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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: alfie on February 03, 2007, 04:57 PM

Title: south west scorpions
Post by: alfie on February 03, 2007, 04:57 PM: (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/q43/pdisley/DSC00009.jpg)

i found this at my mums
thats me 2nd from the left , taken just before british champs 1985 i think
Title: Re: south west scorpions
Post by: selfpreservation on February 03, 2007, 10:13 PM: wheres that then newton abbott racecourse ?
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Post by: stidds on February 03, 2007, 10:18 PM: Wow, that takes me back. I raced there so many times.
Title: Re: south west scorpions
Post by: selfpreservation on February 03, 2007, 10:21 PM: where?
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Post by: alfie on February 04, 2007, 09:14 AM: your right its newton abbot ;)
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Post by: Cashy on February 09, 2007, 07:45 PM: I took a huge fall there once, parents took brother back to Exeter for a birthday party while I spent half an hour with the first aid. Lad fell off in front of me 'out in the country' on the doubles. As I took off, he crashed and I went right over him. Bloody hurt and still have scare two inches above a very painful area shall I say (this was obviously before I won everything!!)

NIce little track though, smooth as and you could hire some shocking bikes there on Sat's. What was the bloke who ran it? Think he always had a baseball cap on 'Convoy - rubber duck' style
Title: Re: south west scorpions
Post by: selfpreservation on February 09, 2007, 07:46 PM: that was a complete guess LOL
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Post by: alfie on February 09, 2007, 08:13 PM: Eric Leason he imported some bikes from japan , can't remember how to spell it , but it began with a M :-[
Title: Re: south west scorpions
Post by: Cashy on February 09, 2007, 08:35 PM: Marharishi or something wasn't it. Mates Darren Bowden and Nick Ewing had them in my age group
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Post by: stidds on February 09, 2007, 11:29 PM: Quote from: Cashy on February 09, 2007, 08:35 PM
Marharishi or something wasn't it. Mates Darren Bowden and Nick Ewing had them in my age group

Nicky Dalton raced for them before he went to Redline.
Title: Re: south west scorpions
Post by: oldmankev on February 10, 2007, 02:46 PM: It was Maruishi guys.
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Post by: Cashy on February 10, 2007, 03:59 PM: That's the one, didn't take much notice as I had my JMC at the time as was too far out in front!!!