The Benchracer's Guild

WNY racing legend Bart Lucas talks about his racing career, knowing industry legends, and a giraffe in a petting zoo along with daycare at a motocross race.

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In this episode we talk to Tami and Dan Cocuzzi from Grace Racing.   We talk about their family history in riding and racing. And we learned how Grace Racing went from two people running Sunday school to changing their lives, and the lives of hundreds of kids forever.  We also had a lot of laughs along the way.  It's a great story with some very cool people!

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In this episode, we welcome one of the hardest working people in WNY Motocross, Chris Moser from Area 51 Motocross.   With special guest host Chris Brodnicki.

We talked about how Chris and his partners built a successful track with hard work and passion.   And we learn about what drives his passion to this day.

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We talk to recent Ron Nye award winner, racer, and 1970s Ford truck enthusiast Chris LaDelfa.  

We learn how he got started riding on a farm in Western NY,  started racing, and ended up becoming an ambassador to the sport at a relatively young age.  

And we answer the question: how do you keep a dirtbike completely spotless even after racing it all day long?

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We talk to Mike Bonacci from Club MX, and formerly of MB60 Action Sports.

We discussed his riding, mentoring, finding sponsors, and where many of the former MB60 team members are now.   All while getting some of his best stories.  

It's a great story.  And as an added bonus we learned how to get a gear vendor home from a far away race in your motorhome. 

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We talked to WNY Motocross Hall of Famer Daryl Quigley about his origins in the sport and his long riding career in motocross, enduro, harescramble, and three wheelers.  

We learn how many dirtbike seats you can make into one.  And we answer the question: how many $500 three wheelers can one guy own?

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We talk to Tom Threadgill, the voice of Western New York motocross for many years.

It's a riding journey that starts in Libya, goes to South Korea, then Texas, and then all over Western NY, every weekend, for 30+ years.

He teaches us how the Hunt motocross track got fertilized.  And how you can lose your tongue on a motocross track if you're not careful. :)

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In this episode, we talk to multi term Palmyra Racing Association President Ed Johannes and his son Eddie.

 We learn about growing up as a racer, what it takes to run a track, meeting Cooper Webb at Unadilla, and how a golf cart ends up in a pond.

We also heard about Eddie's brief stint as a Monster Energy girl.

And finally, we answer the question:  when will Ed return to riding?

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In our first full length episode, we talk to former multi term Palmyra Racing Association president, long time expert motocrosser, and woods guru Joe Celso.  

We discussed the past, present, and future of riding, his stories, the people he knows, going to Loretta's, YZ250s, fitness, and a bunch of other topics. 

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