Laszlo Volenter

[corin_huke]

For those of you that ventured this side of the pond, you'll remember one of the Mighty Magyars from the 1980s & 90s, Laszlo Volenter. The varnished Danisch boat, Pepsi decal on the side and No. 25, the memories come flooding back.....seeing Laszlo and Manfred Loth, their boats riding at a 45 degree angle (yes, you read that right!), the Danischs just balancing, gently rocking from side to side on the rear end, was a sight to be seen

Laszlo doesn't get along to many of the race meetings any more but I bumped into him in Italy a few years ago and he was on good form. More recently, a friend was due to go skiing with him in December 2005 (with another Hungarian name from the past, Csepregi) but Laszlo couldn't make it as he was ill - just a cold & flu I believe

Photo source: http://thairacing.freeweb.hu/

[epugh66]

Laslo was a competitor we took serious.
In 1984 at the OB/350cc world championships, Gary had a good race with him at least once. Gary is on the inside, proving an American boat can compete in Europe. We could run inside and outside, we just couldn't run through other boats. Close to thirty boats and a clock start proved to be our undoing.