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Clubroom => Foto Forum => Topic started by: Billet YZ on July 25, 2010, 10:15:26 pm
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Hi all,
finally got around to converting some slides to digital hope you enjoy them. I will put a name to the ones i know, but if you know the un-named photos let me know and i will update them on here. Peter.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_016.jpg)
Marty Moates.
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(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_014.jpg)
Jeff Leisk.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_013.jpg)
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_009.jpg)
Marty Moates.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_008.jpg)
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_002.jpg)
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(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_025.jpg)
Jeff Leisk.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_024.jpg)
Broadford startline.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_023.jpg)
First corner Broadford.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_021.jpg)
Marty Moates and the Broadford flyover.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_027.jpg)
Marty Moates and Deakin ?
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(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_114.jpg)
Ray Vandenberg. (Goof)
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_116.jpg)
Goof and ??
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_117.jpg)
Vaughn Style.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_115.jpg)
Trevor Williams and ??
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_112.jpg)
Jim Ellis.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_113.jpg)
Trevor Williams.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_062.jpg)
Darryl Willoughby
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_060.jpg)
Jim Ellis.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_061.jpg)
Stephen Gall.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_109.jpg)
Goof at full flight.
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Glen Bell and Stuart Bennett. ?
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_067.jpg)
Goof.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_068.jpg)
Goof.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_069.jpg)
Jim Ellis.
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(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_106.jpg)
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Ricky Murphy.
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Great stuff in there Pete. Well done! :)
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Cool photos Billet.
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More photos to come tonight, it started to do my head in last night had to stop. :)
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Billet if they are from 1983 final MrMX
I show this from my program as..
Darryl Willougby
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/hjcoupe/darrylwill2.jpg)
Stuart Bennet on a CR250??
(http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa250/hjcoupe/stuart2.jpg)
Great photos too Peter!
Cheers...Mario
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Some of those pics are from '84 and most are from '83.
Gall was #1 in '83 and #2 in '84. Bennett's leaning on a '84 500 in that shot.
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Some of those pics are from '84 and most are from '83.
Gall was #1 in '83 and #2 in '84. Bennett's leaning on a '84 500 in that shot.
Agree JO , but thats a 480RD. #2 being interviewed is DW.
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Some of those pics are from '84 and most are from '83.
Gall was #1 in '83 and #2 in '84. Bennett's leaning on a '84 500 in that shot.
Agree JO , but thats a 480RD. #2 being interviewed is DW.
Yeah you're right it is an '83, brain fade. I thought Bennett rode a 125 in the gold cup in '83. Yep that's DW #2.
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great photos billet 8) 8)
no 18 suzuki andrew carutthers
no 19 suzuki robin rhodes
no 14 i think trevor brooks maybe ???
cor spruit interviewing gall and willoughby
looks like rob twyrold with helmet on behind bell and bennett
this is great shit bout time we had some vmx content on forum
i have been getting bored lately :'(
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great photos billet 8) 8)
this is great shit bout time we had some vmx content on forum
i have been getting bored lately :'(
I couldn't agree more rusty.
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Thanks Brent,thats why i put ???next to the CR250 as it shows Stuart entered with a twofitty
I don't know my Honda's but that barrel looked too big for a 1/4 litre.
Billet,that photo of Marty is such a great way to remember him and very sad at the same time.
I actually still have the 1980 USGP win at Carlsbad on video that i recorded from wide world of sports on channel 9.
It must have been that same year of maybe a little later.
I agree with you holeshot ;)
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Great pics
Cool bridge. Imagine the crying, whaling & gnashing of teeth if tried to get away with somthing like that today :P. Why is there a peg in the middle of the track ???
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Thanks Brent,thats why i put ???next to the CR250 as it shows Stuart entered with a twofitty
I don't know my Honda's but that barrel looked too big for a 1/4 litre.
Mate the 250's were waterbottles and you can tell is 83 or 82 by the leftside pipe ,83 by the blue seat. 84's reversed the motor an chain etc to the opposite side and also had a big black scoop.
Gotta come down one day .
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how good was Broadford back then !
check out how big the crowd is.
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how good was Broadford back then !
check out how big the crowd is.
Hoony I just saw some Tommy Chong lookalike guy in there .See if you can find him :D
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Thanks Brent,thats why i put ???next to the CR250 as it shows Stuart entered with a twofitty
I don't know my Honda's but that barrel looked too big for a 1/4 litre.
Billet,that photo of Marty is such a great way to remember him and very sad at the same time.
I actually still have the 1980 USGP win at Carlsbad on video that i recorded from wide world of sports on channel 9.
It must have been that same year of maybe a little later.
I agree with you holeshot ;)
Monaro I just bought the program from the 1980 USGP on ebay yesterday. Should be cool when it turns up.
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Thanks for the names guys i will attempt to match them up with the photos.
Check out this shot the rider actually has a spanner in his hand ready to work on his bike, imagine the outcry these days if the pro`s had to do that.
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great photos billet 8) 8)
no 18 suzuki andrew carutthers
no 19 suzuki robin rhodes
no 14 i think trevor brooks maybe ???
Brooksie for sure ,its more obvious in the side on shot.
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The pro's these days wouldn't know how to work on a bike.. most have been spoon fed their whole life.
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Hoony I just saw some Tommy Chong lookalike guy in there .See if you can find him :D
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_014.jpg)
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Well done pete lets see how many others have got phots of the mr mx series surely there must be more out there great memories Bear see you at ravo
I've got a pile of photos somewhere from MR MX Tivoli '81-'84 but don't know how to post them, maybe i can email them to someone.
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Some more.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_103.jpg)
Goof.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_017.jpg)
Support race.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_036.jpg)
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how many more do you have Peter?
Goof was at the top of the game back then, he was very fast around Broadford on that Space shuttle
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Thanks Brent,thats why i put ???next to the CR250 as it shows Stuart entered with a twofitty
I don't know my Honda's but that barrel looked too big for a 1/4 litre.
Mate the 250's were waterbottles and you can tell is 83 or 82 by the leftside pipe ,83 by the blue seat. 84's reversed the motor an chain etc to the opposite side and also had a big black scoop.
Gotta come down one day .
I should have clicked about being w/cooled and yeah i spoke to trunky last week and have to get together.
JohnnyO that would be a great program to own,would you be able to post a pic of the entries for the GP when it arrives?
cheers...mario
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how many more do you have Peter?
Goof was at the top of the game back then, he was very fast around Broadford on that Space shuttle
Hey Hoony,
i have got a few more that i am just uploading to photobucket right now, i also have some from the Scaresdale / Ballarat track to put up too.
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Goddam they were great days! Goof had a style all of his own, and he absolutely owned Broadford at that time... Great pics, keep them coming!
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I'll try and scan and post it if i can figure out how to mario.
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Thanks JohnnyO,i don't have a scanner and just use my camera and upload to photobucket
Sorry Peter...back to your great pics ;)
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Hey Hoony,
i have got a few more that i am just uploading to photobucket right now, i also have some from the Scaresdale / Ballarat track to put up too.
Would that be Newtown 1983/4 era
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Hey Hoony,
i have got a few more that i am just uploading to photobucket right now, i also have some from the Scaresdale / Ballarat track to put up too.
Would that be Newtown 1983/4 era
Spot on Hoony.
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Some more
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Bare with me people if i have put the same shot in twice somewhere, just let me know. If i ever see another slide again i`m gunna eat the bloody thing, my eyes are lookin at each other and the finger tips are gone.
They are all looking the same to me now.
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Have a break Pete and post some later in the week, its been 25 + years a few days/weeks ain't going to matter now :D
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You gotta love it when Gally has time to sign for the kids....even better when they are wearing Collingwood beanies ;D ;D great stuff Billet!
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Some more
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wow look at the broady dirt before they laid roadbase down............................
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Thanks for going to all the effort of putting them back up Billet, well worth it for everyone to enjoy the glory days of MX. Looks like you had photos of both rounds at Broadford in 83?
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Thanks for going to all the effort of putting them back up Billet, well worth it for everyone to enjoy the glory days of MX. Looks like you had photos of both rounds at Broadford in 83?
It`s good to see all these shots again and thanks for the reminder to get them up here again. I think they do cover both rounds, my dad took them all as i was to busy drooling over the fence.
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Some more
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_085.jpg)
Gally.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_084.jpg)
Moates.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_087.jpg)
Willoughby & Goof.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_086.jpg)
Goof.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_083.jpg)
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_088.jpg)
Support race.
(http://i760.photobucket.com/albums/xx249/BilletYZ/7-25-2010_097.jpg)
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Did he take photos for some of the bike mags back in the 80's? I think I saw one of the ones with leisk in one some where.
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Did he take photos for some of the bike mags back in the 80's? I think I saw one of the ones with leisk in one some where.
No the photos were just for personal use, just a bit of an interest for him.
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I`m all done for now i will look thru some more this week and post them up.
Can`t tell if i`m looking at the screen or the floor anymore. :)
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Great memories Pete, thanks for posting.
Yeah, watching photo numbers as you post through websites and link them back to here can do your head in after a while.
So just have a breather for a couple of minutes and then put up some more ;D
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Holy shit I,m in the first corner pic 4th from the left sitting on the roof of our old bus
parked at the top of the hill behind the sectators.What a great time it was at the races back then.
I have alot of pics from Wallan and Broadford a few years before this meeting I will get thenm posted ASAP.
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Bare with me people if i have put the same shot in twice somewhere, just let me know. If i ever see another slide again i`m gunna eat the bloody thing, my eyes are lookin at each other and the finger tips are gone.
They are all looking the same to me now.
Awesome shots Billet, please keep them coming. Cheers "Goof"
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Here are some of mine
(http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv315/xu15000/racingBradford1978001.jpg)
(http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv315/xu15000/TrevorwillansKXworksbike001.jpg)
(http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv315/xu15000/Milledgeteam1979001.jpg)
(http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv315/xu15000/AnthonyGunterbikes1979001.jpg)
(http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv315/xu15000/broadford001.jpg)
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Here's a couple I came across in an old box today.
Aust Championships '83
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Jeff Leisk late '83
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr37/Tony_T12/vmx10003.jpg)
Trevor Brooks???? Casterton '82
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr37/Tony_T12/vmx10002.jpg)
Alan Jukes, Hamilton Vic '82
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr37/Tony_T12/vmx10005.jpg)
Rivoli Bay near Robe S.A.
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr37/Tony_T12/vmx10007.jpg)
Enduro at Mt. Gambier. Like this one, Von?
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr37/Tony_T12/vmx10006.jpg)
Craig Dack bumming around at Warrnambool '87?
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr37/Tony_T12/vmx10008.jpg)
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Trevor Brooks???? Casterton '82
(http://i467.photobucket.com/albums/rr37/Tony_T12/vmx10002.jpg)
Yeah thats Trevor alright
Regards Stan.
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Thanks Tony,
Top photo's,lots of old memorys.
I have not seen any of you on the cr125 and didn't you have a kawasaki kx500?
I had your cr125rd but put the motor in to a road frame.
Keep the old photo's comeing,they are great!!
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There are afew of me on CR in the box, but I didn't think the general population would be that interested in them. :D
And yes, I had a KX500 for a while and even bought i back a couple of years ago........... but that's another story........... ;)
More importantly, have you got that shot of you in AMCN I think, with the KX250 being towed with your outfit?
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Tony T is that the Alan Jukes that lives in Casterton and also worked at Procycle in Geelong some years ago?
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G'day Tony,Do not have a copy of that set up.Wish I did,its history now.
That Kx was supposed to have been ex Trevor Williams. Seemed to be fairly stock,to me??
If you are down this way sometime could you call in,I have a few things to Quiz you about??
Regards,Von.
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Tony T is that the Alan Jukes that lives in Casterton and also worked at Procycle in Geelong some years ago?
I guess so. He lived in Casterton in the early 80's. No idea what happened to him after that. :-\
G'day Tony,Do not have a copy of that set up.
Sorry mate, I don't have anything on that. I just remember the setup. I can't remember what powered the outfit though. Was it an FT500?
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I'm also a Facebook fanatic and know a fellow enthuasist of the name of Brent Kerr on FB whom has a shit load of photos and knowledge on the 70 & 80's.Can't wait to meet up one day. 8)
Anyway I found the below pic at Tivoli, 1st Aboriginal Australian MX Champion Peter Bronch and got me thinking of our indigenous riders.Where abouts ??
Now days we have a plentyful supply of Kiwi Maori riders.The photo is from Andrew Baileys collection while he was sorting though for the Qld downpour.
(http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r259/vmx247/Andrewbailey.jpg)
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How about a rider named Chad Reed for starters?
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How about a rider named Chad Reed for starters?
Indigenous?
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How about a rider named Chad Reed for starters?
Indigenous?
I think so
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Yeah and I'm a calm, well adjusted chap...... ::)
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Article: AN (AB) ORIGINAL IDEA: REED FINDS HIS ROOTS SUPERCROSS: TRIBE'S SPONSORSHIP REVEALS MORE TO AMA RACER.(Sports)
Article from:Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) Article date:January 19, 2008Copyright
Byline: Keith Lair
Staff Writer
ANAHEIM - Little did Chad Reed know that a sponsorship would connect the motorcycle racer with his roots.
The process began when the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians joined with L&M Racing to form Team San Manuel for the 2007 supercross season. Reed, who will try for his second consecutive AMA Monster Energy Supercross victory at Angel Stadium tonight, is Australian.
He also is an Aborigine -- his maternal grandfather is full-blooded Aboriginal.
Yet Reed said he knew little of his roots until the San Bernardino-area tribe became his team's primary sponsor.
"It's kind of cool," he said. "It makes (the sponsorship) more meaningful. As a kid, I never really did a whole lot of the Aboriginal stuff. I did a lot of camps and stuff, but I never really got into it too much because of my racing."
The 25-year-old Yamaha rider teaches safety classes and riding skills regularly on the reservation. At nearly every stop on the supercross series, Reed and teammate Nathan Ramsey go to an Indian reservation to do clinics and sign autographs.
"I've learned what they're about and it's very similar to the Aboriginal thing," he said. "I feel like I missed out a lot as a kid in Australia, but I've learned a lot more now then I did then. What the kids have here is a lot like the Aboriginals."
Not surprisingly, a shared bond has developed between Reed and the tribe.
"It really makes for a great relationship," said Jacob Coin, the tribe's director of public affairs. "It's shown evidence in what he says and does. The kids understand where he comes from and can relate to him because he's indigenous, just like them. He's shown that life's not a waste and if he can reach for his goals, he can win in supercross. Our kids can, too.
"He's a very good fit."
The sponsorship is certainly the strangest in all of motorsports: The tribe is not trying to sell a product.
Sure, pundits say, there is the casino. The tribe advertises its casino on television, radio and in print. But the team does not have "San Manuel Indian Bingo and Casino" on its logos, jerseys or on the side of its hauler, only "San Manuel Band of Mission Indians."
"Mostly, you're selling a product," team manager Larry Brooks said of sponsorships. "Ours is not that way at all. It's more a way of life; a way to live your life. It is to keep focused and go after a goal and that you can always achieve it."
Coin said Live Nation, which promotes the supercross series, questioned him when San Manuel made its first foray into motorsports.
"They couldn't understand that we weren't selling a drink, tires or a truck," he said. "It's very different. They couldn't figure us out.
"Our message is that of goodwill, to understand how to succeed in life, to be disciplined and lead a clean life.
"You have to do that if you're in a 20-lap main event. You can't be out partying the night before. You have to be working hard and stay disciplined. That's what Chad and Nathan do and show."
Reed, who is tied for the series lead with James Stewart, said it's his easiest sell ever.
"Usually, you get out there and say the tires are good, or the bike's good, or whatever," the 2004 series champion said. "It's pretty easy because what they mean and what they want to come across is very easy and very natural. They want you to be a better person. I grew up in Australia, a long way away, had a dream as a kid to come race in the U.S. and as it turns out, they want you to dream big and achieve big goals, too."
Brooks said a friend was building a motocross track on San Manuel's 820-acre reservation -- there are now three on site -- and he approached the tribe seeking a two-year sponsorship.
"I knew they wanted to get involved," he said. "We pitched the idea of having a supercross team. They wanted their kids to be involved in something and to be focused; to look up to others. This kind of went along with what they wanted.
"This is definitely not a mainstream thing. Going in there, I was thinking pushing the casino. But they don't want to push the casino at all. That's not what they're trying to advertise. They're trying to advertise good living and the positive things in life."
Brooks said the team and tribe have already made preliminary discussions about a long-term deal. But to all involved, it seems like some of the tribe's long-term goals have already been realized.
"They've taught safety," Coin said. "The kids now ride with their helmets on and take better care of their bikes. They're learning to keep focused on their goals."
And not just at San Manuel. The team held two clinics last weekend in Phoenix for Arizona tribes. It had a clinic Thursday at Loma Linda.
It's as if every Indian nation has a vested interest in the team.
"I don't think they were really looking to (sponsor us)," Brooks said. "It started small, but it's huge. The tribe shows up at all the events now. I don't think they really knew what they were getting involved with. When they went to Toronto (for the first race) with us last year and Chad won and Nathan did well, they were like, 'Oh my gosh, they did great.' They were on the podium holding trophies and such. It just escalated from there. I don't think they knew the level that it would end up to be."
Not even Reed knew.
"We met with all the guys and the people on the reservation and immediately my first memory is falling in love with the kids," Reed recalled. "The kids were super-normal cool. I guess they have a lot of things you have dreaming about as a kid: Your own land, your own rules and that kind of stuff.
"It's kind of evolved into a pretty big thing and a big family."
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"I've learned what they're about and it's very similar to the Aboriginal thing," says AMA rider Chad Reed. "I feel like I missed out a lot as a kid in Australia."
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That still doesn't spell indigenous to me (although it probably helps for tax purposes). Sorry. :-\
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He also is an Aborigine -- his maternal grandfather is full-blooded Aboriginal.
That does it for me ;).
Or this. http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/motor-sport/chad-reed-an-unsung-hero/story-e6frepn6-1111117771659 (http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/motor-sport/chad-reed-an-unsung-hero/story-e6frepn6-1111117771659)
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Whilst nothing really to do with the photos......when you mention indigenous riders....don't leave out our own Flyin' Freckle....Jeff Leisk....