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Cahuilla Creek - MX, XC, Trials
Cahuilla CreekMX, XC& Trails (pronounced: kah-wee-ah) By: Tony Paul
Hagerty AHRMA National Cross Country Series Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Vintage Motocross & Trials Series Race Tech AHRMA National Post Vintage Motocross Series
A self-promoted AHRMA National, in the Southwest Region (Southern California), was a shot in the dark since AHRMA member turnout with co-hosted events in the past have been light. However, the crew put in months of planning and hard work that ultimately paid off, and the event was a success. As most events, there is always room for improvement and our team is aware of those and after several discussions with the track owners, who now understand what we need in order to grow this event, I feel we are set to have a bigger and better outcome along with a more vintage-friendly MX track for 2022.
The event kicked off on a chilly Saturday morning with trials competition. Trialmaster, Morgan Proffitt, set up a wonderful trial with sections laid out in the rocky and hilly terrain of Anza, California. The sections were fun, vintagefriendly, yet challenging, for our upper-level riders such as Ralph Foster taking five points on the day and Matt Parsons with 10. 35 riders competed in the trial. Winners of the day’s event included: Premier Heavyweight Expert – Matt Parsons; Premier Heavyweight Intermediate – Michael Miller; Premier Lightweight Expert – Robert Belliciti; Prem Lightweight Intermediate – Tyrus Wilson; Classic Expert – Joe Klokkevold; Classic Intermediate – John Hart; Modern Classic Master - Ralph Foster; Modern Classic Expert –
Robert Bellicitti (59F), Shawn Davidson (511), Chet Mauer (67), Mark Amaro (R96), Rick Daniel (X21) Photo: Pauly Chambers
Randy Parkinson leads Andy Tchirkine Photo: Pauly Chambers
Chet Mauer; Modern Classic Intermediate – Wild Child Kaile Duncan; Modern Classic Novice - Sean Mckenna; Modern Twin Shock Intermediate – Michael Allison; Modern Twin Shock Novice - Jim Banker; ACM Expert – Rick Daniel; Beginner - Davis Duncan
After the Trial was completed, the event rolled into Cross Country on an amazingly well prepared loop laid out by Pat Wilkening (Patch Wookie) with the help of Jeff Bushey from Bushey Ranch. The course consisted of wide-open fast desert style sand woops, big, bermed corners and tight single track through the brush and even a couple tight, hard/easy split sections through some rocks laid out by Off-road Director, Anthony Paul. Cross Country is split into two separate races one being Vintage Cross Country pre1974 machines and all Women classes Post Vintage included, and all Novice classes Post Vintage included, followed by our Post Vintage Expert and Intermediate classes.
The first race of the day is our Vintage group taking off for their one hour plus a lap on the leader race. The first rider through the scoring tent was Chet Mauer in the Sportsman Open Expert leading the field of 20 riders. Chet would end up taking the overall in the Vintage Cross Country race followed by Wild Child Kaile Duncan racing on her Yamaha TY175 Trials bike taking second overall on the day.
Class winners: Chet Mauer – Sportsman Open Expert; Kalie Duncan – Sportsman Open Intermediate; Thad Wolff – Vintage 60+ Intermediate; Jeff Bushey – Vintage 60+ Expert; Robert Poole – Classic Expert: Mark Locke – Premier Expert; Joe Klokkevold – Sportsman 200 Expert; Jason Lindquist – Vintage 50+ Novice; Debbie Poole – Classic Intermediate; Sean Mckenna – Vintage 60+ Novice; James Nice – Post Vintage 60+ Novice; Luke Sayer – Premier Intermediate; Paul Piskor – Post Vintage Open Novice.
Unidentified Rider Photo: Pauly Chambers
Unidentified Rider Photo: Pauly Chambers
The Second Race of the day included the Post Vintage Intermediate and Expert racers along with a special support class called ‘Dual Sport.’ In order to qualify, you must have a headlight, taillight, side stand and license plate. Racers rode bikes from Yamaha WR250s up to a KTM 1190. They were divided into three separate classes: 450 and smaller; 451 to 650; Open. We had 13 AHRMA entries and eight Dual Sport entries.
The overall winner was Rick Daniel in the 50+ Expert class
Class winners: Ralph Foster – Post Vintage 200 Expert; Kelly Shane – Post Vintage 60+ Expert; Andrew Paquette – Post Vintage Open Intermediate; Pete Hughes – Post Vintage 60+ Intermediate; Jason Colon – Post Vintage 200 Intermediate; Tyrus Wilson – Post Vintage 60+ Expert; Ben Greenwood – Post Vintage 50+ Intermediate; Rickert Haag – Post Vintage 70+ Intermediate.
Dominic East (994), Chuck Peterson (17) Photo: Pauly Chambers
Dual Sport class winners:
Overall – Anthony Paul on a Robert Stickler-sponsored Husky 701 in the Dual Sport Open class. Matt Parsons won the 451-650 class and Pauley Chambers won the 450 and below class. As the day wrapped up, Bindi Bushey and Jeff Bushey prepared a fantastic meal. We ate and watched some supercross and told stories on the day’s events. Sunday morning the sun rose to a beautiful day of motocross racing. The Event featured 49 VMX riders and 73 entries as well as 29 PVMX riders for 46 entries and a total of 119 entries for the day.
Kalie Duncan dual-sporting it on her trials bike. CC (Left) & Trials (Below). Photo: Pauly Chambers
Debbie Benson (97T), Al Anderberg (7X), Andrew McKeag (68K), Richard Bryant (54X) Photo: Pauly Chambers
Winners on the day included: Premier
Lightweight Intermediate – Michael Miller; Sportsman 250 Expert – Micah Davis; Sportsman 500 Expert – Brian Curtis; Premier Novice – Richard Bryant; Sportsman Novice – Luis Bryant; Premier 500 Expert – Andrew Mckeag; 100cc Intermediate - Tony Devino; Classic 125 Intermediate – Robert Guerin; Classic 250 Intermediate – Andrew Paquette; Premier 350 Intermediate - Debbie Poole; Sportsman 250 Intermediate - Joshua Sparks; Vintage 70+ Intermediate - Lance Brown; Sportsman 125 Intermediate - Andrew Paquette; Vintage 60+ Intermediate - Tony Devino; Vintage 70+ Expert – Rick Williams; Classic 500 Intermediate - Douglas Brown; ESS 500 Expert – Brian Curtis; Premier Open Twins Expert – Matt Parsons; Sportsman Open Twin Expert – Marc Locke; Vintage Open Age Intermediate - George Amaro; Classic 125 Expert – Robert Bellicitti; Classic 250 Expert – Joe Klokkevold; Classic 500 Expert – Marc Locke; Premier Lightweight
Cliff Mee Photo: Pauly Chambers
– Jeff Mullins; Sportsman 125 Expert – Andy Tchirkine; ESS 500 Intermediate – Douglas Brown; Premier 500 Intermediate – Lance Brown; Premier Open Twins Intermediate – Luke Sayer; Sportsman 500 Intermediate – George Amaro; Vintage 40+ Novice – John Nelson; Vintage 60+ Novice – Tim Vasquez; Vintage Open Age Novice – Luis Bryant; Vintage Women Novice – Bindi Bushey; Vintage 40+ Expert – Jim Buckalew; Vintage 50+ Expert – Rick Daniel; Vintage 60+ Expert – Robert Bellicitti; Vintage Open Age Expert – Micah Davis; Next Gen Novice – Chuck Peterson; Post Vintage Women Novice – Debbie Benson; GP 250 Expert – Jeff Kelly; GP 500 Expert – Rick Daniel; Historic 250 Expert – Jason Colon; Post Vintage 100 Expert – Rob Nolin; Post Vintage 40+ Expert – Jim Buckalew; Ultima 500 Expert – Shaun Hamer; GP 250 Intermediate – Kenny Redelsperger; GP 500 Intermediate – Mike Lilleuig; Historic 250 Intermediate – Gerard Hayes; Historic 500 Intermediate – Pat Wilkening.
Every member who attended this great event left a winner. Personally, this has been my favorite venue for the combination of Trials, CC, and MX so far.
