North East Tracks

[JAY175]

hi J.P! been a long time mate!
restored the quad back to its factory white for the 2004 bournemouth meet
was planning on racing it but cracked the seat tube just above the bottom bracket practicing my starts in the street:'(
stole minty,s ripper xl and crashed that instead

[JAY175]

a couple more from whickham 84-85ish

big doubles

table top 86-87

[Bigplinky]

  Addict, nice jumps though

Now get yer self to the Great Ayton thread in BMX chat

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=72704.0

I know you've got some killer shots for that one 

[jonpaul11]

hi J.P! been a long time mate!

really nice to see you on here... still living in Wallsend / NE?

Last I heard about you was from Dave Young or Morton on a drunken night in the Forth before i left Newcastle about 13 years ago...

[jonpaul11]

Windy Nook - 83 I think


Crimdon Dene 83, again not sure of the year... I was on a Cromo Burner and I got my MRD in 84 maybe?

Early manual through the doubles

[Bigplinky]

Those Windy Nook berms were well funny always covered in big lumps of dolly I seem to remember the fastest line was to stick to the tyres on the inside 

Good pics JP 

[jonpaul11]

you're right Andy, was always best to stick to the inside... I remember Scarborough track being the worst for big lumps of dolly... fast downhill and lumpy as fook.

I've asked my mum to dig out some more pics as I don't have them down here.
Was talking with my dad last night and he remebers you well along with Gladis, Clarts, Nelly, Dave Young, Paul Grey, jay parker (my dad remembers him as The Flying Snot), Flash etc. brought back a few memories last night on the phone.

Next pic is not really old school but another I have down here, me in the woods in Low Fell, Summer of 96 on my Schwinn. All around gateshead tracks bar Powder Monkey at that time were pretty unrideable. I've had BMX after BMX from the age of 11... I can still be seen around the City of London on one now.

[paulgray]

Here's a shot of Nige Hutton leading a race at Southbank back in 83.



S'funny, I don't remember this stepup jump at all 

[paulgray]

Me (Redline) and Nige (GT) havin fun over the doubles at Teeside Airport in 83

[paulgray]

Nige Hutton racing at Teeside.





The GT rider is John Knotman. Rumour has it that Nige was a proper dirty racer, is that right bud? 

[paulgray]

Nige Hutton 188, racing at Margrove Park, Guisborough in 1982




For more on Guisborough track click here -> http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=72839.0

[paulgray]

Hey, I bumped into Kev Hayes last night at the till in Morrisons, amazin how many old faces I've seen recently.

[Bigplinky]

NO WAY! is he getting his bike back out then? would love to see him ride again had some real good races with him BITD 

[paulgray]

NO WAY! is he getting his bike back out then? would love to see him ride again had some real good races with him BITD 

Well I chatted to him for about ten minutes and like most of us he has good memories of BITD. He told me his address in Guisborough but I forgot the bloody house number so I might have to knock at a few doors down his street to find him again  . One bit of bad news, his lass chucked all of his old gear after a domestic, including all his photo's  , as you can imagine he is devastated. Also he's not on the web at the moment so he's unlikely to turn up here any time soon. I'd love to see him at the track again as well, told him you were still competing so who knows 

[Dex Dexter]

Me (Redline) and Nige (GT) havin fun over the doubles at Teeside Airport in 83

I love these pictures!!

Can't believe my dad's van is blazing big and yellow in all the pictures.

I remember all the Ian Johnson crew.  John Notman, John Longstaff etc.

[paulgray]

Me (Redline) and Nige (GT) havin fun over the doubles at Teeside Airport in 83

I love these pictures!!

Can't believe my dad's van is blazing big and yellow in all the pictures.

I remember all the Ian Johnson crew.  John Notman, John Longstaff etc.

Take a look here http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=71744.0

[Steviej007]

Found a couple of old pics that might bring back some Memories.
First jump at Darlington, Number 3 is me, John Tucker number 1.

First jump at Dunston(Gateshead) Gordon Stanley is number 5 I think.

[paulgray]

Black & white really seems to capture the moment  , what year would those pics be from ?

[Steviej007]

Black & white really seems to capture the moment  , what year would those pics be from ?

Alright  Paul.
 Steve James here, Hey don’t know if you can but I can remember us having some great races against each other.
 The pics are from 86 I think.

[paulgray]

Black & white really seems to capture the moment  , what year would those pics be from ?

Alright  Paul.
 Steve James here, Hey don’t know if you can but I can remember us having some great races against each other.
 The pics are from 86 I think.

Hi Steve,

Your name rings a bell, if you where racing Tuck then you must have been an age group above me so we must have raced together in 17+ or Superclass. It's funny and a bit worrying but I can't hardly remember a thing about racing Superclass, only the odd snippet, must be all the blows to head I've had  . Take a look over at the new Hartlepool track at Summer Hill if you get chance, things have changed a bit.

Andy Lincoln says you had a GHP, not many of them about BITD. Something is stirring in my memory, need a few days to think, the old memory circuits sometimes come back to life 

Paul

[jonpaul11]

The pics are from 86 I think.

I think they are from a year or two earlier - Darlo changed their first jump to become some weird sort of doubles before 86, as you're all down on the ground in that pic I'd say it was earlier...

Steve I remember hanging around Windy Nook track with you and Dave Young one summer. Good to see you on here.

[THIRSTYKIRSTY]

yeh that first berm jump changed to like a step up double instead of landin flat

was round it yesterday after work rippin it up on me cruiser and avoidin boulders,,,still fun,,even in rain

russ

[THIRSTYKIRSTY]

REET WENT UP DARLO TRACK TODAY ,,GOD IT WAS  WET COMPARED TO SATURDAY

ENDED UP DOIN A QUICK VID 1ST ,,EXCUSE THE SWEARING

RUSS

[THIRSTYKIRSTY]

PICKS OF FAVERDALE TRACK DARLINGTON ON A SHITTY DAY


START HILL



1ST STRAIGHT LEADING TO FLYOVER AS WE CALLED IT



FLY OVER



OLD BOMB HOLE

[paulgray]

Excellent video Russ, are you related to "chubby brown" 

Faverdale has certainly seen better days, but at least it's still there, unlike a lot of others  Who ran that track?, what was the club called? Is it private land? how about building some trails there?