IN This Issue Executive Director.................................... 6
Tool Box Tips - Bike Restoration.........36
Road Race Director.................................. 7
Desoto - MX, XC......................................40
Dirt Track Director.................................... 7
Circle Bar Ranch - XC, MX, Trials.........44
Racing, an ageless pursuit...................10
2021 National Series Schedules ...... 56
Steets of Willow - RR..............................12
Race Previews.........................................58
Willow Springs Raceway - RR..............18
Ralph Hudson Skilled Trades Fund......59
White Lightning - XC, MX, Trials.........24
2021 Regional Schedules.................... 62
Blast from the past - Reddick MX......34
Marketplace / Swap Meet .................. 70
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Remembering Dick Mann Like many, I was certainly saddened by the passing of Dick Mann. There are givers and takers in this world, and Dick Mann was definitely a “giver!” After an illustrious racing career as one of America’s all-time greats, he continued to give generously (time and money) from the beginning of AHRMA until the very end, doing all he could for the organization, its members and events. Dick Mann was the consummate “all-a-rounder,” competing with great skill in all disciplines. He was also keenly interested in keeping the older machines on the track for all to see, hear and enjoy. For these reasons, we chose to create a special competition within AHRMA for 2021 to encourage discipline cross-over amongst our members on Premier class machines with the Dick Mann Team Challenge. Personally, I grew up in a motorcycle family and read everything related during the 1960s when just in grade school. Dick Mann was then, and now, one of my true heroes. I met him in the 1980s at either a USA National or the US World Round at Donner Ski Curt and Ossa Dick Mann Resort and was immediately taken by how open, Replica (DMR) friendly and enthusiastic he was. In the 1990s, I was honored to have him build my BSA B40 Trials Special (my favorite motorcycle to this day) and also sign my Ossa DMR (which I need to resurrect for AHRMA DT). Although Dick was not a big fan of the Japanese brands, he always took interest in the SL125 I campaigned back then in Classic 125 Expert—even defending my bike against accusations of cheating by more than one competitor who thought the bike was “too fast” to be legal. Thank you, Dick Mann, for a lifetime of memories, dedication to the sport and being a role model for many of us still here. Rest in Peace!! One-AHRMA – Curtis E. Comer AHRMA Executive Director 931.308.0338 curt.comer@ahrma.org
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