Great stuff. I raced District 34 1971-1977. Mostly 125cc on elsinores. Moved up to expert and raced agiants some fast guys-Pat Maroney, Mike Bouchier, Moore & others.Cathalia, Claverack, High Chapparal, Englishtown, Fishkill, Southwoods, Broome Tioga and others. #214 Mario Ippolito
Wow! Southwoods, Monticello. Raced the womens class in the early 70’s, Honda Elsinore 125 and 175 amateur with the guys on a Can-Am. What a tank that bike was! Thanks for the memories! Evelyn 24X
I grew up living next to ace motocross and used to sneak in and watch the races everytime ....the smell of the two stroke and old bikes takes me back!!!!!!!id ride my bicycle down and watch guys practice anytime I heared the bikes or saw a trailor go by with the bikes !!! I love district 34 thanks for the post!!!!!!
Just found this video and all I can say is Thanks for the memories dude. I remember these track well, I raced 75 - 80 and loved seeing this. Remember the old rubber band starts at Mt Catalina in Ellenville? I remember Pat Moroney just smoking the field when he raced.
I am Jim Egan (56 yrs old) from Orange Lake and rode these tracks with exception to Dilla. I rode with Mark Brown, Bill Manzo, Mark Uva, Ron Palmer. From 73 to 76 in my case. I new Pat real well and traveled down to Florida for the winter AMA series. During that series Bob Hanna was riding for DG before his ride with the big boys. I went to the first 6 Dillas. Who remembers the following at Dilla? The hill people across the street from the track where the RV was at the top with the insane stereo
@James Egan..... The RV with the cranking stereo that had the huge speakers on the roof. Every year it was there, music blasting and all of us standing around the big bonfire. Great memories, was there for many years. Nationals and Grand Prix races. The track was so much nicer back then. We would get there on Friday evening and the track would look like a huge hey field. Only after Saturday practice did it start to look like a motocross track.
I still remember the first time I drove up there on my own....I was kinda wing it .it was only two roads from my north jersey home....I was driving and driving,not sure if I was close or not then u see it that unmistakable big giant barn side,and u know that u found it,we got there early in the morning I had my own private jet that I flew in called my 1972 Barracuda just a 318v8 but I may it in 45 minutes,what I found out later was a three hour drive at legal speed limits,like I said jet...there is nothing like our American highways and a NICKEL PLATED AMERICAN V8 WITH A LITTLE HORSEPOWER,at nite the roads are empty vacant and a joy to drive on when there are zero cars or traffic....THANKS great video,this is hey dey for sure...Marty Smith I have only seen stills of him in MXA.
I don't want anyone to thing I'm old fashion,may be old school...but I really think Unadilla should go back to the original layout they can do whatever they want with the dirt mix jumps and so on,but these two switch backs are nice little esses that put the stress on finesse and it disrupts the flow that is why it needs to be part of the national layout because when it get rained on a slipperier as they say in England these little switch backs become a whole different game in very wet conditions,a little European flavor u could say,if the promoters don't get it too bad they are not paying attention they have already stripped dilla of its grass for what ever the reason grass is the ultimate motocross dirt of choice and Unadilla is the only track in the USA. That had that great grass mix that gives u traction like nothing else when the grass gets all mix in....but not any more...beside the place just looks better green...I used to live not far,and have been there 4 or 5 times,first time 78 ish and the grass was still around,it was a little crazy if u spent the whole 3 days there....I'm kind of glad that part is over,it must have been what MX was like in Roman times drunks and togas laying all over,no plumbing couches on fire ever where,just kidding.it needed a little class upgrade Ward was probably getting a little fed up with his spectators,it was out of control...not our best display of American support for racing motocross...
AWESOME!! i rode 78-84 district 34. Hunter Yamaha through and through. Hi Eric and Dorothy. Roger Recker here. I am in Phx,AZ now and still riding! Miss those tracks back east. Still think about local heroes, Coen, Maroney, McMillan, etc. Those were the days with Three 125 qualifying motos!! I agree with Mtnmojo on his track "spotting". Anyone out there know me from the day? Drop me a line.
I was at that dilla race and I used to race in the old district 2 then 34 was the first track after dilla the old ace track or cairo? the other in the middlle looks like south woods.we raced more in the 76-81 era
@recker1 Hey , I think I remeber the name,I had a bad accident in 79 so I was done racing after only a short career, was friends with Dan Koch,chuck henry, theVan dusers.todd dipple,I knew Moroney and the others u mentioned,hell, Kurt mcmillen rode the two stroke race at unadilla this and last year when I went.south carolina now and started racing again last year.
Great stuff. I raced District 34 1971-1977. Mostly 125cc on elsinores. Moved up to expert and raced agiants some fast guys-Pat Maroney, Mike Bouchier, Moore & others.Cathalia, Claverack, High Chapparal, Englishtown, Fishkill, Southwoods, Broome Tioga and others. #214 Mario Ippolito
Wow! Southwoods, Monticello. Raced the womens class in the early 70’s, Honda Elsinore 125 and 175 amateur with the guys on a Can-Am. What a tank that bike was! Thanks for the memories! Evelyn 24X
I grew up living next to ace motocross and used to sneak in and watch the races everytime ....the smell of the two stroke and old bikes takes me back!!!!!!!id ride my bicycle down and watch guys practice anytime I heared the bikes or saw a trailor go by with the bikes !!! I love district 34 thanks for the post!!!!!!
Just found this video and all I can say is Thanks for the memories dude. I remember these track well, I raced 75 - 80 and loved seeing this. Remember the old rubber band starts at Mt Catalina in Ellenville? I remember Pat Moroney just smoking the field when he raced.
Do you k ow where this was?
I am Jim Egan (56 yrs old) from Orange Lake and rode these tracks with exception to Dilla. I rode with Mark Brown, Bill Manzo, Mark Uva, Ron Palmer. From 73 to 76 in my case. I new Pat real well and traveled down to Florida for the winter AMA series. During that series Bob Hanna was riding for DG before his ride with the big boys. I went to the first 6 Dillas. Who remembers the following at Dilla? The hill people across the street from the track where the RV was at the top with the insane stereo
bill manzo.there's a name I haven't heard in a while.he was friends with mark clark.good times
Thanks for sharing this. I believe this is from 1976.
I think you are right. The Type 2 Honda works bikes came out in 1976. Do I see Rocket Rex on a Harley??
@James Egan..... The RV with the cranking stereo that had the huge speakers on the roof. Every year it was there, music blasting and all of us standing around the big bonfire. Great memories, was there for many years. Nationals and Grand Prix races. The track was so much nicer back then. We would get there on Friday evening and the track would look like a huge hey field. Only after Saturday practice did it start to look like a motocross track.
I still remember the first time I drove up there on my own....I was kinda wing it .it was only two roads from my north jersey home....I was driving and driving,not sure if I was close or not then u see it that unmistakable big giant barn side,and u know that u found it,we got there early in the morning I had my own private jet that I flew in called my 1972 Barracuda just a 318v8 but I may it in 45 minutes,what I found out later was a three hour drive at legal speed limits,like I said jet...there is nothing like our American highways and a NICKEL PLATED AMERICAN V8 WITH A LITTLE HORSEPOWER,at nite the roads are empty vacant and a joy to drive on when there are zero cars or traffic....THANKS great video,this is hey dey for sure...Marty Smith I have only seen stills of him in MXA.
Those are classic Unadilla clips! Even Decoster on an RH Suzuki
I don't want anyone to thing I'm old fashion,may be old school...but I really think Unadilla should go back to the original layout they can do whatever they want with the dirt mix jumps and so on,but these two switch backs are nice little esses that put the stress on finesse and it disrupts the flow that is why it needs to be part of the national layout because when it get rained on a slipperier as they say in England these little switch backs become a whole different game in very wet conditions,a little European flavor u could say,if the promoters don't get it too bad they are not paying attention they have already stripped dilla of its grass for what ever the reason grass is the ultimate motocross dirt of choice and Unadilla is the only track in the USA. That had that great grass mix that gives u traction like nothing else when the grass gets all mix in....but not any more...beside the place just looks better green...I used to live not far,and have been there 4 or 5 times,first time 78 ish and the grass was still around,it was a little crazy if u spent the whole 3 days there....I'm kind of glad that part is over,it must have been what MX was like in Roman times drunks and togas laying all over,no plumbing couches on fire ever where,just kidding.it needed a little class upgrade Ward was probably getting a little fed up with his spectators,it was out of control...not our best display of American support for racing motocross...
Cool!...sound?
AWESOME!! i rode 78-84 district 34. Hunter Yamaha through and through. Hi Eric and Dorothy. Roger Recker here. I am in Phx,AZ now and still riding! Miss those tracks back east. Still think about local heroes, Coen, Maroney, McMillan, etc. Those were the days with Three 125 qualifying motos!! I agree with Mtnmojo on his track "spotting". Anyone out there know me from the day? Drop me a line.
I was at that dilla race and I used to race in the old district 2 then 34 was the first track after dilla the old ace track or cairo? the other in the middlle looks like south woods.we raced more in the 76-81 era
@recker1 Hey , I think I remeber the name,I had a bad accident in 79 so I was done racing after only a short career, was friends with Dan Koch,chuck henry, theVan dusers.todd dipple,I knew Moroney and the others u mentioned,hell, Kurt mcmillen rode the two stroke race at unadilla this and last year when I went.south carolina now and started racing again last year.
Unfortunately no sound....unlike today it was rare to have a video camera back then.