Charlie Roberts

In this week's episode, we preview XGames flat track events and catch up with Charlie Roberts. While he no longer is competes at the national level, you may see him on a Bultaco Astro from time to time. He is one of the founding members of Class of ’79 and Friends, a charity which has helped several injured riders in times of need. 00:24 - XGames Preview 02:02 - Charlie Roberts intro 02:53 - Where were you born? 03:50 - How did you get into motorcycles? 05:20 - Charlie tells us his favorite story of “the other Roberts” (Kenny) 06:24 - What was your first number? 07:28 - Do you have a nickname? 08:31 - What riders did you look up to as a young rider? 09:58 - Talks about the first time he met Ronnie Jones 13:00 - What is your favorite racing memory? 18:35 - Talk about what eventually led to you stepping away from racing 22:43 - Tell us the story of how the Class of ’79 and Friends charity came to be 27:27 - Talks about Tammi Richmond and her contributions to the charity 30:23 - Talks about what it meant to receive the Brintlinger Award of Excellence 31:58 - Talks about facility where the charity houses the memorabilia for auction 35:02 - Talks about plans for a nation-wide online auction for Parker Norris 37:53 - Plugs the facebook page https://www.facebook.com/amaft79/ & website http://www.amaft79.com/ 38:52 - Talks about the new sponsors helping the charity in 2018 41:26 - Talks of Parker Norris and the efforts made to support him and his family 45:50 - GRAM’s QUESTION 48:30 - RAPID FIRE QUESTIONS