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PUBLISHER The American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association EDITOR Joe W. Koury joe.koury@ahrma.org PAGE LAYOUT DESIGNER Kevin McIntosh kevin.mcintosh@ahrma.org TOOLBOX TIPS CONTRIBUTOR Gregg Bonelli EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS Debbie Poole, Joshua Schucker, Patrick McGraw, Albert Newmann, Dave Light, Ed Weger
Valve carnage
You’ve probably already seen similar memes on social media, but If 2020 were a valve train in a motorcycle engine, it could be represented by the photo above. We were all hoping for a definite decline, a COVID cutback, and a regular racing regimen. With all that still wishful thinking, we have been mighty fortunate to see some disciplines resume near-full or somewhat abbreviated racing schedules. The adapted changes in lifestyle and interaction seem to be working. Be sure to visit the AHRMA website and check the Event Situation Report for the latest cancelations and reschedule dates. It was good to see back-to-back roadrace events at Blackhawk and Gingerman after a long, five and a halfmonth drought.
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My son, Joe, and I are in our own self-inflicted racing drought (which will mercifully end
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in September), so I don’t have anything of particular interest to ramble on about. I’ll use my space on page four to mention a couple of other notable AHRMA website goings-on.
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Don’t forget to purchase a raffle ticket for the Autographed Eddie Lawson Tribute Kawasaki ZRX1100. This raffle benefits AHRMA and Roadracing World’s Action Fund (soft air barrier initiative). Go to the AHRMA website and click on ‘News’ to find a link to the raffle. There is a new format for submitting comments on 2021 rules proposals. Go to the AHRMA website and click on ‘Rule Change Proposals Review & Comment.’ Scroll down until you see ‘Go to Comments.’ Here, you can read existing comments and then add your own comment or question. Become part of the process. We are experiencing another type of drought: content. Every month, the AHRMA MAG
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posts a ‘Call for Content.’ We are always looking for a special interest story, ‘My Garage’ article or ‘Toolbox Tips.’ Our other content deficiency would be race recaps and event action photos. Anyone who wants to volunteer to write race coverage and submit high resolution photos is welcome. AHRMA MAG, and the readers, appreciate the effort. My contact info can be found in the right column of this page under AHRMA MAG. Many thanks to all those (too numerous to include all the names) who have contributed. Now, go consume the August issue. Joe W. Koury - Editor ahrmamag@ahrma.org
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Curt Comer, Executive Director 49 Ferguson Lane Elora, TN 37328 Phone: 931. 308. 0338 email: curt.comer@ahrma.org
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ROADRACE DIRECTORS Faynisha Pentecost: 256. 506. 6603 Tony Pentecost: 256. 506. 8254 ahrma@oneracing.org OFF-ROAD DIRECTOR Tony Paul: 256.665.1279 offroad.director@ahrma.org DIRT TRACK DIRECTOR David Aldana: 770. 653. 1909 davidaldana13@hotmail.com CROSS COUNTRY COORDINATOR Becky Hayes Phone: 217.553.1849 email: becky77m@yahoo.com NATIONAL TRIALS COORDINATOR Debbie Poole Phone: 415.889.5246 email: pooleschl1@hotmail.com
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Ducati Missle Launcher One fine afternoon, one of my closest riding buddies and I were cruising through suburban Jacksonville, Florida, enjoying the life of young teenagers—me on my 50cc Honda C110, and he on his 125cc Ducati Bronco. Other than our bikes, we didn’t have much, nor need much. POW! All of sudden, out of nowhere, a loud pop and an unidentified flying object whistles past my head. Warren slows and pulls over. A thorough investigation reveals his mighty Ducati has lost its spark plug. After pushing his bike home, we take stock of the situation. The threads had completely blown out of the head, along with the spark plug and cap. A new cylinder head is prohibitively expensive. A good, used cylinder head is not only unavailable to us, but also expensive. The only head Warren could afford was the stripped one he already had. We must repair it. Even inexperienced teenagers can take things apart. Once the head was in our hands, we set out to have the wallowed-out hole repaired. In our neighborhood was a family of serious sports car racers. They had a race car transport that stayed in the driveway, and Porsches with numbers on them parked about the property. Never had we set foot in their garage, as they were sooo much more sophisticated than we, that we felt unworthy.
As Warren and I carry the culprit head into the Porsche race shop, we are encouraged to see a full machine shop that most assuredly will be the answer to our prayers. Grown up racers look at our problem, confer amongst themselves, then inform us that the hole is too close to the valve seat and not enough metal left for repair. “The head needs to be replaced.” We are crushed. With nothing to lose, we develop a plan to repair the head ourselves. We scrounge a piece of aluminum bar just a bit bigger diameter than the ruined hole, then cut to the length needed to end up flush inside the combustion chamber, and flush to the spark plug seat on the outside. We then painstakingly file by hand the head and aluminum slug to a press fit. We reasoned we could make it tight enough to contain combustion if we could somehow keep it from blowing out. Once the plug was pressed into place, we cross-drilled the head, directly through the plug and drove a 1/8-inch steel rod into the hole, cutting it off flush at the head gasket surface. The Duc was originally fitted with a larger, standard diameter spark plug, 14mm, I think. There was not enough metal for new threads to be cut. My little Honda was outfitted with a 10mm spark plug, and if used, that could leave enough meat to allow for new threads. We didn’t have a 10mm tap of course, but we did have two used 10mm spark plugs. One was saved for Ducati street duty, and the other was converted to a homemade die. We filed flutes into the threads, then heated and quenched our new die. Carefully, we cut our new threads, and reassembled the little OHV engine. She fired right up with no ill effects. It was a joy to ride down to the Porsche shop and show the big boys what we had done; they shook their heads at our unorthodox (but effective and affordable) repair. The Bronco ran as good as ever, until Warren finally sold it a year later. Where there is a will, there is a way. – Arthur Kowitz AHRMA Chairman of the Board 386.547.9504 dbsuperbiker@gmail.com
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My First MX Race
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Aonia Pass CC/MX - A Personal Recap
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TOOL BOX TIP - HOT PIT Tool Box
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Blast from the Past 34
Bodnar Ranch VMX/Trials
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The 110 MPH Husky
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Twilight Farms - Regional CC 14
2020 National Series Schedules
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LeMay - Regional Trials 18
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My Fiona 20
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I have to say... AHRMA members are one resilient bunch! Yes, we have members who for health and other reasons are not yet ready to get back to the track; however, as events have resumed in recent weeks, I am happy to see substantial participation. Not only is this important for fulfilling AHRMA’s purpose, but all of the related efforts (training, bike preparation, travel, social interaction with race friends, etc.) are a great outlet for stress release. Accordingly, the revenue from event registrations, new and renewing members, and the generosity of many through donations have secured the near-term economic health of your organization. Thank you to those who participated in our member survey poll. This
The Return to NORMAL Many of you have seen the ramblings of two different minds in the columns we present; that is because there are two of us. This one fell to the weird mind, so hang on. All of us are living in the strangest of times and are very aware of the fluidity of regulations, edicts and whims. With that said, there will not be a fork in the road in this article, it will be more like a full magazine of tracers fired where you can see the varying trajectories with the impact at a common point. Did I mention ‘hang on?’ Since the calls are rolling in, let me address a pressing question. We are STILL scheduled to host an event in Birmingham, AL, in October. As you know, there is so much surrounding our races and we have no control of those events, so we have no information about them. WE ARE HOSTING A RACE IN BIRMINGHAM. (Unless government intervenes. And, we have mentioned fluidity.) So, there we, are rolling into a brand-new venue at Blackhawk Farms Raceway ready for some good times and to see some old friends when we notice something at a racetrack that is almost unheard of: shade trees. Yes, trees providing relief from the sun that is normally on our heads. It was hard to tell who was who, because of the masking order of the state, but the spacing was enough to relieve a bit of it. Friday evening, we had the fun, rocking performance by Gas Can Alley. The performance was provided by Marcia Heck (your scoring lady ) who just happens to be married to the drummer. Big thanks are in order. Now, to the racing. Almost 200 racers in attendance, practice day and two days of racing with one (1) red flag. How much more needs to be said? AHRMA racers are some of the finest in the world. It makes us proud to be with you.
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data is being compiled to: 1) better understand the make-up of AHRMA, 2) validate the direction AHRMA is going with respect to events and programs, and 3) prepare demographics information to be used in marketing materials. Congratulations to long-time member, Fred Veator, as his name was drawn as winner of the grand prize for survey-takers, an AHRMA pit canopy which he can proudly display at all races he and son Tommy attend. Finally, I was fortunate enough to take in the recent AHRMA Off-Road events at Saddleback East Park in Bedford, KY. The club put in much effort making sure the grounds, trials course, MX track and CC route were in great condition for this event. AHRMA even had the honor of Ryan Sipes (current Red Bull KTM MX, SX, DT & ISDE Pro) riding with us on some beautiful vintage and post vintage machinery. AHRMA Road Racer, Gregory Glevicky, tasted the competition placing 2nd in VMX Classic 125 Intermediate on my Honda. Many thanks to Brad Baumert for bringing out a beautiful 1959 Greeves for me to ride in the trial. Unfortunately, some gremlins set in and the Greeves said no more. To the rescue came Ryan Young (6six-time National Trials Champion) with a 1959 Triumph Tiger Cub on which I finished the event. Between riding the Trials, VMX, Regional CC, and camping/hanging out with my AHRMA friends, it was a great time. One-AHRMA – Curtis E. Comer AHRMA Executive Director 931.308.0338 curt.comer@ahrma.org After the event, many saw a single question “Blackhawk again?” poll to which we received an almost 70% positive result. Expect another, more detailed questioning in the near future. Please help. The next few days can only be called “What happens at the campground, Stays at the campground.” Suffice it to say, a large time was had by all. Then to Gingerman, we were greeted by the smiling face of Maribeth and settled into the second half of our BTB weekends. We had changed state, and I did say face. It seemed normal as the paddock filled in with many of the Photo by: Amy Jacques racers you would expect to see, and of course, there were some new faces in the crowd. The racing was fast, as you would expect, but the social aspect of this race and the normal beat and comradery that has been seen and felt over the years within this great organization was on full display. It was truly an enjoyable time. Over the weekends we had the crunches that can come with motorsports and we hope everyone heals up quickly. So, with all the ramblings, how does this get to be normal? Simple. Two weeks on the road with the most normal folks we know. Now we must return to the other world where what we know is subject to change at the fancy of someone not accountable to anyone. We hear the term normal and we know how things have gone in past times, so we sit here looking to be normal with the pages to be written in the future. We have high hopes for our future and many things will remain the same while others will radically change. – Faynisha and Tony Pentecost AHRMA National Roadrace Directors Faynisha: 256.506.6603 Tony: 256. 506. 8254 ahrma@oneracing.org
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Travelin'!
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Members, I am putting this column together in the middle of my travels across the country from Northern Alabama to Glenn Helen Raceway. So far, I have stopped in to visit with Diamond Don Rainey and his wife, Francene. We had a great meeting to discuss the upcoming event at their facility, the 18th Annual Riverport AHRMA National scheduled for September 11-13.
We are lifting the No-Refund policy for this event. You have up to midnight, September 8, 2020, to request a refund for this event. After September 8, we will not refund your pre-registration. PLEASE go online and pre-register for the 18th Annual Diamond Don Riverport AHRMA National. I also stopped in and visited with Diedra and Eddie Parks at their amazing property in Fluvanna, TX. When we have another event here, you will not want to miss visiting this property. Eddie took me on a tour around the acreage; we rode well over 80 miles of trails with some spectacular views. This venue is definitely a Motorcyclist’s dream destination spot. Make a vacation of this event in 2021. I am constantly getting questions about what events are going to be canceled. My suggestion is to check the ‘Event Situation’ on the AHRMA website regularly and be sure to thoroughly review any email messages you receive from AHRMA. With this virus, things change daily, and I will keep everyone updated. Within the day of a cancelation, we will get that information out via email, the website and facebook. I look forward to seeing everyone at the races. – Tony Paul AHRMA Off-Road Director offroad.director@ahrma.org 256.665.1279
Back in the saddle And just like that, all AHRMA disciplines are racing again. Alex and I are heading back to Florida after our three-week trip to Blackhawk Farms and Gingerman Raceways, by way of Maryland (where the Manxes live) with a layover between races at our friend's lake house in Chelsea, Michigan. It was great to be back on my racebike (in the saddle) at two great venues! While at Blackhawk Farms, we held the drawing, from those of you who participated in the Member Survey, for the AHRMA-branded canopy kit. Greg Glevicky was kind enough to do the Facebook Live video, and the lucky member whose name was drawn and who will be receiving the canopy kit is Fred Veator. Congrats Fred, and thanks again to everyone who completed the Member Survey. We will be sharing the results of the survey in the next couple of weeks. Our raffle for the Eddie Lawson Tribute Bike has been launched and raffle tickets are selling at a rapid pace! You can purchase yours for $5 per ticket or $20 for five tickets. Get yours today at https://www.ahrma.org/ahrma-eltb-raffle! And don't forget, the proceeds go to a couple of great causes: AHRMA and to Roadracing World's Action Fund (specifically their soft barrier/air fence initiative). A lot of you have been asking about the status of the Barber Vintage Festival, and whether or not it's going to take place. We have been working with Zoom Moto, the marketing firm that manages the festival for Barber, and the answer is a resounding YES! Our roadrace directors are working towards opening paddock and race registration so keep an eye out! Ok, now for my housekeeping message. ROADRACERS!!! As I was preparing the race results from Blackhawk Farms and then Gingerman for publication by Roadracing World, I noticed that there are still quite a number of you who have not updated your bike information so that it is accurate. Many of you are missing the year of your bike, many are missing the model, many have the model with lower case letters when they should be uppercase. Please, please, PLEASE update your bike information BEFORE your next event so that manual updates to the race results will not be required. As I write this column, we are a month out from the next roadracing event which will be at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, SC, and the first of another back-to-back with Little Talledega in Munford, AL. I'm betting August flies by the way the rest of the summer has! In the meanwhile, our off-road disciplines are rocking and rolling with Motocross at Glen Helen MX, San Bernardino, CA, as well as Cross Country and Dirt Track at Pinelake Raceway in Ashtabula, OH, this coming weekend (August 8-9). Schedules for all disciplines can be found at ahrma.org/schedules-results. If you aren't already planning your race schedule for the balance of the season, you might want to get on top of that!!!
...Back in the saddle again! – Cindy McLean #022 Executive Administrator, AHRMA 26 Jardin de Mer Place Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250 904.477.6987 8
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BODNAR
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Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Trials & Vintage Motocross Series
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Race 3: Classic 500 Experts and Intermediates Classic 250 Experts and Intermediates Photo by: Kate Jorgenson
The canceled Burrows Ranch national to have been run in California in early April was replaced by this long-time Northwest regional venue in southern Oregon. Bodnar was on the schedule for mid-May originally as the usual regional event, but postponement and a change to national status resulted in a date of June 27/28, about six weeks later than normal. The date change resulted in temperatures about 40 degrees higher during the week leading up to the event from what we have routinely seen for the May date, but things cooled down to the mid-80s for Saturday, and even further to a windy mid-60s for the Sunday VMX. 10
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The track was lengthened from previous years, and the four days of watering was of a herculean effort on the part a few dedicated AHRMA members who came early to help. Rotating the sprinkler hand lines and watering was a 24-hour-a-day project, involving moving the lines incrementally around the clock to cover the entire track area. The watering crew helping promoter Rob Poole were Russ Pfirrman, Mike Houde, Walt Foster, Peter Jorgenson, Luke Sayer, Charlie Higdon, Jeff Bushey, Wayne Hawes, Chet Malito and others who filled in. The little creek running through the property and into five of the ten sections is
operated by a pump from a well, turned on or off by a valve, making it easy to have an "instant creek." When setting up the sections in 95-degree heat, the aim was, should the heat wave continue, to keep half of the sections in the creek area so the checkers could cool off, and the other half in the shade on the upper part of the property. Thirty-nine riders turned out, and many Bodnar regulars found the conditions to be extremely different from those of earlier in the year, with zero moisture content in the high desert soil, and scores were generally higher than usual for this event. Premier
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Heavyweight Expert Matt Parsons had the lowest score for the day for any class, of six points. Trialmaster, Rob Poole, took second with 25. Luke Sayer and Sean Fromhold tied for first in the Intermediate class, including the number of cleans, but Sayer got the win based on age. Mike Miller bested George Vadney in the Novice class. Bob Bellicitti had an excellent day on his "new" Triumph Cub ride, and scored nine points for first in Premier Lightweight Expert ahead of Joe Klokkevold. Jim Cole had a 20-point day for first in the Intermediate class over Don Duquette. Modern Classic AUGUST 2020
Masters Ralph Foster is still the one to beat in this class, and he prevailed over Scott Stewart for second. A large field of 11 Modern Classic Intermediates saw some close scores for first and second; winner Jeff Bushey took the win with 24 points over Mike Houde who was just two points behind him. Chet Mauer couldn't beat his stepfather, Jeff Bushey, this time but still made a respectable 41-point third place over fourth place Jim Herbert, who had 48. Eight Modern Classic Novice riders competed at Bodnar Ranch, and Kevin Newins pulled off his first win with only AMERICAN HISTORIC RACING MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION
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Considering the likelihood that the majority of riders hadn't raced more than a couple of times in 2020, and many of them not at all, the day went extraordinarily well. Bob Bellicitti and Chet Malito had a good battle in the 60+ Expert class, with Bob winning. Chet didn't have a chance to make a comeback in moto two because of mechanical trouble, so Kelly Shane took the second-place honors over all behind Bellicitti. Clay Mauer, and brother Chet, had a good show going in Sportsman 500 Expert, with Intermediate Sidney Mocke among the Expert front-runners. Chet prevailed with a 1-2 for first overall over Chet's 6-1 for third; Caesar Vasquez was second overall with his consistent 3-3. Mocke easily took the Intermediate win, ahead of second place Fritz Guenther.
#4X Jeff Mullin, #3P Matt Parsons, #40V Vint Whitman - Photo by: Kelly Shane
#638 Marty Burks followed by #R96 Mark Amaro - Photo by: Kelly Shane
Lap checkers and Runner (Left to right): Judy Jorgenson, Teresa Houde, Sharli Foster, Ellen Voermans- Photo by: Kelly Shane
Close racing! Premier 500 Expert Kelly Shane pushes Sportsman Open Twin Intermediate Sean Chase - Sequence by: Kate Jorgenson
Race five was one with the sound that gives everyone a thrill, the big bikes—Premier 500, Premier Open Twins and Sportsman Open Twins. Kelly Shane led the entire field wire-to-wire and clinched the Premier 500 Expert win. Mike Miller was the Intermediate winner. Premier Open Twin Expert, Robert Doran, traded wins with Dirk Murphy but prevailed in the second moto for the overall. Intermediate winner was Luke Sayer. First place Sportsman Open Twins expert was Shawn Sage, and Sean Chase was the Intermediate class winner. Bob Bellicitti, Kelly Shane and Steve Gard in 60+ Expert Photo by: Kate Jorgenson This is the first event at the Bodnar Ranch since the loss of John Bodnar late last year. The Bodnar family, and son Jonny Bodnar in particular, are as supportive of AHRMA as his father was. The circumstances and uncertainty of the 2020 season sidetracked plans to promote this event as a memorial weekend to John Bodnar. Henceforth, this annual event will be known as The John Bodnar Memorial Vintage Motorcycle Weekend. A family affair: Jeff and Bindi Bushey and son Chet Mauer prepare for practice Photo by: Kate Jorgenson
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Win this incredible Kawasaki ZXR! All dressed up in replica colors, this bike is being offered as a tribute to legendary rider Eddie Lawson, and has the tank autographed by him. The winner will be drawn at the 16th Annual Barber Vintage Festival, Barber Motorsports Park, Leeds, AL, during the AHRMA awards ceremony on October 10.
• Tickets will be going on sale on the ahrma.org website
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• You must be 18 years of age to enter and there
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Round Three: AHRMA Mid-Atlantic Cross Country Author: Joshua Schucker
The middle of July is typically reserved for some downtime in the Mid-Atlantic regional series to avoid the heat and humidity that settles into the area this time of year. However, as another reminder that nothing about 2020 will be normal, racing in July seems just about right. Originally scheduled for May 16th and postponed due to the pandemic response, the Twilight Farms event was rescheduled for July 12th. While July is not optimal, it goes without saying that the series’ participants are extremely grateful the landowners chose to reschedule rather than cancel this event. Set in a region of hills and valleys in Eastern York County, PA, the Roycroft family welcomed the Mid-Atlantic’s best vintage riders to its Twilight Farms property for the second time. After a strong turnout and great feedback from its inaugural event in 2019, folks were eager to see what trail boss, Ray Donet Jr., had in store for this year’s event. Last year’s race was clearly defined by the unique topography of the area. Using the hillsides surrounding a creek-lined valley, the course made full use of the land ascending and descending the valley. This year’s course would follow a similar concept with the twist 14
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of reversing some aspects. The large uphill from 2019 was now a rocky, winding descent to the creek bed below. Plenty of other hill climbs took its place and connected flowing two track and off-camber trail which made full use of the property. Some elements, such as several short steep-back creek crossings, were excluded from the morning’s vintage race due to potential difficulties
with the limited ground clearance of the older bikes but were an interesting addition to the post-vintage event. This year’s course saw the addition of a universally praised grass-track section which switch-backed its way through an open pasture on the lower end of the property. And, although heat and humidity would prove to be a concern on this day,
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much of the property lies withinthe shade of the forest providing a bit of relief from the heat and dust. Challenging, fun, and unique, the Twilight Farms course certainly provided action, close racing, and plenty of conversation afterward. A tight starting area was filled with participants for the morning’s vintage race. As the dust cleared, 49 riders had taken the green flag with top finishers on their way to accomplishing five laps. Christian Brumbaugh has been dominating the overall results in the vintage races in 2020, but Brian Grove, the runner-up at the last event, has been knocking on the door recently. Grove and his Husqvarna would take an early lead and carry it through the white flag lap, but it was clear that Brumbaugh was closing in. A last lap miscue in a rocky, rutted creek crossing would eliminate Grove’s advantage. Christian’s Yamaha DT would claim the lead and hold on to cross the line a minute ahead of Grove for his third win in as many races. Wyatt Stoup would stay close all day riding a Honda XL and round out the top three just behind Grove. Interestingly, the top three were all from the Vintage Open Expert class. Kyle Warner’s performances this year have been stellar aboard his small-bore Yamaha. Not only did he take the Vintage 100 Intermediate class win, but also finished 14th overall and was the last rider to finish on the lead lap. Another solid top-20 finish went to Suzuki PE-mounted Daniel Zell as he claimed the Post Vintage 200 Novice class win over the XR200s of Joe Spayd and Eric Stalknecht. Sanford Quickel took command of the Vintage 60+ Expert class early on, did not succumb to pressure from the Yamahas of Alfred Schnug and Charlie Walker, and took the checkered flag on his Penton. Demonstrating remarkable turnout for a rescheduled event, sixty riders were entered in the afternoon Post Vintage race. Steve Mason Jr. and Dalton Dunman would swap the lead throughout the race, but Dunman’s KDX would come out on top for the overall victory while Mason’s IT175 would have to settle for runner-up. The day’s earlier victor, Brumbaugh, would bring his IT home in third and runner-up to Mason in the Post Vintage 200 Expert class. Glenn Hershey would pass Jim Laird on lap two and maintain the position until the checkered flag waved for his CanAm “Black Widow.” Laird held his position to finish second to Hershey in the Historic 200 Intermediate class.
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Chris Hoffmeister also overcame an early deficit as he piloted his Montesa around early leader Jim Wazuka for the Historic Open Intermediate class win. Wazuka’s Bultaco would finish second, making the class a battleground for Spanish marques. A large Post Vintage 50+ Intermediate class saw plenty of action throughout the race. Kevin Marshall took an early lead on his Kawasaki, but troubles on lap two would see him retire from the race, handing the lead over to Can-Ammounted Tommy Tippett. Tippet would eventually finish the race in third place as Doug Kurz and Jamie Reitz freight trained him on lap four to finish first and second respectively. Thank you to everyone involved in making this event possible. Many thanks to Ray Donet Jr., and the Roycrofts for the effort, hospitality, excellent food, and access to their beautiful property. Thanks to the Mid-Atlantic’s crew of volunteers who pursued a reschedule and showed the flexibility needed to make it happen. Thank you to the sponsors who support the regional events: Potomac Vintage Riders, Preston Petty Products, Stainless Cycle, Vee Rubber, Grove Printing, KMI Printing, and Works Enduro Riders. The complete results from this event and the upcoming Joe Zito schedule can be found at https://www.ahrma.org/ahrma-mid-atlantic-region. Follow Photo by: Lorena Walker the series’ Facebook page @ AHRMA Mid Atlantic Cross Country for updates. 16
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LeMay Museum's Marymount Trial By: Debbie Poole
This traditionally activity-packed weekend, which normally includes access to the LeMay - America's Car Museum, AHRMA trial, and fun diversions such as "Trials bike Soccer," hosted only the AHRMA trial event for 2020. The 80-plus acres of the museum site is located inside the city of Tacoma but is a secluded and heavily wooded acreage on which you feel you are miles away from the city. All sections are under the trees and thick green foliage surrounds everything. A cool and overcast day was a welcome relief to the humid days of the prior week. Thirty-nine riders took part, and conditions were just right. Trialmaster, Dana Salsman, and Dirk Murphy did a creative job working with the somewhat limited terrain to create a truly fun ride for all. There were fifteen Modern Classic novices, by far the largest class. Sean McKenna came from San Francisco to show all of them up with a perfect score of 0 for the day. Jeff Earle did about as well for second with only 1 point lost, followed by third place Carson Solem with 3, and Kevin Newins had 5 points for fourth. Eight Modern Classic intermediates were led by Brian Loso, who had a 14-point day. Brian was followed closely by Mike Houde with 18. Ryan Cox turned in 20 points for third place. The three Modern Classic experts had a pretty wide points spread: Jason Gitchel lost 14 points to get first sport, while Kevin Loso and Neil Giertzen took second and third with 23 and 39 points respectively. Ralph Foster and Scott Stewart continued their meeting of the Masters, and Foster again took the honors with a 9-point loss for the day over Stewart's very respectable 16. The Premier classes had a moderate turnout, with the big Heavyweights piloted by experts Matt Parsons who won the day losing only 1 point, followed by Rob Poole with 12. Intermediates Sean Fromhold and Luke Sayer continued their recent friendly rivalry with Fromhold taking a 14-point win over Sayer's very close 17. The Lightweight classes were represented by expert winner Joe Klokkevold, and Intermediate class competitors Jim Cole (10 points) and Jerry Homola (38). Todd Stanley had an excellent Classic Expert ride with 9 points for his day. And, it was very good to see a rigid machine brought out, owned by Tom Street and ridden by Dirk Murphy. The LeMay weekend is one not to be missed, and we look forward to their having a full offering of fun in 2021, with an open museum and all the other fun festivities for which this event is known.
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MY THRASHED, CRASHED, BLOWN UP & LOVINGLY REBUILT. A
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This is the story of a motorcycle. Or, more accurately, this is the story of my 16-year relationship with one special motorcycle. This is the story of a bike that has reinvented itself numerous times; a bike that has been thrashed, crashed, blown up and lovingly rebuilt. It is the story of Fiona, an AHRMA race bike. I started competing with AHRMA in 2004, after watching the racing at Daytona the year before. I wandered the paddock and stood just feet away from bikes I had only read about in magazines. “I could never do this,” I thought. But then I saw a race bike in the back of a pickup truck. “Hang on,” I mused. “I’ve got a pickup truck. Why CAN’T I do this?” It was an easy decision. So, I picked up some used leathers from eBay, bought a helmet, gloves and boots. Now, to find a bike… I wasn’t looking for her when I found her. Heck, I was going to start in the Novice Historic Production Lightweight class on a CB350. That’s what I was really looking for. But, as my good fortune would have it, only three hours away sat a race-ready Triumph 500 with track pedigree just waiting for me. I knew it had to be fate. The bike’s colors even matched my leathers! I knew almost nothing of Fiona’s racing life before I got her. I do know she was raced in Canada, her motor was a 1969 T100S, while her frame was from ’67. She had high pipes with hollow reversemegaphones. Her Akront alloy rims were laced to stock hubs and her seat was a proper fiberglass racing model. Oh, but that fairing… that beautiful, period-correct fairing! She was sexy and I was in love. So, I perused the AHRMA handbook in search of a class to race my new possession. There were a few. But I settled on 500 Premier because 20
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I could keep the fairing. And besides, it had a nice ring to it, “Premier.” If you’re still reading at this point, you’re likely chuckling to yourself that a green-as-grass rookie would choose to START racing in 500 Premier. Well, I did, and it wasn’t pretty. Did I mention I was green? I had no idea what “race compound” tires were. I figured the tires that were already on the bike would be fine. Oh, that unforgiving learning curve! Barber, October 2004—I traveled alone to my first race. I found a spot in the paddock and unloaded my stuff. I navigated registration and tech and prepared for the first outing on my new (to me) bike. On the first lap of my first practice of my first race, I crashed. I guess those rock hard Dunlops K591s were beyond their usefulness. Lesson learned. Another lesson learned was that I had NO business in Premier. I was embarrassed. I almost gave up racing right then and there.
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I removed the fairing and started the 2005 season in Sportsman 500. I knew that Andrew Cowell had won class championships on a 500cc Triumph, so I felt like I was in the right place. And that’s where we stayed for the next several seasons. Under the mentorship of people like Tim Joyce and Andrew Cowell, my mechanical skills improved. I learned how to keep the bike running and I took pride in having very few mechanical DNFs. As my riding skills improved, so did my lap times. The crashing, however, was becoming an issue. Renowned Triumph tuner Tom Sharp took to calling me “Crashy Pat.” But Fiona took my inexperience and abuse like a champ. We never crashed so badly we couldn’t finish the weekend. After a few seasons of finishing mid-pack behind CB350s, I started sniffing around for another class to race Fiona. We gave Classic Sixties 650 a whirl one weekend at Roebling. The grid was especially light, and we won. But I was still itching to run that fairing. And almost like a gift, the 500GP class came to be. We were a perfect fit. So, in ’09 we started racing 500GP. That same year we started racing with WERA, as well, to get more track time. She was beautiful in her fairing and we did well, running near the front with both organizations. In 2010, I qualified for the WERA Grand National Finals to be held at Road Atlanta. I had high hopes for a good finish to the season. The WERA GNF were to be held just a few days before the Barber Vintage Festival. Perfect! I’ll do both! Fiona was running well on the WERA practice day. On one of the straightaways, a Honda passed me. I thought I’d repay the favor and twisted the throttle, and then things got really quiet, except for the wind whistling by my helmet. I heard a “ping” and found myself in a skid with the rear wheel locked up. I was so surprised; I didn’t even have the sense to pull the clutch.
I rode the skid out for a good 150 feet before I fell over at low speed. I inspected the bike trackside and saw what appeared to be a connecting rod poking through the front of the engine case. Game over. Relegated to the back of the garage, Fiona became a sad and dusty reminder of better days. I felt I had asked more of her than she could give. I had destroyed her. She sat for nine years, becoming just another rack on which to hang stuff. But I hadn’t completely dismissed her. Over the years, I had been slowly acquiring the parts to rebuild her, one little piece at a time. In 2018, I delivered a plastic tub full of engine parts to Jake Hall at Hall’s Custom Vintage in Asheville, NC. He got to work on the motor while I got to work on everything else required to make it roll. An AHRMA rule change allowing later (post ’66) bearing motor Triumph 500s in the Classic Sixties class was all the motivation I needed. We would build the bike to those class specs. Rob Hall went to work on the “squish band” head, while Jake put the bottom end together. Greg Pennington at Motoary in Greensboro, NC, provided new fork stanchions and internaIs. I got some sticky tires and set to work cleaning the old girl up. Things were starting to come together! I delivered the rolling chassis to the HCV shop in August of 2019 and the Halls installed the motor and tuned it on their dyno. The new and improved Fiona made her debut at the Barber Vintage Festival in 2019, earning a podium finish in her first time on track in nine years. I’m proud of the old motorcycle. And I promise to treat her right this time around.
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Ashcraft Run was the site of the joint second round for AHRMA’s Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions. The weekend affair included Northeast motocross action on Saturday and a cross country event on Sunday that provided points in each region. Brian and Lisa Ashcraft, along with their family, were humble and gracious hosts to a tremendous contingent of participants. The Ashcrafts opened the doors to their beautiful 850+ acre farm, which is officially listed as a Bellefonte address, but can more accurately be described as lying just north of State College, PA. Home to the nationally recognized Penn State University, and its Nittany Lions, State College is situated in what is locally referred to as Happy Valley. The Ashcraft family farm sits just before, and includes a portion of, the mountain that defines the northern boundary of Happy Valley. As racers and crew pulled into the ample pits at Ashcraft Run, they are blessed with a tremendous view of the valley to the south. The lights of the nearby airport and those of the sprawling PSU campus are clearly seen at night; beautiful, but not nearly close enough to be intrusive. 2020 is the second year for Ashcraft Run. The aftermath of last year’s first running of the event included an outpouring of compliments, smiles, thrilled participants and spectators, and a general excitement about a return to the location. It is evident that although farming corn, soybeans, alfalfa, and grass-fed steer is the way the family makes its living, the Ashcrafts live to ride motorcycles. Their passion for the sport is contagious and provided all involved with another excellent weekend of racing, relaxing, and fellowship this year. AMERICAN HISTORIC RACING MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION
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Saturday 6/27 - Motocross: Last year’s event was particularly well regarded for its grass-track motocross course. Friday evening afforded a sneak peek at Saturday’s course. Just a quick pit-bike ride up the farm’s driveway reaffirmed the buzz that the grass-track action the next day was going to be amazing. It is far from an exaggeration to say that it was reminiscent at first glance to Unadilla of old, at least in the aspect that the track is laid out in what is clearly a cattle pasture; tall grass and fresh cow patties included. The course itself is just barely trampled by bikes at this stage and turns are marked by ribbons and old tires. Any tilling or preparation of the track would have to wait for spinning tires to accomplish the task. A bit of rainfall overnight made for some slippery conditions Saturday morning as bikes took to the track for three practice sessions. While the sky seemed to threaten more rain most of the day, the threat was unfulfilled, and combined with some late June heat, the track was to dry quickly. By the time the first rubber band flew to start moto one, conditions had improved, and within a few motos the track was near perfection. At just over a mile in length, the track headed up a short start straight into some tricky off camber turns. Once on the top side of the track, the turns were connected with nice long straights that allowed riders to open the throttle and out brake competitors into the subsequent turns. The obstacles on the course are nearly completely natural, and returning to the Unadilla comparison, the largest jump on the track follows a dip into a culvert similar, but far smaller, than the famed Gravity Cavity. Not long after, the course headed into a down and up 180 degree turn that was treacherous while slick early on and a great area to pass as the day wore on. An equally challenging and exhilarating course for sure! Race one set the tone for the great racing action for the day as Jody Neveling and Terry Herr battled the entire way both motos to split the Post AUGUST 2020
Vintage (PV) 50+ Expert moto wins. Neveling’s Husqvarna would take the moto two win and the overall over Herr and his Can-Am. Host and family patriarch Brian Ashcraft would go 1-1 for the PV 60+ Expert class win on his #58 Honda. Craig Lowery would highlight the competition in race two with a 1-1 score and the overall win over Dwight Light’s KTM in Next Gen 50+ Intermediate action. A huge turnout for race three required two rows at the starting line. The expert classes left the line first as Terry Herr returned to the track to avenge his runner-up in race one. Herr, again riding a Can-Am, took his place atop the podium with a 1-1 in the Vintage 50+ Expert class over Yamaha rider Dave Kutskel. Mick Spisak (Husqvarna) and Howard Grove (Honda) would spilt moto wins with Spisak taking the Vintage 60+ Intermediate overall, while the Yamahas of Joe Clark and Ron Krzaczyk would duplicate the split with Clark coming out on top to claim the overall win in the Vintage 50+ Intermediate class. Next Gen action in race four saw a three-way battle in 250 B with Mark Curran (2-1) besting Garrett Bowser (1-3) and Jake Ross (3-2). Josh Horvath, Kevin Marshall, and Joe Cole would capture the race five wins, respectively in GRAND PRIX 125, 250, and 500 Intermediate. In race six, it was the battle of Waddells as Ethan’s #51 YZ250 crossed the line ahead of Brad’s #55 YZ250 in each Pre-Modern Expert moto, while Neil Russler stayed out of the family conflict and settled for third on his Kawasaki. The thundering BSA of Wayne Zebrowski could not be denied in race seven as he rode to a 1-1 score and the overall Sportsman 500 B class win. At the other end of the spectrum, Kyle Warner’s diminutive Hodaka screamed its way to the Sportsman 100 B class victory. Race eight saw Lorena Walker taking home a class win in her racing debut with Kelly Pearce and Carol Bailey also claiming women’s class overall wins. A
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hard-fought battle between Charlie Walker and Dave Scheffer’s rare, and immaculate, pair of 1978 Harley Davidson MX250s highlighted the Historic 250 Intermediate class, although they would both be denied of the class win by the Husqvarna of Keith Schultz. As the dust settled and the results were tallied by series coordinators Ed Roman and Merritt Brown, the success of the event was already a foregone conclusion. A fantastic effort by the Northeast crew could not have been possible without the Ashcraft family and friends laying out the top-notch track. For that, everyone involved is truly thankful for the effort. A glance at the total number of participants reinforced the word-of-mouth enthusiasm for the event as over 110 riders were accounted for, which was an increase of over 50% from the previous year and a larger than usual crowd for the series. Big thanks to the volunteers working the track and to the Northeast region’s sponsors: Equinox Cycles, Hatch’s Hodaka, Jenning’s ATV & Cycle, Metro
layout. Special thanks to series regulars Howard and Brian Grove, who were cited as a big help to the Ashcrafts during event preparation. While the race was held in the same area of the Ashcraft property as last year, this year’s course consisted of over 80% new trail. There was a great turnout for the event with some new faces as several MX regulars stuck around to try their hand in the woods just as some cross-country folks had done the day before on the grass track. Leaving the pits for the site lap, racers got their first look at the course the Ashcrafts prepared. Since their property encompasses Happy Valley’s northern mountain, the course inevitably headed directly for the woods covering the mountainside. Reactions from the participants as the sight lap was completed were wide ranging, but in short, if the prior day’s grass track was Unadilla the cross-country course may well be Erzberg! Obviously, that analogy is hyperbole as the course was not Laci Horvath
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nearly as tough as Erzberg. But, as far as vintage cross country events go, this is one of the more challenging courses in the series. At just over four miles in length, the course began with a challenge as the dead engine start lies on a slight uphill. From there, a short jaunt in the woods into a shale pit to a powerline. Jumping into the woods off the powerline is where Ashcraft Run began to show its
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true colors, that is, if roots and rocks were colors. The course from that point is primarily single track cut through the tight forest that winds up and down the hillside and commands constant attention. The roots and rocks were prevalent as stated, but where there was dirt the traction was excellent. The single track was expertly woven through the landscape and, while challenging, it was satisfying to complete. There were areas of note that caught riders off guard and provided great opportunities to make up positions if you could hit the section just right. Some examples were long uphills with loose rocks that required momentum, a wall of roots about halfway through that stopped many in their tracks in their first (or multiple!) attempts, and a touch of rutted mud near the lower portion of the course. Other highlights are a scenic vista as the course crests the top of the mountain where a picnic table sits just begging you to stop and take a breather and look out over the beautiful valley below. But, keep moving
Brian Holley, Josh Horvath, and Josh Folmar each led a lap throughout the race, but Folmar led the one that counts for his first vintage class win. The afternoon Post Vintage (PV) race got the action started quickly. Most of the 84 entries were still on the line as an early row tangled in a first turn pile-up. Doug Kurz would pick up his Yamaha IT and rebound from the scuffle to lead the first lap in the 11-rider PV 50+ Intermediate class. The Maico of Anthony Yannitelli would be the eventual class winner ahead of Jamie Reitz and James Kechisen. Kurz, after relinquishing the lead, would settle into a fifth-place finish behind Tommy Tippett’s Can-Am and just ahead of the immaculate 1979 Kawasaki KX of Steve Winklebauer. John Ashcraft used home field advantage to take the overall PV win, but with the speed his 1990 CR500 has shown this season he can win anywhere! Just as Brumbaugh accomplished in the morning race, Ashcraft is now two-for-two on the season in Mid-Atlantic competition. Chris
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Levin and Steve Mason, Jr. would give chase, but Ashcraft had them covered by over five minutes at the checkers. Teenage phenom, Dane Brownawell, proved his skills are continuing to rise as he landed in a solid 12th overall on his Yamaha while taking the PV Open Intermediate class win over Josh Horvath, Colby Shore, and Steven Sevensma. Building off his MX win Saturday, KX rider Craig Lowery would lead the entire way in Pre-2K Open Intermediate pulling away from Sam Merrell’s XR in second. Thank you to everyone involved in making this event possible. Thank you to the sponsors who support the regional events: Potomac Vintage Riders, Preston Petty Products, Stainless Cycle, Vee Rubber, Grove Printing, KMI Printing, and Works Enduro Riders. The complete results from this event and the upcoming schedule can be found at https://www. ahrma.org/ahrma-mid-atlantic-region. Follow the series’ Facebook page @ AHRMA Mid Atlantic Cross Country for updates. The legend of Ashcraft Run builds… an amazing weekend, courses, and location. Thanks to a remarkable family. See you next year!
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Well, I hope everyone has been able to take advantage of the long winter, spring, and summer break to get those bikes ready for racing! Seriously though, I hope we are all doing well, and as for racing, there is a busy fall schedule ahead of us. Regionally, we were able to get one event under our belt for the year in early June which you will read more of later in this article. As of “press time,” our activities starting the second week of September are still planned, however please follow the “Situation Report” from AHRMA.org for calendar changes to the schedules as last-minute changes have occurred in 2020. It has been an extraordinary challenge to both national and regional organizers to maintain a semblance of a series. We are kicking off September with the granddaddy of off-road events the weekend of September 10-13 for the 18th annual Riverport National in Jefferson, Texas. “Diamond” Don and Francene Rainey host this mega event consisting of National Trials, Cross-Country, Vintage and Post Vintage Motocross in this history filled slice of North East Texas. The featured legend of this year will be none other than another first of motocross, the first 500cc Supercross champion, Gary Semics! This year there will be modern support Trials as well as the new 200cc Thumper Throwdown race, a modified Cross Country course and improved Motocross track. As usual, there will be the legendary star-filled gates for the 100cc Battle on the Bayou race. The format for 2020 will be one moto at intermission on Saturday and Sunday. Do not forget that AHRMA now has a Post Vintage 100cc class, so all of you 100cc racers will have an opportunity for plenty of seat time on this weekend. Lastly, we will be handing out our 2019 regional series awards, finally, so everyone come to the pavilion where we will conduct our awards ceremony immediately after daily racing awards are presented. As most of you have seen on social media, the Raineys have built out the Pavilion area to accommodate a kitchen and they are very proud of the work done in the last year to improve the property as well as the race courses. There will be plenty of sanitation stations around the facility and social distancing will be in effect, so we all should feel comfortable in these current times. Don’t expect any less this year as Don is fully committed to all the normal festivities of food, music, fireworks, and the Sunday “Wine-Down” party. To close out the month of September, a return to the Texas Vintage Grand Prix Course in Donie, Texas, will happen September 25-27. On Friday, September 25th, we will conduct a Regional Cross Country race, and then Saturday September 26th will be National Vintage Motocross action followed up with Post Vintage and Next Gen National Motocross racing on Sunday September 27th. For any of you who attended last year’s national in Donie, you were treated to what was perhaps the most hotly 26
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contested 100cc race anywhere over the last few years. Well, keep those small bore 100cc screamers ready as the Shock Sox Wendi Jordan Pro-Cup Challenge race is back on, and this year in honor of our fallen racer, JT Lee. This special race raised over $6000 for cancer support and several thousands in pay-out to the top 10 racers. Speaking of the Texas Vintage Grand Prix Course, we were able to run the first leg of our regional series for 2020 in early June at the Huffman Farm locale. The Cross Country course was altered as we ran most of the original course backwards from previous as well as some new additions. Many of our hot-shoe Arkansas racers showed up this time to support the event. It was the first time all our regional states were represented, so we are pleased to see the interest in conducting the series across our four states! Johnathan Campbell of Frisco, Texas, just torched the course on this rather hot June day. The motocross cross-over racer put in an impressive ride over some excellent competition from the area. Keith Klump, Alan
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Drane, and Greg Gordon all were in the hunt for the overall top spot which made Campbell’s ride even more impressive. Jonathan Campbell CC OverallWinner Some of our highlight winners on the day included Zahn Lewis taking the 70+ Expert class, Bernard Murphy winning the largest class of the day, the Post Vintage 50+ Intermediates, newcomer Randy Kohl from Oklahoma taking the Vintage 60+ Intermediates, David Anderson in the Post Vintage 60+ Intermediates, and Stephen Hetzel taking the Post Vintage 200 Intermediate group. Motocross regional action kicked off later that afternoon and the heat was really settled in once the first rubber band snapped. The very first gate featured our 60+ Intermediate group. This deep gate had Bill Walker, of Oklahoma City, making an appearance and once again showing great speed over very good competition. Jacky Kyzer had a solid 2-2 outing and Tommy Gates’ 3-4 finish gained him third overall on the day. Race two had Kasi Cross making her move up to Intermediate in the Women’s Vintage class to pull a surprising moto one victory over Alison Watts. Moto two saw Kasi lose her footing on the track to take a spill allowing Watts to widen her early lead for the win and overall, for the day. Our 70+ classes proved to be exciting as usual; in the Novice division, Mike Harlan and Leigh Hightower swapped moto wins with Harlan winning the class. The 70+ Experts, though, was our show. “Diamond” Don Rainey, looking slim and in shape got in the mix of the Skip Kennedy and Bobby Guilbeau rivalry. Rainey was never far off the pack leading Kennedy for the first moto but unfortunately for both, neither was Guilbeau. Kennedy suffered a mechanical on lap three which allowed Guilbeau to sneak by for the first moto win. Kennedy came back to win the second moto, but Rainey proved to be the disrupter on this day, and it was Guilbeau’s 1-2 overall that secured him the top spot. Post Vintage regional action on Sunday featured a large 60+ Novice group in the second race of the day. Billy Cole, on his Cross-Country Yamaha IT125, put in an impressive ride holding off bikes of two to three times the displacement on the fast course of the Texas Vintage Grand Prix. His 1-1 finish locked up first place while the remainder of the group swapped positions throughout the lineup. Buddy Byrnes finished second overall with a 5-2 finish and it was Ben Paschal third with his 2-5 finish. Race three saw Eddie Lee returning to form winning the Post Vintage 60+ Intermediate class. Race three also had the ultra-fast group of Post Vintage 50+ Experts with Heith Parker taking a 3-1 finish to win the class over Gary Emerson’s 2-2 and Phil Reed’s 1-3. Race six saw Mark Pace’s steady improvement as he beat out John McCullogh in the Grand Prix 250 Novice. Both Wedding brothers, of Texas, made the trip out this weekend and both won their classes. Brant looked extra sharp in his race and won the Ultima 250 Intermediates and it was Derek winning the Next Gen 50+ Expert class. Joe Morgan also made a return ride to AHRMA and won the Ultima Four Stroke class as he continues to shake the rust off. Newcomer to AHRMA from Lubbock, Texas, David Klein, put in a great ride in the Next Gen 60+ Expert, but it was Edward Hayes rolling to victory with 1-1 finishes. All our Arkansas riders seem to walk home with first place in their respective Post Vintage classes so congratulations to Bart Watts, Alison Watts, Alan Steele, and Kyle Kyzer. Overall, it was a great weekend with good rider support across our region, so thank you all in our pursuit of quality Vintage motorcycle racing! For 2020, please thank our regional sponsors who have made contributions to our series as we know, economically, the challenges being faced. Tom Shackelford, Tim Wilkinson, BH25 Photography, Jimmy Stark, Pro Head/Howell Brothers Racing, Greg Conn Insurance, Huffman Vintage Motorcycles, Desoto Motorsport Park, Eddie Lee, and our latest donation from Michael Holigan and the Ice House at the Quarry Restaurant are helping us salvage this season. Next month we will update you all on the National Championship Finals from T&S Racing the first weekend of November in Henryetta, Oklahoma, along with our regional season final in Kentwood, Louisiana, in early December. Please follow our Facebook page AHRMASoCentral to stay abreast of the latest information and racing pictures! Until next month, Albert Newmann / newmann.albert@gmail.com AUGUST 2020
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By: Joshua Schucker It all started at Ashcraft Run in 2019. My family and I pulled into the pits late Saturday afternoon in preparation for the next day’s cross-country race. Of course, I had known that there was a motocross race earlier that day, but for some long-forgotten reason, we were only able to make it later that day. I wasn’t terribly concerned with missing it either, I was a woods racer anyway. Out of curiosity, we took a walk up to the grass track that evening just to see what it looked like, and it certainly looked like a good time. It didn’t take long to begin hearing the hype surrounding the awesome time everyone had as we met up with folks in the pits Saturday and Sunday. Seeing the pictures on social media afterwards was enough to convince me that we should make it a priority to give it a try in 2020. Going back to my early days on dirt bikes, and carrying on until now, I’ve never ridden an actual motocross race. I’ve always considered myself a decent trail rider first, and when I do race competitively it’s as a mid-pack hare scramble type guy. The closest I’ve come to motocross is backyard tracks and the times a cross country heads onto the MX sections at certain venues. And, speaking of my early days… what a better way to try motocross than to dust off my trusty 1989 KX250 and let it rip! I’ve owned this bike for nearly thirty years, and it hasn’t gotten much use lately, so this is perfect! I might as well go over it during the whole COVID lockdown to make sure it’s ready, right? Well a quick once over turned into a tear down, some new plastics, tires, suspension rebuild, and top-end with cylinder re-plating, which incidentally, everyone else must have thought lockdown was a good time to tinker as well. A backlog in plating due to high volume forced a scramble the week before Ashcraft Run. Thankfully, I managed to assemble the engine and get a bit of break-in completed before the event. So, the bike is ready, I’m signed up for Next Gen 250 B, race four on today’s docket. As race three roars into the first turn, we line up at the rubber band start, I’m feeling excited and a bit nervous. I pick a decent inside line right next to fellow cross-country rider, Brian Schwien, on his equally cool 1990 YZ250. In no time at all we are staring at the board turning sideways and it’s time to go! The rubber band flies and I pin the throttle trying my best to emulate my childhood hero Jeff Ward. At least the ‘80s Kawi looks the part. But, wow, these guys are flying! It’s been years since the KX was my everyday ride, I’m just a tad tentative, and the previous night’s rain had the track a bit slippery. I settle into a comfortable back of the pack position and try to get some confidence built up. Schwien is right there with me which gets the competitive juices flowing. Cranking 28
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through the turns and getting a chance to really open the throttle on the straights, we are running head-to-tail. I am typically a reluctant jumper on bikes these days, but the main jump on this grass-track was so smooth I found myself letting off the throttle less and less each lap. Letting off is not an option anyway. Schwien is still on my tail playing the part of Bradshaw in my 20th century fantasy, there’s no room for error, this is awesome. Five laps of intense battling, I cross the line ahead of Brian and far behind the rest of the pack, but no matter. He and I are pumped at the intensity of the cat and mouse action throughout the moto. I shouldn’t be surprised, but am, at the amount of energy spent in the short duration of the moto. Exhilarating for sure, and anxious for the second moto to begin. Conditions improved dramatically throughout the day and the traction in moto two was far superior to moto one. Improved confidence, traction, and familiarity with the track were sure to help his time. Brian and I settled into the rear of the field, but our speed was synced yet again. This time, Schwien got in front of me early on and I got to spend the entire moto pushing, looking for lines, trying to out-brake in the corners. A remarkably different perspective than being chased, but the intensity, adrenalin, and excitement are right on par. There are plenty of opportunities to push a competitor and attempt passes in the woods. The concepts are obviously the same: out-brake, pick a better line, get power to the wheel quicker, patience versus aggression, but the feeling on the MX track is different. It’s accelerated and constant, shorter laps give you a chance to study lines repetitively and decide where and when to pounce, but there is overall less time to act. I chased that Yamaha the whole moto and when the white flag flew, I knew I had to make a move. Putting the pressure on Schwien as best I could, we made our way halfway through the last lap. I pushed too hard into a 180-degree left hand turn and washed the front tire, nearly going down. Bradshaw, er, Brian is getting away, putting several bike-lengths on my green machine. I regain composure and try my best to close the gap. I don’t have any idea what actual position we were in, but I had already decided that to me this was for the overall. One last ditch effort in the final turn was not successful and Brian had taken moto two. Exhausted and thrilled with the experience, we congratulated each other on an amazing experience. Will I be back on an MX track? For sure! I may not be a regular, but the entire experience was wonderful and satisfying. God-willing, you’ll see me on the grass track at Ashcraft Run next year. Until then, I’ll see you in the woods!
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AONIA PASS CC/MX A personal recap We left home in Pennsylvania to visit my dad, Charlie Light, in Edgefield, SC. Since all the COVID-19 stuff had several of our races postponed or canceled in the Mid-Atlantic Region Cross Country series, Craig Lowery and I decided to go try one with Dad at Aonia Pass in Washington GA. We loaded the motor home and headed over to the complex. As we set up off turn four of the flat track course that Friday night, it started to rain. It really wasn't a gully washer, but I knew the XC track was gonna be wet in spots. After the clouds broke and the sun started to warm things up, it turned hot and humid. Craig and I were social butterflies and met and talked
to lots of people who’d made the trip. All were nice; five different states represented. Most had come for the national grass track MX on Sunday, but many were doing the Cross Country as well on Saturday. Our cousins, Dave and Craig Light also made the trip from Tyrone, GA, and had a trailer full of Bultacos, including one ready to do battle on the flat track. They parked next to us. We checked the race order Saturday, and the Next Gen class we were in was the fourth gate to drop. They didn't hold you long at the gate; the standard 30-second wait, the green flag flew and we took off on an approximately four-mile loop. The rain made 30
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for some low spots that rendered in the Georgia clay slick. But with the combination of the grass track MX and sandy clay, the track conditions were particularly good with a nice flow. It was good combination of fields entering into shadowy woods with mostly smooth trails. After the Post Vintage race, the awards were COVID friendly, self-service at the building where the results were posted. Before the XC race, I had a chance to watch some trials riding. There was a good turnout, four courses set up and a variety of riders there with different ages and skill sets. Lots of natural, technical obstacles to maneuver through.
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Like father (above is 79E Richard Light), like son (below is #975 Dave Light)
Toward late afternoon, the dirt track racers showed up en masse. This was totally new to me. They started with TT racing, flat tracking with a twist, with a big jump between turns two and three. It made for some thrilling racing. As the sun set, the lights came on and things got serious. The stands filled, there were a lot of races to run, the program finishing after midnight. The Rookie 7 exhibition Bultaco group was there with their awesome looking checkered flag tanks. (Astros, I think.) Man could they race tight and slide ‘em in there. My cousin clued me in that David Aldana was racing. Believe I saw David Aldana do three classes in a row that night, along with a rider with one arm who was wicked fast. David had been in the movie ‘On Any Sunday.’ Probably one of the highlights of the night was watching David's rear rotor glowing red after the third straight race. When Sunday’s national grass track MX kicked off, I decided to race Dad’s ‘74 Yamaha 360. The day was super-hot, 90+, David Aldana's rear brake aglow as with bluebird skies. The course started he blasts around the dirt track with a left over a nice natural jump in Photo: Dave Light the field, and then you could open it up AUGUST 2020
before out-braking riders into a hard right onto a small MX course with a low tabletop. After that, you snake down a road for about 100 yards, hard right up over an embankment and pin that throttle for another 100-yard sweep left, right, left. There were wide sweeping turns in the grass fields and guys were trying all kinds of lines through them to get an advantage before connecting to a road and slaloming through a row of pine trees. This ended up being a popular place to stick in a wheel and out-brake other riders for some exciting passes. Out of the trees we went into two long sweeping flat track-style turns in high gear toward the finish line. I raced hard with a guy from Louisiana on a 1974 Yamaha MX 250. I won the first moto and he won the overall with a win in the second. My dad and cousins had full gates in their respective motos and made for great races for the fans to watch that day. It was just an overall great weekend of so many different types of racing and family that made it worth that 12-hour drive for sure.
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Like many AHRMA racers, I came from a mechanical background meaning that I used tools to make my living. That has an influence on how we think about tools and what we do with them. I was a mechanic in a Yamaha/CZ dealership, eventually promoted from outdoor help to inside after mowing the lawn and emptying the trash enough to prove my worth. Meanwhile, I had a Kawasaki 100cc Green Streak I was using to learn dirt track and MX racing that was fast but fragile. All of this combined resulted in the need for tools on such regular a basis that I opened an account with the Snap-on man who came to the shop once a month and was soon getting all the money I made at the dealership. Fast-forward 40 years and I'm still racing, only now it’s just for fun. I'm in a good place. Once you finally take the pressure off yourself and just enjoy the sensations a ride at high speed can produce, you discover that speed still thrills. I could do it on a street bike I suppose, but I don't road ride because too many friends have been killed and maimed that way and most of my worst injuries were produced by delivery trucks, dogs, grass clippings covering the road just around a bend, or other such unavoidable hazards. At least on the racetrack none of those should be there. I took tools to the races of course, and for a while tried to take them all. Bench grinder, welder, tall boxes on wheels and a box van to carry it in at six mpg made it all too much work for what it gained me, so I started cutting back to the essentials. Finally, modernity caught up and towns all had tool stores open on the
OSB of three quarter-inch or so and leaving a generous allowance of an inch or more trace the top of it onto the wood and cut it out. Then I use pieces of scrap 1 x 2 or whatever other flat stock you have around and fit it to the inside so that it keeps the lid on the box and prevents it from sliding off. I find a gas can that will fit inside and drill holes in the lid just a bit smaller than the spark plugs the motor uses and thread the plugs into them. Then I make holes for screwdrivers, safety wire pliers, and wrench holders and such that keep things in place and out in the open where you can see them. Safety wire, duct tape the color of the fairing, aerosol chain lube, a spare master link, brake parts cleaner, drinking water, a length of fuel line, a pocket knife, hose clamps and handy wipes also go in my box together with any special tools that the particular bike requires. When I ran a total loss ignition system, I had an extra battery charged to the max to change to if need be. The particulars will vary, and some allowance needs to be made for space, but trial and error will show you the way. Paint the inside of the lid and put the outline of things where they go so you can find them quickly when the time comes. Organization is the key to success and if you haven't learned that yet, you will when you miss the start of your race looking for a tool you couldn't find in a timely manner.
HOT HOT PIT PIT TOOL BOX weekends. So, beyond my basic box to do the routine things, I just needed money and a phone with an app to show me where to buy what I had left at home. That is how I came to have so many torque wrenches I suppose, but can a guy ever have too many? Buying things worked after the races were run and I had the evening to sort things out leaving just the back to back to back problems to solve. I don't know if Murphy has some influence over how the races are scheduled to run or what, but it seemed like if I entered three classes (I often did), no matter what they might be, they would run back-to-back-to-back. Since I usually went alone and since the promise that they 'would wait for me' was as false as the ones about the ‘check being in the mail’ and ‘loving me in the morning,’ I had issues with my tools being back in my pit rather than on the hot pit lane where I needed them. My solution was the “Hot Pit Toolbox.” I will tell you how to make one and what I put in mine. Yours may be somewhat different, but the idea is the same. We are allowed to make adjustments on hot pit lane, even during a race. Between races then, once you're brought into the pit lane again, you can do it too. They may want you to have the box out of the way but that's not a problem, it’s not large and you're racing. Asking them where they would like you to put it is a great idea and since I often work the places where they go, I'll show you. If not, someone else will accommodate you as best they can. I use a plastic milk crate and turn it upside down on a sheet of plywood or
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I paint the box to match the bike's color, whatever that is, and I put two number plates on adjacent sides so that when it’s on hot pit lane you can read the numbers from either direction. I can find it that way, and people who have the urge to move things will know whose it is so they can start working on their excuses to see if they will make that really angry racer calm down when he came in between races and his Hot Pit Toolbox was gone. Now I have made one of these and used it and it worked out pretty well except for the aforementioned self-appointed helper who took it back to my pits for me after the first of three races started. I'll not go any further there, but there is an expression about it that includes a hand basket that fits. It is also useful to have a spare set of number plates screwed to a square block of wood in the same orientation so that people coming to your pit from either direction can read it. Think crash truck here or the guy who borrowed something trying to find your pop-up in a sea of pop-ups with you gone to the porta-potty.
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“That’s what you need, Charlie!” - JAKE The year was 1967 when my father pulled into the driveway of our suburban Pittsburgh home straddling a brand-new Rupp Continental minibike. The little Rupp was a thing of beauty with its burgundy paint and chrome accents along with a cool finned front wheel. From that moment, my interest in motorcycles was solidified. Five years later, in 1972, Dad bought my first motorcycle. My father, Charlie, called me out to the driveway and popped the trunk of our Olds 98 to reveal an Indian Junior Cross. I couldn’t believe my eyes, my very own motorcycle. The bike was purchased from his friend, Phil Derringer, who raced and sold Montesa motorcycles out of his Ohio Township residence. At the time, my father had traded in his 250 Greeves on a new MZ 250 that he purchased from his friend, Jake Fischer. If you rode or raced dirt bikes in western Pennsylvania during the ‘70s, you knew Jake Fischer. He was a gold medal winner in the ISDT in Dalton, Massachusetts, in 1973. He was a legend. Any time I visited Fischer Competition Cycles as a kid, I was captivated by Jake’s stories, his Popeye forearms, and a colorful vocabulary that I hadn’t heard before. Jake was known as an extremely competitive racer who didn’t know the meaning of the word “quit.” Jake, or “Crazy Jake” as many know him, is also legendary for spinning a good yarn. Whatever Jake was selling at the time was the best thing on the market. I recall pulling into his shop one day to see four or five new AJS motorcycles—their bright orange gas tanks glistening in the sun. Jake raved to my dad about those AJS bikes. He said, “That’s what you need, Charlie!” Whatever Jake was selling was what my dad needed. I was 36
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recently reminiscing with Jake at an AHRMA Mid-Atlantic cross country race. I said, “Jake, were those AJS bikes really that good?” Sitting in his lawn chair, Jake tilted his head back while laughing (as only Jake can) and replied, “Those AJSs were pieces of @#$%!” In 1976, my Dad’s younger brother, Tom, decided to get into off-road riding. Dad contacted Jake to see if he had anything in stock. Jake mentioned that he had a 1972 Husqvarna 250 WR that he would sell. Dad and Uncle Tom hooked dad’s three-rail trailer to Tom’s Olds 98 and off to Butler they headed. There on Jake’s showroom sat the classic Husky. Jake began describing the bike to my uncle. He said, “The way this bike is geared, it will go 110 miles per hour!” Thus, the legend of the 110 MPH Husky was born. Uncle Tom and Jake struck a deal. In no time the Husky was loaded and headed back to Pittsburgh.
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Like a rookie cowboy tentatively mounting a bull named Destroyer, Uncle Tom, nervous about trail riding, threw his leg over his new machine. He respected the bike—after all it would do 110 MPH! After several weeks of putting around some local property, the three of us headed out to McDonald, PA, to ride in the strip mines. My Dad was riding the most brutal, bone-punishing bike I had ever ridden, a 1974 Husqvarna 450. The suspension was horrid, and when you cranked the throttle your Anna & Jim
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sharply on the other side.” I think Uncle Tom was so hyped up as he looked at the hill that he never heard a word my father said. Dad went first, then me. The scene that followed is still seared in my mind forty-four years later. I heard the Husky roaring through the valley below and looked with
“The way this bike is geared, it will go 110 miles per hour!” - JAKE
arms felt as if they would be ripped from the sockets. home I was riding a 1974 Abby tries the bike at Hodaka Super Rat, while Uncle Tom had his new Husky. All the bikes were purchased from Jake. As we arrived at the mines, we began riding easy, flat trails. Eventually, Dad decided to expose his brother to a hill climb. Speaking of hill climbs, back in ‘69 or ‘70 Dad took me to a hill climb at Mt. Nebo Raceway outside Pittsburgh. I was fascinated by the loud machines with extended swingarms that attempted to conquer the massive hill. Few of the specialized bikes made it to the top. Dad pointed out to me the next rider in line, it was the legend Jake Fischer. He was on a stock-looking Husky with no swingarm modification. Jake shot up the hill like a rocket and easily cleared the top. Then to the amazement of the crowd, like child’s play, Jake turned around at the top and came back down the hill. The crowd was in awe. Dad soon came across a hill that we were both familiar with. Shadowed by pines at the bottom, the hill had a nice smooth approach. The hill was steep, yet smooth. As for me, if I kept the Hodaka screaming I could easily clear the hill. With a quarter throttle, Dad’s 450 eased up the hill. Uncle Tom was nervous, yet Dad reassured him. Dad said, “Just remember, ease off the throttle at the top because the hill drops off AUGUST 2020
horror as Uncle Tom approached the crest of the hill. He didn’t heed my father’s advice to roll back the throttle and instead kept it cranked open. As years First test ride after sitting 20 he launched over the hilltop, he bailed off the back of the bike. While airborne, he began rotating his arms in circles to ease his inevitable crash landing. The Husky and Uncle Tom came out unscathed, yet this marked the end of Tom’s off-road riding career. He wanted nothing more to do with the 110 MPH Husky. In 1977, Tom struck up a deal with a family friend, Jim Schulties. Jim wanted Tom’s Husky and Tom wanted Jim’s Honda 500 four. Uncle Tom was sure to inform Jim that the Husky would do 110 MPH. Jim spent the next several years riding on weekends with my dad, and other local riders such as Ted Lutz, Joe Dresbaugh, and John Shurko. As land around the Pittsburgh area became more developed, riding ground became harder to come by. Eventually, the old Husky was retired to Jim’s father’s farm outside of Slippery Rock, PA. I visited the farm in the early ‘80s and got a glimpse of the old Husky. As Jim and I were reminiscing
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over the now beaten and battered Husky, Jim said, “I’ve never gotten that beast out of second gear. Do you know that thing will do 110 MPH?” I thought to myself, “Wow, the legend lives!” Life moved on and I put my family ahead of my desire to ride motorcycles. In 2015, I was searching Craigslist when I spotted an advertisement for vintage cross country racing. My interest was sparked once again. I quickly dialed the number within the advertisement and was connected to Dave Kutskel. Dave kindly filled me in on the ins-and-outs of vintage racing. I thought about Uncle Tom’s Husky and wondered if Jim still had it in his barn. After contacting Jim my Dad said, “Yeah he still has it and he would be glad to sell it to you.” The following weekend I headed across I-80 from Millerstown with my daughters, Anna and Abrielle, to visit Jim. After introducing my girls to Jim, we walked up to the barn and there sat the ‘72 Husky from my childhood. Jim raved about how fast the bike was. The legend continued as if on cue he said, “The way it’s geared it’ll go 110 miles per hour!” I couldn’t believe that Jake’s words were still resonating after 45 years. After unloading the bike at home, I took some photographs and pressure-washed off dirt, mud, and dust from years gone by. According to Uncle Tom, not all the brown stuff was mud. I cleaned and sealed the tank, changed the oil, aired up the dry rotted tires, and fired it up. The old bike runs strong, and the engine has never been apart. I have since purchased a 1975 Husqvarna 250 WR, which I currently race in AHRMAs Mid-Atlantic Division. I still have Uncle Tom’s legendary ‘72 “Wow, the Husky. When I look at it in the garage, I’m transported back to my childhood on that summer day in the McDonald strip mines. legend lives!” Will the old girl do 110 MPH? You’ll have to ask Jake. 38
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Making History Cecil Sandford made history as the first rider to win a World Championship riding an MV Agusta. Now, at the age of 91, he is motorcycling’s oldest-surviving World Champion and still has vivid memories of Grand Prix racing in the 1950s.
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for some dinner, came back and stood in the passenger queue to get on the boat. We’d been there for quite a while when my mum pointed at a boat pulling out of the docks and said, ‘I’m sure that’s the boat we put the car on’. And it was. The queue we were stood lor to ask if he’d let me go, because in was for the boat to New York.” Les had suggested to Domenico Two years later Sandford that I ride for them in 1952.” made his Continental debut, ridAgusta had recently recruiting an AJS 7R in the Italian GP ed engineer Piero Remor and 2020 at Monza. “That was my firstPanigale time mechanic Arturo Magni from GilV2Remor abroad and Europe was still reera. designed MV’s first / Jerez, Spain covering from the war, very much 500 and first four-stroke 125, a so. A lot of road signs were still full DOHC Single; although Sandford of bullet holes and I remember the believes that Agusta was also inroads in France were still really volved with the smaller engine. “I rough and full of muck.” think the first 125 engine was the During the crucial early days old man’s idea—he was a good enof Sandford’s professional career gineer,” Sandford recalls. his mentor was Les Graham, win“The first time I saw the bike ner of the inaugural 1949 500cc was on the Isle of Man and the World Championship, with AJS. first time I rode it was in practice. The Merseysider quit the strugIt had very narrow tires—you just gling Plumstead brand for MV at had to keep underneath the hedgthe end of 1950 and a year later es and try to make speed. I won recruited Sandford, 17 years his the race and I was on the way up.” junior, to the cause of Count DoSandford and the MV beat menico Agusta. Carlo Ubbiali’s Mondial by one “Les called at the garage minute, 40 seconds to take his and owned by my sponsor Arthur TayMV’s first TT win, but the Count
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undreds of racers from North America and other parts of the world converged on Daytona International Speedway to compete for race wins and National Championships at the 36th annual Championship Cup Series (CCS) Race of Champions, featuring the final rounds of the AMA-sanctioned American Sportbike Racing Association (ASRA) National Sprint and Team Challenge series. On the line were eight National Championships in the ASRA Sprint Series Presented by Pirelli Tire, decided by points accumulated over a seven-round season; four National Championships in the ASRA Team Challenge Series Presented by Michelin Tire, decided by points accumulated during an eight-round season; and 54 CCS National Championships, which were decided by winner-take-all sprint races. The Race of Champions also included two MotoGirlGT exhibition races, featuring only female competitors. After a full day of mostly dry practice time and the Team Hammer Advanced Riding School on Friday, racing began in wet conditions on Saturday; the track dried out later in the afternoon and
(Above) Squid Hunter Racing’s Simone Corsi (47) sets up to pass Greg Melka (1) as they lead Max Angles (64) through Turn One during the CCS Heavyweight Supersport race race at Daytona International Speedway all on YZF-R6s. Photo by Lisa Theobald. (Above, Right) Jason Farrell (86) won in the wet in CCS GTU Expert and in the dry in CCS Middleweight SuperSport and Middleweight SuperBike Expert. Photos by Brian J. Nelson. stayed dry on Sunday. Former Moto2 World Championship rider and 2008 125cc Grand Prix World Championship runner-up Simone Corsi rode a Pirelli-fitted Squid Hunter Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 in the ASRA Team Challenge race as part of a last-minute deal put together as a possible precursor to a Daytona 200 effort. The 32-year-old Italian took the overall lead on lap 30 of the race and turned laps as quick as 1:53.485 to pull away and claim the overall and GTU class victories by 13.869 seconds. “I love this track,” Corsi said in English from the podium. “The race was very difficult, but I enjoy it very much. I want to thank my team. They did a great job.” West Side Performance’s Christian Miranda, age 19, raced closely with Corsi but fell behind after the first and only round of pit stops. Miranda, however, held on to finish second overall and in the GTU class on his Yamaha YZF-R6. Series regular Lloyd Bay-
ley finished third overall and first in the GTO category on his BMW S1000RR. Jinba Ittai Motorsport’s Joel Lenk crossed the finish line fourth overall and second in the GTO class, and that was enough to claim the 2019 ASRA Team Challenge Overall and GTO Championships. Jinba Ittai Motorsport edged out seven-time ASRA Team Challenge Champion Grease Monkey Racing (Eric Helmbach/Stephen Hoffman) for both titles. Grease Monkey Racing finished the race sixth overall and third in GTO. JoeyO Racing (Robert Bettencourt/Sean Osowski) took 18th overall and won in the GT Lights category on a Yamaha FZ07, while fourth place in the GT Lights division was enough for Racing 101 (Doug Stufflebeam/ Gino Angella/Mark Evry/Joseph Ciesnik) to secure the GT Lights Team Challenge Championship. The Team Challenge race was originally scheduled to run for 55 laps, but a crash in the chicane
Roger Morissette (60) took first place in CCS GT Lights and CCS Moto3 Expert on his Suzuki SV650.
Cameron Jones (239) won the wet CCS GT 500 Expert race on a Honda CBR500R and won the dry CCS 300 SuperSport and 300 SuperBike Expert races on a Kawasaki Ninja 300. Photos by Brian J. Nelson.
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Motoventures; Anza, CA Burrows Ranch; Chrome CA Mill Creek Motorsports Park; Combs, AR Heartland Motorsports Park; Topeka, KS Aonia Pass MX; Aonia, GA Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA Marymount; Marymount, WA Saddleback East; Bedford, KY (Postponed) Donner Ski Resort; Donner, CA Donner Ski Resort; Donner, CA Two Rivers Racing; Miliken, CO Mill Creek Motorsports Park; Combs, AR Diamond Don's; Jefferson, TX Aonia Pass; Aonia, GA Rattlers Run Farms; Fairfield, WA Arkansas Dirt Riders; New Blaine, AR Bushey Ranch; Canby, CA Barber Motorsports Park; Birmingham, AL Barber Motorsports Park; Birmingham, AL T&S Racing; Henryetta; OK (Double Points)
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Arizona Cycle Park (ACP); Buckeye, AZ Monster Mountain MX GP; Tallahasseee, AL Glen Helen (Truck Track) MX; San Bernardino, CA Desoto Motorsports Park; Grand Cane, LA Diamond Don's; Jefferson, TX Mill Creek Motorsports Park; Combs, AR Heartland Motorsports Park; Topeka, KS Aonia Pass MX; Aonia, GA Elizabeth City MX; Elizabeth City, NC Saddleback East; Bedford, KY Pavillon MX Park; Pavillion, NY Dutch Sport Park MX; Bloomingdale, MI Archview MX Park; Washington Park, IL Lakeview Motorsports Park; Ordway, CO Two Rivers Racing; Milliken, CO Mill Creek Motorsports Park; Combs, AR Monster Mountain MX GP; Tallahasseee, AL Diamond Don's; Jefferson, TX Texas Vintage GP; Donnie, TX Georgia Practice Facility (GPF); Cairo, GA T&S Racing (Double Points); Henryetta, OK
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Monster Mountain MX; Tallassee, AL ---------------------------------------Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Vintage Motocross Series -Race Tech AHRMA National Post Vintage Motocross Series -AHRMA National Next Gen Motocross Series
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If you need further directions to the facility feel free to call Monster Mountain at 7703637604 or Tony Paul at 256-665-1279
Sept 11-13, 2020
Diamond Don Empire, Jefferson, TX ---------------------------------------Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Vintage Motocross Series -Race Tech AHRMA National Post Vintage Motocross Series -Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Trials Series
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SPLEASE Read below notice: 1. This is a no-refund / no-credit event. 2. Due to promoter request this event WILL NOT offer one free race for +70 Members. September 10-13, 2020 RESCHEDULED DATE Contact: Melissa Moit, Manager, or Francene DePrez Rainey, Race Director Phone: Office 866-398-2038 x705 or Cell Melissa: 903-742-2041; Francene: 903-445-9796 Fax No: 903-665-8249 Email: info@DiamondDon.com Website: www.DiamondDon.com Address for track and overnight shipping: Diamond Don RV Park, 1602 State Hwy 49 East; Jefferson, TX 75657. GPS does not always pick up the correct address, although phone maps and Google Maps seem ok. We may also be listed as Cypress Bayou RV Park. We are one mile from downtown Jefferson. See maps on our website. If you have an overnight delivery, call or text Melissa or email us so that we can arrange to have someone sign for the delivery. Directions: From Hwy 59, take State Hwy 49 East (also known as Broadway) toward Downtown Jefferson. Move to left lane. At stop sign, turn left
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onto State Hwy 49 East toward Smithland. Track one mile on right. Signs will be posted. Please note - these directions take you under a railroad trestle that is 13’7” high. If your rig is taller than this, you will have to take an alternate route to the track. Do not turn on State Hwy 49 East (also known as Broadway). Coming south on Hwy 59 before you come into Jefferson, turn left on Whelan (at the Jefferson ISD sign). Coming north on Hwy 59, turn right on Whelan. Turn right on Cass; cross over the railroad track and turn left on Hwy 49 (St. John Street). Racetrack will be less than a mile on the right. There is a map on the website. Camping allowed: Yes Concessions: Yes Gate Fees: $15 per day, per person, for each day of your stay - Children under 16, free. Primitive camping included in gate fee. Two showers with toilets, dump station and water are offered at the track. There are also five flush toilets at the pavilion, plus porta-potties and portable hand-washing stations throughout the park. Plenty of camping sites available first come, first served. RV sites with water and electric are offered to our sponsors and repeat customers from prior year at rate of $50 per night, minimum $200. If you would like an RV site, please text Melissa (903-742-2041) and we will add you to standby list in the order in which your request was received. RV pump-out services for accessible RV’s, $25. There will be a $25 charge for each off-road 4-wheel vehicle. This includes golf carts, 4-wheelers, side-by-sides, etc. Each off-road vehicle MUST register at front gate and pay the applicable fee. This does not include motorcycles. RV Park always open for camping: Come early or stay late and vacation in Jefferson. Applicable gate fees and RV site rental applies. For class/tech information, go to www.AHRMA.org. Post-entry is available onsite. Wednesday, September 9: Gates open at 8:00 am, locked at midnight Thursday, September 10: Gates open at 8:00 am, locked at midnight Charity Golf Skills Shootout - overlooking the Big Cypress Bayou – with Legends of Motocross. John Gott – Golf Chairman. Sponsored by 2 Brothers Racing. Registration 10:00 am; Tee-off 11:00 am; beverages provided (beer and water). Bucket of Balls $20. Net proceeds benefit Jefferson Railway & Wetlands Foundation and support youth activities in Jefferson. Trophy presentation in pavilion after event concludes. Cross Country Sign-up: approx. 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm Media Press Party: Invitation only – 4:00-6:00 pm, in the Pavilion, for local media, legends, sponsors, volunteers, golfers, and invited guests. Friday, September 11: Gates open 6:00 am; Gates locked at midnight AHRMA Trials: Sign-up at 8:00 am; start time 9:00 am (over at noon-this is a timed event) AUGUST 2020
has made the decision to charge for all 70+ racers (These are not AHRMA races) These are post entry Diamond-Huffman Trials Modern Support Class to help offset race expenses already paid for April races only. Registration Fee $25 for Sunday only. sponsored by Jay Huffman, Huffman Restorations, race set up and promotion. This is a promoter Moto 1 during intermission on Saturday; Moto 2 running concurrently during AHRMA Trials – this decision made solely by DDMX and is NOT an during intermission on Sunday. Trophy Presentation is a post entry race only. You cannot pre-register AHRMA decision. 30 minutes after Sunday’s final PVMX results are through AHRMA. VIP PASSES – NEW UPDATED INFORMATION: Due posted. You must participate in Saturday and Cross Country: Sign-up 9-11:00 am; Rider meeting to extra expenses already incurred for the April Sunday motos for trophy. 100% of proceeds will at noon. Sighting lap, all riders, at 12:30 pm. 2020 race which will now be repeated for the benefit Jefferson Railway and Wetlands Foundation Vintage Race at 1:00 pm; Post Vintage race at 3:00 new date, we will not honor VIP Passes for Gate to support Jefferson youth activities. pm Fees and/or RV Sites. We will honor previous Raffle drawing: for a post-vintage bike donated by Join us in the Pavilion for great spectator viewing. commitments to sponsors that barter products and/ Jere and Tracey Kellough and great prizes from our Rhumbar sponsored by Ricky Linn, Badco Racing or services. vendors and sponsors at Trophy Presentation – 30 Team and Texas 49 Crossing Liquor Store RACERS UNDER 18 – NEW UPDATED Saturday VMX Sign-up: approx. 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm. minutes after final PVMX results are posted. INFORMATION: Pursuant to AHRMA Rider Eligibility, Wine-down Party: after trophy presentation Evening approx: 6:00 – Meet & Greet Fiesta, food no rider under the age of majority may and beverages. Sponsored by Joe compete without the notarized written Alsop, Alsop Plumbing, and 2Brothers consent of parents or guardians. 16 Racing. (Private party for racers and years old is minimum age for motocross family only) and cross country. If under 21, proof of Saturday, September 12: Gates open age is required along with the notarized 6:00 am; Gates locked at midnight consent form, parent’s signature on Vintage: Sign-up at 7 am; mandatory THEN YOU’LL WANT TO READ waiver and proof of medical insurance. rider’s meeting, 8:30; practice at 9:00; LEWIS HALE’S NEW BOOK AHRMA Rules and regulations – NEW racing at 10:00 UPDATED INFORMATION: All AHRMA 10:00 Invocation led by Steve Wise; rules, regulations and guidelines apply. National Anthem sung by Chicago See AHRMA Handbook 2020 Rules & Jerry; Requirements for more information, or “Battle on the Bayou” 100cc sponsored visit www.AHRMA.org by BA Motorsports and Northwest A fun read filled with nearly a dozen short stories & Trophies: We payout 1/3 of finishers for Maico CZ. photos beginning in the 1950s. There is at least one each race. (If three finishers, 1 trophy. “Texas Thumper Throwdown” story playing out in each decade into the 2000s! If six finishers, 2 trophies, etc.). Our XR200 Challenge sponsored by BA trophy distribution is more generous Motorsports Published by Fulton Books, Inc. than in our AHRMA contract which only (These are not AHRMA races) These It is available for purchase online in both paperback requires us to award 1/3 of pre-entry. are post entry races only. Registration and digital editions at: Trophy metal designed by Chad Novey Fee $25 for each day. Moto 1 during and sponsored by JN Fence and James intermission on Saturday; Moto 2 Amazon.com ☺ Barnes&Noble.com Novey from Dallas. Trophy skin designed during intermission on Sunday. Trophy Books-A-Million.com by Jeff Clark, Badbrush. Presentation 30 minutes after Sunday’s Apple I Tunes ☺ Google Play Event T-Shirts: Brad Lackey designed final PVMX results are posted. You the TShirts and provides them for sale must participate in Saturday and WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT THE BOOK: on-site. These always sell out quickly Sunday motos for trophy. 100% of so get to the T-shirt stand early to get proceeds will benefit Jefferson Railway ”I love the way he tells a story” –- Eula C. yours. and Wetlands Foundation to support “The book makes you feel you’re on the bike” -– Kathy H. Raffle: There is a raffle for post-vintage Jefferson youth activities. “An interesting book, professionally done” — Johnny G. bike donated by Jere and Tracey PVMX Sign-up after VMX finishes: “I really like the one about the dynamite” — Buddy B. Kellough and great prizes from our approx. 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm sponsors. Drawing will be September Raffle Drawing for Door Prizes at 13, 2020 during Sunday’s Trophy Presentation. Food, WINE, fantastic fireworks show and five Trophy Presentation – 30 minutes after final VMX Tickets are $10 each and can be purchased authentic cannons firing dramatic dragon’s breath results are posted. during the event. 50% of proceeds will underwrite – stay the night and relax before the trek home. After Saturday trophy presentation: AHRMA entertainment expenses; 50% of proceeds benefit Sponsored by Jay Patrick, The Sound Man; Buddy Southeast Region 2019 Awards Ceremony in Jefferson Railway and Wetlands Foundation, a Lavin, mYcorecontrol; and Auntie Skinner’s. Landry Pavilion 501(c) 3 charity, to support youth activities in & Company will be playing as back-up band for Sunday, September 13: Gates open at 6:00 am Jefferson. anyone who wants to come to the stage – open 7:30 Church Service: Steve Wise, Steve Wise Charity Golf Skills Shootout: Thursday, September mike. (Private party for racers and family only) Ministry 10. Proceeds benefit Jefferson Railway and Other activities and information Post Vintage: Sign-up at 7:00 am; mandatory Wetlands Foundation. There will be a short chipping 70+ RACERS – NEW UPDATED INFORMATION: The rider’s meeting, 8:30; practice at 9:00; racing at shot, a mid-iron and a long drive, from the banks promoter, Diamond Don Motorsports (DDMX), has 10:00 of the Big Cypress River, across from the orange the choice of whether to honor AHRMA’s 70+ ride 10:00 Invocation led by Steve Wise; house near RV Site #5 and 6. Trophies will be given free policy or to charge for the race entries. DDMX National Anthem sung by Chicago Jerry Battle on the Bayou” 100cc sponsored by BA Motorsports and Northwest Maico CZ. Schedules and venues are subject “Texas Thumper Throwdown” XR200 Challenge to change, visit www.ahrma.org sponsored by BA Motorsports
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for each category and then one overall champion trophy. Clubs will be provided – or bring your own. Sponsored by 2Brothers Racing. Diamond-Huffman Trials Modern Support Class sponsored by Jay Huffman, Huffman Restorations, running concurrently during Friday AHRMA Trials. This is a post entry race only. You cannot preregister through AHRMA. “Battle on the Bayou” 100cc and “Texas Thumper Throwdown XR 200” - These are post entry races only. You cannot pre-register through AHRMA. One moto on Saturday and one on Sunday. Must race both motos to receive a trophy. Trophy presentation at end of day on Sunday. Sponsored by BA Motorsports and Northwest Maico CZ. Next Gen & Modern Classes We will NOT be running AHRMA Next Gen or Modern motocross at this event. Lodging: OYO Hotel (formerly Inn of Jefferson) 628239-4299; Executive Inn 903-665-3700. For B&B’s, contact Jefferson Tourism Department, 903-665-3733, www.VisitJeffersonTexas.com; or Marion County Chamber of Commerce, www. marioncountycoc.org. 903-665-2672. General info and Rules of the Road. Violation of any rules may cause you to be ejected from the track. Restricted area: The entire RV Park is a restricted area and subject to rules and regulations as posted. Waivers and minor release forms will be required before entry allowed. Spectators or vehicles are not allowed within 30 feet of the racing action. Please observe all posted signs. Enter at your own risk. NEW UPDATED INFORMATION: We are not responsible for injury or property damage. WE DO NOT CARRY ANY INSURANCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF RACERS OR SPECTATORS. Racers MUST provide proof of medical insurance when they sign up for their races, Dogs and children must be controlled at all times. Parents and dog owners are personally liable for injury or property damage. We don’t allow barking dogs on the property. If your dog is a barker, please leave at home. Diamond Dons Motorsports reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason. No rain checks. No refunds. Golf Cart rentals – reservations are required by August 28, 2020. ADVANCE REGISTRATION ONLY. If you have already reserved a golf cart, we will carry over your reservation to the new date. If you are not able to attend, please cancel your golf cart reservation. Pre-register to guarantee your cart, $325 for the weekend. Contact Melissa for reservations. If you rent a golf cart, you are responsible for injury, property damage and/or damage to golf cart. We will require your credit card number when you check out golf cart, as a security deposit against damages. Ice for Sale at the track – provided by Ice Express Groceries and Liquor: Brookshire’s Grocery is a full-serve store located in Jefferson, on Broadway. Texas Route 49 liquor store is a short ½ mile from the track. Non-ethanol gasoline is available at 48
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CEFCO on Hwy 59, Jefferson Walmart Supercenters: Coming south, there is one in Atlanta, TX about 30 miles from the track. Coming north, the Walmart is in Marshall, about 12 miles from the track. MX Photography will be on-site with same day photos; Kenny Lau with Awesome Shots will be onsite, too. NOTE: If you damage any water or electric unit, you will immediately be charged a $250 damage fee. WATCH WHERE YOU PARK, ESPECIALLY WHEN BACKING UP! NOTE: Due to the large attendance at this event, off-road vehicles can create a safety hazard to our patrons and our property, if not properly monitored. We do allow pit riding at the race as long as the vehicles are driven by responsible adults, they stay on designated roads, and drive at a slow speed. UNSAFE BEHAVIOR will not be tolerated. No offroad vehicles will be allowed on the race track or on trails around the property. All off-road vehicles with more than two wheels must be registered at front gate and there is a $25 fee for each vehicle. This ruling does not apply to motorcycles. The fee goes toward the cost of repairing our roads after the event. NOTE: Insurance coverage does not allow unlicensed drivers on off-road vehicles of any kind. If your child does not have a valid driver’s license, do not bring their vehicles to this event as they will not be allowed to drive any form of off-road vehicle on the property. There is a private road from the RV Park to the Historic Jefferson Train depot in downtown Jefferson. Street legal motorcycles and golf carts are allowed on the streets in Jefferson. Ask at the registration office for directions. Lot of Vendors and Press Coverage onsite. Concessions available. Natural terrain grass track – the course is 40-50 ft wide in many spots to allow passing, Big Air jump, wide-open start; berms, grass track; great spectator viewing Historic Jefferson has lots of B&B’s, antiques, specialty shops, restaurants, museums, boat rides, canoes for rent and many other attractions. There is lots of history here so bring the family – everyone will love it and Jefferson is just one mile from the track. NOISE CURFEW: 11:00 pm (Music, Loud Talking, Engines, etc.)
Sept 19-20, 2020
Rattlers Run Farms Fairfield, WA ---------------------------------------Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Vintage Motocross Series -Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Trials Series
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Special Event Saturday: Poker Run; 3:00pm – 5:00pm; Early MX signup 6:00-7:30 Concessions: Yes. Lodging: Coeur D’Alene Casino Resort Hotel, US Highway 95, Worley, ID 83876, 208.686.0248. Address: 13910 E. Rattlers Run Rd., Fairfield, WA 99012 Contact: For motocross info, contact Bryan Anderberg 509.688.5918 For trials info, contact Chris Allen; 509.710.7916 Online information: www.ahrmanw.org/schedule/ event/rattlers-run/ Directions: from the West and East on I-90: Take exit 289 Pines Rd/ Hwy 27. Go South 19 miles, (half a mile past mile marker 67) turn right on Palouse Rd, left on Jackson Rd, hard right onto E. Rat-tlers Run Road, 1.5 miles gravel road to Farm, left on S.Darknell Rd. Left into farm entrance. Race Schedule: Trials school, Friday: 4:00pm, no need to sign-up, just show up. Free to all. Trial schedule, Saturday: Sign-up, 9:00am; trial starts, 10:00. Vintage MX schedule, Sunday: Sign-up, 7:00am; rider’s meeting, 8:30am practice, 8:45-9:30am; ; racing begins, 9:45am.
Sept 26-27, 2020
Texas Vintage GP Donie,TX ---------------------------------------Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Vintage Motocross Series -Race Tech AHRMA National Post Vintage Motocross Series -AHRMA National Next Gen Motocross Series
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Race Schedule Regional MX schedule, Friday: Cross Country sign up from 12-1pm , riders meeting 1pm, site lap 1:30 for all and Vintage Cross Country at 2pm , Post Vintage Cross Country at 3:30PM Vintage MX schedule, Saturday: Sign-up, 7:008:30am; rider’s meeting, 8:30am; practice, 9:00am; racing begins, 10:00am. Post Vintage MX schedule, Sunday: Sign-up, 7:008:30am; rider’s meeting, 8:30am; practice, 9:00am; racing begins, 10:00am
Oct 3-4, 2020
Bushey Ranch, Canby, CA ---------------------------------------Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Vintage Motocross Series -Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Trials Series
----------------------------------------Intro: The Robert W. Bushey Memorial Vintage MX, Trial and Cross Country Rodeo is like having an event on the Ponderosa! The Bushey family goes all-out to make this weekend a great experience. For those who will need pre-jetting, the elevation at Canby is ~ 4300’. Gate Fee: $10.00/day. Kids under 12, free. Camping: Yes. Concessions: Yes, there will be food available Saturday and Sunday. Proceeds will benefit the Alturas Lions Club. Lodging: Alturas – Best Western Trailside Inn, 530.233.4111; Super 8 Motel 855.238.1592; Rim Rock Motel 530.233.5455. More hotels listed at www. ahrmanw.org/schedule/event/bushey-ranchmx/ Track address: 303 County Road 84, Canby, CA 96015 Contact: Rob Poole 415.990.9003 after 6pm weekdays, or anytime weekends. Email Rob at pooleschl1@hotmail.com; or Dick Mann at dickaymann@aol.com. Website information: www.ahrmanw.org Directions from the North: From Klamath Falls take Hwy 39; this will become Hwy 139 when you cross into California. Continue until Hwy 139 tee’s into Hwy 299. The town of Canby is to your left, but for the track turn right. From Canby it is about 3 miles; turn right onto County Road 84, which is immediately before the bridge over the Pitt river. Follow the road until you see the pit entrance into the fields on your left. Directions from the South: Take Hwy 5 to Redding. Take Hwy 299 east approxi-mately 115 miles; immediately after crossing the Pitt river bridge, turn left onto County Road 84. Follow this road until you see the pit entrance into the fields on your left. Race Schedule Trials schedule, Saturday: Sign up: 8:30-10:00; checkers meeting 9:15; riders meeting 10:30 ; trial starts 11:00pm. Trials awards will be presented at 5:00 Cross Country schedule, Saturday: Sign up: 8:3010:00; Riders meeting at 12:00pm race starts at AUGUST 2020
12:30pm Awards presented after Trials awards at 5:00 Vintage MX schedule, Sunday: Sign-up, 7:008:30am; rider’s meeting, 8:30am; practice, 9:00am; racing begins, 10:00am.
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Garages: 24 Open -air day garages available for rent on a daily basis $70 per day $200 for 3-day rental (15 amp power is available with each garage at no additional charge.) Call the track office at 803-475-2448 to reserve your garage and provide method of payment Track Address: 3662 Kershaw Highway, Kershaw, SC 29067, phone 803.475.2448. Website: www.carolinamotorsportspark.com
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CAROLINA MOTORSPORTS PARK; KERSHAW, SC ---------------------------------------REHV MOTO AHRMA National Historic Roadrace Series
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Please note -- the original date for this event was March 27 - 29, 2020. All pre-entries from that event were input as "Credits" in MSR for use in any future AHRMA event; therefore, if you registered previously to ride Kershaw YOU MUST register. Credits are easily applied during checkout.
GRAN PRIX RACEWAY; MUNFORD, AL ---------------------------------------REHV MOTO AHRMA National Historic Roadrace Series
----------------------------------------Race Schedule (Subject to change depending on weather) Thursday: Gates open, 2 pm for Volunteers, 3 pm for Sponsors and 4 pm for all others. Gate closes at 10 pm. Friday MANDATORY RIDER’S MEETING 8:00 am Gates open, 7:00 am-10:00 pm Tech Hours: 7:00 am-5 pm Registration Hours: 7:00 am - 5 pm Practice, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm AHRMA Roadracing School – all day. If you did not register online report to registration at 7:00 am. This school does not qualify you to race Barber. Saturday Gates open: 7:00 am-10:00 pm Tech Hours: 7:00 am-5 pm Registration Hours: 7:00 am -8:00 am Practice: 8:00-11:00 am (two rounds of practice) Racing starts at 12:00 pm Sunday Gates open: 7:00 am; Tech Hours: 7:00 am-5 pm Registration Hours: 7:00 am - 8:00 am Practice: 8:00-9:30 am; (one round of practice) Racing starts at 10:00 am Gas: Fuel will not be available at the track. Please plan ahead and provide your own. Gate fee: $30/three days, $25/two days, $15/one day. Concessions: Yes. Camping: Yes, free, and showers. Electricity service is available. 110v $20.00/day, 30 & 50amp $40.00/day. Lodging: Oxford, Alabama has a variety of nice hotels, restaurants and shopping malls. Any of these should be within 15 miles of the track with easy access to I-20/Hwy 21 location of the track. There are no hotels in Munford. For listings in Oxford, go to www. http://hotelguides. com/alabama/oxford-al-hotels.html Track Address: 46 Pilgrim Lane, Munford, Alabama 36268. This address is also for GPS purposes. GPS Coordinates: N33.50283, W86.000569 Website: www.tgprace.com
Weekend Schedule (subject to change depending on weather) Thursday: Gates open, 2:00 pm officials, 4:00 pm sponsors, 5:00 pm everyone else. (24 hour gate with armband) Friday: Mandatory Riders Meeting 8:00 am. (If you arrive later in the day, or not until Saturday, please see AHRMA Referee Bill Doran before you go on the track.) Gates open, 7:00 am - 9:00 pm (24 hour gate with armband) Tech Hours: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Hours: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Practice, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm AHRMA Roadracing School – all day. If you did not register online, report to registration by 7:15am Saturday Gates open: 7:00 am -9:00 pm (24 hour gate with armband) Tech Hours: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Hours: 7:00 am - 8:00 am Practice: 8:00 am - 11:00 am (two rounds of practice) Mandatory Riders Meeting: 11:15 am Racing starts: 12:00 pm Sunday: Gates open: 7:00 am; Tech Hours: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Hours: 7:00 am - 8:00 am Practice: 8:00 am - 9:45 am (one round of practice) Racing starts: 10:00 am Gas: Sold in 5 gallon units, 112,110,100, 98 GPS Coordinates: 34°29’18.3”N 80°35’38.6”W Gate Fee: $30.00/three days; $25.00/two days; $15.00/one day. Camping: Yes. $15.00 per vehicle per day for camping 30 AMP electric service available - $25.00 Schedules and venues are subject per day per vehicle to change, visit www.ahrma.org Concessions: Food Truck AMERICAN HISTORIC RACING MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION
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2020 AHRMA Southeast Schedule (Remaining)
2020 AHRMA Northeast MX & CC Schedule (Remaining)
Date Event Location Nat/Reg Disciplines 9/4 Monster Mountain Tallassee, AL Reg CC 9/4-6 Monster Mountain Tallassee, AL Nat V/P/NG MX I-81 MX Greenville TN Reg Trials/VMX/PVMX/NG/CC 9/26-27 10/9-11 Barber Birmingham AL Nat Trials/CC 10/17-18 GPF Cairo, GA Nat V/P/NG MX Axton VA Reg Trials/VMX/PVMX/NG/CC 10/24-25 Lake Suger Tree Presenting the “Jammer’s Cup Championship”! A four race series within our SE / Mid Atlantic Regional series with special awards, named for The Jammer himself Jimmy Weinert!
Date 8/28-30 9/5-6 9/19-20 10/3-4 10/10
2020 AHRMA Mid Atlantic MX Schedule (Remaining) Date Aug 28-30 Sep 5 Sep 26-27 Oct 3 Oct 24-25
Event Jammer Cup #3 - Unadilla; New Berlin, NY Tomahawk MX; Hedgesville, WV I-81 Motorsports; Greeneville, TN Budds Creek; Mechanicsville, MD Lake Sugar Tree; Forest, VA
Event COCR - Sugar Grove, OH Will run CC AFTER the MX
Sept. 26-27
Oct. 3 Oct. 3-4
Location New Berlin, NY Hancock, NY Minerva, NY Fulton, NY King Ferry, NY
disciplines CC & MX, V, PV, Pre-Modern, NG CC & MX, V, PV, Pre-Modern, NG CC & MC, V, PV, Pre-Modern, NG CC & MC, V, PV, Pre-Modern, NG CC & MC, V, PV, Pre-Modern, NG
2020 AHRMA Mid Atlantic Cross Country Schedule (Remaining) Disciplines Regional V/PV/NG MX
ACR Regional V/PV/NG MX w/ AHRMA SE - AHRMA MA Regional V/ PV/NG MX w/ MOM Regional V/PV/NG MX Regional V/PV/NG MX
2020 AHRMA Great Lakes Schedule (Remaining) Date Sept. 12
Event Unadilla MX Bear Creek Sportman Kelso Creek Classic Geer's Farm Cayuga County Riders
Disciplines Regional CC V / PV / NG MX
Camp Cattail - Chillicothe, OH AHRMA CC & MX on Saturday - Modern HS & Vintage Team Race Sunday Sunday events for vintage and modern bikes
Regional CC V / PV / NG MX
Hoover Farm - Orient, OH Wabash Cannonball
Regional CC V / PV / NG MX Regional V / PV / NG MX
Date 8/22-23 9/13 9/20 10/11 10/25
Event Coyote Run Little Beaver Rocket Raceway Candytown MC White Rose MC
Location Ebensburg, PA Lisbon, OH Three Springs, PA Elisabethtown, PA Spring Grove, PA **National Series event
2020 AHRMA South Central Schedule (Remaining) Date Aug 29-30 Sep 5-6 Sept 11-13 Sep 26-27
Event Mill Creek Motorsport Park National; Combs, AR ISDE Razorback Riders; Combs, AR Diamond Don's Riverport National; Jefferson, TX Texas Vintage Grand Prix Course; Donie, TX
T&S Off-Road National Championship Race; Henryetta, OK Dec 5-6 *Oilman's MX Regional; Kentwood, LA Schedule subject to change with additions/deletions. Nov 6-8
Disciplines National V/PV/NG MX National CC National V/PV/NG MX/CC & Regional Trials National V/PV/NG MX/CC & Regional Trials National V/PV/NG MX/CC, Trials, Dirt Track Regional V/PV/NG MX/CC
2020 AHRMA Rocky Mountains Schedule (Remaining) Date Event Aug 23 Lakeview Motorsports Park; Ordway, CO Aug 22-23 Two Rivers Racing, Milliken, CO Sep 13 Thunder Valley; Lakewood, CO Oct 3-4 Aztec Family Raceway, Colorado Springs, CO Schedule subject to change with additions/deletions.
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2020 AHRMA Northwest Schedule (Remaining) Date 8/29-30 9/19-20 10/3-4 10/31 -11/1
Event Tea Cup Trial Rattlers Run Bushey Ranch
Location Point Arena, CA Fairfield, WA Canby,CA
Nat/Reg Reg Nat Nat
Disciplines Trials/Trials (Scot Trial) Trials/VMX XC (NW PVMX Points)/Trials/VMX
MMX Cycle Park
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Post Vintage Series which will consist of three Cross Country events and two MX events. Overall season finish will be all 5 events. Classes will be 250 PV, 500 PV, PV Open Age and PV +50. Exp, Intermediate and Novice.
2020 AHRMA Southwest Schedule (Remaining) Date Event Sep 6 Glen Helen REM Track; San Bernardino, CA Glen Helen Raceway Truck Track; San Bernardino, CA Oct 17 Oct 18 OktoberFast Grand Prix/Cross Country -Glen Helen Raceway; San Bernardino, CA Nov 15 Arizona Cycle Park; Buckeye, AZ Nov 28 Day in the Dirt, Glen Helen Raceway; San Bernardino, CA Note: All events are SW Points Regionals with National points given to those events as designated National
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Come see historic racing bikes and meet legends from around the world. • Charity Golf Challenge • AHRMA Vintage Racing • Trials, Cross Country
• VMX, PMX • Modern Support Trials • 100cc/XR200cc Battles
• Awesome Natural Terrain Track • Great Camping on the River • Lots of Extras for Racers
Jefferson is one mile from track. Bed & Breakfast, Antiques, Museums, Shopping, Restaurants
Lots of family fun. Directions: From Hwy 59, take Hwy 49 East toward Downtown Jefferson. Left at Y in Road, Hwy 49 East toward Smithland. Track one mile on Right.
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Join the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association www.ahrma.org
Applicant Information:
□ New or □ Renewal: AHRMA Membership # __________
Name:
Roadrace Transponder #
Permanent Address: City:
State / Province:
ZIP / Postal Code:
Country: Daytime Phone:
Cell Phone: Emergency Phone:
Date of Birth*: Email:
*(21 years or younger must provide proof of age - driver’s license, birth certificate, or school identification with DoB)
Full Membership
Associate Membership
Come out and try your hand at racing. (Check all boxes that apply)
If you enjoy coming to the races, are enthusiastic about vintage bikes, love reading about bikes, but don’t compete, this is for you. Associate members DO NOT have voting privileges. (Check all boxes that apply)
□ Full Membership – $75 (US), $85 (Canada or Mexico), or $95 (overseas)
(Includes competition & voting privileges, decals, membership card, and annual Handbook. Note: Only US residents automatically receive AHRMA Mag; others see below.)
□ Upgrade to delivery of AHRMA Mag via First Class Mail - add $11 (US members only) □ AHRMA Mag for residents of Canada or Mexico - add $11 □ AHRMA Mag for residents of all other foreign nations - add $22 □ Lifetime Competition Membership $650 (Must be 60 years or older)
□ New members or reactivating - $40 (US), $45 (Canada or Mexico), or $50 (overseas)
(Includes decals, membership card, and annual Handbook. Note: Only US residents automatically receive AHRMA Mag; others see below.)
□ Upgrade to delivery of AHRMA Mag via First-Class Mail - add $11 (US members only) □ AHRMA Mag for residents of Canada or Mexico - add $11 □ AHRMA Mag for residents of all other foreign nations - add $22
The Details (For new members only - Competition preferences)
□ Race number preference (for all disciplines - list three or more - your permanent number will be on your membership card
when received): #1 _______ #2 _______ #3 _______Note: If assigned a number on race day, it will not be your permanent number.
□ Roadrace - Before AHRMA issues a racing number, you must provide proof that within the past two years, you have
competed with another roadracing organization or have successfully completed a roadracing school (please provide a copy of roadrace license or school certificate)
□ Motocross - □ Vintage □ Post Vintage □ Next Gen Indicate MX skill level: □ Intermediate □ Expert
Note: A Novice category is available. However, new AHRMA MX members must ride as Intermediate or Expert until skill-level status is confirmed, optimally at your first event. At that time, you may be reclassified as a Novice if deemed appropriate.
□ Dirt Track □ Trials - Skill level: □ Beginner □ Novice □ Intermediate □ Expert □ Master □ Cross Country - Skill level if different from MX: □ Intermediate □ Expert (See note above regarding Novice skill level.) Payment
□ Enclosed is a check or money order for $__________________ # __________ □ Please charge my MC / Visa / Disc / AmEx: Credit card # ________________________________ Expires _______ cvv _____ Must include street number and ZIP code for credit card billing address. If different than address above, please provide billing address. □ Benevolent Fund donation $ _________________ or □ Individual donation to AHRMA $ _________________ By applying for or renewing and accepting membership in AHRMA, I agree to abide by all rules of the AHRMA Handbook, as well as any event or track rules that may apply. Signature (must be signed to be valid and processed) ____________________________________________Date _____________
Mail with payment to (payment by MC / Visa / Disc / AmEx): 26 Jardin de Mer Place, Jacksonville, FL 32250 Scan & email: cindy.mclean@ahrma.org
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The AHRMA Academy of Roadracing (AAR)
was developed by experienced racers to pass-on valuable techniques of roadracing modern and vintage motorcycles on challenging tracks across the United States.
Attending and passing this school will give you a wealth of information and experience that will enable you to confidently control your bike at race speeds and prepare you for race day. For more Roadracing School information: Contact 256.506.8254, or Brian Larrabure, Advanced Instructor: 818.421.3440
2020 Schools are on Fridays at these race weekends: 2/20-23 .............................Roebling Road Raceway; Bloomingdale, GA 3/27-29 ..................................Carolina Motorsports Park; Kershaw, SC 4/17-19 ...............................................Streets of Willow; Rosamond, CA 4/24-26 ...........................Willow Springs Int’l Raceway; Rosamond, CA 5/22-24 ...................................................... Heartland Park; Topeka, KS 6/19-21 ...............................New Jersey Motorsports Park; Millville, NJ 7/24-26 ............................Blackhawk Farms Raceway, South Beloit, IL 7/31-8/2....................................Gingerman Raceway, South Haven, MI 9/11-9/13 ......................... Talladega Gran Prix Raceway; Munford, AL
Where to start:
You must register at least 2 weeks prior to the event by using the form below or online at www.ahrma.org/rrschool. Before arriving at the track, review the AHRMA Handbook (available online at www. ahrma.org/new-racers). Transponders are required for racing and may be rented through AHRMA. To rent a transponder visit www.ahrma.org/rr-school. Arrive at the track by 7:00am on the day of the school and report to Registration for instructions. Bike safety requirements - see AHRMA Handbook: Section 9 Gear safety requirements - see AHRMA Handbook: Section 3 (2019 AHRMA Helmet standard is Snell 2015 or equivalent)
Location of Roadracing School: _____________________________________________________________________________ Name: _____________________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________________ City:________________________________________ State/Province:_____________________ ZIP/Postal Code: _______________ Country: ________________ Email: ________________________________________________ Date of Birth*: ________________
*(21 years or younger must provide proof of age - driver’s license, birth certificate or school ID with DoB)
Daytime Phone: ________________ Cell Phone:_________________ Emergency contact: _________________________________ Type of bike you will be riding on school day: Brand _____________________ Model Year __________ Displacement __________ In what class do you intend to compete? __________________________________________________
Fees:
Roadracing School – $300 – Includes classroom, on-track instruction and evaluation A $100 Deposit and membership fee are required (see below for membership)
Deposit & membership fee are non-refundable, but may be transferred to a different location with five days notice.
q Competition Membership – $ 30 (Weekend*) $75 (US), $85 (Canada or Mexico), or $95 (overseas) Includes competition and voting privileges, decals, membership card, and annual Handbook. *Not included in wekend membership. Note: Only US residents automatically receive AHRMA MAG; others see below.)
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Race number preference (List three or more - your permanent number will be on your membership card when received) #1 ________________ #2 ________________ #3 ________________ Note: If assigned a number on race day, it will likely not be your permanent number.
Payment:
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Enclosed is a check or money order for $ ____________ # ____________ Please charge my MC/Visa/Disc/AmEx: Credit card # ____________________________Expires ________ CVV code ______ If the credit card billing street number and ZIP Code is different than the address above, please provide here:_______________________________________
By my signature below, I hereby agree to guarantee credit card payment and to abide by the AHRMA Handbook, as well as any event or track rules that apply.
Signature (must be signed to be valid and processed) __________________________________________________Date ____________ Mail with payment to: AHRMA Membership Office, 26 Jardin de Mer Place, Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250 Fax: 256.660.1366 By Scan/Email: ahrma@oneracing.org For more roadrace school info– Call: 256.506.8254
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2020 AHRMA/R Rehv Moto Historic Cup Roadrace Series Entry Form AHRMA Membership # ______________ Transponder # __________ Event Name: __________________________________________ Name: _________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________ Phone: _________________________ Mobile Phone ? (check if yes) Email: _____________________________ ___________________________________ Personal Medical Insurance Company & Policy #: ___________________________________ Sponsors: __________________________ READ THIS RELEASE: I hereby release and agree to hold harmless AHRMA, the promoters, the owners and lessees of the premises, the participants, sponsors, and the officers, directors, officials, representatives, agents and employees of all of them of and from all liability, loss, claims and demands that may accrue from any loss, damage or injury (including death, loss of limbs and permanent disablement) to my person or property, in any way resulting from, or arising in connection with this event, and whether arising while engaged in competition or in practice or preparation therefore, or while upon, entering or departing from said premises, from any cause whatsoever. I know the risk and danger to myself and property while upon said premises or while participating or assisting in the event, so voluntarily and in reliance, upon my own judgment and ability, and I thereby assume all risk for loss, damage or injury (including death, loss of limbs and permanent disablement) to myself and my property from any cause whatsoever. I have no known PHYSICAL PROBLEMS that will endanger me or others while participating in this event. HELMET STANDARD: SNELL M2015 IS REQUIRED AGREEMENT: By my signature below, I hereby agree to the terms of the above release, guarantee credit card payment and further agree to abide by the AHRMA Handbook and any special regulations during the event. ________________________________________________ (RIDER SIGNATURE REQUIRED)
TRANSPONDERS ARE REQUIRED! To rent a transponder, please complete a Transponder Rental Form on page 2 or available at www.ahrma.org/member-resources/forms-and-information/ Event information: www.ahrma.org AHRMA Membership information: cindy.mclean@ahrma.org or 904.477.6987 Refer to the current AHRMA Handbook, available online at www.ahrma.org, for questions regarding classes and eligibility. See Section 18 for Rules & Eligibility committee personnel and other Officials.
Send completed entry form to: AHRMA, PO Box 31, Horton, AL 35980 Fax: 256.660.1366 or Scan and Email: ahrma@oneracing.org MC/Visa/ Disc/AmEx: ___________________________ Exp. Date _____________CVV code ________ Billing Address: ________________________ ______________________________________ ZIP Code: _____________ WWW.AHRMA.ORG
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Class C Handshift Classic Sixties Classic Sixties 650 Formula 125 Formula 250 Formula 500 Formula 750 Formula Lightning Formula Lighnting Extreme Formula Thunder Formula Vintage Motard Next Gen Superbike Next Gen Superbike 2 Next Gen Superbike Ltwt. Nov. Hist. Prod. Ltwt. Nov. Hist. Prod. Hvywt. Open Two-Stroke Phillip Island Challenge (EXH) Pre-1940 Sound of Singles 1 Sound of Singles 2 Sound of Singles 3 Sound of Thunder 1 Sound of Thunder 2 Sound of Thunder 3 Sportsman 350 Sportsman 500 Sportsman 750 Thruxton Cup Challenge Vint. Superbike Ltwt. Vint. Superbike Mdwt. Vint. Superbike Hvywt.
Laguna Seca Fri.Practice $175 Friday Practice $135 / Barber Practice: Thursday: $110; Friday: $175 AHRMA Membership If Due: $75 (International, see membership form) Benevolent Fund or Individual Donation to AHRMA
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200 Grand Prix + 250 Grand Prix 350 Grand Prix 500 Premier (Vintage Cup) Battle of Twins 1: 900cc - Open Battle of Twins 2: 0 - 900cc BEARS CB160 (EXH) Class C Footshift
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AHRMA Membership # ______________ Transponder # __________ Event Name: __________________________________________ Driver Name: ____________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________ City, State, ZIP Code: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________ Mobile Phone? (check if yes)
Email: __________________________________________________
Personal Medical Insurance Company & Policy #: ____________________________________________ Sponsors: _______________________________________ Passenger Name: ____________________________________ AHRMA Membership # ______________ Address: ___________________________________________ City, State, ZIP Code: ________________________________________ Phone: ________________________ Mobile Phone? (check if yes)
Email: ________________________________________________
Personal Medical Insurance Company & Policy #: __________________________________________ Sponsors: _________________________________________ READ THIS RELEASE RELEASE: I hereby release and agree to hold harmless AHRMA, the promoters, the owners and lessees of the premises, the participants, sponsors, and the officers, directors, officials, representatives, agents and employees of all of them of and from all liability, loss, claims and demands that may accrue from any loss, damage or injury (including death, loss of limbs and permanent disablement) to my person or property, in any way resulting from, or arising in connection with this event, and whether arising while engaged in competition or in practice or preparation therefore, or while upon, entering or departing from said premises, from any cause whatsoever. I know the risk and danger to myself and property while upon said premises or while participating or assisting in the event, so voluntarily and in reliance, upon my own judgment and ability, and I thereby assume all risk for loss, damage or injury (including death, loss of limbs and permanent disablement) to myself and my property from any cause whatsoever. I have no known PHYSICAL PROBLEMS that will endanger me or others while participating in this event. HELMET STANDARD: SNELL M2015 IS REQUIRED AGREEMENT: By my signature below, I hereby agree to the terms of the above release, guarantee credit card payment and further agree to abide by the AHRMA Handbook and any special regulations during the event. ________________________________________________
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BEARS Sidecar Exhibtion Formula Classic (SC4) Lost Era Sidecar (SC3) Modern Sidecar TT1 Modern Sidecar TT2 Modern Sidecar US F1 Modern Sidecar US F2 Super Vintage Sidecar (SC2) Vintage Sidecar (SC1) Practice Day – All events except Laguna Seca/Barber ($135) Laguna Seca sidecar practice $175 Barber sidecar practice – Thursday/Friday ($110) or Friday only ($75) AHRMA Membership (if due, $75; International, see membership form) Benevolent Fund or Individual Donation to AHRMA
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TOTAL FEES ________________________________________________ (PASSENGER SIGNATURE)
TRANSPONDERS ARE REQUIRED! To rent a transponder, please complete a Transponder Rental Form available at www. ahrma.org/member-resources/forms-and-information/ Event information: www.ahrma.org
MC/Visa/ Disc/AmEx: __________________________________Exp. _____________ CVV __________ Billing Address: __________________________________________________________________ State: _______________ZIP Code:_______________ Credit card holder signature _______________________________________________________
AHRMA Membership information: cindy.mclean@ahrma.org or 904.477.6987 Refer to the current AHRMA Handbook (Also available online at www.ahrma.org) for questions regarding classes and eligibility. See Section 18 for Rules & Eligibility committee personnel and other Officials. WWW.AHRMA.ORG
Send completed entry form to RR Directors / AHRMA Mail: PO Box 31, Horton, AL 35980 Fax: 256.660.1366 • Scan and Email: ahrma@oneracing.org For more information call: 256.506.6603. 03/17/2020
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2020 AHRMA Redwood Engineering National Vintage Trials Series Entry Form AHRMA Membership # ___________ Bike # ______ Event Date/Name: _________________________________________ Name: _____________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________ City, State, ZIP Code: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________Mobile Phone: _______________________ Email: ____________________________ Personal Medical Insurance Company & Policy #: ____________________________________________________________ Sponsors: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Pre-Entry fee: $40 per class/Post-Entry fee: $45 per class. Fees must accompany entry form or entry will not be accepted. For information on refunds or credit towards future events, see section 4.7 of the AHRMA Handbook.
READ THIS RELEASE RELEASE: I hereby release and agree to hold harmless AHRMA, the promoters, the owners and lessees of the premises, the participants, sponsors, and the officers, directors, officials, representatives, agents and employees of all of them of and from all liability, loss, claims and demands that may accrue from any loss, damage or injury (including death, loss of limbs and permanent disablement) to my person or property, in any way resulting from, or arising in connection with this event, and whether arising while engaged in competition or in practice or preparation therefore, or while upon, entering or departing from said premises, from any cause whatsoever. I know the risk and danger to myself and property while upon said premises or while participating or assisting in the event, so voluntarily and in reliance, upon my own judgment and ability, and I thereby assume all risk for loss, damage or injury (including death, loss of limbs and permanent disablement) to myself and my property from any cause whatsoever. I have no known PHYSICAL PROBLEMS that will endanger me or others while participating in this event. My helmet meets all standards as specified in the current AHRMA Handbook. AGREEMENT: By my signature below, I hereby agree to the terms of the above release, guarantee credit card payment and further agree to abide by the AHRMA Handbook and any special regulations during the event.
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AHRMA Membership (if due, $75; International, see membership form) Benevolent Fund or Individual Donation to AHRMA
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TOTAL FEES
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AHRMA Membership information: cindy.mclean@ahrma.org or 904.477.6987
Street # __________________________________________________ ZIP Code _____________
Refer to the current AHRMA Handbook (Also available online at www.ahrma.org) for questions regarding classes and eligibility. See Section 18 for Rules & Eligibility committee personnel and other Officials.
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2020 AHRMA Redwood Engineering National Vintage Motocross Series Entry Form AHRMA Membership # ___________ Bike # ______ Event Date/Name: _________________________________________ Name: _____________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________ City, State, ZIP Code: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________Mobile Phone: _______________________ Email: ____________________________ Personal Medical Insurance Company & Policy #: ____________________________________________________________ Sponsors: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Pre-entry: First class, $45; each additional class, $30. Race day entry: First class, $60; each additional class, $35. Pre-entries are due 16 days prior to the event. Fees must accompany entry form or entry will not be accepted. For information on refunds or credit towards future events, see section 4.7 of the AHRMA Handbook. Class
Model Year
Machine Brand/ Chassis
Engine Size (cc)
Skill Level
Entry Fee
Premier Lightweight Premier 350 READ THIS RELEASE
Premier 500
RELEASE: I hereby release and agree to hold harmless AHRMA, the promoters, the owners and lessees of the premises, the participants, sponsors, and the officers, directors, officials, representatives, agents and employees of all of them of and from all liability, loss, claims and demands that may accrue from any loss, damage or injury (including death, loss of limbs and permanent disablement) to my person or property, in any way resulting from, or arising in connection with this event, and whether arising while engaged in competition or in practice or preparation therefore, or while upon, entering or departing from said premises, from any cause whatsoever. I know the risk and danger to myself and property while upon said premises or while participating or assisting in the event, so voluntarily and in reliance, upon my own judgment and ability, and I thereby assume all risk for loss, damage or injury (including death, loss of limbs and permanent disablement) to myself and my property from any cause whatsoever.
Premier Open Twins
I have no known PHYSICAL PROBLEMS that will endanger me or others while participating in this event.
Classic 125 Classic 250 Classic 500 Early Sportsman Stock 250 Early Sportsman Stock 500 100cc Motocross Sportsman 125 Sportsman 250 Sportsman 500 Sportsman Open Twins Ultima 125
My helmet meets all standards as specified in the current AHRMA Handbook.
Ultima 250
AGREEMENT: By my signature below, I hereby agree to the terms of the above release, guarantee credit card payment and further agree to abide by the AHRMA Handbook and any special regulations during the event.
Vintage Open Age
Ultima 500 Vintage 40+ Vintage 50+ Vintage 60+
________________________________________________ (RIDER SIGNATURE)
Women AHRMA Membership (if due, $75; International, see membership form)
Event information: www.ahrma.org
Benevolent Fund or Individual Donation to AHRMA
AHRMA Membership information: cindy.mclean@ahrma.org or 904.477.6987
TOTAL FEES
Refer to the current AHRMA Handbook (Also available online at www.ahrma.org) for questions regarding classes and eligibility. See Section 18 for Rules & Eligibility committee personnel and other Officials. WWW.AHRMA.ORG
Vintage 70+
MC/Visa/Disc/AmEx _________________________________ Exp. Date ______ CVV Code ______ Street # __________________________________________________ ZIP Code _____________
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2020 AHRMA - Race Tech National Post Vintage Motocross Series Entry Form AHRMA Membership # ___________ Bike # ______ Event Date/Name: _________________________________________ Name: _____________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________ City, State, ZIP Code: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________Mobile Phone: _______________________ Email: ____________________________ Personal Medical Insurance Company & Policy #: ____________________________________________________________ Sponsors: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Pre-entry (Mail-In): First class, $45; each additional class, $30 Race day entry: First class, $60; each additional class, $35. Pre-entries are due 16 days prior to the event. Fees must accompany entry form or entry will not be accepted. For information on refunds or credit towards future events, see section 4.7 of the AHRMA Handbook.
Class
READ THIS RELEASE RELEASE: I hereby release and agree to hold harmless AHRMA, the promoters, the owners and lessees of the premises, the participants, sponsors, and the officers, directors, officials, representatives, agents and employees of all of them of and from all liability, loss, claims and demands that may accrue from any loss, damage or injury (including death, loss of limbs and permanent disablement) to my person or property, in any way resulting from, or arising in connection with this event, and whether arising while engaged in competition or in practice or preparation therefore, or while upon, entering or departing from said premises, from any cause whatsoever. I know the risk and danger to myself and property while upon said premises or while participating or assisting in the event, so voluntarily and in reliance, upon my own judgment and ability, and I thereby assume all risk for loss, damage or injury (including death, loss of limbs and permanent disablement) to myself and my property from any cause whatsoever. I have no known PHYSICAL PROBLEMS that will endanger me or others while participating in this event.
Model Year
Machine Brand/ Chassis
Engine Size (cc)
Skill Level
Entry Fee
PV100 Historic 125 Historic 250 Historic 500 Historic Four-Stroke Grand Prix 125 Grand Prix 250 Grand Prix 500 Ultima 125 Ultima 250 Ultima 500 Ultima Four-Stroke Post Vintage Open Age
My helmet meets all standards as specified in the current AHRMA Handbook.
Post Vintage 40+
AGREEMENT: By my signature below, I hereby agree to the terms of the above release, guarantee credit card payment and further agree to abide by the AHRMA Handbook and any special regulations during the event.
Post Vintage 60+
Post Vintage 50+ Post Vintage 70+ Post Vintage Women Pre-Modern 125 Pre-Modern 250
________________________________________________ (RIDER SIGNATURE)
Event information: www.ahrma.org AHRMA Membership information: cindy.mclean@ahrma.org or 904.477.6987 Refer to the current AHRMA Handbook (Also available online at www.ahrma.org) for questions regarding classes and eligibility. See Section 18 for Rules & Eligibility committee personnel and other Officials.
Pre-Modern 500 Pre-Modern 4 - Stroke AHRMA Membership (if due, $75; International, see membership form) Benevolent Fund or Individual Donation to AHRMA
TOTAL FEES MC/Visa/Disc/AmEx _________________________________ Exp. Date ______ CVV Code ______ Street # __________________________________________________ ZIP Code _____________
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2020 AHRMA National Next Gen Motocross Series Entry Form AHRMA Membership # ___________ Bike # ______ Event Date/Name: _________________________________________ Name: _____________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________ City, State, ZIP Code: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________Mobile Phone: _______________________ Email: ____________________________ Personal Medical Insurance Company & Policy #: ____________________________________________________________ Sponsors: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Pre-entry: First class, $45; each additional class, $30. Race day entry: First class, $60; each additional class, $35. Pre-entries are due 16 days prior to the event. Fees must accompany entry form or entry will not be accepted. For information on refunds or credit towards future events, see section 4.7 of the AHRMA Handbook.
READ THIS RELEASE RELEASE: I hereby release and agree to hold harmless AHRMA, the promoters, the owners and lessees of the premises, the participants, sponsors, and the officers, directors, officials, representatives, agents and employees of all of them of and from all liability, loss, claims and demands that may accrue from any loss, damage or injury (including death, loss of limbs and permanent disablement) to my person or property, in any way resulting from, or arising in connection with this event, and whether arising while engaged in competition or in practice or preparation therefore, or while upon, entering or departing from said premises, from any cause whatsoever. I know the risk and danger to myself and property while upon said premises or while participating or assisting in the event, so voluntarily and in reliance, upon my own judgment and ability, and I thereby assume all risk for loss, damage or injury (including death, loss of limbs and permanent disablement) to myself and my property from any cause whatsoever. I have no known PHYSICAL PROBLEMS that will endanger me or others while participating in this event. My helmet meets all standards as specified in the current AHRMA Handbook. AGREEMENT: By my signature below, I hereby agree to the terms of the above release, guarantee credit card payment and further agree to abide by the AHRMA Handbook and any special regulations during the event.
Class
Model Year
Machine Brand/ Chassis
Engine Size (cc)
Skill Level
Entry Fee
ALL CLASSES INTMD & EXP ONLY
Next Gen 1 - 125 Next Gen 1 - 250 Next Gen 1 - 500 Millenium Two-Stroke 125 Millenium Two-Stroke 250 Current Two-Stroke 125AM Current Two-Stroke 250AM Current Two-Stroke Unlimited Next Gen 40+ Next Gen 50+ Next Gen 60+ AHRMA Membership (if due, $75; International, see membership form) Benevolent Fund or Individual Donation to AHRMA
TOTAL FEES
________________________________________________ (RIDER SIGNATURE)
MC/Visa/Disc/AmEx _________________________________ Exp. Date ______ CVV Code ______
Event information: www.ahrma.org
Street # __________________________________________________ ZIP Code _____________
AHRMA Membership information: cindy.mclean@ahrma.org or 904.477.6987 Refer to the current AHRMA Handbook (Also available online at www.ahrma.org) for questions regarding classes and eligibility. See Section 18 for Rules & Eligibility committee personnel and other Officials. WWW.AHRMA.ORG
Send completed entry form to: AHRMA, 49 Ferguson Lane, Elora, TN 37328 Scan and email: curt.comer@ahrma.org. For more information contact Curt Comer: (931) 308-0338 Please Print Clearly!
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2020 VMC Frames AHRMA National Dirt Track Series Entry Form AHRMA Membership # ___________ Bike # ______ Event Date/Name: ________________________________________ Name: _____________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________ City, State, ZIP Code: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________Mobile Phone: _______________________ Email: ____________________________ Personal Medical Insurance Company & Policy #: ____________________________________________________________ Sponsors: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Pre-entry fee: $40 per class, additional class $25. Race day entry fee: $50 per class. Fees must accompany entry form or entry will not be accepted. No refund of entry fee if your machine has passed tech. For information on refunds or credit towards future events, see section 4.7 of the AHRMA Handbook. READ THIS RELEASE RELEASE: I hereby release and agree to hold harmless AHRMA, the promoters, the owners and lessees of the premises, the participants, sponsors, and the officers, directors, officials, representatives, agents and employees of all of them of and from all liability, loss, claims and demands that may accrue from any loss, damage or injury (including death, loss of limbs and permanent disablement) to my person or property, in any way resulting from, or arising in connection with this event, and whether arising while engaged in competition or in practice or preparation therefore, or while upon, entering or departing from said premises, from any cause whatsoever. I know the risk and danger to myself and property while upon said premises or while participating or assisting in the event, so voluntarily and in reliance, upon my own judgment and ability, and I thereby assume all risk for loss, damage or injury (including death, loss of limbs and permanent disablement) to myself and my property from any cause whatsoever. I have no known PHYSICAL PROBLEMS that will endanger me or others while participating in this event. My helmet meets all standards as specified in the current AHRMA Handbook. AGREEMENT: By my signature below, I hereby agree to the terms of the above release, guarantee credit card payment and further agree to abide by the AHRMA Handbook and any special regulations during the event.
Class
Model Year
Machine Brand/ Chassis
Engine Size (cc)
Skill Level
Entry Fee
Dinosaur Classic 250 Classic 500/750 Sportsman 100 Sportsman 250 Sportsman 600 Sportsman 750 Senior Super Senior Seventies Two-Stroke Seventies Singles Seventies Singles 50+ Four-Stroke Super Singles 250 Framer Novice Support AHRMA Membership (if due, $75; International, see membership form) Benevolent Fund or Individual Donation to AHRMA
________________________________________________ (RIDER SIGNATURE)
TOTAL FEES
Event information: www.ahrma.org
MC/Visa/Disc/AmEx _________________________________ Exp. Date ______ CVV Code ______
AHRMA Membership information: cindy.mclean@ahrma.org or 904.477.6987
Street # __________________________________________________ ZIP Code _____________
Refer to the current AHRMA Handbook (Also available online at www.ahrma.org) for questions regarding classes and eligibility. See Section 18 for Rules & Eligibility committee personnel and other Officials. WWW.AHRMA.ORG
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2020 AHRMA National Cross Country Series Entry Form AHRMA Membership # ___________ Bike # ______ Event Date/Name: _________________________________________ Name: _____________________________________ Address: _________________________________________________ City, State, ZIP Code: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________Mobile Phone: _______________________ Email: ____________________________ Personal Medical Insurance Company & Policy #: ____________________________________________________________ Sponsors: _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Pre-Entry Fees: First class, $40; second class, $25; per day and are due 16 days prior to the event. Fees must accompany entry form or entry will not be accepted. Post-Entry Fees (at event): First class $45; second class $30 For information on refunds or credit towards future events, see section 4.7 of the AHRMA Handbook. READ THIS RELEASE RELEASE: I hereby release and agree to hold harmless AHRMA, the promoters, the owners and lessees of the premises, the participants, sponsors, and the officers, directors, officials, representatives, agents and employees of all of them of and from all liability, loss, claims and demands that may accrue from any loss, damage or injury (including death, loss of limbs and permanent disablement) to my person or property, in any way resulting from, or arising in connection with this event, and whether arising while engaged in competition or in practice or preparation therefore, or while upon, entering or departing from said premises, from any cause whatsoever. I know the risk and danger to myself and property while upon said premises or while participating or assisting in the event, so voluntarily and in reliance, upon my own judgment and ability, and I thereby assume all risk for loss, damage or injury (including death, loss of limbs and permanent disablement) to myself and my property from any cause whatsoever. I have no known PHYSICAL PROBLEMS that will endanger me or others while participating in this event. My helmet meets all standards as specified in the current AHRMA Handbook.
Class
Model Year
Machine Brand/ Chassis
Engine Size (cc)
Skill Level
Entry Fee
Premier Classic 100cc Sportsman 200 Sportsman Open Vintage 50+ Vintage 60+ Vintage 70+ Vintage Women Historic 200 Historic Open Post Vintage 200 Post Vintage Open
AGREEMENT: By my signature below, I hereby agree to the terms of the above release, guarantee credit card payment and further agree to abide by the AHRMA Handbook and
Post Vintage 50+
any special regulations during the event.
Post Vintage 70+
Post Vintage 60+ Post Vintage Women Pre-Modern
________________________________________________ (RIDER SIGNATURE)
Event information: www.ahrma.org AHRMA Membership information: cindy.mclean@ahrma.org or 904.477.6987 Refer to the current AHRMA Handbook (Also available online at www.ahrma.org) for questions regarding classes and eligibility. See Section 18 for Rules & Eligibility committee personnel and other Officials. FROM: WWW.AHRMA.ORG
AHRMA Membership (if due, $75; International, see membership form) Benevolent Fund or Individual Donation to AHRMA
TOTAL FEES MC/Visa/Disc/AmEx _________________________________ Exp. Date ______ CVV Code ______ Street # __________________________________________________ ZIP Code _____________
Send completed entry form to: AHRMA, 49 Ferguson Lane, Elora, TN 37328 Scan and Email: curt.comer@ahrma.org Please Print Clearly! 06/30/2020
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AHRMA Transponder Rental Form AHRMA National Historic Cup Roadrace events utilize MYLAPS transponders for timing and scoring. We have selected MYLAPS based on several considerations, which include performance experienced by other racing organizations and integration with our SeriesTracker online registration and eventscoring software. The MYLAPS transponders compatible with our scoring system are: Bike Classic, Bike Flex and Bike Direct Power. Any one of these models is to be mounted vertically (pin pointing upward) on either fork leg, no more than 42 inches off the ground. AHRMA Membership # ______________ Bike # _______ Event Name: ___________________________________________________ Name: _________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________ City, State, ZIP Code: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ____________________________Mobile Phone: _______________________ Email: ____________________________________ # of Days Rental:__________________MC/Visa/Disc/AmEx: _____________________________________________________________ Exp. Date: ______________ CVV code:____________ Signature ___________________________________________________________ Please ensure your credit card billing address and ZIP Code are included; your card will not be charged until after the event
Pricing and additional rental responsibilities: • • • •
Rental fee is $30 per day at all roadrace events; reservations must be made in advance. Transponders may be picked up at registration, and must be returned at the end of the event to avoid extra charges. Note: Reserved transponders that are not picked up are subject to the full rental charge for the event. Transponders not returned are subject to replacement charges, which may exceed $400.
Send completed entry form to RR Directors / AHRMA Mail PO Box 31, Horton, AL 35980 • Fax: 256.660.1366 • Scan and Email: ahrma@oneracing.org For more information call: 256.506.6603
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AHRMA Transponder1981 Rental Form Honda
XR100
AHRMA National Historic Cup Roadrace events utilize MYLAPS transponders for timing and scoring. We have selected MYLAPS based on several considerations, which include performance experienced by other racing organizations and integration with our SeriesTracker online registration and eventscoring software. The MYLAPS transponders compatible with our scoring system are: Bike Classic, Bike Flex and Bike Direct Power. Any one of these models is to be mounted vertically (pin pointing upward) on either fork leg, no more than 42 inches off the ground. AHRMA Membership # ______________ Bike # _______ Event Name: ___________________________________________________
Raffle bike!
AHRMA Benevolent Fund
Name: _________________________________________ Address: _______________________________________________________ City, State, ZIP Code: ______________________________________________________________________________________________ Phone: ____________________________Mobile Phone: _______________________ Email: ____________________________________ # of Days Rental:__________________MC/Visa/Disc/AmEx: _____________________________________________________________ Exp. Date: ______________ CVV code:____________ Signature ___________________________________________________________
For the past three years, Gary Swan, of Toad Town Racing, has donated a motorcycle to be raffled off at the end of the season. Toad Pricing and additional rental responsibilities: Town Racing has donated over $5000 the past three years to the • Rental fee is $30 per day at all roadrace events; reservations must be made in advance. AHRMA Benevolent Fund (for injured riders who need monetary aid). • Transponders may be picked up at registration, and must be returned at the end of the event to avoid extra charges. This year, Toad Town Racing will donate an all original 1981 Honda • Note: Reserved transponders that are not picked up are subject to the full rental charge for the event. XR100. next couple of months, this XR will get a new top • Transponders not returned are subject to replacement charges, which mayDuring exceedthe $400. end, control cables, drive chain and a cosmetic makeover. Please ensure your credit card billing address and ZIP Code are included; your card will not be charged until after the event
will be available at all National roadrace events or through Send completed entry form to RRTickets Directors / AHRMA Toad Town Racing. $5.00 per ticket or five tickets for $20.00
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SWAP MEET 1990 Honda VFR750R RC30 There are no stories and I know the bike could not have been cared for any better than the life it led.” This is truly one of the cleanest, low-mileage, and near-perfect RC30s you will ever come across. This RC30 is a mint condition, museum quality. It is number 32 of approximately 228 bikes imported. It is a one owner bike, garage kept, and meticulously maintained. Price: $25,000
Location: Tacoma, Washington Contact: Peter Brown - 360-358-7245 Ceriani Road Race Forks Price: $1,450
Location: Lapeer,Michigan Contact: Ron Kalanquin - 810-664-0977 1969 Triumph 650cc T120R Bonneville Dating from one of the pinnacle years of development, this 1969 matching-numbers machine was purchased by me as a groundup restored bike. From the powder-coated frame outwards, everything on the bike was rebuilt, refurbished or replaced to a meticulously high standard. .Price: $5,500 Location: St, Augustine, Fl Contact: David Mitchell - 863-417-5601
WHERE AHRMA MEMBERS BUY, SELL, AND TRADE
Rare 1917 Merkel Wheel An amazing piece of American motorcycle history, It is estimated that around 2,000 Merkel Motor Wheels made, of which only a few are known to still exist. This example was part of the New York Motorcycle show in 2000, on loan to the New York Museum from 2000 – 2001 it was valued at the time of the loan at $13,500 in 2000. Price: $13,000
Location: Ontario, Canada Contact: Kris Kuznak - 807-356-3765 Transportation: Will transport roadrace bikes and gear to roadrace events. *Will also transport other motorcycles for multidiscipline events. Location: Port Orange, FL Contact: Ralph: 386-760-0932
SWAP MEET & MARKETPLACE AD GUIDLINES Swap meet ads: AHRMA members may submit two free Swap Meet, non-commercial, motorcyclerelated ads of up to 50 words each, per issue. Each ad will run only once, but you are welcome to renew monthly. All ads will also be placed on www.ahrma.org for at least onemonth. Marketplace ads: The Marketplace plan is specifically designed for small business owners. Members or non-members may submit an ad of up to 50 words and may include 1 photo. This ad will appear both on ahrma.org’s AHRMA Swap Meet page, and in AHRMA MAG’s Marketplace section for 2 issues, with photo. Marketplace ads cost $25 for 60 days and may be renewed as many times as you like. Please include: name, address, phone number and AHRMA membership number with your ad. Go to: www.ahrma.org/classifieds-etc/
Transportation: Racebike transport to and from AHRMA 2020 off- and on-road races. Located in Southern California, we will consider pick-up and drop-off from anywhere in continental US. Call for pricing. Location: Southern California Contact: Brady Walker: 310-980-7129 Transportation: Transport for racebikes from southern California and return for most 2020 AHRMA roadraces. Call for pricing. Location: Southern California Contact: Gary Swan: 818-891-0330
MARKETPLACE ADVERTISE YOUR VINTAGE RACING RELATED BUSINESS & PRODUCTS HERE
Champion Framed Triumph 750 Sportsman 1973 T140 AHRMA 750 Sportsman. 38mm Marzocchi forks, Works shocks, Akronts, Barnes hub, PM disc, Grimeca caliper. Nourish crank, Carillo rods, Arias pistons, gapless rings, Megacycle cams, Kibblewhite valves, R&D valve springs, Morgo oil pump, 36mm Mikunis, Newby belt drive, PVL twin plug ignition. Price: $7,500 Location: Los Angeles Contact: linker48x@gmail.com AUGUST 2020
1966 Tri T100 C 1973 T140 AHRMA Butch Cochran frame, West Coast bike, AHRMA specifications. Rebuilt and Engine tuned by Gerald Jessup. Setup for AHRMA flat track Owner/Rider- Frank Spangler 2006 & 2007 Brakeless #1 National ChampPrice: $4,500 Location: Whitehouse, TX Contact: 940-453-0676
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Ossa M.A.R. This 1973 Ossa MAR (MK1) has been completely rebuilt by John Glimmerveen (former NYT/About.com classic motorcycle writer and international race engineer) in the winter of 2017/18. Every part was checked/cleaned and restored or replaced as required. The engine and gearbox received new bearings, gaskets, and seals throughout and was re-shimmed to factory specs. The cylinder was honed and measured at running clearance to factory spec. This bike has done 10 trials since rebuild (one win, two second places with novice). Recently fitted: Powerdyno electronic ignition ($360), Spanish muffler ($245), Aluminum tank – made in the UK ($450), new cables, front and rear wheel bearings, new modern brake shoes. Price: $2,995 Location: Richmond Hill, GA Contact: John H Glimmerveen - 912-856-9187 WWW.AHRMA.ORG
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