"Short Stack" smoked one before the moto and got right. AINT IT FUN BEING FROM TEXAS!

Can you please give me some info on where the track actually was. Was it the base of the slope? On the slope?

As far as I can find there was only one national raced at this track and that was 1978, is this correct? I also read that the entire complex (skiing and mx) closed in 1980.

@@kurtvonfricken6829 Correct. I think the forecast that day for RI was rain and it kept many away. I remember it being a cloudy day, maybe some rain early, and they didn't make the money to do it again.

Rick started tbe season poorly. The first three races he had moto finishes of 8-3, DNF-1, and 14-6. In the last seven races, he had eight moto wins, three seconds, two thirds, and one eighth.

The 1976 model was the best.

Hey man would you be able to tell me where excactly the track was at pinetop? Was it like on the slope or like the bottom of it? Or was it completely off of the skiing slope?

Yes. The 1978 works Suzukis had the open letters on the fuel tank without blue stripes. Also by 1980 the works Kawasakis were uni-tracs and Suzuki was transitioning to the full floaters. BTW I can't find record of a Pine Top national in 1980.

I'm from South-Africa, and we never had the privileage to see this in videos, only in American Motorcycle Magazine write-ups under the sport sections in the back of the Magazine. I use to read the textes over and over and saw in my imagination the, what can I call it? Majestic Races you Americans took for granted. Fabulous video! I just would liked to hear the amazing Two-Stroke SOUND.

We gotta ride together

I agree. The works Suzukis had the open letters on the tank. The added the blue stripes in 1979 through the early 80s. I believe Kawasaki was running the uni track suspension by 1980.

Did you race Unidilla in '77? Your name seems familiar. Don't know if it was a National or a GP but it was only professional mx i ever went to and could almost swear there was a 'Bale' on the roster. Fascinating first heat in pouring rain with most of the riders stuck at the bottom of a ravine! Love to see that video.

Factory bikes didn’t have kickstands. Never. They really don’t belong on production bikes once they leave the dealer.

I have no recollection of Steve Stackable having a factory Kawasaki ride, but there he is. Must have been a one season deal. It does look like the rear suspension on his bike isn't dialed in very well.

Stackable was on Maico before Kawasaki too wasn't he, then back to Maico in 79.

Would you be able to tell me where this was? Like did it start at the base of the slope? I’m sure that it’s completely overgrown but still. I’ve been riding around there a lot and found some whoops, not sure if they’re part of the track. I’d be really interested in being able to maybe find the old outline of it tho

@@420motoripper2 hey ya jonny ! ya the track was were you pull into the parking lot , on rite , along the bottom of the hill , but it was not as far over as the ski slopes . if you were standing in the middle of what used to be the parking lot and look toward slope . i cut the timber off that whole property in 1988 for a developer its prob changed a lot by now ! you live up around escoheag r.i. ? i grew up on skunk hill rd exeter did a lot of riding up there great place to grow up , moved to pa in 91 but still go up 3-4 times a yr my brother has the homestead in exeter .

@@StumpjumperVideosPA I think I know where you’re talking about, I found old satellite images and believe that I found the track and it fits where you said that it was. And oh boy yes it’s changed a lot from the old pictures I’ve seen, people have gone there and burnt down the remaining huts aswell and quite a few just collapsed. I live over in west Greenwich but I ride through Arcadia management area and up to pine top. I’ll have to see if I can atleast find the outline of the track the next time that I go up there. The track just looked absolutely amazing in the video and now you can’t even tell that it’s there. But the next time I go there I can take some pictures for you if you’d like so that you can see how it is nowadays. Sad that they didn’t keep the track going. Well thanks for the help

Hey do you remember where the track was? Was it the bottom of the slope or was it like on the slope?

I was there with NEMA after this race too. I went 3-1 in 0-85cc Under 12 novice class. The fencing was still up from the national.

@@420motoripper2 Old thread for me to reply to but i believe the front straight went up the slope. I remember standing there and hearing the sound of the engines increase and decrease in revs as they went up the whooped slope. And the smell of Castrol!

mikerafone music They're all beautiful! That was when the bikes had personality- not all of them were good, but they all had them and they were all different. They were designed by men, not soulless computers. Of course, that goes not only for bikes but for cars, trucks, just about everything really

pursang833 bultaco ossa montessa had Them awesome bikes

Filmed with a high end Super 8 Camera. Silent cameras and film was the norm I'm most cases. I do have some sound vids from Sourhwick. Sound cost about 20 bucks per 3 min 20 seconds. Sound about 12.

I thought it was Weinert too!!!

Hey man where was the track? Like the bottom of the slope? The top

Frank I may have some pictures of you from that race. I was in the same class. I was #238. I think I remember you. I went 3-1 that day.

Stack had a broken rear break stay, I’m sure that didn’t help.

@@Viking380 Steve didn't seem to have any problems in the first 8 minutes in the video

No one could corner like Marty back then. Fluid

+Kevin Stearns Me and my dad are switching to air cooled two smokers for woods. They are much lighter than water cooled setup and keep the mass lower in the frame. radiators are heavy. He put a blaster 200 in a yz125 frame bike weighs 200lbs flat. Im working on a yz400 smoker

No. Works Suzuki’s had the blue stripes on the tank by 1980. This is 1978

It's 1978. Marty Smith is running the number 1 plate because he was the defending national championship, having won the 500 title in 1977.