📺 1980 USGP United States Grand Prix Motocross Carlsbad Raceway on Wide World of Sports Marty Moates

. See more about this iconic story here https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVsdJzatTm_UW0M02yQs2I9XVnoEzHeqf

1980 USGP Motocross TV Broadcast on ABC Wide World of Sports - Jim Lampley - Host

Up until June 22nd, 1980 the 500cc United States Grand Prix and World Cup Motocross Champsionship race at Carlsbad had been dominated by European riders. Dutchmen Gerrit Wolsink won the race an astounding five times himself. While perhaps the world s best known rider and 5-time World Champion, Roger DeCoster could never find victory in Carlsbad, his other European counterparts swept the up and coming American talent on their home turf every year on national TV. By the summer of 1980 the 500cc World Championship of Motocross series was being battled by two men. American Bad Brad Lackey and Belgium s Andre Malherbe. But on that hot Sunday in June, it was not one of the regulars on the GP circuit that leapt to the front of the first moto. It was not even one of the established Factory American riders ready to make a name for themselves. It was a privateer rider from the local area named Marty Moates. He was about to do what no other American rider could accomplish in the nine previous years...win the Carlsbad USGP. And ABC s Wide World of Sports cameras were rolling. This is the story behind local boy Marty s magical day aboard his 1980 Yamaha YZ465 as well as some history behind motocross in the US in the early years.

You will see bio and history info about Bad Brad Lackey during the broadcast as well.

---------------------------------------------------
See our other videos here and our YouTube channel for lots more cool stuff

@horsepowerhouse on Facebook
@rdavidharrisjr on Facebook

https://www.youtube.com/horsepowerhouse
https://www.ebay.com/str/horsepowerhouse
https://www.facebook.com/horsepowerhouse/videos
https://www.facebook.com/horsepowerhouse/photos
https://www.facebook.com/rdavidharrisjr/videos_by
https://www.facebook.com/rdavidharrisjr/photos_albums

Видео 📺 1980 USGP United States Grand Prix Motocross Carlsbad Raceway on Wide World of Sports Marty Moates канала Horsepower House