This Vid is Priceless 🦾

We had a great old race track of onawa, iowa at balck brid Speed Way of onawa, iowa

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Good job . Well done.

Great footage of a great era.

I was there the night the tire came over the fence, my uncle Paul Zdan raced there often. Wasn’t that great on dirt but owned Playland

EPIC!

I really enjoyed that Kent. Diane Matzen told me about it and messaged me. Thanks

Well done. Loved the nostalgia and story telling.

I enjoyed this video I do recognize the house and remember it yellow My grandparents lived just up to 18th and towards main street by the gas station Arndts lived in big brick house on corner Vintons lived next door to them

My late grandfather was a languid name wally burgess of council bluffs Iowa number w55

Back when the tracks were real

I so enjoyed this video! Well done!

oh yeah ... back in the golden age of mx. Yep was a great time to behold

Pure gold👏👍

When did this movie come out any one out there

I can't watch anymore I'm starting to cry! I heard Saddleback is still there just waiting for a billionaire to restore @jack 👍😎

Yeah it was their first year. I was there, too, I was 8 years old! Maybe not this particular day but ya never know! We went almost every weekend!

I was there. Parked along the road and hiked a couple of miles to get to the track. I think it was the first year they were open.

I love it. The 23 incher hondas up front and there were so few of them on the line! I dont care what the magazine guys thought of them with a few mods they became weapons.

All the shit talking Hannah does about Howerton to this day I can't believe he has never gotten a punch in the face. Jim Pomeroy had to be the nicest guy ever

FURMAN GRAY

Friday nights were spent at Orange County Fairgrounds watching the Speedway races. The Bass Brothers, Lightning Larry Shaw, does anyone remember those guys?? Jawa's, and CZ's on alcohol with no brakes!!! Good times....

When I was 6 years old, my dad bought me a Honda Z50 for Christmas.Evey Saturday we would load up the bikes in his old Chevy van and make the trip from Anaheim to Saddleback. My dad rode a Rickman (!!!!!) back then, this was in 1971. Right before we'd go in, he would have me hide under an old U-Haul blanket with my bike so he wouldn't have to pay for me to get in. Does anyone remember the dead rattlesnakes hanging on the fence as you drove up to the gate??

Howerton is just a likable champion.

I used to watch these races from the firestation across Santiago Cyn Rd... Thanks for uploaing this!

thanks for the post! Always great to see the 70s

Sweet! My time!

I like the one on the right... wish she was in high def though! Hehehe... it's all about the girls!

@rogerinoly your dad lied

looks like a fun place 2 ride !

@deaddoc Such a waste, and for what reason? It certainly doesn't do anything for the racing fans... makes me miss the good ol' days even more, knowing they are just one more giant step closer to never coming back...

@thebalconyisclosed A good friend of mine who is like me an AHRMA member told me recently that Motocross Action had an expose' about how the FIM was bought some few years ago by a man who raised fees to such a degree that the factories have dropped out of MX and Roadrace and it is all now just rich people. That is why the Americans always win MX des Nations events. Greed has killed the FIM. Sad

@deaddoc That's what I'm going to call that supercross stuff from now on: pogocross!

I rent an apartment from Jimmy Ellis's dad George in C.T. some amazing stories about his son

The list below is good. However, there must have been a CZ or two out there. Those and Maicos became very expensive, but both were top mounts until the end of the '70s. I used to race a CZ in that region (California) and there was no shortage of either of those.

Yeah, we used to have the most unpredictable conditions - "rain or shine" was the usual tag after an event announcement. As posters here no doubt realize, original MX was supposed to be a closed mile to two mile circuit over NATURAL terrain. An occassional jump might be added at local events to slow down the bikes, but GPs and InterAM events had zero artificial additions. It's all about money. Making MX into a stadium show by turning it into a pogo stick contest made money.

Great rider!!! She represented Puerto Rico I think it was in the MX of nations.

she is too nice !!

RIP Jim Pomereoy

Can you imagine how the riders today would cry and throw tantrums if they were faced with a *gasp!* water crossing?!

Check out the web site for the video...lots more footage!

There is a LOT more on the DVD itself. Lots of cool footage from Hangtown, Saddleback, Lake Sugartree and Rio Bravo.

Absolutely loved it. That was my life back in the 70s, racing and riding and always reading the magazines about my moto-x heros, such as DeCoster and Marty Smith. Thanks for the footage....