Kenny Sellards was 77 years old when he became ill earlier this winter. "He sat in the cubicle next to mine, and his cigarette smoke would waft over all day long. The next year he got an Alsport Steen with a 100cc Hodaka motor. The "Munro Special," as Munro called his bike, is now owned by a motorcycle enthusiast in New Zealand's South Island, and is on display at E Hayes & Sons, Invercargill. He had the distance to clear themountain but unfortunately just missed the narrow landing ramp, clipping it to the right. He competed in the FIM 250cc and 500cc Motocross Grand Prix world championships as a rider for the Maico factory racing team during the 1960s and 1970s. 10. McQueen collected classic motorcycles. List features popular celebs like, Chad Woolery, Adam C. Taylor, Don Rich, Duane Allman, Diego Corrales, Shane Cross, Mitch Lucker, Steven Stayner, Lee Eon, Luc Bourdon, and more. This record still stands today. On August 6, 2006 Pomeroy was killed when his Jeep rolled in a single vehicle accident near Yakima, Washington. May 7, 2018. "Know that he passed peacefully in his sleep and in his last days he was in good spirits. "Anybody that was involved in mid-Atlantic motocross in the 70s and early 80s knew who the Gibsons were and knew that they were something special, both on and off the track," wrote friend and fellow competitor Barry Moore. Today, Alpinestars is still there in Asollo, Italy, but their products, literally head-to-toe protection, are everywhereFormula 1, NASCAR, MotoGP, and of course motocross and supercross. His Instagram pages stopped being updated in January. Pinning the throttle for a parking lot, he was up to reached 85 mph when he took off from the ramp. Together, the Sellards family became a staple of the Ohio motocross community. At the end of 1973, it was apparent that the Harley Davidson team couldn't provide him with a competitive motorcycle, so Rayborn accepted an offer to race for the Suzuki factory. This page is dedicated to them. He went in his sleep this morning. His real job, though, was as a guard at Folsom State Prison, not far from the Hangtown motocross track. "He was very passionate about motocross & fixing people and it was what truly made him tick," posted his son after Doc passed away in April after a major stroke. ). Upon his passing, Motocross Action said of Flanders, "Bruce came for a motorcycle family. In 2008 he went even farther, jumping 391 feet on a Kawasaki KX 450F, hitting 102 mph when he launched off his takeoff ramp. Sign in|Recent Site Activity|Report Abuse|Print Page|Powered By Google Sites, Motobituary - Remembering Those Riders Who Have Moved On. No matter what was going on he would put a smile on your face, whether at the track making you do push-ups for not having a water or being our constant meme dealer. On the last day of the 2020 Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship in Salt Lake City, three members of the Rockstar Husqvarna teamZach Osborne, Jason Anderson, and Dean Wilsongave their team its single best day in SX history, going 1-2-3 respectively to close out the coronavirus-delayed series on a very high note. He was always happiest when he was in his shop, said his son, Brent Bolger. Here is a video of Danny Erdeljac describing his passion for Rio Bravo MX. Grand National Championship, a series which encompassed events in four distinctive dirt track disciplines plus road racing. She was 26 years old. Now we have nine tracks. I will miss him.". Which the first generation of American motocross enthusiasts were in the 1970s: Marty Smith fans, one and all. After World War II, Munro and his wife divorced, after which he gave up work to reside in a lock-up garage.Munro's Indian Scout was very early off the production line, being only the 627th Scout to leave the American factory. I hurt constantly at a level 7 and it goes to 9 quickly. She was an avid hunter and fisher. He accomplished a tremendous feat when he competed in the Trans-Atlantic Match Races in England in 1972. His family responded with a note that"racing and the racing community were an influential part of his life. 114. His prowess on road courses earned him a place on the Harley Davidson factory racing team. So I reached out to him and ended up exchanging a few emails as he told me his story. Burtness, who sometimes served as a mechanic for the ageless veteran Mike Brown, was just 32 years old. He started out calling speedway racing, then ventured into motocross, stock car racing, open-wheel racing, and more. No more radiation." Mars, who hailed from theSacramento area, was a member of the Dirt Diggers North Motorcycle Club, the organizers of the Hangtown Classic. Medsker soon found himself at Palmer Chiropractic College, where he earned his doctorate in Chiropractics. Dave McCoy founded Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort in 1953. Mike was an extremely knowledgeable, dedicated, and well-respected employee with a bright smile and passion for dirt bikes. Godspeed, Kenny The Missile Blissett. To qualify he made a one-way run of 305.89km/h (190.07mph), the fastest-ever officially-recorded speed on an Indian. Instead, it was his work in his studio. That was too risky. The last three years of his life he was not the same. I've known Papa for 40 years, back when Kawasaki built the first SX track on Corona Clay Land. When he died in early August, his family had to say their goodbyes over Facetime due to hospital restrictions. After he did it, he just looked at me and said, 'Now you better be leading out of that first corner or' and he just showed me his fist! ", Bruce Flanders' voice was heard all over the motorsports world. He loved you all and would want you to know that he is fine and going on his next journey.". He made the most of the time he had left, with numerous family get-togethers Greg Petersen passed away in Arizona. This column appeared in Racer X magazine upon the passing of Kenny "The Missile" Blissett this past summer. I was wondering why they kept them covered up with wet towels!. He worked as a tool-and-die maker as well as an elementary school basketball coach. target no need to return item. It is a shame that he's gone.". On an outdated motorcycle with no experience on British race tracks, Rayborn won three of the six races. I said NO. By 1982 he had earned a place in the American Honda factory racing team and claimed the biggest victory of his career when he won the U.S. 500cc Motocross Grand Prix. Dead at age 33, the British-born Dan Wheldon was, at the time he was killed, one of Indy's top drivers, having won the Indianapolis 500 race two times. I was diagnosed with Pneumonia and a few other things. Between 1984 and 2000 it was one of the most prestigious events on the calendar, with top American riders like Jeremy McGrath, Ricky Johnson, Jeff Emig, Damon Bradshaw, Jimmy Button, Trampas Parker, and three-time FastCross winner Larry Ward among the famous annual visitors to Arsago Seprio, a small town in Northern Italy near Varese. We Dedicate This Memorial to . He was nicknamed Magoo by his father at an early age, and the name stuck. He was a longtime rider, though he was visiting Gorman MX for the first time on October 9 when he crashed off the track into a fence. He was 74 years old when he passed away in August after a long battle with heart disease. He landed hard and somehow stayed on the bike, but he was out of control and slammed into the casino's cement wheel, breaking both legs, racking his pelvis, and severing his aorta. Brandon Prahm was born in California, but his parents moved to Texas when he was three to open a Home Discount Center. Upon news of Chris Ow's passing at the age of 54 there was an outpouring of support and sympathy from all over the motorcycling world. Those visits are what inspired them to create theBercy SX, which in turn became their annual showcase. I had hoped my kids could bring some joy back to his life but he was just too sad. A leather craftsman, he saw the need for something comfortable, stylish, and durable. Your login session has expired. If you attended national championship amateur or professional races in the eighties and nineties, chances are you saw Doc Medsker. It was supposed to be a motocross race, but thank God we brought our flat track tires! . As he neared his 90th birthday in 2005, McCoy finally decided to retire from running his beloved ski area and motocross track, selling the mountain resort for a whopping $365 million. He could explain the inner workings of a motorcycle and tell you where to best set up for the next corner. In the early 1950s he borrowed $135,000 to build the first ski lift. He feels every heartbeat and saw his own first light again when his eyes focused and gave sight to the two recipients. Spanish Youngster, Luis Salom was the most recent rider to meet with an fatal accident during. Motocross connects them with family, gives them focus and organizational skills. He kept popping up in the very early years of minicycle racing, when the AMA held a Youth National series in 1973 and 74. There are hundreds of thousands of photos of the charismatic Smith showing off either his matinee-idol looks, his perfect riding form, his contagious smile, or his immaculate red-white-and-blue riding gear, but this one shows his depth, his pride, and what he meant to an adoring public on his worst day. In the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring race, Peter Revson and McQueen (driving with a cast on his left foot from a motorcycle accident two weeks before) won with a Porsche 908/02 in the 3 litre class and missed winning overall by 23 seconds to Mario Andretti/Ignazio Giunti/Nino Vaccarella in a 5 litre Ferrari 512S. Before this young woman started traveling to the races, she was into a whole myriad of sports, including lacrosse, softball, soccer, swimming, cheering, and more. ", Breton died in early May in Thailand, following a bout of heat exhaustion. When Prahm died in late June due to a medical condition, he was in California, not Texas, where he often passed the afternoons on his family's ranch fishing, smoking meats, and enjoying the beauty of the place. He was the first Dakar participant to die during the event in five years. Patrick was a bright light in the world. Localsaffectionately referred to Wells asEl Gringo Loco,orcrazy white man. His micrometer (a precision measuring instrument) was an old spoke. He loaded those gates quick and shot the riders down the start straight like no others!". He competed in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1972 to 1973 and in the Motocross World Championships from 1973 to 1976, before returning to compete in the AMA Motocross Championships from 1977 to 1978. I am the man I am the man today because of Jimmy's good sportsmanship. It provides a sense of community and inspiration to be healthy, be strong and fight for what they want.". I can still hear him saying, 'If you can win a main event at Ross Downs--you can win anywhere in the world!" By the time of his death, his collection included over 100 and was valued in the millions of dollars. I lived a fun but dangerous life. Update: Well as many of you know I went to the ER last Tuesday. "If supercross ever had an unheralded benefactor, its this old man. Munro was born in 1899 in Invercargill. I watched every one of his motos and cheered him on from the sidelines. But there were times during the summer when there was no snow on the mountain, so in 1968, McCoy added another reason for people to visit Mammoth Mountain: a motocross track. Lister was back to working on a film in early December when he had to cancel some shoots, as he had come down with symptoms of COVID-19. In 1976 he competed at the international level, laying claim to the Formula 750 world championship until international politics denied him that prize. His true destiny was probably living alone in a trailer stuffing cash under the mattress. That is the highest number recorded and an 11 percent increase from 2019. Zero energy, body hurts, no appetite, along with all the other symptoms. In 1968, the club organized the Golden Gate International Moto-Cross, part of Edison Dye's Inter-Am tour, at De Lavega Park in Santa Cruz. Spanish Youngster, Luis Salom was the most recent rider to meet with an fatal accident during the Catalan Grand Prix practice session. According to theNorthwestern Ohio Motorcycle Association, "He had a special passion specifically for dirt bikes. It included his customers, his motocross friends and his family. Friday morning I got the test results back from Covid and unfortunately I am POSITIVE. His circle was large. The first rider to win his debut World GP MX race (Spain 1973), The first American to lead the World MX Championship (Spain 1973), The first rider to win a World MX GP on a Spanish MX bike (Bultaco), The first American to win a moto at the U.S. 500cc GP race (Carlsbad 1977), The first non-world champion to win the Trophies des-Nations event (1974), 1974 250cc Motocross World Championship - 14th (, 1975 250cc Motocross World Championship - 7th (, 1976 250cc Motocross World Championship - 4th (, 1978 250cc Motocross U.S. Championship - 5th (, In 1962, he set a world record of 288km/h (178.95mph) with his engine bored out to 850cc (52 cubic inches), In 1966, he set a world record of 270.476km/h (168.066mph). It was shot on April 4, 1976 on the infield of the Hangtown Motocross Classic at Plymouth track when Smith was at the peak of his stardom, despite only being 19 years old. By that point, Chris was already onminicycles, but when BMX started to really catch on in the mid-seventies, he began competing at the highest levels, winning a world title in 1977 when he was 12 years old. CNN Marty Smith, a prolific motocross rider known for winning 18 career national motocross titles, has died. And of course there wasNext Friday, the sequel, where he got back on the bicycle to taunt Ice Cube and friends. He raced with AHRMA till his death after mid-Ohio in 2006. Jane and her husband, Drex, actually raised one of the fastest in their own home, as Lisa Akin-Wagner is without a doubt one of the fastest women motocrossers of all time. Below we review 10 of the worst celebrity motorcycle crashes to date. DG Performance is still in business, owned by the Dooley family, but focuses on primarily on ATV-related products, as well as vintage dirt bike pipes. As he would have said, "It was a hell of a ride.". Trips via train to the port at Invercargill were a rare source of excitement, and the arrival of cars, motorcycles and aircraft added to Burt's eagerness to join the world outside of his farm. There are countless photographs of this legend at the peak of his career, but its this photo, shot by an unidentified person on the infield of Hangtown in April of 1976, and shared after the passing of Nancy and Marty Smith, that really says it all. As the longtime editor and associate publisher of Cycle News, the "weekly bible of motorcycle racing," Jack Mangus had a huge influence on the American motorcycling industry. Already a two-time AMA 125 National Champion, he was Team Honda's #1 rider and everyone's favorite to dominate yet another season on his exotic Type II Honda RC125 prototype works bike. "I helped assist carrying him to the helicopter as it was the right thing to do. Explained his father, Denis,Connor's heart beats today in a 38-year-old woman, his liver is with a 42-year-old man, and a 37-year-old man and 39-year-old woman received left and right kidneys. Photo: Rick Kern Source: Getty Images Pomeroy is notable for being the first American competitor to win an overall victory in an . National Motocross champion Walker Brightwell was nearly ready to realize his longtime dream: A track where he could share his love of off-road motorcycle ra. Koether, 51, worked at Rekluse Motor Sports, where he was National Sales Manager. List of Japanese Motorcycle Manufacturers, Real StinkersMotorcycles We Wish We Could Forget, The 1976 Kawasaki KD-400 And The Canadian Connection, Atlanticade 2011, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Olde English Cycles May Show n Shine 2016, EthanolPoisoning A Perfectly Good Engine, Motorcycle Engine Types and Configurations. He last resided in Maryland and participated in vintage motorcycle racing as well as testing motorcycles for the locally produced syndicated public TV automotive review program MotorWeek. There are nine supercross tracks on the approximately 400 acres of land he owns in Corona. He passed in July at his home in Connellsville aged 83, surrounded by his loving family. An excerpt from Marty Smith's last interview, with David Dewhurst for his upcoming bookMotocross: The Golden Era. He will be missed by many, but he will never be forgotten.". He loved going to Disney World to a strange degree. Terry Huddle was 64 years old when he passed last week at his home in Scurry, Texas. It was neat! Blissett closed by telling me that 1976 was the last year he ran competitively in the AMA. The northeast moto scene is going to miss that man." In 1964, with Ekins on their Triumph TR6 Trophys, he represented the United States in the International Six Days Trial, a form of off-road motorcycling Olympics. Categories . Deaths by year. He would grow up going back and forth between the Lone Star State and the Golden State. He spent years lobbying the people at Caesar's Palace in Las Vegas to allow him to replicate Evel's famous jump over the fountain outside the grand entrance of the hotel casino. ", Here is the Motoworld coverage of the 1995 version of Saporiti's FastCross, Aaron Arnbrister hailed from Kerman, California, where he owned Payton Trucking & Repair. Capesset his first world record in 2005, jumping 310 feetfarther than a football field. Toda was paralyzed from the waist down in 2008 in a factory riding test. Afterward, he settled in Connellsville, Pennsylvania, where he and Carol met, married, and started their big family. Three riders died in the 1940s; twenty-nine in the 1950s; twenty-seven in the 1960s; twenty-four in the 1970s; fourteen in the 1980s; two in the 1990s; one in the 2000s; and three in the 2010s. Mangus also worked with a very long list of aspiring motorcycle racing journalists at some point in their careers, including the Charlie Morey, Jim Gianatsis, Jody Weisel, the late Henny Ray Abrams, Mark Karyia, Kit Palmer, Ken Faught, Donn Maeda, Nate Rauba, and many more. Our deepest sympathies and condolences to the entire Daro family and their extended network of friends who lost a great man.". Tommy "Tiny" Lister was one of the more famous fans of supercross, as well as one of the biggestliterally, at 6'5" tall. In 1987, Pomeroy was a passenger in a vehicle that was involved in a crash that left him with permanent damage to his back. Other stars listed here include Keanu Reeves, Bob Dylan, and Liam Neeson. His family was the true love of his life and motocross was his passion. He retired five years ago from calling races, enjoying retirement at his home in Oklahoma City, but the riders and the race fans will always remember the way Jack signed off every time: "Good night, everybody. Having won three times as many 125 Nationals as everyone else combined to this point, it had to be the most challenging moment of his still-young career. That helped Mammoth Mountain quickly become one of the most popular ski destinations in California. Aaron Arnbrister is survived by his wife, Kortney, and his 12-year-old daughter, Payton. The lesson is: never to try. You know how most parents think their kids are more talented than they are? Chris Ow, 54, was a lifelong rider who hailed from Santa Cruz County in California. It wasn't long before he was back on the bike, and within two years he opened his own motocross clinic, 765 MX School. There they would take on the best international riders of the era, ranging from Stefan Everts and Alex Puzar to Greg Albertyn and Grant Langston. Another rider was airborne behind him and could not avoid hitting him. You treated us all like champions. Her parents didnt even know she had anything to do with motocross until someone showed them a photo of her standing in the mechanics' area with a tool kit. After this he became a professional speedway rider, but returned home to the family farm at the start of the Great Depression. Working from his home in Invercargill, he worked for 20 years to highly modify the 1920 Indian motorcycle that he had bought that same year. Danny Erdeljac was another member of Texas motocross royalty, though hewas actually born in Morgantown, West Virginia. As my dad got older, he started retreating further into that hermit existence he really wanted. . At one point, due to clever editing, McQueen is seen in a German uniform chasing himself on another bike. Two years later he called upon those same engineering instinctsin a much bigger crisis that made him something of a national engineering hero: Erdeljac was the man who figured out a way to cap the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill coming from a broken pipe in the Gulf of Mexico. Luis Salom was the most recent rider to meet with an fatal accident during the, Simoncelli when the Italian made contact with Colin Edwards and, MotoGP Deaths: List of Riders who met with Fatal Crashes. Sadly,he was working in that shop when he passed away in May at the age of 64, having recently completed a series of chemotherapy treatments for cancer. My deepest condolences to you and your entire family. A pro racer himself in Southern California, he transitioned into building parts for others, first with his Miller Mano company, which he started in 1975 with the slogan "Everything is sano at Miller Mano," and then later Dave Miller Concepts. Dan Wheldon. 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