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Yeah, Dehoop used to show up at some of the same races and when he did he would usually win the A classes. When he raced at the Dome in the pro classes the local crowd used to go nuts. I saw him not too many years ago in an Arenacross in Toledo where he did pretty well for being an "old man".
When I was racing (at the old age of 21-26 or so) I used to travel to the races with a friend that had a kid that raced. Nick Wey, Mat Maximoff (fast little *****) Brock Sellards and others were all on 60's then 80's and my friend's kid raced against them. It is wierd now to see some of these "kids" riding pro.
I also remember talking to Ricky Carmichael's mother at Lorreta Lynn's when he was racing the 60 and 80 class. He was tiny but hauled serious butt even then on a 60.
There was another guy, Brian Swink that was from Michigan also that was pretty good and raced as a pro for awhile.
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