You can never overstate the greatness or the impact of Mr. Marty Smith on the popularity, growth, and style on the sport of motocross.

These were the best years of the sport. I was glad to be alive during them. My friend and I loved Marty Smith. After Hannah came along and started winning, my friend jumped ship and Hannah became his favorite. Marty stayed my favorite win or lose.

Great to see so much of Steve Stackable.  He and Too Tall Mike Bell were m6 favorites because I was tall too and Steve lived here in central Texas and rode at our tracks a lot.

I began MX in these years !! Great thank's  from France🙏😀🙏
I followed all these guys!!
👍😎🇫🇷🏁

Love watching Rick Burgett  hammer those corners.

Good to see Danny LaPorte on that works Suzuki with the old lay down duel shocks.  Loved seeing all the yellow Suzuki’s and Yamaha’s on the line.

Remember those CARRERA  goggles with the gaps in the bottom of the frames ? Not seen a pair in over fourty years.......let alone a KOHO Finn Fighter 707.

Thanks for posting this great vintage content! A lot of my childhood heroes out there!

Great to watch
Thank you so many great memories of that era  I raced   A 1977 yz 400D
In FL AMA district 8 🤙

The quality was much better than most videos from that era.  It's too bad the speed wasn't matched correctly when posted.

I wish tracks were rough like that now. Now they're tilled and groomed to smooth highways with choice dirt mixed with sand,wood chips, mulch.  No natural terrain anymore.

Awesome! Keep em coming!

Thank you for posting Lyndon Fox! I attended that race with a buddy from MI who had just turned pro and rode both classes. Burgett was unstoppable that day. The track was rough and the weather hot.

Thanks for  posting this!  Great quality.  I was there.  Wish I still had the shirt.

I have been out to the spot where this event was run and was last there about 4 years ago.
It was a ski slope back in the day, from about '65 until 1980 or 1981.
You can still see where the track ran up and down the hill.

those old Fox air shocks were some pogo stick action

The intensity was awesome I was feeling some of those big g out's in my kidneys
I love  the plush .modern day cartridge suspension & was surprised how fluid the fork movement was on the Honda but it would of still been hard Yakka for 30 mins back in those days lucky if the forks were 38 mm & look like steel bars on the Kawasaki.Fantastic videos thank you.

So true best years were those  my first bike was a 1971 Honda mini trail 50. Them my second was a gt 80 yamaha 1974 my purchased in steelers Harley Davidson in bloomfield nj.

Reminds me of Mammoth in some respects.

rip marty and nancy