Sidney Mocke (S97), George Amaro (92Q) Photo credit: Sharon Coad
2020 Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Vintage Motocross & Trials Series
Bushey Ranch Trials & VMX Oct. 3rd & 4th
The Redwood Engineering, Inc., sponsored Robert W. Bushey Memorial Vintage National weekend took place as scheduled on October 3rd and 4th, one of the few events not canceled or postponed in 2020. The extraordinarily and prolonged dry year made for dangerous fire conditions in the surrounding woods, so the Hagerty sponsored AHRMA Cross Country national was canceled as a precaution. The vintage motocross and trials events ran like a well-oiled machine, with what would be a good turnout even for a "normal" year. The one advantage of having the cross country canceled was having Jeff Bushey and Wayne Hawes, who normally set up and run the cross country events, at our complete disposal for the week of set-up. They worked along side us every step of the way and then some. In the eleven years we've been at the Bushey Ranch, I can't remember as warm a weekend as this time, with a nearly 36
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50-degree difference between By: Debbie Poole night and day. Fifty-six trials riders competed on the warmest of the two days; all 10 sections except two were under the shade. Jeff Bushey and stepson, Chet Mauer, always aim to best each other in Modern Classic Intermediate, and this time they tied with 13 points, but Jeff got Chet by only two cleans. Third and fourth places were separated by one point—Jim Herbert and Craig Menghini respectively. Modern Classic Novices were dominated by Kevin Newins, who lost only two points, and has an eye to the intermediate class for 2021. Nic Hawes and Sean McKenna, also candidates to move up next year, took second and third with seven points each, Nic having the most cleans. One of the largest assembling of Premier Lightweights in many years was
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seen, with six experts. It's no surprise that Jim Wilson won the class with 14 points, followed by Pennsylvanian Jacob Ritorto's 27-point day. Bob Bellicitti followed in third with 29. Bryan Wenzel's seven points over Sandi Beliwitch's 12 was enough to take the Intermediate class win. The three Modern Classic Masters, Ralph Foster, Wes Poole and Tanner Kane, had a good competition going early on when Foster uncharacteristically had over a dozen points for his first loop. But he soon put things to rights and came out on top with a 19 point total, followed by Poole and Kane with 30 and 47 respectively. Walt Foster and Grant Menghini went head-to-head in Modern classic Expert, with a close finish. Menghini won with 51 points to 54 for Foster.
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DECEMBER 2020
