Emery Anden from Belle Vernon. Dude won EVERYTHING in the mid '80's in D5, Also Charles "Chinky" Godby, Timmy Coombs, Gary Pustulak, Tommy Carson was blazin' fast. Davey Yezek too.
Don't forget Dave Scott from Fairmont, WV who won a LL Experts class in 1982 & could smoke many of those guys on a brutally rough track.
I was another rider who grew up racing D-5 & that list if riders put on quite a show for us almost like watching the National riders at times.
Chinky Godby was something to watch ride as he also came to Pyramid Valley doing things none of us at time imagined you could do.
Sadly he lost his life in a first turn pile up at Hi-Point on a National weekend. If I remember right is was 1982 where they were running
a different track over hill behind the pro-pit area.
Bob Grega was another great rider from Fairmont WV who had great finishes both at LL in the early 80's & in 1984 think he finished around
11th or 13th place in the 250 Nationals at Hi-Point.
One of my all time favorite from back back in the day was Denny Swartz as he was racing Maico's at the time & did fairly well.
Our all time favorites has to be Brock Sellards as that is one great guy. He was at Scenic practicing about 8 or 9 years ago when my daughter
was just starting to ride & was telling her he is one of the local riders we see on tv. She wanted to go meet him but I hated to bother him so
casually walked up introducing her to him....we were not bothering him at all as he talked to her quite a while, pulled a poster out of his truck
autographing it & for that is #1 in my book as many would have blown her off but he did not.
Least favorite has the be Jeff Stanton as my oldest daughter like him but at a National at Budds Creek he was all pissy after loosing a race
and would not do an autograph for her which is devastating to a young kid.
If you are a pro never blow off the kids as many are looking up to you.