many great memories over the years racing in the DC metro area.
What happened to this track?
I never knew bmx culture existed in Rockville.
Rockville was always fun, also Oregon Ridge and Howard County had tracks. Loved BMX until we learned about Freestyle in the early 80's! .. miss those days
Any freestyle parks in Maryland or DC?
My first bmx bike I raced was a DG.1979
Such a great video! Brings me back to such a fun time.
I raced Rockville many times later in the 80’s. I remember the jail was next door. I remember thinking how crappy it would be to sit in jail and watch us race and have fun 😂
This looks like the track at 7 lochs road? It was a 10min bike ride for me to get there
I was at this race. I was part of the Strokers BMX team. It was a double points race. I think there is a shot of me (Marvin Matthews) being picked from a wreck. I broke my collar bone.
Strokers!!!! I was there too. (Donnie Woolford)
Greg Bantum #40. Original factory Hutch rider. RIP...
Your watching a part of BMX history. Only roughly a year later Jason Griggs would be on the Hutch Factory Team along with Monte Gray and then the rise of Rockville BMX in the back of Rockville Moped and then a year later the HQ's of East Coast BMX was when Rockille BMX moved only 1/4 out of the moped shop to there location on Hungerford Drive, Rockville and the rest is history.
+tomsseries Even though I raced in those days I didn't know Jason Griggs but ended up working with his mother in the mid 90's and she talked about taking Jason to races. Very Cool!
I'm not 100% sure, but I'm pretty sure I was at this race. I think that might even be me at 1:06 on the far left (Redline garb), but so hard to tell. Christine Anderson is a name that sounds familiar. If she's who I think she is, I could never beat her in any race because I would always psych myself out because she was a girl. There was something in me that just couldn't treat her like the guys, and was kinda like I let her win. At any rate, my home track was Southern MD, and I reached #55 in the Maryland, District 2 from about 1979/80 - 84/85. I still have my bikes and equipment.
Anyone remember the wilde lake bmx track in columbia?
Totally RAD !! Let's see more please
Where in Rockville was this? Off Hurley Avenue?
Behind the prison.
@@robertshowe2417 Thanks
That's cool! I remember those days very well and I'm close to 47 years old now. You worked with Jason's mother? What did she do for a living at that time? Jason came out of Columbia Maryland and at that time Hutch was on the rise. Rich Hutchinson and wife Thelma when they started there team always wanted "grass roots" factory riders. Of course it expanded to the BEST Nationwide though but Jason was a local along with Christine Anderson.
Hutch came out of no where. The only company that could keep up with the technological advancement and precision manufacturing was Profile out of St. Petersburg Florida and there still in business. Like Hutch they were first a automotive related. Hutch was a car fanatic. I remember seeing him in a Z28 Camaro jacked up with what looked like a Scuba tank on the transmission hull. Later on in life as I got older I finally figured out what it was. It was nitrious oxide tank (NOS) like all the kids have today ala' Japanese "soup'ed" up cars you see today. Back then it was hard to find a speed shop to do it to a production engine and back then it was killer expensive.
Thanks for the comment-it made my month! If you have anything else you wanna add I'd greatly appreciate it sir.
Jason was a great kid, they were an awesome family, funny enough his mother brought him to the races most days. Although I rember one local race in Columbia his dad bringing him to the race on the motorcycle. Many of the nationals we all (md n va riders) all stayed together under shared canopies. It was a big family. I actually raced for Matt n Johns team (bike-mail order shop) for many years.
This seems to be 1980 not 1981. Nice nevertheless.
Possibly late 1979 early 80.. This was my home track and in 1980 it was a bit more developed.
veneziablau We started racing at Rockville BMX in 79 when it was at Gude Drive. At 0:13 I'm running #80. In 1979 I ran my original # 159. It's definitely no 1979. We concluded with no doubt that it's 1980, not 79 or 81.
Before clips destroyed the sport of Bmx. It's the saddest thing ever the cookie cutter crap we see now.
Clips, giant starting hills and pavement all contributed to the loss of purity of BMX.