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Ep. #31: Jeff Ward is Captain America
Earlier this year, for over two hours, I sat at Jeff Ward’s dining room table and listened as he told stories of an era more than three decades behind him; his time as a member of Team USA with the Trophee and Motocross of Nations between 1983 and 1990.
They were mostly stories of winning, but also the suffering, soldiering and salvaging he went through to get those wins.
As he autographed the artwork designed in his honor (available now at shop.wewentfast.com (shop.wewentfast.com) ), the normally quiet Ward spared no details: the passes, the crashes, bad starts, border crossings, travel nightmares, sabotage and peeing in a bag for Ron Lechien (true story).
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James Stewart and Ricky Carmichael at the 2005 Unadilla Motocross
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The moto 1 crash between James Stewart and Ricky Carmichael from the 2005 Unadilla Pro Motocross. We were on the OLN TV crew this season and these clips include clean and raw footage from the crash. Support We Went Fast! shop.wewentfast.com (shop.wewentfast.com/) - Find your next favorite t-shirt or piece of artwork. Leave a 5-star rating and review! Tell a friend about We Went Fast. Share this...
Ep. #29 James Stewart: The Fastest Man on the Planet Finds Perfection
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Between 2005 and 2016, James Stewart completed just one full season of Pro Motocross in the 450 class: 2008. And in the days, weeks and months leading into that summer, he was dubious of being able to go the distance. His first three years in the class were disasters: it started with an uncompetitive bike and ended with a knee injury. In between, there was Ricky Carmichael, who refused to be be...
Marty Smith's Last Interview. Part 3
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This is part 3, the final installment of a series with Marty Smith. These interviews were done by David Dewhurst for his book, “Motocross: The Golden Era”, which is available at shop.wewentfast.com (shop.wewentfast.com/products/motocross-the-golden-era-a-book-for-serious-collectors) and ships free to customers in the United States. Part 3 covers the end of Marty's racing career and his thoughts...
Marty Smith's Last Interview. Part 2
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This is part 2 of a 3 part interview with Marty Smith. These interviews were done by David Dewhurst for his book, “Motocross: The Golden Era”, which is available at shop.wewentfast.com (shop.wewentfast.com/products/motocross-the-golden-era-a-book-for-serious-collectors) and ships free to customers in the United States. Part 2 covers Marty's time as a factory Honda rider. This interview series w...
Marty Smith's Last Interview. Part 1
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Another release from David Dewhurst book, “Motocross: The Golden Era”, which would make the perfect Father's Day gift! It's available at shop.wewentfast.com (shop.wewentfast.com/products/motocross-the-golden-era-a-book-for-serious-collectors) and ships free to customers in the United States. This episode is Marty Smith's last interview, which happened at Marty's house just two weeks before he a...
2024 Supercross Start Analysis - 450SX
มุมมอง 8796 หลายเดือนก่อน
We're analyzing gate pick and gate position at wewentfast.com. Here is every 450SX start from rounds 1-15 of the 2024 Supercross season MORE STORIES! wewentfast.com​ SWAG! shop.wewentfast.com​ Find Fast on Instagram Wewewentfast​ Find Fast on Facebook wewentfast​
Fast Fact: White Line Analysis. Supercross Starts Matter.
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The best way to win a 450SX main event in 2024 (or even a single Triple Crown gate drop) is to cross that white line in no worse than third place. Surely, we’ve had a few too many cocktails with Captain Obvious but we’re here to share the data that some people think doesn’t exist. And don’t me Shirley. Read the print version of this story (wewentfast.com/supercross-white-line-analysis-starts-ma...
Eli Tomac Hits Another All-Time
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Eli Tomac is now one of just two riders to win a 450SX overall every year for 10 consecutive seasons. On March 30, at 31-years old, Tomac matched a longstanding record that was just six races away from not being met at all. Read the print version of this podcast here: wewentfast.com/eli-tomac-hits-another-all-time/ Support We Went Fast! shop.wewentfast.com (shop.wewentfast.com/) - Find your nex...
Bob Hannah - A Reading from "Motocross: The Golden Era"
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David Dewhurst reads the chapter he wrote about Bob “Hurricane” Hannah, once the winningest rider in Supercross and Motocross history. Dewhurst's book is called “Motocross: The Golden Era”. It's available at shop.wewentfast.com (shop.wewentfast.com/) and ships free to customers in the United States. The Golden Era is a 480-page coffee table book filled with 600 gorgeous images he captured as a ...
1993 Indianapolis Supercross: Amateur Day!
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When Indianapolis started hosting Supercross races in 1992, it gave us Midwestern kids another opportunity to race in a stadium on amateur days. This footage is from 1993 when we competed in the 80cc 12-15 class. That's me, #809 on the Honda. Join us in The We Went Fast Garage for premium content. MORE STORIES! wewentfast.com​ SWAG! shop.wewentfast.com​ Find Fast on Instagram wewe...
Art Eckman Tribute: 2001 Anaheim Supercross. Jeremy McGrath's final win
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The last three laps of the 2001 Anaheim II Supercross, Jeremy McGrath's 72nd and final SX win. This is posted in honor of play by play man Art Eckman, who died on November 4, 2023 at the age of 81. That's 1983 Supercross champion, David Bailey, on the call with him. MORE STORIES! wewentfast.com​ SWAG! shop.wewentfast.com​ Find Fast on Instagram wewentfast​ Find Fast on Facebook fa...
Get Ricky Carmichael's Autograph
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Get Ricky Carmichael's Autograph
1997 Pontiac Supercross 125cc Main Event, Carmichael, Roncada, Ferry, Sheak
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1997 Pontiac Supercross 125cc Main Event, Carmichael, Roncada, Ferry, Sheak
Ricky Carmichael's 2004 Glen Helen Practice Crash
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Ricky Carmichael's 2004 Glen Helen Practice Crash
Ricky Carmichael Crashes at the 2002 Anaheim Supercross
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Ricky Carmichael Crashes at the 2002 Anaheim Supercross
Travis Pastrana is 40 years old.
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Travis Pastrana is 40 years old.
Jett Lawrence and Hunter Lawrence on picking #4 or #5
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Jett Lawrence and Hunter Lawrence on picking #4 or #5
Greatest Comeback in Supercross History: Rick Johnson and the 1987 Super Bowl of Motocross
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Greatest Comeback in Supercross History: Rick Johnson and the 1987 Super Bowl of Motocross
Ricky Carmichael Riding at the GOAT Farm: April 2004
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Ricky Carmichael Riding at the GOAT Farm: April 2004
1974 RedBud MX Pro Motocross National
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1974 RedBud MX Pro Motocross National
James Stewart's 2007 Motocross Season Ends at Washougal
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James Stewart's 2007 Motocross Season Ends at Washougal
2003 Ricky Carmichael Interview
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2003 Ricky Carmichael Interview
1984 Seattle Supercross Triple Header!
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1984 Seattle Supercross Triple Header!
Jimmy Ellis Wins the 1975 Super Bowl of Motocross + AMA Hall of Fame Induction
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Jimmy Ellis Wins the 1975 Super Bowl of Motocross AMA Hall of Fame Induction
Jeremy McGrath's Streak Ends: The 1996 St. Louis Supercross
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Jeremy McGrath's Streak Ends: The 1996 St. Louis Supercross
David Bailey Watches and Narrates the 1986 Anaheim Supercross!
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David Bailey Watches and Narrates the 1986 Anaheim Supercross!
The Sounds of Childhood: 5 minutes of Yamaha PW50s racing motocross.
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The Sounds of Childhood: 5 minutes of Yamaha PW50s racing motocross.
Little Giant: The PW50 Story - Movie Trailer
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Little Giant: The PW50 Story - Movie Trailer

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  • @11fishee
    @11fishee 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Too many "S's".......hence, the prolongation....

  • @ryanbarker4422
    @ryanbarker4422 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Stewart was clearly trying to come from that outside like he did and then cut inside with more momentum he would have passed Carmichael

  • @martintop777
    @martintop777 หลายเดือนก่อน

    AMERICANS GREATEST MXON RIDER AND I'M A HONDA RIDER FOR NEARLY 50YEARS SO FOR ME TO GO AGAINST MAGOO, BAILEY,JOHNSON, OMARA AND AFEW OTHERS IT'S PAINFUL BUT HE DESERVES IT IN MY EYES.

  • @1sir-onworld
    @1sir-onworld หลายเดือนก่อน

    🐝🏁 👍Jeff Ward

  • @1sir-onworld
    @1sir-onworld หลายเดือนก่อน

    🐝🏁 Jeff Ward a legend in motocross 👍👍👍👍

  • @ctsugusergroup1397
    @ctsugusergroup1397 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh I sure loved the sound of their late 70s bike. It was clean

  • @Kawiboy
    @Kawiboy หลายเดือนก่อน

    🔥👊✌️

  • @montymatthew1784
    @montymatthew1784 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Stewart had the fast line/launch. For pure speed nobody could touch him.

    • @ryanbarker4422
      @ryanbarker4422 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He was just going from that outside like he did and he was going to cut inside with more momentum and past Carmichael

  • @michaelpanagiotis7109
    @michaelpanagiotis7109 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wardy is the MAN !

  • @right_on_riggins
    @right_on_riggins 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dig it ⚡️🏁

    • @WeWentFast
      @WeWentFast หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you!

  • @danabergman3411
    @danabergman3411 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cool cool cool, I was there, raced every Red Bud from 1974 to 1978 and attended every AMA pro race held at the track and camped over night. WOW. Thanks... Gotta love District 14 and even have a Red Bud District 14 qualifier patch from a hat to go to amateur Nationals from Red Bud.

  • @boeingdriver29
    @boeingdriver29 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great looking back and seeing my mate Leisky put in a great ride. Thanks.

  • @StacyHenry-d4o
    @StacyHenry-d4o 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rick Johnson was a beast! Honda Red ruled in the late 80's . &David Bailey, Johnny O'Mara

  • @lucyloo2228
    @lucyloo2228 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve been looking for this race for the last 10 years! I watched it on vhs along with other Rick Johnson races like the David Bailey vs Rick Johnson “you can’t touch him with a 20 foot poll” race. I wish someone would post that entire vhs because it was my childhood, I watched it everyday before school back in the early 1990’s.

  • @amywarengo4748
    @amywarengo4748 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Ooops

  • @fmradio42
    @fmradio42 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    A high-speed step-down curve will do that.

  • @rochellestanley9532
    @rochellestanley9532 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Senseless

    • @ryanbarker4422
      @ryanbarker4422 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Why is that senseless he was going from the far outside just like he did he was going to cut inside with more momentum which he would have passed Carmichael.

    • @rochellestanley9532
      @rochellestanley9532 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ He has always raced with out thinking ak

  • @CaptainAhab-im3kd
    @CaptainAhab-im3kd 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    75 LA Colliseum was just a hell of a televised event. So many of the sport's stars were in that event, and they were in their prime. The sport really reached a peak on that night.

  • @panzermatt
    @panzermatt 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    ricky should have checked on stewart

    • @lifeisgood3589
      @lifeisgood3589 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What dumb dumb ? He should forfeit even more possible positions during a race for a championship to check the welfare of the dude who jumped on his back and cost him the win just after making a clean pass ?

    • @ryanbarker4422
      @ryanbarker4422 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      There was plenty of people to help him I feel the same way If there have been nobody to help him and they were on a backtrack I'm sure he would have

    • @ryanbarker4422
      @ryanbarker4422 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      But at this point he's upset he just got jumped on and doesn't understand why. Stewart came from the far outside just like he did to cut inside and pass Carmichael Carmichael stayed tight to the inside

  • @michaelcassidy9577
    @michaelcassidy9577 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    rubbing is racing?

    • @fmradio42
      @fmradio42 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Unfortunately, JS F*** up

  • @joebonanno285
    @joebonanno285 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think cooper always rode best on honda

  • @gavinwerder6030
    @gavinwerder6030 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    God bless you 🙏 Ricky

  • @drivenwon
    @drivenwon 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Can't get enough of this... Jeff was on mean green and Rick was on the red rocket! I remember watching this as a teenager. The real deal Champions of 2 strokes...

  • @waynehearst317
    @waynehearst317 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    RIP Jeremy McGrath, wow....what a way to go out. Say hi to OJ Simpson for me.

  • @deborahchesser7375
    @deborahchesser7375 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember watching this race as a 21 yr old, seems like yesterday. I miss the days when we knew almost every rider on the track. Magoo Chandler was my absolute favorite what a wild man he was. 🐾✌️🇺🇸

  • @SPENJERE
    @SPENJERE 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    RJ !!! 🙌

  • @mauriciopapaleo4639
    @mauriciopapaleo4639 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rick Johnson #1 The BEST. My hero . From Maurício Papaléo #3- Rio de Janeiro- Brasil

  • @williamharris7357
    @williamharris7357 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That track layout sucks big time

  • @jpmorgen5726
    @jpmorgen5726 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Rode it in 1976, had already changed a bit, thanks!

  • @brianp316
    @brianp316 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dude, thank you! I've been trying to find this race forever. I remember watching this as a kid. I was at the 1986 USGP and I will never forget how Rick Johnson beat the world.

    • @WeWentFast
      @WeWentFast 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Happy to help, Brian! Tell your friends about We Went Fast and support us at shop.wewentfast.com!

  • @DrtyALGreen
    @DrtyALGreen 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    RIP Larry Huffman

  • @bruce2keys270
    @bruce2keys270 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Love Guy Cooper, he is a great rider during this era of supercross.

  • @petshopox
    @petshopox 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cooper is riding like Charles Manson !

  • @kungfu2toe
    @kungfu2toe 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is why rj was my favorite rider.

  • @40beretta1
    @40beretta1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The comments about the hay and straw bails was classic Art and Bailey

  • @gregmaggio5217
    @gregmaggio5217 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I remember going to Indian Dunes in 84 and 85 with my new 84 RM125, and at that time the Shadow Glen track had added a very gnarly triple jump that sadly had paralyzed a few guys. I had also been involved in another tragedy at the trails section there, when a neighborhood acquaintance of mine drove my 82 TT 250 off of a 250' cliff, which unfortunately and savagely took his life, and left a widow and two kids behind.

  • @NexusCapital
    @NexusCapital 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The greatest announcer of all time.

  • @The_Stoic_Trader
    @The_Stoic_Trader 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a legend!!

  • @underthegun5799
    @underthegun5799 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wardy in the open face is wild!!!

  • @DS-oi4wl
    @DS-oi4wl 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I still laugh about what Bob said once about why he retired: "I got tired of twistin' up my knees and landin' on my head," he said.

  • @DS-oi4wl
    @DS-oi4wl 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    LET BROCK BYE I remember Motocross Action writers back in the day laughing about the pit board sigh -- "Three words...two misspellings" they said!

  • @mikerinn6187
    @mikerinn6187 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I always enjoy the statistics and glad you’re good with them. If I was in charge of them we’d be skewed! Ba Dum Tss

    • @WeWentFast
      @WeWentFast 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hey, Mike! Thanks for the kind words! Love your avatar icon there!

  • @fmradio42
    @fmradio42 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Applause sound effect. Larry Huffman can make paint drying sound exciting. lol

  • @robertrishel3685
    @robertrishel3685 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    David Bailey and Art Eckman in the booth….perfect! McGrath was just magic; win or lose.

  • @RonSims-m1g
    @RonSims-m1g 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Have the book thanks to We Went Fast. Read every word. The narration is even better. Allows the mind to vision the past easier. Hope you continue this.

  • @mikerinn6187
    @mikerinn6187 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Oh this stirred up memories! Watching Hannah in ‘78 at Pittsburgh. I think I just smelled beer and 2-stroke smoke.

  • @thejose628
    @thejose628 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The “Lil Professor” will always be 100%LEGENDARY

  • @j8n330
    @j8n330 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Dat lil 80 jus rippin! I just bought my son a 99 CR80, i can believe how fast that thing is

  • @mikerinn6187
    @mikerinn6187 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Fun to watch. More please

  • @DSGB2199
    @DSGB2199 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where was matt from what town?