Travis Spader and two-wheels

[ROLLIN]

Hey just checking, did anyone notice travis is running the +30 class at loretta lynns on a bike.

[bradley300]

thats a name i havent heard in a while!

[JR3]

spaders such a nice dude and a local he will kick *** travis is pretty fast on a bike ive heard!

[mxduner]

hasn't he been doing this for a while? or was that barry hawk i am thinking of:confused:

[dehner47]

Travis use to always cross train on dirtbikes when he was racing. he use to run just as fast of lap times on his practice track as he did on his quad. he even use to go up to Flyin Dutchmen n Sleepy Hollow on off weekends and whoop dudes on his Yamaha of Troy yz125. bike was so bad@$$... trust me, he will do damn good down at LL. Travis can ride anything with wheels and a motor. and ride it fast too...

[One_Bad_400]

sure would be cool to see him at the quad LL too

[yellowzo3]

Isn't John Natalie fairly good on a bike as well?

[440racer66]

yeah john im pretty sure is the only atv racer that has raced a pro outdoor nat.

[TWISTED]

Originally posted by 440racer66
yeah john im pretty sure is the only atv racer that has raced a pro outdoor nat.


Gust did too...............

[dehner47]

Originally posted by 440racer66
yeah john im pretty sure is the only atv racer that has raced a pro outdoor nat.

yes thats true. and yes he is a great dirtbike rider also. but i dont think John qualified though. could be wrong. but pretty sure he didnt make it past the day qualifiers.

[dehner47]

now that i think of it, Gary Denton came from bike racing back in the day. he could be considered a quad rider who has qualified for a bike national.

Gust did also????

[FHKracingZ]

John qualified for 2 dirt bike nationals back in 99' I believe.

[TrapZ400]

Most of the pro quad riders are pretty good on bikes too. Its cool that they do that. I dont think many pro dirt bike riders ride quads though. I have only heard about McGrath riding quads. He was in one of the early Huevos on a banshee ripping around at Glen Helen.

[trick450r]

Originally posted by TrapZ400
Most of the pro quad riders are pretty good on bikes too. Its cool that they do that. I dont think many pro dirt bike riders ride quads though. I have only heard about McGrath riding quads. He was in one of the early Huevos on a banshee ripping around at Glen Helen.

i remember reading about mcgrath hitting up a few events on a banshee back then.

[TrapZ400]

yea it was cool. McGrath gave props to Gust and stuff. The dirt bike pros do respect what quads do but its the non pros that hate quads with a passion. There are some though that respect quads but most hate them. Hopefully soon the atv pros will be on the same weekend as the bike nationals and more people will see how badass quads are.

[SRH]

i think natalie qualified for steele city back in the day on 2 wheels...pretty bad ***

[mxduner]

gust??? thats news to me. I think mc started out racing atc's? correct me if i'm wrong tho. but bmx i believe started it all for him. go travis!

[woodsracer144]

Originally posted by dehner47


Gust did also????

gust races everything and any thing, he had a deal with ski doo for sno cross and he runs bikes now and then too... look at his shop on Youtube, atvriders on there has a clip of his place...

[440racer66]

gust can ride the heck out of a bike but im pretty sure he hasnt raced in a pro dirtbike race. or at least he never mentioned it to me.

[TWISTED]

Originally posted by 440racer66
gust can ride the heck out of a bike but im pretty sure he hasnt raced in a pro dirtbike race. or at least he never mentioned it to me.

He qualified for Red Bud some years ago.......

[440racer66]

Originally posted by TWISTED
He qualified for Red Bud some years ago.......

i stand corrected. thats sweet i had the pleasure to ride with the man and he was crazy fast.

[ATV403]

Barry Hawk has raced and qualified for the mains on both, bike and quad at the High Point national.

[JIM GRACE]

We did see him racing a dirtbike at
Racewaypark about a month ago and he
Won by a good margin.

He still should be on a quad tho!

[rep863]

Barry McCarty also raced LL the last few years. This year he got 2nd in the 45 vet class. For those to young to know, Barry raced the ATV GNC Pro class from about 1986 to 1994. He finished 2nd overall to Gary Denton in 1988 in the 250 pro class (I think he lost by 1 or 2 points with the throw aways, but had him in overall points).

[dehner47]

moto 1 moto 2 moto 3

DNF DNF DNS


not a good weekend at LL for the Doctor...

[TheIceMan]

moto 1 moto 2 moto 3

DNF DNF DNS


not a good weekend at LL for the Doctor...

which is why he needs to get back on 4 wheels :cool:
that kinda sucks for him,would have liked to see him in the top 3.
of topic a bit,but dehner,were you part of his K&K team back in '01 ??

[dehner47]

Originally posted by TheIceMan
which is why he needs to get back on 4 wheels :cool:
that kinda sucks for him,would have liked to see him in the top 3.
of topic a bit,but dehner,were you part of his K&K team back in '01 ??

ya def would of liked to see him do a lil better. we all know he has the skill. and LL is one of Travis's fav tracks so you know he wanted to kill it there. he'll be back next year. cause if ya know Travis, he dont give up til he gets his #1 plate..

and i was part of his K&K team back then. we ran the team outta my truck and trailer that year.that was the year he ran the #1 plate. he ran Pro, and I ran A and a few select Pro-Am races. we ran basically the same set up as each other but he ran Lonestar chassis and Axis shocks. i ran Laeger chassis with PEP shocks. other then that they were matching blue and white bikes. loved the all white plastics and tank that year. and i pretty sure that was the last year for the MX/TT racing before the split.

[ROLLIN]

ya two dnf's and a dns, sounds like a fast quad guy trying to race a bike. i wish he would of done better, but i did chuckle when i saw the results.

[dehner47]

ya his results arent anything to write home about but still no reason to "chuckle" at a guys bad race weekend. cause trust me, he can ride anything faster then anyone on this site. dude is a true bad@$$ on a quad and a bike. let alone a past champion in this sport.

[quad2xtreme]

Barry won seven ATV GNCC Championships...and one on a bike in 2003. He's finished 2nd on a bike twice.

[mysterybike]

I went to LL on Saturday to watch. I heard Spader was leading the first moto and crashed...broken hand or wrist. Tried to come back for second moto and just couldn't hold on. Evidently he had the speed.

[Robin Hood]

http://lorettas10.tracksideresults.com/laptimes.asp?s=&c=14&pc=14&e=1&rn=1&rt=M

Hope the link works.

Spader was leading. Looked like he was doing pretty well.

[dehner47]

damn. looks like he was running a pretty fast lap time too. not bad for a retired quad rider gone dirtbike racing:D

[#101]

Man that sucks that he didnt get to bring home the win. According to those lap times though he was hauling! On another note i thought its crazy to see how fast the local kid in my area Cooper Webb did in his classes (one of them is class 28) compared to the A riders. Hes only a few seconds off of the top three and hes on a 150. Thats sick.

[dehner47]

dude, Cooper Webb is crazy fast. hes running a JGR (Joe Gibbs Racing) motor in that bad boy. so ya know that thing is probably a beast.. they say he's gonna be one of the "futures of motocross". i hope. cause kid can ride.:eek2: