Thursday, February 26, 2009

Escape Country, Robinson Ranch

Escape Country was the name of an outdoor recreation area at the eastern end of Rancho Santa Margarita, where Robinson Ranch now sits.

It was mostly a place where folks went to ride their dirt bikes and off-road vehicles, but it was also popular for sky diving, fishing, hang gliding. People camped out, partied all night long, and even live bands played there. I never went there, and don't really know much of it. But here at OCThen, we get a number of e-mails and comments about it.

There's also quite a few comments regarding Escape Country on my previous article about Saddleback Park, another motocross area.

Anyways, here are few comments we've fetched regarding Escape Country...

i remeber escape country, it was in the area that is now rancho santa margarita, u had to go thru trabuco cyn to get too it x a creek and up the hill, the hill is still there, but this would have taken u too escape country.

    Anonymous, Jan 11, 2009

hey i remember escape country. i use to race motocross there in the 70s. 71 i think i was like 14 then and my mom was one of the parks safty police..remember that monkey by the office. it was a nutcase. lmao... Bruce Priddy

    Bruce Priddy, Nov 22, 2008

Ahh Escape Country...I drove up Robinson Ranch Rd. and parked my truck in the neighborhood that occupies the old riding area.There's a small utility building next to the street and you park there and walk down a trail and suddenly you're on the back side of the old riding areas. If you keep walking, you end up at the downhill that leads to the old pond. It was cool to sit there looking at the old trails and have flash-backs of the good ole days.I miss that place and those times.

    Ted Mercer, Capo Beach, Sep 26, 2008

There are many that I can recall but some of the names have become a little obscure.

I met Jim Robinson at Escape Country in August '73 and he offered me a job. It was fun and I met some really great people. I used to "drag" the motocross circuit between races on Saturdays and Sundays with the D9 CAT. I wonder what happened to Ron Hoppie who ran the races and bike rental with Dick.

The bush fire that was at Escape Country remains quite clear in my mind and especially being rescued by Bill, the house framer, on the back of his bike after the CAT and I got cut off. I was sad to find out that the ranch was no more when I visited in '89.Such days as those will never be seen again. Thank you Orange County and Escape Country.

    Terry McGrath, Jun 24, 2008

To 'anonymous' from Feb. 4th posting . . . I sure do remember Escape Country!!! That's where I first learned to Hangglide! It was a primo area to learn (and make mistakes!). Fond, fond, fond memories indeed!!!

    Anonymous, Apr 21, 2008

I also remember Escape Country. We used to drive there along those windy roads every Sunday in the summer beacuse they had live bands play in the afternoon and everyone would party. I think that area is now Dove Canyon and Robinson Ranch are of Santa Margarita.

    Anonymous, Apr 2, 2008

Does anyone remember a place called "Escape Country"? It was off Santiago Canyon, between Irvine Lake and Cooks Corner. We used to go there in the 70's to watch motorcross. There was also hang gliding, fishing and sky diving. Anyone remember?

    Anonymous, Feb 4, 2008

If you remember Escape Country, please "post a comment" below...

55 comments:

  1. So it was Terry McGrath who was driving that old cable D-4 (or was it a D-6?) that was overrun by the brush fire that day back in October 1973. I was on the first engine company that responded to that fire, and never found out until now who almost got their ass burnt up that day on the dozer.

    Small world.

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  2. I remember Escape Country. My dad used to take me their to watch the hang gliders. I always wanted to try it. He also took me their late at night to go frog gigging. I remember bringing back lots of frogs in gunny sacks. They tasted just like chicken only better. Escape country was awesome, and closed before I was old enough to really enjoy it.

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  3. I grew up in Tustin and use to ride my AT1 to Saddleback. I would sneak in by the Soapbox derby track. I discovered Escape Country in 1973 after my family had moved to LA. I was racing CMC and SRA and at Escape Country you didn't need to join anything, you just showed up and raced. I remember sign up was a picnic table. They never asked for a adult signature and you could race as a intermediate and 1st day beginner on the same day, they were that unorganized. It was a fun track in a reservoir. They also allowed camping so we would drive out the night before and party. El Toro Road at night with the lights out and Old Lady Irvine stories. Great times.

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  4. Me and my stepsister were the first girl bmx racers out there in the 70s. I still have about 10 trophies for the "powder puff" division. I loved going out there! It meant spending good times with my Dad and brothers. Great memories!

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  5. Richard 6/24/2009. I use to take my dirt bike out to escape country and ride in the morning when I worked a MACDAC in Long Beach on the night shift. I had a ball. I also went to EC on the weekends when they had the English Trials compition. That was a light weight MC where you could not put you foot or feet down while going over giant obsticles or you lost points. I also took my daughter to Saddleback Park and rented trail 90 and taught her how to ride trail bike. She really was pretty good. Boy do I miss those times.

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  6. Anonymous Powder Puffer. Are any of the trophies dated? I can only find proof that the BMX track opened in 1973. Do you have any pictures or trophies from 71 or 72?

    You racers didnt know it then, but Escape Country was one of the first BMX tracks in the world.

    The only ones running for sure in 72 were Malibu, BUMS, and Palms Park. Soledad Sands and Saddleback and Escape Country may have been but no proof. Either way it was one of the first ten BMX tracks ever.

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  7. I grew up in So Cal, spent a lot of time and money racing motocross at Saddleback, Escape Country, Carlsbad, DeAnza, OC Raceway Night Motocross, and the Great Bear Grand Prix. The 1970s were the best years of my life, thus far. I ended up working at Escape Country, which later changed its name to Racing World. I lived at the park in my parent's 27' Airstream. I met so many cool people, basically, Escape Country was magical. I saw a post from a guy named Terry McGrath, who worked at Escape Country the same time as I did. Terry gave me a nick-name that lasted throughout my racing days. The name, while a little embarrassing, was "Bubbles" because I won (500 Pro division) more than anything else and would tip cold duck after the races, hence the nickname. I rode just about every motorcycle made in the 500 class. My favorite was KTMs, although I had a slew of Maicos, CZs, Suzuki’s and on, and on. If anyone remembers me, I'd like to know, Andy Bolander #904.

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  8. What great memories!! I used to race in the 125cc class. It must have been around 71-74 maybe. We would show up in my dad's YAMAHAULER van. Does anyone remember seeing that van there? If anyone has any pix please post them, i would really love to see them. I also remember my dad was a safety officer on the track,[ i think all parents where] and between Moto's I would put on my Park Patrol vest and cruise the park until my next heat. We had some 8mm film of the first day of hang gliding, but all was lost in a fire. What i would give to go back to that time just for a day!!

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  9. Hi Andy,
    Doesn't time fly when you're enjoying yourself.
    Sorry about the nick-name but that's show business!! I hope you are well and if we could get in touch electronically that would be great. I know I had so manny great days at EC. It's a shame it had to end. Take care.
    Terry McGrath.

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  10. Wow... nice to know people still remember the place. Jim Robinson hired me to announce a Motocross Race in 72' and I wound up working there until we closed in 76'. Designing and promoting the frist World Hang Gliding was something all of us there were very proud of. There will never be another facility like it nor another Jim Robinson. Thanks for the memories

    John (J.R.) Smith

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    1. Hi John!

      I was one of many who enjoyed the atmosphere you created through your fabulous announcing skills for the hang gliding contests. I am now the sport's historian and collector. I would love to have the chance to compare notes about those days. I have assembled the largest collection of hang gliding gear and memorabilia in an attempt to preserve our history. I would love to have contact with you to preserve more of our history.

      Ken de Russy
      Anacortes, WA
      360 293 8621
      weflyuniv@aol.com

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  11. I rode and raced there a few times in the early 70's when I was
    very young. Unfortunately those memories have faded considerably. I do remember riding around a pond and the race track. If anyone has pics they would like to share I would be grateful to have a peak at the past.

    Jim Kendall
    jkn949@yahoo.com

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  12. Terry McGrath,
    Hey, thanks for hitting me back. I remember hanging drywall when the first formal Escape Country office was built. Remember, it was on the left as you entered the park. I think the guy in charge of construction was named Clyde. Oh, if I could only go back, or in the words of Joni Mitchell, "Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'till it's gone." I call them Big Yellow Taxi moments after the song. Weren't you racing cars at some point? Things didn't seem as screwed up as they are these days. Simpler times for sure.

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  13. HEY Terry McGrath!

    Forgot the email: landerkhan@earthlink.net

    Andy Bolander

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    1. Hey Andy,
      My name is Doug Lange and I grew up camping at racing at escape country from 1973 to 77. I was just an 80 beginner then, but I think I remember watching you back then. We camped every weekend, we would flag Saturday and race Sunday. These were the greatest memories as a kid. I ended up racing at the national level, but will never forget watchin Ward, Myerscough, Shippy, Antonochi, Marty Smith, Flyin Mike Brown.
      Great to see this site is here. We also rode saddleback, Ascott on the week nights etc.My Dad Vern lange, used to drop the starting gate back then also. Great memories!! Doug Lange drl3lange@gmail.com

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  14. Well where do I begin Escape Country when I was 7 I rode a motorcycle for the first time,I'm 43 now so that put in the ball park of 1973. Now we drove out from Lomita. 110 fwy to 405 to 5 and exit El Toro rd turned left and the rest I cant remeber except the nice tree's and a bunch of camp sites with bikers everywhere, and my old man would say this place is going to pot. LOL
    Now when we got close we would turn right into a line of cars waitng to get in. After we entered the park we turned right and parked in a big parking area.Now my family competed in the trials events I was to young. so I would play all around the parking area in the pond ( or maybe just a runoff) at the enterance. My friends and I would walk back to some ponds in the back of the park and go swimming. I remeber there was this old house back there on the edge of the pond and the guys had a trials section going inside the house that seemed strange to me at the time ,but it sure was cool. Now the thing I loved the most was after my Dad finished competing he would take me for a ride at the end of the day. He had Ossa trials 250, which he still has in his hangar it was a Mick Andrews model. Oh by the way I remeber Mick Andrews doing a demo ride at the park and thats why my dad liked the bike and got one.
    Now my first time to ride a bike was when I was 7 at the parking area, there was a road in there that went in a circle a friend of the family (Buddy Peterson)said let's let Norm ride the Dalesman Puch 125 he's ready so they put me up on this bike (which I still have) and they kicked it over and it started up. They gave me a quick check out on the controls which I knew what was up so out went the clutch and off I went around and around thru that parking lot and they were chasing me until the pooped out. will what a day that was ESCAPE COUNTRY a day that is stuck in my brain forever. Now on one of are following visits to the park at the end of the day my dad was giving me a ride and we rode along the edge of the fench and there was something that made me feel sad, what it was everthing on the other side of the fench was bulldozed flat, and my old man told me that this is the end of this place and I said why he said progress Son progress, I was feel sick all the way home even Mac Donalds at the El Toro Rd and the 5 Fwy didn't help. I may some day go visit the place just to see it again.

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  15. I just cried thinking about old memories and friends long gone that I use to race with, remember Jeff Ward racing his xr 70 and just having a blast!

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  16. i remember i small kid on a xr 75 with a cr 125 motor smoking the pro class wonder what became of him

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    1. I remember a race, can't recall when, that I beat the pros.

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    2. I think that kid could be the same one that won MANY MANY motocross races and championships, then nearly won the Indy 500 and on and on... NAH... couldn't be...

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  17. I remember heading out to Escape Country almost every weekend back in '72 thru probably '75. My dad would take my brother and I out there and we'd ride all day long on those hot, dusty afternoons. The biggest thrill I got out of the park was the annual Easter Egg hunt. Does anybody remember the Easter Egg hunts? The park staff would hide plastic colored easter eggs everywhere throughout the back country of Escape Country, and inside each egg was a piece of paper with a number on it. Once you gathered as many eggs as you could find (and carry), you'd bring them back in to the main area where they had a tent/booth. You'd hand in your numbered pieces of paper, and in turn, you would receive a prize. Most of the prizes were usually stickers, accessories for your motorcycle, or whatever. It turned out that the lower your number was on your ticket, the better the prize that you received. It was just a great day and a lot of fun! And of course, after each day we'd spend at Escape Country, my dad would always drop by Cook's Corner on the way home to polish off a couple of Olympia's, while my brother and I would gulp down some Snappy Tom's. Ohhhh, the memories! -I still hit Cook's every now and then (not much has changed), and Live Oak Canyon is still the same too. What a great part of my childhood. -"Wish I still had my Escape Country bumper stickers" You can always find one stuck to the wall at Trabuco Oaks Steakhouse.

    -K. Moss

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  18. Wow....does this bring back some great memories!!

    I used to go to Escape Country with my brothers all the time to watch them race. I was about 10yrs old(1975), when we first started going there and my brothers were pretty good racers. One of brothers(Peter Burd)raced the open class on his RM420(?)and then his Honda CR450 and usually did very well. He worked for South Coast Honda in Tustin and a few of the mechanics there would show up to race. After the races, they'd stop by Cook's Corner to grab a beer on the way home, and I have to wait outside for them.
    Usually, they handed me a bottleof Coke and just asked me to be cool for a little bit, while they had a beer. Nothing but cow pastures and hills for riding...back in the day....it was great! = )

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  19. Escape country was a HUGE part of my childhood!! Living local in the foothills of TustiN, my father being a hanglider. We would make it there every weekend. I looked forward to Escape Country as if we were going to spain or some fantastic vacation far away. My favorite spot as a child, well one of them we spent alot of time flying crestline or Pine Flats. My fathers nick name or call sign was captain Geratol, Ed Rushlow. Those are my most favorite memories!Driving up the mountain to the take off area, then watching him come in for a land down the mountain! We met the most coll and true friends my fathers friends! He was in his element at Escape Country! Wich was right where we all wanted to be! Wish it was still there for all the thrill seekers out there!!!!! It was a GREAT PLACE TO GET CRAZY AND HAVE THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE!!!!! Thanks for the memories. Holly

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  20. we used to go escape country every weekend. I remember like it was yesterday seeing jeff ward and bryan myerscough battling it out on there minis it was great place to ride thanks for the memories

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  21. Back in the 70's we were there every weekend and had a camp site called oly bud town, my dad delivered the concrete fire pits in the camp sites. i remember my twin brother and andy bolander #904 & i spent alot of time on the rc plane runway at nites and swimmend in the lake after the races. that crazy monkeys name was pette and we moved it to are camp site with the cage. the easter egg hunts were something to remember. I will always have great memories of escape country/racing world for life. we were very lucky for the up bringing we had by racing every weekend & also winning a team race for a season in witch i still have the trophy.

    Bart Weyand.

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  22. Escape Country is where I learned to ride my Yamaha 60 "Mini Enduro" back when I was 12 years old. I remember you could also rent motorcycles and helmets there as well.

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  23. My old boyfriends mom dated Jim Robinson and we stayed in a trailer on the Escape Country property. I'll never forget after Jim sold the land, someone came to pick up their "pet" 300lb pig in a hatch-back car...it was amazing. Anyway...I'll never forget Jim and the fun times I had. very nice!!

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  24. Escape Country... was the start of many motocross riders.. Jeff ward ,Steve Shippy, Brian Myerscough,Dave lopez,Mathew Sarauwatari, Leon Ebargarey,Bobby Reyes,Bobby(porky)Mcgregar.. and many many others these were great times this park had every thing back in the day this brings back great memories i still have the membership card and the parks first sticker un used, they also had a great BMX Track.

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  25. I learned how to hang glide at escape country. Great times with good friends and incredible memories!

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  26. Thank GOD I stumble onto this site! All of your stories of a place I loved as a kid. You all have said most of what I would have. It was a magical place for sure...why can't we do it again?

    Thank you for sharing your memories with us and those that never got to go!

    Ron Schmidt

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  27. I used to race bmx there & at Peddle Pushers West next to the 91 frwy in Orange in the early '70's. Watching De Soto and everyone flying off the scoreskeeper hill between our BMX races kept us little kids fired up. Sometimes the creek going in would be a few feet deep. I want to thank my big brother for taking the time to take me there all the time. I was kinda a strange feeling for me to be grading off house lots there in the early '90's....at 47 years old I have fond memories of that place and the OC when I was growing up.....Dave M.

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  28. Rode my '72 Mini Enduro there. Raced BMX as well. They used to publish a paper. I made the BMX section in a pic coming off a jump. I wish I still had that copy. . .

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  29. My Dad taught Hang Gliding at Escape Country. I have many fond memories of weekends with my Dad Mike Miller and his dog solo running around escape country....watching the hang gliding meets, Mr Robinson giving me cokes when we were up at the office.... watching my dad hang glide and teach people to hang glide... very fond memories...

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    1. Hi Christa,

      I knew your Dad from hang gliding. I would like to get in touch with him. I am trying to preserve as much hang gliding history as possible and Mike is one I would love to talk to again. Could you help me get in touch?

      Ken de Russy
      360 293 8621
      Anacortes, WA
      weflyuniv@aol.com

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  30. I to have great memories of Escape Country,It is where my brother and I first raced..We got the MX bug ..Started in 75..Sometimes we would race Ascot ,Ocir or Irwindale,then EC sat..in one week We also tried our hand @Carlsbad ,Dunes ,Deanza..Great memories...THANKS MOM & DAD S96 David Stablein,69S Ron Stablein.........

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  31. have a few stories for these places. we road for many years, mainly cech 360/400 cz's, had a guy on a 250 penton want to ride one of our cz's, he gave it to much gas and it did a couple of circles around him as he tried to not fall down and bleed all over from his scrapes, he walked it back over about 50 yards after he hit the ground, said "wow, that bike has a lot of power" lol ;] and he was right it did. was very funny, he was only scraped up some.

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  32. THERE ARE SO MANY MEMORIES OF ESCAPE COUNTRY. I CAN REMEMBER GOING THERE MOST EVERY SUNDAY. I REMEMBER GUYS LIKE WARDY AND ON OCCASION WARREN REID,WELL AND MANY MORE. I REMEMBER A GUY NAMED TONY MOCERI, HE RODE A CZ 250 IN THE PRO CLASS. I THINK IT WAS THE ONLY STOCK BIKE THAT RACED IN THAT CLASS. HE WAS FAST AS HELL, AND WIN OR LOOSE HE WAS ALWAYS SMILING...WHAT EVER HAPPEND TO THAT GUY.....ANYWAY THAT PLACE CAN MAKE ME SMILE ANYTIME I THINK OF IT....THANKS FOR THE FLASHBACK....

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  33. I remember Escape Country from the early 70's. My parents moved to Mission Viejo in 1967, right after it opened. Remember watching hang gliders flying when I was a kid. Also remember going to the drag races at OCIR and midget car races at the Laguna Hills Speedway. Anyone remember that? It was off Canada Road (now Lake Forest Pkwy). My dad told me once that they shut down the OC airport on Sundays and let people drag race down the runways. Can anyone confirm that?

    Sure do miss the old OC from way back when. The 1984 Olympics killed it off. All those houses they built, and the people who moved in with their attitudes. But memories never go away....

    Steve
    Austin TX
    12/14/2011

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    1. I was El Toro Speedway down off of Moulton and northwest of Lake Forest/Canada

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  34. Hi Crista this is George your dad and I taught hang gliding together at Escape Country. Those were great days. I lived on the ranch in Jim Robisons trailer as will shared a house with Mike Miller in trabuco canyon. I owe everything to escape Country, it gave me the Dry Run World Open in 76 and a trip around the world and landed in Japan under the guidense of Yusuke Yamazaki were I brought Mike with me to share the unbelivable trips that I had in the following 6 years where I became the coach of the National team of Japan. For that Yusuke bought UP from Pete Brock in 77 and in 82 Yusuke set me up with UP Sports which I own today, 30 years ago today. I owe alot to Jim Robinson, John Smith and Mike Miller. What a LIFE Thank - You Escape Country, George Follman

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  35. best time was on sunday at the starting gate first one to the first turn and down

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  36. i remember the track. i was a wrench for my brother. he raced every sunday. finnally , on fathers day, the track said the farthers could race using their son's equipment. my brother talked me into racing his 125 bulltaco persang. we had a rubber ban start. it was the fastest i have ever gone... i forgot the brake and shifter was on opposite sides. i thought i was breaking and i was down shifting once.

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  37. Great memories. I use to race motocross at excape country. I actually met John Wayne there one weekend while I was practicing for an upcoming race. He was there watching his two boys ride their dirt bikes and was parked a couple of spaces down from me. Came over to my truck and signed some autographs for me and my buddies. Good times.

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  38. I remember waiting for my next moto and looking up at the guys hang gliding thinking how crazy they were to that. Bet they were thinking the same thing looking down on us. Great times and a really fun place to ride bikes. Mark Boys

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  39. I actually came in first place in open class once. The track was super muddy and I managed to stay up somehow. Motorcyle Weekly magazine had my photo on the front cover. I would love to have a copy of that. 1973 if I remember.

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  40. does anyone remember the guy named "Crazy Ray"? he was the master of riding his bike up the "wall"

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  41. Thats WHERE I RODE A MOTER BIKE FOR THE FIRST TIME

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  42. I USED TO CAMP AND RIDE THERE. ID GET ON THE BIKE AS SOON AS YOU COULD. [8:00 AM OR SOMETHING] I WOULD RIDE A TANK OF GAS WITHOUT STOPING. I WAS SO STOKED. The 70s was great. Finnally after riding there a couple times i learned how to get over the big hill to the moto track. Good Times. Now im old and still ride on moto tracks every thursday. Not gunna say where.

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  43. Escape Country, 1972...The Day the Races were Delayed.
    My buddies and I piled into my 1959 Ford Station Wagon and headed to Escaped Country on Friday afternoon to camp out then watch the MC race the following day. During the night the air became a little chilly so we looked for wood to build a campfire. Without lights, we stumbled across what looked to be an abandoned shed. So, piece by piece, we removed almost the entire structure and created about the largest campfire in the entire campground. Other campers walked over and offered to buy wood from us. We traded wood for beer.
    The next morning we all grabbed places close to the track to watch our favorite riders hit the course. About 1-1/2 hours had passed beyond the original start time when announcer's voice came over the loud speakers and stated;
    "Ladies & gentlemen, we would like to apologize for the delay in the race schedule, but it seems that sometime during the night, someone torn down the sign-up booth".
    I have remembered those words verbatim.
    For a moment, my buddies and I felt bad. But as the sun was getting higher, the girls started shedding their heavier clothing...even the announcer made mention of the beautiful girls in bikini tops and tight jeans...When the race started, there was action on and off of the track. What a beautiful sight.
    I now live 3 miles south of the area that was once Escape Country, in one of the many housing tracks that have engulfed this once magnificent & beautiful area.

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  44. Escape Country, 1972...The Day the Races were Delayed.

    My buddies and I piled into my 1959 Ford Station Wagon and headed to Escaped Country on a Friday afternoon to camp out then watch the MC race the following day. During the night the air became a little chilly so we looked for wood to build a campfire. Without lights, we stumbled across what looked to be an abandoned shed. So, piece by piece, we removed almost the entire structure and created about the largest campfire in the entire campground. Other campers walked over and offered to buy wood from us. We traded wood for beer.
    The next morning we all grabbed places close to the track to watch our favorite riders hit the course. About 1-1/2 hours had passed beyond the original start time when announcer's voice came over the loud speakers and stated;
    "Ladies & gentlemen, we would like to apologize for the delay in the race schedule, but it seems that sometime during the night, someone torn down the sign-up booth".
    I have remembered those words verbatim.
    For a moment, my buddies and I felt bad as it was us who disassembled that shack. But as the sun was getting higher, the girls started shedding their heavier clothing...even the announcer made mention of the beautiful girls in bikini tops and tight jeans...When the race started, there was action on and off of the track with plenty for all to see.
    John DeSoto, the Flyin Hawaiian, second lap, crashed directly in front of me.
    I now live 3 miles south of the area that was once Escape Country, in one of the many housing tracks that have engulfed this once magnificent & beautiful area.

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  45. Escape Country holds a special place in my heart... my parents had bought me a Honda CR125 when they first came out in '73. Our neighbors used to go camping and motorcycle riding at Escape Country and took me with them so tha I could race... I was hooked! There used to be a picture of me and another guy in front of the office after we had picked up our 4' tall trophies... great memories!

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  46. Escape Country holds an awesome place in my heart! I was 14 and had a new Elsinore 125 in '73. Our neighbors used to go camping there and ride motorcycles. I went with them and entered the 125 First Day Class... I have been hooked on motocross for 40 years since. They used to have a flyer with a picture of me and another guy in front of the office after we picked up our 4' tall trophies... wish I had a copy... My buddy's and I had great times and memories racing there during our high school years! Thank you Escape Country! Ty Richey #925

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  47. Team Tequila! yeah, used to race my Hodaka and Carabela in the 125 class at EC (also Saddleback, Indian Dunes, Ascot, Corona Raceway). Lot's of great times w/Honaker, Glen Ingersol, and many others. I used to work at PJ's Manhattan Sportbike in MB. Wild nights camping at EC always made raceday a little "slow." Even drove the track in my old Datsun pickup during one of "those" late night campouts.. sorry. Great fun! Terry "T" Martin

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  48. Escape country it was my life their are so many people I hung out their with who were truely my family, Debrek,Mike M., Barbara Frank ,Charlie,Henry,Joy,Nancy and Steve,Farmer,I could go on and on. The schoolbus. The making of Eagle lake Jim and Bob cleanning up after the concerts,watching the races ,Judd if your out their, thinking of u....Barny,Cindy another great memory,great people all of them, and so many more I haven't listed. Escape country represented freedom,their was a spirit of great fun and entertainment.Dreams were fulfilled and great memories were made . sports came alive,all around great place.2bucks a person 1dollar for every toy...I will cherish those memories an the great time I had growing up there. Now guess who this is.....
    Hint Mtn. Honey was my handle, Jea_____. Lived in the canyon on sycamore,no parental supervision,stayed out of trouble,partied with the best of them.Stayed humble..but moved on like most of us did,went are separate ways,lost contact with the best people u could ever know........

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  49. Anyone remember the skateboard area on the hill next to the motocross track?

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