the pic that sums up....old school racing!!! wow!

[SEARLE]

[DIRTBIKER250F]

Fantastic picture Searle, almost supercross in appearance 

[rooski]

top tabletopping!

[DONNY R]

[rooski]

ACE! we need more!

[gt0733]

i don't know why, but this pic of Johnny Crews was what i seem to carry in my head 

[Zippy]

Just check out the crowds in the first picture. That can't have been a bmx race only surely?

[SEARLE]

Just check out the crowds in the first picture. That can't have been a bmx race only surely?

       yes,its a race.john crews racing brent patterson.crews said "he thought hed go for a superstar moment!!"

[OrgasmDonor]

awesome pics the oldschool hasnt changed a bit 

[kdubbmx]

LA collesium late 70's.

It was a demonstration race held at a motorcycle super x race.

Probably one of the most iconic bmx shots of all time

Whats it like to get RAD in front of 100,000 fans? just ask John Crews'

[Dennis Dain]

LA collesium late 70's.

It was a demonstration race held at a motorcycle super x race.

kdubb, not to challenge you but that's not the LA Collesium. The Collesium does not have any tiers, the seating is a gradual progression from bottom to top. But it makes me curious as to where it was taken. It does look like a motorcycle track though.

Whats it like to get RAD in front of 100,000 fans?

I remember racing in front of 70,000 people. VERY exciting! I'll never forget it.

[sweetbeats]

Cool as FK Mr Dain 

[dan-dare]

LA collesium late 70's.

It was a demonstration race held at a motorcycle super x race.

kdubb, not to challenge you but that's not the LA Collesium. The Collesium does not have any tiers, the seating is a gradual progression from bottom to top. But it makes me curious as to where it was taken. It does look like a motorcycle track though.

Houston Astrodome?

[DIRTBIKER250F]

Anehiem ? (SPELLING) 

[billstup]

Too factory looking to be late 70`s imho, more like 1982-84 ish 

[kdubbmx]

LA collesium late 70's.

It was a demonstration race held at a motorcycle super x race.

kdubb, not to challenge you but that's not the LA Collesium. The Collesium does not have any tiers, the seating is a gradual progression from bottom to top. But it makes me curious as to where it was taken. It does look like a motorcycle track though.

Whats it like to get RAD in front of 100,000 fans?

I remember racing in front of 70,000 people. VERY exciting! I'll never forget it.

Haha Dennis of course you can challenge me on that one considering your knowledge of that era and the places etc.

I was drawing on my memory of seeing that shot in a magazine 30 years ago, but my memory is probably fading a bit now  

John is a facebook friend of mine so i could ask him where it was taken (or even dig out my copy of the mag but that might take weeks)  

Pretty sure it would have been after you quit as i remember seeing this as a current picture and i started racing in 1980.

Loving the colour (color to you) shots of you guys racing in front of 70,000 people, wow!!!  

[kdubbmx]

Pre 81 Billy as John was on Redline from 1980 onwards

[magna13]

Wow, whatta pic looks proper early Supercross in the days of Bob Hannah, thats what i call Bicycle Motocross. Wish it was still like the early motocross scene