Do You remember a Honda rider sporting a real stars and spanglers flag on the rear fender? I saw a pic many years ago but I can’t find anyone that remembers
@@albertoferrari-yq7hz Tripes and Hannah did a parade lap in '79 with American Flags taped to their bikes. I think JT Racing put out a poster of them stopped. at the top of Screw U . Have to search Google
@@albertoferrari-yq7hz Apologize as I thought I replied the other day. in '79. the GP guys did a parade lap (no helmets) - Hannah and Tripes had flags on fenders and cross bars . They posed for a photo at top of Screw-*. waving their flags. Believe JT Racing sold it as a poster.
Back in the day when motocross had REAL tracks with so many options to use different lines when racing , unlike today's tracks , especially in MXGP where the tracks are mainly flat with a table top every 150 yards. As a rider you had much more variety on these old school tracks , hills , drop offs , tight corners , cambers and natural jumps. I appreciate times change and things have to move on but these types of tracks used to give us some great racing , also if a rider came off for 3 or 4 seconds they still had a chance to make up the time and actually pass easier on these types of tracks , making it a better spectacle for spectators and more fun for the riders.
The Suzuki "Full Floater" rear suspension design was the best of all time, so I have heard. I remember talking to Kent Howerton in the late 70's during his first year with Suzuki about training, and he said he put a full tank of gas and rode hard until it ran out of fuel.
Probably the best vintage MX footage I've ever seen, and the slow-motion makes it even better. I watched Howerton & Stackable doing local races in central TX when I was racing as an amateur, and after a while they went off to the big leagues.
I loved it back then. I've been going to 'dilla since '71. I sure wish they kept the track all-natural and didn't fill in the start. Jobe with twin shocks? I believe this is the race he gave me his #2 jersey.
It's really cool seeing those rough looking works bike. Paint off the frame, scratches. Really been ridden. Modern teams have bikes that are new all the time. These look like rough diamonds - not shiny - but still diamonds.
Wow, Howerton was the dominate rider in the US at that time, with Hannah down. Jobe reeled him in and passed him on that gnarly track with just about perfect looking conditions, no dust etc. Makes Lackey's achievement against Jobe on the 500's in 82 that much more amazing!
Is there anything better than a natural track - the grass mixing in with the dirt - not groomed and tilled and dirt shipped in with sawdust, sand, sourced dirt which leads to RUTS. Look how naturally rough the track is compared to today's Unadilla. THIS is motocross at its finest. And something no one has ever thought about - I believe the terrain has settled through the years. Screw U and Gravity Cavity don't seem to be as steep as they once were.
What a Jewel !! Thanks for sharing. The best MX era. I noticed that K Howerthon Factory RM had Full Floater but Jobè Who was the Oficial Suzuki rider in europe had twin shocks. Do you know who #30 was (the other FF Suzuki?)
This is a great video pretty high end camera for the day. dad and i were there slept in the car and rode my bmx bike on track after practice . The wheelie King Doug was also there this weekend and feel in screw U dad had a pic of this wish i could find it.
Ah yes, I remember the time at Unadilla in '74 I think when Brad Lackey grabbed the lead with DeCoster in hot pursuit, trying to get around him but just couldn't. Lap after lap they went at it, DeCoster looking for the right opportunity, and then it came. While Lackey was jumping far down the Screw-U hill, all the way to the bottom, DeCoster instead jumped only half way down, touched his rear wheel on the hill, got some traction and squirted past Lackey and then took the lead to the end. It was the most brilliant move I had ever seen.
Great film! Thanks for posting. Any memory of the frame rate you were shooting for the slow motion sections? You must have burned through a lot of Super 8 cartridges 🙂
Yes! Due to the shit design of Super8 cartridges (like an 8 track cassette) they where limited to about 40 fps which ate up film about 50% faster! Even though I worked at a camera store, I could only affford to shoot 1 Moto per event on film, the other was 35 slide film.
@@lfoxracer Thanks! The exposures, framing and focus all look great. Amazing to see this race again--I was there in 1980. Pretty funny to see spectators so close to the track especially at the start!
@@fkp-1353Alas, the good old days! I remember getting roosted by Hannah in 82’ as a 15 year old kid at Red But thinking “I’m gonna save this dirt clod forever”🤣
Curious why kent is wearing # 1 ??? He was not the 1979 250 world champ?? I wonder if the Champs of the last 30 years could ride fast on this ungroomed track?? Today the ruts are the only thing tuff about the current tracks. They smooth them out for practice and they rough up during the event. Then they clean up certain sections.
@@robertrishel3685 Yes. Great racer who wasn't around that long. Love the open faced helmet and no mask look. Believe he would also run this when he was chasing the 500 National title.
Cheers. Looked like Jobe lead for most of the moto on the twin shocker but had an ‘incident’? That track is what moto is all about. Rough as guts and a real test of rider and bike
Why was Georges Jobe on a twin shock and the number 1 who i guess was Howerton on the Full Floater? And why was KH touching the number 1 plate? He wasn't the World Champion..m
The full floater was the best thing goin..rms were killing it
Thanks Lyndon. Went to this and about any Unadilla race since ‘78. Your videos capture the core from an era when not much was recorded
Do You remember a Honda rider sporting a real stars and spanglers flag on the rear fender? I saw a pic many years ago but I can’t find anyone that remembers
@@albertoferrari-yq7hz Tripes and Hannah did a parade lap in '79 with American Flags taped to their bikes. I think JT Racing put out a poster of them stopped. at the top of Screw U . Have to search Google
@@albertoferrari-yq7hz Apologize as I thought I replied the other day. in '79. the GP guys did a parade lap (no helmets) - Hannah and Tripes had flags on fenders and cross bars . They posed for a photo at top of Screw-*. waving their flags. Believe JT Racing sold it as a poster.
Kent Howerton is an all time great rider.
@@xipingpooh5783 Yes he is. His name doesn’t get mentioned much but he was a multi time champ. And could ride the wheels off of a Husky
Faster than Hannah in his prime…
@@kurtvonfricken6829 Bob didn’t care much for him , that’s for sure
Look how close people got to the track! They were backing away from the first turn as the bikes came around!!!!
Back in the day when motocross had REAL tracks with so many options to use different lines when racing , unlike today's tracks , especially in MXGP where the tracks are mainly flat with a table top every 150 yards. As a rider you had much more variety on these old school tracks , hills , drop offs , tight corners , cambers and natural jumps. I appreciate times change and things have to move on but these types of tracks used to give us some great racing , also if a rider came off for 3 or 4 seconds they still had a chance to make up the time and actually pass easier on these types of tracks , making it a better spectacle for spectators and more fun for the riders.
Agree 100%
Wow. I really miss those days.
Old school motocross were the best. Pure man and machine. Fixing and tuning their bikes with just hardware and no software like the present.
That is some classic video for a golden age of motocross. Thanks for sharing.
I had forgotten how great the track used to be, when it was covered in grass and whoops. Now it's manicured and covered with deep ruts.
The Huskys look the meanest
The Suzuki "Full Floater" rear suspension design was the best of all time, so I have heard. I remember talking to Kent Howerton in the late 70's during his first year with Suzuki about training, and he said he put a full tank of gas and rode hard until it ran out of fuel.
Great footage. Love the slow motion shots. Thanks for sharing!
Probably the best vintage MX footage I've ever seen, and the slow-motion makes it even better. I watched Howerton & Stackable doing local races in central TX when I was racing as an amateur, and after a while they went off to the big leagues.
I loved it back then. I've been going to 'dilla since '71. I sure wish they kept the track all-natural and didn't fill in the start. Jobe with twin shocks? I believe this is the race he gave me his #2 jersey.
Thanks for sharing👍🏻Moto was so freaking cool back then. And Unadilla was such a Bitchin track back then.
This is why long travel suspension was developed the natural bumps not the ruts that we have today I just wish the tracks would go back the old days
The 4 strokes just don't interact with the track like back in the day. Much much less wheel spin, hence not nearly as rough.
It's really cool seeing those rough looking works bike. Paint off the frame, scratches. Really been ridden. Modern teams have bikes that are new all the time. These look like rough diamonds - not shiny - but still diamonds.
Wow, Howerton was the dominate rider in the US at that time, with Hannah down. Jobe reeled him in and passed him on that gnarly track with just about perfect looking conditions, no dust etc. Makes Lackey's achievement against Jobe on the 500's in 82 that much more amazing!
Is there anything better than a natural track - the grass mixing in with the dirt - not groomed and tilled and dirt shipped in with sawdust, sand, sourced dirt which leads to RUTS. Look how naturally rough the track is compared to today's Unadilla. THIS is motocross at its finest. And something no one has ever thought about - I believe the terrain has settled through the years. Screw U and Gravity Cavity don't seem to be as steep as they once were.
Anything old school is DYNO-MITE !!!
I was there. Unadilla at its finest. Jobe was always fast at Unadilla.
Tape and hose clamps on the frame!! First Full Floater?
Amazing.
I have a bunch of crystal clear professional photos from this somewhere, a friend was a photographer there, and gave them to me
What a Jewel !! Thanks for sharing. The best MX era. I noticed that K Howerthon Factory RM had Full Floater but Jobè Who was the Oficial Suzuki rider in europe had twin shocks. Do you know who #30 was (the other FF Suzuki?)
Brent Myerscoff, maybe?
Awesome high quality footage ! The Rhinestone Cowboy's wife at 1:34 is a smoking hot beauty.
This is a great video pretty high end camera for the day. dad and i were there slept in the car and rode my bmx bike on track after practice . The wheelie King Doug was also there this weekend and feel in screw U dad had a pic of this wish i could find it.
The good ole days...
Ah yes, I remember the time at Unadilla in '74 I think when Brad Lackey grabbed the lead with DeCoster in hot pursuit, trying to get around him but just couldn't. Lap after lap they went at it, DeCoster looking for the right opportunity, and then it came. While Lackey was jumping far down the Screw-U hill, all the way to the bottom, DeCoster instead jumped only half way down, touched his rear wheel on the hill, got some traction and squirted past Lackey and then took the lead to the end. It was the most brilliant move I had ever seen.
Buen video.👍Muy Curioso Howerton y Shulz .llevan el Novisimo sistema Full Floater. Y Jobe. lleva 2.Amortiguadores.🤔
Back then Suzuki could sell more RMs in California than they did in Europe. So the investment there was huge.
Brilliant footage.
If only someone who was there at the time would do a voice-over.
Kent Howerton was the man in 1980 and 1981
is it expected that there is no audio track with this?
Unadilla isn’t what it used to be to be
lol was at this race , and in vid
Fun!!! At what minute(s) do you show?
👍👍👍
Back then bikes were slower but made much less noise just like the spectators.
Great film! Thanks for posting. Any memory of the frame rate you were shooting for the slow motion sections? You must have burned through a lot of Super 8 cartridges 🙂
Yes! Due to the shit design of Super8 cartridges (like an 8 track cassette) they where limited to about 40 fps which ate up film about 50% faster! Even though I worked at a camera store, I could only affford to shoot 1 Moto per event on film, the other was 35 slide film.
@@lfoxracer Thanks! The exposures, framing and focus all look great. Amazing to see this race again--I was there in 1980. Pretty funny to see spectators so close to the track especially at the start!
@@fkp-1353Alas, the good old days! I remember getting roosted by Hannah in 82’ as a 15 year old kid at Red But thinking “I’m gonna save this dirt clod forever”🤣
Jo Jo would have been top 5 if he didnt get taken out in the second turn.
Curious why kent is wearing # 1 ??? He was not the 1979 250 world champ?? I wonder if the Champs of the last 30 years could ride fast on this ungroomed track?? Today the ruts are the only thing tuff about the current tracks. They smooth them out for practice and they rough up during the event. Then they clean up certain sections.
When men were men
Who was riding the number 2 twin shock Suzuki?
At 2:08 I was clever enough to shoot the moto 1 results. #2 was Jorge Jobe.
Jobe rode the twinshocker - Howerton had the Full Floater
And Darryl Schultz also on a 🙄Suzuki full floater #30
@@robertrishel3685 Yes. Great racer who wasn't around that long. Love the open faced helmet and no mask look. Believe he would also run this when he was chasing the 500 National title.
Cheers. Looked like Jobe lead for most of the moto on the twin shocker but had an ‘incident’?
That track is what moto is all about. Rough as guts and a real test of rider and bike
Its wierd jobe wanted the dual shock suzook howerton had the newer full floater....
Yeah, but Jobe's twin shock Suzuki had Ohlins gas shocks. Those were the best shocks in this era...
@@brucefile7430Ohlins still great🏆😁
Why was Georges Jobe on a twin shock and the number 1 who i guess was Howerton on the Full Floater? And why was KH touching the number 1 plate? He wasn't the World Champion..m
Believe that year the FIM gave the rider that won the GP the year prior the #1. So every GP there were diff #'s, Hence the bibs they wore
El campió del '79, va ser en Carlqvist, que va anar als 500 amb Yamaha.....
El dorsal -1- estava lliure..
Molt bons detalls amb càmera lenta.👏👏👋
Honda pits clean bikes ready to go , Suzuki what's with the duct tape
jojo k
nobody was fat back then.
I hate what has become of Unadilla. Unadilla in this video is AWESOME! Unadilla today is an over-manicured, boring, dangerous, rut-filled POS.
bummer no sound.
Amazing! Thank you @lyndonfox !