Double jump gone bad

[Keith Salyer]

This pic is me on the Tecate 200 and my teammate on the Honda 200 at Ohio 1985. Glenn aborted mid air on the famous Double jump at that race. He was not the only one to screw that jump up. I cased it in my heat and hit so hard it jarred my ancestors ankles. 214288

[86T3]

^ when twist throttles go wrong.

[Mr. Clean]

Check out the tether, pretty sure in the next frame is was detached. Great pic!!!

[phantomtracer]

Nice!
Did you race the Batavia, NY race in 85?
There was a set of doubles at that race the scared the ** out of me.
Never did do it!
The second jumps were almost straight up and down, if you didnt make it you were going to get hurt!

[poohbee1]

Columbus ohio state fairgrounds . I remember that jump I wish there was a video of that race.

[Red Rider]

Talk us through the action in the pic. I can't figure out what happened there.

[Keith Salyer]

This was practice and I (on the Tecate) did single, single still trying to grow some balls and Glenn just pinned it and bailed mid air. By the looks of it he either flew nose high or just kicked it away. Anyway he wasn't hurt (because he was 16 or 17) and he didn't land on me either. I think Sparks crashed or almost did. Maybe Mickey will comment about it.

[Red Rider]

So you're on the downside of the first jump, and Glenn got out of shape from the first jump, with the second jump still in both of your futures. Now I understand. Thanks for the breakdown.

[just ben]

what are the rear fenders on that tecate?

[oscarmayer]

haha that looked like me the first time I tried to jump my 200x. haha tether and all!!!

[effort=results]

So this is a 200cc 2 banger?im guessing to fit a catagory. Great pic and story !thanks for sharin.

[Keith Salyer]

No this is the 2nd jump. It is about 6 foot tall and pretty steep on both sides. You had to run out to land so your timing was very important. Plus it was like 50 foot between them, 3rd gear way high in the RPM. the first one looked about the same. Track building got better over the years. The fenders on the tecate are Cammex Honda Low Profile versions. After this race we put an aluminum tank on.

[Eric250R]

Sorry, no 85, but here's the 86 race... http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=A3HMBXxrI0g

[Eric250R]

Hmmmm, maybe this wasn't the same track, lol. Oh well, here's an ohio race from 86 lol.

[Keith Salyer]

Yes the 86 track was tame compared to 85 . Looks like good racing though.

[phantomtracer]

Wow, great video.
I think the tracks were going more flat track and less motocross.

[Joseph Farrow]

Wow, great video.
I think the tracks were going more flat track and less motocross.

At some point they had two separate series. A TT series and a MX series where you competed for a "National Championship". If you competed in both you combined points for the "Grand National Champion".