I ran a 125 that year. I can't tell you how many guys stalled trying to make the turn in the stands. I couldn't believe how steep it was. No brakes were needed to make the turn. You just had to shut off at the right time. It's also the only time I met Ryno. He was sleeping at the same hotel I was at. I was at a party the floor below him. He slammed his fist on the door until we opened it. He was screaming at us to quiet down because he needed his sleep. I felt so bad.
Did you scream “that’s what Tylenol PM is for!! this isn’t _Winners take All_ ya can tell by the fact that there’s no topless chicks OR Honda Z50’s in the hotel’s pool”
I raced amateur day the following morning on my KX125. It's great to see the track again, its mostly entirely how I remember it (they tend to mellow it out for amateur day). I have a few photos from it, but our camcorder we borrowed acted up and didn't record, so this is the only way I've gotten to see it again.
Hey I really appreciate you posting these! They’re awesome! Do you happen to have Pontiac 1995 Supercross? I’ve been looking for the full race for a long time!
Heather Majcherek well thank you so much! I love watching them so if there’s any that immediately get taken down, you should upload them to dailymotion or Vimeo. It’s good to see the history of this sport!
#1 - 5:59 WTF is up with the guy holding two rolls of Toilet Paper, then he gives one to someone in another seat… #2 - 7:03 Jeremy’s full of it…for the 1998 season he had to break his contract with _Suzuki of Troy_ to sign with _Chaparral Yamaha_ it was just as sudden a change if not even more sudden than Suzuki…& Jeremy went Right back to the same form as he’s been on Honda’s all those years…and nobody ever really presented a challenge until Ricky in 2001… but 1997 was an extremely big year in Supercross; we had Lusk getting his first premiere class wins, Doug Henry’s return to being a viable threat, and went on to show that 4-Stroke’s were viable race bikes (even though Doug Henry’s 1997 Yamaha YZM400F was pretty much *EXACTLY* what the _AMA Production Rule_ was enacted to prevent racers from using…a pretty good example of why Doug Henry’s YZM400F prototype was an unfair advantage, is that Yamaha was racing two of those - one with Doug Henry riding it against 250cc race bikes in the US/AMA races… and one with Andrea Bartolini racing it against 500cc bikes in the FIM & GP Events across the pond…& although he wasn’t nearly as successful as Doug Henry was here in the states, Bartolini wasn’t without victory…I was also on a 125 in the 1997, I was one of the guys who stalled my bike 🤦🏼♂️ it just wasn’t something I was prepared for LOL. But getting back to what I was saying about Jeremy… Then-Again…the 2-Stroke Yamaha YZ’s were so hot from 1996-2001 that the transition must have been different… two of my close friends had 1997 Suzuki RM250’s and the consensus I got from both of them… they both liked them, but they were pieces of shit… they just weren’t making it through races…the Conventional Forks (which Suzuki said was for _better feel)_ really hurt the rideability of the machines…and if you look…Jeremy went back to Upside-Down forks, and LaRocco & Albertyn & weren’t far behind him in changing over as well… but the only one on Suzuki of Troy who was happy was Albertyn… it was a Secondary team, Suzuki didn’t have a _Factory Team_ they had _Suzuki of Troy_ & Larry Ward was on _Honda of Troy_ which always confused me… I knew it was the race team for _Yamaha, Honda & Suzuki of Troy_ Dealership in Dayton, Ohio but it always confused me that like they had this big team effort with Jeremy McGrath, Mike LaRocco & Greg Albertyn on the _Suzuki of Troy_ team (which they *THREW MONEY AT* to get those 3 guys) & Larry Ward, Erik Kehoe & Mike Craig were all on _Honda of Troy_ am I the only one confused by the fact that a dealership’s race team has that many top level racers spread across multiple motorcycle & the riders of each brand weren’t on connected teams, Larry Ward’s Honda of Troy CR250R wasn’t serviced & prepped at the same Semi truck that Jeremy McGrath, Greg Albertyn & Mike LaRocco’s Suzuki of Troy RM250’s were
Either somebody sold the TP to him, thinking it was cotton candy, or he stole them for home. Funny he was caught on TV. I wonder if his friends, (or maybe kids now), ever saw it? lol
@@EarthSurferUSA The only things I can think of, is maybe he _(for whatever reason)_ stole the toilet paper from the stadium bathroom. Or he maybe purchased it prior to the event and brought toilet paper with him to the stadium in the sort of unlikely event that he happens to REALLY NEED TO SHIT at a Supercross. Which brings up several other ideas, like that potentially the stadium happens to serve sub par Mexican food, and he was not only aware that the Mexican food was poor quality & still intended to eat it, which brings his decision-making abilities into question…
@@hyfrsilaz7144 Emig was great, but McGrath was _(& still IS)_ the King of Supercross…the only reason he didn’t come up was because the core of my comment was about how Yamaha/Honda/Suzuki of Troy Dealership was fielding two Pro race teams consisting of Jeremy McGrath, Greg Albertyn & Mike LaRocco (on Suzuki’s) & Larry Ward, Michael Craig & Eric Kehoe (on Honda’s) & how big a piece of shit the 1997 Suzuki RM250
Everytime emig wore that dam orange jersey he had a bad race. I remember seeing this in 97 as a kid and thinking “might as well change the channel, emigs in that fn Jersey again”
My dad was a McGrath fan and I rooted for Lusk. These were golden days of Supercross.
I ran a 125 that year. I can't tell you how many guys stalled trying to make the turn in the stands. I couldn't believe how steep it was. No brakes were needed to make the turn. You just had to shut off at the right time.
It's also the only time I met Ryno. He was sleeping at the same hotel I was at. I was at a party the floor below him. He slammed his fist on the door until we opened it. He was screaming at us to quiet down because he needed his sleep. I felt so bad.
Did you scream “that’s what Tylenol PM is for!! this isn’t _Winners take All_ ya can tell by the fact that there’s no topless chicks OR Honda Z50’s in the hotel’s pool”
I raced amateur day the following morning on my KX125. It's great to see the track again, its mostly entirely how I remember it (they tend to mellow it out for amateur day). I have a few photos from it, but our camcorder we borrowed acted up and didn't record, so this is the only way I've gotten to see it again.
Hey I really appreciate you posting these! They’re awesome! Do you happen to have Pontiac 1995 Supercross? I’ve been looking for the full race for a long time!
some of my videos are being taken down, I am posting up all the ones i find from vhs, still have a ton to go :-)
Heather Majcherek well thank you so much! I love watching them so if there’s any that immediately get taken down, you should upload them to dailymotion or Vimeo. It’s good to see the history of this sport!
Why are they being taken down?
"Ryan will not pass Jeff I can tell you that" Ryan passes Jeff...
#1 - 5:59 WTF is up with the guy holding two rolls of Toilet Paper, then he gives one to someone in another seat…
#2 - 7:03 Jeremy’s full of it…for the 1998 season he had to break his contract with _Suzuki of Troy_ to sign with _Chaparral Yamaha_ it was just as sudden a change if not even more sudden than Suzuki…& Jeremy went Right back to the same form as he’s been on Honda’s all those years…and nobody ever really presented a challenge until Ricky in 2001… but 1997 was an extremely big year in Supercross; we had Lusk getting his first premiere class wins, Doug Henry’s return to being a viable threat, and went on to show that 4-Stroke’s were viable race bikes (even though Doug Henry’s 1997 Yamaha YZM400F was pretty much *EXACTLY* what the _AMA Production Rule_ was enacted to prevent racers from using…a pretty good example of why Doug Henry’s YZM400F prototype was an unfair advantage, is that Yamaha was racing two of those - one with Doug Henry riding it against 250cc race bikes in the US/AMA races… and one with Andrea Bartolini racing it against 500cc bikes in the FIM & GP Events across the pond…& although he wasn’t nearly as successful as Doug Henry was here in the states, Bartolini wasn’t without victory…I was also on a 125 in the 1997, I was one of the guys who stalled my bike 🤦🏼♂️ it just wasn’t something I was prepared for LOL. But getting back to what I was saying about Jeremy… Then-Again…the 2-Stroke Yamaha YZ’s were so hot from 1996-2001 that the transition must have been different… two of my close friends had 1997 Suzuki RM250’s and the consensus I got from both of them… they both liked them, but they were pieces of shit… they just weren’t making it through races…the Conventional Forks (which Suzuki said was for _better feel)_ really hurt the rideability of the machines…and if you look…Jeremy went back to Upside-Down forks, and LaRocco & Albertyn & weren’t far behind him in changing over as well… but the only one on Suzuki of Troy who was happy was Albertyn… it was a Secondary team, Suzuki didn’t have a _Factory Team_ they had _Suzuki of Troy_ & Larry Ward was on _Honda of Troy_ which always confused me… I knew it was the race team for _Yamaha, Honda & Suzuki of Troy_ Dealership in Dayton, Ohio but it always confused me that like they had this big team effort with Jeremy McGrath, Mike LaRocco & Greg Albertyn on the _Suzuki of Troy_ team (which they *THREW MONEY AT* to get those 3 guys) & Larry Ward, Erik Kehoe & Mike Craig were all on _Honda of Troy_ am I the only one confused by the fact that a dealership’s race team has that many top level racers spread across multiple motorcycle & the riders of each brand weren’t on connected teams, Larry Ward’s Honda of Troy CR250R wasn’t serviced & prepped at the same Semi truck that Jeremy McGrath, Greg Albertyn & Mike LaRocco’s Suzuki of Troy RM250’s were
Either somebody sold the TP to him, thinking it was cotton candy, or he stole them for home. Funny he was caught on TV. I wonder if his friends, (or maybe kids now), ever saw it? lol
@@EarthSurferUSA
The only things I can think of, is maybe he _(for whatever reason)_ stole the toilet paper from the stadium bathroom. Or he maybe purchased it prior to the event and brought toilet paper with him to the stadium in the sort of unlikely event that he happens to REALLY NEED TO SHIT at a Supercross. Which brings up several other ideas, like that potentially the stadium happens to serve sub par Mexican food, and he was not only aware that the Mexican food was poor quality & still intended to eat it, which brings his decision-making abilities into question…
Not much to say about king emig. He just had a great year
@@hyfrsilaz7144
Emig was great, but McGrath was _(& still IS)_ the King of Supercross…the only reason he didn’t come up was because the core of my comment was about how Yamaha/Honda/Suzuki of Troy Dealership was fielding two Pro race teams consisting of Jeremy McGrath, Greg Albertyn & Mike LaRocco (on Suzuki’s) & Larry Ward, Michael Craig & Eric Kehoe (on Honda’s) & how big a piece of shit the 1997 Suzuki RM250
The piece of shit Honda couldn't win with Ward or the great Lamy. Ward didn't win again until he got back on a Suzuki.
Everytime emig wore that dam orange jersey he had a bad race. I remember seeing this in 97 as a kid and thinking “might as well change the channel, emigs in that fn Jersey again”