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  Quote ADAM Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2009 at 9:18pm
John,
This is way too cool! Great to hear from you.
 
OK.....the black and white picture is of me, KT ( I think) Alex Damron, his little brother Brett, and the announcer I was talking about..Andy Mattos
 
...the Shimano van was owned by Phil Zeip because his son Phil Jr. was sponsered by Shimano!
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  Quote ADAM Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2009 at 9:20pm
Yes....Ernie G. also was the gate starter from Soladad and they drove to every Orion Park race and was the main gate starter there too. Remember him and Andy Mattos...."Hey Chuey"!
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  Quote Serafin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2009 at 9:27pm
Originally posted by getter_1

Did the Wadley family drive it?  I remember the van but I can't remember who drove it. :(
 
I'm old.
 
Jasen:  The Wadley's drove up in that Green chevy truck or the red mazda 626.  We drove up in the blue GNC truck with the white rear camper shell where my dad would hook-up the TV and Mike Salido would watch football games on sunday's at the track.  Didn't you ride with us to Chandler Az for the winternats ( You, me, Shannon, Johnny, and my uncle Jessie ) ???  After the winter nats, we stayed in the Valley ( North Hollywood ) and raced at Devonshire Downs for the double points race ??? 
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  Quote Serafin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2009 at 9:28pm
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"Hey Chuey"!
 
I remember that ! LOL
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Originally posted by Serafin

Anybody remember this shimano van that popped up at the Cal-08 and Cal 15 tracks ??? Trivia question:  Who did it belong to ??? 
 
where was this? it looks like somewhere I have been.
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Oh yeah!  I remember the green chevy.  Also, do you remember when the Wadley family was driving to a race (I can't remember which one) and their bikes fell off the top of their car and they didn't notice?  The amzing thing was they drove back and found the bikes and they were ok... just a bit scratched.
 
I remember going to Chandler for the winter nationals and thinking the weather was decent for February... Until the sun went down.  We camped in a tent or something and I froze my ass off.  I think I even caught a cold. 
 
Do you guys have anything left from the old days?  All I have are my Newark Schwinn jerseys (2, I think), my Moby Dick bike shop jersey and some number plates.  I wish I still had a Discipulo plate that Mike used to make.  I gotta contact Mike. 
 
Oh and I may have an F&M Cycle City jersey.
 
 It's starting to come back to me. 
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  Quote Serafin Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 02 2009 at 11:52pm
I remember that incident about the Wadley's.  I think Greg Liggins was with them as well. 
 
I have all my number plates and afew newark schwinn jersey's.  I still have the factory uniform from Schwinn.  The classic schwinn sting bmx bike that schwinn gave to me when I left the team was stolen out of my dad's garage back in 88. 
 
Speaking of Mike Discipulo, I talk to Joe Discipulo almost every week.  It was Mike's birthday last week and this was the photo we framed for him ( thanks to Johnny Johnson ). 
 
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I'd like to get a hold of those guys.  I used to hang out with Mike a lot back in the old days.  Joe was always really nice.
 
Yeah. I had some bikes stolen, as well.  I had a Patterson I had built up that I got from Scott Fifield (I still talk to Scott) that was stolen.  Since I didn't buy the bike (it was a factory frame from Patterson with no sales recipt), I couldn't get the bike back because I couldn't prove to the police that it was mine, even though I knew who stole it.  The bike was sold for parts and the frame was left on the train tracks, or so I heard.
 
I'm sure we all have several stolen bike stories. :(


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  Quote ADAM Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2009 at 10:53am
Does anyone have any contact information for Danny or Mike Rogers?
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  Quote ca8 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 03 2009 at 5:18pm
here is a better image of this pic.
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