AHRMA MAG January-February 2021, Vol. No. 3, Issue No. 1

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Stories

• 2020 National Champions • Thank you 2020 Sponsors • My Garage - Charlie Oxford • Volunteer Spotlight • Tool Box Tip - Clean Freak • Luke, The MX Pusher, Hooks a Lunker

Race Reports

• Donie MX/XC • T&S Nationals MX/XC/Trials/DT • Georgia Practice Facility MX • Monster Mountain MX

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• Northeast Regional Update • South Central Regional Update

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PUBLISHER The American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association EDITOR Joe W. Koury joe.koury@ahrma.org PAGE LAYOUT DESIGNER Kevin McIntosh kevin.mcintosh@ahrma.org TOOLBOX TIPS CONTRIBUTOR Joe W. Koury

Charlie Rose, Ronnie Helmer and Joe W. Koury after the Concho Enduro in 1978

Overcoming the Overwhelming

Back in 1978, I’d just uncrated, assembled and broken in my new Honda XL250S. It was my daily rider, but I also used it for trail riding and eventually stripped it down for one motocross race. This model came with a 23-inch front wheel and an ‘innovative’ tire tread pattern. I think they were called “Claw Action,” but I wouldn’t swear to it; recollections are a recurring struggle. But they were just a modern version of trials universal tires.

Two of my riding/racing buddies were headed to San Angelo, TX, to ride the annual Concho Enduro. They talked me in to joining them. It would be my first enduro after years of racing motocross and hare scrambles. I’d been anxious to delve into this discipline, had a nice, reliable, nearly-new motorcycle, so I signed up.

It rained about six inches the night before the race. I was a ‘mudder,’ so this was not a concern. (I attended the Gary Bailey School of Motocross back in ’72 at Rio Bravo Motocross Park in Houston. There was a foot of mud on the track that day, and we all learned how to conquer the slop.) A few miles into the loop, the knobless tires on my XL lost their battle with the mud. It was ugly. At one point, there was so much mud between the teeth on my rear sprocket, the wheel wouldn’t spin. Finishing that race was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done—and finished. And believe me, I have pushed myself to the limit many times during my long and gratifyingly multifarious life.

At the top of the ‘let’s test him again’ scale, December publications ranked right up there with the Concho Enduro. At 76 pages, this was likely the thickest AHRMA MAG or Vintage Views ever assembled. The amount of effort that filled these pages was enormous and I could not have prevailed without all the contributors and Kevin McIntosh’s layout efforts (yes, I know I’ve said this before). Just the picture selection, crediting and captioning takes hours and hours, and there were many great photos to consider. I hope everyone enjoyed the December issue, that is, if you received it. There were USPS bulk mailing problems and subsequent delays. Please accept our apologies for this calamitous conundrum.

Our other December challenge was the AHRMA Handbook. Of course, all the new-for-2021 rules changes had to be analyzed, interpreted and added, but there were other hurdles to clear once we became fully engaged in the text. (I think I can quote every rule in that book now.)

There were numerous formatting problems, a result of many years of changes and various contributors adding and deleting text. We also had to update ads, the final pages, delete some forms and add links to the online forms.

The main reason I’m sharing this December issue and Handbook info is to explain the tardiness of both publications. The Handbook changes have been online since October, but I know most members like to have the paper version in their hip pocket. It should be in your hands by the time you read this.

Congrats to the newly elected AHRMA Trustees.

My son, Joe, and I are looking forward to the 2021 racing season and hope to be at Carolina Motorsports Park in March. We hope everyone has an enjoyable, mostly normal, 2021 racing season.

Joe W. Koury - Editor ahrmamag@ahrma.org

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AMERICAN HISTORIC RACING MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

Curt Comer, Executive Director 49 Ferguson Lane Elora, TN 37328 Phone: 931. 308. 0338 email: curt.comer@ahrma.org

MEMBERSHIP / DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS Cindy McLean, Executive Administrator 26 Jardin de Mer Place Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250 Phone: 904.477.6987 cindy.mclean@ahrma.org

RACE DIRECTORS

ROADRACE DIRECTORS Faynisha Pentecost: 256. 506. 6603 Tony Pentecost: 256. 506. 8254 ahrma@oneracing.org Alex Mock - Incoming Roadrace Director 949.351.3112, alex.mock@ahrma.org OFF-ROAD DIRECTOR Tony Paul: 256.665.1279 offroad.director@ahrma.org DIRT TRACK DIRECTOR David Aldana: 770. 653. 1909 davidaldana13@hotmail.com CROSS COUNTRY COORDINATOR Becky Hayes Phone: 217.553.1849 email: becky77m@yahoo.com NATIONAL TRIALS COORDINATOR Debbie Poole Phone: 415.889.5246 email: pooleschl1@hotmail.com

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Arthur Kowitz, Chairman: 386. 547. 9504 dbsuperbiker@gmail.com Kelly Shane, Secretary: 775. 772. 2857 fax 530.587.7597; flynpenguin@gmail.com Brian Larrabure, Treasurer: 818. 421. 3440 brianl.ahrma@gmail.com Kevin Burns: 614. 519. 6188 68.kburns@gmail.com Fred Guidi: 724. 462. 1854 fredguidi@gmail.com Luke Conner: 337. 280. 1066 luke.conner@ahrma.org Louis LeBlanc: 225. 405. 8707 louisgleblanc18n@icloud.com Debbie Poole: 415. 435. 0768 pooleschl1@hotmail.com Rob Poole: After 6pm 415. 990. 9003, voicemail: 415.435.0768; robpoole57@hotmail.com Beno Rodi: 770. 867. 1676 beno@rodi.net Albert Newman 214.288.1135 newmann.albert@gmail.com Tim Terrell 336.260.1615 rustynutz22b@gmail.com

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IN This Issue Chairman of the Board...........................8 Executive Director.....................................9 New Roadrace Director...........................9 Off-Road Director.....................................9 2020 National Champions..............10 THANK YOU 2020 Sponsors........12 Donie MX..........................................14 Donie XC...............................................18 ToolBox Tips - Clean Freak..........20 Volunteer Spotlight........................21 T&S National - Trials...........................27 T&S National - XC.......................................... 28 T&S National - DT............................................ 30 Georgia Practice Facility - MX................... 32 Luke, The MX Pusher, Hooks a Lunker........ 34 Blast from the Past......................................... 38 My Garage - Charlie Oxford..................... 40 Little Beaver - Mid-Atlantic Regional............... 42 Rocket Raceway - Mid-Atlantic Regional........ 42 Monster Mountain - MX........................... 48 Northeast Regional Update.................... 52 South Central Regional Update ............ 54 2021 National Series Schedules ........... 64 Race Previews............................................. 66 2021 Regional Schedules......................... 68 Marketplace / Swap Meet ....................... 74

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Dear AHRMA MAG Editor: Seriously considering dropping my subscription to AHRMA MAG. Can’t read the fine print. C'mon, man, we are a bunch of old guys...Ed Zornes Hi Ed: I hear ya, just got my first pair of bi-focals...guess I'm officlally old now (at 46).

The type can get pretty small in spots, especially in the caption areas. Will see about bumping the font size up a bit.

Dear AHRMA MAG Editor: It has been nearly 50 years since I suited up on my Penton 125 and banged handlebars with Dick Burleson and nearly all of his contemporaries in dozens of Hare Scrambles, One Day Trials and Enduro Races which included the Swamp Fox, Lonesome Pine and many other along the East Coast. Finding that you need

content is encouraging because now I know that there are a LOT of old guys like me who still enjoy riding on a regular basis.

This past Sunday, I was blessed to carry my five-year-old granddaughter around on my bike for nearly an hour while my grandson with his GoPro and his dad buzzed around on minibikes with us. The pleasure and pure joy this gives me is life changing, especially these days when so many restrictions on our lives are imposed or just prudent.

I look forward to a race in my future... to have that thrill again. I do NOT have my Penton any longer and honestly, I have not even ridden since my racing days because of career, time and family constraints—for over 45 years as I think about it. But now, riding does help me keep moving and the pandemic isolation allowed for some freedom to buy a bike to cruise around our farm with or without grandkids. Yeah, no Penton. But there is a "like new" Penton "Built for Champions," 12-foot banner hanging high in my garage right

now so the Honda CRF250L Rally must bow down every time I ride it back into the parking spot.

I do NOT long for those days of my youth when I raced every weekend I had opportunity within a day's drive. Nope. It cannot get better than this: grandkids, my health, my wife, my farm, and an electric start bike that is waiting for a spin every day. Riding is truly one of the passions of my life and your publication played a role in helping me realize that again.

Thank you!

All the best to the staff of AHRMA! See you on the trails of a Senior Enduro sometime in 2021!

Frank Surface Amelia Court House, VA Hi Frank: Awesome to hear AHRMA MAG has helped you reconnect with your twowheeled passion. Ride on Frank!

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Fasten your chin strap A couple of years ago, AHRMA's Leadership laid out a three-year plan. Even though AHRMA has been doing pretty well in recent years, there were things in our operation that were in need of attention. Some things were big, and some were small.

Year one of the plan was to set a foundation by getting our house in order. Some of the items were: improving our membership and race entry software, updating our accounting, streamlining the annual voting process, and breaking down some perceived internal barriers. That was 2019. Year two, 2020, was to be the transition year where we developed plans to meet the needs and requests of members. Our goals included such items as promoting multi-discipline events, racing at higher profile racetracks, creating a marketing infrastructure, and enhancing vintage classes. With a big effort from AHRMA's staff, board of trustees, and amazing team of volunteers (y'all know who you are, and thank you) we not only weathered the storm of 2020, but accomplished many of our transition year goals.

Some work still to do. Year three was intended to be the crescendo year, where the plans come together.

Longtime AHRMA members reminisce fondly about the old Steamboat Springs multi-discipline events, as if it was Woodstock. We hope to capture some of that magic with our AHRMA Classic MotoFest (multidiscipline vintage motorcycle festivals) on Memorial Weekend at Heartland Motorsports Park in Kansas, and then again at the second Motofest in midJuly at California's Laguna Seca Raceway.

Also, this year we will launch a tribute to Dick Mann, one of America's all time multi-discipline racing heroes. The 'Dick Mann National Team Championship' already has in place five teams of five riders (one rider from each discipline, per team) who will race for points throughout the season. How closely contested will they be? Will the championship come down to the 2021 Barber Vintage Festival in October? How many teams will still be in the hunt by then?

AHRMA has been an exciting organization for a long time, but is still a bit of a secret. This year we let the rest of the world see how much fun we are having, encouraging others to bring out their eclectic motorcycles and join our club.

Let's get this season rolling (and thanks for the votes re-electing me to the board of trustees)!

See y'all at the track.

Arthur Kowitz

My First Motorcycle Like so many early teenagers, the idea of riding a motorcycle fascinated me to the point of distraction. Also, like many of our parents in 1963, permission to fulfill this dream was out of the question. My folks were prudent, intelligent people who wanted only the best for me, and since they were not thrill-seekers, the whole motorcycle idea was incomprehensible to them. “No, you can’t have or ride a motorcycle!” ”If I build one, can I keep it and ride it?”

As realistic adults, they knew that was impossible, so they granted permission based on the expectation that such an undertaking was merely a dream. Ha! Have bicycle—will travel. I combed every junk pile behind bicycle shops, lawnmower shops, appliance stores, and anywhere else free machinery-like items might be found. Some of the engineering decisions were based upon what items had been commandeered, and some were the well-thought-out plans of an inexperienced 13-year-old-on a mission.

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An REO brand, horizontal shaft engine from a gasoline powered rural washing machine was the centerpiece. A bicycle frame from a 26” bike, and wheels from a 20” model were the basis for the chassis. A chunk cut out of a lawnmower deck was inverted and used as a platform for the engine and jackshaft. Pulleys, belts, roller skate wheels, and re-worked bicycle brake calipers were re-purposed accordingly. The only thing I had to buy was a centrifugal clutch from the Sears catalogue. $20 was big money for a boy mowing yards in the neighborhood in those days.

Waiting for that clutch was the longest three weeks of my life, but it was worth it.

Voila! It worked. A chrome piece of tubing fitted as the exhaust thrust rearward and bellowed out the unmuffled roar of four BHP. Now that I had a working ‘motorcycle,’ a tag and registration was needed. The trip downtown to the DMV was deflating, as the grown-ups in charge would not believe that this thing came from nowhere. They insisted on a bill of sale where I bought it. I was devastated. My Pop was a man of his word, and even though he disapproved of the whole thing, he escorted me the next day to the DMV. I still have the title, a 1964 “Homemade.” Gotta love it.

The “Bomb,” as my friends and sisters called it, likely because it was kinda ugly, would reach 35 MPH when in full song. Not very fast, but the fastest thing in the neighborhood. In order to ride at night, I used a bicycle generator that spun off the moving tires. When I stopped moving, the lights stopped. I adapted. After several weeks of use, the headlight bulb burned out. Tough to find a screw-in, 6V replacement bulb, but finally did. Nightfall comes, 35 MPH through the city streets of Jacksonville, and wham, no headlight! I panic. it comes back on, I am relieved, it goes out again, panic, on, off, on. What gives? Next day I investigate; the bulb has a little flat strip inside next to the filament. I never saw a bi-metal strip before. It was a bulb designed to flash. Boy, do I have a lot to learn.

A few more weeks of happy motoring go by, and once again I have a failure at top speed. Pow! My prized crankshaft-mounted clutch flies off and rolls away. I am stranded. Upon investigation, I confirmed that it didn't come loose, but the crankshaft broke off close to where it protrudes from the engine case. Heavy sigh. This could be a fatal blow to my pride and joy. Not to be easily deterred, I found a chunk of rebar that was roughly the same diameter as the crankshaft end. Cut to length, grind a taper on one end, run the engine and hold a file to the crankshaft stub to form a matching groove with the rebar, and weld in place. The final machine work was performed while the engine was running, using a file to smooth and size the new shaft.

As Sgt. Gunney so eloquently said, “Improvise, adapt, overcome.”

Sadly, there are no surviving photographs of the Bomb, only the title and a few leftover parts.

About five years ago, I assembled these items into a wall hanging that occupies a nice spot on the wall of my garage. Few folks know what that wall art represents, but to me it is a priceless collection of memories.

– Arthur Kowitz AHRMA Chairman of the Board 386.547.9504 dbsuperbiker@gmail.com

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What a year it's been!

As we move into the 2021 season, I would like to remind everyone of an AHRMA treasure that some have described as a well-kept secret. Excerpts from the Observed Trials mission statement in our Handbook include: “AHRMA’s observed trials goal is to provide its members a safe, historically accurate environment to showcase and experience vintage machinery.” Participation in trials provides fun, fitness, social interaction and opportunity to learn machine handling skills that cross over to all other disciplines.

In an effort to make trials more accessible to members (and spectators), you will find these competitions at all AHRMA Classic MotoFests and many other multi-discipline events. AHRMA will also be hosting several trials schools throughout the year presented by very accomplished riders/ teachers.

Unlike modern trials, AHRMA events are “no stop,” emphasizing natural sections which flow as opposed to the current stop-and-hop style of riding which became popular post 1990. Accordingly, AHRMA now offers classes for all machines up to the stop-and-hop era—meaning all trials bikes originally manufactured as air-cooled, drum brakes, twin shock have a place in AHRMA championships. And new for 2021 are Air-Cooled

Monoshock (ACM) for mid-late 1980s machines. Don’t forget there are no age restrictions in AHRMA trials, so that favorite youngster can now compete with mom, dad or grandparent.

AHRMA trials are constructed with sections incorporating 4-lines that relate to appropriate age of machines and skill level (Novice Curt Comer on Matt Hilgenberg’s Ariel, Burrows Ranch 2019 - Expert) of competitor. Also, in contrast to modern trials, these lines are marked with traditional “splits” instead of gates. All AHRMA nationals are fully staffed with section observers just like in the old days— no peer scoring required.

So there you have it, all the reasons to join the fun and give AHRMA trials a try!

One-AHRMA – Curtis E. Comer AHRMA Executive Director 931.308.0338 curt.comer@ahrma.org

Welcome New Roadrace Director - Alex Mock

We are pleased to introduce the newest member of our team, AHRMA Roadrace Director Alex Mock. Based in Corona, California, Alex brings broad experience in race operations, timing and scoring, and race promotions, having been head of race operations and promoter of

the Supermoto National Championship Series, Roland Sands Design SuperHooligans and more. In addition, he has proven success in securing series and event sponsorships.

Alex shares that, “What I bring to the table is my ability to multitask on race operations and my understanding of timing and scoring. My main focus is on track safety while adhering to the race schedule.”

He will use his expertise and skills in race operations to lead and grow the team of AHRMA staff and volunteers who make vintage roadracing possible.

Alex also holds a certification as a race coach with U.S. Motorcycle Coaching Association (USMCA).

When Alex is not busy traveling to race events all over the country, he enjoys spending all the time he can with his wife Andrea and their two daughters Violet and Coco. Alex introduced Violet to two wheels on the Strider 2-into-1 rocking bike and she is now riding her own path to a very fun life on two wheels. The Mocks do everything together outdoors including skiing in the winter months and hitting the beach throughout the year as much as they can.

“I’m very excited to be a part of AHRMA and looking forward to the first race of the season at Roebling Road,” Alex said.

Welcome to 2021!

A New Year full of many great racing opportunities. I hope this year is better to us than the last.

Even though 2020 was hectic with many changes due to the pandemic, I personally feel as though AHRMA, as a team, did a great job and made the best out of what we had to work with.

The 2021 schedule is out, and we are working on getting events loaded into MotorsportReg.com for preregistration. We strongly encourage our members to preregister for events as it helps the promoters plan JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021

for what their attendance may look like. If you are having trouble with preregistration, do not hesitate to give me a call. I will do everything I can to help you out.

I really look forward to seeing our members again this season and until then, happy wrenching.

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– Tony Paul AHRMA Off-Road Director offroad.director@ahrma.org 256.665.1279

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Congratulations to all of our

2020 NATIONAL 2020 REHV Moto National Historic Cup Roadrace Champions

200 Grand Prix+: Greg Glevicky 250 Grand Prix: David Roper 350 GP: Alex McLean 500 Premier: Stuart Carter BEARS: Daniel May Battle of the Twins 1 900cc-Open: Scott Billings Battle of the Twins 2 0-900cc: Clint Austin CB160 (EXH): Greg Glevicky Class C Footshift: Alex McLean Class C Handshift: Ralph Wessell Classic Sixties: Alex McLean Classic Sixties 650: Mike Baker Formula 125: Colton Roberts Formula 250: Steve Decamp Formula 500: Dan Sokolich Formula 750: Mark Morrow Formula Lightning: Arthur Kowitz Formula Lightning Extreme: Peter Nicolosi Formula Thunder: Ervin Kollek Formula Vintage: Jeff Hargis Motard: Daniel Peter Next Gen Superbike: Scott Billings Next Gen Superbike 2: Scott Billings Next Gen Superbike Lightweight: Andrew Mauk Novice Historic Production Heavyweight: Tim Terrell Novice Historic Production Lightweightt: Tim Terrell Open Two-Stroke: Ralph Staropoli Phillip Island Challenge: Edwin Haazer Pre-1940: Alex McLean Sound of Singles 1: Daniel Peter Sound of Singles 2: Dave Frick Sound of Singles 3: Stewart Aitken-Cade Sound of Thunder 1: Clint Austin Sound of Thunder 2: Clint Austin Sound of Thunder 3: Steve Decamp Sportsman 350: Eric Cook Sportsman 500: Eric Cook Sportsman 750: Jeff Hargis Thruxton Cup Chal: Clint Austin 10

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Vintage Superbike Heavyweight: Dennis Parrish Vintage Superbike Lightweight.: Matthew Joy Vintage Superbike Middleweight: Kevin Rammer

Sidecar Classes

BEARS Sidecar Exhibition: Dutch Stivason/Jerry Hoag Formula Classic (SC4): Nicholas Bailey/Adam Kramer Lost Era Sidecar (SC3): Sean Stivason/Susan Stivason Modern Sidecar TT2: Peter Essaff/Logan Essaff Modern Sidecar US (F1): Kelly Bell/Johnny Glover III Modern Sidecar US (F2): Randall Weller/Victor Corona Super Vintage (SC2): Tim Joyce/Kat Collins Vintage Sidecar (SC1): Michael Stivason/Kayla Theisler

2020 VMC Racing Frames National Dirt Track Series Champions Dinosaur: Beno Rodi Classic 250: Henry Sansing Classic 500/750: Ricky Pollock Sportsman 100: Mike Collier Sportsman 250: Henry Sansing Sportsman 600: David Aldana Sportsman 750: Beno Rodi Seventies Singles: David Aldana Seventies Singles +50: David Aldana Seventies Two Stroke: Henry Sansing Senior: David Aldana Super Senior: David Aldana Four Stroke Super Singles: Charlie Williams

2020 Redwood Engineering National Vintage Motocross Series Champions Premier Lightweight Novice: Glenn Gallimore Premier Lightweight Intermediate: Dan Beher PremierLightweight Expert: Jeff Mullins Premier 350 Novice: Richard Bryant Premier 350 Expert: Beno Rodi

Premier 500 Expert: Beno Rodi Premier Open Twins Intermediate: Dan Beher Premier Open Twins Expert: Beno Rodi Classic 125 Novice: Russell Heck Classic 125 Intermediate: Mike Bickley Classic 125 Expert: Curt Comer Classic 250 Intermediate: Brian Miller Classic 250 Expert: Joe Klokkevold Classic 500 Novice: Roger Cross Classic 500 Intermediate: Wes Wyman Classic 500 Expert: Jeff Mullins 100cc Novice: Denis Jeffries 100cc Intermediate: Reed Borgfield 100cc Expert: Tim Borgfield ESS 250 Novice: Cy Yee ESS 250 Intermediate: David Stanton ESS 250 Expert: Joe Klokkevold ESS 500 Intermediate: Kenneth Jeter ESS 500 Expert: Jeff Mullins Sportsman 125 Intermediate: Mike Bickley Sportsman 125 Expert: JC Roberts Sportsman 250 Novice: Johnathan Notchie Sportsman 250 Intermediate: Eddie Parks Sportsman 250 Expert: Anthony Paul Sportsman 500 Novice: Mark Smithard Sportsman 500 Intermediate: James Golliher Sportsman 500 Expert: Rhett Smith Vintage Women: Novice Cheryl Long Vintage Women Intermediate: Kasi Cross Vintage Open Age Novice: Glenn Gallimore Vintage Open Age Intermediate: Keith Canfield Vintage Open Age Expert: Bob Bean Vintage 40+ Novice: Michael Welden Vintage 40+ Intermediate: Gene Mendes Vintage 50+ Novice: Cheryl Long Vintage 50+ Intermediate: John Moore Vintage 50+ Expert: Trey Jorski Vintage 60+ Novice: Bubba Gale Vintage 60+ Intermediate: Eddie Parks Vintage 60+ Expert: Chet Malito Vintage 70+ Intermediate: Doug Smith Vintage 70+ Expert: Rick Williams

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CHAMPIONS!!!!!

2020 Race Tech National Post Vintage Motocross Series Champions Historic 125 Intermediate: Keith Canfield Historic 125 Expert: Tim Borgfield Historic 250 Novice: William Miller Historic 250 Intermediate: Greg Conn Historic 500 Intermediate: Brian Oakley Grand Prix 125 Novice: Todd Rapp Grand Prix 125 Intermediate: Jason Elder Grand Prix 250 Intermediate: Steve Blakely Grand Prix 250: Expert Mike Parker Grand Prix 500: Novice Mark Smithard Grand Prix 500: Intermediate Brian Oakley Grand Prix 500: Expert Rhett Smith Ultima 125 Intermediate: Jason Elder Ultima 250 Novice Bubba Gale Ultima 250 Expert: Bob Bean Ultima 500 Novice: Michael Welden Ultima 500 Intermediate: Keith Canfield Ultima 500 Expert: Anthony Paul Ultima Four-Stroke Intermediate: Eddie Parks Ultima Four-Stroke Expert: Joe Morgan PV Open Age Intermediate: Keith Canfield PV 40+ Novice: Michael Welden PV 40+ Intermediate: Sam Huggins PV 50+ Novice: Mark Smithard PV 50+ Intermediate: Steve Blakely PV 50+ Expert: Trey Jorski PV 60+ Novice: Bubba Gale PV 60+ Intermediate: Eddie Parks PV 60+ Expert: Trey Jorski PV 70+ Intermediate: Jim Bradford PV70+ Expert: Wes Willis PV 100cc Expert: JC Roberts PV 100cc Intermediate: Reed Borgfield PV Pre-Modern 125 Novice: Johnathan Notchie PV Pre-Modern 125 Expert: Darren Terry PV Pre-Modern 250 Novice: Bubba Gale PV Pre-Modern 250 Intermediate: Greg Conn PV Pre-Modern 250 Expert: Bob Bean PV Pre-Modern 500 Expert: Curt Jaimet

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2020 National Next Gen Motocross Series Champions

Next Gen 1 125 intermediate: Frankie Lapina Next Gen 1-250 Intermediate: Wes Wyman Next Gen 1-250 Expert: Bob Bean Next Gen 60+ Intermediate: John Fedor Next Gen 60+ Expert: Bob Bean

2020 Redwood Engineering National Vintage Trials Series Champions

Girder Expert: Beno Rodi Premier Lightweight Expert: Joe Klokkevold Premier Lightweight Intermediate: Will Salter Premier Lightweight Novice: Mike Collier Premier Heavyweight Expert: Graham Foster Premier Heavyweight Intermediate: Luke Sayer Classic Expert: Todd Stanley Classic Intermediate: Scott Kirn Classic Novice: Michael Collier Modern Twin-Shock Expert: Tony Paul Modern Classic Master: Ralph Foster Modern Classic Expert: Scott Porter Modern Classic Intermediate: Jason Baisden Modern Classic Novice: Caleb Swiney Youth C: Layla Paul

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Sportsman 200 Intermediate: Ken Cichy Sportsman 200 Novice: John Bowman Sportsman Open Expert: Christian Brumbaugh Sportsman Open Intermediate: Joshua Schucker Sportsman Open Novice: Dave Liebgold Vintage 50 Expert: Joseph Cole Vintage 50 Intermediate: Chris Gillespie Vintage 60 Expert: Marty Strouse Vintage 60 Intermediate: Lee Stebleton Vintage 60 Novice: James Nice Vintage 70 Intermediate: William Ryburn Vintage Women Novice: Pamela Liebgold Historic 200 Expert: James Smith Historic 200 Intermediate: Keith Williams Historic Open Expert: Marty Strouse Historic Open Intermediate: Michael Wright PV 200 Expert: Philip Henderson PV 200 Intermediate: Ed Klinger PV 200 Novice: Joey Spayd PV Open Expert: Fred Hoess PV Open Intermediate: Clint Hawk PV 50 Expert: Joseph Cole PV 50 Intermediate: Robert Ragon PV 60 Expert: Perry Hodges PV 60 Intermediate: David Mitchell PV 60 Novice: Larry Meeker PV 70 Expert: Fred Veator PV 70 Intermediate: Robert Lisey PV 70 Novice: Robert Collier PV Women Expert: Shelia Monk PV Women Intermediate: Becky Hayes Pre Modern Expert: Scott Robirds Pre Modern Intermediate: David Brown Pre Modern Novice: Brian Turk

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Taylor Carruthers

Sept 26-27, 2020

By: Albert Newmann / Photos Bobby Hedge

AHRMA National racing returned for a second year to this vintage purpose-built private facility, and for the racers in attendance it was another fun-filled weekend of great racing.

A friend of mine recently reminded me of when AHRMA racers are out driving the countryside, a certain piece of land catches our eye, and we think, “Wouldn’t that be a cool place to set up a track?” You see some rolling hills, a nice gulch, maybe a little sand, and just what type of dirt would be under the grass that cattle are feeding on? This property is just that. The track is a complete co-op effort of a variety of volunteers with a wide range of skills that include a few who run national caliber motocross and crosscountry race facilities. Most of us in the region and neighboring states to the South-Central region are familiar now with the beautiful, loamy dirt the farm offers up. But to those making their first trek to the Texas Vintage Grand Prix course, one quickly realizes the variety of surfaces we have in this particular region and how each track is somewhat distinct from the other. The gathering is the same as we are all one big family, so hospitality is a given here as well as 14

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late September usually offers up beautiful blue skies along with a little heat in the latter part of the day and a nice cool-down once the sun sets. In Texas we call that perfect weather!

On to racing! Our first race of the day featured some very fast racers which are some of the younger racers in AHRMA. Brandon Glenn, Kyle Kyzer, Travis Shackelford, and Tyler Reed are the bright new wave in our region and the racing was intense as the Sportsman 250 and 500 Expert classes were our first race of the day. Glenn immediately goes to the top of the pack but by lap two Reed went to Shand Garcia and the lead of moto one while Kyzer, Glenn, and Mrs. Becky Parker Gary Emerson battled their 250s to keep up with the 500 group. The second moto saw Travis Shackelford recover from his first moto issues and lead the 500s to the win. If anyone questioned the speed of this race, you need to look no further than the super-fast Billy Russell taking a 4-4 finish in the 250 class on the day as the final order was Glenn winning with Kyzer taking second and Emerson third.

Shackelford’s 4-1 finish gave him the overall in the 500 group with Chris Richardson finishing second. Easily some of the fastest lap times of the day and we were just getting started.

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Race two on the day saw the Holeshot Queen Charlene Campbell kick off what was the beginning of holeshotting “almost” every moto she was in as this race had our Women’s Intermediate and Experts lined up alongside the Vintage 60+ Intermediate group. Eddie Parks made a pass on the second lap to take the lead and never look back, but Campbell held off the stacked group of guys behind her. Wes Wyman and John Fedor hung on to finish second and third in moto one but mechanical issues in moto two put Wyman into last place and Fedor’s second place finish placed him second overall behind Parks’ commanding race win. Race three saw Karnie Wessling make her AHRMA debut into Vintage racing on a CZ for a win as well as Billy Cole won the 60+ Novice group and John Nelson taking first overall in the 50+ Novice class.

The attention-grabbing race of the day though was race

six which saw our Sportsman 125 group putting on quite a show. Darren Terry, riding his newly purchased YZ125, had a death match race with newcomer to 125 action this year, Bubba Dennis, on his Ya-Maico 125 in the Expert class. The two swapped positions and places during each moto but Terry edged out the overall with his 2-1 finish over Dennis’s 1-2 finish. The Intermediates were no slouches as the top two in that class finished in front of the third and fourth place riders in the expert group. Honda mounted Darrel Parsons, of Hallsville, TX, held off Gerard “Jerry” Hayes of Alberta, Canada, to win the class as both showed great speed in the second moto of the day and also gained the crowd’s attention.

The eighth race of the day had our 40+ and 50+ Experts lined up with the 50+ Intermediates.

Trey Jorski blasted out of the start each moto for holeshots and a commanding lead however it was a duel

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going on behind him between Gary Davis, Brian Oakley, and Rodney Reed for the next three spots. All three Intermediates quickly moved past our lone 40+ Expert and never did anyone have more than a two or three bike length lead over the other.

Today, it was Davis going 1-1 to win the class and Oakley’s 3-2 earned him second overall with Rodney Reed finishing third.

An extremely fast class indeed here with great racing action.

Other racing on the day saw Keith Canfield stumble on the final lap of moto one of the Vintage Open Age Intermediate group to allow Tommy Gates of Junction City, AR, get by, but Canfield dominated moto two for an easy win over some great competition. Ray McFarland won the Sportsman 500 Novice and Bob Lee took the Classic 250 Novice win. Glenn Gallimore and Roger Cross continued their year-long battle in the Classic 500 Novice and this day it was Gallimore with the win. In race ten, Wes Willis battled with Bobby Guilbeau to win the hotly contested 70+ Expert group and it was Tray Blanchard holding off Richard Light for the 70+ Intermediate win.

There were 95 entries for Vintage motocross action on this day which was an improvement of about 10 percent over 2019’s inaugural numbers, so in light of COVID, we were all pleased with the turnout and even more pleased with the great competition from around the country.

For Sunday’s Post Vintage and Next Gen MX race action there were 145 entries which, to date, only trails the Riverport National in Jefferson for overall turnout and again an increase of about 10% over last year’s national event in Donie, TX. Next Generation racing saw a noticeable increase, so it was great to see a turnout of those riders this time around.

In race two we say Cody Barrow and James Damuth displaying improved skills over the last year as these two went to the front of the pack and battled, with Barrow taking the win in the Ultima 250 Novice. Michael Welden won the 40+

Novice group as well as Billy Cole winning the 60+ Novice and Tom O’Kelly winning the 70+ Novice. Congrats to all our Novice winners and more importantly the improvement of skill seen across the board with all our Novice riders in Sunday’s action.

Race three featured the 50+ Intermediates and Expert group and it was again Trey Jorski pulling holeshots each moto to quickly move to the front of the pack and win the Post Vintage 50+ Expert over local fast guy Gary Emerson. In the Post Vintage 50+ Intermediates it was Brian Oakley battling with John Moore but also Keith Canfield mixed it up with this group while racing in the Open Age Intermediate class. Oakley preserved the win over Moore with newcomer Tyler Reed flying his way to victory in the Post Vintage Open Age Expert and Canfield winning the Open Age Intermediate.

Race five was a small-bore battle as the Ultima 125s and Post Vintage 100 Intermediates and Experts gated together.

Stonewall, LA, native Heith Parker moved to the front of the group quickly to leave Brandon Hedge, Rick Van Diemen, and Darren Terry to do battle. In the second moto, Terry goes down and drops from third to fifth and Van Diemen has a firm grip on second place in the class. Hedge edges out Van Demien for second place and Parker goes home with the large win. In the middle of all this amazing race action though is Mansfield, TX, native Jamie Adams aboard his 1983 YZ100 slowly moving towards Parker; however it was not going to happen on this day. Adams dominates all the 100s and takes the win in the Post Vintage 100 Expert class. Bernard Murphy and Jason Elder split moto wins in the Ultima 125 Intermediate class as Murphy’s 2-1 edges out Elder 1-2 for the wood!

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As usual, our 60+ group racing was outstanding. In race eleven, the two holeshot champions, Charlene Campbell and Trey Jorski, finally got to square off. The elder Jorski managed to beat Campbell to the first turn each time but it was close still to see these two have a showdown as both are incredible at pulling everyone to the first corner. The 60+ Intermediate racing was great as some of the fastest Intermediates in the nation were all on the track at the same time. Eddie Lee put on a great show in the first moto and on the fourth lap he finally made the pass on Eddie Parks to move from second to first. In the second moto however it was Sean Knaack showing his burst of speed and blowing by all the experts except for Jorski and with his 3-1 he finished first overall and Parks’ 2-2 gained him second. Greg Gordon took second in the Expert class with Edward Hays’s 4-2 finish placing him third overall.

Campbell won the 40+ Intermediate just behind 40+ Expert rider, Steve Sanders.

Next Generation racing finished our final three races of the day with 30 entries spread out amongst nine classes. It was hard to keep up with who was in each class but clearly Bryce Davis in the Millennium 125 Intermediate will be moving to Expert in the future as he blew past a talented group of riders to win his class. Cole Johnson and Rick Van Diemen are also on a whole other level as their racing was a blast to watch. Jamie Adams put in some extremely fast laps in race thirteen to outpace the gate each moto and win the Next Gen 50+ Expert. Other winners of some tightly contested large groups were Steven Sinclair taking the win in a large Millennium 2-Stroke 250 Intermediate group and the anticipated matchup of Edward Hays and Jeff Hards in the Next Gen 60+ Expert class with Hays going 1-1 to beat out his fellow Texas rider.

As with last year’s affair, there was a special

fund-raising event and race to support Cancer patients. This was the second year of the Shock Sox Wendi Jordan 100cc Pro Cup and over $10,000 was raised for one of our own members!

Oh, and the 100cc race was incredible. Race one had Taylor Carruthers again taking the first moto win in dramatic style.

The second moto was redemption time for Trampas Parker as he annihilated the class, and the third moto went to Nick Jones. Once tallied up it was Trampas Parker riding the Tom Shackelford sponsored 1983 Yamaha YZ100 with the overall.

The riders donated their payouts back to the cause and it was just an incredible race of eighteen 100cc air-cooled bikes racing intensely. The fans lined the track and nowhere can you find this type of entertainment for a $10 gate fee!

Many thanks to all the volunteers and sponsors who pitch in to make this event happen and especially the Huffman family for the vision and use of the property. The track continues to evolve into one of the premier MX circuits on the AHRMA schedule as it is a track that satisfies both Vintage and Post Vintage era racing. Even the Next Gen racers compliment it for the challenging technical sections and loamy dirt that just continues to develop as the day moves on.

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For those of you who raced the Cross Country event at the Texas Vintage Grand Prix National last fall, it was a different layout, and the new features added some challenges to the course not seen before. Most of the course was run backwards from previous races and some new features were added in addition to some directional changes that were fun. Since a national motocross event was run on Saturday and Sunday, we went with a late Friday afternoon start for this event. It was a nice turnout for a Friday afternoon event with 52 entries, and the weather was still a little warm for this time of year, but bearable. Trampas Parker ran incredible lap times as did his brother, Heith. AHRMA National Off-Road Director Tony Paul also put in some blazing times as did Greg Gordon, Mark Andrews, and Darrel Parsons. Some notable winners on the day were Billy Murphy in the 50+ Novice group, Greg Conn in the Pre-Modern Novice class, Jimmy Stark in Vintage 50+ Intermediate, David Rozell winning the competitive grouping of the Pre-Modern Intermediates, and Travis Shackelford winning the PV 200 Intermediate group. Overall, we are very happy with the interest that is growing regionally for Cross Country, so thank you all for bringing this to life over the last few years; and I can tell everyone is having fun doing it. The Donie, TX, course is challenging and as we continue to promote regional Cross Country racing, I have no doubt the courses will be near national level quality but our goal is to make it inviting enough for the newcomer to not be intimidated.

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TOOLBOX TIPS

CLEANFREAK

BY: JOE W. KOURY

I landed a job in a Honda motorcycle dealership back in 1972. The place was a scrapyard dungeon with years of dead motorcycles and junk parts piled everywhere. I had to pick at the floor, through years of grease, oil and dirt to determine if there was actually concrete beneath the dark, hardpacked accumulation. After a few months trying to get the ‘resuscitateable’ bikes customers had been waiting on fixed, I decided to commence the cleanup. This was after the Honda service rep at the time, Tracy Walsh, told me, “If you’re gonna stay here and be a Honda mechanic, you need to clean this dump, or pigsty, or whatever he called it.

From that point on, I became a ‘clean freak,’ a moniker my old Honda pal, Travis, attached to me back in the late ‘80s. Clean Freak slowly evolved into OCD-clean and through the years I have found products and methods to clean stuff, from motorcycles and parts to floors and walls, workbenches, tools, etc. Everyone has their go-to solvent or soap, but it’s never a bad thing to discover something new and effective.

I use Hondabrite to clean the race bikes. It leaves a near spotless surface but does require a lot of rinse water. I grab my leaf blower to thoroughly dry the bikes and concentrate adequate ‘blow’ at the brake drums. Honda Spray Cleaner and Polish cleans and shines all surfaces, including face shields.

Simichrome Polish and Never Dull wadding polish restore the luster to flanged aluminum rims. The Gloveworks nitrile gloves are the best I’ve found.

Of course, I have a recirculating parts washer filled with mineral spirits/paint thinner, but I preclean heavy accumulations of grease and oil with a 20

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pump spray bottle filled with mineral spirits/paint thinner (I call this my ‘mineral spritzer’) over a pan before they hit the parts washer. This extends the life of the parts washer solvent. The ‘spritzer’ has many other uses, from tape and sticker glue removal to tar splatter on the sides of your vehicle.

I use chlorinated brake cleaner extensively to degrease parts, remove other unwanted deposits and prep crankcase mating surfaces for sealant.

(Sidenote: I only use HondaBond HT for crankcase sealant. It has many other uses and is high-temp, gasoline/oil resistant and ultra-easy to clean up, both cured and uncured.) Chlorinated brake cleaner is mild enough to use on painted surfaces and plastics and a good thread prep for thread locking compound. Denatured alcohol is my go-to solvent for cleaning brake shoe linings.

Baked-on gaskets are a challenge, especially on older air-cooled engines. Premium paint stripper softens these brittle gaskets and makes them easier to scrape. My other favorite cleaner is Mercury Power Tune. This stuff has near-magical cleaning powers.

It’s great for soaking years of burned on grease accumulations on air-cooled engine fins. It’s also one of the only chemicals that effectively dissolves carburetor varnish.

I use small stainlesssteel brushes. They have a multitude of uses, including engine fin degreasing. My glass

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Long a ‘preacher’ of workbench hygiene, I’ve seen my share of untidy tabletops. I use layers of newspaper during engine and carburetor rebuilds, for restoring parts and removing paint. Engine and carburetor assembly require sanitary surfaces.

When cleaning nasty parts, each mess is quickly crumpled and tossed, exposing another clean surface.

And last, but not least, I never leave home without a can of Tub O’ Towels. They are invaluable at the racetrack and far better than hand cleaner. They remove even the nastiest of all grunges: drive chain gunk.

Before racing in muddy conditions, I always coated the surfaces of my dirt bikes with any number of WD-40-like sprays to repel the mud. I cleaned my off-road air filters in mineral spirits followed by hot soap and water and a thorough dry. The filter then dropped into a large Ziplock bag and oiled. I always kept two filters, one on the bike and one in the bag.

Well, I’m now in the mood to go clean something. I hope these tips make your clean-ups a little more efficient and effective.

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Volunteer AHRMA MAG Editor and Page Layout Specialist, Kevin McIntosh, met a few volunteers (Marty Strouse and his wife Cindy and Tim Grove and his wife Polly) while setting up for the Post Vintage cross country race at Barber. He would later interview Tim Grove and learned more about these special AHRMA helpers.

Tim watched his first race in Indiana and became an AHRMA member 16 years ago at a Florida race that race was eventually canceled. He enjoys helping people make it out on the track who might be having mechanical issues and always carries replacement ignition parts.

He’s been going to Barber for 15 years and has never missed a year (as of 2019). His dad donated a 1975 RE5 Suzuki Rotary to the Barber Motorsports Museum. Tim tries to make at least seven events each season, does about 20 races and also attends family enduros with his wife (non-AHRMA). He frequently travels from Maryland to Texas for AHRMA events.

He volunteers with his wife, Polly, doing event set-up/breakdown, sign-up, membership, race stats, start/finish and posting results.

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They work with Becky to set up tents, chairs, generator, TV screens. He’s a general “A.V. guy.” They ensure everyone is hydrated and stays “high and dry” from the elements.

Tim notes that 90% of score keepers are female. They love the quality of people and strong vintage culture with AHRMA. His wife is an avid volunteer, and she has been helping since the Teddy Landers days (he brought AHRMA off-road into the 20th century with digital scoring.) Polly helped with coordinator transitions from Teddy to Lynn Burton to Becky Hayes.

Marty is a strong competitor and workaholic. He owns Paradise Cycle and manages three racers with bike set-up and transport.

He was a Husqvarna dealer from ’74 through ‘87 and involved with North Atlantic Racing. His wife, Cindy, is up early, ready to help with spare parts. They are from Reynoldsville, PA. Know an unsung AHRMA volunteer? Let us know!

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For 2020, the AHRMA Off-Road Committee set a goal to provide an enhanced championship experience for its members.

While many ideas were circulated, one that appeared to be viable was to create a national showdown in the center of the country at season’s end. To bring the nation’s best racers together—who had a goal to win a championship—would require an enticement when typically, championships were decided already in prior months. The trial to double point the race was what was eventually decided on. Now, it was the right venue to have predictably good weather late in the year, and centralized, as well as a proper promoter to handle all the necessities to appease all motocross disciplines. The T&S Race Team was nearly a no-brainer and the city of Henryetta, OK, had already proven over time they would be supportive of our AHRMA efforts. It was a win-win and by the response of those in attendance, AHRMA appears to have hit on something for years to come with this initial event structure.

With over 180 entries for Vintage Motocross and over forty national championships on the line for Saturday, the Redwood Engineering VMX program was off and running. One of our most fiercely competitive classes, the 60+ Expert group, was race one. Like a broken record, it was the J49 Kawasaki of Trey Jorski with the holeshot in moto one with contenders Chet Malito of Marshall, WA, Danny Wirt, Bob Bean, and Californian Robert Bellicitti giving chase to Jorski. Wirt and Malito were battling closely on lap two when Wirt attempts to pass Malito near the finish line corner and the two collide.

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Wirt goes down and Malito staggers for a second but stays upright and finishes second overall for the moto. Moto two saw a repeat of the start but Jorski falls back to seventh place on lap one and Malito is leading with pressure from Bob Bean.

Jorski works his way back up to third but it was too little too late and Malito takes the overall and the championship! Great racing, and the day just started.

Race four on the day featured the Sportsman 250 Expert class which had national contenders Tony Paul and Billy Russell of Redstone, CO, facing off. However, Arkansas native, Kyle Kyzer, holeshots each moto and takes a commanding lead in both motos to fend off a very fast group of riders. Tony Paul and his 2-2 finish earns him the class championship. This will be an exciting class to follow next year as hopefully a full racing season can ensue as Kyzer has been dominating at the events attended this year.

With another championship on the line in race seven with the Vintage 50+ Intermediate—and a very fast group of Intermediates—it was John Moore of Madison, Mississippi, taking on Bill Hester, Brian Oakley, and Perry Hayes of Newnan, GA. Moore was on fire in this gate, had to contend with all the riders just mentioned and managed to hold them all off to win both motos and the overall championship for this class. Race eight had the elder 60+ Intermediates battle and with fourteen racers and all quality riders. It was Eddie Parks taking each moto win and another national championship for the mantle in Fluvanna, TX! Parks announced he is moving

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to Expert for 2021 so expect him to make a splash as he battles with some of the top racers AHRMA has to offer.

Race nine turned out to be a barn burner as the Sportsman 125 Intermediate and Experts were lined up. With three racers all in contention for the championship for the Experts and three for the Intermediates, it was going to be intense. With a year under his belt on the small-bores, Bubba Dennis was ready to make his case, but L to R: Trey Blanchard (34B), Keith WIlliams (135), Tom Shackelford (J16), Charlene Campbell (49J) with the holeshot, Billy Cole (125), Steve Clark (A20), Mike Gray (166), Richard Light (79E), Ole Olsen (69), Michael Welden (462T) on lap one he lost his chain guide which resulted in the chain tearing up his cases, win and this year’s championship! Also, on the gate were our and off the track he went. It was long-time Premier Lightweight Intermediates with Sunnyvale, California’s 125 racer, Doc Tollet, playing spoiler role though, as Doc rode his Honda CR125 as well as seen in the last 10 years to win the own Jeff Mullins making the trip over to nail down his championship and the overall in Henryetta with a 1-1 finish. class with a 2-1 overall and Darren Terry taking second with a Race 12 produced more national champions in the Premier 500 3-2 finish. For the Intermediates it was Mike Bickley securing Expert with Beno Rodi securing another championship as well yet another championship though newcomer to AHRMA this as Brian Miller winning the Classic 250 Intermediate class, Joe year, Gerard Hayes, of Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada, going Klokkevold of Spokane Valley, WA, winning the Classic 250 2-1 for the win with Bickley second.

Expert and Bob Bean winning the Open Age Expert group.

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meet today in the Expert class. Each moto saw Smith pull the holeshot edging out Malito through the first corner of each moto. By the end of lap one each race Malito managed to work his way into first place and fend off the very fast Smith.

The Intermediate group is no slouch as many of these racers find themselves fighting alongside the Experts and today was no different. Kelly Crowley of Fort Worth, TX, found himself in this group in race one. However, in race two, Keith Canfield and Charlene Campbell were out of the gate much quicker and into the top positions along with perennial champ Brian Oakley. Today it was Oakley’s 3-3 earning him the win over Crowley’s 1-5. Finishing third in the group was another perennial winner, James Golliher, who managed to go 2-6 and win the overall national!

The weather was perfect on this day, and with sixteen competitive gates, the racing was some of the best I have ever

witnessed at an AHRMA motocross race! Congrats to all the winners and to those who showed up and participated in just simply thrilling racing. Everyone raced their hearts out and it was evident from the crowd reactions each moto.

Sunday, we woke up to a slight overcast and cooler temperatures, and as anticipated, the track was holding the water preparations well for the longer travel Post Vintage and Next Generation discipline racing.

To kick off the Race Tech Post Vintage program it was our 60+ Intermediate and Expert classes. Moto one it is Trey Jorski with the holeshot to nobody’s surprise! The fun part of this moto was to see his Oklahoma sidekick, Greg Gordon, hanging with him the first lap, and closely. However, Rhett Smith was also close and by lap two had worked his way past Gordon. But Smith found himself fending off Bob Bean and on lap four Bean makes the pass into second place. Moto two saw Dennis Murphy of Atlantic, Iowa, taking the holeshot and the lead for a lap, and then it was Jorski making the pass on lap two and to finish with a 1-1 and the overall finish as well as national championship. The Intermediate group saw Eddie Parks pull a Allie Stout, Savanna Stout and Michaela Campbell (lemonade stand owner wearing the cap). They raised money for Loreto House, a non profit organization that provides assistance to pregnant mothers in need of of help.

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holeshot in moto one and fend off a mess of other fast Intermediates, and Parks walks away with the win each moto and another championship for the weekend.

Race four had our Grand Prix 125 Expert and Intermediate classes lined up along with our PV 40+ Intermediate and Historic 125 Expert class. Robert Thorton of Atlantic, IA, and Mike Essin of Tulsa, OK, swapped moto wins with Thorton taking the overall. And in the Intermediates, it was Jason Elder and Darrel Parsons running away from the other Intermediates and eventually finding themselves mixed into the first gate drop Expert group with Elder taking the win and the national championship.

Look for this Grand Prix 125 Expert class to be highly competitive as many of the top running Intermediates move up.

Charlene Campbell, with her 2-1 finish over Joel Bator’s 1-2, gave her the podium crown on the day but it was third place finishing Sam Huggins of Nunnelly, TN, taking the national championship home this weekend.

Race six crowned several national champions as Steve Blakely dominated the moto with a big win in the Grand Prix 250 Intermediates over a very fast group. Brian Oakley secured his championship with a split finish over returning racer Alan Hamilton from Snyder, TX. Charlene Campbell brought home more gold by winning the PV Women’s Expert class and Keith Canfield secured another Intermediate championship in the PV Open Age group. Race seven saw Wes Willis in his first full year of 70+ Expert competition go home with a national championship over John Gott and Bobby Guilbeau.

Noticeably fast was Keith Williams in the Historic 500 Novice group taking the win with a 1-1 over previous year’s champion, John McCullogh.

Race ten brought a competitive group of Novices to the national spotlight. It was William Miller of Batavia, OH, running away from some stiff competition, locking down his championship in the Historic 250 Novice class. Bubba Gale took home another Novice championship on this day in PV 60+ Plus Novice and it was future Intermediate, Ray Mcfarland, winning the Grand Prix 500 Novice group. Congratulations to you all and to some, congratulations on future promotions to stiffer competition in the crowded Intermediate ranks!

One of the most entertaining races, which caught many of us off-guard, was the intense battle in Race eleven with the Ultima Four-Stroke Expert classes. In moto one, Bubba Dennis and Joe Morgan, both from Texas, had a duel in the Oklahoma range. Morgan prevailed on his big bore Honda over the small but potent 200cc of Dennis’s. However, the most entertaining of this gate was Alan Drane of Spring, TX, aboard his pullstart, mag wheeled, Rokon, in the Historic 500 Expert class.

The Rokon rider was ripping the Oklahoma soil apart like a dog with a stuffed animal at Christmas. The other surprise was Rick Owens patiently working his way around Eddie Parks in the Ultima Four-Stroke Intermediate for two moto wins over the new national champion.

Race thirteen featured many of our Next Gen classes which had Randy Howell of Brookshire, TX, edging out Jeff DeBell of Spring Hill, KS, in the Next Gen 1, 500cc big bores.

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eremy Thomas of Stillwater, OK, won the Expert Group of the big bores over Mike Parker. The fastest racers of the day on the gate were the two Intermediates, Rick Owen of Elkins, AR, and newcomer Charles Armstrong of Humble, TX, battling intensely in Next Gen 50+ Intermediate. These guys were flying around the track on the more modern-esque class bikes and Dale Burroughs drove in from Anderson, SC, to win the Next Gen 60+ Expert class.

The final race of the day featured small bore Ultima bikes, and it was Caegan Damuth showing much improved skills during his sophomore year of AHRMA action as he was hanging with the fast guys by winning the Ultima 125 Intermediate and actually dueling with our Expert class national champion, Derrin Terry, aboard his 1984 RM125 Suzuki. Congratulations to Jason Elder as he rode his Grand Prix 125 Yamaha in this class to secure a national championship in the Ultima 125 Intermediates.

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aircooled, drumbrake bikes or XR200 Hondas. This year, the team that won placed an XR200 at the top of the box as Bubba Dennis, Trey Jorski, and Tyson Sullenger edged out seventeen other teams for the Golden Boot! Fantastic racing and always fun to watch the hand-off of the bike to the next rider on the team. The popularity of this race continues to grow, and the names associated are very noteworthy.

The Post Vintage and Next Generation racing from Sunday also was in the 180-entry range. For an end of year race this is quite a feat. As mentioned earlier, this idea to have racers from across the country come to meet for a competition with championship implications or even just the opportunity to test your skills against AHRMA’s best appears to be a success in its initial offering. The many volunteers on hand to help organize and create this massive off-road showcase was impressive and well appreciated. Trampas and Sherri Parker put their heart and soul into the event and their entire family is amazing in all they do to help out, and from this regional coordinator, the entire Parker family to me is the first family of AHRMA off-road as their support cannot be described in words. Thank you, and thanks to Mrs. Jennifer Clason, the mayor of Henryetta, Oklahoma, and the chamber of commerce and parks workers who helped support us. What you do is untouchable by any other city in our endeavor to promote racing of historic motorcycles. Thank you‌

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What a great weekend for an event! The weather with temps in the low 70s was perfect. Trampas and Sherri Parker laid out a classic, well arrowed 6.6-mile course with a little bit of everything—woods, rocks, grass track, and creek crossings.

For the first time ever, we tried a three-day format. On Friday, both Vintage and Post Vintage raced in the afternoon.

In the Vintage race, Gary Broyles took overall honors followed closely by Keith Williams. A newcomer to AHRMA, ISDT rider Suzy Moody rode in the Post Vintage Women Expert class. There was a large contingent of Novice riders which was good to see. I don't normally get to ride with anyone, so it was nice to ride with Randy Holdford, Post Vintage 200 Novice, for almost the entire race.

The Post Vintage race was won by Fred Hoess followed

by Jonathan Campbell and Terry Cunningham. Perhaps the closest race was in the Post Vintage 60+ Intermediate class with Terry Frohnapfel beating Jim Radcliff by nine seconds to take the win.

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Saturday morning, the Post Vintage riders geared up again.

This time Terry Cunningham took the overall win followed by Fred Hoess and Rick Parker. An even closer race in the Post Vintage 60+ Intermediate class ended with Bill Malec beating Jeff DeBell by only four seconds.

Sunday morning, on the Vintage start line, two special awards were presented. The Tommy McDermont award for outstanding Vintage Cross Country rider was given to Thom Kuhns. The Tony Hendon award for outstanding Post Vintage Cross Country rider was given to Terry Cunningham.

Keith Williams scored the overall win with Bruce MacFarlane on a Classic Hodaka less than a minute behind.

Shelia Monk won the Post Vintage Women Expert class. I hope a lot of the novices enjoyed their last race. I see a bunch of yellow stripes being handed out. Congratulations!

Of course, no event is possible without a lot of work by a lot of people. Many thanks to Trampas, Sherri, their entire family, the City of Henryetta, and the many who volunteered.

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By: Tom Schuman / Photos by: Kenny Lau - Awesome Shots After traveling for nine and a half hours from Athens, Alabama, I finally pulled into Nichols Park and had to stop for a minute to enjoy the beauty of the lake and surrounding area. As I made my way in, I was greeted by Sherri Parker and some of her helpers with big smiles and a bag of candy, welcoming me to the Vintage National Finals. As I drove in to find a parking spot, I was amazed at the turnout for MX, Cross Country and Trials. All I could think about, at that moment was, “Will we have anyone show up for our Flat Track event on Saturday evening?”

I parked my trailer near the right field fence of the ball diamond. When I took a look at the track inside the ball field, I had to step back and collect my thoughts. First off, we will be racing under the lights on Saturday evening. Many MX and CC riders had not seen a flat track race, so we needed to put on a good show for them and the spectators. Second, how do we get the riders on and off the track for each event? Last, but most important, was the safety of the riders. With a small and narrow track, how many riders can we line up at the starting gate and have on the track at one time? Well, not to bore you anymore with my concerns, I’ll simply tell you that the racing was outstanding and the riders showed everyone that it does not matter the size track you race on; indoor, 1/8 mile, 1/4 mile, whatever. Build a track and riders will show up to race. That Saturday night in Henryetta, OK, T & S Racing and AHRMA working together, made it happen.

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Now to the racing results: 500/750 Classic 1. Mike Newton (42M) 2. Gary Moore (32M) 3. Jeff Durand (79) Seventies Singles 1. Ricky Parker (44) 2. Jack Young (18) 3. Shannon Slocum (27) Seventies Singles 50+ 1. Ronnie Jones (18) 2. Joey Raborn (12) 3. Mark Zeissler (65) Sportsman 100 1. Mike Collier (448) 2. Robert Collier (47) Sportsman 250 1. Bryan Johnson (95) Sportsman 600 1. Ricky Parker (94) 2. Shannon Slocum (27) 3. Jim Ewing(1) Sportsman 750 1. Jeff Durand (79) 2. Luke Sayer(76U) 3. Beno Rodi (3) Seventies Two Stroke 1. Shannon Slocum (27) 2. Henry Sansing (63) Super Senior 1. Gary Pettis (708) A big THANK YOU goes out to Trampas & Sherri Parker and their workers for going the extra effort to include AHRMA Flat Track in their program. With plans already in the works for next year, I heard mention of a 1/4 mile track. As I mentioned earlier, build it and they will come.

When I loaded up and started my nine and a half hour drive to Athens, I could not help but think about what the small town of Henryetta accomplished this weekend.

Thank you Henryetta! We’ll be back next year!

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Joe Morgan's four-stroke Honda at rest with Jason Elder's Yamahas

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Georgia Practice Facility

AHRMA went to a new track the only vintage racer of the in South Georgia, a training facility day to clear the big speed double for up-and-coming pros. The Woods on the back section of GPF. He was family is an amazing group of people followed by Dale Burroughs with with a top-notch facility and passion a 2-2 finish in the Sportsman 250 that runs deep in their veins for the Expert Class. sport of Motocross.

The Sportsman 500 Intermediate Saturday started the weekend with class featured Brian Oakley and James Vintage Motocross: 62 racers and 94 class Golliher battling for the hole shot. When entries. We had a total of eight gate drops full they let off the gas, the CZ250 of Expert racer By: Tony Paul of some great racing.

Anthony Paul grabbed another gear and slipped Photos: Brian Carter by them never to be seen again. Brian Oakley took the Race One Sportsman 500 Expert saw Rhett Smith going 2-1, Bill Hobson finishing 1-3, and David Aldana win with a 2-1 finish, James Golliher went 1-2 for second, taking a 3-2 for third overall. Eddie Parks managed two Keith Canfield settled for third as bike troubles kept him from flawless 60+ Intermediate motos for a 1-1, John Fedor going 3-2, racing the second moto.

Dave Bok 2-3 and Wes Wyman of Belle Chasse, LA, taking fourth Race Three, Sportsman 250 Intermediate once again saw flawless both motos for fourth overall. In 70+ Intermediate, Daniel Beher motos from Fluvanna, TX, native, Eddie Parks, going 1-1. Evo took the win with 1-2 motos, Jim Bradford made a hard charge the Rodriguez tried really hard, but just couldn’t catch the CZ of Parks. second moto for a 3-2 for second overall and John Johnston went 2-3 Kevin Cleveland went 3-3 for third and Wes Wyman posted a 4-4. for third. Beno Rodi finished 1-1 in the Premier 350 class.

‘The Legend’ Expert racer, Beno Rodi, finished 1-1 in the Premier In Race Two, our top finisher, Anthony Paul, easily took a 1-1 as 500 Expert class.

Bill Hobson (114), Wes Wyman (77E), John Johnston (26L), Rhett Smith (661), David Aldana (13C), John Fedor (56J)

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Two legends went head-to-head in Race Four, the 70+ Experts.

Henry Gref, the “CZ MAN,” went 1-1 uncontested by David Aldana, star of “On Any Sunday.” Premier Lightweight Intermediate, Dan Beher, finished 1-1, Classic 250 Expert saw Curt Jaimet going 1-1, 100cc Intermediate, Jim Bradford, 1-1, Kasi Cross, out of Carrollton, TX, also finishing 1-1.

Race Five: Premier Lightweight Expert, Beno Rodi, 1-1; Classic 500 Novice, Roger Cross, 1-1; ESS 500 Intermediate, Kenneth Jeter, 1-1; Sportsman 500 Novice, Mark Smithard; 40+ Intermediate Sam Huggins 1-1; 50+ Expert Greg Barnes 1-1.

The Sportsman 250 Novice class turned into a great battle all moto long between Johnathan Notchie and Mikey Thompson. Notchie pulled out the win with 2-1 motos against Mikey’s 1-2 finish.

In the Sportsman 125 Intermediate race, Mike Bickley braved the southern sand for a 1-1 finish over Dave Bock from of Bradenton, FL. Race Six: Dan Beher on his Premier Open Twins Machine went 1-1 for the day. Keith Canfield was victorious in Open Age Intermediate with 1-1 finishes. In 50+ Intermediate, Brian Oakley and Perry Hayes went at it trading motos—Brian victorious with a 2-1 finish.

Race Seven had the normally stacked field of 60+ Experts, however it seemed Rhett Smith (a heavy hitter in this class) was in a league of his own against Dale Burroughs who took second and Karl Poindexter who pulled out after a crash in practice. Vintage Open Age Expert, Anthony Paul, was riding around by himself and decided to race in the wake of Rhett Smith all moto learning some different lines from the older racer. Beno Rodi was out there tearing up the sand as well on his Open Twins machine, taking a 1-1.

Race Eight, and the final race of the day saw the fastest 125 Intermediate rider on the planet, Mike Bickley, shredding the sand and easily walking away from the rest of the competition in the Classic 125 Intermediate class.

In Classic 500 Intermediate, Kenneth Jeter went 2-1 against Wes Wyman’s 1-2. Jeter ended up with the overall. 60+ Novice was a spread-out field as Bubba Gale walked away with a 1-1 finish. Steve Clark took 2-2, Raymond Woodard went 3-3, followed by Roger Cross with a 4-4 finish.

Sunday was another beautiful day of racing and brought out the Post Vintage and Next Gen Machines In Race One, Grand Prix 500 Expert, Rhett Smith, managed a 1-2 for first. Greg Barnes posted a 3-1 followed by Joe Morgan with a 2-3 finish for third.

Jc Roberts (17N) Devon Long (13N), Keith Canfield (669)

Grand Prix 500 Intermediate, Brian Oakley, tallied a 2-1 followed by Richard Freund with a 1-2 finish. In the Ultima Four-Stroke class, Eddie Parks took the overall with 1-1 motos. 60+ Novice Bubba Gale easily took the win in both motos followed by John Henderson.

Grand Prix 500 Novice, Mark Smithard, finished 1-1 in his class.

In Race Two, Grand Prix 250 Intermediate, Steve Blakely checked out and went 1-1 against John Fedor who finished 2-2. Grand Prix 125 Intermediate, Jason Elder, took down Evo Rodriguez with a 1-1 against Evo’s 2-2. Historic 125 Expert Jc Roberts finished 1-1, Historic 250 Intermediate Greg Conn 1-1, Historic 250 Expert Bill Hobson 1-1, Next Gen 50+ Expert Eric Yarnell 1-1.

The Race Three Historic 500 Novice was a Maico showdown with Mikey Thompson taking the win followed by Mark Smithard.

Historic 125 Intermediate, Dave Bock, went 1-1, Historic 500 Intermediate, Brian Oakley, 1-1, 40+ Intermediate, Sam Huggins 1-1 and Pre-Modern 125 Novice, Johnathan Notchie 1-1.

Race Four: Ultima 500 Intermediate, Greg Longo, won going 1-1 both motos with Keith Canfield 2-2, Richard Freund 3-3, and James Golliher taking 4-4 for fourth place.

Historic 500 Expert rider, Curt Jaimet, edged out Greg Barnes with a 1-1 finish. Ultima 125 Intermediate saw a hard-fought battle the entire moto between Jason Elder and Mike Bickley. In the end, it was Jason who would take the overall victory. Ultima 250 Novice, Bubba Gale, finished 1-1 and Four-Stroke Expert, Joe Morgan, went 1-1 as well.

Race Five, a race of winners: 70+ Expert Henry Gref; 100cc Expert Jc Roberts; Pre-Modern 250 Intermediate, Greg Con; Pre-Modern 250 Expert Dale Burroughs; Millenium Two-Stroke 125 Intermediate Alex Jorgenson; Millenium Two-Stroke 250 Intermediate Joe Carter.

Race Six: 60+ Expert, Rhett Smith 1-1; 60+ Intermediate, Eddie Parks with the win followed by John Fedor; 50+ Expert Bill Hobson won over Greg Barnes and the 70+ Intermediate winner was Jim Bradford.

Race Seven: Open Age Intermediate Keith Canfield; 50+ Novice Mark Smithard; Pre-Modern 250 Novice Bubba Gale. 50+ Intermediate resulted in Steve Blakely checking out against Brian Oakley.

Race Eight was another easy race full of winners. 40+ Expert Greg Barnes, Next Gen 125 Intermediate Frankie Lapina, Next Gen 250 Inermediatet Brian Carter, Next Gen 250 Expert Eric Uarnell, Next Gen 60+ Intermediate John Fedor, Next Gen 60+ Expert Dale Burroughs.

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I have been racing vintage motorcycles for just over a decade. I’ve campaigned a Yamaha SR500 in both roadracing and flat track racing. I’m attracted to the bike because of its affordability and simplicity. One piston, one carb, two valves—easy to diagnose problems and swap engines at the track. I also tried my hand at motocross, first on a big finned, fire-breathing Honda XR350R, then on my ’68 Triumph TR6C with the Hell on Wheels gang. While I still enjoy roadracing, playing in the dirt has gone by the wayside. At 40 years old, I found crashing in the dirt was less than appealing. It seemed that it happened at least once at every event I attended, making

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me realize it was time to let the flat tracker and XR350R go to someone younger who could appreciate it more than I. I still have my TR6C and have fallen in love with it as an off-road bike after riding it on the LAB2V (LA-Barstow to Vegas) with a handful of the BSA crew, including Steve Eorio and Jim and Sandy Wilson, which has led to BSAOSC (BSA Owners Club of Southern California) led dual-sport rides when I have the time.

I produce and promote Classic Track Day, a road course track day that focuses on vintage machines and air-cooled modern classics at Willow Springs International Raceway. At my last event in July, I met Luke Sayer, regional off-road coordinator for AHRMA. He signed up with the intention of shaking down a pair of Honda CB350s. Luke approached me after hearing about the success of the Willow Springs Roundup, the first Southern California flat track race during the pandemic that I promoted with my buddy Jim Rosa just a couple weeks earlier.

Luke expressed the desire to replicate the event in 2021 while AHRMA was in town for the annual roadracing weekend. I agreed that it would be a great idea and that we would work on it over the winter to make it a reality. Then Luke did something spectacular: he invited me to join him at the next vintage motocross race at Glen Helen the second weekend of August. AHRMA’s regional series tagged along with CalVMX that weekend. Luke promised rock star treatment, including riding his fully prepped ’66 BSA 441. Even with the hesitation from my sordid history with off-road racing, I jumped at the opportunity. Plus, my roadracing friends Patch and Kerri would be in attendance, guaranteeing an abundance of fun.

I arrived early enough at Glen Helen Raceway in Riverside to find Luke’s pit, drop off my gear and find parking before registration opened. I met fellow AHRMA racers gathered at tech and was introduced to the BSA I would be riding that morning. After being given the run down on the bike’s setup and starting procedure, I took it for a spin to see what I was up against. This bike was setup for Luke, not me. I am a bit taller and heavier than Luke, so it was definitely worth the time to ride around the parking lot and some unused trails at the track to figure out how I would need to modify my body position to get the most out of my riding experience. A lot of the proficient riders called the BSA a heavy pig in comparison to most of the lightweight two-strokes and early eighties plastictanked four-strokes. But, being such a tall guy who is used to much larger bikes that fit my frame, or even my Triumph TR6C which is fitted with a 750 kit, I found the bike to be more like a light little scooter. And I think that feeling was to my advantage, because after ten minutes of learning how the bike reacted to the throttle, braking and turning, I was not nervous

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to ride it at my skill level. But what I was nervous about were those four- and five-story hills that I would have to navigate the bike up and down through the course. And big ole tabletop jumps and tight turns… all while 20 other riders were trying to claw past me to gain position.

We had one practice session in the morning, which consisted of three or four laps around the course. Surprisingly, the bike handled quite well. More surprisingly, the bike found that I was handling myself well too! After racing with many clubs on and off-road over the last ten years, I know myself and my racing goals pretty well: fun first, driving myself home at the end of the day second, and kicking butt on the track third. I quickly became less intimidated by the muddy, hilly track, especially when I found riders twenty years older and younger gently passing me in turns, on hills and straightaways. (I bet they saw my goofy, inexperienced body flailing around on the BSA a mile away and knew to keep their distance.) But by my third lap, I was passing a few bikes and I came into the pits with a big smile on my face and throbbing forearms. Any fear that remained turned to excitement, focusing on doing my best to be competitive during my race, or at least getting out front at the start and using my big frame to block (and upset) any riders who fell into my planned hole-shot trap.

Race six was called to staging and I was happy to find my friend, Kerri Kress, in the race, although in another class. She was riding a hot rod, modern Suzuki two-stroke, and I lined up next to her for some pre-race high fives and posing for the camera held by her husband, Patch Wilkening. When the gate fell on our first race (called the heat race), I did my best to follow through with my plan, but my inexperience with the BSA’s clutch and power band allowed the bike to fall flat on its face in first gear. Then I missed second gear. But once it stuck, I twisted the throttle to the redline and made the first turn in the middle of the pack. Folks were all bundled together and bumped and banged in the turns, but we all made it through the first leg of the track upright. Although Kerri got out in front of me, I was quietly ecstatic to find that she dropped her bike at the top of the first hill. As I passed her while she scrambled to pick the bike up, I told myself, “This is your chance to have some fun with Kerri after you beat her in your first ever vintage AHRMA motocross race!” Although Kerri has over a decade of motocross racing under her belt and a pile of metal and wood trophies at home, I thought it was a realistic notion given she was up all night having fun at a friend’s birthday party the night before. (Thanks, Patch, for the heads up!) I negotiated the rest of the five laps without too much trouble, only stalling the bike once at the top of a small hill, forcing me to impersonate Barney Rubble as I shuffled the bike 10 feet forward to bump start the bike downhill and continue the last lap of the race. (I

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found out later that Luke had prime spectating to watch my blunder, which led to some fun razzing at lunch… a taste of my own medicine!) Rounding the last turn of the race, with only 20 feet up the hill to the checkered flag, I saw a yellow flash to my right. Although I believed it was just a youngster riding in another class, I was not gonna let this punk pass and beat me to the checker with 20 feet to go! I blocked the track and wrung the BSA’s neck in first gear to narrowly beat the rider. Little did I know it was Kerri, who managed to catch up to me after I led her over a lap after her fall. Taking first in my class, it was only that much more sweet to know I beat Kerri. I returned to our pit, tired and writhing in pain from the forearm pump.

But it only took a few minutes to catch my breath, down a few bottles of cold water, toss off my gear and run down the hill to Patch and Kerri’s pit to analyze the race and claim the title of beating a half-asleep superstar. I made it known that it was all in good fun, and Kerri has known me long enough to give it right back. This is what racing is all about to me: challenging myself to accomplish a goal, but also having a ton of fun and laughing and screaming in glee inside my helmet the whole way.

Having some fun after the race with my competitors is icing on the cake.

During lunch, I had time to meet other riders and take a look at all the competing machines. There were a dozen or so early British racers and a ton of late seventies and early eighties two-strokes with riders ranging in age from seven to over seventy years old. Most of the bikes were modern four-strokes that “support” the race by showing up and riding with all of the vintage MXers in their own class, giving the promoter enough entries to pay for the race and maybe put a little cash in their pocket at the end of the day. You can find this happening at many vintage races, including AHRMA roadracing, where modern bikes are included in many race classes. It is important to include modern bike riders at these vintage races, not only to get enough entries to make it worthwhile for a promoter to organize the race, but it gets young eyes on our vintage machines, quite possibly inspiring them to campaign an old race bike themselves one day. It is funny to see younger riders commenting on how sketchy it would be to ride one of these old British bikes, only to watch them ride their modern bikes like banshees with their hair on fire, jumping 10 feet in the air over hills and passing folks in berms running well outside of the track lines. I guess we all have our own definition of sketchy, huh?

For the second race of the day (or the main) I knew Kerri wouldn’t let a repeat of the heat race happen. So I knew my only glory would be to have a great start and get to the first turn at the front of the pack. I have always been a good starter, and I love seeing photos of myself leading a bunch of bikes at the start, even though I know my stamina and lack of experience would allow most riders to pass me in the first

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lap. I had enough experience on the bike now to know how to wind up the old BSA and feather the clutch enough to keep the power band humming. It worked! I made the first turn before Kerri (pretty much the only accomplishment I hoped for in this race). As we wound around the handful of turns in the first leg of the race, Kerri and I were side-by-side, just before we wound around the last corner before start/finish and the hilly part of the course. I knew Kerri would disappear, so I wanted to give her a little reminder that I was also in the race. She went wide in that corner and I saw my opportunity for some fun. I took the inside and pretty much parked the bike in front of her, struggling to downshift to first to get up the hill. Again, knowing my big frame and trivial riding style would block Kerri, she was forced to slam on the brakes. I gave her a goofy wave as I got the bike running up the hill, and gladly let her pass so she could go run her race without me pulling any more pranks. The remainder of the race went without incident and I was happy to cross the finish line, feeling stronger and less exhausted than the heat an hour or two before. It was time for a cold beer, a sigh of relief, and bench racing for the rest of the day. Luke pulled up a chair next to me and we laughed and commented on the rest of the race action. Fun stuff !

I received a first-place trophy for the Classic 500 class, did a little posing for the camera, and high-fived everyone else as they walked up to accept their awards. I couldn’t believe it, but I was getting hooked. Vintage British motorcycles were the first to inspire me to begin my career on two wheels. Although it was modern Japanese bikes that I started, and subsequently quit, riding off-road, it was British iron that inspired me to return to the sport. I should’ve known it would happen, especially after the newly discovered love affair with my TR6C on the LAB2V ride. The Triumph has been parked since the last BSA dual-sport ride in Cal City almost a year ago.

I have since pulled her out for maintenance, and quite possibly the next CalVMX/AHRMA motocross race!

So… what have we learned? Of course, the first lesson was simple: vintage British bikes are the BEST bikes for any riding or racing! I am actively looking for a lightweight single for some more off-road action, which shouldn’t be too hard to find with all of the great resources and friends in the BSA Club of Southern California. Secondly, it’s not too late to compete on these vintage machines. Most of my competitors were in their 50s and 60s, more than one over 70! One older rider collided with a younger competitor at the start of one of the races, sending his bike to the ground at over 50 miles per hour with his body sliding head first on the ground for what seemed like an eternity, with other bikes narrowly missing him as they sped to the first turn. He didn’t get up for a second, urging the crowd to its feet with excited eyes hoping that he was okay. I bet this guy was in his late 60s by the look of him, if not older.

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he only wanted to know if his bike was okay! He gave a wave to the crowd to affirm that he was fine, the race restarted, and that was that. Many young and old guys weren’t experienced racers. Some riders had such fancy bikes that they rode around the track as if it was a parade, not a race. Done safely, this isn’t a terrible thing, especially when the rider knows what they are doing and doesn’t ride dangerously, holding their slow lines and running their own race. Maybe this article will inspire a few folks to quit looking at their trailer queens in a basement and pull them out, get ‘em dirty, do what they were intended to do.

Thirdly, what a great opportunity. Local club racing inspires one to get out of the house, use some neglected muscles, and share in some excitement with friends. Maybe you’re inspired, but racing isn’t your scene. How about an on- or off-road track day to get that feeling of speed and see what your vintage bike can do? Almost every weekend in Southern California is an opportunity for you to participate in events like this. I founded

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Classic Track Day with other vintage racers to get on the track without a bunch of fanatics on modern sport bikes to make one nervous. Most flat track and motocross organizations have groups for older and novice riders to participate in. Check out Roadracing World and the inter-webs for more info on these groups and the tracks they ride. Even without organized racing, the deserts and backroads are calling to be ridden by vintage iron everyday.

Rock on and keep riding, race fans! You can learn more about Classic Track Day, vintage bike events and Brady Walker at www.bradywalker.com. Any questions can be directed to info@bradywalker.com.

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••••••• Welcome to the Carriage House ••••••• By: Charlie Oxford

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I retired in 2016 after 35 years in the utility business.

We sold out in Florida and moved up on the lake. I am a lifetime Florida boy r h ea age t and part of the deal for me n i v A modern skin with a to move North had to be a large climate-controlled workshop. I initially had plans to purchase five acres close by to build on and maybe put in a small area to ride/test run a bike. Two turns and two jumps would have been sufficient, but logistics, time and expenditure didn’t make sense, so I built my shop on the home property. The plans call it a carriage house.

Thirty by forty, footprint, slightly “L” shaped, with two garage doors, office, bathroom and an upstairs area within the steep pitch roof trusses, gave me room for wood working and a painting booth. Both of these areas remain a work in progress.

In the shop side, I have a drill press area, with a Craftsman bench model from the 40s Grandpa Anderson had in His Brooklyn, NY, basement.

There’s a welding area with a Lincoln 225, oxygen and acetylene. I ran air lines along one wall to my glass bead blaster, 50’ retractable airline reel and welding station, supported

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I had a shop built in 2017/2018 while building our new house in North Georgia on Lake Lanier. We call it “Bad Company” Vintage Motocross Racing Team Northern Headquarters.

In the 1990s, I got into sprucing up antiques, hand water pumps, coke machines, coolers, and Fry visible gas pumps.

Mancave kinda stuff. I was living in Florida and working out of a 10x20-foot shed behind my house. I would disassemble, clean every part, and then contract things out I didn’t have the tools to do. I restored a couple of Vendo 23 Coke machines and seven Fry gas pumps from the 1910s. It was a great hobby.

I raced dirt bikes in the early ‘70s and have always had a passion for the sport. My Dad bought me a 1972 Yamaha LT-2 for my 13th birthday. I attended the Florida Winter series in Tallahassee. I wanted to be “Pierre Karsmakers,” and raced around North Florida and South Georgia a few times on my ’76 YZ-125C. I became a participant again in 2004 when I spruced up a 1976 Yamaha YZ125X. Woody Graves was running a vintage motocross series in Florida at that time and my racing career started once again. The Florida Vintage Motocross series ran a 12-race schedule every year, then add on two to four AHRMA events annually. I didn’t miss an event for seven seasons. My bike collection grew and room to work on stuff was always a challenge.

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Bad Company's idea of a triple jump

by a 60-gallon, 6 HP Craftsman air compressor. Bench grinder and anvil stations hang out on black walnut mid-trunk sections cut from the casualties of building a home.

T.P. Tools supplied the glass bead blaster, adorned with all those stickers I collected over the years. I finally adhered MOST of my sticker collection, you know, the ones you hold on to for that perfect spot. A 40”X8’ assembly table is in the middle of the space. The office is 8X8, built under a shed roof between the two-direction gable design.

On the side of the shop where I display my race bikes, I installed two sets of cabinets with wall cabinets, one for all my 100cc pieces and one for 250cc spare parts. This gives me some more counter space and allows me to keep the 100cc stuff and the 250cc stuff separated. An old 1960s chemistry lab display cabinet houses all my racing helmets and gear.

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The lake property we purchased had an old cabin on it built in the ‘60s. The kitchen cabinets and eat-in bars were all made from paneling with pink Formica® countertops. When I removed them from the wall I found where the carpenter signed them “H.E. Carver built May 1965.” I saved them all and constructed a bar in my shop, a ‘57 Chevy hood used for an overhead awning. No better place to gather and watch the races than the “Hood.”

I race a 1974 Yamaha YZ250A every once in a while, with team Bad Company and have become partial to the 1972 LT2-M and 1973 LTMX with a restoration in progress and an LT-2 enduro pit bike waiting its turn.

If any of you racers are in North Georgia, give me a holler and stop on off at the Hood.

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MID-ATLANTIC REGION Marty Strouse Photo credit: RIchard Hoover

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Rounds Six & Seven: AHRMA Mid Atlantic Many may view September with a sense of melancholy as each passing day steals a bit more summer. However, in 2020, the Mid-Atlantic region’s contingent of racers and fans looked forward to the increasing presence of autumn as its signal to kick off the second half of the cross-country season. Due to early season postponements and rescheduling, September was set to challenge riders and track crews with back-to-back race weekends. As if the time constraints and two-hundredmile distance between events wasn’t challenging enough, September threw some unpredictable weather into the mix as well!

Little Beaver Raceway - September 13, 2020 With the region’s legacy Reynlow Park round transitioning to a national event in 2020, Dave Kutskel was tasked with finding a new location to fill out the ten-round schedule. Acknowledging the sizable group of dedicated participants who travel from far western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio, Dave put his effort into securing a location in the western part of the Dave Kutskel (11C), Brett Reichart (700), Randy Marshall (M7), K Marty Strouse (67K), Christian Brumbaugh (74X), Josh Zerance (23Z), Wade Brown (8) Photo credit: Richard Hoover

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region that would bring the series closer to these folks and encourage a new crop of locals to join in the fun.

While outside of the initial search in western PA, the Little Beaver Raceway facility is really only a few miles beyond the PA border. With enthusiastic support from the property manager and trail boss, Aaron Risden, the Lisbon, Ohio, location took its place on the 2020 schedule.

As long-time off-road racing fans know, once you step foot into Ohio, you are on hallowed grounds. Ohio has been a breeding ground for some of the most accomplished and influential riders in the professional off-road world. Legendary names such as Plessinger, Hyde, Andrews, Penton, Gallo, and Cunningham have all sprouted from the rich Ohioan soil, and as luck would have it, a few natives made an appearance during the weekend’s events. In fact, serving as Grand Marshal for the event was Lisbon’s own “Fast” Frank Gallo. A dedicated KTM rider in his day, series’ regular Joe Cole was kind enough to lend a Husqvarna to Frank to race on Sunday. Terry Cunningham has been appearing at a few MidAtlantic events recently and he also made the trip to Lisbon. Much to everyone’s enjoyment, Terry’s story-telling skills were on display as much as his prowess on two wheels.

While Frank and Terry’s heydays were offset a bit, their career paths crossed enough to get some good stories out of the pair. Of course, with both being Six Days gold medalists and Blackwater 100 champions, they are cut from similar cloth, but as Terry’s story goes, no one was as much an animal as Frank. Legend has it that Frank turned a set of bars into a pretzel during a race and managed to

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finish after bending them back into shape with nothing but brute strength! Seeing these two on the course Sunday was sure to be remembered.

The course was positioned to be a great ride with the majority traversing ATV-width trails combined with sections of single track, all spiced with a solid dose of off cambers and exposed roots. However, September has a bad habit of spooling up quick hurricanes or tropical storms, which traditionally aren’t a major concern as far inland as Ohio, but this day would see the remnants of Tropical Storm Sally hitting the area just before Sunday’s race. The tail of the storm dropped over an inch of rain in the morning turning the local clay to straight up grease. Far different from the dust bowl at the previous event a few weeks prior, this reinforced the “rain or shine” caveat on the event flyer. Off cambers, roots, and

plenty of hills—which began right at the starting line—turned treacherous in no time. While this event will always be the first at Little Beaver, it will forever be known as a mud-fest first and foremost.

Vintage Race Thirty-eight riders braved wet conditions to kick-off the inaugural Little Beaver event. In the overall standings, regional director Dave Kutskel jumped out in front for an early lead, but it was short-lived as his “right hand man” Joe Cole pushed his Husqvarna out front on lap two. After going through scoring in tenth on lap one, vintage class juggernaut Christian Brumbaugh was on the move. Christian maneuvered past Cole on lap four and by the time the checkered fell for his Yamaha DT after lap six, Cole was nearly four minutes behind as he held on for second.

Harrison Walkama slid his Honda past Kutskel’s to claim third.

Three riders took the green flag in the Vintage 50+ Intermediate class, and each held the lead at one point during the race. Ed Weger and his Husqvarna only needed to lead the last one to take the class win followed by Kevin Marshall and Craig Lowery in his first morning race attempt. Novice class riders made easy work of the tough conditions with five of the top-15

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overall coming from their ranks. Mike Melia and Joe Spayd pushed their way into the top ten while Joe Goodman, Laci Horvath, and Rick Klingensmith logged solid top-15 runs. In other novice action, Brian Turk continued his dominance of the Pre-Modern 200 class by taking the win on his IT200 with Todd Courson in second.

Mark Schwab put in another impressive performance hustling his Yamaha TY250 to a top five overall while putting a wide margin on the rest of the Vintage 60+ Intermediates for the class crown. Mick Spisak put in a valiant effort to keep up in the tough conditions but had to settle for runner-up.

Post Vintage Race Hoping the morning’s race helped tack up the mud to some degree, forty-four eager participants lined up for the start of the afternoon’s post-vintage race. As lap times improved significantly, it would seem that the wish for better conditions was at least marginally met. No matter the conditions, Brian Grove set the pace early, and it was blistering. Terry Cunningham was content to hold position mere seconds behind Brian until making a move for the lead on lap five. Not long after, TC hit the ground hard handing the lead back to Grove. Terry regained his composure and began an epic charge.

Spectators, including Ohio legends John and Jack Penton, were in for a treat. His performance over the last few laps was every bit of what you would expect from a multi-time national champion as he pulled to within seconds of Grove by the white flag; the pair of Husqvarnas dancing through the woods with the beauty of a ballroom dancer. Terry would ultimately be the first to see the checkered flag, but Brian made him work for it turning his fastest lap of the race and only falling short by eight seconds at the line. The torrid pace set by the top finishers was remarkable. Only six riders were able to maintain a position on the lead lap with Christian Brumbaugh, Ethan Waddell, Brett Reichart, and Josh Zerance chasing the top two, all representing Yamaha except Reichart on a Kawasaki.

Riding a borrowed bike and running in the ultracompetitive Post Vintage Open Expert class, Grand Marshal Frank Gallo put in a solid five laps considering the conditions. Kent Brennemn and Rick Hoover diced it up in the Early Modern Open Intermediate ranks. Both running ‘90s Honda CR250Rs, Hoover would take the top spot after Kent ran into problems on lap six. Joe Powers would round out the top three. More competitive action was found in the Post Vintage 60+ class as oft-rivals Howard Grove and Dave McIntyre slugged it out on a pair of Honda XR200Rs. Grove was out front early with McIntyre close enough to strike, which he did on lap 44

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Brian Grove Photo credit: Joe Spayd

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three by taking the lead only to have Howard return the favor the next lap. Grove found a way to keep Dave behind the remainder of the way as he claimed victory with only seconds to spare. Ron Burda and Jim Stanley rounded out the remainder of the class. Honda must have a good contingency plan for AHMRA racing these days as yet another class, Pre-Modern Open Intermediate, was dominated by Hondas. Grant Reichart was fortunate to keep his CR250 in front of the father/son XR250R duo of Keith and Josh Folmar. Josh was nearly matching Grant’s lap times throughout the race but was unable to make a move as he settled for second followed by the elder Folmar.

While the weather certainly dampened the overall experience at the first Little Beaver event, the support and enthusiasm of the promoter, the local riders and legends, and series regulars was evident. Unfortunately, the rain wiped out much anticipated plans for a bike show and swap meet in conjunction with the racing, but it is encouraging to see the effort being placed into building this event for the future. Thankfully, we will be returning to Little Beaver again in 2021 with hopes of fully celebrating the efforts put in by the Little Beaver team.

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Rocket Raceway – September 20, 2020 A lot has certainly changed since the last time the Mid-Atlantic rolled through Rocket Raceway. Recent tradition has been to open the season at Rocket in early April each year, so obviously this year it was the first causality of the pandemic. Thankfully, property owner Mark Carlson was gracious enough to work with the series to reschedule the event in September.

Also, since last year, Mark has been able to retire from the daily rigors of operating a motocross track by divesting that portion of the property to new ownership. As most have probably seen in the world of social media, the former “Rocket Raceway” now operates as MX23 Unleashed PA, but we vintage folks will still lovingly refer to Mark’s remaining property as Rocket Raceway. He has been a strong supporter of the series and is fully committed to keeping the land accessible for AHRMA use, thereby maintaining the current longest relationship with the Mid-Atlantic region. Rocket Raceway hosted its first regional event in 2006 when a mere handful of riders passed through the gate outside Three Springs, PA. These days, events are routinely drawing more than one hundred entries; a testament to the efforts of Dave Kutskel and his team along with Mark and the rest of the dedicated landowners.

It is fantastic knowing that Rocket Raceway’s hundreds of acres of wooded terrain will remain in the series, because it is a veritable wonderland of off-road racing.

The area is a roller coaster of elevation changes with minimal rocks considering the general reputation of rock laden Pennsylvania. The course worked its way around the property with a genuine flow and challenge as riders moved from well-bermed faster sections darting through the woods to steering lock tight pines sections and back. Plenty of hills, off-cambers, and roots peppered the single track and double track course. Many of the trails are well-established after many years of experience at the property, so there is ample opportunity to take advantage of multiple lines to make your way through the pack. While the course was excellent to start with, it became even better as the day progressed with lines JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021

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getting worn in and berms forming that really allowed a tremendous flow. The only negative to speak of was a return to dusty conditions. The rain that hammered Ohio a week prior was nowhere to be found in central PA. Continuing a long trend of dry and hot conditions through the summer, dust was unavoidable. However, the race did benefit from a slight breeze that helped to clear the dust making the best of the situation.

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same class, so the leaderboard in Vintage Open Expert followed suit. Just behind them in fourth through sixth were the top three finishers in Vintage 200 Expert with Jacob Williams pacing the class piloting a Penton.

The Yamaha 175s of Brett Reichart and Sean Maclean followed.

The Vintage 60+ Intermediates put on a good show.

Honda-mounted Dave McIntyre, Terry Koziara on a Husqvarna, and Yamaha devotee Fred Walker ran headto-tail throughout the race with consistent, similar lap times as they would finish in that order. Emily Reichart and Kelly Pearce have been trading wins all season in the Post Vintage Women’s Intermediate class. Emily took advantage of Kelly sitting this race out to etch her name in the record books this round and gain valuable points in a competitive battle for the year-end championship.

Jenn Smith cruised across the line in second on her XR200R. The Kemp KDX shootout took place in the Early Modern 200 Novice class with Greg taking the win over Geoff and securing a top ten overall.

Post Vintage Race This is not a typo: Overall winner Brian Grove followed

by Brumbaugh and Stoup. What else is there to say except these guys are consistent and fast! At least there was one difference in this race, they were in different classes. Brian taking the overall and the Post Vintage Open win, Christian riding his IT to the Post Vintage 200 Expert win, and Wyatt’s CR250 topping a competitive Pre-Modern Open Expert class with strong challenges from second place Bruce Peifer’s CR500 and Michael Cramer in third. Dane Brownawell and Josh Horvath swapped the Post Vintage Open Intermediate lead

several times over five laps. Brownawell made a last lap effort to put his YZ250 in front of Josh’s Husky to take his sixth straight win in the class.

Charlie Walker and his trusty Yamahas are often found at the front of the Post Vintage 60+ Expert pack, and Rocket was no disappointed for the Walker crew. Mark Uth followed a close second with class regulars Marty Strouse and Brian Ashcraft rounding out the standings.

Craig Dieffenbach made his AHRMA debut a success by claiming the top spot on his YZ250 in Early Modern Intermediate over fellow Yamaha rider John Zellam. On the day that his likeness graced the award plaques, Eric Rupp was determined to claim one for his wall in the competitive Post Vintage 200 Intermediate class. Eric rode a consistent race on his IT200 to grab second place between the two Joshes—Stewart behind and Schucker in front, completing a Yamaha top three—and earning Eric that coveted plaque!

In a year full of challenges, beginning with the postponement of Rocket’s traditional season opener, it was comforting to return in the fall and feel that things may begin to right themselves. In hopes of a better 2021, we will be planning to kick off the season where it belongs, at Rocket!

Thank you to the sponsors supporting the regional events; Potomac Vintage Riders, Preston Petty Products, Stainless Cycle, Vee Rubber, Grove Printing, KMI Printing, Horizon Homes, and Works Enduro Riders. The complete results from this event can be found at https://www. ahrma.org/ahrma-mid-atlantic-region. Follow the series’ Facebook page @ AHRMA Mid Atlantic Cross Country for updates and the forthcoming 2021 schedule.

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Sept. 5-6, 2020

2020 Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Vintage & Post Vintage Motocross Series By: Tony Paul / Photos: Sharon Bean Monster Mountain was going to be our kick-off race in the East in 2020. However, weather hit, flooded the parking lot, we had to cancel last-minute and move to later in the year in September. The September weather was typical Alabama, warm but not terribly hot. For VMX on Saturday, we had 36 racers show up for a total of 62 entries. On Sunday, for PVMX/Next Gen, we had 38 racers and 61 total entries.

Saturday’s racing kicked off with a great natural terrainstyle track on a hillside with nice loamy/sand corners as is common in South Alabama.

Race One consisted of some heavy AHRMA hitters with Chet Malito and David Aldana roosting each other in the Sportsman 500 Expert class. Chet Malito checked out and easily claimed the victory in both motos. Bob Bean, in Open Age Expert, and Oscar Gaetan, 50+ Expert, raced pretty much side-by-side for the entire moto. Curt Jaimet, in Classic 250 Expert, trailed the likes of those four great racers yet he still finished in front of ‘the Legend,’ the one and only Beno Rodi, racing in Premier 500. The deep loamy sand corners didn’t stand a chance against Beno on his firebreathing Premier 500 motocrosser. Beno hardly had to get above Idle to blow out those sand berms.

Race Two was a gate half-full of Intermediate riders.

Mike Bickley had a hard-fought race with the sand, yet he

still came out victorious with a 1-1 score in the Classic 125 Intermediate class. In Vintage Open Age Intermediate, there was a stacked field of intermediate riders with Keith Canfield, Tommy ‘Tommy Gun’ Gates, Sam ‘Huggy’ Huggins and George Crafton. Keith was the winner with 3-1 finishes.

Tommy Gun was Mr. Consistency with 2-2 motos. Huggy won the first moto yet fell back to third in the second moto for third overall. Crafton went 4-4 both motos for a fourth overall finish. 70+ Intermediate featured another tight race with Dan Beher, John Johnston, Jim Bradford, and Richard Light.

The race winner was Dan Beher with a 2-1 finish. JJ John Johnston Johnston (3-2) second, Jim Bradford (1-4) third, Richard Light (4-3) fourth.

Vintage Open Age Intermediate and 70+ Intermediate start. L-R: John Fedor (56J), Tommy Gates (71Y), Daniel Beher (19B), John Johnston (26L), Sam Huggins (51H), Richard Light (79E), George Crafton (105G), Jim Bradford (49Z)

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60+ Novice riders lined up in Race Three with Bubba Gale, from Gale Force Suspension, taking the win, Steve Clark taking second, Raymond Woodard third, Bill Wright fourth and John Henderson fifth. Classic 500 Intermediate was long and slow with Wes Wyman chasing Kenneth Jeter both motos. Classic 500 Novice, Glenn Gallimore, managed to finish ahead of Premier Lightweight Expert, Beno Rodi.

Race Four: 60+ Expert Chet Malito and Bob Bean battled head-to-head with Chet edging Bob Bean each moto.

Sportsman 125 Expert, Jc Roberts, placed 2-1 for first overall against John Gott’s 1-2. Sportsman 125 Intermediate Mike Bickley (1-1) conquered the deep southern sand racing against Brian Miller who scored 2-2 with Stepehen Gautreau completing the podium with a 3-3. Reed Borgfield put up a 1-1 in 100cc Intermediate aboard a beautiful Hodaka Parts Inc.-prepped machine ahead of Jim Bradford’s 2-2. The Premier Lightweight Intermediate winner was Dan Beher.

In Race Five, Glenn Gallimore won Premier Lightweight Novice, Sam Huggins was the winner in 40+ Intermediate with George Crafton second. 50+ Intermediate: Perry Hayes first, John Moore second. 60+ Intermediate: James Golliher (1-1) took the overall; John Fedor and Wes Wyman went back and forth both motos with John

edging out Wyman (3-2) over Wyman (2-3). Tommy Gates was holding up the rear both motos with a consistent 4-4 finish.

In Race Six, the race of the Open Twins, Dan Beher (Intermediate) beat Beno Rodi in the Expert class. You can’t help but love the sound of those twin cylinder machines ripping around the sandy terrain of South Alabama.

Sportsman 250 Novice, William Miller (1-1), edged Johnathan Notchie (2-2). David Aldana was victorious in the 70+ Expert class over the man of the Ozarks, John Gott The fast guys lined up for Race Seven with Tim Borgfield on his Hodaka Parts Inc.-prepared Hodaka 100 going 1-1 in the 100cc class. Early Sportsman Stock 250 Expert Tim Borgfeld

L-R: Tommy Gates (71Y), John Moore (7M), James Goliher (17J), John Fedor (56J), Sam Huggins (51H), George Crafton (105G), Perry Hayes (10H)

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Jim Bradford (49Z), Steve Blakley (04)

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was an easy win for Curt Jaimet as he took a water break every lap of this moto. Oscar Gaetan won Sportsman 250 Expert as Anthony Paul sat out, helped score this event, and was not able to race. Sportsman 500 Intermediate was a battle of ‘Tommy Gun’ Gates and James ‘Jammer’ Golliher swapping moto wins with Jammer edging Tommy Gun out for the overall. Robert Wood (3-3) took third. The last moto of the day, Race Eight, was full of winners, except for one guy, Keith Canfield, who finished 2-2 to Wes ‘the Cajun’ Wyman’s 1-1.

Other winners were Beno Rodi in Premier 350 Expert, Brian Miller in Classic 250 Intermediate, Johnathan Notchie in Early Sportsman Stock 250 Novice, Kenneth Jeter in Early Sportsman Stock 500 Intermediate and Glenn Gallimore in Open Age Novice.

Sunday was another amazing day of racing with our Post Vintage and Next Gen racers taking a stab at the loamy sand sections of Monster Mountain.

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two different classes. Both racers finished 1-1, but if my memory serves me correctly, Keith edged Race for the win.

In Historic 125 Expert, Tim Borgfield, on the sleeper, the Junk Yard dog, was able to go 1-1 against John Gott’s 3-2 and Jc Roberts’ 2-3. Historic 250 Expert rider, Oscar Gaetan, and Next Gen 250 Intermediate, Wes Wyman, both finished with 1-1 scores. Next Gen 60+ was a battle of the Johns with Fedor first (1-1) and Foster second (2-2). There were some big-bore two-strokes blowing out the sand in Race Two for the guys in Race Three. Justin Terry and Greyson Gilliland, both on 500s, put on a great race both motos. Justin (1-1) finished ahead of Greyson (2-2). Next Gen 250 class rider, Bob Bean, was able to limp in with a bum ankle (1-1). In the 40+ Intermediate, it was Huggy Sam Huggins going (1-1) and George Crafton in second both motos. Ultima 500 Intermediate was overalled by the Jammer James Golliher going 1-1 followed by Richard Freund (3-2) and Keith Canfield (2-3). Bobby Davanport was victorius in the Historic Four-stroke Intermediate class.

Race Three was a race of winners on their small-bore motorcycles defeating the deep South Alabama sand: Ultima 125 Intermediate, Mike Bickley; Grand Prix 125

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L-R: Keith Canfield (669), James Goliher (17J), Sam Huggins (51H), Richard Freund (59K), George Crafton (105G)

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L-R: Greyson Gilliland (251), Brian Wormlen (119), Oscar Gaetan (16D), Steve Bakely (04)

Intermediate, Jordan Rapp; Historic 250 Novice, William Miller; Ultima 250 Novice, Bubba Gale; PV 100 Intermediate, Reed Borgfield; PV 100 Expert, Jc Roberts; Pre-Modern 125 Intermediate, Brian Miller; Next Gen 125 Intermediate, Frankie Lapina.

There was a great Grand Prix 250 Intermediate battle in Race Four with winner, Steve Blakely, making easy work of the five-racer field. Frank Roland second, John Fedor third, Keith Canfield fourth, Bill ‘Fun Man’ Funderburke fifth. Next Gen 500 Experts, Justin Terry and Greyson Gilliland, went head-to-head again with Justin once again taking the victory.

Next Gen 50+ Expert Scott Slay, Next Gen 60+ Expert, Bob Bean, Modern 250 Open, Bryan Wormlen and PV 50+ Expert, Oscar Gaetan, won their classes.

Race Five Grand Prix 500 Intermediate, Richard Freund, PV 70+ Intermediate, Jim Bradford, PV 70+ Expert and Pre-Modern 250 Intermediate, Brian Miller, all finished 1-1. PV 60+ Novice once again saw Bubba Gale on top of the box with 1-1 scores. Bill wright took second and John Henderson third.

Race Six was interesting. I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, but Curt Jaimet was able to

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win both motos on two different machines in the same race. I hear stories about, “when men were men,” but this takes the cake.

(Two 500cc monsters at one time.) This guy needs a factory contract. Scott Slay (1-1) won the Pre-Modern 500 class as he found it easier to race only one 500cc machine at a time.

PV Open Age Intermediate was a show of Keith Canfield (1-1), Sam ‘Huggy’ Huggins (2-2) and George Crafton (3-3) taking up the last step on the box.

Todd Rapp won the final race of the day in the Grand Prix 125 Novice class. I’m not sure if GP means “go pro” or “go practice.” Maybe we can catch up with Rapp and get to the bottom of this. Bubba Gale won the Pre-Modern 250 Novice class. In the battle of the 50-year-olds: Larry Sparks (a weekend warrior) first, Frank Roland second, Bill ‘Fun Man’ Funderburke third, John Moore fourth and Steve Blakely— who walked away from the field in the first moto—DNS the second moto. In the 60+ battle of the day, John Fedor took first and James Golliher second to finish out the warm and sandy day in South Alabama at the MONSTER known as Monster Mountain.

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Expert Mike Ferguson (52b) had a great year and beat some fast guys, earning two XC titles – Sportsman Open and PV 200.

Photo by Sarah Lane

Dave Salmen (686) was working overtime, racing two XC classes and two MX classes. His efforts earned him Intermediate titles in Historic Open XC and 250 Sportsman MX. Photo by Rick Cower

Wonder Woman Jana Schneider (802) brought home two MX titles – Next Gen 125 and PV Womens (Intermediate) Photo by Sarah Lane

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Region Update By: Bob Close, Ed Roman and Merritt Brown

Post Vintage 40+ Intermediate). Eric Miller would be another exalted one in this category (Pre-Modern 200 Intermediate And Hello to our 2021 Events and Planning.

XC, Ultima 125 Intermediate, and Post Vintage Open Age It was a helluva year on sooo many levels for our AHRMA Intermediate). Andrew Palmatier picked up a championship Northeast racers (and their families), as well as our event in both disciplines (Next Gen 200 Intermediate XC and sponsors and coordinators. But we got through it, and ended up Next Gen Open Age Intermediate) as well as Dave Salmen having GREAT racing season to boot. We started late; (Historic Open Intermediate XC and Vintage Sportsman 250 Intermediate). Dave gets an additional shout-out from me to

acknowledge he is part of that Dirty Dozen that do both XC our first event on June 21st at Allen’s Farm (MX and PVMX) drawing hundreds of entries from several states, and then joined races on Saturday. And finally, the one and only Merritt Brown (Vintage 50+ Intermediate XC, Historic 500 Intermediate, and our Mid-Atlantic brothers and sisters down in Bellafonte, Early Sportsman Stock 500 Intermediate). There is absolutely PA, the following weekend for a combined XC/MX/PVMX. no truth to the rumor that our above-and-beyond-the-callBeginning August 1st and 2nd at Lamoka, we moved through of-duty event coordinator waits until everyone else signs up, seven combined racing event (weekends) over the next eleven THEN enters the classes he has the best chance in. Okay, weeks. That’s a lot of racing, and I have the physical therapy maybe some truth. bills to prove it. And how about that weather—a relatively dry I think the next categories deserving recognition are the and VERY sunny season that kept many post-race teardowns double class champions who run with the wolves, I mean and bike prepping to a minimum.

We wanted to take up some AHRMA magazine space (again) through the woods. So with that in mind, let’s give shoutto congratulate our 2020 AHRMA Northeast class champions. outs to some our XC double-dippers: Mike Ferguson (Vintage Sportsman Open Epert and Post Vintag 200 Epert), The format for the table is a bit challenging, BUT maybe one “newcomer” Otto DeJager (Vintage 60+ Intermediate and takeaway is to salute multi-class winners, both by discipline as well the as The Ironmen who raced Saturday (XC) and Sunday Post Vintage 60+ Intermediate), and Rick Ketcham (Vintage Sportsman 200 Intermediate and Post Vintage Historic 200 (MX). Brett Darrow not only cherry-picked his way to an XC Intermediate). This ain’t easy, but these guys sure made it look Post Vintage 200 Intermediate title (again), he also grabbed like it sometimes. two MX class championships (Ultima 250 Intermediate and

It’s A Wrap! Congratulations to our 2020 Northeast Class Champions!

Senses Working Overtime! Intermediate Eric Miller was a Two Day racer and has three titles that demonstrated his commitment: Pre Modern 200 XC, Ultima 125 MX, and PV Open Age MX Photo by Sarah Lane

Screaming Yellow Zonker! Marc Kalopolites (992) showed determination and won the PV 100 Intermediate MX title. Photo by Rick Cower

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Otto DeJager (46D) cleaned a lot of clocks in XC racing this year, winning Vint 60+ and PV 60+ (Intermediate) Photo by Sarah Lane

Andy Palmatier (8X) was another multi discipline winner, taking the Next Gen 200 XC and Next Gen Open Age titles (Intermediate). Photo by Sarah Lane

If you look at the table, • Five (5) events minimum to qualify for Intermediate racer Brett Darrow (082) took no prisoners in 2020, winning titles in PV 200 you’ll see we also had a regional championship and year-end awards.

XC, PV 40+ MX, and Ultima 250 MX classes. Time for a Black Stripe, Brett! number of double class • Best six (6) events count toward points Photo by Rick Cower champions amongst the championship.

MX and PVMX (and And finally (drum roll and bugles please…).

Pre-modern and Next Gen) classes. In no particular order, Attention for an important update: we are going to take kudos to Craig Curry, Drew Smith (who could only make it this opportunity to announce the “Mid-Atlantic/Northeast on Sundays this year), Ed Abdo, Keith Vanderwalker, Jana Challenge,” or at least a name pretty close to that. This miniSchneider, and Mike Sciocchetti (both get Bronze Man merit championship will consist of either a two- or three-race series badges for racing XC on Saturday also), Mark Curran, and Ray utilizing locations on both Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regional Rondinella (our resident 70-plus dude mind you). schedules. The current plan is to compete in both XC and MX Enough about 2020, let us move onto our very exciting 2021 disciplines on both an individual and “team” basis, but these Northeast Off-Road Series Schedule, which is listed somewhere are early days my friends. More detailed information will be in this issue of AHRMA MAG. This IS a fat one my friends forthcoming in this clash of bench-racing egos (“You have no with thirteen events (13, one-three, uno-tres) on our schedule. idea how fast I used to be”) and food culture smack-talk (“You Two of the weekends are also AHRMA Nationals: Reynlow think that’s hot? Puh-lease...”). The three (proposed) events are: Park, PA, and Pavilion NY. There are several “new” locations: • April 24 Locust Gap, PA, XC and April 25 Irish Valley MX the Locust Gap XC (only) is moving down the road a bit from • June 4, 5 and 6, Unadilla MX Rewind (XC Friday, MX Irish Valley, and we are adding a second Hancock, NY, event Saturday and Sunday) (French Woods) that will be run on Otto DeJager’s property • June 26 and 27, Ashcraft Farm (MX Saturday, XC Sunday) (empire? fiefdom?). We are also listing a “dual sport” event Start working on the winter projects and get ready for the known as The Quarry Run and also based outta Hancock, NY. 2021 Northeast Championship Series!

Because some of you may end up in marriage counseling if you attended ALL of these events, the following are the 2021 Northeast Regional Championship criteria requirements:

2020 Northeast Class Champions!

Brett Darrow Ultima 250 Intermediate Post Vintage 40+ Intermediate Post Vintage 200 Intermediate XC Eric Miller Ultima 125 Intermediate Post Vintage Open Age Intermediate Pre-Modern 200 Intermediate XC Merritt Brown Early Sportsman Stock 500 Intermediate Historic 500 Intermediate Vintage 50+ Intermediate XC Mike Ferguson Sportsman Open Expert XC Post Vintage 200 Expert XC Otto DeJager Vintage 60+ Intermediate XC Post Vintage 60+ Intermediate XC Rick Ketcham Sportsman 200 Intermediate XC Historic 200 Intermediate XC Drew Smith Vintage 60+ Expert Post Vintage 60+ Expert

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Ray Rondinella Vintage 70+ Intermediate Vintage Open Age Intermediate

Ed Abdo Post Vintage 60+ Novice Ultima Four-Stroke Novice

Keith Vanderwalker Ultima 250 Novice Post Vintage open Age Novice

Alex Carillo Historic 125 Intermediate

Craig Curry Post Vintage 60+ Intermediate Grand Prix 250 Intermediat Mike Sciocchetti Grand Prix 500 Expert Post Vintage 50+ Expert Jana Schneider Next Gen 125 Intermediate Post Vintage Women Interme Dave Salmen Sportsman 250 Intermediate Historic Open Intermediate XC Andrew Palmatier Next Gen Open Age Intermediate Next Gen 200 Intermediate XC Mark Curran Pre-Modern 250 Intermediate Next Gen 250 Intermediate

Carol Bailey Vintage Women Novice Dale Sonnenschein Post Vintage 50+ Expert XC Dave Scheffer Historic 250 Intermediate Jay Danek Post Vintage 60+ Expert XC Jim Bell Ultima 500 Intermediate Jon Sorber Pre-Modern Open Intermediate XC Lee Curry Early Sportsman Stock 250 Expert Loren Westcott Historic 500 Expert Marc Kalopolites Post Vintage 100 Intermediate

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Mark Schneider Vintage 60+ Intermediate Nick Abdo Grand Prix 125 Expert Pete Komerek Early Sportsman Stock 250 Intermediate Rob Clare Grand Prix 250 Expert Ron Krzaczyk Vintage 50+ Intermediate Ryan Collins Post Vintage 200 Novice XC Ryan Coyle Pre-Modern 125 Intermediate Stephan Sevensma Post Vintage Open Intermediate XC Todd Benson Post Vintage 40+ Novice Tony Yannitelli Post Vintage 50+ Intermediate XC Wayne Zebrowski Sportsman 500 Intermediate

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South Central Regional Update

Planning Ahead for 2021

By: Albert Newmann / Photos: Bobby Hedge

Glad that 2020 is behind us, however we learned a few things about dealing with adversity and how to push through. I am very excited about the upcoming season as we have one of the largest schedules in front of us as well as potential for new sites in the future and a new idea to partner up with another region on a “show-down” race at the end of 2021.

Next month’s issue will have a recap of the year-ending regional motocross event in Kentwood, LA, The Oilman's Classic! Look for that review as it was again off the chart for a regional event! In 2021 we are going to try something new and do a split region event as the Southeast Region will come over and race with us and score it as part of their series so the racing will be even better and the competition much stiffer.

Okay, what everyone is waiting on, the new schedule. This month’s magazine should have a schedule listing for the regions but if not, I’m going to lay it out here. Qualifications will be as follows: o Vintage and Post Vintage MX minimum seven of the nine events must be raced of which two must be a regional-only event o Next Gen MX minimum six of eight events must be raced of which two must be a regional-only event o Cross Country minimum nine of the thirteen events must be raced of which two must be a regional-only event • All events will be counted towards points totals for championship • Regional-only events will have an additional 10 points added to the total score of each event • You must be an AHRMA member to receive Regional AHRMA Championship Awards and Points. Non-member points will be removed and rescored for members.

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2021 racing will open up the weekend of February 27-28 in Grand Cane, LA, at Desoto Motorsport Park for a Regional event with all motocross disciplines and cross country on the afternoon of February 27. One month later, we return for our next regional-only event in Donie, TX, at the Texas Vintage Grand Prix Course for motocross and cross country March 27-28 and again we will run cross country after vintage motocross on Saturday in the late afternoon. Trying something new here with the afternoon cross country racing. Our first national event in the region is April 17-18 in Fluvanna, TX, at the Circle Bar Motorsports Ranch with cross country, motocross, and trials. Desoto Motorsport Park will host a national motocross and cross country May 1-2 then later in May we will have the ISDE Reunion Ride in Combs, AR, the weekend of May 15-16 and one week later, May 20-21, we return for national trials, motocross, and a regional cross country event. The property of Mill Creek Motorsport Park is gorgeous, and the motocross track will be outstanding. We will tone down the cross country a little since it is a regional event JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021

but look for this one to be something different as the terrain here is like none other. The summer we take off, and racing returns September 10-12 to Jefferson, TX, for the 19th annual Riverport National hosted by Diamond Don and Francene Rainey! September 25-26 the Arkansas Dirt Riders will host a national cross country event in New Blaine, AR, and looking forward to a later September date there so this one should be fun. October 21-23 the Texas Vintage Grand Prix Course in Donie, TX, will be hosting a national motocross event as well as a regional cross country. Look for a possible regional trials date to come this weekend also as we sort out the details.

The National Championship finale was such as success that AHRMA is returning to Henryetta, OK, November 5-7 for the off-road blow out of all disciplines and look for a possible quarter mile dirt track this coming year. Closing out the year we return to Wildwood MX Park for the third annual Oilman’s Classic in Kentwood, LA, for a co-shared regional of both South Central and South East AHRMA regions. There will be a shoot-out team race “Des Nations” style but we will go with a much larger team base and format for 125-250-500 Novice to Expert and Women on teams!

Until next month, Albert Newmann newmann.albert@gmail.com

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Online Pre-entry Deadline (midnight CST)

Venue

Roebling Road Raceway; Bloomingdale, GA (AHRMA Academy of Roadracing - Thursday AND Friday) Carolina Motorsports Park; Kershaw, SC (AHRMA Academy 3/19-21 of Roadracing) Streets of Willow; Rosamond, CA (AHRMA Academy of 4/16-18 Roadracing) Willow Springs Raceway; Rosamond, CA (AHRMA Academy 4/23-25 of Roadracing) Heartland Motorsports Park (AHRMA Classic MotoFest); 5/28-30 Topeka, KS (AHRMA Academy of Roadracing) New Jersey Motorsports Park; Milleville, NJ (AHRMA 6/18-20 Academy of Roadracing) Weathertech Laguna Seca (AHRMA Classic MotoFest); 7/16-18 Monterey, CA (AHRMA Academy of Roadracing) Gingerman Raceway; South Haven, MI (AHRMA Academy 7/30-8/1 of Roadracing) Blackhawk Farms Raceway; South Beloit, IL (AHRMA 8/6-8 Academy of Roadracing) Talladega Gran Prix; Munford, AL (AHRMA Academy of 9/3-5 Roadracing) 10/7-10 Barber Motorsports Park; Birmingham, AL 2/18-21

2/12 3/12 4/9 4/16 5/21 6/11 7/9 7/23 7/30 8/27 TBD

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Venue

1/16 2/27 3/20 3/27 4/17 5/1 5/29 6/26 9/18 9/18 10/16 10/16 10/23

Celebration Arena; Priceville, AL Ocala, FL Ocala, FL Baton Rouge, LA Willow Springs Raceway; Rosamond, CA Aonia Pass MX; Washington, GA Heartland Motorsports Park; Topeka, KS Fairbault, MN Pine Lake Raceway; Ashtabula, OH Pine Lake Raceway; Ashtabula, OH Georgia Practice Facility (GPF); Cairo, GA Georgia Practice Facility (GPF); Cairo, GA Tarheel Speedway; Tarheel, NC Nat'l Championship Finale -T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK

11/6

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Race Type ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST ST TT ST TT ST ST

Mail-in/ Online Fax/E- Pre-entry mail Deadline Pre-entry (midnight Deadline CST) 1/1 1/3 2/12 2/15 3/5 3/8 3/12 3/15 4/2 4/5 4/16 4/19 5/14 5/17 6/11 6/14 9/3 9/6 9/3 9/6 10/1 10/4 10/1 10/4 10/8 10/11 10/22

10/25

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021

2021 Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Vintage Motocross Series Venue

2/7 2/13 3/7 3/12-14 3/21 4/17 5/1 5/22 5/29 6/12

Arizona Cycle Park (ACP); Buckeye, AZ Monster Mountain MX GP; Tallassee, AL Cahuilla Creek Motocross; Anza, CA White Lightning; Buffalo, SC Burrows Ranch; Chrome, CA Circle Bar Motorsports; Fluvanna, TX Desoto Motosports Park; Grand Cane, LA Mill Creek Motorsports Park; Combs, AR Heartland Motorsports Park; Topeka, KS Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA Aztec Family Raceway; Colorado Springs, CO Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca; Monterey, CA Ward Creek MX; Raymond, WA Red Bud MX; Buchanan, MI Pavilion MX Park; Pavilion, NY Diamond Don Motorsports; Jefferson, TX Rattlers Run; Spokane, WA Lincoln Trail Motorsports; Casey, IL Bushey Ranch; Canby, CA Barber Motorsports Park; Leeds, AL Georgia Practice Facility (GPF); Cairo, GA Texas Vintage GP; Donie, TX Nat'l Championship Finale - T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK

7/18 8/1 8/7 8/21 9/11 9/19 9/25 10/3 10/9 10/16 10/23 11/6

6/25

6/28

7/2

7/5

7/16 7/23 8/6 8/27 9/3 9/10 9/17 9/24 10/1 10/8

7/19 7/26 8/9 8/30 9/6 9/13 9/20 9/27 10/4 10/11

10/22

10/25

Mail-in/ Fax/E-mail Pre-entry Deadline

Date

7/10

1/22 1/29 2/19 2/26 3/5 4/2 4/16 5/7 5/14 6/4

Online Pre-entry Deadline (midnight CST) 1/25 2/1 2/22 3/1 3/8 4/6 /19 5/10 5/17 6/7

2/6 2/14 3/7 4/18 5/2 5/22 5/30 6/13 7/11 8/8 8/22 9/12 9/26 10/17 10/24

Arizona Cycle Park (ACP); Buckeye, AZ Monster Mountain MX GP; Tallassee, AL Cahuilla Creek Motocross; Anza, CA Circle Bar Motorsports; Fluvanna, TX Desoto Motosports Park; Grand Cane, LA Mill Creek Motorsports Park; Combs, AR Heartland Motorsports Park; Topeka, KS Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA Aztec Family Raceway; Colorado Springs, CO Red Bud MX; Buchanan, MI Pavilion MX Park; Pavilion, NY Diamond Don Motorsports; Jefferson, TX Lincoln Trail Motorsports; Casey, IL Georgia Practice Facility (GPF); Cairo, GA Texas Vintage GP; Donie, TX Nat'l Championship Finale - T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK

11/7

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1/22 1/29 2/19 4/2 4/16 5/7 5/14 6/4 6/25 7/23 8/6 8/27 9/10 10/1 10/8

Online Pre-entry Deadline (midnight CST) 1/25 2/1 2/22 4/6 4/19 5/10 5/17 6/7 6/28 7/26 8/9 8/30 9/13 10/4 10/11

10/22

10/25

Mail-in/ Fax/E-mail Pre-entry Deadline

Venue

Venue

2/6 2/14 3/7 3/12-14 4/18 5/2 5/22 5/30 6/13

Arizona Cycle Park (ACP); Buckeye, AZ Monster Mountain MX GP; Tallassee, AL Cahuilla Creek Motocross; Anza, CA White Lightning; Buffalo, SC Circle Bar Motorsports; Fluvanna, TX Desoto Motosports Park; Grand Cane, LA Mill Creek Motorsports Park; Combs, AR Heartland Motorsports Park; Topeka, KS Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA Aztec Family Raceway; Colorado Springs, CO Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca; Monterey, CA Ward Creek MX; Raymond, WA Red Bud MX; Buchanan, MI Pavilio MX Park; Pavilion, NY Diamond Don Motorsports; Jefferson, TX Lincoln Trail Motorsports; Casey, IL Georgia Practice Facility (GPF); Cairo, GA Texas Vintage GP; Donie, TX Nat'l Championship Finale - T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK

7/11

8/1 8/8 8/22 9/12 9/26 10/17 10/24 11/7

1/22 1/29 2/19 2/26 4/2 4/16 5/7 5/14 6/4

Online Pre-entry Deadline (midnight CST) 1/25 2/1 2/22 3/1 4/6 4/19 5/10 5/17 6/7

6/25

6/28

7/2

7/5

7/16 7/23 8/6 8/27 9/10 10/1 10/8

7/19 7/26 8/9 8/30 9/13 10/4 10/11

10/22

10/25

Mail-in/ Fax/E-mail Pre-entry Deadline

Date

7/18

2021 AHRMA NextGen Motocross Series Date

2021 Race Tech AHRMA National Post Vintage Motocross Series

2021 Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Vintage Trials Series Date

Venue

3/6 3/12-14 3/20 4/17 5/21 5/28 6/11

Cahuilla Creek Motocross; Anza, CA White Lightning; Buffalo, SC Burrows Ranch; Chrome, CA Circle Bar Motorsports; Fluvanna, TX Mill Creek Motorsports Park; Combs, AR Heartland Motorsports Park; Topeka, KS Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA Aztec Family Raceway; Colorado Springs, CO Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca; Monterey, CA Donner Summit; Donner, CA Donner Summit; Donner, CA Pavilion MX Park; Pavilion, NY Diamond Don Motorsports; Jefferson, TX Rattlers Run; Spokane, WA Bushey Ranch; Canby, CA Barber Motorsports Park; Leeds, AL Barber Motorsports Park; Leeds, AL Nat'l Championship Finale - T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK

7/10 7/17 7/24 7/25 8/20 9/10 9/18 10/2 10/8 10/10 11/5

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2/19 2/26 3/5 4/2 5/7 5/14 6/4

Online Pre-entry Deadline (midnight CST) 2/22 3/1 3/8 4/5 5/10 5/17 6/7

6/25

6/28

7/2

7/5

7/9 7/9 8/6 8/27 9/3 9/17 9/24 9/24

7/12 7/12 8/9 8/30 9/6 9/20 9/27 9/27

10/22

10/25

Mail-in/ Fax/E-mail Pre-entry Deadline

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RACE PREVIEWS ROADRACING Feb 18-21, 2021

Roebling Road Raceway, Bloomingdale, GA

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Track Sound Limit: 103.9db for Vintage Thursday and Friday AHRMA run practice day / AHRMA Roadrace Academy available both days.

PLEASE NOTE!!!: All trailers of any kind are required to take Highway 17 to Roebling Road. Do not use Zeigler Road if you are bringing a trailer.

From Track Management: Quiet Time: No race motors. 8:00 pm to 8:00 am everyday. Sunday 11:00 am till 12:00 pm. $100 fine!

Keep dogs on leash. Pick up after them.

Don’t leave Tires or Gas cans.

GPS Coordinates: N32.165895 W81.32344 Gate Fee: $35.00/four day; $30.00/three days; $25.00/two days; $15.00/one day.

Concessions: Yes. Camping: Yes Water / Electrical hookups: available in 115v/15 & 30 amps, and 230v/50 amp capacities. Limited Water Hookups available Current Fuel Available: Sunoco fuel available in 93 and 98 octane unleaded, and 110 leaded.

Credit Card Payments Only are accepted at the pump.

Lodging: Econo Lodge, 912.748.4124; Days Inn Airport, 912.756.3543; Red Roof Inn Airport, 912-748-4050.

Event Schedule: Gate is open 24 hours for those with armband. If you arrive after credentialing closes, park in field on right until 7am next morning when credentialing opens.

Wednesday move in: Do not block drive!!! Park in the field to the right when you pull in.

3:00 pm Volunteers and Staff 3:30 pm Sponsors 4:00 pm all other participants.

Thursday: AHRMA Practice Day and Riders School Mandatory Riders Meeting 8:00am (If you arrive later in the day, or not until Saturday, please see AHRMA Referee Bill Doran before you go on the track) Gates Hours: 7:00 am - 9:00 pm Tech Hours of Operation: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Hours of Operation: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Practice: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm AHRMA Road Racing School – all day. If you did not register online, report to registration by 7:15 am Friday: AHRMA Practice Day and Riders School Mandatory Riders Meeting 8:00 am (If you were not at the meeting on Thursday or if you arrive later in the day, or not until Saturday, please see AHRMA Referee Bill Doran before you go on the track) Gate Hours: 7:00 am - 9:00 pm 66

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Tech Hours of Operation: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Hours of Operation: 7:00 am -5:00 pm Practice: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm AHRMA Road Racing School – all day. If you did not register online, report to registration by 7:15 am Saturday: Race Day Gates Hours: 7:00 am - 9:00 pm Tech Hours of Operation: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Hours of Operation: 7:00am - 9:00 am Practice: 8:00 am - 11:00am (two rounds of practice) Mandatory Riders Meeting: 11:15 am Racing starts at 12:00 pm Sunday: Race Day Gates Open: 7:00am Tech Hours of Operation: 7:00 am - 5:00 pm Registration Hours of Operation: 7:00 am - 8:00 am Practice: 8:00am - 9:45 am (one round of practice) Racing starts at 10:00 am Directions: From the Savannah International Airport Take Pooler Bypass to US 80. Turn right on US 80, going west.

Continue to traffic light at GA 30/17. Turn right onto GA 17. Roebling Road is the first paved road on the right, approximately 1.5 miles after turning on to GA 17. Follow Roebling Road to the end, track is on the left.

From Savannah Interstate 16 heading west, take Exit 152, which will be a right turn onto Bloomingdale Road. Bloomingdale Road dead ends at US 80.

Turn left onto US 80. Continue to traffic light at GA 30/17. Turn right onto GA 17. Roebling Road is the first paved road on the right, approximately 1.5 miles after turning on to GA 17. Follow Roebling Road to the end, track is on the left.

From Interstate 95 North Take Exit 99B, Interstate 16 west. From there, take Exit 152, Bloomingdale Road. Bloomingdale Road dead ends at US 80.

Turn left onto US 80. Continue to traffic light at GA 30/17. Turn right onto GA 17. Roebling Road is the first paved road on the right, approximately 1.5 miles after turning on to GA 17. Follow Roebling Road to the end, track is on the left.

From Macon Interstate 16 heading east, take Exit 143, Highway 280 to US 80 at Blitchton. Turn right on US 80 at yield sign. Continue on US 80 East to traffic light at GA 30/17. Turn left onto GA 17.

Roebling Road is the first paved road on the right, approximately 1.5 miles after turning on to GA 17.

Follow Roebling Road to the end, track is on the left.

March 19-21, 2021

Caroline Motorsports Park, Kershaw, SC

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Weekend Schedule (subject to change depending on weather) Thursday: Gates open, 5 PM officials, 5:30 PM sponsors, 6 PM everyone else. (24 hour gate with armband) Friday: Mandatory Riders Meeting 8:00am (If you arrive later in the day, or not until Saturday,

please see AHRMA Referee Bill Doran before you go on the track) Gates: open, 7:00am-9:00pm (24 hour gate with armband) Tech Hours: 7:00am-5pm Registration Hours: 7:00-5pm Practice: 9:00am-5:00pm AHRMA Roadracing School – all day. If you did not register online, report to registration by 7:15am Saturday: Gates open: 7:00am-9:00pm (24 hour gate with armband) Tech Hours: 7:00am-5pm Registration Hours: 7:00-8:00am Practice: 8:00-11:00am (two rounds of practice) Mandatory Riders Meeting 11:15am Racing starts at 12:00pm Sunday: Gates open: 7:00am; Tech Hours: 7:00am-5pm Registration Hours: 7:00-8:00am Practice: 8:00-9:45am (one round of practice) Racing starts at 10:00am Lunch and mandatory quiet time 11am - 12pm Gas: Sold in 5 gallon units, 112,110,100, 98 GPS Coordinates: 34°29’18.3”N 80°35’38.6”W Gate Fee: $30.00/three days; $25.00/two days; $15.00/one day.

Camping: Yes. $15.00 per vehicle per day for camping 30 AMP electric service available - $25.00 per day per vehicle Concessions: Food Truck Garages: 24 Open -air day garages available for rent on a daily basis $70 per day $200 for 3-day rental (15 amp power is available with each garage at no additional charge.)

Call the track office at 803-475-2448 to reserve your garage and provide method of payment Track Address: 3662 Kershaw Highway, Kershaw, SC 29067, phone 803.475.2448.

Website: www.carolinamotorsportspark.com

OFF-ROAD Feb 13 & 14, 2021

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Gate Hours listed below: Friday gates open at 6:30 am to 10 pm Saturday,Sept, 5, 2020 6:30 am to 10 pm (VMX) Sunday, Sept, 6, 2020 6:30 am to 10 pm (PVMX)/ (NG) GPS Coordinates: 32.559736,-85.945504 Gate Fee: $10.00 Camping: Primitive Camping: Free. His and Her Bath houses are available; Camping Hookups per

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day: 30 amp $30.00 / 50 amp $35.00. To reserve hook ups call 334-333-6037 or email info@ monstermx.com Concessions: Yes Lodging: For lodging closest to track use this link Tripadvisor Track Address: 3170 Burt Mill Rd, Tallassee, Al 36078 Track Website: https://www.monstermx.com/, Email: info@monstermx.com, Phone: 7703637604 Directions: Google Maps or...

From Montgomery: Take US-231 N, turn right onto Redland Rd (15.1 mi), turn left onto Flat Rock Rd (1.1 mi), continue on Burt Mill Rd to your destination, turn right onto Burt Mill Rd. Turn left into Monster Mountain MX GP From Atlanta, GA: Follow I-85 S to AL-229 N in Macon County. Take exit 26 onto AL-229N toward Tallahassee, AL, turn left onto Burt Mill Rd, Turn right into Monster Mountain MX GP If you need further directions to the facility feel free to call Monster Mountain at 7703637604 or Tony Paul at 256-665-1279

Camping Fee: $10.00 per night per vehicle Gate Hours: Friday 3:00PM-5:00PM Saturday 7:00AM-10:00PM Sunday 7:00AM-10:00PM Concessions will be availiable on site.

Track Address: 50100 US Highway 371, Anza, CA 92539 Track Website: www.cahuillacreekmotocross.com Track Email: info@cahuilacreekmotocross.com Event Contact: Luke Sayer @ sayerlu@gmail.com or 564-8413476 Directions from Temecula: The track is approximately 27 miles east of the I-15 Freeway on Highway 371. From the I-15 at Temecula, take Highway 79 South (aka Temecula Parkway) towards Indio and go about 17 miles to Highway 371. Turn left on Highway 371 and go approximately 10 miles. The Track is on the right side of the road. If you get to the casino, you went to far.

March 6 & 7, 2021

March 12-14, 2021

Hagerty AHRMA National Cross Country National -Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Vintage Motocross Series -AHRMA National Next Gen Motocross Series -Race Tech AHRMA National Post Vintage Motocross Series -Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Vintage Motocross Series

Hagerty AHRMA National Cross Country National -Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Vintage Motocross Series -AHRMA National Next Gen Motocross Series -Race Tech AHRMA National Post Vintage Motocross Series -Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Vintage Motocross Series

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Trials: (Saturday) Registration: 7:00AM till 9:00AM; Mandatory riders meeting at 9:30AM; Event starts at 10:00AM Cross Country: (Saturday) Vintage Cross Country: Registration/Tech from 10:00AM-12:00pm; Mandatory rider meeting at 1:00PM; Race starts at 1:30PM Post Vintage Cross Country: Registratioin/Tech from 1:00PM to 2:30PM; Mandatory rider meeting at 3:00PM; Race starts at 3:30PM VMX, PVMX, NG: (Sunday) Registration/Tech: 7:00AM-8:30AM; Mandatory Riders Meeting at 8:45; Practice at 9:00AM; Racing begins at 10:00AM (We will have an Enduro Class special race 1st moto at intermission 2nd moto at the end of the day)

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Track Address: Silver Hawk Plantation; West Entrance 2834 Buffalo-West Spring's Hwy Buffalo, SC 29321 Gate Fee: $10.00 per day per person. Under 16 FREE Gate Opens: 11:00 am Friday & 6:00am Saturday & Sunday.

If the gate is not staffed when you arrive, you must report back there the next morning, pay your gate

fee, sign the release, and get your security bracelet.

Camping: Motorhomes and campers are welcome.

Primitive camping. No hook ups. Campfires are welcome as long as you follow Smokey the Bears' rules Lodging: Lodging is available in Union, SC; Clinton, SC; Newberry, SC; Spartanburg, SC Concessions: Daddy's Cookout will be open Friday evening, All day Saturday and breakfast and lunch on sunday Contact: Greg Holder 864-320-9796 or Al Roof at Al.Roof.3224@gmail.com Race Schedules: Schedule, Friday: 12:00-1:00PM: Sign-up & Tech for Observed Trials 1:45 PM Rider's Meeting 2:00PM Trials event begins 4:00PM -6:00PM Sign-up & Tech for Vintage Motocross and Both Day's Cross Country 6:00PM Trials Awards Presentatioin Schedule, Saturday: 6:00 AM-8:00 AM Sign-up for CC only no late sign up for PVCC 8:00 AM-10:00 AM Sign-up for VMX only 8:30 AM CC and MX Mandatory riders meeting 9:00 AM VCC Start 10:00 AM MX Practice 10:45 AM Late Practice for VCC racers and AHRMA Volunteers only 11:00 AM First Moto for MX will begin promptly at this time 1:15 Motocross Intermission 1:30 PM PVCC Start 2:45 Motocross second moto will start promptly at this time 6:30PM-7:30 PM Sunday CC-MX Sign up 7:30 PM Awards Presentation for CC & MX Schedule, Sunday: 8:30 AM CC and MX Mandatory riders meeting 9:00 AM VCC Start 10:00 AM MX Practice 10:45 AM Late Practice for VCC racers and AHRMA Volunteers only 11:00 AM First Moto for MX will begin promptly at this time 1:15 Motocross Intermission 1:30 PM PVCC Start 2:45 Motocross second moto will start promptly at this time

Rules for the enduro class are as follow: Must have working head light and tail light, turn signals, kick stand and license plate.

We will break this up into 3 classes 100-250: 251500 and open class so bring out those v-stroms and african twins big bore KTM, Ducatis and BMW's Gate Fee: $15.00 for the day or $30.00 for the weekend JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021

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2021 AHRMA REGIONAL SCHEDULES

2021 AHRMA Great Lakes Schedule Date Apr. 10 Apr. 24 May 9 May 14/15 May22/23 May 29

Event XCCR - location TBA XCCR - location TBA Saddleback East - Bedford, KY Lightning MX - Tippeconoe, Ohio Grears MX - Zanesville, Ohio XCCR - location TBA Wabash Cannonball - Wabash, June 5/6 Indiana June 12 XCCR - location TBA Aug 14/15 Saddleback East - Bedford, KY Wabash Cannonball - Wabash, Aug 21/22 Indiana Sept 18/19 Pinelake - Ashtabula, Ohio Oct. 2 XCCR - location TBA Oct 16/17 Camp Cattail - Chillicothe, Ohio TBD COCR - Sugar Grove, Ohio TBD Rt. 62 - Martinsburg, Ohio TBD Amherst - Amherst, Ohio

Disciplines *Regional CC *Regional CC *Regional CC, Trials, MX *Regional CC, Trials, MX *Regional MX *Regional CC *Regional MX - Saturday night Pitbike race *Regional CC *Regional CC,MX, Trials *Regional MX - VMX & PVMX both days National DT/TT, Regional CC, MX *Regional CC *Regional CC,MX *Regional MX, CC *Regional MX *Regional MX,CC

Presenting the “Jammer’s Cup Championship”! A four race series within our SE / Mid Atlantic Regional series with special awards, named for The Jammer himself Jimmy Weinert!

2020 AHRMA Northwest Schedule Date 8/29-30 9/19-20

Event Location Nat/Reg Tea Cup Trial Point Arena, CA Reg Rattlers Run Fairfield, WA Nat

10/3-4

Disciplines Trials/Trials (Scot Trial) Trials/VMX XC (NW PVMX Points)/ Trials/VMX

Bushey Ranch

Canby,CA

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MMX Cycle Park

Marysville, CA

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VMX/PVMX

8/29-30

Tea Cup Trial Point Arena, CA

Reg

Trials/Trials (Scot Trial)

9/19-20

Rattlers Run

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Trials/VMX

10/31 -11/1

Fairfield, WA

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Event Desoto Motorsports Park; Grand Cane, LA Desoto Motorsports Park; Grand Cane, LA Venue unknown; Baton Rouge, LA

Mar 27

Texas Vintage Grand Prix Weekend; Donie, TX

Mar 28 Apr 17

Texas Vintage Grand Prix Weekend; Donie, TX Circle Bar Motorsports; Fluvanna, TX

Apr 18

Circle Bar Motorsports; Fluvanna, TX

May 1 May 2 May 15 May 16 May 21 May 22 May 23 Sep 10 Sep 11 Sep 12 Sep 25 Sep 26 Oct 23 Oct 24 Nov 5

Desoto Motorsports Park; Grand Cane, LA Desoto Motorsports Park; Grand Cane, LA ISDE Reuinion Race - Combs, AR ISDE Reuinion Race - Combs, AR Mill Creek Motorsport Park; Combs, AR Mill Creek Motorsport Park; Combs, AR Mill Creek Motorsport Park; Combs, AR Diamond Don Riverport National; Jefferson, TX Diamond Don Riverport National; Jefferson, TX Diamond Don Riverport National; Jefferson, TX Arkansas Dirt Riders; New Blaine, AR Arkansas Dirt Riders; New Blaine, AR Texas Vintage Grand Prix ; Donie, TX Texas Vintage Grand Prix ; Donie, TX National Championship Off Road; Henryetta, OK

Nov 6

National Championship Off Road; Henryetta, OK

Nov 7

National Championship Off Road; Henryetta, OK

Dec 4

Oilman's Classic Regional; Kentwood, LA (SE/ SC Combined)

Dec 5

Oilman's Classic Regional; Kentwood, LA (SE/ SC Combined)

*Denotes Regional Only Event Schedule subject to change with additions/deletions.

Bushey Ranch

Canby,CA

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XC (NW PVMX Points)/ Trials/VMX

MMX Cycle Park

Marysville, CA

Reg

VMX/PVMX

8/29-30

Tea Cup Trial Point Arena, CA

Reg

Trials/Trials (Scot Trial)

9/19-20

Rattlers Run

Fairfield, WA

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Trials/VMX

May 16

Bushey Ranch

Canby,CA

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XC (NW PVMX Points)/ Trials/VMX

June 6

MMX Cycle Park

Marysville, CA

Reg

VMX/PVMX

8/29-30

Tea Cup Trial Point Arena, CA

Reg

Trials/Trials (Scot Trial)

9/19-20

Rattlers Run

Nat

Trials/VMX

10/3-4 10/31 -11/1

10/3-4 10/31 -11/1

10/3-4 10/31 -11/1

Fairfield, WA

Bushey Ranch

Canby,CA

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XC (NW PVMX Points)/ Trials/VMX

MMX Cycle Park

Marysville, CA

Reg

VMX/PVMX

*Denotes Regional Only Event Schedule subject to change with additions/deletions.

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Disciplines *Regional VMX / CC *Regional PVMX /Next Gen National Dirt Track *Regional VMX / Regional CC *Regional PVMX / Next Gen National VMX / CC / Trials National PVMX / Next Gen MX / CC National VMX / CC National PVMX / CC National CC National CC National Trials National VMX / Regional CC National PVMX / Next Gen National Trials / CC National VMX National PVMX National CC National CC National VMX / Regional CC National PVMX / Next Gen National Trials / CC National VMX / CC / Dirt Track National PVMX / Next Gen / CC *Regional VMX (Both SC and SE Regional) *Regional PVMX / Next Gen(Both SC and SE Regional)

2021 AHRMA Rocky Mountains Schedule Date April 10

Event Sweney Cycle Park; Brush, CO Lakerview Motorsports Park; Ordway, CO Two Rivers MX, Milliken, CO

June 27

Disciplines *Regional V/PV/NG MX w/RMVMC *Regional V/PV/NG MX/XC w/ RMVMC *Regional V/PV/NG MX/XC w/ RMVMC *Regional V/PV/NG MX w/AVDRA

Bull Hollow MX; Monticello, UT Rocky Mountain National - Aztec National V/PV/NG MX - Double July 10-11 Family Raceway , Coloroado Regional Points Springs, CO Leadville Motocross Park; *Regional V/PV/NG MX w/RMVMC August 7 Leadville, CO Sept 19 Thunder Valley MX, Lakewood, CO *Regional V/PV/NG MX w/AVDRA Aztec Family Raceway , Coloroado *Regional V/PV/NG MX/XC w/ Oct 17 Springs, CO RMVMC *Denotes Regional Only Event Schedule subject to change with additions/deletions.

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2021 AHRMA Northeast MX & CC Schedule Date TBA Apr 24 Apr 25 May 1 May 2 May 15 May 16 Jun 4 Jun 5 Jun 6 Jun 18 Jun 19 Jun 20 Jun 26 Jun 27 Jul 17 Jul 18 Jul 31 Aug 1 Aug 7 Aug 8 Aug 20 Aug 21 Aug 22 Sep 4 Sep 5 Sep 18 Sep 19 Oct 2 Oct 3 Oct 9

2020 AHRMA Southeast Schedule

Event Location NE-VRC Swap Meet - Nesco; Hammonton, NJ Swap Meet & MX Practice V/PV/NG Locust Gap CC - Locust Gap; Gap, PA Regional V/PV/NG CC Irish Valley MX - IVMX Park; Paxinos. PA Regional V/PV/NG MX Geer's Farm CC - Geer's Farm; Fulton, NY Regional V/PV/NG CC Geer's Farm MX - Geer's Farm; Fulton, NY Regional V/PV/NG MX Lamoka CC - Lamoka; Bradford, NY Regional V/PV/NG CC Lamoka MX - Lamoka; Bradford, NY Regional V/PV/NG MX Unadilla CC - Unadilla MX; New Berlin, NY Points Event V/PV/NG CC Unadilla MX - Unadilla MX; New Berlin, NY Points Event V/PV MX Unadilla MX - Unadilla MX; New Berlin, NY Points Event PV/NG MX Reynlow Park - Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA National V/PV/NG CC Trials, Regional Points Reynlow Park - Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA National V MX, Regional Points Reynlow Park - Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA National PV/NG MX, Regional Points Ashcraft Farm - Ashcraft Farm; Bellefonte, PA Regional V/PV/NG MX Ashcraft Farm - Ashcraft Farm; Bellefonte, PA Regional V/PV/NG CC State Line Riders; N. Pownal, VT Regional V/PV/NG CC State Line Riders; N. Pownal, VT Regional V/PV/NG MX Allen's Farm - Allens Farm; Lawton, PA Regional V/PV/NG CC Allen's Farm - Allens Farm; Lawton, PA Regional V/PV/NG MX Bear Creek Sportsmen; Hancock, NY Dual Sport V/PV/NG Bear Creek Sportsmen; Hancock, NY Dual Sport V/PV/NG Pavilion CC - Pavilion MX; Pavilion, NY National V/PV/NG CC, Regional Points Pavilion MX - Pavilion MX; Pavilion, NY National V MX, Regional Points Pavilion MX - Pavilion MX; Pavilion, NY National PV/NG MX, Regional Points Bear Creek Sportsmen; Hancock, NY Regional V/PV/NG CC Bear Creek Sportsmen; Hancock, NY Regional V/PV/NG MX Kelso Creek Classic - KCC; Minerva, NY Regional V/PV/NG CC Kelso Creek Classic - KCC; Minerva, NY Regional V/PV/NG MX French Woods; Hancock, NY Regional V/PV/NG CC French Woods; Hancock, NY Regional V/PV/NG MX Cayuga County Riders - CCR; King Ferry, NY Regional V/PV/NG CC and MX

2020 AHRMA Southwest Schedule Date Feb 6 - 7

Event Arizona Cycle Park; Buckeye, AZ

Mar 6 - 7

Cahuilla Creek Motocross; Anza CA

Mar 20 - 21

Burrows Ranch; Chrome, CA Glen Helen Raceway - Truck Track, San Apr 11 Bernardino, CA Apr 24 Willow Springs Raceway; Rosamond, CA Weathertech Raceway Laguna Seca; Jul 17 - 18 Monterey, CA Jul 24 - 25 Donner Summit; Donner, CA Glen Helen Raceway - Truck Track; San Jun 27 Bernardino, CA Glen Helen Raceway - REM Track; San Aug 8 Bernardino, CA Glen Helen Raceway - Main Track; San Sep 5 Bernardino, CA Nov 14 Motoland; Casa Grande, AZ Glen Helen Raceway Day in the Dirt; San Nov 27 Bernardino, CA *Denotes Regional Only Event Schedule subject to change with additions/deletions.

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Location National V/PV/NG MX National V/PV/NG MX/CC/ Trials National VMX/CC/Trials National V/PV/NG MX *Regional Trials National V/PV/NG MX/Trials National Trials V/PV/NG MX *Regional V/PV/NG MX *Regional V/PV/NG MX *Regional V/PV/NG MX *Regional Trials

Date Jan 23-24 Feb 13 Feb 14

Event Stovall Mountain; Elora, TN

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Monster Mountain; Tallassee, AL Monster Mountain; Tallassee, AL SSVMX MX Des States; Waldo Mx Waldo, FL White Lightning; Buffalo, SC White Lightning; Buffalo, SC

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Oilman's Classic - Wild Wood MX; Park *Regional VMX Kentwood, LA Oilman's Classic - Wild Wood MX; Park *Regional PV / NG MX Dec 5 Kentwood, LA *Denotes Regional Only Event Schedule subject to change with additions/deletions. ec 4

2020 AHRMA Mid Atlantic MX Schedule Date Event Location Mar 27 Budds Creek; LaPlata, MD Regional w/ACR VMX, PV, NG Apr Elizabeth Cit;, Elizabeth City, NC Regional XC, VMX, PVMX, NG, 2 Days 17-18 Apr 24 Locust Gap; Gap, PA Regional CC (No MX Points) Apr 25 Irish Valley; Irish Valley, PA Regional MX w/ NE Jun 4-6 Unadilla; Binghampton, NY Regional w/ACR XC, VMX, PVMX, NG Jun Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA National Trials, CC, and MX 18-20 Jul 10 Tomahawk; Martinsburg, WV Regional w/ACR VMX, PVMX, NG Jul Shady Acres; Friendsville, MD National CC, Regional VMX, PVMX, NG 24-25 TBD Lake Sugar Tree; Axton, Virginia Regioinal MX, PVMX, NG Oct 16 Field of Dreams; Millville, NJ Regional MX, W/ACR MX, PVMX, NG Oct 30 Lake Sugar Tree; Axton, Virginia Regional MX, PVMX, NG *Denotes Regional Only Event Schedule subject to change with additions/deletions.

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2021 AHRMA Mid Atlantic CC Schedule Date Event Apr 11 Rocket Run; Three Springs, PA Apr 24 Anthracite Run; Locust Gap, PA May 9 LL Raceway; Fairmount Ciy, PA May 23 Twilight Farm; Airville, PA Jun 19-20 Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA Jun 26 Ashcraft Run; Bellefonte, PA Jul 10-11 Shady Acres; Friendsville, MD Aug 7-8 Coyotee Run; Ebensburg, PA Sep 12 Little Beaver; Lisbon,OH Oct 10 S.P.E.R. Run; Frackville, PA Oct 24 White Rose MC; Spring Grove, PA Sep 5 Tomahawk MX; Hedgesville, WV Sep 26-27 I-81 Motorsports; Greeneville, TN Oct 3 Budds Creek; Mechanicsville, MD Oct 24-25 Lake Sugar Tree; Forest, VA Schedule subject to change with additions/deletions/ rescheduling

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Making History Cecil Sandford made history as the first rider to win a World Championship riding an MV Agusta. Now, at the age of 91, he is motorcycling’s oldest-surviving World Champion and still has vivid memories of Grand Prix racing in the 1950s.

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By MickMV’s last race, only Honda, YaOfield maha, and Aprilia have achieved more Grand Prix success.

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Les had suggested to Domenico Two years later Sandford that I ride for them in 1952.” made his Continental debut, ridAgusta had recently recruiting an AJS 7R in the Italian GP ed engineer Piero Remor and 2020 at Monza. “That was my firstPanigale time mechanic Arturo Magni from GilV2Remor abroad and Europe was still reera. designed MV’s first / Jerez, Spain covering from the war, very much 500 and first four-stroke 125, a so. A lot of road signs were still full DOHC Single; although Sandford of bullet holes and I remember the believes that Agusta was also inroads in France were still really volved with the smaller engine. “I rough and full of muck.” think the first 125 engine was the During the crucial early days old man’s idea—he was a good enof Sandford’s professional career gineer,” Sandford recalls. his mentor was Les Graham, win“The first time I saw the bike ner of the inaugural 1949 500cc was on the Isle of Man and the World Championship, with AJS. first time I rode it was in practice.

The Merseysider quit the strugIt had very narrow tires—you just gling Plumstead brand for MV at had to keep underneath the hedgthe end of 1950 and a year later es and try to make speed. I won recruited Sandford, 17 years his the race and I was on the way up.” junior, to the cause of Count DoSandford and the MV beat menico Agusta.

Carlo Ubbiali’s Mondial by one “Les called at the garage minute, 40 seconds to take his and owned by my sponsor Arthur TayMV’s first TT win, but the Count

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On the line were eight National Championships in the ASRA Sprint Series Presented by Pirelli Tire, decided by points accumulated over a seven-round season; four National Championships in the ASRA Team Challenge Series Presented by Michelin Tire, decided by points accumulated during an eight-round season; and 54 CCS National Championships, which were decided by winner-take-all sprint races. The Race of Champions also included two MotoGirlGT exhibition races, featuring only female competitors.

After a full day of mostly dry practice time and the Team Hammer Advanced Riding School on Friday, racing began in wet conditions on Saturday; the track dried out later in the afternoon and

(Above) Squid Hunter Racing’s Simone Corsi (47) sets up to pass Greg Melka (1) as they lead Max Angles (64) through Turn One during the CCS Heavyweight Supersport race race at Daytona International Speedway all on YZF-R6s. Photo by Lisa Theobald. (Above, Right) Jason Farrell (86) won in the wet in CCS GTU Expert and in the dry in CCS Middleweight SuperSport and Middleweight SuperBike Expert. Photos by Brian J. Nelson. stayed dry on Sunday.

Former Moto2 World Championship rider and 2008 125cc Grand Prix World Championship runner-up Simone Corsi rode a Pirelli-fitted Squid Hunter Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 in the ASRA Team Challenge race as part of a last-minute deal put together as a possible precursor to a Daytona 200 effort. The 32-year-old Italian took the overall lead on lap 30 of the race and turned laps as quick as 1:53.485 to pull away and claim the overall and GTU class victories by 13.869 seconds. “I love this track,” Corsi said in English from the podium. “The race was very difficult, but I enjoy it very much.

I want to thank my team. They did a great job.”

West Side Performance’s Christian Miranda, age 19, raced closely with Corsi but fell behind after the first and only round of pit stops. Miranda, however, held on to finish second overall and in the GTU class on his Yamaha YZF-R6. Series regular Lloyd Bay-

ley finished third overall and first in the GTO category on his BMW S1000RR. Jinba Ittai Motorsport’s Joel Lenk crossed the finish line fourth overall and second in the GTO class, and that was enough to claim the 2019 ASRA Team Challenge Overall and GTO Championships. Jinba Ittai Motorsport edged out seven-time ASRA Team Challenge Champion Grease Monkey Racing (Eric Helmbach/Stephen Hoffman) for both titles. Grease Monkey Racing finished the race sixth overall and third in GTO. JoeyO Racing (Robert Bettencourt/Sean Osowski) took 18th overall and won in the GT Lights category on a Yamaha FZ07, while fourth place in the GT Lights division was enough for Racing 101 (Doug Stufflebeam/ Gino Angella/Mark Evry/Joseph Ciesnik) to secure the GT Lights Team Challenge Championship.

The Team Challenge race was originally scheduled to run for 55 laps, but a crash in the chicane

Roger Morissette (60) took first place in CCS GT Lights and CCS Moto3 Expert on his Suzuki SV650.

Cameron Jones (239) won the wet CCS GT 500 Expert race on a Honda CBR500R and won the dry CCS 300 SuperSport and 300 SuperBike Expert races on a Kawasaki Ninja 300. Photos by Brian J. Nelson.

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The Possum Motorcycle Gathering The Possum Motorcycle Gathering, vintage bike show/swap meet.

Open to all bikes 35 years or older, Harley’s pre-EVO only. Limited on site camping available. 6 informally judged classes incl. competition. Limited camping available. Sevierville, Tenn., April 9-10. Contact pdeason@outlook.com or Facebook, “The Possum Motorcycle Gathering.”

Location: Sevierville, Tenn Contact: Patrick Deason - 912.266.2566

SWAP MEET & MARKETPLACE AD GUIDLINES Swap meet ads: AHRMA members may submit two free Swap Meet, non-commercial, motorcyclerelated ads of up to 50 words each, per issue. Each ad will run only once, but you are welcome to renew monthly. All ads will also be placed on www.ahrma.org for at least onemonth.

Marketplace ads: The Marketplace plan is specifically designed for small business owners. Members or non-members may submit an ad of up to 50 words and may include 1 photo. This ad will appear both on ahrma.org’s AHRMA Swap Meet page, and in AHRMA MAG’s Marketplace section for 2 issues, with photo.

Marketplace ads cost $25 for 60 days and may be renewed as many times as you like.

Please include: name, address, phone number and AHRMA membership number with your ad.

Go to: www.ahrma.org/classifieds-etc/

If you ride, restore, race, or just , recall , the amazing machines of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, the VJMC is for you!

VJMC Membership benefits include:

• Full color, 64 page magazine — 6 issues per year • Rides, rallies, and shows at the local, regional, and national level • Free classified ads in magazine and online • Member discounts from select vendors, sponsors and partners • Annual dues are US $30 / Canada $40 / All other countries $US 55 • Volunteer-based, nonprofit founded in 1977

Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club

www.vjmc.org 763.420.7829

JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2021

AMERICAN HISTORIC RACING MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION

WWW.AHRMA.ORG

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AHRMA National Headquarters 49 Ferguson Lane Elora, TN 37328

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