Hailing from Arizona, Destry Abbott is one of the most decorated and most recognized off-road motorcycle racers in the world. Destry stands on over 10 major championships, multiple ISDE gold medals, as well as enduro-cross and x games competitions. He is no stranger to challenges outside of racing however, having battled cancer in his personal life, we bring you Destry’s incredible story on the Whiskey Throttle Show.
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This is the podcast I have been waiting for all my life! When I was a young racer on 80's back in the late 90's I remember getting 3 signed posters from Destry at the NHHA races. In 99' He and Brian Brown were in the back of the Team Green box van getting their gear on and stopped whet they were doing to sign poster for me. Still have them hanging on the wall.
Good human right there.
Looking forward to this one 🔥
I guess things will always be changing. How exciting!
Except for the heat, lol.
Stoked on this one! Grew up going to district 37 races and eventually raced WORCs when Destry was the man. Glad he looks healthy! Awesome gnarly dude
Ahhh this makes me miss my kx 500
We have district 37 sprint enduro series in socal…. my favorite racing event atm!
Just rode at the waterhole on Sunday. It's hard to beat after a good rain.
Met Destry several times…and was passed by Destry a shit ton of times!!!
Super good dude, and really fast!!!
He had a riding clinic in my area a couple of years ago
I'm old now but went to it, to just…be there, watch, and ride.
He is soo patient with young riders and his knowledge is invaluable to any rider, regardless of age and riding level.
Great Dude!!
There were about 50 or so riders sitting around at the end of the day…just hanging out, and bench racing.
A quiet time came, and he looks across, at me….and says…"Hey man, I know you from somewhere, don't I ????
I laughed and said Yeah, if I turn my back on you, you might remember passing me in any number of SoCal hare and hounds.
He laughed, and said…Oh.sorry!
Well…I said…not as sorry as me.
Again….Great guy.
This has to be one of my all time favorite interviews you’ve done. I was racing with ADRA and Whiplash in the late 80’s and 90’s and remember Destry as a kid I knew would make it to the top. One of my favorite stories of my riding history has to be a race called the Snowflake 100 and I was having the race of a lifetime for a novice (lol..) and was going through a woods section as fast as I could through a long sweeper and heard someone coming up fast so held my line and got out of the way and Destry passed me like I was standing still and while at warp speed he took his hand off the bar and waved for not holding him up. I was a Destry fan before, after that I was a lifer. A class act, an amazing racer, and a good man. Thanks for sharing his story, Ping..
It always made for a special day when Destry would show up at Canyon and Speedworld practice days. His smooth, natural style and flat whips were so impressive. He is a super nice guy that would humbly talk to us for hours on the tailgates.
Met Destry once recently at Gypsy 500 race. Down to earth for sure. Nice to meet a pro I watched from afar for many years. The topic of "what matters most", is so important in life. I appreciate his sharing about cancer. What a tough thing to experience in life and so crazy he and his wife are going through. Many prayers for your wife Destry. Take care. Thanks for being a nice and respectable guy.
I was riding the waterhole in 1973 on a 125 Bultaco Pursang, I'm 69 but I'm still fast (for 5 Laps anyway) lol.
What about Ricky brabec for best off-road rider ?
Such a great episode Ping! Destry is such a legend in the sport and one of the best human beings you will ever meet. So nice to hear him speak in a long form podcast like this.
BEST OFFROAD RACERS EVER?
· Juha Salminen = multi-time GNCC and Enduro World Champion, also the original dominator of indoor enduro (what y'all call endurocross) before it even reached the USA. You can see his GNCC career nowadays on YouTube and it's INSANE how, unless he got a horrible start, he is never on screen with a rival
· Stephane Peterhansel = multi-time Enduro World Champion and Mr. Dakar with ¿7? bike wins, a record that now looks impossible to beat
· Larry Roeseler = there hasn't been anyone better south of San Diego
Yet another great interview! Personifies the heart and soul of dirt biking. What a guy!
ABOUT AMATEUR MX RACING
· I hate B and C classes
BUT
· I'd like to see age+machine classes, something like "250F under17" and "250F under25", for example
· What I hate the most of all is how almost nobody that makes it to the biggest events are actually amateurs. Being an amateur means you don't get shit for riding or racing. Riding coaches are NOT amateurs, test riders are NOT amateurs, anyone getting any cash is NOT an amateur. The most you can get without breaking your amateur status is giveaways. I'd love to see how much the events would change if organizers actually put strict measures to avoid non-amateurs from entering.
The bucket, haha I very first race they have fire extinguisher willed with water. I had ridden a dirt for 2weeks before my first race and I was going to slow, they shot me with the fire extinguisher and I pulled off cuz I thought they were telling me to get off the track. My buddies ran up yelling to go..
Equally impressive note to Dante going out there and winning a GNCC Kalub Russel and Thad Duvall came out west and spanked the NGPC boys at havasu .. and like the Donte win being on a more “open “ track the havasu Trac is one of the tightest on the West Coast that is race for GPs so I think if you got talent, you got talent, but that’s just my $.02