#206 Andrew Blackburn
By: Albert Newmann
Photo by Kenny Lau - Awesome Shots
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AHRMA National racing made its return to Desoto Motorsport Park in Grand Cane, LA, after unfortunately taking its date off the previous year’s calendar. Ricky Parker has been active this last year with a redesign of the track layout so those from the area were finally getting a look at it for the first time. Unfortunately, with the unusual spring rains this year, the track was saturated in the weeks leading up to it and the usual touches from Ricky for AHRMA racing were not as abundant as in the past. The forecast leading up through the week was mild with rain but in the end, our good fortune from years past caught up. The Vintage program was able to proceed on Saturday however Sunday morning the skies unleashed a downpour of heavy rain for the morning and Post Vintage racing was canceled. Saturday we were racing though and race one saw Andy Blackburn of Rome, GA, returning to the track in perfect form. Andy jumped to the lead each moto and was victorious in the Vintage 100 Expert class. Richard Smith, aboard his very cool Ossa, won the ESS 250 Intermediate class over Bultacomounted David Crawford. Steve Snedegar of Willis, TX, also returned to action this weekend to win the Vintage 100 Intermediate group aboard his trusty Penton 100. The second race of the day was our highlight race with the 40
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Vintage Age Group classes on one gate that consisted of the Vintage 40+ Expert, 50+ Expert, 60+ Expert, and 50+ Intermediate. It was the Kyle Kyzer show though. The 40+ Expert from Sheridan, AR, led every lap of each moto over this fast group of racers. Two South Carolina racers, Rhett Smith and Dale Burroughs, swapped moto wins in the 60+ Expert class with Smith taking the win with his 2-1 finish. Brian Oakley held off John Moore in the Intermediate class racing each moto to win the overall. Scott Turk
AMERICAN HISTORIC RACING MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION
JUNE 2021
