AHRMA MAG April 2025, Vol. No. 7, Issue No. 3

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KEEPING THE PAST FAST!

Race Reports & Stories

• 2026 Rules Change Proposal Process

• Processing the Past - with Ari Henning

• Roebling Road Raceway

• Lightning Strikes Again

• Shorty’s MX ... and much more

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EDITOR

Steph Vetterly ahrmamag@ahrma.org

EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS

2025 AHRMA MAG Proposed Content Schedule

Hello Everyone,

Dan May, Leasha Overturf, Suzy Moody, Kevin Burns, Ari Henning, Bob Robbins, Joshua Schucker, Bob Bean,

PHOTOGRAPHY CONTRIBUTORS

AHRMA MAG Publication Schedule

The AHRMA MAG is published ten times a year and is available to read online for free at www.ahrma. org/ahrma-magazine. Members who subscribe for $10 will be mailed four issues per year.

This document is to help provide guidance on the AHRMA MAG publication schedule, as well as estimation on which National events are planned to be showcased in each issue. This will be updated as the year progresses and as race schedules are available. Reports for races more than 3 months in the past will not be utilized. We are trying to keep the magazine as relevant as possible. (i.e. a report for an April event submitted August 10th will not be used)

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10 February 3

March (print) February 10 March 3 (online) Feb 20 (to printer)

April (digital) March 10 April 1

If there is additional non-race content that you would like to submit and it is not listed, please reach out to me so I can plan accordingly.

DIRECTORS: Please shoot for 400-500 words max; the column should be something relevant to your position. If you would like to update the photo accompanying your column, please provide with photo credits. The Executive Director is the only position required to write in each issue.

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COORDINATORS: Regional schedules will not be shown on this document. If you would like to showcase a race, please plan accordingly.

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The American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association

Steph Vetterly

ADDRESS

Steph Vetterly, AHRMA MAG Publications stephanie.vetterly@ahrma.org // ahrmamag@ahrma.org

8913 Town and Country Circle #1093 Knoxville, TN 37923

PHONE

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JAN / FEB content due Jan 10 (1/10)

COVER -

» ROAD RACE - interview with Vintage Cup winner

» ROAD RACE - history piece about 2025 Vintage Cup class

» REGIONAL (MA) - Field of Dreams / Blacks Hollow / Reynlow Park / White Rose

JUNE

May (digital) April 10 May 1

June (print) May 10

June 2 (online) May 20 (to printer)

July (digital) June 10 July 1

Aug/Sept (print) August 10 Sept 2 (online)

Aug 20 (to printer)

Oct (digital) Sept 10 Oct 1

Nov (digital) October 10 November 3

Dec (print) November 10 Dec 1 (online) Nov 20 (to printer)

SUBMIT CONTENT HERE www.ahrma.org/ahrma-mag-submission-guidelines/

content due May 10 (5/10)

» ROAD RACE - Willow Springs (4/18-20)

John Rickard (864) on his 1962 Norton 650SS fighting the elements at Roebling Road Raceway in both the BEARS and Classic Sixties 650 classes.

» Trustee Bike Spotlight

Photo by Craig Chawla

» Crussell racing in Japan

MARCH content due Feb 10 (2/10)

APRIL content due March 10 (3/10)

» CC/Trials - Bark Buster’s (4/5)

» CC/Trials/VMX - Burrows Ranch (4/5-6)

» MX - Freestone MX (4/12-13)

» DT - Columbus Speedway (4/19)

» MX - Gateway MX (4/26-27)

JULY content due June 10 (6/10)

AHRMA MAG is published ten times a year by the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American copyright conventions. Reproduction of this work in whole or in part without the written consent of the publisher is strictly prohibited. AHRMA MAG is printed in the United States of America. The articles contained in this magazine are works of journalism and do not represent the opinions or ideas of AHRMA MAG. AHRMA MAG and the publisher assume no responsibility for the content of advertisements. While we welcome submissions, the magazine is not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts or photographs. Please do not send originals.

» ROAD RACE - Roebling (2/14-16)

» ROAD RACE - Inde Motorsports (4/25-27)

» CC/Trials - Chaney Ranch (5/17-18)

» CC - Rocket Raceway (5/17)

» MX - Thunder Valley (5/24-25)

AUGUST / SEPTEMBER content due Aug 10 (8/10)

Thanks to everyone who subscribes and looks forward to each issue.

» MX - Shorty’s MX (3/1-2)

» Revzilla experience at Barber

MAY content due April 10 (4/10)

» ROAD RACE - Hastings (5/30-6/1)

» ROAD RACE - NJMP (6/20-22)

We at AHRMA MAG want to hear from our readership. We’d like to know how we’re doing. Send us feedback and comments about your favorite stories and columns, likes and dislikes and what you’d enjoy seeing in future issues. email: ahrmamag@ahrma.org call: 888-41AHRMA (888-412-4762)

» CC - Burney (5/31)

» DT - Jackson County Fairgrounds (5/31)

» CC/Trials - Tennessee Ridge Runners (6/7)

» MX - Muddy Creek (6/21-22)

» MX/DT - Honda Hills (7/19-20)

» ROAD RACE - CMP (3/14-16)

» CC/Trials - White Lightning (3/8)

» CC / MX - Farm 14 (3/21-23)

» DT - CrossRoads Motoplex (3/29)

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NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

Daniel May, Executive Director email: executive.director@ahrma.org 8913 Town and Country Circle #1093 Knoxville, TN 37923

Ed Roman, Special Committee Chairman email: ed.roman@ahrma.org

MEMBERSHIP

Lorraine Crussell email: membership@ahrma.org 8913 Town and Country Circle #1093 Knoxville, TN 37923

COMMUNICATIONS

Cindy McLean email: communications@ahrma.org

RACE DIRECTORS

ROAD RACE DIRECTOR - Leasha Overturf email: roadrace.director@ahrma.org

OFF-ROAD DIRECTOR - Albert Newmann email: offroad.director@ahrma.org

RACE COORDINATORS

CROSS COUNTRY COORDINATORJeff Oakley email: jeffoakley325@gmail.com

NATIONAL TRIALS COORDINATOR

Debbie Poole email: pooleschl1@hotmail.com

EASTERN TRUSTEES

Mike Dixon - michael.dixon@ahrma.org

Jeff Hargis - jeffhargis@comcast.net

Bob Robbins - bobr@inter-techsupplies.com

David Rutherford - david.rutherford@ahrma.org

Tim Terrell (Treasurer) - tim.terrell@ahrma.org

Colton Roberts (interim) - coltonroberts3065@hotmail. com

WESTERN TRUSTEES

Al Anderberg - al.anderberg@ahrma.org

Kerri Kress (interim) - kerrikress@gmail.com

Wesley Poole - wes.ahrma@gmail.com

Luke Sayer (Secretary) - sayerlu@gmail.com

Kelly Shane - kelly.ahrma@gmail.com

Greg Tomlinson (Chairman) - chairman@ahrma.org

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Now that the 2025 season is in full swing, you can find an AHRMA race on almost every weekend across the country. Between the Off-Road, Road Race, and Dirt Track disciplines, there are over 170 events scheduled this year.

Off-Road has by far the most events, covering Motocross (MX), CrossCountry (XC), and Trials. Within the 3 Off-Road sub disciplines, you can race your Vintage, Post-Vintage, and Next Generation bikes in both National and Regional events. The Off-Road venues this year include favorites like Farm 14, Burrows Ranch, Muddy Creek, and the new facility at the Barber Vintage Festival. The tradition continues with the season ending at Henryetta, OK.

AHRMA Road Race events are a weekend of action-packed competition including Vintage, Next

vintage motorcycle racing comes in many flavors

Generation, and unique Modern 2 wheeled road racers, along with Vintage and Modern sidecar rigs. In fact, AHRMA is the largest sidecar racing organization in North America. Road Racers will enjoy a new venue at Inde Motorsports Ranch in Wilcox, AZ along with the return to Willow Springs.

Restructured in 2025, the AHRMA Dirt Track program has partnered with several racing organizations to offer racing opportunities at high profile events. AHRMA will share the track with Roeder Racing at the famous Wauseon Vintage Nationals in Wauseon, OH and the Vintage Davenport races in Iowa. We are also teaming up with the Southern Dirt Track Association (SDTA) for shared events in the southeast, and are excited to be part of the Caruthers Fair Short Track in Caruthers, CA.

How do you keep track of all this racing action? Easy, check out the new AHRMA interactive race calendar. Head over to the AHRMA website ( www.ahrma.org/ahrmacalendar/ ) and easily find what is happening on any given weekend, in any region, and any discipline. You can filter the events based on your interest and even link the various calendars to your own calendar via iCalendar and subscribe for updates.

Curious about another AHRMA discipline that you think you might enjoy? Check something out in your area. You can spectate, volunteer, or you even might end up on the track!

Daniel May

DANIEL MAY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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PHOTO BY CATHY DREXLER

back on track updates

As we head into the second race of the 2025 race season, I wanted to share a few new things for 2025. As our Executive Director Dan May mentioned last month, between our new insurance company and the great team of the AHRMA Safety Committee, we are all going to have to work together on a few things to keep things safe and comply with insurance requirements.

First and foremost, please be on the lookout for the new Pit Vehicle Guidelines. Once the guidelines are complete, they will be shared with everyone. As discussed in a Safety meeting, the upcoming changes are necessary so that we all can keep having fun and be safe as possible. Two items being discussed are as follows. The first is that no one under the age of 16 can be operating a motorized vehicle in the pits. As I check in with tracks about what kind of guidelines they specifically have, the age limit of 16 has always been the first one on the list. The other item that may take some time to adjust to is that helmets will most likely be required moving forward. Standby for more details soon.

The next update is that AHRMA will reinstate the checking of sound levels on bikes. AHRMA has periodically had issues with sound level of bikes, and considering our handbook states that the limit is 105dB (a) we have some racers that need to make some adjustments. Sound limits have been brought up more often at tracks as of late. Particularly ones that are near a neighborhood like Roebling. A few tracks may have a lower dB than ours, so best is to make sure for now that you are no higher than 105dB (a).

Another update is that the release waiver you sign coming into the track will look a bit different. There is much more ample space to clearly print and sign your name. I want to request now, that when you put your “duty” as racer, please add your bike number in a legible manner. The unfortunate times myself or a staff member must go looking for a signature it can be a highly challenging situation if we can’t read the handwriting so, please keep that in mind. Another reminder is that

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often when arriving to a track, you not only have to sign our AHRMA waiver you must also sign the track waiver or vice versa. Yes, they do often look alike but both parties must have a version of original copy. I know the person working at the gate would love if it if you would please slow down when signing in so that everything is legible.

As a dear friend of mine always says- “the only constant is change.” But with updates via my column or via social media posts and email communications, these changes should be smooth and easy. The main thing is we all must keep smiling!

Any questions or comments, always reach out to me via roadrace.director@ahrma.org

See you soon at the next race!

Leasha Overturf

LEASHA OVERTURF ROAD RACE DIRECTOR

AHRMA Thanks Off-Road Race Director Terry McPhillips for his service

The American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) thanks Terry McPhillips for his service as AHRMA Off-Road Race Director. Terry has already begun to work with the incoming OffRoad Race Director to ensure a seamless transition period. Terry served as the Off-Road Race Director since 2022 and before that as Off-Road Regional Coordinator for the Southwest Region. He has been an active member of AHRMA since 2006.

Over the last several years, Terry has been instrumental in building the program that exists today. Terry and AHRMA implemented new computer systems, policies, procedures, defined new business processes, forms, off-road financial reporting, budget management, new committees and more. These accomplishments were most visible to AHRMA staff, regional coordinators, Tech Inspectors, and volunteers working in the background to serve AHRMA members.

Terry, we are grateful for your service to the AHRMA community, and we look forward to seeing you enjoying yourself racing regional and national events.

AHRMA Announces Albert Newmann as new Off-Road Race Director

AHRMA is pleased to announce Albert Newmann as the OffRoad Race Director. Albert has served in the role of Off-Road Regional Coordinator for the South-Central Region, AHRMA

Western Trustee, AHRMA Treasurer, and has proven his skills and commitment over many years while supporting AHRMA. He has been an active member of AHRMA since 2002.

Professionally, Albert has a long and successful background in Information Technology, specifically in Data Management, and managing large and diverse projects and systems with major companies. Albert has an in-depth understanding of AHRMA, our event process and management, and our membership experience. His current event management and team coordination experience will allow him to support our team quickly and ensure a quality experience for both competitors and spectators.

Albert and his wife Judy live in Dallas, TX, and he enjoys racing in the vintage and post vintage motocross classes, as well as cross country. Albert will be leading the upcoming Farm 14 AHRMA National event along with the remainder of the 2025 calendar season.

Please join us in extending a warm welcome!

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AHRMA Vintage Cup Roars Back:

Iconic 250 Grand Prix to blaze the 2026 season

Get ready for a high-octane blast from the past! The American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) is thrilled to introduce 250GP as the featured class for the 2026 Vintage Cup.

Sponsored by Roadracingworld.com, and NYC Norton (nycnorton.com), AHRMA’s 2026 Vintage Cup features 250GP which includes any fully GPkitted 250cc OHV/OHC four-stroke; 250cc air-cooled single cylinder two stroke; 175cc liquid cooled single cylinder two-stroke; or 175cc aircooled twin-cylinder two-stroke built before December 31, 1968. It’s a showdown of classic speed and engineering that’ll leave fans on the edge of their seats.

“I’ve talked a lot lately about getting bikes of the golden era of grand prix racing out of people’s living rooms and onto the racetrack,” says Kenny Cummings of NYC Norton, 2026 Vintage Cup sponsor. “The 250 class opens doors to increase the grids by promoting a more economical yet genuine GP level Vintage Cup class. In the past the 250GP class

has brought an international flair to our club with Juan Bulto from Spain, competing on his Bultaco Single, and we’d like to nurture the international aspect again. So, whether you’ve got a Honda 6 or a CB160 and everything in between, let’s get them out onto the track in 2026.”

Typical AHRMA 250GP grids include a wide variety of motorcycles such as Aermacchi, Bultaco, Greeves, Montesa, Ducati, NSU, Ossa, and more.

“As we look ahead to the 2026 AHRMA Vintage Cup, we’re thrilled to feature the 250GP class, a class that represents one of the most competitive and technically refined eras in motorcycle racing history. These machines were the proving ground for some of the greatest riders and teams, pushing the limits of performance and innovation. Showcasing them in the Vintage Cup honors their legacy while giving today’s racers and fans the chance to experience the excitement of true Grand Prix competition,” said Greg “GT” Tomlinson, Chairman of the AHRMA Board of Trustees.

“AHRMA continues to do the sport a great service by running a series for people to ride historic race bikes on the track, where they can be seen and heard in action. Roadracing World is happy to be involved with the Vintage Cup program again in 2026. Now go out and have fun on old bikes!” said John Ulrich, Founder & Editor of Roadracing World.

The Vintage Cup will be highlighted during and after each of the 2026 AHRMA National road races. Added enhancements for the 2026 season include:

• Enhanced trophies throughout the season

• Special awards for series champion

• Articles and photos on Roadracingworld.com to spotlight the class

• Roadracing World print magazine enhanced exposure for AHRMA and 250GP

• Discounted race entry fees

• Racer spotlight features in AHRMA MAG

• Class champion on cover of the AHRMA MAG

Motorcycles eligible for AHRMA’s 250GP class include any of the following types of fully GP-kitted motorcycles built before December 31, 1968, and like design: 250cc OHV/OHC four-stroke; 250cc aircooled single-cylinder two-stroke; 175cc liquid-cooled, single-cylinder two-stroke; 175cc air-cooled twincylinder two-stroke. A list of eligible machines can be found in the AHRMA Handbook in Section 10.2.4 (www.ahrma.org/ahrma-handbook).

The first American to win the Isle of Man TT, Dave Roper, who is also a multi-time AHRMA champion and frequent 250GP competitor shared the following:

“The 250 Grand Prix class has been one of the mainstays of motorcycle road racing since near the beginning. The Isle of Man adopted the 250 Lightweight class in 1922. Ironically, the race was won this first year by a two stroke Levis. For the next 15 years, the Lightweight 250 TT was won by a four stroke.

“The World Championship started in 1949, and the 250 class was one of the four initial classes along with 500, 350, and sidecar. The 250 World Championship has been won by two strokes and four strokes, singles, twins, fours and sixes. This has been mirrored in the AHRMA 250GP class. 2008-2015, either Paul Germain (6X) or Jack Parker (2X) won the Championship on a Yamaha two stroke single, then Jeff

Henise on a Kawasaki two stroke single, then Juan Bulto on a Bultaco single. In 2018, Kevin Burns won the Championship on a Honda four stroke twin, 2019 Germain again on his Yamaha two stroke single, 2020 John Scales on a Honda four stroke twin, 2021 me on a Aermacchi four stroke single, 2022 John Scales again on his Honda four stroke twin, 2023 Paul Germain again on his Yamaha two stroke single and last year Craig Light on his Bultaco two stroke single.

“Whether you have a single or twin, two stroke or four stroke, Japanese or European, bring it out for next year’s Vintage Cup.”

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2025 FIM Enduro Vintage Trophy

We are pleased to announce this year’s 2025 US Enduro Vintage Trophy Team. Traveling to Kielce, Poland, will be our Trophy Team consisting of ISDE Legend and returning Vintage Trophy Champion, Fred Hoess, along with returning rider and ISDE competitor, Billy Burns. Joining the team for the first time this year will be 4-Time National Enduro Champion, ISDE Veteran, and AMA Hall of Fame member, Terry Cunningham!

Our Silver Vase team members will be Marc Grossman and Robert Johnson, both ISDE Veterans, along with Seat Concepts owner Lendon Smith.

Team MTS (Manufacturing Technology and Services) will again field a Club team with all returning Vintage Trophy riders: MTS Owner Ronnie Smith, George

Pennington, and past ISDE competitor Chilly White.

Our final club team will be Team USA Club, with returning riders Jimmy Lubniewski and Haim

Beressi along with our newest addition to the US contingency and ISDE veteran, retired U.S. Army Sergeant First Class Darrell Diamond.

WORDS BY SUZY MOODY PHOTOS BY FUTURE7MEDIA

Riding as an individual will be Carlos Cheesman!

The FIM Enduro Vintage Trophy is an off-shoot of the ISDE, with the intention to have a standalone event using the same ISDE format but ridden on vintage motorcycles with a Trophy Team minimum age limit of 50 years old. First introduced in 2016, the event has become hugely popular in Europe with over 500 fielded riders last year. US participation started with Fred Hoess in 2016 and has continued to generate excitement and interest on this side of the pond as we have continued to add members and support crew to the US contingency.

We believe we have strong teams and strong riders for this year’s event, and we look forward to your support as we prepare to go to Poland!

2026 RULES CHANGE

The 2025 Rules Change Season is about to start May 1. Submissions will be received May 1 through May 15.

If you are a member in good standing and you’ve been itching to try your hand at writing rules, now is your time to shine. While you’re thinking about getting involved in building a better club, the best question for you to ask yourself is “Why change/add a rule?” There are good and not-sogood answers to that question. Read on for a good answer:

“I think my proposal will make competition in the class better.” On the not-so-good side: “It will make my bike faster, so I don’t get beat so badly.”

The Rules & Eligibility committees always get a chuckle from that one proposal that screams, “It’s all about me.” Try not to be that one, really.

Writing rules or modifications to existing rules is pretty simple. As a refresher for the veterans, and a primer for the novice authors, we are including last year’s instructions outlining several changes. Steps 1 and 2 are pretty straight forward. Steps 3, 4, and 5 can get a bit tricky; read those instructions a couple of times.

Regarding steps 4 and 5, enough of the original rule language and the revised language must be presented exactly as intended for publication; if you are writing a new rule, be sure to include all necessary New Rule text at step 3.

To make getting the original language painless, the 2025 Handbook is online. Find your rule and copy as much of the text as you need. Do not copy the entire rule. Those text boxes have limited space. Copy only enough so that the Rules & Eligibility Committee will understand your intent. Paste what you have copied in the appropriate box in step 4.

steps to creating a rule change proposal

While you’re at it, copy that same text into the revised box in step 5. Then using the text tools provided, strike through the text you want to revise or remove. Enter the new text using the underline tool indicating the new text. And you’re pretty much done. Fill out step 6 if other rules are affected by your change. New this year, we will be requiring a rationale be included with your proposal in step 7. Include pertinent documentation in step 8.

Before you start, do your homework. If you can address either the competition or authenticity of the rule, fill out the form, include some documentation and/or a strong rationale, submit it by May 15. And remember, we’re all in this together.

Kevin Burns

KEVIN BURNS RULES CHAIR

The following form may be accessed once you have read through the guidelines found at: www.ahrma.org/how-to-create-rule-change-proposal

STEP 1 - Fully complete all of your personal information including your membership number. Only submissions made by active members with Full Memberships will be accepted for consideration.

STEP 2 - Select Discipline/Category that is affected by this Rule Change Proposal from the dropdown field and whether it is a new rule or an existing rule in the current AHRMA Handbook. If it is an existing rule, please provide the rule number as it appears in the current AHRMA Handbook. MAKE SURE YOU ARE USING THE CURRENT HANDBOOK AS YOUR REFERENCE.

STEP 3 - For New Rule submission, you may either provide the complete rule in the New Rule Text edit area, or upload a pdf file through the Supporting Documentation Upload tool. New rules will not be accepted without complete and comprehensive rules.

For new Rules, after completing this step, proceed to Step 6. For existing rules, proceed to Step 4.

STEP 4 - If this is a rule which currently exists in the current AHRMA Handbook, copy the rule to be changed from the Handbook and include it in the “Original Rule Text” edit area.

Rule Change Proposal Process Developed by Kevin Burns & Cindy McLean

PROPOSAL PROCESS

STEP 5 - Include the rule change proposal verbiage in the “Proposed Rule Change Text” edit area. Strike through verbiage to be removed and underline verbiage to be added.

NOTE: COMPLETE revised text must be included in the “Proposed Rule Change Text” space. Committees are not responsible for rewriting the rule.

STEP 6 - If your proposed rule change affects other rules, include them in the “Rules Affected by this Rule Change Proposal.” Strike through verbiage to be removed and underline verbiage to be added.

STEP 7 - The Rule Change Rationale field is optional, but you may certainly include any text that you feel may better explain why you are requesting the Rule Change.

STEP 8 - Before submitting your Rule Change Proposal, you have the opportunity to upload supporting documentation (articles, illustrations or other materials). Max file size allowed: 5MB. File types accepted: jpg, png, pdf

other requirements & information

• Submissions not following the instructions provided here will be returned to the submitter to be corrected

• Only Rule Change Proposals submitted using the form on this page will be accepted

• Each form must be completed in full

• Submit a separate form for each rule change proposal unless one rule change affects others

rules proposal process schedule

• Forms with multiple rule change proposals will be rejected

• You will receive email confirmation of your submission

• You may contact AHRMA at any time to ask that your proposal be withdrawn

• If you have questions about this process, contact Kevin Burns, Rules Chair, at 68.kburns@gmail.com

May 1-15 Rule Change Proposal submission period – as Rule Change Proposals come in they will be forwarded to the appropriate Rules & Eligibility (R&E) committees. (2 weeks)

May 27 R&E Committee review period ends (starts during submission period)

June 9-16

June 17

Trustee review period

Preliminary vote, Meeting 1a (video meeting)

June 24 Preliminary vote, Meeting 1b (video meeting)

July 7-14

July 14 - Aug 2

Member comment period (1 week)

Member comment trustee review

August 12 Final vote (video meeting). This can change according to everyone’s schedule, but should take place in August

NOTE: schedule subject to change

Processing the past and honoring my father with the motorcycle that nearly killed him

WORDS BY ARI HENNING

PHOTOS BY SPURGEON DUNBAR, BRIAN J NELSON, ARI HENNING, ANDREW GERETY, ANDREW HETHERINGTON

*Originally published on RevZilla’s Common Tread

ennsylvania forest whizzed by as Zack slid open windows in the back of the school bus. I set my palms in my father’s handprints on the Honda’s grips and drove my weight down against the engine’s compression, offering a few degrees of throttle as my foot plummeted on the kickstarter.

PThe hollow sound of air moving lazily through cold cylinders. I kicked again, and a single bark shot from a reverse megaphone. Another few kicks and both cylinders fired, filling the bus with a sharp staccato and sending a shiver through my entire body.

It ran. This incredible mission might just work.

The “mission” entailed recovering my father Todd Henning’s crashed Drixton 450 Premier 500 race bike from New Hampshire, rebuilding it, and putting it on track at the Barber Vintage Festival in Birmingham, AL, as a tribute to dad and his racing career. It was a goal I’d had for years — made more urgent by the loss of my parents home and dad’s shop in 2023 — but hadn’t attempted to pull off because it was too difficult and too emotionally charged. I didn’t think I was up for it.

Mercifully, I wasn’t going it alone. Just as my father’s outsized racing efforts relied on a dedicated team of friends and supporters, I had my friends Zack, Spenser, Spurgeon, and others helping make this dream a

My father, Todd Henning, on his CB450-powered, Drixtonframed Premier 500 racer at Daytona in the late 1990s. Dad has over 50 wins at Daytona alone, and nearly 500 career wins.

PHOTO CREDIT BRIAN J. NELSON

PHOTO CREDIT SPURGEON DUNBAR

reality by shouldering the physical work and psychic load. By bringing the enigmatic energy of a RevZilla video production to bear on the project, we’d accomplished in days what should have taken weeks. And now here we were, barreling down I-81 en route to Barber with a running motorcycle in the back of a rusty bus.

The last time the Drixton 450 started was April 18, 1999, when my father gridded up for AHRMA’s Premier 500 class. Five laps later the bike stalled — dad always set his carb slides to close fully when the throttle was released — in a cloud of dust on the outside of Turn 4.

Dad’s injuries were catastrophic. He didn’t die that day, but the person he had been did. Grieving someone you’ve lost to a brain injury is confusing and continual; how do you mourn a loved one that’s still alive but is a different person? It’s something I’ve been trying to process for most of my life.

Much of that journey has involved learning about who my father was. It began with conversations with dad that I recorded in 2004, when I was 19. The glimpses seen through his damaged memories compelled me to ride my Suzuki Bandit 600 from Massachusetts to the Florida Keys, seeking out dad’s childhood friends, neighbors, employers, competitors, and others who could add texture to his story. Motorcycles were a throughline, and that was the thread I kept tugging at, because like dad, bikes ignite something inside of me.

Over the years, I’ve continued to explore the experiences that molded dad into who he was, but I always backed away when it came to the accident. It felt too painful to examine. But I’d come to realize that it was also painful to leave unresolved.

You have to feel to heal, and boy were there a lot of feelings as I dove headlong into this project. I combed through technical drawings and machinists’ invoices to learn about the many modifications made to the bike,

and dug up old magazine articles that discussed the Drixton and the success dad had with it. With the help of Zack and other friends, period racing footage was unearthed. Career photographers graciously combed through their archives to provide previously unseen images of dad racing and wrenching in the pits.

Sold at auction in 2000, dad’s Drixton 450 went to New Hampshire where two partners had plans to restore it. The bike was disassembled, then sat for two decades. We hoped we had all the pieces we needed to build a functional race bike.

Finally, I summoned the courage to seek out the rider that had hit dad after he fell, to finally get an explanation, racer to racer, of exactly what happened. The conversation faltered several times as we both wept. I’d dipped my toe into the grief-filled pool of the past many times before, but now I was submerged in it. It hurt, but the pain brought a measure of release.

Arriving in New Hampshire, and finally laying eyes and hands on the pieces of dad’s race bike, made the ground beneath my feet feel shaky.

The Drixton 450 is the culmination of dad’s legendary determination and represents the pinnacle of his racing career. It’s also the very motorcycle that took the dynamic and seemingly unstoppable Todd Henning away from us.

In many ways it was fitting that we had to assemble the machine, which had been taken apart decades ago in preparation for restoration. For starters, I felt I needed to earn the right to ride the bike, and putting it together, using the innate mechanical skills I inherited from dad, checked that box. Second, it provided an opportunity to study the components and glean precious details about how my father had developed the Drixton into a race-winning weapon. As Zack so

I spent my childhood accompanying dad to races all over the United States and Canada. By the time of his accident, I was in middle school and my teachers no longer approved of my extended absences.

PHOTO CREDIT ARI HENNING

PHOTO CREDIT PATRICK BODDEN

The Premier 500 class was meant to emulate GP racing of the mid-’60s, which made dad’s streetbased CB450 (#454) an outlier among bikes like the Matchless G50 (#81), Honda CR450 (#34), MV Agusta 500 Three (#6), MV Agusta GP 500 (#7), and BSA Gold Star (#71).

accurately said at one point, “it’s pure archaeology.”

Some clues required interpretation, while others were literal. The engine had notes written on it for valve lash, engine rev limit, oil quantity, bolt torques, and wiring for the ignition system, among other things. It wasn’t uncommon for dad to write reminders directly on items, but these tips were especially prescient given our compressed timeline and lack of familiarity with the machine. Did dad leave them for himself? A future self? For me?

Assembling the engine. After building and racing my own motorcycles, it was especially satisfying to have the mechanical fluency to interpret the many modifications dad had made to the motor.

Two aspects of the motorcycle were especially difficult to approach. First were the grips, an outmoded design that you heated and then squeezed, so the rubber molded to your hands. They presented dad’s complete handprints, palm to fingertips. They were a tangible, visceral, personal connection to the past. When I was eventually ready to touch them, it was to wipe them with a damp cloth, as if performing a taharah.

Then there were the tires, which I knew would show signs of the

“Your dad would show up at Daytona with four and a half bikes entered in eight classes.” This, according to a 2005 interview with the man at left in the overalls, who worked at NASA on the Altas launch team yet considered dad one of the smartest people he’d ever met. With his crew’s help, dad (hunched at right) would swap front ends and engines to adapt bikes to different classes. PHOTO CREDIT BRIAN J. NELSON

slide that took dad down. My own experience on the track told me what to look for, and there they were, the steeply angled streaks along the right shoulder of the rear Avon. The rest of the crash damage had been repaired — dents in the aluminum tank removed, frame powdercoated, bodywork replaced or repainted — but this evidence remained, and was unmistakable.

Assembly continued on the road to Barber, with Spurg piloting the borrowed bus and Zack perched on the wheel well on the other side

PHOTO CREDIT BRIAN J. NELSON

Ari and Todd Henning. PHOTO CREDIT ANDREW HETHERINGTON

PHOTO CREDIT ARI HENNING

of the bike. The entire process was being documented on camera, including that fateful kick that brought the Drixton back to life after all these years. Once the engine fired, I could finally start to think about riding the bike.

After all the emotion, the hard work, and the stress, it was a tremendous relief to let muscle memory take over and ride. Racing is the most powerful connection I have with dad. Like wrenching, it’s something we’re wired to do, and piloting his Drixton 450 at speed, fully immersed in the moment and one with the machine, was like a mind meld across time.

Dad was there at Barber, smiling, encouraging, but quieter than usual. He’s an old man now, and has lived a third of his life with his brain injured. At one point I asked if he wanted to

sit on his Drixton, and he replied with barely perceptible “no.” I don’t blame him.

Recovering, rebuilding, and racing the Drixton 450 has helped transport me through my grief. What happened to my father was tragic, but being able to honor him and memorialize his success

is cathartic. The fact that the experience is preserved as a fulllength documentary, and the bike is now on display in the Barber museum for others to see and appreciate, is more than I could have ever hoped for.

This project wouldn’t have succeeded without the efforts of these people and many others. From left, Andrew Gerety, Spurgeon Dunbar, Ari Henning, Todd Henning, Buff Harsh, Spenser Robert, and Zack Courts.

PHOTO CREDIT ANDREW HETHERINGTON

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2025 season-opener Roebling Road Raceway

WORDS BY BOB ROBBINS

Year after year, AHRMA racers build and rebuild bikes, knock off the rust, shovel out and sign up not knowing what weather we might end up with. Despite the unknown, we had a great turnout of over 500 entries for the 2025 opener. Over the years, we have seen temps in the 30’s, 80’s, and everything in between. This year we saw decent temps, but it was a wet one for virtually all races on Saturday and Sunday. Thursday’s AHRMA run test & tune day was wet, but it was a safe opening day with plenty of track time and very few incidents. A few riders seemed they couldn’t

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get enough of it and rode all day in their respective sessions.

Tech was opened on Thursday to accommodate those who were doing the track day and then later for arriving racers to help avoid the rush of Friday morning. Unfortunately, Jim Innes, head of tech inspection, and his wife Lois suffered a trailer breakdown leaving home and couldn’t make it. In typical AHRMA family fashion, racers and other staff jumped in throughout the event to help referee Jim Korn with the task of overseeing tech in Jim Innes’ absence along with others jumping in to get racers checked into the system with Lois missing. With all of the great help, the lines moved quickly and racers got through and on track in time.

Friday practice was dry and cool. It helped to get everyone up to speed and sort out their equipment. There are always newly-built bikes and changes to current race bikes that make a practice day really important from a shakedown point of view. Breaking in engines, calculating gearing, bedding in brakes, getting suspension sorted out, wearing stiff new leathers, etc. all take some acclimating to be ready for competition. The energy was high on Friday while everyone prepped in the manner that suited them best.

The Friday Race School led by Arthur Kowitz had an impressive 11 students all ready to learn the AHRMA way of racing. They all did well and included two new sidecar teams with Tim and Renee Joyce instructing. The mock race was a barnburner and was mentioned by our announcer Mark Glenn as one of the most competitive ones in recent times! Let’s welcome some new racers into the AHRMA family!

Friday on-track activities were closed out with the annual dinner and 2024 National awards presentation. Tim Terrell and a group of volunteers did a great job of planning, organizing, and setting up making it fun with a Hawaiian luau theme that produced some interesting garb on the racers and staff. The dinner was delicious, and it

was a very nice having a large group attending. Stuart Sanders and Mark Glenn put on a little humorous banter in the sharing of announcing the awards which kept the crowd chuckling throughout.

Saturday’s entry numbers were 329 and Sunday’s 287 making for a strong first event attendance for 2025. Saturday’s practice was dry

which gave competitors another chance to sort out their bikes after an evening of getting some needed changes done for some of the racers. As racing began, the weather shifted and brought in some rain. The excitement for the first race day kept folks smiling regardless. Even with some tricky weather, the day was safe with minimal delays or issues.

I’ll give a recap on some of Saturday’s stand-out race highlights:

For me, Formula Thunder lived up to its name with Israel Gillette dominating the race with a margin just short of 23 seconds over the close pack of Steve Metz, Tommy Ryan, Matthew Pattacca, and Sean Cassell finishing respectively for second through fifth place.

Next Gen SB MW‘s Harry Vanderlin and Kevin Rammer were in a real fight for the win with Vanderlin taking a narrow .373 margin over Rammer. John Turner, Bill Howard and Nick DiTrolio rounded out the top five spots.

The 2025 Vintage Cup is 500 Premier. Spectators were curious how the race would pan out with some of the racers of the 2024 Vintage Cup back for this new one. It was a convincing win by Rob Hall with a close battle following between Tim Joyce & Harry Vanderlinden. Jerry Duke finished fourth.

For the first race of the season, we had a great showing of sidecars. The racing was great one with a close finish in TT1 & TT2 with Tony & Lisa Doukas finishing two seconds over Keith Powell and Wendy Stefanik. Peter Essaff and

Michelle Leclear Fisher finished third with Brian DeLoughy & Heidi Benjamin running fourth after doing the sidecar school on Friday!

Going into Sunday, the forecast was for an impending large storm and for once the weather report came true. The skies were dark and the wind was blowing keeping the paddock on edge. A hard decision was made in the staff meeting and Race Direction made a call to cancel practice and go straight to racing to make use of a window of time before the monsoon hit. Since everyone had ridden in the rain on Saturday it was a good and fair call. The first race of Formula Thunder gridded up and the drizzle started. It was exciting to see how fast everyone was running in the inclement weather. The early start resulted in four races being run from 8:30 AM with the fourth one getting stopped during the heaviest downpour in the name of safety. But Race 4 re-started and finished in time to observe the 11:00 AM quiet hour. The shift of the schedule allowed all races to be run (some wetter than others!) and we wrapped up the racing at around 3:00 PM on a still wet track. Luckily, the skies changed and we all had some sun for loading up.

Sunday’s notable close race highlights:

Classic 60’s 650 was a close one with Ben Baker taking the win over John Rickard followed by Stan Keyes, David Kaufman, and Stuart Sanders rounding out the top 5.

Sportsman 750 was exciting with its very close finish between Grant Spence and Dave Evans. Spence took the win by .046. Steve Enter finished in third and Brian Rammer in fourth.

I love a close race as I feel many others do too. Class C Footshift went to Dave Tompkins over Alex McLean by under two seconds followed by Scott Dell and Grant Spence.

Motard is always exciting, but the damp conditions made it even more so. It was a very

tight race and finish with Noel Korowin crossing the stripe ahead of Lee Trollope by a mere 0.239. Newcomer Benjamin Scoggin came in third followed by Kristopher Haas.

With many new faces in the paddock, one father and son pair of racers stood out. I met Terry Scoggin in tech, and he mentioned that he raced at Roebling for the first time in 1984. After a racing career spanning many years

including Pro level and later AHRMA, life started taking its normal turns and he stepped back for a while. Terry explained as the years went by and how things had evolved, he was now able to enjoy coming back with his son Benjamin sharing the experience where Terry started. With a huge smile on his face, he mentioned how blessed he felt to be in that moment. They both enjoyed the weekend and caught up with some old friends and felt right at

Father Terry Scoggins with his son Benjamin Scoggins at their first AHRMA weekend together PHOTO CREDIT DOUG BOWIE #150

home in our AHRMA family. Terry managed to take a second and first place trophy home in Sound Of Singles 1, so apparently he still has a little competitive spirit left at 62 years old! Benjamin took home a third in Motard. I’m sure we will see them as regulars this season and beyond. They will be bringing some vintage Ducatis that were still in the process of finishing touches. The father-son duo will debut them at CMP in the Vintage SB Middleweight class.

Roebling and its entire staff, led by Jack Abbott, are most accommodating and it makes the event enjoyable as always. There is something about the backyard feel of the venue, hospitality, and a fun track layout that keeps us coming back year after year in February.

Roebling Road Raceway has been in operation since 1959, and area growth nearby has brought about some restrictions to be put in place by the track to be good neighbors. Strict quiet hours and traffic routing are small prices to pay for ensuring the continuation of our events at such a great track and facility.

One area of concern after speaking with Jack Abbott is decibel levels. I am guilty of a somewhat annoyingly loud bike and I am making a plan to quiet it down. At one time, we used a decibel meter for enforcing a 104 db limit and maybe we should go back to that in RRR and AHRMA’s best interest. Most bikes won’t lose any performance and might even gain some with better noise restrictions. It will be helpful for the track not to mention your pit neighbor’s well-being.

Thumbs up to all the AHRMA staff and volunteers as well as Faynisha’s FBF flagging crew for staying out in the weather both days and the crew from RRR as well. Even Sunday was a safe day, with little time delays and few incidents despite the inclement weather. Here is to the next race weekend being a little less wet.

See you at CMP!

2025 Vintage Cup - 500 Premier

AHRMA Roadracing Series Presented by Motobilia

Hall

and Joyce Split AHRMA 2025 Vintage Cup Season Opener Wins

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Wet and challenging conditions helped kick off the 2025 American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association’s (AHRMA) the 2025 Vintage Cup.

The Series started Feb 15 and 16 at Roebling Road Raceway in Bloomingdale, GA as part of the 2025 AHRMA National Roadracing Series presented by Motobilia.

Sponsored by Roadracingworld. com, and NYC Norton (nycnorton. com), AHRMA’s 2025 Vintage Cup features the 500 Premier class which includes 500cc four-stroke machines built up to and including 1968. Featured bikes from this era would include the 500cc Manx Norton, Matchless or Seeley G50, BSA Goldstar or 500cc BSA Twin “works” replica, Benelli “works” four, Harley KR, Honda Drixton Twin, and more.

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The start of Saturday’s race saw Rob Hall aboard Stu Carter’s 1965 Matchless G50 take the hole shot and lead the race virtually unchallenged. Tim Joyce, riding John Turner’s 1968 Seeley G-50 held second place throughout the race. Harry Vanderlinden, on John Turner’s 1968 Honda Drixton 450, tried to reel in Joyce but ultimately took third. Jerry Duke, on a Ducati 350 Scrambler was fourth.

“Missing Roebling again this year was bittersweet - certainly feeling as though I was missing out after a long cold winter, but didn’t miss sitting in the downpours that passed through. Fortunately, I was able to watch the action with live timing and scoring on Speedhive,” said series sponsor Kenny Cummings of NYC Norton. “Could this be a repeat of last year’s 350GP barnburner series?

AHRMA’s favorite son, Rob Hall,

who spends 40 hours a week making everyone else’s machines go faster, put his head down from Saturday’s start on his Seeley G50 and set a blistering pace that couldn’t be matched. Rob won handily, and as the social media snaps started rolling in, we could see he was smiling as big as ever as he stood on the top step.”

The start of Sunday’s race was delayed due to heavy rain. Two riders eventually took to the track: Tim Joyce and Kevin Dinsmoor. Joyce took the lead, with Dinsmoor, riding a 1962 BMW Turner R-50, in hot pursuit. Dinsmoor showed Joyce a wheel about halfway through the race yet was later forced to retire due to a mechanical. Joyce rode to victory and Dinsmoor scored a second place finish.

Rob Hall (270)

Reflecting on the weekend and looking ahead to the rest of the season, Cummings said, “It was also great to see Tim Joyce, Jerry Duke, Harry Vanderlinden, Kevin Dinsmoor et al, out there putting in their laps in less than ideal track conditions. NYC Norton will be at CMP next month and can’t wait to see these bikes in action and perhaps I’ll pull out a Manx or G50 for myself? This is the class we’re really hoping can get some big names out of the woodwork and onto the track.”

AHRMA launched the Vintage Cup series during 2019 by spotlighting the 350 GP class. The series resumed during 2021 and highlighted the 500 Premier class. It was followed by Vintage Superbike Heavyweight in 2022, and Formula 750 in 2023.

500 Premier was AHRMA’s first and most historically significant post-war racing class. 500cc grand prix motorcycles hit the world stage staring in 1949. That class endured for decades and ultimately morphed into MotoGP.

This class has always featured AHRMA’s heavy hitters, riding many of the same machines as former world champions Giacomo Agostini, Mike Hailwood, John Surtees, and Phil Reed, to name a few.

“The 500 Premier bikes are the pinnacle of vintage road

RACE RESULTS

Saturday Results - February 15, 2025

1 – 270 Rob Hall, 1965 Matchless G50, Charlotte, NC

2 – 81T Tim Joyce, 1968 Seeley G-50, Springfield, VT

3 – 32 Harry Vanderlinden, 1968 Honda Drixton 450, Hickory, NC

4 – 9K Jerry Duke, 1967 Ducati 350 Scrambler, Florence, AL

Sunday Results - February 16, 2025

1 – 81T Tim Joyce, 1968 Seeley G-50, Springfield, VT

2 – 304 Kevin Dinsmoor, 1962 BMW Turner R-50

racing, embodying the spirit, craftsmanship, and raw performance of our sport’s golden era. These machines define what true vintage road racing is all about. Congratulations to Rob Hall and Tim Joyce on their impressive wins this past weekend in challenging conditions—an incredible display of skill and perseverance. What a great start to an exciting AHRMA road racing season where history comes alive on the track and the competition is as fierce as ever,” said Greg Tomlinson, Chairman of the AHRMA Board of Trustees.

Rounds three and four of the AHRMA National Road Race Series Presented by Motobilia will be March 15-16 at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, SC.

The annual Vintage Cup spotlights one of AHRMA’s road racing classes with extra attention on competitors in the selected class during each race event. Enhanced awards for the Vintage Cup competitors are presented separately from other class trophies during the Saturday awards ceremony at each AHRMA National Road Race event. Highlights from each Vintage Cup race will be reported in RoadRacingWorld.com’s online edition. At the conclusion of each season, the perpetual Vintage Cup trophy will be engraved with the national champion winner’s name and presented to the winner at the National Awards Banquet to keep for one year.

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LIGHTNING STRIKES AGAIN!

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The scene opens in a smoky disco bar ripe with the smell of booze-stained shag carpet and glistening with acres of crushed velvet. Just the kind of place the AHRMA Off-Road Planning Committee favors for its coming year brainstorming sessions. Here the committee’s cross country representative Dave Kutskel proclaims with deadpan matter-of-factness…

DK: “We’re putting the band back together”

(A moment of silence is broken by a few chuckles, looks of confusion and doubt)

DK: “Can anyone at this table honestly say that they’ve raced any finer, or felt any better, than when they raced at White Lightning? We’re putting the band back together!”

(More muffled chuckles and eye rolls)

Committee: “Man, you’ll never get Al Roof and Mr. Holder out of them relaxing retirement gigs?!”

DK: “We’re putting the band back together…and I’ll even bring my Mid-Atlantic crew down to make it happen.”

Of course, the “band” being referred to is the exceedingly popular Carolinas White Lightning event which was a sure go-to event throughout its thirteenyear run. It was a sad day in the AHRMA off-road community when organizers Greg Holder and Al Roof announced that the 2021 iteration would be its last. Often seen as the unofficial kick-off to vintage race season and always a welcome respite from winter’s slow burn toward spring, especially for the many

Great to see Sam Burroughs back to speed after serious injury

Stephanie Daniels and her Al Roof Cool Bike Award winning Triumph PHOTO CREDIT AL ROOF

northerners often in attendance. But, as anyone that has ever been involved in running an event like this knows, the commitment required to do it well is huge. Now imagine adding the complexity, challenges, and fears associated with the COVID-19 pandemic to the equation. So, after over a decade of dedication, it is easy to understand why Greg and Al decided to step aside at the top of their game. Those last few events, despite pandemic struggles, were among the best with starting grids that would make many modern bike series jealous.

The void in the schedule was obvious in subsequent seasons. A valiant effort to move an early March event further east in South Carolina was submarined by lackluster weather and the subsequent tepid turnout. AHRMA soldiered on without for a few years, but there was hardly a spring that would go by without a few “wish I was at White Lightning” exclamations thrown about. But this was only wishful thinking until late 2024 when Dave K attempted to turn the dramatized proclamation above into action. A quick phone call with Greg Holder showed a glimmer of hope. While Greg is a fine motorcyclist, as proven by having an ISDE appearance on his resume, he’s also an accomplished musician. It seems in the music industry, announcing retirement and a final tour only to re-emerge later is a “thing”…i.e. Kiss circa 2000 and countless others. And to be fair, there’s more than a few well-known dirt bikers that pulled the stunt too, for instance Bradshaw, McGrath, Dungey, and most recently Kalib Russell. So, perhaps it is the musician in him, or the combo of that and bikes that kept the fire burning, because it turns out that Greg himself had been trying to figure out how to kickstart the event again. Dave’s offer to provide the Mid-Atlantic’s manpower to assist in weekend execution was just the spark needed to get the wheels turning. The return worked out pretty well for Kiss and company, and Bradshaw added to his win total after retirement number one, so

Fred Hoess rockets to the overall win in race 2 & 3 both days

Marcus Huffman (545)

Mark Hawk PHOTO CREDIT JOSHUA SCHUCKER

the potential for success is well established.

We are putting the band back together, one by one. Greg had already locked up the longstanding Silverhawk Plantation venue thanks to his friendship with seven-time AMA Enduro Champion Randy Hawkins and family who own the property. Greg was also committed to laying out the course and prepping the facility for the event weekend.

Dave had lined up his Mid-Atlantic crew to travel to South Carolina and handle sign-up, scoring, and all the supporting tasks. A few phone calls to Greg’s former partner, Al Roof, was enough to persuade Al to step back into his promotions role that had proven to bring folks in from far and wide. What else…what types of racing? Well, we’ve got both kinds, crosscountry and trials. So, we need to add Gary Holbert to the lineup to handle trials master duties.

The newly-minted National Cross Country and Southeast Region Coordinators, Jeff Oakley and Henry Gregorich, respectively, were set to be on-hand to help where needed and partake in the fun. Dates were booked along with a tasty food vendor in Daddy’s Cookout, the schedule is published, and man, this thing is really a go! Carolinas White Lightning returns for 2025!

Rolling through the gates of Silverhawk Plantation for the first time in several years quickly reminds you why this place is so special. The weather, while a bit windy, is mild and welcoming. The packed red clay is a stark contrast to the lush pine forests that encircle the generous parking area. Many a knobby have shredded the prime trails on this property. In addition to the several White Lightning editions that have been held here, word is you may catch some intense practice sessions from the Hawkins-owned AmPro Yamaha team and its squadron of professional racers, including the aforementioned Mr. Russell and his return to competition. With over onethousand acres to explore, the terrain is varied, plentiful, and well suited to the events scheduled for the weekend.

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Billy Burns speeds to Saturday vintage race overall

The trials competition kicked off the weekend on Friday afternoon. Nearly twenty-five riders left the paddock headed east for the four-mile loop that trials master Gary Holbert laid out. The participants covered a range of AHRMA championship classes and were all seeking a dabless journey through the eight sections, each manned by volunteer observers to help with the scoring. Three times through the loop gave the riders plenty of seat time…err I mean riding time. The transfer section from beginning through to section eight was rather enjoyable on its own as it followed a meandering double track and plowed through a creek crossing. The wide path narrowed to a downhill single track toward section seven and eight before ascending through more single track for a return to the scoring tent. The sections ranged from short and sweet in section one, to zig-zagged log-hopping exercises, to the finale of seven and eight in a creek ravine littered with large rocks, water holes, and a yardhigh vertical rock face included on the challenging expert lines. Impressive riding by all and some strong single-digit, class-winning results turned in by Steven Glinski, Mark Hawk, and Brian Roach. Friday evening closed with more folks rolling in and the crosscounty signup and tech inspection crews working well into darkness to accommodate the swarm of eager riders. This is looking good…

This isn’t a rehash, a remake, or a sequel…this is a reboot, a newand-improved White Lightning, where updated technology is embraced but doesn’t take the luster off the original formula. Certainly, the most obvious enhancement is the inclusion of a whole new generation of racing machines to the National Cross Country circuit. For several years now, numerous rule proposals have been kicked around regarding the addition of ‘80s/’90s dual disc brake bikes. None of them have passed muster until it finally stuck for the 2025 season, whereby motorcycles up to model year 2008 now have the opportunity to participate. This rule change provides great potential to

combat the unfortunate facts of time and encourage a younger generation of riders whose perception of “vintage” is a sliding scale based on an individual’s personal experiences, age, and preferences. It is fitting that the Mid-Atlantic region was on the scene to introduce the national ranks to the three-race format as it has been operating efficiently in this manner for several years now. The third race hosts the legacy Pre-Modern classes and

infuses the newly-created Next Gen and Millenium categories. The region has experienced marked growth in the third race since it debuted four years ago, with rider counts often approaching fifty entries, and an influx of families and younger riders. In fact, there has been remarkable cross pollination between the three races with people initially entering a disc brake bike and subsequently seeking out a twin shock or post vintage-era bike, or

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Josh Zerance with the holeshot

vice versa, in order to participate in multiple classes. But, enough with the history lesson, the future has already started as twenty-five riders took part in the first race under the new regulations. That is twenty-five entries above and beyond an already strong starting grid for both the vintage and post vintage races. A solid number of riders pulled “ironman” duty by partaking in each of the three races a day. That’s like riding a three-hour GNCC while adjusting to a trio of different motorcycles. It is a sure-fire seat-time feast and quite fun if you’ve got the stamina and desire to give it a try. A twenty-five-rider field is a solid beginning to a new normal and will surely grow as more AHRMA members become aware of the addition.

Whether disc brakes, drum brakes, twin shocks, or mono, all the bikes had to tackle the same course. Masterfully laid out by Mr. Holder in the months leading up the event, the green flag would wave on a spacious start area to the east of the pits. As is typical for White Lightning events, the competition is strong. As I looked left, then right, down the front row of each race, I had to begrudgingly remind myself there will be little chance of a number one plaque heading home this weekend. An ISDE medal, or twenty, would be

A winding bit of red clay twotrack followed where traction was primo and berms would magically guide you through a mile or so of goodness before the trees narrowed and the trail pointed to its first major elevation change. A short climb with a couple shelves of exposed rock made line choice a priority to making a smooth ascent. Line choice was again your friend or enemy as a challenging downhill was just beyond where a large meandering erosion ditch was eager to swallow a wheel and induce fear in less confident riders. The next climb was longer and more of a twist-the-right-grip-whileavoiding-roots scenario before descending through a tangle of pines and bursting into the sunlight of the motorcross track.

a prerequisite to standing atop the expert class podium. And I relate that with awe rather than remorse because it is really neat to sit on the same starting grid as some legends of the sport like Cunningham, Hoess, Burns, Moody, and more. In fact, I was thrilled to get enough of a jump off the line just to get passed by someone of their stature, even if it was before the pack entered the woods.

Once in the woods, the course wiggled through a brief tight section before opening up into several twists of a motocrossstyle area bookended by a vintage-friendly uphill double and a floater downhill ski jump.

A few doubles and a set of roller whoops transferred the pack to the woods across the property. Here the trail followed a low-lying area with some muddy spots that would degrade into bikeingesting ruts and icicle-slick roots. A clean pass through here was key to a fast lap time. One last climb up a chopped-up hillside and its equally-bumpy downside, where finding the smoothest line was a priority, would lead to a pine tree maze for the final three-quarters of a mile. At just under five miles, the course was a beautiful variety of tight pines, fast straights, flowy coaster ride, and impressive elevation change. Things got rougher as Saturday progressed and more laps churned up the ground, but

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a brief shower overnight and the continued formation of smoother alternate lines really made the course a pleasure by Sunday. It also helped that Greg and team rerouted things to eliminate that bit of challenging mud area for the second day’s action.

It was so great to be back in Buffalo, South Carolina, for the reboot of Carolinas White Lightning. Even despite the several year layoff, the event was quite successful and well poised to continue to build back to its peak participant numbers from the past. Look at this year as Michael Jordan #45 and next year we’ll be wearing the #23 again…we all know how that turned out! There are so many people to thank for making this extraordinary return a reality, so I’m just going to throw the names out there, you know what you did, and we all appreciate it! Thank you, Greg Holder, Al Roof, Billy Chapman, Chasity Chapman, Joe Cole, Terry and Trini Cunningham, Kurt Flachbart, Emily Fry, Taylor Funderburke, Henry Gregorich, Gary Holbert, Scott Kilton, Dave Kutskel, Ray Lewis, Todd MacDonald, Randy Marshall, Suzy Moody, Jeff Oakley, Grant and Jessica Reichart, Kristy Schucker, James Smith, Connie and Mike Zdybak.

Also, thanks to Motobilia, the new National series sponsor for 2025, Motion Pro and Preston Petty Products for the course ribbon and generous swag and products supplied as giveaways, as well as Potomac Vintage Riders for its efforts to support the Mid-Atlantic region’s travel squad.

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Shorty’s MX

WORDS BY BOB BEAN

PHOTOS BY BOB & SHARON BEAN

Sharon and I arrived early Friday at Shorty’s MX track in Blythe, California. This is the opening round of the AHRMA 2025 National Motocross season. We met up with AVDRA promotor Jim Rike and fellow AHRMA tech volunteer Gordon McClellan. Jim let us know that Dave Boydstun would be working with him on set up and running of his AVDRA crew. AHRMA NW Coordinator Chet Malito, Gordon, and myself met with Dave and volunteered to help set up the different start area that Dave wanted to make.

We had to move a bunch of hay bales for the new, wider start area. We quickly found out they were too heavy to carry all the way around, so Sharon and I put my E-bike to good use. We would stick a bale on the luggage rack on the back and wheel them around..

It may have looked funny, but it worked!

Having raced this track last year when it was a AHRMA regional, I was familiar with the track layout and it looked to be exactly the same except for the new starting line set up. Last year, the starting line set up was narrow and very short. Dave’s set up improved on both of those counts.

The gates opened about 3pm and a long line of racers started pouring in. As people unloaded and set up their pit areas, throughout the day, we met with AHRMA officials, Terry McPhillips, Greg Tomlinson, Luke Sayer, Kelly Shane, Al Anderberg, and New National Sponsor Rick Doughty. A walk through the pits revealed a wide array of old vintage bikes that looked like they had just rolled off the factory floor. Impressive.

A dozen states were represented, with New York looking to be the long distance traveler. Of course, Sharon and myself from Indiana had logged a little over 3,400 miles to get there as well.

Jim’s crew of AVDRA workers headed up by Pam, quickly had sign up set up and moving smoothly. As Gordon, Sharon, and I had our tent up and tables all ready for the racers and bikes to start rolling through, a well-oiled machine, that keeps it pleasant for all. Of course with the start of a new season, everyone has new helmets and all need new stickers for tech. Doing a combined series with AVDRA, who’s classes are different than AHRMA’s was a little bit of a challenge, but was quickly figured out and taken care of.

Dave had also secured track announcers Chris Johnson and

Mike Johns. They kept all the racers up to date and informed, calling classes and in between doing some interviews with racers and such. Its little things like that that make an event that much better.

On Saturday, practice was set up with five different groups to keep like bikes and riders together. The track had been smoothed and watered Friday night and Saturday morning, so there was no dust. All the jumps had been rounded off for the vintage bikes and from my observation, it looked like they were handled well by even the premier bikes. I saw 500s and 750s taking the table top jumps smoothly and looking fast!

The track at Shorty’s is run in the foothills and ravines near the Colorado River Reservation just west of the California/Arizona state line. With plenty of elevations changes, bowl turns, off cambers and table top-type jumps, the track is fast, fun, and challenging but at the same time even the Novices can get around it with no problems.

A decision was made to run the Women’s PV Novice class that normally runs on Sunday, to run on Saturday instead, with the Vintage AVDRA classes to simplify scheduling and running the event. Of course this affected Sharon, so I had to unload her bike and get it and her ready. She normally takes pictures all day Saturday, so this meant that because I was

in moto 4 and moto 10 and she was in moto 3, I had to hustle to get all ready and to the line. Then, of course, I helped take pictures. And believe it or not, when taking pictures, it is actually hard to watch the racing action. Haha.

The only races I can actually write about were one of the premier classes that Kelly Shane and Rick Doughty raced in. I got to watch those two go at it, mere feet apart around the whole track, going back and forth. Kelly’s 500 Arial

had the corner speed, while Rick’s 750 Rickman Triumph had the HP advantage. It was this way for three of the five laps. But then I think the weight and power of the 750 started to tire Rick and he gradually fell back. Kelly’s museum-quality Arial 500 went on to take the win convincingly, but it was a joy to just watch (and listen) to those big 4-strokes go at it. There were four women Novices and two women Intermediates that were combined in moto 3.

They, along with a couple other Novice classes, made for a full gate, and it was Sammi Condon from Mesa, AZ, on a sweet looking ‘74 Husky 125, who jumped into the overall lead and never looked back. Meanwhile, defending 2024 Women’s Novice Champion Sharon Bean took her XR200 to the lead in the Women’s Novice class. Of course, Sharon had boots on!

In the Vintage 60+ intermediate class, with 13 riders on the gate, it was Kenny Safford from Simi Valley, CA, taking the overall with a 1-2 score followed by Tom Hooker from Utah with a 2-4 finish and rounding out the podium was Mike Kelly from Idaho who had some bad luck in moto 1 and finished eighth, but came back in the second round and won it, finishing third overall.

At the end of the day Saturday, awards were passed out, followed by some great food that AVDRA members prepared. Then the real racing started.... Bench racing that is...... And of course, several big screen tvs had the supercross races on live from just down the road in Phoenix.

On Sunday, we woke to some windy weather and threats of high winds later in the day. Sign up and tech opened early and everyone got through quickly.

Dave Boydstun made the decision to run combined practice to save time, as we did not have as many entries as Saturday and wanted to try to beat the winds.

With less motos to run, we thought we might make it, but Mother Nature had other plans. Just as round 1 was finishing up, winds up to 70MPH started blowing, raising dust clouds impossible to see through and almost blowing bikes off the track. Several pop ups were destroyed, including the event t-shirt guys. It was then that they

decided for safety’s sake to call the event. A wise choice.

Despite the interference from Mother Nature, everyone I talked to enjoyed the event and thought it was well run.

Hats off the Jim Rike, Dave Boydstun, and Terry McPhillips for coming together and pulling off a good event.

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2025 AHRMA NATIONAL SERIES SCHEDULES

SCHEDULES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE! PLEASE CHECK WWW.AHRMA.ORG FOR INFO & UPDATES

2025 AHRMA Roadracing Series Presented by Motobilia AAR: Academy of Roadracing SRS: Sidecar Racing School

Date Venue

2/13-16

Roebling Road Raceway; Bloomingdale, GA (AAR & SRS)

3/14-16 Carolina Motorsports Park; Kershaw, SC (AAR & SRS)

4/18-20 Big Willow, Willow Springs Raceway; Rosamond, CA (AAR & SRS)

4/25-27

Inde Motorsports Ranch; Willcox, AZ (AAR & SRS)

5/30-6/1 Motorsports Park Hastings; Hastings, NE (AAR & SRS)

6/20-22 New Jersey Motorsports Park; Millville, NJ (AAR & SRS)

8/1-3 Blackhawk Farms Raceway; South Beloit, IL (AAR & SRS)

8/15-17 Pittsburgh International Race Complex; Wampum, PA (AAR & SRS)

9/5-7 Nelson Ledges; Garrettsville, OH (AAR & SRS)

10/2-5 Barber Motorsports Park; Birmingham, AL

* all events, except Barber Motorsports Park, are hosting both the AAR and SRS

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Date Venue

3/7 White Lightning; Buffalo, SC

4/5 Burrows Ranch; Chrome, CA

5/17 Chaney Ranch; Warner Springs, CA

6/7-8 Tennessee Ridge Runners; Bybee, TN

8/2-3 Donner Ranch; Nordon, CA

8/9 BSA Club; Toronto, OH

9/13 Rattlers Run; Fiarfield, WA

9/27 Bushy Ranch; Canby, CA

10/3 Barber Motorsports Park; Leeds, AL 11/7 T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK

2025 AHRMA Dirt Track Series Presented by Motobilia

Date Venue

2/22 SDTA - Crossroads Motorplex; Jasper, FL (ST/TT)

4/12 SDTA - Marion County Speedway; Ocala, FL (ST/TT)

5/10 AJ Herrera Memorial Race, Plaza Park Raceway; Visalia, CA

6/13-14 TBD

7/18 Roeder Wauseon Vintage Nationals; Wauseon, OH (1/2 mile)

7/25 TBD

8/23 TBD

8/28 Vintage Davenport Races, Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds; Davenport, IA

9/13-14 Willow Springs Round Up; Willow Springs, CA

9/26-27 Caruthers Fair Short Track; Caruthers, CA

10/3-4 Barber Vintage Festival; Leeds, AL (ST)

10/11 SDTA - Callaha Speedway; Callahan, FL (ST)

2025 AHRMA National MX Series Presented by Motobilia

Date Venue

3/1-2

Shorty's MX; Blythe, CA - VMX, PVMX, NGMX

3/29-30 Farm 14; Centreville, MS - VMX, PVMX, NGMX - CANCELLED

4/6

Burrows Ranch; Chrome, CA - VMX only

4/12-13 Freestone MX; Wortham, TX - VMX, PVMX, NGMX

4/26-27 Gateway MX; Lebanon, MO - VMX, PVMX, NGMX

5/24-25 Thunder Valley; Lakewood, CA - VMX, PVMX, NGMX

6/8 Chaney Ranch; Warner Springs, CA - VMX, PVMX, NGMX

6/21-22 Muddy Creek Raceway; Blountville, TN - VMX, PVMX, NGMX

7/19-20 Honda Hills; Thornville, OH - VMX, PVMX, NGMX

9/6-7 Johnsonville; Yantis, TX - VMX, PVMX, NGMX

9/14 Rattlers Run; Fairfield, WA - VMX, PVMX

9/20-21 Field of Dreams; Greensburg, PA - VMX, PVMX, NGMX

9/28 Bushy Ranch; Canby, CA - VMX only

10/4-5 Barber Motorsports Park; Leeds, AL - VMX, PVMX, NGMX

11/8-9 T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK - VMX, PVMX, NGMX

2025 AHRMA National Cross Country Series Presented by Motobilia

Date Venue

3/8-9

White Lightning; Buffalo, SC

3/28-30 Farm 14; Centreville, MS - CANCELLED

4/5

Burrows Ranch; Chrome, CA

4/5-6 Brush Buster's Bonanza; Marceline, MO

5/17-18 Rocket Raceway; 3 Springs, PA

5/31 Old Desmond Ranch; Burney, CA

6/7 Chaney Ranch; Warner Springs, CA

6/7-8 Tennessee Ridge Runners; Bybee, TN

8/9-10 BSA Club; Toronto, OH

9/27 Bushey Ranch; Canby, CA

10/3 Barber Motorsports Park; Leeds, AL

11/7-9 T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK

2025 AHRMA REGIONAL SCHEDULES

2025 AHRMA Northeast Schedule visit www.ahrma.org/northeast

Date Event Disciplines

3/8-9

Carolinas White Lightning; Silver Hawk Plantation; Buffalo, SC CC, Trials

4/26-27 Irish Valley MX Park; Paxinos, PA CC, MX

5/17-18 Lamoka Motocross; Bradford, NY CC, MX

6/6-8 Unadilla MX; New Berlin, NY CC, MX (including PV Pre 1978, PV Post 1977, and NG-1999)

6/21-22 Ashcraft Run; Bellefonte, PA CC, MX

6/28-29 Allen's Farm MX; Lawton, PA CC, MX

7/19-20 Quiet Oaks; Cross Fork, PA CC, MX

8/16-17 State Line Riders; N. Pownal, VT CC, MX

8/30-31 Bear Creek Sportsmen; Hancock, NY CC, MX

9/6-7 Wentz Training Facility; Pennsburg, PA CC, MX

9/13-14 Kelso Creek Classic; Minerva, NY CC, MX

9/27-28 Zoar MX Park; Springville, NY MX (including NG-2004)

10/4-5 French Woods; Hancock, NY CC, MX

10/25-26 White Rose MC; Spring Grove, PA CC, MX

Championship Criteria for Cross Country and Motocross are:

• Six (6) events minimum to qualify for regional championship and year-end awards.

• Best seven (7) events count toward points championship.

2025 AHRMA Heartland Schedule visit www.ahrma.org/heartland

Date Event Disciplines

4/26-27 Gateway MX; Lebanon, MO MX

5/18 Thies Compound; Pleasanton, KS MX

6/22 TonyLand; Jonesburg, MO MX

10/19 Possum Hollow; Halltown, MO MX

TBD TBD CC, MX

Regional MX Championship Qualifying Requirements:

• Three (3) stand alone regional events minimum to qualify for regional championship and year end awards

• All five (5) events count towards points championships.

• You must be an AHRMA member to receive Regional AHRMA Championship Awards and Points. Non members points will be removed and rescored for members

2025 AHRMA Great Lakes Schedule visit www.ahrma.org/great-lakes

4/6 Honda Hills; Thornville, OH MX

4/26-27 Kick’n’ roose; Carroll, OH MX

5/24-25 Lightning Raceway; Tippecanoe MX, CC

6 TBD MX

7/19-20 Honda Hills; Thornville, OH MX

8/23-24 COCR Motorcross; Sugar Grove, OH MX

9/20-21 Field of Dreams; Greenburg, PA MX

10 TBD MX

• Minimum of 8 events required for MX/CC Championship.

• Minimum of 2 events required for Trials Championship.

• All events listed on the Great Lakes schedule count towards championship

Schedules and venues are subject to change, Visit regional websites for up to date information

2025 AHRMA Mid-Atlantic Schedule visit www.ahrma.org/mid-atlantic

Date Event Disciplines

3/8-9

Carolinas White Lightning; Silver Hawk Plantation; Buffalo, SC CC, Trials

4/12-13 Shady Acres; Friendsville, MD CC, MX

4/26-27 Irish Valley MX Park; Paxinos, PA CC, MX

5/3-4 Blacks Hollow Rec; Spring Church, PA CC, MX

5/17-18 Rocket Raceway; Three Springs, PA CC

5/31-6/1 Sutton Station; Summerville, PA CC, MX

6/21-22 Ashcraft Run; Bellefonte, PA CC, MX

6/29 Allen's Farm; Montrose/Lawton, PA MX

7/19-20 Quiet Oaks Camp; Cross Fork, PA CC, MX

8/23-24 Coyote Run; Ebensburg, PA CC

9/6-7 Wentz Training Facility; Pennsburg, PA CC, MX

9/20-21 Field of Dreams Farm; Greensburg, PA MX

10/11-12 Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA CC, MX

10/25-26 White Rose MC; Spring Grove, PA CC, MX

All MX events will host Vintage, Post Vintage, and Next Gen (up to 1999) competition. All Regional CC events will host Vintage, Post Vintage, and Disc Brake (up to 1999) competition.

Mid-Atlantic Championship criteria for Cross Country and Motocross are:

• Rider must be an active AHRMA member

• Minimum six (6) class placings required to qualify for MX championship and year-end awards.

• Minimum seven (7) class placings required to qualify for CC championship and yearend awards.

• Best six (6) MX class placings/points count toward MX series championship.

• Best seven (7) CC class placings/points count toward CC series championship.

2025 AHRMA Rocky Mountain Schedule visit www.ahrma.org/rocky-mountain

3/29 Aztec Family Raceway; Colorado Springs, CO

6/21 Ram Offroad Park; Colorado Springs, CO

7/27 Aztec Family Raceway; Colorado Springs, CO

8/17 Kimball County Motocross; Kimball, NE

8/30 PNCC Hare Scramble; Potter, NE

9/20 Thunder Valley Motocross Park; Morrison, CO

10/4 Aztec Family Raceway; Colorado Springs, CO

10/12 Sweney Cycle Ranch; Brush, CO

• Regional Motocross Championship Series: 4 to qualify. Best six finishes count.

• Regional Cross Country Championship Series: 4 to qualify. All finishes count.

• Thunder Valley MX National counts for double Rocky Mountain Regional Championship Series points for Motocross.

• Must be an AHRMA Member to receive Rocky Mountain Region Championship Series Points.

Date Event Disciplines

3/9 Fingerlake; Red Bluff, CA *If weather delay 3/16 VMX, CC

4/5-6 Burrows Ranch; Chrome, CA *If weather delay 4/12-13 CC, VMX, Trials

4/26 Leapfrog Classic Trials, Frog Pond Motoranch; Vacaville, CA Trials

5/3-4 Steel Stampede, Deshutes County Fairgrounds; Redmond, OR VMX, Trials

5/31-6/1 Old Desmond Ranch; Burney, CA CC, VMX, Trials, Iron Butt Weekend* 7/? TBA VMX, Trials

8/2-3 Donner Ski Ranch; Norden, CA Trials

8/23-24 Tea Cup Trials & Tea Cup Scott Trials; Point Arena, CA Trials

9/13-14 Rattlers Run Ranch; Fairfield, WA MX, Trials

9/27-28 Bushey Ranch; Canby, CA VMX, CC, Trials, Iron Butt Weekend* 10/? TBA VMX

2025 AHRMA Northwest Regional Championship Series

• All Northwest events count for 2025 Northwest Championships.

• All events count

• VMX – 4 to qualify

• Trials – 5 to qualify

• Cross Country – 3 to qualify

• Regional points awarded at National events on Northwest’s schedule.

• PVMX, NGMX – support only – no season points

You must be an AHRMA member to receive Regional AHRMA Championship Awards and Points. Non-member points will be removed and rescored for members.

* denotes Iron Butt Weekend

• Complete 2 motos in the same class

• 3 Trials loops

• Finish Cross Country in all 4 scheduled events

2025 AHRMA Southwest Schedule visit www.ahrma.org/southwest

3/1-2 AVDRA - Shorty’s Sports Park; Blythe, CA MX

3/9 ARX - Glen Helen; San Bernardino, CA MX

4/27 OSSRG - Glen Helen; San Bernardino, CA MX

5/17 ARX - Glen Helen; San Bernardino, CA MX

6/7-8 Chaney Ranch; Warner Springs, CA MX, CC, Trials

6/22 OSSRG - Glen Helen; San Bernardino, CA GP (double points)

7/27 ARX - Glen Helen; San Bernardino, CA MX

9/14 ARX - Glen Helen; San Bernardino, CA MX

10/26 OSSRG - Glen Helen; San Bernardino, CA GP (double points)

11/8-9 AVDRA - Shorty’s Sports Park; Blythe, CA MX

11/16 ARX - Glen Helen; San Bernardino, CA MX

12/14 OSSRG - Glen Helen; San Bernardino, CA MX

For Details on each event go to:

AVDRA go to avdra.com - OSSRG go to ossrg.org - ARX go to americanretrocross.org

Regional Championship Qualifying Requirements:

• You must race in at least 6 events in the same class.

• All races (MX and GP) in this series counts towards the championship

• Each promoter may have different classes than AHRMA, so sign up in the promoter’s appropriate class.

• You must be an AHRMA member to receive Regional AHRMA Championship Awards and Points. Non-Member points will be removed and rescored for members

2025 AHRMA Southeast Schedule visit www.ahrma.org/southeast

Date Event Disciplines

1/26

Southern Roots Race Series (AMA) 2-Hour Race; Lincolnton, GA CC

3/7-9 White Lightning; Buffalo, SC CC, Trials

3/15 Dogtown Challenge - North Georgia Vintage Trials; Mount Airy, GA Trials

3/16 Jimmy Weinert MX Facility; Maysville, NC MX

3/28-30 Farm 14; Centreville, MS CC, MX

4/5 Barber Motorsports Park; Leeds, AL MX

4/19 Top-of-the-Rock; Lookout Mountain, GA Trials

4/27

5/3

Sunshine State Vintage Motocross Club; Waldo, FL MX

Southeastern Vintage Motocross (SEVMX); Fannin Co., GA MX

5/24 Whooping Creek, 2-Day Trial; Carrolton, GA Trials

6/7 Tennessee Ridge Runner; Bybee, TN, 2ea CC & Trial CC, Trials

6/14

Henry's Hills, North GA Vintage Trials; Cornelia, GA Trials

6/21 Muddy Creek MX Park; Blountville, TN MX

8/2 Southern Roots Race Series, (AMA) 2-Hour Race; Location TBD CC

8/30 Tennessee 2-Step, 2each CC & Trials; Crossville, TN CC, Trials

9/13 Wildsville; Roberta, GA CC, MX

10/3-5 Barber Motorsports Park, Vintage Fest; Leeds, AL CC, MX, Trials

10/25 Elizabeth City, NC MX

2025 Southeast Regional Championship Requirements

• Regional points awarded at National events located in the Southeast Region.

• You must be an AHRMA member to receive regional points and end-of-year Championship Awards.

• For each discipline, 50% of all events offered plus 1 event is the minimum to qualify for a regional championship. Of those events 50% must be regional. More than the minimum regionals may be used to make the required total for a championship. If 50% does not fall on an even number that number is rounded up to the next whole.

2025 AHRMA South Central Schedule visit www.ahrma.org/southcentral

3/28-30 Farm 14; Centreville, MS - CANCELLED MX, CC

4/12-13 Freestone Raceway; Wortham, TX MX, CC 5/31-6/1 Waco Eagles; Riesel, TX MX, CC

9/6-7 Johnsonville, Farm; Yantis, TX MX

9/20-21 TBD MX, CC

10/25-26 Desoto Motorsport Park; Cane, LA MX, CC 11/7-9 T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK