ACP National - MX

from AHRMA MAG March 2021, Vol. No. 3, Issue No. 2

Blast from the Past

24TH ANNUAL Duel in the Desert

Words/Photos By: Terry McPhillips

Redwood Engineering VMX Race Tech PVMX NextGen National Feb 6-7, 2021

The first Motocross race of the 2021 AHRMA season is now history. And what a race it was! The American Vintage Dirt Racers Association (AVDRA) and AHRMA combined to make one terrific weekend event promoting both AVDRA and AHRMA supporting vintage motorcycle racing for over 30 years! As usual, the AVDRA team ran an efficient and quality event on Saturday and Sunday.

AHRMA members came from as far away as New Jersey, Washington, Montana and Oregon to race this event. Tony Paul, AHRMA National Off-Road Director, and Terry McPhillips, AHRMA Southwest Off-Road Coordinator, handles AHRMA membership and registration both days. Chris Todd did a super job with Tech Inspection both days.

Saturday was the day for Post Vintage and Next Gen classes (along with support classes including a vintage class for those with vintage bikes who wanted to ride multiple days) that had 186 entries! The track was extremely well prepared by the Arizona Cycle Park (ACP) staff.

There was lots of close racing between the AVDRA members and the AHRMA members throughout the day! Also, there were several ideas passed between members of both organizations on bike modifications and preparation.

Saturday afternoon, AVDRA had a live band and provided food for all event participants. This was followed by the annual AVDRA awards. In these, you could tell that the members of both organizations were like minded and experienced a lot of good fellowship and bench racing. Sunday had all the vintage motorcycles on the track, which was, again, well prepared by the ACP staff. 180 entries show up to ride the very vintage friendly track on Sunday. Once again, the staff of AVDRA did an outstanding job running the event. The trophy presentation was well done, and Dave Boydstun was entertaining both days. Don Duquette won the “Cool Bike” award for his pristine Triumph Cub MXer. All in all, it was an outstanding weekend of racing with both AVDRA and AHRMA supporting each other!