Who's the biggest name rider you have passed?

[MX125B]

This is a good subject, who is the biggest name rider you have passed on a motocross track.
I will start, I once passed Gally  when he was standing on the side of the track watching. That's the closest i have ever got to passing someone famous,
what about you?

[holeshot buddy]

passed jimmy ellis once when he fell off
it was early in the race though :'(
i fell off in the vic 500 title
and got lapped by leisky wiliams and moates  doh :'(

[090]

I passed Troy Bayliss in minibikes  and Peter Melton when we were 16 in c grade . I accidently made Leisky crash once in a supercross so i beat him 

[holeshot buddy]

hey brad you forgot to say
i let you past once

[mx250]

I diced with Tony Gunter for a few laps at Mt Kembla at what must have been his first open meeting. I didn't know him from Adam at the time. Don't even know what he was riding. I was on the MX250. He was the talk of the meeting and my racing buddies filled me in when I got back to the pits.

I remember he approached and jumped The Wall better than me but I could close up a few bike lengths on him on the hard packed clay left hander after The Wall. Then there was an off camber section which had a, for me anyway , difficult dogleg around a tree. He absolutely murdered me through there - probably pulled 4 bike lengths in 8 bike lengths . To this day I don't know how he was that much faster than me through there .

Kept with him most of the rest of the lap but he edged away. Probably superior fitness . He was probably 17, I was about 24.

[Tony T]

You had to go and add 'motocross track' didn't you. 
I beat Kevin Schwantz once and blew past Mick Shearer like he was standing still...................... oh yeah, he was standing still when his bike broke...............   

[caps 999]

passed craig anderson nd almost landed on him at the ride for kids at barrabool (he was talking to a corner marshal)

[HL400]

I once won the start at old Wallan Motor Cross track in 1977 and then the was swamped by the Flood brothers, Ha Ha, Trevor Willliams, Anthony Gunter, Lester Rowley, those dam CCM's, Ron Dinsdale a past Montesa rider of note flew past me after a few laps.

[jimg1au]

hi
i passed and beat steve gall in his first ever dirt track race at nepean.he was straight out of mimi bike races and was riding a super hot xr 75/100.i was on a yellow tank cz250.i was not 17 at the time and was only allowed to ride the novice races.i did not have a open licence at that time.bothe steve and brett chipperfield started in the novice rase but they were older than me.i stayed for another 6 months then got my licence.by that time steve and brett were b grade dirttrackers.
cheers

[Nathan S]

Lawerance Stolk.

Proudest day of my life.

[Tony T]

Lawerance Stolk.

Proudest day of my life.

Can't believe you're the only one who's ever done that................ 




Sorry Lozza........... 

[asasin]

Bill Doe !!

[Maicojames]

In PRACTICE at Speedworld in Phoenix, Az. I passed a # 53 Suzuki rider--Brad something . After realizing this, I actually pulled off-thinking that I must have hit warp speed to do that( he was only putting around). He actually wondered if I was okay there on the side of the track.....Brad Lackey-a great bloke..won that day too.

[vmxrider]

I once passed Stephen Gall riding an MT-1 in 1972 at the Kingsgrove Brickpits. Shame it was a race to see who could ride the slowest . 

[Tim754]

Passed a Polish /CZ rider once then got re passed and yep my next try I tee boned him , Remember at the following protest steward had a stab at his last name and then just smiled and called him Mr Alphabet because of his surnames huge length.............