Don't have any great personal stories, but enjoyed him as a fan. Given, he was a great racer, and I was certainly a fan there. But, I also though he did a great job in the limited time he was an "expert" announcer for races. He taught me what to look for. RIP...
I watched him several times at Willow Springs. The Vance & Hines Formula USA raceon the OW01s was awesome... He didn't stand a chance against Scott Gray on the Yoshimura Suzuki, the Grey and the GSXR was so fucking fast it was stupid. But I remember the Vance & Hines teammates had a freaking killer battle for 2nd place that Sadowski won..... Awesome looking 80s era bikes he piloted. Glad to have viewed him putting on a great show
I’ve started to post on this thread at least 30 times. What do I say about ‘ski? I’ve loved the guy like a brother and wanted to beat the f@ck out of him and then marveled at him. I was going to post the first time I met him when he was a complete goon and everyone was terrified of him. When he found Jesus and people were still terrified of him. him and my mom talking about nothing and everything at her house. I’ll leave it short instead of the long speech I was going to write: loved Dave, hated Dave, would give him the shirt off my back and I’ll miss him. My condolences to his family, he will be missed.
One of my greatest race track memories, Mr. Sadowski! My younger brother and I were spectating at the Barber AMA Event in 03' 'ish. He and Ski bonded quickly as we were a long way from home. The love they had and shared, to both of their great pleasure, has kept my mind clear, as I lost that younger brother last spring. That racer will be missed. Godspeed Mr. Sadowski!
RIP I met and got an autograph from Dave back in the day, when he was riding the fire breathing Muzzy Raptor at London. Cool Dude Only the good die young…
I met Dave in 1981 working at Champion Motorcycles. We were just teenagers but Dave already was racing and got me into it. Dave had just recently relocated to So Cal from New Hampshire with his buddy Pete Carrol and we all became good friends. All Dave thought about was racing and going pro. We all new he had what it took to make it happen. Rest In Peace Dave.
Are you thinking of Brian Carroll with daughter Heather? (For those on the Beeb, she was a famous t shirt model)
I met David sometime back in the 90's.I had several street squids that worked for me at the time.One of the guys asked us one day if we wanted to meet David Sadowski? Im thinking Tuckers full of shit,and doesn't know David.At the time David was living in Buford Ga.,so we headed that way one afternoon We get to Daves place,unannounced,and he couldn't have been nicer.God only knows how many times these idiots had been dropping in on poor David .. He took us out to his garage,and showed me his bikes,and what he was currently racing.I seem to recall a Yoshimura Superbike being his main baby at the time. I had another very short friend that bought a set of Davids Vance and Hines leathers,that did not fit well at all.He wore those leathers for years,and always made us laugh.. Im sure Brandon probably still has those leathers,and he's probably laughing at us now! David got out a bunch of posters,and signed them all for us.Kind of a get the hell on! kinda hintand I didnt blame him.Us showing up un invited and all The other long lasting thing I remember about Dave was his commentary.The dude was fantastic! had me laughing my ass off! He introduced the world superbike starting grid,and would refer to rider Steve Martin as a wiiild and crazy guy!! and I of course would laugh my ass off at this 8th grade humor,because Dave got it!! We would all kill to joke on national television,and he got to do it! R.I.P. great racer
Why no mention of his passing, let alone a mention in 'the moment of silence' honoring another racer lost, during the D200 broadcast? Dean Adams has chosen to honor him this week on his website, fyi.
Hopefully a lap of honor by one of his sons on his V&H 200 winner at MotoA Barber in Sept. They wanted to do it at Daytona but George wasn't cool with the bike leaving the grounds from what I hear. I know Deano gets his share of hate on here, but he does have some good historical / back story posts from time to time. Also, occasionally offers some pretty cool stickers for a donation to the coffee fund:
Deano is a weird one. One thing I don't understand is the guy has obvious passion for the national racing but has declined to cover MotoAmerica on his website for some reason. Or he wasn't when I frequented that website. I don't know if somebody pissed him off over there or what? The photo collection that website had was epic at one point.
