1980 Unadilla 250cc MXGP #1 Kent Howerton #2 Georges Jobe. You can see other entrants at 1:45 This is Super 8 film shot by me, converted to video, and being shown for the first time in 36 years!
@@jeffjones5063fact check..jobe never won unadilllla. Howerton won there overall in ‘79 & 80…rolling jobe and every other euro in the process. the only euro to ever win there was Kees van der van in ‘82..unless you wanna count Englishman Neil Hudson in ‘81.. the Americans owned unadilla…
Great era! would've loved to have been there at that first corner when the pack came around. Such rapid development from factory to production MX era at that time. Thanks a million for posting your film for the world to see !
Suzuki twin shocks AND full floaters. What a great time in the development of works bikes (and later production bikes). The 250s were still air cooled but the 125 works bikes were starting to be water cooled back then.
Kurt Vonfricken evolution taking place in front of our eyes! Single shock suspension,liquid cooling, but notice the drum brakes & gas tanks waaaay high on the chassis ( that's a lot of weight far, far away from the center of gravity)
My brothers, some friends and I went to several Unadilla races around that time. I'm 67 now. The first one we went to Kent Howerton won the 250 race. If that's this race I was in that crowd somewhere. Those were great times. Gravity Cavity. Screw You Hill. The "show us your tits" signs on one side of gravity cavity and the girls flashing their titties on the other side of the hill. We'd stay at the KOA campground nearby. The good old days.
Unadilla was mostly pasture land back then. The owners, the Robinson family just mowed the grass and put up some course markers for the race weekends. I never recall seeing a bulldozer on the track... ever. The layout was 100% natural. First practice session the grass would be axle deep grass in many parts of the track.
@@lfoxracer Wasn't it beautiful -the mix of grass and dark dirt mixing on an all-natural track and the sound of 2 strokes and the smell of pre-mix? Magic. Electric atmosphere with the Euros there.
@@coolmusic1579 Remember Gary Bailey's book on techniques of motocross with father and son on cover on Bultacos? I used to have it but forget the title - Ake Jonnson's book too.
