McGRATH V EMIG. Should have been McGRATHs year again, but injury & EMIG continually biting at his heels made for an exiting & action packed 1996 season to the end. Watch the Full events of the '96 Series.
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This is such a phenomenal era of motocross! I remember going with my Dad every year down to Red Bud to cheer on our favorite rider, Mike LaRocco. Great memories!
I was at the Hangtown race. As you can see, those were still the days when you drove up to the booth and paid for everybody in the vehicle and then parked around the track. I hid under a pile of gear bags in the back of my buddy's van and got in for free lol. It was sooo f^*king hot that day. Still have some cool snaps I took of Mc in action here :)
Not sure of the year but was at the Budds Creek national and saw Emig leading. He had his bike YZ ?125? screaming!!! He was shifting - not letting off the gas. His competition only a few yards behind him.
This was the best TV duo Art had that good talking voice for a proffessional program an bailey had the most MX knowledge next to Gary Bailey...an both were calm an cool something u cant say about todays TV crew bubba is good emig is missed..
I rode that 96 track an had a puking power valve that only gave full throttle frustrated i jumped that entire finish line hill from a whoop down near the bottom...i used to ride in a live sand pit after school when i was 14 gatorback is a old rock quarry i like the up hills an downhills drop offs.... cliffs...are playtime
I loved the sand eventually and got pretty good in it too. But later, I went to a private track in Michigan (Last name Baird), that was a old, never groomed tack that must have had 10 years from 10 guys doing laps. Whoops as high as your bars, in all the wrong places. :) I could have gotten good on that pretty old, partially grown in track, (Nobody rode it for about 5 years it looked), if I would have gone back a dozen times. No USA pro would ride it today, I know that. I think I got good in sand because I was not scared at all to fall in it, so I hung it out more, and the speed started coming.
No one crashed more than Albertyn in the mid to lates 90's. Not even RC in '99. Typical Glen Helen back in the 90's too: mostly hardpack and very dusty. MC was just killing everyone that year until he got hurt, but Emig was riding really well the second half of the season. I was not a fan of Emig and his crossing the track or chopping people off on jumps to block them. Thats how you seriously hurt other riders
I wonder if Greg A or Jeff E watched anytime there was a drag race with Jeremy with jeremy slightly behind. The Honda would out pull the other bikes. I truly think the others had the skill level but those Hondas would always give at least 4-5 more seconds per lap and that adds up it also adds up in wins and dollars
If I road at that level then I would only want to ride the Hondas. I mean it’s pretty clear they are the best and not just the bike but the team,training,mechanics,etc. If you look at the past 15 years only Honda had won so that’s not just luck
In 97 jeremy tryed to get emig in that same corner emig fell in the first moto 97 but mcgrath couldnt get by emig in. The same turn in 97 u see mcgrath with the 1995 MX number one plate an he says hes not good at outdoors emig is an that who mcgrath beat Jeff is better outdoors mcgrath could be but didnt want to
