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If I were a fair-weather photographer, I’d never get any of the cool shots I’ve gotten over the years. Rain, snow, hot, cold... doesn’t matter. If there’s racing going on, you can be sure to find me trackside with all my gear, ready to capture the action. Heartland Motorsports Park was an exciting venue to photograph offroad racing. Between the rains prior to the event providing some beautiful slop through the trees, and high winds on Sunday helping to dry out the motocross track for some dusty adventures, I was thoroughly enjoying myself. And hey, that’s why they make showers, right?

Paired with the incredibly talented Kevin McIntosh and etechphoto. com, we’re proud to bring you some amazing images showcasing all the happenings from our latest AHRMA Classic MotoFest™. So sit back, relax, and enjoy some awesome photos and articles!

COVER - AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ in the Heartland multi-discipline ROAD RACING - Brad Richtsmeier (225), Shawn Veisz (901), Ryan Music (29), Michael Applehans (25), Douglas Parker (696) Photo by Kevin McIntosh MOTOCROSS - Start of Saturday’s Race 7 Classic 125 Intermediate, Premier Open Twins Expert, Sportsman Open Twins Expert, Vintage 100cc Intermediate

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Photo by Steph Vetterly CROSS COUNTRY - Larry Miller (798)

Photo by Steph Vetterly FLAT TRACK - Tim Banks (184), Dan Hulgins (13), Greg Tomlinson (59), Mitch Barnes (82) Photo by Kevin McIntosh .......................................

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Spectators were treated to some unique views of the Heartland Motorsports Park’s road races at the latest AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ in the Heartland.

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WELCOME TO HEARTLAND - Event coordinator, Jim Doyle, gives us a beautiful introduction to our latest AHRMA Classic MotoFest­™ in the Heartland at Heartland Motorsports Park.

AHRMA TAKES ON HMP - Road Race Director Dewanna Comer walks us through this fun, technical road race course.

VINTAGE CUP AT HEARTLAND - The AHRMA staff provides an update on the latest happenings in the Vintage Cup class.

YEAR SAME AS THE FIRST - Last 22 SECOND year’s cross country race at HMP was a

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HEARTLAND MOTOCROSS - You can be sure there was no lack of action on the offroad side - with 22 races over the weekend just in MX alone!

HMP ON TRIAL - Opposite the motocross racing, folks had a change of pace (literally).

TRACK AT HEARTLAND- Don’t let the 36 FLAT small paperclip track fool you - this year’s flat track was an event you didn’t want to miss!

STRIP AT HMP - In addition to all the 38 THE standard racing disciplines, folks were treated to enjoy some drag racing - and it attracted some very unique machines!

to successfully race three different 40 enough disciplines, but can you do it on the same TRIPLE CROWN SUCCESS - It’s difficult

day? Greg Tomlinson walks us through his experience on his way to becoming the inaugural Triple Crown champion.

DOUBLE-HEADER - Catch up 44 FRACKVILLE with the latest Mid-Atlantic offroad racing in Frackville, PA.

HEAVEN - Bob Close takes us 48 ALMOST through the Northeast region’s cross country and motocross racing at the beautiful Lake Lamoka.

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What does your race number mean?

Other racers have shared their race number meanings with me, and they run the gamut. Some are their anniversary date, others, their birthday (or someone special to them). I have seen some that were a date of a specific achievement, or a number representing that achievement (like 262 – marathon distance, or 73.1 – half Ironman triathlon distance, etc.). Some even represented special vehicles – 427, 355, 458, etc.). Some were pilots and had a specific bird they referenced – 747, 320, etc. Still others marked a specific year that had meaning to them (2 digits of course). The stories were fascinating, and I know we probably have a wide range of these stories here at AHRMA.

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If you have a number that has special meaning to you, we would like to hear it. Please email your story to communications@ahrma.org and we will feature some in a future issue. It is fun being a part of a great race community like we have and hearing the history and meanings of important mementos creates good memories.

Thank you for being part of the great AHRMA family and supporting our club.

Now, let’s race!

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oes your race number mean anything to you? Have you chosen or kept it because of a significant date (birthday, anniversary, age, etc.), or some other important number? I’ll bet you thought that your race number and its special meaning to you was very rare.

Some time ago, I posed this question on one of our local forums, and I was surprised to see the response.

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from the staff this. This crew is, without a doubt, the bomb!

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I want to send out a personal invite to everyone to attend AHRMA’s Classic MotoFest™ of Monterey.

This event will be taking place July 15th – 17th and there is something planned for everyone. From the 1AHRMA Party, to off-road riding, to flat-tracking, to the family fun zone, to the vintage bike show, to road racing; there will be something for everyone!

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must start this month’s article off with a great big “T H A N K S!” to the AHRMA Road Racing volunteers. This group is dedicated like no other. I appreciate them for laughing at me when I say or do something wrong, and for their gentle guidance about the things I don’t know. I continue to learn more and more at each race and have also learned the best thing for me to do is surround myself with the best people and I think I’ve achieved

Now on to a more serious note. Having just finished the month of June and celebrating Father’s Day, thinking of the Fourth of July has me focused on my father, Robert Gardner.

While I just referred to him as father, that’s a title I never used when addressing him. If you continue to read, I’ll tell you a bit about this man that I called “Daddy.”

Daddy was the hardest working man I’ve ever known. He was a boilermaker by trade and I grew up thinking that all welders could lay a bead like my daddy. It was only later in life that I realized what true skill he possessed to weld objects that were structurally sound and beautiful to boot. My Mama would rise early each morning with him, prepare breakfast and a lunch box packed to the top that he would often share with his buddies, and off he would go. Long hours were the norm for him as he was dedicated to providing for our family.

Daddy liked to hunt and fish and yes, occasionally ride a motorcycle!

Fourth of July was one of his favorite times of the year. He would put on his red bandana, fire up the BBQ pit and grill for around 75 people yearly.

The American flag would fly proudly as many truths and lies would be shared and laughter could be heard all around as the kids played in the sprinkler, played backgammon, and of course the horseshoe tournament.

The preparation for this event was second to none as he and mama thought of everything to make this day special which was normally capped off with a few fireworks.

This Fourth of July, I will likely fire up the grill, wear my red bandana and share a meal with friends.

As we celebrate the red, white, and blue this month, I will be celebrating my father and the values he taught me, and I encourage you to celebrate the things that you love.

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ith the season nearing its midway point, the national championship race is starting to shape up. With 30 rounds on the schedule over 15 weekends, there’s still time to make a charge.

However, with 14 rounds in the books, the time is now if you want to write your name in AHRMA’s history books.

The best 16 finishes will count towards the championship and as it sits now, 11 out of 12 classes can go to anyone. The 12th class?

Well, at the moment Wyatt Campbell owns a commanding 144-point lead in Spanish Cup and leaves me to ask, can he be beat? Will we see a newcomer make a charge at him as we head back out to the west coast to the “Running With the Bulls” territory in Northern California or will the Baton

Rouge native’s lead still stand after three rounds at Lodi Cycle Bowl and two rounds at Laguna Seca?

Come on out to the races and see for yourself.

Still thinking about joining us for some fun on the dirt oval? Wait no more!! Follow the lead of fellow road racers Patrick McGraw, Colton Roberts, and Jeremy Maddrill, or Joe Gretchen who came over from MX to pull double-duty.

With so many disciplines under one organization, why not take advantage of it and try out another one of five disciplines AHRMA has to offer. If you have questions, want to help, or need

help, don’t hesitate to reach out to me and lets get you involved in AHRMA Dirt Track!

Richard Brodock RICHARD BRODOCK DIRT TRACK DIRECTOR

NEWSWORTHY - Northeast Region Update The Northeast Region has announced a few changes that impact their events and 2022 championship.

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Allen’s Farm Cross Country and Motocross event originally scheduled for August 6/7 has been changed to July 30/31

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MEMORIAL WEEKEND AT THE AHRMA CLASSIC MOTOFEST ™ IN THE HEARTLAND

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ur second AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ in the Heartland is history. The two days of rain before the event caused a schedule change, moving the Friday trials and cross-country races to Sunday. The rest of the MotoFest was unaffected with great weather Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. A lot of work goes into an event of this size. All those hours of work and planning were enjoyed and appreciated by everyone who attended. Competitors and spectators were treated to a great show of competition and interesting bikes.

Smiling fans, workers and competitors told the story.

The event, which took place at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, Kansas, showcased all AHRMA’s disciplines. Road Race, Moto Cross, Cross Country, Trials, Flat

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Track, and additionally a Drag Racing exhibition. Plus, a topflight vintage and classic bike show with awards presented by Hagerty Motorcycle was on display Saturday. The Laroque Motorsports swap meet was in the festival area again this year.

As I walked through the exhibitor area Saturday afternoon I was impressed with the parts, bikes, and “possible” projects I saw in the swap meet area and a collection of very nice show bikes in the Hagerty show. Something going on everywhere. I would ask are you having a good time and would be thanked for bringing this to Topeka.

Like last year, a common question, “When do the sidecars run?”

Wow, talk about great premium RV camping. Excellent track side views of the road race action all three days!

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Please thank and never forget, the great volunteers at this event.

An event of this size cannot be accomplished without the outstanding AHRMA volunteers and staff, from parking competitors, to getting members registered. Local area volunteers like the Christian Motorcycle Association members came out in numbers to support us as well. Individuals from surrounding communities showed up to be a part of our success.

Another, something- for-everyone MotoFest event.

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Chris Spargo (19), Tripp Nobles (114)

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s luck would have it the rains came in at Heartland Park the week prior to the second AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ in the Heartland. Sponsored by Bridgestone, Underground Team Racing / 811 Kansas, and Hagerty, the AHRMA Team overcame these rain challenges with an end result of a beautiful race weekend.

Toad Town Racing’s Gary Swan sponsored a Triple Crown award

wherein racers who entered and placed best in three of the disciplines racing earned points toward winning a beautiful hand-crafted trophy and bragging rights. The points were tight, but when the dust settled, it was Greg Tomlinson that took home the trophy followed by Jeremy Maddrill and Tim Banks trailing by one point.

In addition to sponsoring the Triple Crown, Gary also gave a Tech Talk on Saturday about how to change your road racer into a flat tracker and then

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he went over to the flat track to show the young guys how it’s done!

Friday practice saw racers putting down the laps, tweaking engines, adjusting tire pressure, and doing what they do to try and grab the most speed in preparation for race day. While current AHRMA racers were practicing, our headmaster of the AHRMA Academy of Roadracing (AAR), Mark Morrow, was busy teaching a class of six students. This

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school allows AHRMA to add racers into the mix and grow our sport.

Once the track went cold, the paddock filled with delicious smells, as racers and crews shared meals and eventually landed at the drag strip to watch fellow racers challenge each other on the ¼-mile drag strip.

Saturday and Sunday were chock-full of racing excitement with 14 races daily and over 650 class entries for the weekend. It was good to see Tripp Nobles (114) on his 1972 Harley Davidson XR750TT return to the track after a crash earlier this season.

Try as he may, Nobles was unable to take the win from Christopher Spargo, who topped the box both days in the Formula 750 class with Nobles taking third on Saturday and second on Sunday. The 350 GP didn’t disappoint either day; seasoned riders Dave Roper, Walt Fulton and Alex McLean took each other to task both days. Roper landed on top of the box Saturday followed by Fulton and McLean in second and third, respectively, but on Sunday Fulton was able to capture the top spot.

The Super Vintage (SC2) class was the largest of the seven classes, and it was Team Daniel May and Craig Chawla (93) that came out on top both days. Rounding out the podium daily was the team of Brian and Tammy Rammer (46X) followed by Ben Sloter & Jamie Pluta (71R).

The Formula Thunder class normally does not disappoint, and this

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weekend would be no different as local rider Drew Jankord (4L) had the best lap at 1:48:088 and took the win Saturday. Gregory Avello (21K) was second followed by Patrick Lansu (77L) in third. Sunday would dawn a different day with the top three riders from Saturday’s competition missing from the grid. Brian Dobrowolski (41D) who finished just off the podium on Saturday with a fifthplace finish found himself leading the way on Sunday with a best lap of 1:48:729. Coming in second and third

were Zach Thomas (93T) and Shane Quigg (762), respectively.

This race weekend resulted in many leader changes and action-packed fun. Jacqui Van Ham was on-site providing live updates of both days of racing; those interested can catch a replay on YouTube at “All Things Motorcycle with Jacqui Van Ham” and AHRMA’s YouTube channel at “AHRMA Videos.”

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AHRMA National Historic Cup Vintage Superbike Roadracing Series Heavyweight Maddrill Increases Points Lead

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wo victories at the AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ in the Heartland helped Jeremy Maddrill extend his lead in the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA) Vintage Cup. The event was rounds 11 and 12 of the 2022 Bridgestone Tires AHRMA National Historic Cup Roadracing Series and was held at Heartland Motorsports Park in Topeka, Kansas, May 28 and 29.

The 2022 Vintage Cup, sponsored by RoadracingWorld.com, highlights the Vintage Superbike Heavyweight class and Maddrill, from Stiger, Illinois, won both rounds on his 1979 Kawasaki KZ 650.

“These 650cc-sized superbikes are the real deal and, in the right

hands, may earn a Vintage Cup championship,” said Brian Larrabure, 2022 Chair of the AHRMA Board of Trustees.

On Saturday, Maddrill had a clean start, immediately took, and held the lead unti l the checkered fl ag. Kevin Rammer, fromNewnan, Georgia, on a 1982 Honda CB650SC was unable to reel in Maddrill and placed second.

Rounding out the podium inthird was Matt Esterline from Portage, Michigan, on a 1977 Honda CB750F, with Andre Hauer of Houston, Texas, finishing fourthon a 1981 Kawasaki GPZ 550.

In a repeat performance of Saturday, Maddrill took the lead and the eventual win for Sunday. Rammer was in close pursuit until he

experienced traction and chassis wobble issues which allowed Ben Sloter of Island Lake, Illinois, to take second on his 1981Kawasaki GPZ 550. Rammer took third place points which elevated him to second overall in the Vintage Cup points chase.

The 2022 Vintage Cup Trophy will be awarded to the Vintage Superbike Heavyweight class winner at select events including NewJersey Motorsports Park, WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca, and Barber Motorsports Park.

The Vintage Superbike Heavyweight class is sponsored by International CBX Owners Associati on (ICOA).

Race dates and event registration links are available at: www.ahrma. org/schedules-results/

Jeremey Maddrill en route to double header AHRMA Vintage Cup victories over Memorial Dayweekend at Heartland Motorsports Park

RACE RESULTS Saturday Results - May 28, 2022

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second year SAME AS THE FIRST... A LITTLE BIT WETTER, A LITTLE BIT WORSE!

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year ago, I was writing about how the inaugural AHRMA Classic MotoFest in the Heartland cross country races had turned into a giant mudpie and test of endurance. Four inches of rain just before race day had turned the course into a quagmire. Surely 2022 would be better, or so the optimists amongst us thought. By the Wednesday before race day, having already sat in Trampas Parker’s camper for two Bob Lisey and Trampas Parker work to finish track set-up

days of non-stop rain and another storm on the way, Becky Hayes and I were wondering if the cross country would even happen. We pulled the plug on the Friday races, planning to get out Thursday afternoon and all-day Friday to prep the course. Bob Lisey, Suzy Moody, and Joe Murphy had all come up to Topeka following the Leroy Winters Memorial Reunion Ride in Arkansas the previous weekend and would be instrumental in salvaging the races for Saturday and Sunday.

Trampas suggested starting and ending the cross country on his motocross track, which really turned out to be a saving grace as the woods were simply horrible.

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foot to scout possible routes to the north end of the property which had some higher ground and hard-packed roads, but when we found ourselves literally walking through moss and algae covering a service road, we canned that idea. Curt Comer had been out scouting possible trials sections and reported that one area we would have run through had kneedeep water running through it. Ugh! Thankfully, interim Offroad Director, Kelly Shane, came through and found us a brush hog attachment for the skid loader Trampas would be using to groom the motocross track. With the brush hog secured, the plan was to lay out as much grass track as we could and splice in a couple of woods sections to remind the racers to be thankful we didn’t add more! Yes, it was that bad.

The revised competition schedule called for both Vintage and PostVintage (PV) classes to run on Saturday and Sunday immediately preceding Vintage MX on Saturday and PV MX on Sunday. Hats off to the racers who rode both races.

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They had less than 30 minutes after Vintage to retrieve their PV bikes and report to the PV starting line, barely enough time to chug some Gatorade and wolf down some trail mix before they had to race again. I know lots of motocrossers do back-to-back motos in different classes, but that’s only 12 to 15 minutes of racing, not an hour!

Saturday’s races would be 90 percent motocross track and fresh-mowed grass track with two short pieces of woods thrown in. The first was greasy, the second was even worse.

I don’t think anyone complained they didn’t see enough slop! In spite of the crummy weather forecast and through-the-roof fuel prices, 32 racers lined up for the Vintage race, including half a dozen women. Suzy Moody (O61) and Becky Hayes (77M) are regulars, but Trini Cunningham (4T) and Sherri Parker (12) are becoming cross country regulars, too.

They are best pals and each seems apologetic if they beat the other!

Their husbands, Trampas Parker (2-time World Motocross champion) and Terry Cunningham (4-time

National Enduro champion), ride with them giving them coaching from behind, and each of these ladies gets more skilled with every race. Road racer Linda Dowell (913X) rode the slop last year and evidently didn’t get enough mud as she showed up for more this year. Kristen San Juan (327X) rounded out the ladies, her first time racing at Heartland. Strong work all!

Four-strokes were well represented with three big BSA thumpers (#480 Matt Reynolds, #523 Leif Myhre, and #68A Arnie Beckman), AHRMA trustee Beno Rodi (27E) on a Matchless, and road racer “GT” Greg Tomlinson (50) smiling and hooting on his Triumph twin, probably the best sounding bike on the course. The remainder of the field was the usual swarm of Two Brothers Racing Hodakas, Hondas,

Suzukis, Yamahas, a couple of big Huskies, and Thom Kuhns’ Puch (k20). The course was very short for a cross country, with the fast folks putting in 6- and 7-minute lap times.

Kevin O’Brien (19Y) put his 125 Hodaka out front early and it looked like he had the race wrapped up until he ran out of gas two laps before the finish. “Too much time on the main jet”, was all he could say. With O’Brien sidelined, Keith Williams (135) put his big-bore Husky in the lead and held off a challenge from Suzy Moody to take the overall and Vintage 50 Intermediate win. The Husky of Micky

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Payne (246X) rounded out the top three with nine laps completed. About a third of the Vintage field swapped bikes and lined up for the PostVintage race just a few minutes after the Vintage checkered flag flew. All eyes would be on Terry Cunningham (4X) and he’d have a big target on his back from fellow Husky riders Roy Moline (44R) and Dave Rozzell (430A), both hoping to keep the former Husky factory rider in striking distance.

When the green flag dropped, Cunningham did not disappoint his cheering section. His big Husky Auto combined with his smooth riding style is just hard to beat, and he put in 10 fast laps to the 9 of Moline and Rozzell who rounded out the top three in that order. Suzy Moody, Micky Payne and G. Scott Price (O36) all jumped straight from the Vintage to the PV races, Moody and Payne topping their classes, with Price a close second behind Moline who had the advantage of being fresh as he only rode PV. Likewise, Thom Kuhns lined up his vintage Puch for the PV race and grabbed second in his class behind a fresh Mark Reed (175). Our friends from Hagerty Insurance, one of AHRMA’s premier sponsors, had so much fun at Heartland last year that they came back for more. Kyle Bowen (557) moved up to intermediate this

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year and placed a respectable fifth in his class. Showing the youngsters that they still know how to twist the throttle, Bob Lisey (271) topped the +70 Expert class over friend and rival Fred Veator (V11), no slowpoke by any stretch. This was after Bob spent two very full days laying out cross country and doing registration. He really is an Energizer bunny!

For Sunday, the course had dried out thanks to the Kansas wind and a big ray of sunshine, so the cross country course was extended by almost a mile and a half. This included a bunch

more grass track (of course!) but also some of last year’s course through a cedar grove (Suzy Moody’s Christmas tree farm), a couple of sketchy bridge crossings over a creek, a short and tight section of hand-cut trail, and a brush-hogged new trail that was fast and fun. We lost a couple of the road racers as they had to be on the asphalt first thing Sunday morning but still had 22 Vintage racers line up for the 8 AM start. Kevin O’Brien wasn’t the only rider who ran out of gas on Saturday, so preparations for a quick splash of fuel were made by several riders. O’Brien would not be

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denied again and quickly stepped out to a lead that he held from start to finish, putting in six laps on the lengthened course and finishing nearly two minutes ahead of Gary Broyles’ Yamaha (308). Both riders were really flying! G. Scott Price put his open class Husky into third ahead of Mike Parker (15P) on the Honda thumper, the only four riders to complete six laps. The track had really tacked up nicely and there were lots of smiles at the finish.

The Post Vintage classes lined up a few minutes after the completion of the Vintage race with 32 riders on the line. Terry Cunningham was the man to beat again, but he’d have some stiff competition from Kevin O’Brien who jumped off the vintage Hodaka onto a PV KDX. Moline, Rozzell, and Price were all back on their Huskies looking to stay in sight of the champ, and Suzy Moody had her IT200 dialed in for the fight, too. Keith Williams (135), Bill Bagby (19G), and Darren Johnson (11) were all IT-mounted, as well. Robert Hicks (138X) was on a KTM, and Dave Leckie (45A), Eric Bolen (22E), and local fast guy Jared Shafer (84S), riding his first AHRMA event, were all on Huskies hoping to unseat Cunningham.

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Unfortunately for all of them, it was the “Cunningham Show” again as he had nearly a half-lap lead by the end of the hour, although all of these top-12 finishers put in a fast and commendable seven laps.

O’Brien took runner-up spot to Terry with Suzy Moody rounding out the podium. A good number of both the Vintage and PV riders grabbed some water or Gatorade and headed straight to Trampas Parker’s motocross track for a very full day of racing.

Brian Miller (293), Fred Veator (V11)

Unfortunately, I did not get to see any of the award presentations.

Former Cross Country Director Teddy Landers (62D), riding the +70 Expert class, had the rear brake backing plate on his KTM self-destruct at the farthest end of the course, locking up his rear wheel, and I had to go rescue him and his bike with a skid steer. Disappointing ending to the day for Teddy, but he and I have been friends for a quarter of a century, so I sure didn’t mind spending some time with my old pal getting him out of the woods. Teddy and his wonderful wife, Rosemary, lived and breathed AHRMA JULY 2022

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cross country for eight years before handing it off to Lynn Burton who ultimately passed the torch to our current director Becky Hayes. Without dedicated people like these fine folks, we wouldn’t have the fun events to race with our friends. They put in countless hours on our behalf.

None of our events happen without lots of volunteer help. Huge thanks to all those that lent a hand laying out the course, doing tech, registration, starting, flagging, scoring, etc. To Trampas and Sherri Parker, Becky Hayes, Bob Lisey, Joe Murphy, Suzy Moody, Jimmy Trickett, Mark Shafer, Terry Cunningham, Curt Comer, Kelly Shane and anyone I’ve inadvertently missed, Thank You So Much! Special thanks to AHRMA MAG Editor, Steph Vetterly, who had to be everywhere at once all weekend but made sure to capture some great shots of the cross-country racing.

Final results can be found on the Schedules and Results page at www.ahrma.org.

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Fred Veator (V11)

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he second AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ of the 2022 season returned Memorial Day weekend to Topeka, KS for a fun-filled multi-discipline event. Once again, the motocross course was laid out by former two-time motocross world champion Trampas “Chad” Parker. Now in its second year, the AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ in the Heartland appears to be everything AHRMA had hoped for, which was a central location to draw more of our Midwest states together. The number of racers from Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, and Iowa was noticeable along with a strong contingency of racers from Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. In all, there were 23 states represented this year! The weather leading up to the race was somewhat of a nail-biter as rain earlier in the

week slowed the track build down.

By race day, the ground was perfect for vintage racing.

Saturday at high noon the Bridgestone Tires AHRMA National Vintage Motocross Series program kicked off with a stellar gate. First off the line were the vintage age group classes of 40+ Expert, 50+ Intermediate and Expert, and the 60+ Expert class. Moto 1 saw Trampas Parker (13) and Jamie Adams (34J) leading this fast pack of riders; on lap three, Trampas started to pull away leaving Adams and Jay Gref (4J) along with some intermediate speedsters of Bill Hester (735) and James Sanchez (95S) in tow. Sanchez made his way to the top of the 50+ Intermediate on the last lap to take the first moto win with Parker taking

the first moto win of the 50+ Experts.

Moto 2 was nearly a repeat of Moto 1 except for the 50+ Intermediate. Bill Hester went to the top with Parker and Adams leaving the rest of the Intermediates well behind in this moto. Overall, it was Gref winning the 40+ Experts, Parker beating out Adams in the 50+ Experts, Sanchez winning the 40+ Intermediates with Hester taking second, and Tim Banks taking the top spot in the 60+ Expert class.

Race 2 showcased some up-andcoming talent in the Open Age, 40+ Novice, and 60+ Novice classes.

Philip Bush (J62), a 2021 Heartland winner, made a return to Topeka with a stacked 60+ group. It was fierce

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competition in both motos as Bush and Keith Williams (135) battled in the 40+ group. Matthew Reynolds (480) edged out newcomer Dakotah Winter (462T) in the Open Age Novice, Williams walked away in the 40+ Novice, and Bush handled the 60+ group for the win. Great improvement in just one year from returning riders in our Novice group!

Race 4 also was another Novice gate which had Keith Williams win both motos; however, the attentiongrabbing ride was from Angie Wright (710) of Henderson, NV. While Williams ran out to a large lead each moto, it was great to watch the intensity of Wright shaving seconds off each lap to lessen the gap to Williams. It was a sight to see. Randy Kohl (5V) and Kevin Hildebrandt (080) also seemed to feed off the ride Angie was putting in as their lap times seemed to quicken as the motos wore on. Angie is certainly another talented rider to take notice of in future AHRMA racing.

While Race 1 was action-packed, it was Race 5 that set the stage for a showdown at the end of the day many of the fans and racers had their eye on. Jamie Adams and Sean Eisen (156) had an incredible battle back in 2021 at Jefferson, TX, and the two were back on the track in Race 5 however in different classes. Adams, riding in the Sportsman 250 Expert and Eisen in the Open Age Expert both jumped out front of the pack in a loaded gate that included the 60+ Intermediates. By the end of lap one Eisen had worked his way into first place with Adams in tow, though on lap three Adams makes the pass on the Topeka highway in front of the grandstands. Adams went on to finish out front in Moto 1 but Moto 2 had Eisen taking it all four laps. Back to the 60+ Intermediates as Bill Hester was on fire the entire weekend. Both motos of Race 5 had Bill Hester pulling holeshots as well into the mix of the experts just mentioned. Hester and his Yamaha were in the mix of every race entered this weekend and just impressive overall. Adams won the 250 Sportsman Expert with Roy Moline (44R) in second and Gary Broyles (308) third. Eisen won the Open Age Expert as well as William Miller (326) won the 40 Plus Intermediate and of course Hester dominated the 60 Plus Intermediates with Jim Voelk (448) finishing second, JULY 2022

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(710) matched up with Dallas Winter (614).

Again, it was Wright putting in an impressive effort for the overall class win.

Race 9 featured a large group of 250- and 500-class vintage motorcycles along with the AHRMA Trustee Albert second race of Newmann serving as MC the day. Sean when he wasn’t racing Eisen (156) and Jamie Adams (34J) once again took to the gate, and John Fedor (56J) third on the but this time in the same class, the podium.

Sportsman 500 Expert. The other Our elder statesman class of 70 plus interesting aspect of this class was racers was Race 6 on the day which to see how the youngster, Steve also featured another anticipated Sinclair (03X), would adapt to his new match-up between Chris Dublin (605) Expert advancement against two of and Rick Williams (32A). Dublin who the top racers in the country as well recently moved up to the 70+ class as long-timer Chris “Chili Pepper” as well as Expert skill level, bore Richardson (5). As expected, all four witness to the speed of Williams as of these riders ran close together for Williams was fast out of the start the first lap in each race. Somewhat and to the lead, and never looked shockingly to the crowd was how back. Dublin kept Williams in sight Eisen found even more speed as though never close enough to strike. the race progressed, pulling a gap In the Intermediate group, it was by the end of each moto on Adams. fantastic racing up and down the Eisen took the overall win in a very line. Roger Dowden (25L) and John impressive manner with Adams Varvil (125) put in solid rides in the second, Sinclair third, Richardson Intermediate group and on the day, it fourth, and Tim Banks (184) fifth was Dowden edging out Varvil. Our both motos and for the overall in this Women’s Intermediate group was class. also on the gate, with Angie Wright

The final race of the day, Race 10, was an unveiling of the new Rocketship Racing team. It was a 125cc extravaganza to cap off the race day and as typical in this small-bore class, the racing was spectacular. The flagship rider of Rocketship Racing, Tim Borgfield (02), racing a Honda CR125 this year had his work cut out for him with fellow Missouri rider Kevin O’Brien (19Y) on the Two Brothers Hodaka.

Moto 1 had Borgfield move into the lead spot from the gate drop in front of O’Brien from start to finish. Moto 2 had Borgfield up front again but on lap three his bike started to falter, and it was O’Brien making the pass on the last lap for both the moto win and overall for the class. The Sportsman 125 Intermediate had another Borgfield, a youngster named Reed (49R), go end to end with his Elsinore to fend off the challenge of Alan Steele (8S). It was the youngster Borgfield bringing home the gold for the family and the new team. Great way to end our vintage motocross program!

Sunday’s Post Vintage and Next Gen racing got off with a bang as the 60+ Intermediate and Experts mixed it up.

Greg Prestage (9G) and his Yamaha shot to the lead out of the gate, however several of the Intermediate racers were caught in the front of the pack. PV 60+ Intermediate rider Kent Hanson (x29) moved up into first place and never gave up the spot. Kent had the Honda hooking up well and looking like Expert class racing is in his calling! Moto 2 saw,

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not so unexpectedly, Bill Hester (735) pulling another holeshot this weekend to lead. The racing was excellent as it was obvious the mix of experts pushed the top-tier intermediates throughout each moto. Hester took the win of the Intermediates with Hanson finishing second with a 1-2 finish followed by Bill Rockley (93x), Eddie Lee (50E), and John Fedor (56J) rounding out the top five.

The fifth race of the day was one of the Novice gates that pitted family members against each other. For his first race Bill Hester (735) ever, it was Dakotah Winter (462) having a solid, consistent ride to hold off the more seasoned Dallas Winter (26D) to win the PV Intermediates class. Jordan put in an Open Age Novice class. Not sure if impressive ride in both motos, and I would want to be in the truck with with his 1-1 finish, it was youth over those two on the way home! Another age here. The big showdown had newcomer was Kenneth Thexton Tim Borgfield (02) and Jamie Adams (158) leading the entire Novice group (34) in the Post Vintage 100cc Expert both motos and the win over Kelly class. The two battled closely each Huebert (575) and Jason Cuckler (5) moto but it was the NorCal Yamaha in the Post Vintage 40+ Novice class. this race weekend, and with a 1-1 In the Historic Novice class, it was finish, Adams saw the top of the box.

Keith Williams (135) looking very Also, on the gate it was Kurt Hanson polished in his way to victory over (43k) looking super-fast in the Linda Dowell (913x), Kim Huebert (0), Historic 125 Intermediate and the win and Nancy Lisey (274). Again, great along with Bill Hester (735) going 1-1 to see the improvement of many of in the Grand Prix 250 Intermediate these riders from last year. class with a fantastic race of fast competitors behind him. Behind More family action in Race 6 as two Hester it was Francis Doiron’s (5F) Rocketship Racing members, Jordan 3-2 finish beating out Karl Siemon Rapp (98) and Todd Rapp (68), (263) to take second place with faced off in the Post Vintage 100cc Siemon finishing third overall.

Race ten saw Steve Sinclair (55x) with a crowded bunch leading into turn one of the first moto aboard his Yamaha YZ 490 in the Ultima 500 Expert class. Sinclair’s competition was from William Riley (973) racing his more modern Honda in the Next Gen 50 Plus Intermediate and John Fedor (56j) aboard his mid 1990’s Honda CR250. Sinclair put on a stellar ride as throughout the moto he widened the gap each lap between him and the other racers. While winning the first moto bike issues prevented Sinclair from making the second gate which gave way to Tim Banks for the win is this class.

William Riley was the standout rider of Moto 2 with Sinclair’s absence and Riley also pulled away from the pack as the moto wore on. Representing Terry Cunningham, Trampas Parker, and Bob Lisey on the sidelines cheering on their better halves

the Ultima 250 Intermediates and winning his class as well as John Fedor beating out Wesley Wallace (4W) and John Riley (826) for the overall win in the Next Gen 60+ class.

The weekend provided great racing both days and by the end of the day the track was beginning to dust up.

A reminder to the weather watchers that Mother Nature’s water truck a few days leading up to the race is typically just what the course needed. The event is very thankful to the volunteers and racers family members who leant a helping hand as well as Trampas and Sherri Parker for their dedication to the event’s success. The family is strong!

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he most challenging part about a trials event, aside from actually riding the event, is putting one together. A trials master must be sure to design sections in such a way that is challenging to all classes, but remains safe and passable. With all the rains that preceded the AHRMA Classic MotoFest™, Curt Comer and crew worked overtime.

Originally scheduled for Friday, the trials event was hosted Sunday morning, running the same time as the motocross, with some riders competing in both disciplines.

Twelve riders across six classes took to the sections, trying their hand at slow, controlled competition. The weather turned for the better, and everyone enjoyed beautiful blue skies, despite some rather powerful winds.

In the Girder Rigid Expert class, Beno Rodi would get an impressive start to the day with only 21 points on his first loop, but was unable to finish the competition. The same was true for Modern Twin Shock Novice’s Paul Elledge, who was plagued with mechanical issues.

In the Modern Classic Intermediate class, the largest of the day, it would be a tight competition between Mitch Barnes, Russ Morgan, and Hengry Gregorich. Barnes was just able to stay a few points ahead, finishing with 30 to Morgan’s 34 and Gregorich’s 37 to take the win.

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ut of the gate, the Dinosaur class saw Preston Palmer (59d) on his Triumph 500 add to his championship-points lead with a victory over Beno Rodi (27e).

Richard Brodock (278) and Gary Moore (32) would finish 1-2 respectively in Brakeless Lightweight.

Moore would also go on to take the win in Brakeless Heavyweight over King Kirk (38) with Rodi rounding out the podium in third.

Brodock would pick up another win on the evening in Sportsman 250 with Tim Banks (184) besting Mitch Barnes (82) for second. Sportsman 600 would see Greg Tomlinson (59) and Steve Stacey (333) battle it out down to the line with Tomlinson grabbing the win. Jeff Durand (79) would take third in Sportsman 750 on his Triumph behind Fred Traskowsky (23f) on his Yamaha and Brodock would grab his third win of the night on his Triumph.

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The AHRMA Classic MotoFest made the perfect stage for road racers to make their debut on the flat track.

Newcomer Patrick McGraw (62) would take his first flat track victory in his first flat track outing in the 50+ class while Lightweight Vintage would go to Colton Roberts (298) with Jeremy Maddrill (278) hot on his heels. Jonas Stein (11) would dust off

his Yamaha TT 500 and grab second in Heavyweight Vintage behind Kris Armentrout (46).

AHRMA Dirt Track would like to extend a huge thank you and appreciation to Devon, Travis, all the Heartland Motorsports Park crew, and Jim Doyle for all the hard work they put in to make the entire AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ event a success.

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riday evening the Heartland Park NHRA drag strip became the end of the day playground for MotoFest fans.

AHRMA competitors headed over to the NHRA-sanctioned quarter mile drag strip after a day of playing on and off road to have fun launching down the world speed record ¼ mile strip. We had everything from a Harley Davidson nitro carbureted drag bike to a 3.5hp two stroke “board” with handlebars, suspension, and a needed steering damper plus electric race bikes. The vintage class bikes were showcased for the Friday night bracket racing.

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bikes, off roaders, sidecar, a variety of classic bikes put on a show with runs to the finish to get their time tickets.

The evening offered four vintage classes plus a “run what you brung” for fun class that was basically a grudge format and a great

opportunity for fun testing your reaction and starts.

Following several practice and time runs to establish personal brackets the four vintage classes competed in a bracket style competition for an award trophy given to each of the individual class winners.

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hen 56-year-old Greg Tomlinson, aka “GT,” heard of Gary Swan’s brainchild of a racing challenge at the latest AHRMA Classic MotoFest, he was all in. Coined the “Triple Crown,” the challenge sought to crown the racer that competes and acquires the most points across three of the racing disciplines offered at Heartland Motorsports Park. It would be a homage to the racing greats like Gene Romero and Dick Mann and the “One AHRMA” philosophy by encouraging competitors to experience all that AHRMA has to offer. The only caveat was that participants must compete in either road racing or flat track as one of their three disciplines. In an extremely close competition, it would be GT pulling the win with 66 points; Jeremy Maddrill and Tim Banks would tie for second with 65 points.

But as you’ve read in the earlier pages, due to massive rains, the offroad schedule was adjusted, causing GT to push his stamina to the limits to finish three disciplines in the same day! To those who have yet to attempt such a feat, it may seem impossible, but we got the inside scoop.

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hen I first heard about the Triple Crown, I was so excited. As someone who races, I’ve been really lucky to have won five national titles road racing within AHRMA, but any chance I get, I will compete in trials, cross country, or vintage motocross. I just really, really love racing vintage motorcycles. It’s a passion of mine trying to make them run and try to go fast on them, or at least getting them just to finish. I was really excited to race cross country again, especially since I’m amassing a little bit of points in that discipline anyways.

Coming into Kansas, I brought my 1967 Triumph T100T, which is a 500

Triumph that I’d raced Kansas last year in cross country, and my 1968 T120, which is called Speedy Magoo, to race the road track. I love the race track; it’s a great balance of technicality with a lot of flow, and it’s just a lot of fun.

I was already in with two disciplines, and it all came down to what I was going to flat track. It turns out that my T100T is also one of my flat track bikes. I have two different sets of wheels. I put on knobby tires and a race suspension for cross country, with a 21 in the front and 18 in the rear. When I flat track, I have a brakeless spool, a 19 for the front

and 18 in the rear with a different hub. Toad Town Racing’s Gary Swan, who helps me transport my bikes wherever I can’t drive, wanted me to use his road race bike, a 1971 Honda TTR350.

Friday was supposed to be the cross country event, which was good because Saturday/Sunday is the traditional road race, with flat track on Saturday night. I’ve raced the road track a few times, so I was pretty familiar with it. Little did I know that it rained just like the year before, so they had to cancel the cross country because it was basically impassible.

So Saturday became a pretty interesting day for me because I had to race all three events in one day.

I was a little concerned about how everything was going to shape up.

RACE 1: CROSS COUNTRY The best news about cross country is it’s a dead-engine start. There are no sighting laps; you have no idea where the course is going to take you, which I really like. Of course, I go to get my start, and my bike doesn’t start. I played a little bit of catch-up on the first lap. It was a lot of fun because the first part of the course was a lot of grass-scrambly zigzags through grass fields and stuff. But I’ll tell you, when you got into the trees and the narrow single-track stuff of the course… man. The first lap wasn’t too bad. The second lap was so greasy and so slippery. It was

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first gear, both feet off the pegs, doing everything you could to not fly off into the trees and get stuck in the mud and trees and stuff; if you got stuck, you weren’t getting out. It was a lot of fun. I didn’t know at the time where I ended up, except that I know I passed a few people, and I know I got passed.

My bike might have started out weighing 300 pounds, but by the time it collected all the mud and grass and trees and everything else, it probably weighed 500 pounds. It took me probably three hours just to clean the counter-shaft area behind the primary with a screwdriver, because there was so much mucky muck, as I call it.

I finished the cross-country; it might have been about nine. I immediately had to scramble over to try and catch the second round of road race practice on Saturday morning. Well, I got back to the road race course and unfortunately, they canceled the second round of road race practice. I hadn’t signed up for Friday’s practice because I thought I was going to race cross country, this meant I had no practice for the Saturday race.

RACE 2: ROAD RACE There were a couple of fast guys in my class, Classic Sixties 650, that I was not excited to attempt to race without having any practice. I’m on my ’68 T120 and the current plate holder, John Rickard, was there on his really fast 1962 Norton 650SS. Another fast rider, David Tompkins, was there with his 1967 Norton Triton, which is a Norton featherbed framed motorcycle with a Triumph engine. I knew those guys were not going to be easy to get in front of.

I got the holeshot for my group, got up into the Classic Sixties guys who were in front of us, I was probably maybe fourth or fifth overall from maybe the 12th row in the start. But by the time we got to turn three, I rolled off, everybody else rolled on and I never saw them again. I was playing catch up the rest of the way; I ended up third overall in the road race. But I’ll tell you, I really had more fun than everybody else, and that’s really what I show up for. In that same race, but scored separately, was the Sportsman 500 class which Gary Swan raced his 350 Honda, the one I was intending to race that night

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in the flat track.

Gary and I got off the course and immediately Gary set to converting his road racer into a flat tracker while I caught my breath and changed my leathers for my road race stuff into my flat track leathers. They were lilterally calling first round of practice while we were still putting on the handlebars.

RACE 3: FLAT TRACK Basically they took the road racer, change the wheels out, flipped the brake from the left side to the right side and put some taller handlebars on it. I basically got to the flat track after the first practice and went out and got a round of practice on a bike I’d never ridden before. They had also changed the gearing from road racing gearing to flat track gearing; it was geared considerably different from road race. It was a full wheelie monster; starting in first gear, I would go into a wheelie and wasn’t quite sure I was able to control the bike.

I went out for one round of practice at flat track, and thought, “I’m not sure about this.” It was interesting because although I really came to like the track, it was on asphalt; I had raced a couple of flat tracks previously on asphalt, but the last time I’d raced on asphalt, I swore that would be the last time. The course was probably about a 10th-mile oval, smaller than what I’m accustomed

to, which makes it tricky to figure out what line you’re going to take.

In-between the practices, I was practicing my starts off to the side.

Of course, the clutch went out on Gary’s bike as I was trying to figure out whether to start in first or second.

Watching the first heat race and watching some of the faster riders, I realized that I was trying to make the straightaway as long as possible by squaring it off, and that the line was going to be around the inside, so I had to change my game plan.

I really, really, really wanted to win the heat race so I could have first lane choice for the main. I was a little nervous because there was a couple of dudes with matching paint on their helmet and their tank and their leathers. They looked really pro and I’m like in a seventies porn star outfit on a Flat Tracker that I’d never ridden.

The flag dropped. Luckily I got the holeshot and I just protected it the whole way. It was a six-lap heat race; we got the halfway flag and I was entering into turn one and two and some guy ran up on me, clipped my rear wheel, high-sided, and ended up going down so they red-flagged the race. Usually the way the rules are is that if the race runs more than halfway under a red flag, the race stands, stands as the last completed lap. I was relieved because I figured the race was over and I was in front, so at least I had first lane pick. Well, it turned out that they chose to rerun

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the race from the start. So we line up.

I had the inside position again, got the holeshot, protected it the whole way, led the whole heat race. We come around on what was supposed to be the last lap, and the flagger accidentally flew the white flag again (he later apologized to me). I entered turn one kind of confused. I rolled off, someone got underneath me. I couldn’t pass them back because it was so hard to pass on that track anyways, so I finished second.

I went out for the main with the second lane choice; the guy who won the heat took the inside position, so I got the second one to him. The guy with the matching paint and leathers gets the holeshot, and protects the inside. For the better part of the first three or four laps, I did everything in my power to just put my wheel on him and make him make a mistake.

About the fourth lap, he screwed up. He went a little wide and I got underneath and got his inside; out of the exit of turn four, I purposely ran him wide. He rolled off and luckily I protected the inside for the rest of the race and went for the win. I was so stoked and to be honest with you, I was probably as stoked as winning the race as I was when I went over to Gary riding his bike. And I could tell he was pretty stoked too, so that made me even happier.

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RESULTS After Sunday’s road race, we were starting to load up our bikes, and I got called up to the scoring tower. I walked up to the tower and it was really cute because Jacqui Van Ham, who was doing the Facebook Live stuff, was like, “GT, can you come on to the Facebook set? We’ve got to talk to you.” I don’t even think I had a shirt on. I was all scummy and dirty and, you know, sweaty from loading the bikes and stuff. I’m telling you, nobody was more surprised than I was when she announced that I had won the Triple Crown. It was super rad because Gary from Toad Town Racing made this one-off trophy off some old vintage parts. It was super neat, and as someone who really takes pride in racing and competing in all the disciplines that AHRMA

has to offer, I was really, really proud to take that trophy. Not in a super ultra-competitive way, but in a really heartfelt, stoked way. Folks like Romero and Mann are the reason why I started racing these old bikes in the first place. Those guys are my heroes.

I’m a huge fan of the “One AHRMA” philosophy, and am really hopeful that the idea of the Triple Crown can move forward to all MotoFests, because, quite frankly, you can count on me to show up with as many machines, at least as long as they’re running.

And as long as I’m healthy enough to ride them, I’m going to be there.

I’m hopeful that all of our fellow club members will take the challenge on as well, because it’s a lot of fun to try to balance out the bikes, the schedule, and ultimately, the stamina.

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Greg Tomlinson - 66 points (3rd RR, 1st DT, 1st CC) Jeremy Maddrill - 65 points (1st RR, 2nd DT, 2nd CC) Tim Banks - 65 points (2nd DT, 1st MX, 2nd CC) Mitch Barnes - 61 points (2nd RR, 3rd DT, 1st Trials) Patrick McGraw - 55 points (2nd RR, 1st DT, 6th CC) Robert Himmelmann - 46 points (4th RR, 4th CC, 2nd Trials)

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L to R: #5 - 1968 Triumph T120c “Speedy Magoo” - Road Race Class: Classic Sixties 650 #50 - 1967 Triumph T100c “Lil Buckaroo” - Cross Country Class: Classic 500 #59 - 1971 Honda CB350 “Old Scratchy” - Flat Track Class: Sportsman 600 (converted from a Sportsman 500 road racer) photo courtesy of greg tomlinson

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“A Look Back At Motorcycling In The Heart Of The Appalachians” A NEW BOOK by LEWIS HALE James P. Hayes, Sr. began his storied motorcycle career in 1936. In the 2010’s Pro Motocross came to Muddy Creek Raceway in Blountville, Tennessee.

There were many motorcycle events “In The Heart of the Appalachians” between these years.

Some of the happenings are reported in the book.

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n just two short years, the club members of the South Penn Enduro Riders (SPER) have demonstrated a tremendous amount of pride and flexibility in their preparations for the arrival of the vintage cross-country fanatics from AHRMA’s Mid-Atlantic region.

Certainly, the club’s access to an expansive plot of reclaimed Schuylkill (skool-kil) County coal mine and its familiarity with the terrain have played a major part in the variety of experiences that this event has presented in its recent incorporation to the schedule. Year one found the course laid out on the northern side of road traveling east from nearby Frackville, Pennsylvania, while year two forced a move to the south side due to access disputes over the northern area. Despite which side of the road, the courses have been 44

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excellent, and the events have been executed flawlessly and professionally.

In an attempt to limit the amount of travel the series requires of its participants each year, Mid-Atlantic coordinator Dave Kutskel set about planning a new concept in 2022 by introducing several two-round weekend events. The preference that selected locations can provide a unique layout each day, as well as accommodate the entire roster of racers for a weekend, puts a constraint on the potential venues needed to facilitate this schedule concept. But with the club’s recent successes, Dave was certain that the SPER folks would have the resources, versatility, and space to accommodate the Mid-Atlantic region for a spring weekend of fun and competition.

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Leading up to the event, SPER members and Mid-Atlantic regulars Steve Bowman, Sandy Quickel, and Mark Hummel created a buzz with their assurances that they had lots of cool trails yet to be seen by the vintage crowd. Knowing that the land available is rather spacious, everyone was anxious to see what the club had in store for the weekend. Approaching the site on the road that bisects the prior courses, it became quickly evident that there would be no return to the northern portion. The view to the north was dominated by an apocalyptic visage of clear-cut forest straight to the horizon. Thankfully, the southern ground was untouched in the recent harvest and was sure to provide ample acreage for the event.

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mid-atlantic the trees in places that we’ve never been before confirming the anticipation of great new trails!

Subsequent confirmation of the variety to behold over the weekend was confirmed in Saturday’s rider’s meeting as Steve Bowman indicated that over eighty percent of each day’s course would be mutually exclusive.

Both days begin the same, with the starting lines adjacent to the ample parking area.

At the drop of the green flag, the pack is funneled directly into a stand of pines where a bit of bermed, zig-zag trail gets the blood pumping right from the start. A brief stint into the denser woods brings the first

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interaction with the rocks that are unavoidable in this region followed by a flowing pseudo-grass track section through the sparse trees and open fields within full view of the spectators in the pit area. Here the trail makes a full on “grandstand front-straight” pass by the pits with a fun little up/down transition where the brave enough can catch a touch of airtime before the “back-straight”

leads the riders to a small rocky creek crossing where a point and shoot technique makes the crossing far easier than it first appears. Now heading to the north, the massive pile of strip mine overburden dominates the scene as the course runs through a set of power slide worthy dirt road esses that quickly transition to woods tucked in behind that massive pile.

This is new ground, yet untouched in

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mid-atlantic with orange paint and appropriate signage not only in this section, but throughout the course. After fully exploring the flat area behind the pile, the trail began to take full advantage of the excellent variety in elevation, nooks and crannies, and unique terrain ascending the mound of spoils.

Since we are all bound by the laws of physics, once up on the plateau above, we gotta get down somehow.

The trail descended through a narrow rocky crevasse where it is best to take your time to negotiate sanely and safely. An exclamation point was found at the bottom where a temporary bridge was positioned to cross an eroded portion of the trail and several SPER course workers were present to ensure safe passage. Not long after the descent the riders were headed through a sweeping right turn on a bank of coal and destined for a return trip through the creek and grass track area before entering the woods to the south side of the starting area.

Here another excellent section of single track was laid out on some loamy terrain with more roots than rocks. At one point, the trail runs just behind the wood-line adjacent to Interstate 81 where the riders catch a glimpse of southbound traffic rocketing past with nary a thought to the awesomeness taking place just yards away. Not long after, the course returns to the view of the pits and makes it way past the scoring tent to conclude the lap.

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prior AHRMA races, and it is here that the courses for each day split.

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Picking up Sunday’s course in the woods to the north, a left turn brings you back out of the woods and straight across the entry lane to the property now entering the woods on the west side where we’ve also never been. Similar terrain as the east side greets the riders here as the SPER team has an excellent and wellestablished set of trails through these woods, but the rumor that Sunday’s course is tighter is confirmed quickly.

After a decent weaving flow of tighter single track, the course emerges from the heavier woods into a brighter stand of young white birch trees that are not far from being considered saplings. Here a sign proclaims, “Welcome to Jersey!”, in homage to the tight, technical sections typical of New Jersey enduro races throughout the years. True to its name, the trail through the birch was very tight.

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This is where the investment in bark buster hand guards pays off and depending on your comfort in these conditions, where you can make time or lose time. Nevertheless, it is a unique experience and an interesting perspective to see the condition of the trail and adjacent trees evolve throughout the day…hint, the trees didn’t fare so well.

By the time you started to complain about the section it was over, and the course returned to more typical tight single track with some two-track thrown in for variety as the course makes it way toward the southern end of the property. Here it revisits some of the course from the previous year including the root covered descent into an old mining pit and the climb back out the other side, making sure to avoid the water hole directly off the trail to the left. Not long after, and Sunday’s course rejoins that from the day prior in its return to the scoring tent. Surprisingly, while slightly shorter in length than Saturday, Sunday’s lap times were quite similar due to the tighter nature of the course.

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Both days were blessed with decent turnout despite some wetness in the forecast and competition was top-notch. Weather ended up better than expected with seasonably-warm temperatures and overcast skies holding back on the rain except for a portion of the disc brake class race on Saturday, which had to deal with just enough rain to make the rocks a tad slicker than earlier races but not an outright soaker. Race results were highlighted by an overall win in the vintage race on Saturday

by Jamie Wright making his first appearance of the year on a bike borrowed from local legend Richard Colahan. Bad news for Richard is that he can no longer blame his bike for any performance shortcoming. Kelly Ashcraft once again demonstrated the accelerating abilities of the women’s classes in the Mid-Atlantic region when she topped the Post Vintage Expert class as well as positioned herself firmly in the topten overall each day in a competitive and large field. After being runner-up to juggernaut John Ashcraft in the disc brake race at every event thus far this season, Ethan Waddell finally

managed to end John’s reign with the overall and AA class win on Sunday.

To see the results for the entire weekend, and the upcoming schedule, please visit www.ahrma.org/ahrmamid-atlantic-region Many thanks to the entire membership of South Penn Enduro Riders for the hospitality, course preparation, sweep riding, and those folks out on the course ensuring the safety of all the participants. While the courses were on the tough side as dictated by the region’s terrain, by no means were they too difficult, and by all means they were a whole lot of fun! Also, many thanks to Dave, Joe, Mike, Connie, Randy, Kevin, Jessi, Lori, Jim, Jamie, and all the other volunteers that keep the Mid-Atlantic regional series’ wheels moving and of course the sponsors that grease the wheels: Potomac Vintage Riders, Preston Petty Products, Stainless Cycle, Grove Printing, KMI Printing, and Horizon Homes.

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AHRMA Northeast Cross Country/Motocross Round 2

may 14-15, 2022

ABOVE: And they’re off! Maxter Denge (11R) beats his fellow “modern” racers, including Greg Meeder (18), off the line in PM/NG and Millennium action. These guys go FAST.

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reetings from the AHRMA Northeast region! After getting our season started at Irish Valley in late April racing alongside out Mid-Atlantic brothers and sisters (shout out to Joshua Schucker for his racing report), it was on to Lake Lamoka MX three weeks later and the beautiful property of Rynn and Robyn Shepherd. Sunny skies and 70’s greeted the racers on Saturday, and we really didn’t do too bad on Sunday either with only an isolated rain shower moving thru the area to keep the dust down.

First let’s talk about the great cross country lay-out and relatively DRY conditions for about 90% of the trail.

That has not always been the case at Lamoka, but we got a break this year.

A few new trails were added to terrain that should have been familiar to most racers that have visited Lamoka in recent years. 43 racers signed up for the Vintage and Post-Vintage races, and while we were missing a 48

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few of our favorite riders, we also had several new Novices joining our ranks and that is always a beautiful thing.

Keep coming back, my friends!

In Vintage, it was a familiar face that came home first overall after four laps, +50 Expert Mike Ferguson riding his Penton 250 Hare Scrambler. Rick Ketcham and his Bennett Brothers XL125 (+about 48cc’s...) grabbed the first Intermediate honors as well as the Vint Sportsman 200 win. Jay Lane grabbed 60+ Vintage Intermediate honors on his CZ 250 and Chris Miller was looking smooth every lap on his Ossa SDR, good enough to take first in Sportsman Open Intermediate. Four “new” guys brought it home that day – David and son Austin Healey on their KTMs (PV +60 and Historic Open Novice respectively), Mark Cuomo in +50 Vint Novice, and Maxter Denge in Next Gen Novice.

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with the Overall being a case of “All In The Family”, as Nick Ferguson got the best of his dad Mike Ferguson for the Overall after 5 laps, both astride their XR200Rs. Nick also grabbed PV 200 Expert honors while Dad won PV +50 Expert, with Big Man Restless Rik Smits coming home behind him for 2nd in that class. Ryan Shepherd won PV Open Expert, and Mr. “faster every year” Eric Miller won Pre-Modern 200 Expert. Now your volunteer moto-journalist must claim ignorance on who came home as the fastest Intermediate at Lamoka (and will surely catch grief for this at the next race), so let’s give a shout out to some class winners. PV +50 Intermediate was the largest class on the day with six riders and kudos to Stephen Farquer and his Yamaha for his first place. Two classes had five rider sign-ups and provided great racing lap after lap. In PV +60 Intermediate, it was Carl Hutcheson and his Husky taking the win over Joe Vanella and in PV200 Intermediate JULY 2022

northeast it was Ryan Collins on top of a collective of guys he has been racing with for a while..

Throughout the day on Saturday trucks, trailers, and RVs kept pulling into Lake Lamoka MX and the Sunday rider sign-up tells the tale: 100 rider entries were recorded by our illustrious Northeast racing coordinator Merritt Brown, who then divided up the action into nine races on the day.

One notable absence from the previous year was that Darrell Wassil was not in attendance to grab a lot of the gold again. Another honorable mention missing in action on Sunday was Tony Yanitelli, so a shoutout to both these guys whose work schedules just didn’t make the drive possible this year. But that didn’t take away from the great race action on the challenging MX layout at Lake Lamoka. By the way – the weather was outstanding again with the exception of a rainstorm that moved thru during the intermission between the motos – perfect timing! That helped a lot in keeping the dust down during the 2nd half of racing action on Sunday.

Point and Shoot: Mark Cuomo (600) shows how sharp his KX 250 can turn.

(PM/NG), Millennium, and preModern machinery did battle. Since Experts in this race were racing against themselves (i.e., only bike in their classes), we’ll skip over them to the real action, which was in PM/ NG Open Age Intermediate, where Brayton Frazier’s Yamaha beat Andy

Palmatier and three other riders for the overall with two moto wins.

Race 3 provided us our first round of pre-1975 race bikes (my favorite!) with Age Group classes and ESS classes also thrown in. After two motos, Peter Marcin grabbed the gold in Vintage +60 Intermediate over

Post Vintage Age groups raced alongside PV 100s and PV Women in Race 1 as 18 riders lined up for two gate drops in what was the largest field of the day. PV +50 Experts Jim Kechisen and Craig Lane exchanged moto wins on their Suzuki and Yamaha, with Jim taking the overall by virtue of his victory in the 2nd moto.

Joe Vanella’s class win of the day came in PV +60 Intermediate where he beat six other guys to the finish line in both motos on his Red Rocket Honda CR250. And we just HAVE to mention that Travis Newberry somehow…someway…beat out all challengers in PV 100 Intermediate on his XR100!

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Can-Am devotee Mike Sciocchetti (374) leads the way with Nick Abdo (268), Mark Strassner (426), and Dave Salmen (686) in hot pursuit.

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northeast five other racers. Race 4 brought all of the Novices together (seven new racers mind you – welcome!). Joey Spayd (Sr) had the most competition, beating out two other guys for PM/ NG +40. James Carman bested Corey Bennett in PM/NG Open Age. Ultima and GP generation racers (call it the battle of the Eighties, if you will...) were behind the rubber band when Race 5 started with 12 bikes doing battle. Calin Carman beat Aaron Shepherd and Rory Haggarty for the GP 250 Expert win while Steven Cuomo and Joe Vanella had an awesome battle in GP 250 Intermediate, each getting a moto win, but Steven came out on top with his 2nd moto win. Great stuff to watch!

Race 6 brought out our “modern” machinery again to do battle in the 2nd biggest race of the day with 15 racers crowding the line. Best racing action was the screaming 125’s, with Andy Palmatier’s Honda CR125 getting the best of Joey Spayd (Jr)’s Suzuki RM125. They both won motos,

Perry Sconzert (99) flies like an eagle in PV +60 action. And yes, that is beautiful Lake Lamoka over his left shoulder.

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but Andy won the all-important 2nd moto. I also want to give a shout out to Jana Schneider for keeping up with the guys and taking a 3rd in this class.

It was Sportsman and ESS bikes – That 70’s Show (ba-da-boom) – in Race 7, and Expert Nick Abdo’s newly raced-prepped Honda Elsinore CR125 (by his dad Ed at Northeast Cycle Services, a shameless plug for one of our series sponsors) was leading all comers till he threw his chain in one of the motos. Northeast series regular and Can-Am (for life?) racer Mike Sciocchetti won Sportsman 500 Expert by beating Lee Curry for Sportsman 500 Expert but may have gotten a break when first moto winner Damon Shepherd and his Husky did not start the 2nd moto.

Peter Martin beat Mark Strassner and Dave Salmen for Sportsman 250 Intermediate honors.

Race 8 brought out Novice racers again with James Carmen beating three others (with two moto wins) in Millennium ’99 250 Novice and

Mark Cuomo getting the best of three other racers in PV +40 Novice. And let me just how excited it was to see EIGHT novices on the line at Lamoka.

We could talk about how Nick Abdo cleaned everyone’s clock again in Race 9 on his Historic class 125 YZ125, but let’s skip over that and instead give a shout out to Jim Bell in Ultima 500 Intermediate, who won the day after first-moto winner Steve Mathewson was a DNS in Moto 2.

In addition to Renn and Robyn Shepherd, we want to thank our course workers/volunteers (how about that water truck!), and the Northeast region leadership (Merritt Brown and Ed Roman). By time you read this, the combined MA/NE Ashcraft Farms and Unadilla will be in the books. We’ll be back next month or maybe the month after with more race reports but in the meantime, you can go to the AHRMA Northeast link at the bottom of AHRMA’s website to see all the results and flyers for our upcoming events (www.ahrma.org/ ahrma-northeast-region/).

PV +50 racer Chris Hill (2b) and his Yamaha leads PV Open class winner Ryan Shepherd (454) through the woods. He did not lead him for very long.

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2022 AHRMA NATIONAL SERIES SCHEDULES 2022 Bridgestone Tires AHRMA National Historic Roadrace Series AAR: Academy of Roadracing Date

2022 Bridgestone Tires AHRMA National Vintage Motocross Series

SRS: Sidecar Racing School

Online Pre-entry Deadline (midnight CST)

Venue

Daytona Int’l Speedway; Daytona Beach, FL Jan/7-9 (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™) Feb/17-20 Roebling Road Raceway; Bloomingdale, GA (AAR) Mar/17-20 Carolina Motorsports Park; Kershaw, SC (AAR) Apr/22-24 High Plains Raceway; Deer Trail, CO (AAR) Apr/29Thunderhill Raceway Park; Willows, CA (AAR) May/1 Heartland Motorsports Park (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); May/27-29 Topeka, KS (AAR) Jun/16-19 New Jersey Motorsports Park; Milleville, NJ (AAR) Weathertech Laguna Seca (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Jul/15-17 Monterey, CA Jul/21-24 Ridge Motorsports Park; Shelton, WA (AAR) Aug/25-28 Blackhawk Farms Raceway; South Beloit, IL (AAR) Sept/2-4 Gingerman Raceway; South Haven, MI (AAR & SRS) Sept/30Talladega Gran Prix; Munford, AL (AAR & SRS) Oct/2 Oct/6-9 Barber Motorsports Park; Birmingham, AL

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12/27

Mar-6 Mar-20 Apr-10 Apr-30 May-21

2/11 3/10 4/13 4/20

May-28

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Jun-11 Jun-18 Jul-9

6/8 7/6 TBD* TBD* TBD*

Jul-17

TBD* TBD*

2022 Bridgestone Tires AHRMA National Cross Country Series Date

Jan-7 Mar/12-13 Mar-19 Apr-9 May/21-22 May/27-29 Jun/18-19 Jul/9-10 Jul-1 Aug-6 Aug/27-28 Sept-9 Sept/24-25 Oct-1 Oct/8-9 Oct/22-23 Nov/4-6

Venue Daytona Int’l Speedway; Daytona Beach, FL (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™) Battery Park; Nesmith, SC Burrows Ranch; Chrome, CA Chaney Ranch; Warner Springs, CA ISDT/E Reunion Race Razorback Riders; Combs, AR Heartland Motorsports Park (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Topeka, KS Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA Shady Acres; Friendsville, MD Weathertech Laguna Seca (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Monterey, CA Jack Pine Gypsies; Sturgis, SD Pavilion MX Park; Pavilion, NY Diamond Don’s Motorsports; Jefferson, TX Sugar Hill; Bolivar, TN Bushey Ranch; Chrome, CA Barber Motorsports Park; Leeds, AL Texas Vintage Gran Prix; Donie, TX T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK

Mail-in/ Online PreFax/E-mail entry Deadline Pre-entry (midnight CST) Deadline Dec-3

Jan-3

Jan-13 Feb-19 Mar-10

Feb-1 Mar-7 Mar-28

Apr-21

May-9

Apr-28

May-16

May-18 Jun-9

Jun-6 Jun-27

Jun-17

Jul-11

Jul-7 Jul-27 Aug-10 Aug-24 Sept-2 Sept-8 Sept-22 Oct-5

Aug-1 Aug-15 Aug-29 Sept-12 Sept-19 Sept-26 Oct-10 Oct-31

Aug-7 Aug-27 Sept-3 Sept-10 Sept-18 Sept-26 Oct-2 Oct-8 Oct-15 Oct-22 Nov-5

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Daytona Int’l Speedway; Daytona Beach, FL (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™) Motoland MX Park; Casa Grande, AZ Burrows Ranch; Chrome, CA Chaney Ranch; Warner Springs, CA Devils Ridge Motocross; Sanford, NC Thunder Valley MX Park; Morrison, CO Heartland Motorsports Park (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Topeka, KS Muddy Creek Raceway; Blountville, TN Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA Shady Acres; Friendsville, MD Weathertech Laguna Seca (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Monterey, CA Jack Pine Gypsies; Sturgis, SD Pavilion MX Park; Pavilion, NY Mill Creek Motorsports Park; Coombs, AR Diamond Don’s Motorsports; Jefferson, TX Rattlers Run; Fairfield, WA Aztec Family Raceway; Colorado Springs, CO Bushey Ranch; Canby, CA Millcreek MX Park; Pell City, AL Georgia Practice Facility (GPF); Cairo, GA Texas GP; Donie, TX T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK

Mail-in/ Fax/Email Pre-entry Deadline

Online Pre-entry Deadline (midnight CST)

Dec-3

Jan-3

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2022 Bridgestone Tires AHRMA National Post Vintage Motocross Series Date

Venue

Daytona Int’l Speedway; Daytona Beach, FL (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™) Mar-5 Motoland MX Park; Casa Grande, AZ Apr-10 Chaney Ranch; Warner Springs, CA May-1 Devils Ridge Motocross; Sanford, NC May-22 Thunder Valley MX Park; Morrison, CO Heartland Motorsports Park May-29 (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Topeka, KS Jun-12 Muddy Creek Raceway; Blountville, TN Jun-19 Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA Jul-10 Shady Acres; Friendsville, MD Weathertech Laguna Seca Jul-16 (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Monterey, CA Aug-7 Jack Pine Gypsies; Sturgis, SD Aug-28 Pavilion MX Park; Pavilion, NY Sept-3 Mill Creek Motorsports Park; Coombs, AR Sept-11 Diamond Don’s Motorsports; Jefferson, TX Sept-26 Aztec Family Raceway; Colorado Springs, CO Oct-8 Millcreek MX Park; Pell City, AL Oct-16 Georgia Practice Facility (GPF); Cairo, GA Oct-23 Texas GP; Donie, TX Nov-6 T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK Jan-9

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Aug-7 Aug-28 Sept-3 Sept-26 Oct-8 Oct-16 Oct-23 Nov-6

2022 Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Vintage Trials Series Date

Venue

Feb/26-27 The Chirtpit; Ringgold, GA Mar-19 Burrows Ranch; Chrome, CA Apr-9 Chaney Ranch; Warner Springs, CA Heartland Motorsports Park May-27 (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Topeka, KS Jun-18 Lemay Museum; Tacoma, WA Weathertech Laguna Seca Jul-16 (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Monterey, CA Aug-6 Jack Pine Gypsies; Sturgis, SD Aug-27 Pavilion MX Park; Pavilion, NY Sept/3-4 Millcreek Motorsports Park; Coombs, AR Sept-9 Diamond Don’s Motorsports; Jefferson, TX Sept-17 Rattlers Run; Fairfield, WA Oct-1 Bushey Ranch; Canby, CA Oct/7-8 Barber Motorsports Park; Leeds, AL Nov-4 T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK

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2022 Bridgestone Tires AHRMA National NextGen MX Series

Online Pre-entry Deadline (midnight CST)

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Venue

Daytona Int’l Speedway; Daytona Beach, FL (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™) Motoland MX Park; Casa Grande, AZ Chaney Ranch; Warner Springs, CA Devils Ridge Motocross; Sanford, NC Thunder Valley MX Park; Morrison, CO Heartland Motorsports Park (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Topeka, KS Muddy Creek Raceway; Blountville, TN Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA Shady Acres; Friendsville, MD Weathertech Laguna Seca (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Monterey, CA Jack Pine Gypsies; Sturgis, SD Pavilion MX Park; Pavilion, NY Mill Creek Motorsports Park; Coombs, AR Aztec Family Raceway; Colorado Springs, CO Millcreek MX Park; Pell City, AL Georgia Practice Facility (GPF); Cairo, GA Texas GP; Donie, TX T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK

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Apr-28

May-16

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Jul-11

Jul-7 Jul-27 Aug-2 Sept-8 Sept-8 Sept-15 Sept-22 Oct-5

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2022 4SR AHRMA National Vintage Dirt Track Series Date

Mail-in/ Online Fax/E- Pre-entry mail Deadline Pre- (midnight entry CST)

Venue

Daytona Int’l Speedway; Daytona Beach, FL (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™) Jan/15-16 Celebration Arena; Priceville, AL Feb-26 The Bull Ring Round 1; Ocala, FL (ST & TT) Mar-19 The Bull Ring Round 2; Ocala, FL (ST & TT) Apr-9 Baton Rouge Raceway; Baton Rouge, LA - 3/8 mile May/21-22 Perris Raceway; Perris, CA (ST & TT) Heartland Motorsports Park May-28 (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Topeka, KS Jun-3 Lawrenceburg Motorcycle Speedway; Lawrenceburg, IN (ST) Jun-4 Cincy Speedway; Cincinnati, OH (ST) Jul/9-10 Lodi Cycle Bowl; Lodi, CA (ST & TT) Weathertech Laguna Seca Jul/16-17 (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Monterey, CA (ST) Aug/8-9 Jack Pine Gypsies Round 1; Sturgis, SD (ST) Aug/11-12 Jack Pine Gypsies Round 2; Sturgis, SD (ST & TT) Oct/1-2 Ohio Flat Track Sports Center; Harpster, OH 1/2 Oct-15 Georgia Practice Facility (GPF); Cairo, GA (ST & TT) Nov-5 T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK Jan-8

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2022 AHRMA REGIONAL SCHEDULES

Schedules and venues are subject to change, Visit regional websites for up to date information 2022 AHRMA Southcentral Schedule

2022 AHRMA Northwest Schedule

Date

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Event

Disciplines

Burrows Ranch; Chrome, CA Burrows Ranch; Chrome, CA Crooked River; Crooked River, OR Crooked River; Crooked River, OR Bodnar Ranch; Dairy, OR Bodnar Ranch; Dairy, OR Lakeview; Lakeview, OR Lakeview; Lakeview, OR LeMay Motorcycle Days; Marymount Jun 18 Museum; Tacoma, WA AHRMA Classic MotoFest™; WeatherTech Jul 16 Raceway Laguna Seca; Monteray, CA AHRMA Classic MotoFest™; WeatherTech Jul 17 Raceway Laguna Seca; Monteray, CA Aug 27-28 Tea Cup Trial; Point Arena, CA Sept 17 Rattlers Run Ranch; Fairfield, WA Sept 18 Rattlers Run Ranch; Fairfield, WA Oct 1 Bushey Ranch; Canby, CA Oct 2 Bushey Ranch; Canby, CA *Denotes Regional Only Event **Denotes Special event, non-points paying event All National events award Northwest Regional Points

National Trials, XC National VMX *Regional Trials *Regional VMX *Regional Trials, XC *Regional VMX *Regional Trials, XC *Regional VMX

Mar 19 Mar 20 Apr 30 May 1 May 21 May 22 Jun 11 Jun 12

National Trials National Trials, XC National V/NG MX *Regional Trials National Trials National VMX National Trials, XC National VMX

Date

Event

Disciplines

Apr 2 Texas Vintage Grand Prix Regional; Donie, TX *Regional VMX, XC Apr 3 Texas Vintage Grand Prix Regional; Donie, TX *Regional PV/NG MX Apr 30 Desoto Motorsports Park Regional; Grand Cane, LA *Regional VMX, XC May 1 Desoto Motorsports Park Regional; Grand Cane, LA *Regional PV/NG MX Sept 4 Mill Creek Motorsports National; Combs, AR National VMX Sept 5 Mill Creek Motorsports National; Combs, AR National PV/NG MX Sept 9 Diamond Don’s Riverport National; Jefferson, TX National Trials, XC Sept 10 Diamond Don’s Riverport National; Jefferson, TX National VMX Sept 11 Diamond Don’s Riverport National; Jefferson, TX National PVMX Oct 1 Waco Eagles Regional; Waco, TX *Regional VMX, XC Oct 2 Waco Eagles Regional; Waco, TX *Regional PVMX Oct 22 Time Machine National; Donie, TX National VMX, XC Oct 23 Time Machine National; Donie, TX National PVMX, XC Nov 4 T&S Racing National Finals; Henryetta, OK National XC Nov 5 T&S Racing National Finals; Henryetta, OK National VMX, XC, Trials, DT Nov 6 T&S Racing National Finals; Henryetta, OK National PV/NG MX Dec 3 Oilman’s Classic Regional; Kentwood, LA *Regional VMX, XC Dec 4 Oilman’s Classic Regional; Kentwood, LA *Regional PV/NG MX *Denotes Regional Only Event

2022 AHRMA Southeast Schedule 2022 AHRMA Southwest Schedule

Date

Event

Location

Motoland; Casa Grande, AZ AHRMA National, Motoland; Casa Grande, AZ Crazy Horse Track; Lake Havasu, AZ AHRMA National Chaney Ranch; Apr 9-10 Warner Springs, CA May 22 Glen Helen Raceway; San Bernardino, CA Jun 19 Glen Helen Raceway; San Bernardino, CA AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ of Monterey, Jul 16-17 WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca; Monterey, CA Aug - TBA Motoventures; Anza, CA Lake Elsinore Motosports Park; Lake Elsinore, Sept 18 CA Oct 9 Arizona Cycle Park; Buckeye, AZ Octoberfast, Glen Helen Raceway; San Oct 30 Bernardino, CA Nov 13 Glen Helen Raceway; San Bernardino, CA *Denotes Regional Only Event

*Regional V/PV/NG MX National V/PV/NG MX *Regional V/PV/NG MX National V/PV/NG MS, Trials, XC *Regional XC *Regional V/PV/NG MX

Feb 13 Mar 5-6 Mar 20

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Date

Event

AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ at DAYTONA; Daytona Jan 7 International Speedway; Daytona Beach, FL AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ at DAYTONA; Daytona Jan 8-9 International Speedway; Daytona Beach, FL Feb 19 Waldo MX; Waldo, FL Feb 26-27 Ringgold, GA Mar 13-14 Battery Park; Nesmith, SC Jun 4 Tennessee Ridge Runner; Bybee, TN Jun 5 Tennessee Ridge Runner; Bybee, TN Jun 11-12 Muddy Creek; Blountville, TN Oct 7-8 Barber Motorsports Park; Birmingham, AL Oct 8-9 Barber Motorsports Park; Birmingham, AL Oct 8 Mill Creek; Pell City, AL Oct 15-16 GPF; Cairo, GA Dec 4-5 Wildwood MX; Kentwood, LA *Denotes Regional Only Event

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Disciplines National XC National MX *Rebional MX National Trials National XC *Regional XC, Trials *Regional XC National MX National Trials National XC National MX National MX *Regional MX

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2022 AHRMA Northeast Schedule

Date

Event

Disciplines

Apr 23 Irish Valley; Paxinos, PA *Regional XC Apr 24 Irish Valley; Paxinos, PA *Regional V/PV/NG MX May 14 Lamoka; Bradford, NY *Regional XC May 15 Lamoka; Bradford, NY *Regional V/PV/NG MX Jun 11 Ashcraft Farm; Bellefonte, PA *Regional V/PV/NG MX Jun 12 Ashcraft Farm; Bellefonte, PA *Regional XC Jun 24 Unadilla; New Berlin, NY *Regional Points XC Jun 25 Unadilla; New Berlin, NY *Regional Points V/PV Pre 1978 MX Jun 26 Unadilla; New Berlin, NY *Regional Points PV/NG MX Jul 16 State Line Riders; N. Pownal, VT *Regional XC Jul 17 State Line Riders; N. Pownal, VT *Regional V/PV/NG MX Jul 30 Allen’s Farm; Lawton, PA *Regional XC Jul 31 Allen’s Farm; Lawton, PA *Regional V/PV/NG MX Aug 27 Pavilion MX Park; Pavilion, NY National V/PV/NG MX, XC Aug 28 Pavilion MX Park; Pavilion, NY National V/PV/NG MX, XC Sept 3 Bear Creek Sportsmen; Hancock, NY *Regional XC Sept 4 Bear Creek Sportsmen; Hancock, NY *Regional V/PV/NG MX Sept 17 Kelso Creek Classic; Minerva, NY *Regional XC Sept 18 Kelso Creek Classic; Minerva, NY *Regional V/PV/NG MX Oct 1 French Woods; Hancock, NY *Regional XC Oct 2 French Woods; Hancock, NY *Regional V/PV/NG MX Oct 9 Cayuga County Riders; King Ferry, NY *Regional XC, V/PV/NG MX Championship Criteria for Cross Country and Motocross are: Five (5) events minimum to qualify for regional championship and year-end awards.

Best six (6) events count toward points championship.

2022 AHRMA Mid-Atlantic Schedule

Event

Disciplines

Apr 10 Apr 23 Apr 24 May 14-15 Jun 11 Jun 12 Jun 18

Date

Rocket Run XC RND 1, Three Springs, PA Irish Valley XC RND 2; Paxinos, PA Irish Valley MX RND 1; Paxinos, PA SPER XC RND 3&4; Frackville, PA Ashcraft Run MX RND 2; Bellefonte, PA Ashcraft Run XC RND 5; Bellefonte, PA Reynlow Park MX RND 3; Reynoldsville, PA

Jun 19

Reynlow Park MX RND 3, Reynoldsville, PA

*Regional V/PV/Support XC *Regional V/PV/Support XC *Regional V/PV/NG MX *Regional V/PV/Support XC *Regional V/PV/NG MX *Regional V/PV/Support XC National VMX, *Regional VMX National PV/NG MX, *Regional PV/NG MX National V/PV XC National VMX, *Regional VMX National PV/NG MX, *Regional PV/NG MX National V/PV XC *Regional V/PV/Support XC *Regional V/PV/Support XC *Regional V/PV/NG MX *Regional V/PV/NG MX *Regional V/PV/Support XC

Jun 18-19 Jul 9

Reynlow Park XC; Reynoldsville, PA Shady Acres MX RND 4; Friendsville, MD

Jul 10

Shady Acres MX RND 4; Friendsville, MD

Jul 9-10 Shady Acres XC; Friendsville, MD Aug 13-14 Coyote Run XC RND 6 & 7; Ebensburg, PA Sep 10-11 Sutton Station XC RND 8 & 9; Summerville, PA Oct 9 Shady Acres MX RND 5; Friendsville, MD Oct 22 White Rose MX RND 6; Spring Grove, PA Oct 23 White Rose XC RND 10; Spring Grove, PA *Denotes Regional Only Event

2022 AHRMA Heartland Schedule

Date

Event

Disciplines *Regional V/PV/NG MX with MOVMX

Jun 5 Jun 19

HLR; Moberly, MO AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ in the Heartland; Heartland Motorsports Park; Topeka, KS AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ in the Heartland; Heartland Motorsports Park; Topeka, KS Razors Edge MX; Farragut, IA Norfolk 320 MX; Sidney, NE

Aug 28

Sidney MX; Sidney, NE

Apr 3 May 28 May 29

**National VMX **National PVMX *Regional V/PV/NG MX with GPVMX *Regional V/PV/NG MX with GPVMX *Regional P/PV/NG with Rocky Mountain Regional Series *Regional V/PV/NG MX with MOVMX

Oct 9 Jeeps Motorcycle Club; Park City, KS *Denotes Regional Only Event **National results will be posted on the ahrma.org/schedules-results page once final

2022 AHRMA Rocky Mountains Schedule

Date

Event

Disciplines

Apr 3 May 1 May 21 May 22

Lakeview Motosports Park; Ordway, CO Jewell MX; Watkins, CO Thunder Valley MX Park; Morrison, CO Thunder Valley MX Park; Morrison, CO

May 28

AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ in the Heartland; Heartland Motorsports Park; Topeka, KS

May 29

AHRMA Classic MotoFest™ in the Heartland; Heartland Motorsports Park; Topeka, KS

*Regional V/PV/NG MX *Regional V/PV/NG MX National VMX National PV/NG MX National VMX (Rocky Mtn. Region Triple Crown) National PV/NG MX (Rocky Mtn. Region Triple Crown)

Jun 19 Jul 10 Jul 31

Aztec Family Raceway; Colorado Springs, CO Sutak Raceway; Alamosa, CO Jewell MX; Atkins, CO

Aug 7

Jack Pine Gypsies; Sturgis, SD

Aug 28 Sept 25

2022 AHRMA Great Lakes Schedule

Date

Event

Location

Apr 16 Saddleback East; Bedford, KY May 21-22 Grears Motosports Park; Zanesville, OH Jun 18 Wabash Cannonball; Kokomo, IN Aug 21 Sunset Ridge; Walnut, IL Sep 4 Log Road; Coldwater, MI Sep 10-11 Sutton Station; Summerville, PA Oct 15-16 Lightning Raceway; Tippecanoe, OH *Denotes Regional Only Event

*Regional V/PV/NG MX, CC *Regional V/PV/NG MX *Regional V/PV/NG MX *Regional V/PV/NG MX *Regional V/PV/NG MX *Regional V/PV/NG MX, CC *Regional V/PV/NG MX, CC

JULY 2022

Oct 16 -----

Sidney Cycle Association; Sidney, NE Aztec Family Raceway; Colorado Springs, CO Sweney MX; Brush, CO

Jun 26

Bull Hollow Raceway; Monticello, UT

Sept 4

Fairgrounds Grass Track; Durango, CO

*Regional V/PV/NG MX *Regional V/PV/NG MX *Regional V/PV/NG MX National V/PV/NG MX (Rocky Mtn. Region Triple Crown) *Regional V/PV/NG MX *National V/PV/NG MX *Regional V/PV/NG MX AVDRA No Rocky Mtn. Region Points Four Corners Rally No Rocky Mtn. Region Points

*Denotes Regional Only Event

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