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Roger was so fast he needs three ones

I guess i remember my kx 125 being much louder then these are 😂

anny way fuck this place

This is the city, Watsonville, California. Many people come here for the beautiful ocean views, the sweet sweet tamales around railroad ave. Several types of ag products are distributed wether you like it or not. This city is chop suey, tamale, sopas. refried beans etc. Sometimes theres an ill wind that blows no gooooood. This wind creates a Blenzall (green label) trail soooooo sweet and scientific that a new idea is burned into the boys asshole heart. The YZ Monoshock. My name is Friday, I carry a fork. Also I carry a badge with one end that is also a fork. My partner Bill Gannon waits in said car licking his cats butt. It was a cold blustery afternoon on the Pajaro River levee.

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Mudflats

i personally will never forget Styx? Sticks?

mm yyyyy bbbbroooothhhheeerss Nawton

No artificial attitudes 😂 lol 1975 was the best year 😊 Marty Smith is a legend 🎉

Is this when it was still in Placerville?

This is real motocross. No artificial jumps, no artificial landing ramps, no artificial berms, no artificial ruts, no artificial whoops. Just natural terrain for 45 minutes.

It was at this round of the Transit me series that writes that cost ahead one of his worst accidents. Fifth gear hauling ass done one of the straightaways front end on a Suzuki snapped off pitching him to his face at top speed. He was in bad shape and with that bill started work on the project that became known as The Bell Moto Star.❤

Just before motocross transitioned into gross commercialism.

George, George, George of the moto....watch out for that tree!

When men were men and weren't scared of 2 strokes

Eye witness to Roger's frame crack'n deal as well. Still a Suzuki fan today. And every time i ride Carnegie SVRA I'll ride into the Trans AMA area and try to find the layout of that '75 track.

WHAT A WAY THE MAN SHOULD GO OUT AND WIN BOTH MOTOS IN HIS LAST RACE. ALWAYS MY HERO SINCE I WAS A KID

I am curious is this track still there in Livermore. I lived there for 5 years never heard of it.

This is wonderful footage, thank you for posting. I really enjoyed your comment elsewhere about staying at the race HQ and showing one of your other films to the racers and industry types, that's awesome! I was 13 back in '75 and regularly read about all of these guys in the pages of Motocross Action. I wouldn't get the chance to attend a pro race until the following year. My family and I wound up making the trip to RedBud in Michigan multiple times, both for the national races as well as the Trans-AMA events held there. I remember meeting Roger De Coster and Marty Smith (RIP) in the pits during one of those Trans-AMA events. I still have the t-shirt that I created and Smith signed for me at that race One year we wound up staying in the motel that served as race headquarters for the national taking place down at Cycle World in Missouri. I was able to take photos of just about every racer or bike that I wanted to capture when they were preparing for the tech inspection being held in the big adjacent parking lot. Lots of the racers were willing to take the time to pose for a photo with my younger brother and myself. I remember Tony Distefano in particular was a real class act. I grabbed a photo of Jimmy Weinert working out on one of those boxing speed bags that the team had mounted on the door of their box van. Later on Bob Hannah was riding a BMX bike (a Jimmy Weinert bike no less) around in the motel, bunny-hopping fans laying down on the floor. He paused long enough to allow me to grab a photo of him with the bike. All of the racing seemed so great back then but the Trans-AMA events in particular were extra special getting to see the likes of Roger De Coster, Brad Lackey (who had moved to Europe by then) and others. I seem to recall De Coster pretty much owning that series until '78 when Hannah finally managed to topple him. At RedBud one year I managed to grab a lot of photos of the riders during the parade lap when almost no one work a helmet. I also remember Michigan local boy Doug Domokos, the "Wheelie King" who circled the entire RedBud track on just the rear wheel. So many great memories of motocross back in the 70's brought back by your video. Thanks again!

grew up in Pleasanton, Dad took me to the races when I was 11, Everyone remembers the Decoster incident. Great job on moving around the track for different views. I am not sure if it was this year the water truck came sliding down the hill and almost crashed. The door swung open on the drivers side and was stuck open. Also, some idiot rolled a tire on a rim with air in it down from on top of the big hill, Missed everybody and ended up near the start line. Loved the exhaust smell back then. I also remember seeing Roger at the top of the big hill climb. He stopped because his fuel line came off, he put it back on but waited a while before jumping back in the race,

I was there also, rode there on the back of my brother's norton. Was really surprised to see it behind Brad Lackey looking for a starting line with me and my brother leaning on the truck behind him with another friend. Great video many memories of riding at Carnigie for many years

So Cool and classic, I used to hear locals talk about this race at the Carnegie OHV park between Livermore & Tracy, when Rodger D broke his frame in two And Living in Livermore I got to Practice on it for a few years back in the late 1980s on my 87 cr250 & cr500 going through that same lower section with Trees, I couldn't imagine a pro race In such a tight area and thought I was off the track on an enduro Trail LOL, It was never prepped and not a beginners' Track so usually vacant, Great when wet, There are still remnants of it and since it rained last night I think I head over today to check it out on my 08 crf 250 & 450 maybe find a pair of old RM forks with 111 on the Plate

Thank you. I was at some of the earlier races at Livermore & White Rock Park, Sacramento when DeCoster, Robert & Lackey were still on CZs. Awesome experiences.

I would love to see today's riders wake up and have these bikes and tracks to ride tomorrow. 😁

I guess you realize how much you're showing your age when you recognize half these guys... I remember seeing a Premier big bike race like this in Saint Petersburg Florida Probably 1973 or 74 stood behind the starting line with a friend of mine so we could get roosted on... I was maybe 11 or 12 years old Although all the racers were very young men I remember my first impression was check out all these old guys riding these big motorcycles .. Very exciting I was pretty much hooked after that...

That was the year they gave DeCoster three number ones just to make sure you understood who was number one. Then he dominated.

That is Carnegie cycle park I used to ride there for years ! I was there at those races it was great back then there was many good riders back then ! Rumor has it that all those who riders who came there and raced there complained that the track was to rough!!

Great video

I never realised bikes were so quiet back then.

that track long gone thanks to real estate developers

Also think I saw Gerrit Wolsink, Tony D, Gary Semics, Steve Stackable, ...

Love this old footage!!! Bad Brad, the Jammer, Rhinestone Cowboy, both Marty's, Roger D etc....

It doesn't look like the same location as the natonal race they run now days. Was the wet weather a freak event? Usually it seems like Hangtown is a dust bowl, but again I only have watched the televised races - I'm in Tennessee.

Awesome footage !! But how bout overdubbing some play by play with fake sound effects ? LOL

Great stuff! Brought back a lot of good memories. Thanks!

My compliments to mr mark rothchild. This is by far the very best mx vid ive ever seen on streaming. No comparison. The guys in the race are all heroes. The clarity is fantastic. Clap for mr rothchild. He knocked it out if the park w/this content.

Incredible! I was 12 years old and these guys were my heroes like many of you in the comments said. This is the first video footage like this I have seen with all of these riders together! I saw them each month in Motocross Action and Dirt Bike magazines. The legend Roger DeCoster, there isn't much video footage of him racing back then. You can see that he was what is called a "technical" rider. Never making a mistake. Then took that nasty fall after his bike broke in half, slapped a bandage on his mouth, got changed and drove to the hospital in a car! A man's man! And Marty Smith (RIP). The most naturally talented American racer of his era. I also see Gerrit Wolsink, DiStefano, Howerton, Pomeroy, Weinert, Lackey, Gary Semics, Pierre Karsmakers, Howerton, Tommy Croft. Thank you for posting this!

Wow! What great footage. Thanks for posting this, Mark. I was there as a spectator that day. Started going in 72 where it was still held on the lower course, and then on for the rest when they moved it up top. We'd camp, and having our dirt bikes we would ride up to watch. Had a ball. Raced Dist. 36 Sportsman on the upper course as well. Good times!! Hey, can anybody tell me what year, and does anyone remember when one of the fastest guys most people never heard of (but I knew from local races), Neil MacDannald, won the second moto of the Trans-AMA? We were going nuts rooting him on as Tony D hustled his ass off trying to stay with him. Epic!

That is Gary Jones on an Amex Islo! I had to watch a few times to see that!

Rodger decoster would have one.but his rm370 could not handle him.the bike was not up to the task at hand

Decoster 111 is the man

Awesome film!

Man now that’s Vintage MX for ya!

Great camera work!

Great video! Awesome..

GOLD !

Le vrai motocross boue et gros bras ❗

I was running an outrageously expensive Bell MotoStar full face in 75 on my Elsinore....and after Roger's crash I realized it was a good idea!