S5 EP2 'FACTORY' PHIL LAWRENCE
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ส.ค. 2024
- This weeks guest is a special one 'Factory' Phil Lawrence is not only a SX winner and ex factory racer he's Pings brother in law. The two have been friends since Ping went pro and have a great history together.
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It takes a real man to put his pride aside and share his testimony!!! I really enjoyed your story! I’m the same age as factory and I love hearing stories from the 90s the best era in SX/MX best of luck in your future factory Phil!
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Probably the best interview I've seen in this industry. Ping I really appreciate your gifts as an interviewer and person. I didn't know that much about Phil, because I was checked out of the moto scene to raise a family. What a great story of the power of God to touch lives and take a humble person and bless countless lives. Thank you, Phil, for humbly submitting your life to God and being a great witness to His love and grace. Love you guys!
It takes a real man to be vulnerable and lead with emotion when sitting face to face with one of your peers who you admire. Ping you are a class act, your progression and talent in this medium has been incredible to witness so far. Thank you both for an amazing interview, both of you are legends in my book, cheers guys.
Phil cracks me up. Great show
This is by far the best episode yet!!! Go Phil!!!
This was the best show ever! Thanks to both you and Phil for the real story.
Never would have thought listening to Phil and Pings family thoughts values would be the best part of the show, but it was and they hit it out of the park with this show. Thank you.
Big ups to Phil to be man enough to keep it honest. Didn’t know factory Phil at all other than tv and mags, refreshing to see humility in a man.
Good on ya Ping. Just keeps getting better.
Great show Ping! Great to see Phil doing so well!!
Always wondered what happened to Factory Phil. Great pod Ping. Lots of fun.
Best show yet, Thanks Ping.Been a Phil fan for years. And I was @ Orlando in 96. Was yelling for Phil back then haha.
I am now a Phil fan, I think it is so cool of him to be so honest about his life. I grew up and raced in the 70’s in Florida it was a party there also.
Very emotional show ! Thank you so much both of you ! Such a Great time listening you
Truly a bad dude on a motorcycle in his day. I was a bit shocked to hear how clean Phil was early on. I figured he was a partier all the way through. SO PUMPED to hear he got right with the Lord and is leading that life now. I know it’s humility but I’d like to tell him to hold his head high for the accomplishments during his racing years. He has a lot to be proud of and is selling himself quite short. Awesome show man. Love to see that connection at the end where two long time friends really show how they feel about one another.
What a great guy Phil is.. excellent rider and human being...I am Mexican and saw you both racing in guadalajara..fan of you since long time ago
Great show as always Ping ! Phil was a great guest 🤘 🤘🤘 The 90s RULED 🔥👍 LoL , I was a Punk also 🙏✝️
Dude let’s get a Grayson Goodman show!!
What a great story! another great show, another great athlete and human being.
Thank you for sharing so much of it with us.
This is such a wonderful story. For all of us who rode moto in the 90s and Really understand the importance and experience it was special time. Thanks Ping for having this show and exposing times that have been such a big part of our sport that all of us love. Good dam job Phil 👏
His story is the type of story that changes lifes. Thank you both....
That had to have been the best story you’ve interviewed thus far!
Yep, best one yet IMHO Ping. Thanks. I hung out with Phil a bit in the 90's. I was always afraid to bring my girlfriends around for obvious reasons. To me back in the day, he was the cool guy and full of confidence. He had the coolest "smurf" Z71 and was cleaning house with the ladies...all the ladies. Very cool to see Ping get chocked up at the end with Phil's turn around.
Wow what an awesome interview between 2 great guys, thanks to you both
this was one of the best whiskey throttle shows ive heard.Phil ur awesome man
ping..i look forward to your show every time. you are the best in the buisiness at getting riders to open up and tell us things we never knew....GREAT JOB
Absolutely 100% agreed! Ping I know you have a successful firefighting career but please don’t ever stop staying involved moto because you’ve done so many good things and have so much more to give! You’re definitely a huge blessing to this sport that so many of us grew up in and love!
Love this show. Thanks for everything you do, Ping.
Great show again Ping, WTM, and all behind the scenes! Finding out about and listening to Factory Phil was very uplifting. Finding humility is not an easy thing to do. Mr. Lawrence you are a Humble man. Thanks guys.
I have watched a lot of these videos, wasn't into watching this one, but so glad I did!
OMG Randy! I grew up in Palm Springs and always took off from my garage out to the desert on anything that I could ride. Had an SL70 and then road my buddies YZ80 and I was always the fastest guy in the neighborhood. Fast forward some years at age 22 I finally had enough money to buy a year end 1984 CR250 for $1900. I went to Deanza race park (San Bernardino, CA) to see how that was and man was it an eye opener the difference between being out in the desert to a real race track. I struggled hard but after several trips out there I started figuring it out and I entered my first 250 beginner race on saturday and there was all kinds of chaos but i still won. Then the next day sunday i raced again and lapped the entire field. I went from there to novice to intermediate for several months till I blew my knee out. The end. But, within just a few short months of never riding a track, the track manager (cant remember his name) would time me during the week when I would practice and said i was running the previous weekends pro lap times. What could have been....
Wow! David you're right, that is an excellent observation by Phill. It would be very interesting if you were to take a deep dive into the broken home thing. I personally know it is devastating and profoundly alters everything in a person's life. It really hits home when someone brings it up like you and Phill did. Great show!
It absolutely does. Hope all is well for you these days.
@@aaronanderson7619 Well thanks for the reply, Aaron. All is good these days. I'm coming up on retirement and all the mess has faded in the distance. Hope you are well.
Great show
Really impressed with Phil. Everyone is different and we all have different lessons. Different isn't wrong it's not normal it's nessasary. Normal isn't a real thing. But different is really the normal. Thats a real thing. Happy for phil.....
This was a great sit down with Ping and PhiL . . .BLessings and Joy abound !
This is fantastic!
Awesome interview with Factory Phil...he looks just like Damon Bradshaw!
Another Dandy!!
Loved seeing Phil back in the day at De Anza! ✊️💯
Best show so far. Phil is awesome.
Show really hit me. Thank you again
Phil has a great story. It is impactful to hear it. Thanks for being so raw, truthful and humble.
Troy lee and Mitch was cool, can you get Mitch back for a bench race bs session? Stories that everyone with an mxa subscription wants to hear?
Thanks for what you do.
Absolutely epic video!
great show ping.. Phil ALWAYS had that "factory" look(hence the nickname) & some kick a#@ custom painted helmets...top notch work from both ya thanks
Great Interview ping and factory Phil!! Two genuine guys!!
Man how I can relate to Phil's story 100% and I now have alot of respect for both of you and I am a huge fan of you two guys man I love your stories and I will buy the book when it comes out I love watching club life and Phil was the reason I watched it and now I know why its because of the life he has made it through I am 56 years old and I did 20+ yrs in the California prison system and I got out july 5th 2003 and never looked back I am also a better man after I gave my life to God and let go of the old me because he was on the verge of death the old me I'm talking about but now I got church and Christian people in my life. Thank you for letting phil talk about the life of him and the outcome of his career and his life now I have witnessed a great mericle of God's work I will always have a great memory of phil for the rest of my life God bless you all much love and respect from the bay area California Larry vanbrunt jr.
factory phil won seatte sx witch was the 1st supercross i ever saw live as a kid. been hooked ever since.
Wow, great incite Ping.
Love that swink got some love from you guys
Thanks Ping I've been waiting on this very pod. Thanks Phil
Hey, Ping, it would be great if you can interview your dad Pingree senior just to remember everything from the beginning from a different angle 👍
That would be amazing!!! And maybe some of the other Dad’s too like jack McGrath, Dungy’s or Stewart’s parents! That’d be pretty fascinating!
Wow! I was not expecting that at all. Now I wish I'd watched it earlier at a Moto friends suggestion. That was inspiring. Enjoyed it all thoroughly. The world needs more people like Phil Lawrence. Respect👍👍
Honestly, awesome interview. I met him in 97. He so cool. He seen me struggling on a line and gave me a tip. Glad to see his life turned out so good.
That was really enjoyable. Thanks guys!! Factory Phil a cool dude
Very very good show! I had a helluva time with the post race transition. I’m a fan Phil!
Just finished it, Ping you killed it, and Phil went deep at the 3/4 mark !! God is great, All good, and all true !!
I still Mtb race in one of his ole race pants. I bring them out for special races. Bring back the ole look for the youngsters
Faith
"Faithful" Phil Lawrence!
I remember when i was 18 down in Cali parked at Lapaglias SX Track and i was in awe and didn't even want to ride i just watched Phil rip laps off. So smooth and i loved this interview. Such a humble nice guy too. Ping I love this show Inever miss one. I was also psyched of you one time when you pulled out of San Diego SX with your sick truck and Splitfire bikes in the back at my second try at SX and then watched you hit the whoops wide open 2 lap of practice lol
PHIL LAWRENCE...Amazing interview, What a good dude and bright !!
Ping ` I enjoy listening to these, though some are definitely better than others. However this one was outstanding ....`
I've listened to it a few times now..
To see and here Factory Phil (not just the moto persona ) talk about his young life and now how he sees it looking back was absolutely superb ..
Well done mate `
Thanks for check it out Tom! Appreciate the support
Sounds like Factory Phil came up like Bob Hannah -- riding alllll the time.
Phil Lawrence ripped! I came from such a broken messed up life, I raced on weekends as Glenn Somerville and went to school as Glenn Martyn 6th-12th grade. I made many Mini O's podiums against legends... I would blow it on mental blunders. I was in the shadows of Vince DeVane & Ronnie Tichenor... I topped many legends, but I never got my local two just mentioned. Once almost in an open $ race at Dade City where I holeshot on a stock Cr125 and had the lead till last lap where Vince got me on back straight on his yz250. Guy Cooper got 3rd of 4th? So I won 1986 FL State Champ 125A... I got podium tt riding with an unknown Burst C1... so I made top 3-5 in mx motos before going numb and discovering I shouldn't be walking. I made it back but crushed my arch on some shit boots cause we couldn't afford much. So I was out again... so basically on couch after a good yr... even at ponca that summer I was doing really well in 125int seated 3rd in final moto to Denny Stephenson & Michael Craig... Final was a mudder... and I got taken out in first turn... I caught up from last to 3rd and might have won it... but I ceized on last lap... dnf'd... was pissed... so that fall I topped those two in Mini Os till I couldn't keep goin... a flagger was sleepin on a tripple in sx practice and I landed on a pille up... I beat Emig straight up a few times, LaRocco, M Brown, L Ward, K Lewis.... anyways I was on couch all of 87 and 2wks off couch and I maybe broke in this 88 Cagiva 125 about 2hrs... I went out to 88 Gatorback Winter Am and swept both 125A motos by half a lap... 30min motos... Then they took bike back... it was a fill in ride... so I got a kx but didn't have more than 2 wks on it... so I rode timid at Tampa 125 Pro esx...then 11th at Daytona a few weeks later feeling more dialed. I was about 5th w 2 laps to go... lapper landed on my back and I went back to 24th and caught back to 11th... they botched the record books... but I had the stupid oversized $400 chk. That was the last time I raced or used the name Glenn Somerville 798... I announced moto in Fl early 90's calling races with RC & Stewart... so that was fun... anyways... what your bro inlaw said about coming from a stable home matters a lot... so does having $ & Support... and a coach... I had none of that... if I could pull a John Dowd, I would... but I ran out of time... now I'm just an artist and fan... SunreaL bro!✌😎
awesome
Really inspiring story. Thanks for sharing your faith story!
Lovely episode.
It was Mike Grondahl (Geico Honda & Planet Fitness founder) who said he’d hire moto guys over others.
Great show guys
What an inspiring story! Thanks Ping and Phil!
Glad you enjoyed it
Excellent 👊✊🙏🙏
2:20 I remember what RJ said about being issued No. 13: "I'm a Christian. I don't believe in hocus-pocus" and took the number.
There is actually a word for the No. 13 superstition: triskaidekaphobia.
Awesome!
ATC honda!!!! There a blast lol!!
These episodes are all great but somehow each one is better than the last. I watched the 96 season as it was aired on ESPN & was a fan of all these guys. Phil seems like a down to earth awesome guy!
Still have a dollar bill signed by Factory Phil Lawrence back at the Seattle supercross way back when..
He hung out with some 1 800 collect guy i can't remember his name. Lol
I waited for Factoryy Phil.
I wonder how many times if ever, Phil raced high on something? That would be a great question! No judgment here because I've lived his lifestyle but I'm just really curios.
Factory Phil well mate if I could show you a Tear on a comment I have one, you Two Bro in Laws are Exceptional Humans who are completely Focused on the first and most important FAMILY.Thank You.
stand up guy...
Humility personified.
Awesome interview that I know I relate to. This is definitely helping to help me turn things around for the better. God please help me to continue to do the right things and to do what you want me to do…in Jesus name amen.
Do a New England show come out here . Dowdy Lorusso Barton
1:14:02
R.I.P. Dave Miller
Too funny i have a big framed pic of me racing amatuer day at pontiace in 97 and there are hay bales and not tough bocks this shows my age.
7:15 My boss was that 1-out-of-10 first-timer...jackass showed up late and left early for A2 supercross.
I myself made the mistake of accepting an invitation to a Dodgers baseball game the very next day after Pala 1. Needless to say, I left the damn game after one and a half innings...sooo boring with basically NO action, just eating and sitting.
Cool thanks
Sébastien Tortelli had 13 also.
1:08:20 dule ignition crash mechanic Lee McCollum? talk about lousy bikes. Chapparral too.
I swear i was in a world of shit and i surrender to jesus and Ronnie faist gave me some words and comfort to get my mind right enough to get it all together and since then everything turned around. God forgave me and forgot about the whole dirty mess!
And if any situation or person in the future ever tries to thro past mistakes in your face just remind them and yourself that you are 100% forgiven forevermore and move forward in freedom with a peaceful heart knowing that God is in control and that he’s always got something better for you in the future! Look to Jesus and never look back to stay in His will and full of His peace that surpasses human understanding!!! Take care man.
Tortelli had 13 and 103
Lee mcolum
Amber is a 9.8
Lee McCullum was pastranas mechanic
2:26:18 haha
but how many lengths did he jam in jammable holes back then
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WTM = 23 - .666 ....T+M =6
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I hope you parents out there heard the clear message of this episode loud and clear.
There is nothing impressive about being a Mom or a Dad. Having kids is about as difficult as ordering breakfast at Denny's.
Being a dedicated, responsible, married, loving Mother or Father to your children, who strives to lead and guide them, supervise them and hold both you and your children accountable, unfortunately these have become things that are really special.
You really don't want to create children that question their belief in themselves and their abilities, who become the same way as adults and spend their lives wondering why they lack confidence.
Then, after years and years of failing, soul-searching and resent, finding out.
god bless you ! phil