Back in the day of BMX Racing (photos)

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   So I'm looking at the pictures and I think I have the names of the riders thanks to my buddy Alex Damron....he said (and now that I look at the picture it makes sense) the left hand MD rider is Ernie Gallardo Jr. and far right is John Vendetti....
Ca8...who are the other riders?

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ADAM Members Profile Find Members Posts Forum Rookie Joined: March 19 2007 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 25	Quote Reply Posted: February 02 2009 at 4:36pm
	So I'm looking at the pictures and I think I have the names of the riders thanks to my buddy Alex Damron....he said (and now that I look at the picture it makes sense) the left hand MD rider is Ernie Gallardo Jr. and far right is John Vendetti.... Ca8...who are the other riders?
	Adam

ADAM Members Profile Find Members Posts Forum Rookie Joined: March 19 2007 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 25	Quote Reply Posted: February 02 2009 at 11:22am
	Serafin, Those were the days when a local race had 45-60 motos and a double point race had over 100 motos! These were also the days when our locals with big names still raced local venues and we still had semi's at Orion Park in the 17 over Expert Class! Cecil Johns (R.I.P) Charlie Townsend Dean LaBerg Cindy Davis Alex Damron Scott Fiefield Frank Post Ansel and Felicia Lopez Jessie Stark Ben Troia Shawn Ostroski Alexis Vegara...he was only 7 years old when he raced for us. ...and many many more. I'm sure Bandit and Chris Hall have a few too!
	Adam

Serafin Members Profile Find Members Posts Forum Novice Joined: July 02 2008 Location: Fremont, CA Online Status: Offline Posts: 72	Quote Reply Posted: February 02 2009 at 10:21am
	Hey Adam. I remember you. There was only one Adam I knew that raced for Moby Dick back in the day. I also remember Ansel Lopez waaaay back in the day. I raced for Newark Schwinn when you raced for MD. I was at Santa Clara hanging out with Steve one evening and I saw someone on the gate with an old school Moby Dick uniform. I said to Steve, " Hey Steve, is that what I think it is ??? A moby dick bike shop uniform ??? " He said, yup, that is. That was so sweeeeeet to see that !!!

ADAM Members Profile Find Members Posts Forum Rookie Joined: March 19 2007 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 25	Quote Reply Posted: February 02 2009 at 9:50am
	So the picture above at the starting gate has two of my Moby Dick Bike Shop team members in the red white and blue jerseys (you've seen Zach wear my jersey on a few occasions). The rider in the left is Alex Damron and I believe the one on the right is either Jay Craddick or Lonnie Lierley but I'm not sure.....should be the 14 or 15 Expert class at Orion Park.
	Adam

ca8 Members Profile Find Members Posts Forum Bystander Joined: February 01 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Quote Reply Posted: February 01 2009 at 7:28pm
	this is a pic of cecil johns (RIP my brother) going over the first berm. my father took this pic.

ca8 Members Profile Find Members Posts Forum Bystander Joined: February 01 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Quote Reply Posted: February 01 2009 at 7:22pm
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bossforlife Members Profile Find Members Posts Forum Novice Joined: March 28 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 25	Quote Reply Posted: February 01 2009 at 6:07pm
	ca8: I want to see more!

ca8 Members Profile Find Members Posts Forum Bystander Joined: February 01 2009 Online Status: Offline Posts: 9	Quote Reply Posted: February 01 2009 at 3:56pm
	orion park 85

The Realtor Members Profile Find Members Posts Forum Rookie Joined: March 30 2005 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 28	Quote Reply Posted: January 29 2009 at 7:25pm
	Thank you for sharing your memories and photos. I'm still in contact with Kristin and Paul Eggers. I used to see Andy B, but that's been many years. Great stuff.
	Stuart

mattyjo Members Profile Find Members Posts Visit Members Homepage Forum Expert Joined: January 08 2008 Location: United States Online Status: Offline Posts: 104	Quote Reply Posted: January 26 2009 at 10:39am
	mark- she didn't want us watching dialing for dollars and getting our hopes up... he never called santa cruz anyway. funny that i ended up getting a degree and working in radio and television... roger- JJ always has some good stories and photos at BMXAo... we gotta get all you guys together and do a documentary... joe kid was just the tip!
	i've been lousy at this sport for 4 decades!