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Stories • Vintage Superbike Heavyweight Class Preview • Daytona: A Perspective • 2022 Rule Changes • Dirt Track Rider of the Month

Race Reports

• Barber Vintage Festival RR, MX, XC, Trials • Pine Lake XC • Bushey Ranch - MX, XC

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traveled to Oklahoma recently to attend the muchanticipated T&S Racing National Off-road finals in Henryetta. The Trampas and Sherri Parker hospitality was memorable; they put on one heck of a show. The weather was perfect, rain had soaked the soil for non-stop, cross country, motocross, trials and dirt track under the lights. I had a blast, made new friends. I just hope I can remember all their names.

We wanted to include this major race weekend in the December issue but there just wasn’t time to pull it all together, properly. Look for full coverage in the next issue.

This month’s issue is packed with off-road coverage, and of course, the long-awaited recap of the successful Classic MotoFest™ at Barber Motorsports Park. You’ll also find a preview of next year’s Featured Vintage Cup—Vintage Superbike Heavyweight. There’s some updated information regarding the 2022 dirt track program and also a few pages outlining the 2022 rule changes. The 2022 Handbook will be at the printer or in the mail by the time you read this so check your mailboxes.

In this issue you will also see a rare race recap repair/ replacement. The Diamond Don’s Cross Country coverage in the November issue was incorrect. We are still scratching our collective heads over that one.

The correct version by “Chicago” Jerry Grakauskas has been included in this issue. We apologize for any perplexities this may have caused.

Associate Editor, Stephanie Vetterly, has been a big help assembling the pages. She’s the one responsible for the brilliant layouts each month while I’m busy putting the commas and periods where they belong.

She also overhauled the AHRMA Handbook formatting, a much-needed improvement that required many hours of work. You will be impressed. Thanks, Steph, for all you do. And a big tip o’ the hat to all the dedicated photo and race recap contributors who are listed each month in the column on the right. We couldn’t do it without you.

We are frustrated by the delayed November AHRMA MAG shipment to members after our attempts to get future issues out much earlier than in the past. The printer experienced a production delay which pushed the printing and shipping back two weeks. Blame it on the supply chain? Thank you for your patience.

Have a Happy Thanksgiving. Daytona is looming.

Enjoy the break.

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Cover Photo: Barber Vintage Festival Multi-Discipline showcase ROAD RACING: Jonathan Devine (044), Nick Hargis (42N), Matt Esterline (237); photo by etechphoto.com CROSS COUNTRY: Andrew Pickett(414), Randy Holdford (7RL); photo by Kevin McIntosh MOTOCROSS: Bill Hester (735); photo by Steph Vetterly MOTOTRIALS: Mark Hawk; photo by Steph Vetterly .......................................

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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 Jennifer and Dan Thornton 433 Caroline St Janesville, WI 53545 Phone: 608.322.3374 Email: membership@ahrma.org AHRMA COMMUNICATIONS Cindy McLean Phone: 904.477.6987 Email: cindy.mclean@ahrma.org

RACE DIRECTORS

ROADRACE DIRECTOR - TBA OFF-ROAD DIRECTOR Tony Paul: Phone: 256.665.1279 Email: offroad.director@ahrma.org DIRT TRACK DIRECTOR (INTERIM) Richard Brodock Phone: 615.945.9326 Email: richard.brodock@ahrma.org 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 kelly.ahrma@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 Jason Colon: 347.621.8841 jasoncolonahrma.gmail.com Luke Sayer: 562.841.3476 sayerlu@gmail.com James Korn: 407.494.8204 jim.korn@ahrma.org 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 tim.terrell@ahrma.org DECEMBER 2021

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IN This Issue Chairman’s Column................................. 8 Dirt Track Column.................................... 8 Luke Conner Collection.......................... 9 Vintage Superbike Heavyweight

Class Preview.......................................10 Daytona: A Perspective........................14 Barber: The Mecca ................................18

Road Racing ........................................22 Motocross............................................28

Cross Country......................................30 Trials......................................................34

Diamond Don’s - XC .............................42 Pine Lake Raceway - XC .......................44 Bushey Ranch - MX, XC.........................48 Northeast Region Update ..................52 Dirt Track Rider of the Month.............60 2022 Rule Changes...............................62 2022 National Series Schedules ...... 66 Marketplace / Swap Meet .................. 74

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bout three years ago I headed up a small search committee charged with finding AHRMA a new Executive Director, as our respected ED of many years had given notice to step down. We accepted and vetted over 75 applicants and settled on former pro racer and longtime AHRMA member, Curt Comer, as our guy. Curt came on board with a vision and passion that was right for AHRMA at that time, and still is.

As the wise old saying goes, “If you aren’t moving forward, you’re moving backward.” With the forces of time and attrition taking their toll, AHRMA was prime for an injection of fresh thinking and enthusiasm. For our organization to remain vibrant into the future, we needed to become more efficient, break down some internal barriers, and reach for the stars. Along with a newly rejuvenated board of trustees, Curt took AHRMA into the present by overseeing the modernization of our election process, the upgrading of our membership platform to MSR, and making the annual rules proposal process more efficient.

that our members yearned to race. Curt brought with him the notion that the friction between members of different disciplines was unnecessary and hindered AHRMA’s potential. P lans were made, and steps were taken to successfully remove those differences.

With his vision now in place, Curt will take more time to tend to his fleet of motorcycles, enjoy some personal time, enter more races, and taste the fruits of his labor.

Who knows, he may even show up as one of AHRMA’s amazing volunteers at some point. THANK YOU, CURT COMER for all you have done for AHRMA. See you at the track!

ARTHUR KOWITZ Chairman of the Board

For years, some of the promoters who partnered with AHRMA year in and year out had been taking advantage of our good nature. Curt brought on board race directors who challenged those opportunists to negotiate more fairly or move along. Our race directors were also encouraged to find higher profile racetracks

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he 2021 AHRMA Dirt Track season comes to an end as we set our sights on Turning The Corner. Turning The Corner is our multi-step plan for overhauling the dirt track program. A major step is already underway and that is planning a 2022 race schedule, expanding the territory of the program by reaching into areas the program has not been in many years. This will include more races on the west coast where earlier there this year we had one of the biggest turnouts in recent years and competed at Perris Raceway.

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We also aim to return to Sturgis, a new addition for 2021, to the Jackpine Gypsies M/C. One area I’m really excited for, being from there myself, is the midwest. With stops in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana in talks, we plan to reach our northern members.

While expanding, we must also maintain our presence in our current areas, that is why I am pleased to join the Southern Dirt Track Association at the Bullring in Ocala, FL, for two more rounds in 2022.

While I can’t disclose everything, I hope that by time this comes out we have some big announcements including some amazing new tracks and adding some bigger tracks in 2022.

SEE YOU AT DAYTONA! RICHARD BRODOCK Interim Dirt Track Director

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Luke Conner was born May 22,1960, in Lafayette, LA. Fishing and hunting were his favorite pastimes until he got his first motorcycle, a Honda 70. His family owned cattle but Luke wasn’t a cowboy, he herded cattle on his Honda. He rode his motorcycle to school rather than the bus. At 14, he landed his first job at a Honda shop in Lake Charles. He was a young father; his daughter, Jennifer, was born before he graduated high school and shares his love for motorcycles and racing. He earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering at McNeese University. Every day he rode his bike sixty miles to the Honda shop in Lake Charles.

Luke was larger than life. It’s impossible to think of a world without him. He was kind, generous, and ready to help anyone, anytime, anyplace. He loved people, especially his mother, was a loving husband and made every occasion a celebration, including cooking for racers at Barber. He never participated in

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unproductive nonsense, as he often said. He was tough but never rough, going above and beyond for family.

I will never forget his smile, his love for his old straw hat, the Union Jack t-shirts and smoking cigars.

He treasured the hand shifter, which not everyone can ride. He loved the Thruxton; reliable and fast. Luke’s bikes and racing brought him joy and to the Zen place he would go when racing around a track. He could feel his heart rate slow, and the world became a quiet place. His collection consisted of mainly road race and parts bikes. He purchased bikes he could share with his girls and his grandkids, and anyone interested in learning to ride. The 1965 Honda 305 Super Hawk was his daughter Jennifer’s first solo street ride. The 1970 BSA 441 Victor Special was his daughter Megan’s introduction to riding. The 1956 Harley KHK race bike was his mother’s favorite. He purchased a bike if the owner was in need or if it belonged to a friend who

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passed to keep a memory alive, like the 2003 Triumph 995i Tiger.

His dad, Adam, was his roadie and accompanied Luke to help and assist at the races. He taught his daughter Jennifer and his grandsons Joey and Tyler to build and maintain race bikes and continue the legacy. His son-inlaw, Will, was his mechanic, making sure every bike would bring Luke past the finish line safely.

If it had two wheels, went fast, and had a story, he wanted a piece of it: from putting his first-born daughter on the tank of his CBX Supersport hearing her yell to “go faster,” to road racing with AHRMA, winning national championships on Harley KHKs, sponsoring road races through Luke’s Racecraft, flat track racing, introducing drag racing to AHRMA, to passing the torch too soon. He was elected Chairman of AHRMA Board of Directors in 2019, and his thank you article featured him racing the 1985 Husqvarna MXer. He was awarded a Sportsman of the Year Trophy in 2018.

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THE FEATURED VINTAGE CUP SERIES FOR 2022: vintage superbike heavyweight

Freddie Spencer circa 1980s PHOTO COURTESY OF THE DOM EMDE COLLECTION

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WORDS: JOE W. KOURY (EXCERPTS OF THIS ARTICLE COURTESY OF CYCLE NEWS/LARRY LAWRENCE DECEMBER 6, 2017 ARCHIVES: SUPERBIKE RACING PRE-1976) Here’s a little background on American Superbike racing.

Superbike was once broken down into two and then three classes. The first Superbike race to be held as part of an AMA National Road Race at Laguna Seca in 1973 featured Heavyweight and Lightweight classes. Then later, there were three classes: Heavyweight, 750cc and Lightweight. AMA Superbike racing— like many other championships, most notably AMA Supercross—began small, with just a few events before finding an audience and blossoming into a full-blown AMA National Championship. In the case of Superbike racing, the class emerged from production racing in club events across the country, most specifically in Southern California. By the late ‘60s and early ‘70s big four-stroke street bikes like the Honda CB750, Kawasaki Z1 and various European models such as the Ducati 750S, BMW R90S and even a few Triumphs, Nortons, Laverdas and Moto Guzzis were being raced by club racers.

Superbike Production racing was catching on quickly because fans could relate to the machines since they were almost exactly like the production models they might buy off

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the showroom floor. The other factor was Yamaha’s sheer domination in American road racing. By the mid1970s, Yamaha TZs were almost required if you were to have any shot of winning an AMA National Road Race in both the main National class and the Lightweight (250GP) class.

In 1976, Reg Pridmore and Steve McLaughlin dominated the new series riding the Butler & Smith-prepped BMW R90S. Wes Cooley (Suzuki) and Eddie Lawson (Yamaha) would dominate Superbike racing until 1982.

Honda fielded a team in 1982 that swept the Daytona Superbike race with Freddie Spencer, Mike Baldwin and Roberto Pietri. This would be the final run of the 1000cc era. Superbike racing switched to 750cc machines the following year.

AHRMA’s Vintage Superbike Heavyweight (VSBHW) class harkens back to that same era of 1000ccbased machines with its own mix of highly developed race bikes. The top five finishers in 2021: David Crussell (Kawasaki GPz1000), Jesse Davis (Yamaha XV920), Curtis Adams (Honda CB750), Alexander Cook (Moto Guzzi Le Mans) and Will Brint (Honda CBX). 2022 promises to be an exciting year for this historic class.

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In addition to the build, prep, throttle twisting, and normal trophies and awards, there are some special perks for competitors in the Featured Vintage Cup including: •

Early access to paddock for pre-entered VSBHW racers • Racer spotlight features in AHRMA MAG • Class champion on cover of AHRMA MAG • Enhanced trophies throughout the season • Special awards for the series champion • Articles and photos on the Roadracing World website: www.roadracingworld.com • Roadracing World print magazine exposure for AHRMA and VSBHW riders Check out the eligible model list, review the AHRMA Handbook and go find a suitable platform.

Build it!

Race it!

Here’s a breakdown of AHRMA’s eligible Vintage Superbike Heavyweight models.

(Review the AHRMA Handbook for more details at https://www.ahrma.org/ahrma-handbook.com):

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Pushrod Twin

H-D Sportster, XR1000, BMW twins, Moto Guzzi

unlimited

Pushrod Triple

Triumph Trident, BSA Rocket 3

unlimited

OHC twin

Yamaha XS650/750, XV750/920

unlimited

Six-cylinder

Honda CBX (early and Pro-link)

1047

Kawasaki KZ900 (Z1), KZ/GPz750, Suzuki GS750, Honda CB750 SOCH, CB750 Nighthawk

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Unrestricted intake (two-valve) Four-cylinder DOHC (four-valve)

Honda CB750 DOHC, Su- 931 zuki GS750 (four-valve)

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Honda CB900F, Yamaha 900 Seca, Kawasaki KZ1000, GPz1100*, ELR, Suzuki GS1000 twovalve, GS1000S Katana, GS1100*

Four-cylinder OHC

stock bore

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* GPz1100, GS1100, and XS1100 fours may be used but must displace less than 1025cc and use 29mm restricted or stock carburetors. See AHRMA Handbook for details

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A look back AMA Superbike Results

FINAL 1976 AMA SUPERBIKE POINT STANDINGS: 1 Reg Pridmore BMW 69 2 Steve McLaughlin BMW 36 3 Gary Fisher BMW 33 4 Cook Neilson Ducati 33 5 Mike Baldwin Moto-Guzzi 32

FINAL 1977 AMA SUPERBIKE POINT STANDINGS: 1 Reg Pridmore BMW/Kaw 71 2 Cook Neilson Ducati 68 3 Mike Baldwin Moto Guzzi 56 4 Ron Pierce BMW 53 5 Kurt Liebmann Moto Guzzi 26 Arthur Kowitz Kawasaki 39 Malcome Tunstall Ducati

FINAL 1978 AMA SUPERBIKE POINT STANDINGS: 1 Reg Pridmore Kawasaki 54 2 John Long BMW 54 3 Paul Ritter Ducati 47 4 Harry Klinzmann BMW 46 5 Wes Cooley Suzuki 15 Malcome Tunstall Ducati

FINAL 1979 AMA SUPERBIKE POINT STANDINGS: ABOVE (clockwise): Dennis Parish (1T), WIll Brint (118), Jesse Davis (03), David Crussell (117), Alexander Cook (092), Will Brint (118), Curtis Adams (045); PHOTOS BY ETECHPHOTO.COM

1 Wes Cooley Suzuki 58 2 Ron Pierce Suzuki 55 3 Freddie Spencer Kawasaki 51 4 Richard Schlachter Kawasaki 45 5 Harry Klinzmann Kawasaki 30 50 Malcome Tunstall Ducati 52 David Aldana Suzuki

FINAL 1980 AMA SUPERBIKE POINT STANDINGS: 1 Wes Cooley Suzuki 128 2 Eddie Lawson Kawasaki 121 3 Freddie Spencer Honda 111 4 David Aldana Kawasaki 99 5 Chuck Parme Kawasaki 62 25 Carry Andrew Kawasaki 33 Malcome Tunstall Ducati

FINAL 1981 AMA SUPERBIKE POINT STANDINGS: 1 Eddie Lawson Kawasaki 125 2 Freddie Spencer Honda 115 3 Wes Cooley Suzuki 91 4 Mike Spencer Honda 84 5 Harry Klinzmann Kawasaki 8 Carry Andrew Kawasaki

FINAL 1982 AMA SUPERBIKE POINT STANDINGS: LEFT: Start of race 1982; L-R: Rusty Sharp (99), Steve Wise (38; number hidden), Roberto Pietri (88), Steve McLaughlin (43), Eddie Lawson (21) Wayne Rainey (60) PHOTOS COURTESY OF DENNIS PARRISH DECEMBER 2021

1 Eddie Lawson Kawasaki 151 2 Mike Baldwin Honda 142 3 Wayne Rainey Kawasaki 114 4 Wes Cooley Suzuki 109 5 Steve Wise Honda 104 16 Harry Vanderlinden Kawasaki 20 David Aldana Suzuki 23 Carry Andrew Kawasaki 28 Arthur Kowitz

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daytona: better tha WORDS & PHOTOS: GREGG BONELLI

You may have heard that there is nothing like Daytona. That’s true, but it’s not what you think. I’ll try to be more specific since our season begins there next year.

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can race anywhere they said at the time, and that’s true still.

It is not the world’s most difficult track, nor is it the longest or the most dangerous. But it is iconic in the singular bludgeon it uses to beat down those who think themselves brave enough to do anything—Speed. You can go faster, longer, than anywhere else and still be road racing. Oh,

yes, the Isle of Man has longer straights and the mountain course is unparalleled. But it is public road and looks like it, even out in the remoteness of the empty meadows.

Going fast on a public road, or something that looks like it, is relatable to our everyday riding experiences. It’s thrilling to go flat out through the village past

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and wasn’t all that sure that I was up for it. We finished, but it took something out of me: the everpresent desire to ride something that would go faster was gone when the race was over.

There was no chicane on the backstretch then, just a sudden lurch from being at top speed to being in the air at 31 degrees looking down and away as you were pinned to the tank with forces strong enough to keep you from lifting your head up. It smashed all of the travel out of the suspension instantly and the bikes that were weaving were actually flexing their spokes and frames in an undulating harmonic of ‘now we’re loose, now we’re tight’ that would last as long as the race or until something failed.

The Goodyear man came around and looked at our wheels and those of us still running tubes with tightened valve stem nuts were told to leave them loose because some tubes had their stems ripped out by the centrifugal loads inside the wheels pulling down causing a sudden flat tire. Tubeless tires were recommended, but we had spoke wheels and that was thought to be too risky.

an the beach the pub on the way home, but it’s been done. Daytona International Speedway, is a speed factory with degree banking. It is a huge unnatural place with no visible buildings or skyline. Jet planes take off and land next to the backstretch, but that’s the closest marker you’ll have for how fast you’re going.

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making it pass sound tech until the last second—I was numb when I saw the trap speed of over 180 miles per hour. It had seemed fast when I was out there, terrifyingly so, but the reality of it was in another realm.

The G forces pressed me into the tank so hard that it pushed my lips apart and left teeth prints on the inside of my Bell helmet.

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Years before, Hailwood had come to the Speedway when the FIM sanctioned and ran the first U.S. Grand Prix, but he didn’t win. He set a speed record beforehand, but the bike let him down in the race. The AMA and the FIM had just split up over their philosophies of racing machines and while it looked to some like Harley-Davidson was acting the spoiler by pulling out to keep its flathead 750cc racers alive against the specialized OHC European GP bikes, it was more fundamental than that.

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Daytona twins and later on the 750 Triples with their Rob North frames. The game was played out on three levels with engineers oceans apart, quality talent at the controls and Daytona as the battleground.

Every year after the season ended there came the silly season where dummy engine machines were trotted out and displayed at international shows around the globe foretelling what would be new in the spring. Come March, and Daytona, the speculation ended as the time came to line ‘em up and let ‘em race for 200 miles to see what they could do and who could do it the longest.

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put on for production machines mostly for endurance and the Grand Prix contests being dominated by special-built machines. This was true of cars and motorcycles and what would become Formula One as well as the precursor to MotoGP. Harley had more of a NASCAR mindset and believed what you raced on Sunday would sell better on Monday, if it won.

Italian suspension and brakes all pretending to be ‘Made in the U.S.A.’ The U.K. had to be restricted to OHV 500cc machines under the new rules and were still able to garner wins with Gary Nixon and Gene Romero on their little

I was there to see Gary Fisher scream away from the start on his Honda CB750 to everyone’s surprise and then fail with a mechanical issue only to be replaced by the venerable and steady Dick Mann on his similar machine showing what big-bore Japanese machines were capable of. I was their every spring, come hell or high water, through many jobs, several women, and advances in license from Novice to Junior to Expert. I had no illusions, however, about winning the big one; that took support

There was a bit of hypocrisy at work, however, as Harley had purchased Aermacchi after the war and catalogued their suspension and brake components making them legal for AMA racing while none of their showroom bikes had them.

The little 250cc Sprint off the showroom was replaced by the Aermacchi purpose-built GP bikes with different everything from the pushrods to the frame to the Oldani or Ceriani brakes. In the big bike class, however, was the exotic dinosaur of all time, the flathead XR750 with Cal Rayborn winning national road races on a diesel locomotive-driven, archaic tube-framed device with 16

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and money and I had neither. I built my own bikes, tuned them, and finished as well as I could. I took consolation from the fact that I often beat Kenny Roberts, who frequently failed to finish. I was there through many failures by many riders to manage all the place required and mourned the passing of some great racers and good friends. Still, I kept going until we stopped going. Now AHRMA is going back.

In 1994 I finally won my race on the same 1972 Yamaha TR3 I had been bringing for thirty years. AHRMA’s F500 was well

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attended at the time, and I had started well, ran up front and been patient when there was a red flag and thankful that I had thought to park a gas can behind the wall just in case something like that might occur. On the restart, I was third going out onto the banking and the leaders pulled away and disappeared.

Unknown to me they both failed to finish having run out of fuel and the little dice I had with an RD400 through the infield the last few laps was actually for the win.

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other races are in a different perspective than before, which is one of the reasons it is so worth doing. There are braggarts out there, running their mouth about how they did this or that, but when you ask them to tell you about the time they won Daytona, they are usually left silent. Sure, there are different races of different lengths with different fields and all that, but its still the same racetrack and whether they change it in little ways or not, its still unique in the racing world.

Daytona—there is simply nothing like it.

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BARBER THE MECCA WORDS: RICK PATROLIA #204 PHOTOS: KEVIN MCINTOSH, STEPH VETTERLY

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fter a year of shutdown from COVID-19 in 2020, this year seemed to find the masses trying to make up for lost time.

Everyone and his brother were out and about to see the sights and sounds that were so sorely missed.

Way down yonder, in a little hamlet known as Leeds, Alabama, just outside Birmingham, resides a Formula One Grand Prix racetrack known as Barber Motorsports Park.

George Barber built this facility on a site of rolling hills and natural terrain that includes a museum with a pristine example of almost every motorcycle ever manufactured. A smattering of formula race cars from years gone by and exhibits that would have any enthusiast in awe.

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Every year for the past 16 seasons, the faithful have made the trek to the Barber Vintage Festival.

With an eerie spectator-less slate of AHRMA vintage races last year, along with two days of rain to add to the mix, the 2021 event would prove to be a bumper year for everything motorcycle and perfect weather. The AHRMA racers started a procession into the paddock on Wednesday, getting set up and meeting old friends and new. The excitement was already in the air. As practice began on Thursday morning, the swap meet and countless vendors were setting up for the rush of folks from all over the country making their way to the motorcycling Mecca.

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Jerry and Dee Wood were making preparations for the annual vintage motorcycle auction to be held on Sunday afternoon. The “swap meet” took up two large sections of ground as far as the eye could see.

Everything you could imagine, from whole bikes to parts and pieces of every manner and description. You never know who you might bump into. One vendor had a Scott Russell replica helmet in his area, and who should walk by, but five-time Daytona 200 winner, Scott himself, who graciously autographed it for him.

Just tripled the value of that helmet.

George Barber does an incredible job of placing unique sculptures throughout the facility, from a giant spider to a blow-up church. A tram system is set up

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to take patrons all around the park with stops along the way. It’s like Disneyland for bikers.

A stop at the “Wall of Death” or to take in a rock concert is a must, while the sights, sounds, and smells of vintage racing take center stage.

All in all, it’s just sensory overload for four days.

After the races, it was time to hook up the motor home and head south to Daytona Beach Florida.

The CCS/ASRA Race of Champions happens the following week. The thoughts of hurtling around the high banks of DIS, flat out, on a 3.5-mile road course brings on a heightened sense of excitement.

As we set up our bikes and equipment in the open-air garages, my new neighbor pulls out a T-150 from the back of his van. All decked out in bodywork and colors of the ‘70s Factory Triumph Triples. As he put it up on the race stand, in all its glory, I approached to meet the owner. His name was Al Charles, a name I knew from AHRMA racing for the past 30 years.

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He had a sticker on his fairing with a picture of Dick Klamfoth, threetime winner of the Daytona 200, back in the days of racing on the beach.

He beat those Harleys and Indians with his trusty Norton and started the British invasion.

Al told me that Dick was his father-in-law, which meant that his wife, and pit crew, Kristy, was Dick’s daughter. Sadly, Dick passed away in 2019, but left behind a legacy that memorializes the Daytona 200. I sat with Kristy as she told me the story of how the idea of a Monument came to be, and how the “powers that be” in Daytona Beach found him a piece of property right on the beach to build his dream. Through hard work,

his vision materialized, and is now a permanent part of the landscape on the boardwalk behind the Hilton Hotel overlooking the plaza with the half shell. Thousands come every year to look at the plaques of all the racers who won the 200 over the years, past to present. The brick walkway surrounding the granite slab, was paved by contributions from enthusiasts, and I stopped to see my brick emblazoned as a donor. Bob Coy, the founder of the USCRA (United States Classic Racing Association) in NH, and a member of the board for the Monument, as well as the Motorsports Museum in Loudon, NH, has a new plaque on the wall as well.

The Daytona 200 monument became a reality thanks to the hard work of Dick and Beverly Klamfoth. It was dedicated in March 2002 and can be found near the beachfront site of the old Daytona 200 course. Featured on the monument are the 12 race winners from 1937 (Ed Kretz) to 1960 (Brad Andres). zuwºæx {u}q~{q

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At the track, when the time came to race the Triumph, it started with a sound only a triple can make.

With its open megaphone, it was like music to my ear. Al took his place on the front row and got off to a great start. The sound of that 750 “stretching its legs” through the trioval, past start/finish, made a howl that puts fear in the hearts of mortal men.

The ROC is a National Championship for more modern machinery, and the Triumph is slightly outdated, but none the less, it was the best sounding bike out there.

Returning to the garage, Al had a grin from ear to ear. The bike ran like a watch, and rekindled a feeling not felt at Daytona in 50 years, and I was living it and loving it.

AHRMA, the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association, has been able to procure a date to bring back the sights and sounds of vintage racing to the high banks of Daytona. January 7-9, 2022, kicks off the AHRMA season with a full slate of races including the everpopular sidecars.

In March during Bike Week, and the 2022 “Daytona 200,” the annual “Over the Hill gang” breakfast is to be held, along with the unveiling of the new plaques at the Monument and a celebration of, I believe, 25 years since its inception.

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fter last year’s Vintage Festival cancellation and two days of racing in a downpour, we were lucky to race, full festival, under ideal conditions. There was obviously some pent-up demand for the annual gathering of vintage motorcycle enthusiasts. Barber Motorsports Park was packed. The big AHRMA family reunion cannot be overstated. The carnival atmosphere and trolling the swap meet were added bonuses. This Classic MotoFest™ featured Trials, Cross Country and Motocross just across the road. But the weekend was bittersweet for me since I was competing in my final two roadraces.

Yep, hangin’ up the ol’ leathers, so I must briefly brief you on my final laps.

Fate was fortunate for me in race one.

I had a broken spoke-induced flat rear tire mid-race after regaining a couple positions from hard-charging Randy Knoop and Marc Purslow. A red flag popped up right after I leaned my bike against the guard rail; I had crossed the finish line in third on the previous lap, and that’s where I finished. My son, Joe Koury, won

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on lap five. Demetrius closed the gap late and won by just over a second.

Great racing. Chris Spargo won both 250GP races easily.

In race four, the lap times would drop with the BOT 1 riders. Nate Kern took the win both days over Gary Orr (both riding BMW R nineTs); Brian Larrabure third on Saturday and Jim Padron third on Sunday.

Rob Hall (Honda) was the victor on Saturday and Sunday in the 200GP class (1:48, 1:49 lap times on a 1965 Honda CB160?!) with Chris Spargo (Yamaha) keeping him in sight for second; Chris Akaydin finished a distant third in both races. John Rickard took the win in Classic Sixties 650 over Greg Tomlinson and Jake Hall who swapped second and third. Tomlinson and Jake Hall had quite a tight finish (0.2-seconds) Saturday. Andy Findling won Classic Sixties over John Snead and Patrick McGraw Saturday. Alex McLean won it Sunday over Dave Tompkins and Findling.

the race followed by Bob Lewin. Joe won again on Sunday, with Lewin second and Purslow third. It was an Alex McLean, Dave Tompkins, Scott Dell podium both days in the Class C Footshift race. Tim Joyce won both Class C Handshift races over Ralph Wessell and Mike Baker. Mitch Skaggs was the victor both days over Beasley Ayers, with Winston Spencer third Saturday and Corey Golla behind Ayers on Sunday.

Ralph Staropoli (Honda RS250R) was on cruise control in Saturday’s Open Two-stroke race with a comfortable lead over Brian Surtees (Yamaha TZ250). Brian kept closing the gap and just nipped Ralph at the finish.

Greg Glevicky (TZ250) chased the Suter 500 of Adrian Jasso, getting by in the corners but losing the HP battle on the straights. He was determined though and eventually made a pass he was proud of stick for third place.

I asked Staropoli about the finish later in the day. He gave me that “it

won’t happen again” look. He won on Sunday over Surtees by 11-seconds with Jasso in third.

The Next Gen Superbike Middleweight class provided some close racing.

Rick Patrolia and Harry Vanderlinden were tight at the finish in second and third, respectively, on Saturday.

Jonathan Hollingsworth won convincingly both days. Cameron Crockett was third on Sunday. Daniel May won both Bears races over Stan Keyes.

The 2021 Featured Vintage Cup race was next, and a contest many were looking forward to. The 500 Premier Championship would be decided this weekend at Barber with Andrew Mauk holding a fragile 171-point lead over Tim Joyce coming in. Tim would have to win both days to claim the title and on Saturday he did just that to pull within six points. Tim put a little gap on the pack early with Tony Read (’68 BSA 500 single) a surprise second place over Andrew Mauk (Honda CB450) and Wes Orloff (Honda CB450).

The Beezer had some pull on the Honda twin out of Charlotte’s Web! Andrew eventually passed Tony on lap six, but Tony stayed in the hunt until his rear tire lost its battle with the tarmac in turn five. His off-road riding skills came in handy; he saved it. But Joyce cruised his Norton Manx to the win followed by Mauk, Orloff and the recovered Read.

The ever-popular CB160 Le Mans start followed. Rob Hall took the win

There were 31 bikes gridded for Saturday’s SoS 3 battle in race two. Ralph Stropoli won twice over Jonathan Schendel. Adrian Jasso and Stewart Aitken-Cade had quite a battle for third Saturday though, with Jasso on top at the line and AitkenCade grabbing third on Sunday.

Both Formula 250 races were close.

Colton Roberts (Yamaha RD250) led every lap after Marc Brown’s (Honda CB350) early lead. Bob Demetrius (Honda CB350) hounded Roberts getting within one second on lap five. It was Roberts by three seconds at the finish over Demetrius on Saturday. Demetrius led early on Sunday, but Roberts grabbed the lead DECEMBER 2021

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both days over Christopher Akaydin.

Joe Koury finished third by half a second after a race-long fight with Tim Terrell and Chris Marlow. Marlow would claim the third podium step on Sunday. But the other tight scuffle on Saturday was for seventh place between Stuart Sanders, Charles Miller and Danny Habermel finishing within a second of each other, with Sanders in front.

Race eight featured the sidecars.

The winners both Saturday and Sunday: Brett Leveque/Brian Dobrowolski Modern USF2; Peter Essaff/Dustin Richards Modern TT2; Bill Willmeroth/Nick Hargis Modern USF1 (side-by-side finish with Essaff/Richards); Jim Jowers/ Ellen Yampolsky Super Vintage SC2 (in a squeaker over Eric Trosper/ Celia Trosper); Dave Kaechele/Jason Vaden Formula Classic SC4; Timothy J. O’Brien/Adam Cramer Lost Era SC3 (by just .4 seconds over Larry Coleman/Haral Carlin); Michael Platt/ Karna Kerr Vintage SC1; Byron P. Hannah/Adam Bower Classic Big Wheel. It was cool watching the 981 Triumph of O’Brien/Cramer exiting the final turn sideways every lap.

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Formula Vintage race both days on his “Son of Lurch” Yamaha XV920.

The competitive Sportsman 500 race resulted in six different podium finishers. Saturday, Michael Murray won with Kevin Hipp three ticks behind in second and Joseph Wright third. On Sunday, Stephen Hipp beat the champ, Eric Cook, by less than a second with Simon Brown in third.

Jerry Duke won Saturday’s 350GP race over Alex McLean and Dave Roper. Sunday, it was McLean, Roper and Jim Jowers.

Race 10 featured one of AHRMA’s fastest modern classes, Sound of Thunder 1. Kevin Callaway thundered his Kramer EVO2R to the win by just a half second over Ducati Panigale 1199s-mounted Steve Metz and the Ducati X80R of Patrick Lansu only two seconds back. Close racing, fast laps. On Sunday, Brian Dobrowolski would win on his Triumph 675 by just 0.2-seconds over Metz with Lansu in third. Ralph Staropoli won the SOS 2 races — over great battles between Adrian Jasso and Steve Alexander — on his Honda FTR250.

Scott Billings and Rodney Menke split wins both days over Christopher Parrot on Saturday and Michael Platt on Sunday in Next Gen Superbike.

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Race 11 was a preview of next year’s Featured Vintage Cup, the Vintage Superbike Heavyweight class. Jesse Davis (Yamaha XV920) jumped out to a lead on Saturday, but Dale Quarterly (Kawasaki GPz1000) started nibbling away and finally passed Davis for the win on the last lap. David Crussell (Kawasaki Z1R) finished third. Davis won on Sunday, by just 1.7-seconds over an impressive ride by Curtis Adams (Honda CB750F), with Dennis Parrish (Honda CB900F) in third.

Adams stalked and passed Davis late in the race, but lappers foiled his plan on lap seven in Charlotte’s Web.

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The Saturday Formula 750 race finish was probably the closest and most exciting of the weekend.

Kenny Cummings (NYC Norton Seely Commando) led Trip Nobles (Harley-Davidson XR750TT) and Mark Morrow (Yamaha RD400) for several laps including some fierce racing between Cummings and Nobles. Nobles would claim the win by 0.84-seconds, with a hard charge

by Morrow at the finish to just edge Cummings by 0.04-seconds!

Helluva race.

Jim Eich beat Matt Joy to the finish in Saturday’s Vintage Superbike Lightweight race by a wheel with Lance Yeager in third. Matt beat Jim the following day with John Rickard third. In one of my fave classes, Sportsman 350, David Miller won on Saturday after Michael Murray took an early lead. Stephen Hipp finished second, Eric Cook third. On Sunday, Miller repeated but Eric Cook made it a race to the photo finish for second with Simon Brown third.

Next Gen Superbike 2 served up some delightful dicing. Gary Orr (Suzuki GSX-R750) fought from fourth place mid-race to take the win over Jim Padron (Honda RC51) and Chris Akaydin (Honda RC51) in Saturday’s race; Akaydin just 0.02-seconds behind Padron. On Sunday, Eric Burrell (Ducati 996) and Akaydin tangled and had a great race with Burrell getting the victory by less than a second. Scott Billings (Ducati 916) finished third. Dale Quarterly (Kawasaki Ninja 400) won Saturday’s Sound of Thunder 3 race by three seconds over Chris Haesemeyer (Suzuki SV650) followed by Daniel Miller (Suzuki SV650). Sunday it was Haesemeyer, Miller and John Deuser (SV650).

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The Thruxton Cup finishing order was the same both days: Clint Austin, Paul Canale, Edward Blount. But Canale gave Austin a run just barely coming up short on Saturday. AHRMA Academy of Roadracing instructor, Mark Morrow (Yamaha RD400), won both Formula 500 races. Martin Morrison (Honda CB550) took second on Saturday, Eric Lukehart (Yamaha RD400) was third in a close finish with Morrison. Sunday, Michael Wilson grabbed second on his RD350 with Kevin Dinsmoor (Honda CB550) third. Sportsman 750 is always interesting with the mix of twin-cylinder and four-cylinder machines. Matt Esterline (Honda CB750) edged Stephen Pettinger (Honda CB750) by 0.4-seconds on Saturday with AHRMA’s smilin’ tech inspector, Michael Dixon (Yamaha XS650), third after a close race and finish with Brady Ingelse (Honda CB750). Nick Hargis would ride his dad’s (Jeff Hargis) Yamaha XS650 to victory on Sunday with Esterline

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second and Pettinger third.

“Look at all them motorcycles! 50, count ‘em.” No less than 50 bikes gridded for race 14, SoT 2. There was some mighty fine racing to witness. Kevin Callaway beat Brian Dobrowolski to the finish by 0.6-seconds followed by Nate Kern a second back. This three-pack went through turn five side-by-side with several lead changes. Sunday, Dobrowolski won with Nate Kern second and Chris Haesemeyer third.

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to the end — the racing AND the championship. Randy Sullinger won on Saturday, Harry Vanderlinden second with Jonathan Hollingsworth third, all separated by less than one second. On Sunday, Sullinger would win again with the Vanderlinden/ Hollingsworth dustup continuing where it left off the day before.

Hollingsworth had the title sewed up, but not by a comfortable margin.

He finally shook loose from Harry with two laps to go and caught Sullinger in turn one on the last lap.

He attempted an outside pass going into Charlotte’s Web but the front brakes squealed, gave up, and put Jonathan on the ground handing the championship over to Vanderlinden.

Heck of a way to end the season but Jonathan is young and fast, has the DNA, so there will be more opportunities.

Vintage Superbike Middleweight went down to the wire on Saturday when Paul Elledge squeaked one out over the reigning champ, Kevin Rammer by a hair. Rammer would win with a good margin the next day. Jeremy Maddrill finished third in both races.

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lead and won by 11-seconds over Lansu and Dobrowolski. On Sunday, it was another Metz victory by nineseconds with Dobrowolski second and Lansu third both separated by a tenth of a second. Metz would set the fastest lap of the weekend in this race, a blazin’ 1:31.696. In the BoT 2 race, Tony Prust won Saturday’s race over Clint Austin and Bob Robbins.

Sunday, Austin beat Prust with Matthew Estell in third.

Nicolosi won the Formula Extreme race Saturday and Sunday and AHRMA Executive Director, Curtis Comer, won both Formula Lightning races.

And finally, the last race of the day, Formula Thunder and BoT 2. Steve Metz jumped into the lead in the 24-bike Formula Thunder race followed

by Brian Dobrowolski and Chris

Haesemeyer. Kevin Callaway soon moved into second with Dobrowolski third and Patrick Lansu fourth.

Callaway passed Metz on lap seven but crashed soon after. I was amazed at the ride Curtis Adams was putting down on his 40-year-old Honda CB750F. He was in the top five for part of the race! Metz stretched his

Congrats to all the 2021 National Roadrace Champions. Thank you AHRMA staff, volunteers and sponsors for all your efforts and contributions throughout the long racing season. It is your passion and dedication that makes all this possible. The off-season will be short. Enjoy the time off but get those machines ready for Daytona! Another Classic MotoFest™!

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#1: Kelly Shane, Tony Paul, and Tim Borgfield #2: Tim Banks (184) #3: Cliff Mee (19W) #4: Matthew Celender (291), Chris Dublin (605) #5: Al Anderberg (7x) #6: Gary Cagrille (10x), and Ty Roberts (503) #7: Trini and Terry Cunningham; after the start of the race, Terry could be found at the final hill of the course getting ready to cheer on his wife... every lap! #8: Kelly Shane getting ready to release the Vintage 60+ Novice class, Steve Clark (A20) and Terry Wright (62) #9: Rob Roberts (502) had a rough start to Moto 1; just off the start line, his Penton dies. Despite several kicks, it was not to be. Prior to Moto 2, Rob swapped out for a fresh spark plug, and was able to come back to take a second-place finish, earning third overall in the Vintage 50+ Intermediate class.

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’m sure most riders were hoping for a little ‘dust control’ precipitation in the days preceding the 2021 Redwood Engineering AHRMA National Vintage Motocross Series at Barber Motorsports Park and the final Classic MotoFest™ of the year. The weather gods delivered, but they forgot to turn off the rain spigots; the off-road areas were soggy, muddy, slippery and slimy. The pits and parking areas and swap meet were no exception.

Special thanks to the volunteers who worked hard to ensure a smooth-running race program: Kelly and Maggie Shane, Kristine Zmuda, Joesph Broadway, James Broadway, Lucy Broadway, PJ Aguirre, Doug Rainey, Matt Parsons and Brandon.

The mud caused an otherwise vintage-friendly track to be challenging with the elevation changes. The final turn on the course was very tight exiting up a muddy hill that was tricky.

Some riders experienced their first ‘hand on the helmet’ start with the bikes in neutral and all left hands on the side of helmet. I remember those pre-starting gate, pre-rubber band racing days.

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e once again returned to the Barber Motorsports Complex just east of Birmingham, Alabama. This is truly one of our major events, not only for the AHRMA cross country, but for the entire AHRMA experience of vintage motocross, trials, and roadracing competition, and for visiting the Barber Vintage Motorsports Museum, taking in the swap meet, or just engaging in bench racing with a few thousand of your closest friends. The pleasant fall weather was indeed enjoyable, as was adequate parking in Lot C. We had entrants from all parts of the U.S., from California and Montana to New York and Florida, with several local Birmingham area entrants, from teenage riders to some in their 80s, from first-time competitors to ISDT/E veterans. However, after all

the work by the Atlanta Motorcycle Club and AHRMA volunteers laying out the course, the rains set in! The week leading up to the event featured about six inches of rain from Sunday through Wednesday night. During the rider’s meeting on Friday morning, we were told that parts of the 4 ½-mile course would be slick and muddy.

What an understatement! The parts that weren’t “slick and muddy” were the parts of the course that were “slicker and muddier!”

It is probably appropriate to recount some of the discussions regarding the condition and safety of the course. First, we cannot control the weather. As for the course, yes it was difficult for many riders, as evidenced by the large numbers who could not complete a lap, had to have help from other riders or spectators and the few who took almost two hours to

complete the 4 ½-mile lap. Whatever thoughts you may have about the course, it can be almost guaranteed that this is one event you will remember, and one memory you should have is how this event demonstrated the true spirit of AHRMA: riders helping each other; spectators cheering us on; and those who chose not to ride volunteering to assist wherever they could. Numerous competitors were beneficiaries of Terry Cunningham’s assistance when he stopped his ride to help riders stuck in a difficult hill section. Then there was Post Vintage 60+ Novice rider, Larry Meeker, who stopped to help fellow Post Vintage 60+ Novice, James Nice. James got to the finish line before Larry but insisted that Larry take the win. Then there was Post Vintage 60+ Intermediate, Bill Malec, who self-reported that he cut part of the course and the win should go to his class competitor, Larry Miller. These were just a few examples of the true AHRMA spirit!

For the first race, the Vintage event included about 60 riders, with the Post Vintage Novice and all Women riders starting with the Vintage group.

We had 47 finishers, and 30 (50%) completed two or more laps. Some of the finishers who made it through the scoring tent did not actually complete the entire course, but just found a way to get out of he woods.

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This course had it all. Single tract, mud, elevation changes, mud, creek crossings, more mud, an interesting rock garden, off-camber single track, muddy roots and helpful spectators scattered throughout the course.

Much of the course was new trail, with a few familiar sections thrown in, and mostly just a soupy mess.

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Post Vintage 60+ Intermediate Larry Miller (HON) won the class of seven entrants. Post Vintage 60+ Expert also had seven entrants and was led

by Tim Grow (HON). Post Vintage 50+ Intermediate was our largest class led by Robert Ragon (HUS) of the eight entrants.

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Our start was uphill at the flat in the woods, with a sweeping left turn downhill then a left turn into the mud, into single track trail, across the creek through the field and up the dam embankment. Then, wait your turn to get up the hill while watching for riders coming down the hill for a second try at making it up. The theme repeated itself throughout the event: spinning and churning up the hills, sliding down the hills, and slogging through the mud, turn, and repeat. Keep dodging the trees and vines, follow the arrows and don’t go through the yellow ribbon.

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Positions settled in on the first lap with Sportsman 200 Intermediate Ken Cichy (SUZ) taking the top overall spot ahead of Vintage 50+ Expert, Chris Gillespie. The largest class was Sportsman Open Intermediate with four riders, led by Jeff Shumate (YAM). Sportsman 100 Intermediate also had four riders, led by John Bowman on his Penton Berkshire.

Premier Expert Mark Sturtevant was fourth overall on his premier class BSA, completing 3 laps in 1:17. Vintage Women’s Novice, Pamela Liebgold, won her class, completing two laps in 2:04.

After a short break, the 60+ Post Vintage Experts and Intermediates started the second event of the day. 30 riders completed more than one lap. The pace was set

by Nick DeVito (KAW) in Post Vintage Open Expert, followed

by Kevin Rammer (YAM) in Pre-Modern Expert.

Saturday, the vintage motocrossers were in the woods. This gave Tim Grow and Suzy Moody the opportunity to re-align the course and eliminate some of the more difficult sections for Sunday’s event. Sunday morning’s vintage race had a reduced showing with only 22 entrants finishing a lap. DNFs totaled 17, but almost all of these were non-starters. Post Vintage Women’s Expert, Suzy Moody (YAM), was the class of the field, followed by Friday’s fast rider Sportsman 200 Intermediate Ken Cichy only 22 seconds behind, followed by Vintage 60+ Expert Tim Grow (HUS), Sportsman 200 Intermediate Clint Hawk (Pen) and Premier Expert Mark Sturtevant on his BSA B-40. Sportsman Open Intermediate had three entrants, led by David Miller on his Kawasaki Bighorn. Like Friday, most riders were racing the track, not other riders. An exception was the aforementioned Post Vintage 60+ Novice race between Larry Meeker and James Nice.

The Post Vintage Expert and Intermediate event was a larger showing, with 38 finishers compared to 47 on Friday. Several riders signed up who had not run on Friday, including Post Vintage 200 Expert, Tommy Veator (HON), who was quickest of the event,

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turning four laps in 1:01. Following Tommy was Post Vintage Open Expert Clayton Ferris (HUS) and crowd favorite Post Vintage 50+ Expert Rik Smits on his Maico. Post Vintage Open Intermediate Clint Hawk, in his fourth race of the weekend, won his class of six and was fourth overall.

Post Vintage 60+ Expert and our hardest working volunteer, Tim Grow (HON), won his class of four, finishing four laps in 1:13. Tim also rode all four events plus pre-rode the course on Thursday while working on course improvements and then the same on Saturday. If we had an “Ironman Award,” it would go to Tim. Post Vintage 200 Intermediate, David DiPlacido (HON), is recognized as the rider who improved his position the most, from finishing the first lap in 31st overall and 6:00 behind John Bowman (HUS) to finishing 19th overall and 1:14 behind John. All in all, Sunday’s ride went well with many of us going home safe and happy.

Barber was again a great event thanks to the sponsorship of Hagerty and the many volunteers in organizing, laying out the course, tech inspection, registration, flagging and scoring. Detailed results and times are posted for all riders on the AHRMA website. Check it out. A lot of detailed information is available. As a reminder, in case you are unaware, putting on these events is a real team effort. Thanks to our national Cross Country Coordinator, Becky Hayes, and our Off-road Director, Tony Paul, who both worked tirelessly through the weekend.

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his year’s trials competition at Barber Motorsports Park was another huge success with a record number of competitors and spectators enjoying a beautiful day in Leeds, Alabama. The week leading up to this Vintage Festival was looking like a repeat of last year, an event more suited to duck hunting or kayak racing as opposed to observed trials. The rain was consistent all week with torrential rain on Thursday night.

All the Trials pre-entries arriving in the morning and those who survived the onsite camping were either contemplating deferring their entry, not even unloading their bikes or gutting it out just because they had already made the trip.

Riders were pleasantly surprised Friday morning with moderate temperatures and NO RAIN! The eight challenging sections were located on a short spectator-friendly loop.

The trials loop is very important for the growth of this segment of motorsports as spectator accessibility generates enthusiasm and future competitors. The architects of this year’s trial did an excellent job on the spectator engagement side and the outstanding work should be commended! Next time you are at an AHRMA event, thank a volunteer as the event would not happen without their hard work in every AHRMA discipline.

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We were treated to eight challenging and surprisingly not sloppy-muddy sections!

Sixty-one riders had a choice of five skill level lines that seemed a little longer than most.

This certainly added to the fun and complexity of each. Sections three and four had running water over shale rock which helped wash the dirt off your tires after the topographicallychallenging sections one and two. All the sections had a high number of splits gathering many points from the riders who were not paying attention to the details (me) of their WWW.AHRMA.ORG

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Sections five through eight had some steep hills in the up and down directions that tested your line choice and ability to execute your plan. The previous rain and lack of subsequent mud were not as significant a factor as one would expect, but it did make the root and log crossings as slippery as #&*+. The short loop allowed enough time for riders to spectate and gain some pointers from those riding the harder lines. The beginner and novice lines were designed to entice those riders to greater challenges with the intermediate lines being hard. The #1 line brought out the best, allowing the experts to showcase their skills.

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section checker allocating points across the three loops and eight sections. Congratulations to the lowpoint trophy winners and the rest who left with a smile, a memory and plan for next year! Hopefully we enticed some spectators to start canvasing the web looking for their dream bike with visions of being the next Bernie Schreiber.

WORDS: GRAHAM FOSTER After four days of torrential rains, a dedicated crew put together a series of fun but challenging sections deep in the woods of the Barber facility.

Friday saw 61 riders head down the trail to a variety of sections of logs, creeks, and slippery turns, while 36 riders returned for the modified Sunday’s event.

Randy Sharp put his Yamaha in first place on both days in the Modern Classic Intermediate class while Terry Cunningham proved he can go slow as well as fast! Other double day winners included Matt Parsons on his lovely Ariel, Classic Intermediate rider Scott Kirn, Rigid Heavyweight rider Rob Stickler, Premier Lightweight Intermediate rider Will Salter, Youth B rider Layla Paul, Classic Novice rider Michael Collier, and Modern Classic Master Tom McNeal. Tom McNeal, son of trials founder in the US, Glenn McNeal, was riding a TL125 restored as a tribute to his dad. Other notable performances and highlights included a clean trial on Friday for Mark Sturtevant, a best dressed Matt Parsons (plus 4s, suspenders, white shirt and bow tie to compliment his Ariel), a great debut for Miami rider Anna Serena

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This year’s event was blessed by a great team of workers, scorers, and checkers who functioned like a welloiled machine. The much-coveted special awards, hand made by Bill Catogni, were presented for Furthest Travelled, Best First Time Rider, Crowd Favorite, Best Female Rider, Oldest Bike, and more. The “Trials Trivia” competition at the awards ceremony proved to be a little difficult for most, but with a few hints, prizes of dubious value were awarded for correct or even close answers!

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(1) Randy Sharp (Friday and Sunday - 1st place: Modern Classic Intermediate) (2) No contest, Matt Parsons was the most dapper & well-dressed rider of the weekend; he also took the overall win in the Premier Heavyweight Expert class (3) Graham Foster’s trusty steed; the bucket on the front held all the supplies needed to mark and put the finishing touches on all trials sections (5) Tim Cash eyes his preferred line; looks like he found what he wanted (Friday - 2nd place, Sunday - 3rd place: Modern Classic Master class) (6) Julie Parsons, daughter of Premier Heavyweight Expert winner Matt Parsons. Julie made the trip all the wqay from San Francisco.

(7) Anna Serena from Florida won the “Best First Time Rider” award and 1st place in the Modern Classic Beginner class on a Honda TL (8) AHRMA MAG’s own Paul Elledge tries his hand at the sport in the Modern Twin Shock Novice class (4th place) (9) Mark Sturtevant takes 1st place in the Premier Lightweight Expert class.

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CORNER WORKER AUCTION (above) Dale Quarterly and and Kevin Burns holding the #1 plaques signed by Dale that raised $800 for the corner workers at an auction at Barber recently. Dale was an American road racing legend in the 1980s and ‘90s and a multi-time winner on four wheels in the NASCAR Busch North Series. He is returning to motorcycle racing developing a new generation of American roadracers with AMERICAN HISTORIC RACING MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION

Quarterley Racing On Track Development. He took some time out to race at Barber in the Vintage Superbike Heavyweight class.

As we all know, our long fun- and thrill-filled racing weekends would not be possible without corner worker dedication and effort. Thanks for keeping the track and riders safe and sound!

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2021 Hagerty AHRMA National Cross Country Series

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WORDS: “CHICAGO” JERRY GRAKAUSKAS PHOTOS: PAULY CHAMBERS & KENNY LAU “AWESOME SHOTS” The 2021 Hagerty AHRMA Cross Country Racing Series at Diamond Don’s Riverport National kicked off in September for the second year in a row and for the foreseeable future.

The good news was, no high water and mud to contend as with the previous Spring editions. The bad news was, things were hot and very dusty, but the riders all handled it well. In the weeks leading up to the event, a good group of volunteers made sure that things would go off without a

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hitch; Jeff Blackwood was enlisted with his specialized mulcher that could cut a four-foot swath through most brush. Wes Willis, Diamond Don’s longtime friend and jack-of-alltrades, was giving guidance where the machine should go as well as determining how to more safely stage the starting rows. As they have for many years, Mike Haynes and Brant Wedding were out for many weekends getting paths cut, marking trails and whatever else needed attention. The above listed crews also built new bridges for the multiple railroad crossings and added a new culvert to help with a traditionally wet, swampy area. Becky Hayes, AHRMA Cross-Country Coordinator, shows up to make sure things run smoothly, including the preliminary work weeks ahead of time to assure that all the needed jobs are not left unfilled.

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about six miles in length and lap times were just over sixteen minutes for the vintage race and just under fifteen minutes for Post Vintage. It is one of the more unique races held all year, which features a run past an actual alligator pit, through a squash patch, over and along, A) a bayou, B) railroad tracks, C) a levee. Rounding out the one-of-a-kind experiences, there is also a “Rhumbar” offering free cocktails to the spectators behind the scoring area at the main pavilion. This year, the Rhumbar was sponsored by the Route 49 Crossroads Liquor Store, Bad Company Racing, and Troy Rapp Concrete.

In the Vintage race, Kevin O’Brien led all riders to the finish aboard his trusty Yamaha, winning the Sportsman Open Expert class. One of the big stories of the day was Suzy Moody beating the rest of the field for second overall, en route to winning to the Women’s Expert class on her Yamaha IT, besting another really fast woman, Suzuki-mounted, Shelia Monk. Mark Sturtevant rode his Premier Expert class BSA to the win. Perennial fast guy, Mike Parker, finished second in the Classic Expert

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by Hodaka-mounted, Bruce MacFarlane. With another impressive ride was CanAm mounted, Chris Gillespie.

He went from 23rd overall on the first lap to end up seventh overall at the finish. Bill Hester was the top Intermediate rider, finishing fifth overall astride his Yamaha. Larry Meeker led all the Novice riders, on a Post Vintage Honda.

Parker was next across the line on his Yamaha, beating yet another Parker, Ricky, on a Honda XR200 by just four seconds. Steve Sinclair was the top finishing Post Vintage Intermediate rider, winning the Post Vintage Open class with his Yamaha. The next best Intermediate following closely behind was fast woman, Suzy Moody, riding her Yamaha in both sessions.

The Post Vintage Cross Country was really a tight, close finish. The top four riders were less than 90 seconds apart at the end, and three of those four riders had the same last name of Parker. Former MX world champion, Trampas Parker, took his Honda XR200 to the overall win over second place overall, Post Vintage Open Expert class winner, Husky-mounted Kevin Hutchison, a mere fourteen seconds back. Heith

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AHRMA Great Lakes & Mid-Atlantic Cross-Country Pine Lake Raceway and Trails September 19, 2021 WORDS: JOSHUA SCHUCKER PHOTOS: BECKY SHRECKENGOST, STEPH VETTERLY Taking a break from the national scene after a few seasons on AHRMA’s National Cross Country schedule, the folks from the Great Lakes regional series were still eager to make use of the beautiful and wellequipped facility in Ashtabula, Ohio.

To that end, regional coordinator John Owen and trail bosses, and long-time Great Lakes contributors, David and Dennis Brown, took it upon themselves to organize a regional cross country event at Pine Lake Raceway and Trails to coincide with the arrival of the AHRMA National Dirt Track Series to Pine Lake’s oval in mid-September. While the Mid-Atlantic region was slated to compete in an event just a week prior further south in Ohio, a last-minute cancellation due to unforeseen circumstances afforded the regions the chance to combine their efforts 44

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at Pine Lake. Many thanks from the Mid-Atlantic crew to John Owen and his team for making the generous accommodations to keep everyone racing and allowing the Mid-Atlantic to continue its unique three-race format.

The Browns, along with the steady help of Bob Lisey, worked hard to cut new trail and re-route the course to provide a totally unique experience from the previous year’s national event. The grass track area was minimized, muddy areas avoided, and more single-track trail was incorporated. The TT course was spared for the motocross event held on Saturday, and rather than running along the creek bed just down the bank from the oval track, the course was directed to cross the creek perpendicularly several times. Dave

Kutskel and Mike Zdybak from the Mid-Atlantic region leadership team were able to leverage their previous familiarity with the facility to stop by the week prior and review the course with the Great Lakes folks and set a final layout. All indications are that the well arrowed course was a smash hit, and combined with the fabulous weather, great food vendors, picturesque camping/pit area, and top-notch competition, the event was a cooperative success.

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It didn’t take long for the Great Lakes’ competitors to get a taste of what the Mid-Atlantic has seen all year long, which is Brian Grove dominating the overall standings.

He once again placed his Husqvarna atop the podium for the vintage event as he set the pace early and didn’t look back. Dave Kutskel followed in second with John Fischer Jr. in third, also on a Husqvarna. Fischer would take the class win in Vintage 60+ Expert after passing Mark Schwab’s Yamaha TY250 on lap three. Schwab would hold tight to Fischer’s rear fender crossing the line in fourth overall, and class runnerup, while Randy Marshall took third in class. Grant Reichart led the first two laps before succumbing to the pressure exerted by Joey Leonard who made the move past Grant on lap three to take the win in Vintage 200 Intermediate action. Reichart would fall to third at the checkers as Nick Gatrell was able to get by for the second spot. Randy Bennett took the fourth spot in his home state. Wally Naletko and Paul Thomas battled throughout the race for the Vintage 100 Intermediate victory. Thomas was steadily closing the gap that Naletko created with his Hodaka’s blistering first lap. Thomas, also on a Hodaka, would eventually make the pass by Wally and lay down his fastest lap time on the final lap to shut the door on runner-up Naletko.

Yep, you guessed it, Brian Grove on top. He is fast. Aaron Good is no slouch either as he did his best to keep Grove in sight and would jump into the second spot overall, thereby preventing a complete repeat of the morning’s podium as Kutskel (Yamaha) and Fischer (Husqvarna) were shuffled to third and fourth respectively. Mike Cotoplis led wire-to-wire in the Historic Open Intermediate class in taking the win over David Brown. Adon Logan (Novice) and Kyle Artman (Intermediate) took the Post Vintage Open class wins while George Lillie proved he still has what it takes by claiming the victory in Post Vintage 70+ Novice. Kevin Marshall steadily worked his way into the overall topten on his XR200 and the top position in Post Vintage 50+ Intermediate.

Fellow XR rider Jamie Reitz followed in the runner-up position with Steve Winklebauer close behind in third.

Dave McIntyre led another crew of XRs across the line in taking the Post Vintage 60+ Intermediate win over Fred Walker, Jim Stanley, and Lee Stebelton.

Aaron Good commanded race three throughout as he steadily increased his lead taking the overall win.

Despite finishing second, Anthony Lowery showed tremendous speed on his YZ125 as he held close to Good through the first few laps and was able to hold off the charging Kawasaki of Craig Lowery, his father, who had to settle for third. Both Lowerys would both take class wins in Pre-2K 200 and Pre-2K Open Intermediate respectively. Fourth overall would go to Anthony’s constant challenger in the Pre-2K 200 class, Joey Spayd II, on an RM125.

Look for these youngsters to step up to the expert class in the near future!

Grant Reichart would take a strong fifth overall and head the Pre-Modern Open intermediate class with Josh Folmar and Chris Boyle filling out the top-three. Chris Haag and Rick Hoover, both riding Hondas, would take the Expert and Intermediate wins in the Early Modern Open classes respectively. Paul Thomas followed up his vintage race win earlier with another first place in the Pre-Modern 200 Intermediate class.

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Great work and cooperation by the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regional coordinators and volunteers in combining efforts into this event at the last minute. Certainly, a nice cross over for the participants in each region, a wonderful opportunity to race against new faces, and compete at a great facility. As always, thank you to the sponsors that support the regional events: Rocky Mountain ATV and MC, 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 and the upcoming schedules can be found at https://www.ahrma.org/ahrma-midatlantic-region or https://www.ahrma. org/ahrma-great-lakes-region

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Robert W. Bushey Memorial Vintage National Motocross & Cross country WORDS & PHOTOS: KATE JORGENSON Debbie Poole (44b). Magee took wheelie down the straightaway! After The Redwood Engineering AHRMA the win for the Vintage Women the first corner, Wes Poole caught National Vintage Motocross Series Expert class and both Magee and some speed and flipped over the final event of the year took place in Debbie Poole will have Milana Newell handlebars but he was quick to his the Northwest at Canby, California, as competition next year as she feet and back on his bike to win moto on Sunday October 3, 2021! The received her black stripe at the trophy one for the Experts. Brian Curtis won sunrise and blue sky helped warm presentation. Congrats Milana! In overall for the Sportsman 500 Experts up the riders and spectators for the the Vintage 70+ Intermediate class and Bryan Bierwith won both motos Robert W. Bushey Memorial Vintage Doug Smith (207) earned third, for the Intermediates.

National Motocross as practice took second went to Allen place on a dewNiehues (206y), and slick grass track. first place went to The weather was Paul Andrade (750) perfect, in the high all the way from ‘70s. Fourteen races Kapaa, Hawaii! Lyle with 137 entries out Duronso earned first having fun; 14 racers place in the Vintage were Iron Butt riders 70+ Expert class. for the weekend, meaning they In race ten, there competed in all three were several disciplines of trials, classes including cross country and the following: motocross at Bushey Premier 350 Ranch, and three Intermediate, Classic riders including, 500 Intermediate, LEFT: David Stanton (710), Pete Jorgenson (195), and Mike Miller (54M) Chet Mauer, Pete going into the first corner together in Race 10.

Vintage 100cc Jorgenson, and Intermediate, Early ABOVE: Race 7 Moto 1 Eric Wachter 22k leading the pack through the first Michael Miller will Sportsman Stock corner of the Vintage 70+ Intermediate and Expert and the Vintage Women be earning the end of 250 Intermediate, Intermediate and Expert. the year silver bowl and Early Sportsman because they won the Stock 250 Expert.

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(r69), all the way from Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, pulled out the win in the Classic 500 Intermediate class.

In race eleven there were three classes, Vintage Open Age Novice, Vintage 40+ Novice, and Vintage 60+ Novice. Donald Hildebrandt (020) in the Vintage 60+ Novice class went into the first turn first followed by Mike Gorrono (074) in the same class; Gorrono won the Vintage 60+ Novice class for the day! Hank Frenna (3L) won the Vintage Open Age Novice and David Alamo (647) earned first in the Vintage 40+ Novice.

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Expert; George Amaro and Clay Mauer battled up until ten feet before the checkered flag, Amaro was given a black stripe for his helmet to move up to expert next season, congrats George! In the Vintage Open Age Expert Class Chet Mauer (310) and Wes Poole (19x) battled back and forth throughout the race, in the end Wes edged out Chet for the win.

Bryan Bierwith (995) earned first in the Vintage 40+ Intermediate and

Gavin Leiper (711) earned first for the Vintage 40+ Expert class.

Race 14 also was a large class with 12 people, the Vintage 60+ Intermediate. Third place went to Allen Niehues (015), Rowland Coad (260) earned second place, and first place went to Rick Ziemer (47n).

A big thank you to all the volunteers, the lap checkers, the starters, the flaggers, the extended Bushey family and all those who volunteered their time to make this weekend a success!

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Popping a wheelie on the cross country bridge is Post Vintage Support Intermediate Sidney Mocke s97.

On Saturday October 2, 2021 after the trials competition, 31 riders lined up on the field straddling their front wheel waiting the shotgun blast! When the shotgun blasted, vintage and post vintage motorcycles alike took off down the grass field, across the bridge and onto the Bushey property for the Bushey Ranch round of the Hagerty AHRMA National Cross Country Series.

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track, set up a 6.8-mile-long course through the Northern Californian terrain. Riders encountered mud puddles, rocky roads, and dusty twists and turns.

The two biggest classes for the race were the Sportsman Open Experts with four racers and the Sportsman Open Intermediates with six racers.

Chet Mauer (67) took first place in the Sportsman Open Experts and overall, first place too; Nic Hawes (10c) came in second in the Experts, and Clay Mauer (60) came in third. For the intermediates Gavin Leiper (711) earned first place, Daniel Rife (407) earned second place, and third place went to John Burkhart (789).

have enough time to find them and race. When they find the bras, they must wear the bras to the trophy presentation. Jeff then gets a local business, this year the business was Fators KTM in Redding, California, to provide prizes to the finders of the bras and other awards.

Thank you to Hagerty Motorcycle for sponsoring the cross country race. The event could not have taken place without the many volunteers including Bindi Bushey and Ellen Voermans, the lap checkers, finish line checkers Nicky Trevino and Dirk Williams, and the sweeper, Stephen Newell.

Race 13 Premier Lightweight Intermediate Mike Miller (54m) and Mike Nadeker (49) crashing behind.

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Northeast Region Update WORDS: BOB CLOSE PHOTOS: SARAH LANE, RICK COWER

Greetings racers, families, and friends—an apology from this volunteer Scribe for the delay in pushing out our Northeast event update. In this issue, we’re going to cover the Vermont State Line Riders XC, the Allen’s Farm XC/MX event, and Bear Creek Sportsman’s Club XC/MX weekend. AND we want to say thanks to Joshua. Next month we will cover our Fall schedule. By this time, you should be into bike teardowns, or maybe even bike shopping as we hurdle towards the end of a great—If slightly weather challenged—2021. So come on in from the garage, or stop your FB marketplace/Craigslist searches, and enjoy!

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away so under 30 entries signed up to hit the hills and fast three-plus mile course laid by our hosts. That course proved challenging and muddy in more than a few places, but lots of elevation changes also promoted lots of drainage, making some of the course pretty darn fast and navigable. And yes, it is Vermont.

Lots of rocks and roots!

In the Vintage XC race, it was not surprising to find 2021’s new Northeast fast guy and Expert Darrell Wassil take home his first Vintage Overall and Sportsman Open Expert win on

a super-fast Ossa Phantom 250 he’d just taken delivery of. He claims he is still working out the kinks, but you would never know it watching him. Jay Danek grabbed the Classic Expert win on his trusty Penton Six Day. The age classes were ruled

by Joe Chodnicki’s Can-Am in 50+ Intermediate and Merritt Brown in 60+ Intermediate, with Post Vintage Novice (and great videographer—see below) John Mathewson paying the Northeast a visit and claiming that award.

Steady Dave Salmen took the Sportsman 200 Intermediate win on his MX175 and Bob Young took Premier Intermediate on an Ossa Pioneer.

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LEFT: Race 9 hits the Allen’s Farm first turn hard with Historic 250 EX winner Tim Jackson (10) leading Dave Scheffer (15), Ray Charneski (719), Darrell Wassil (21B), and Rob Clare (126); pc Sarah Lane ABOVE: Jay “Countershaft Sprocket” Lane (55L) gets some air on his CZ 250. Old man Brett Darrow (82j) shows prodigal son, Eric Miller (083) the way home in Allen’s Farm PV XC action; pc Sarah Lane BELOW: Mike Sciochetti (27), Darrell Wassil (21B), and Dave Bost (33) lead Race 1 into Turn 1 at Allen’s Farm. Mike Blackwell (970), Bob Frederick (36a), Rob Keiser (93), and Steven Perratoro (513) give chase; pc Rick Cower

It was The Darrell Show again in the Post Vintage race, as he took Overall and the Post Vintage 200 Expert on his Yamaha IT, but this time Rik Smits and Dale Sonnenschein gave chase (and provided a great race between themselves) with Rik ultimately second overall and first 50+ Expert on his awesome Maico GS400. Rik beat Dale and three other experts in the race’s largest class. Tony Yannitelli’s Maico GS was also making noise

and going fast as he claimed Post Vintage 50+ Intermediate.

Dave Salmen headed back out for Race 2 and claimed Historic Open Intermediate on his Suzuki PE250. Maybe the most entertaining race of the day was the father and son duo, Brett Darrow and his son Eric Miller. They each won their respective classes (Pre-Modern 200 Intermediate for Eric, Post Vintage 200 Intermediate for Brett) but it was close for a couple laps and the Young Gun prevailed. Shout-outs to Steve Sevensma for his PV Open Intermediate and Jim McCarthy for taking the Post Vintage 60+ Intermediate trophy.

And, that is all there is to report for State Line BECAUSE the skies opened up Saturday Night and the rain never stopped. Sunday morning our dedicated MX crowd and campers woke up to an MX course that was mostly underwater.

Turns out there was one more challenge on Saturday, no photographers to record the excellent racing. But, visiting AHRMA racer John Mathewson created an excellent video of the action that day. Check out the action here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=LVpbA1ZY8uU

Allen’s Farm, Lawton PA, July 31 and August 1 Our Northeast Region has been going to Allen’s Farm for a long time and it remains a favorite.

Located in north central PA about 30 minutes south of the PA/NY border, it is surrounded by beautiful, very hilly countryside that dairy farmers and several of our Northeast racers (Tim and Mike Ferguson, Jay Lane) love to call home.

Best known for their excellent, technical, and natural motocross course, they can also lay out a heck of a cross country course throughout that hill and dale and did so for this year’s 2021 weekend with a three-mile plus loop that held up very well considering all the rain the Northeast region had off and on for several weeks mid-Summer.

Our thanks to Jay Lane, Jim McCarthy, Jay Danek, and Jeff Oakley for getting the XC course ready.

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Country action on Saturday.

Now that Mike Ferguson was on his “home” turf, we thought he would show Darrell Wassil how to get around these parts, but Wassil’s “new” skunk-works Ossa Phantom were not to be denied for the Overall and first Sportsman Open Expert, with Mike bringing up second in both categories. The next most interesting battle was between first place 60+ Intermediate Jay Lane (taking full advantage of his course knowledge!) and first place 200 Sportsman Intermediate Rick Ketcham.

Back and forth they went for four laps with Rick coming out on top after Jay launched his CZ (Jawawanna-be) 250 and then lost his countershaft sprocket near the end of the race. Congrats to our Post Vintage 200 and Pre-Modern Open Novices Mike Giambone and Allan Linville for their class wins.

Please keep coming!

With a target on his back, the Post Vintage racers were led off the line by Darrell Wassil from their dead engine start. Wassil remained fast and furious for

six laps—even with one or more now crashes that seem to be part of his style—and took first overall and first Post Vintage 200 Expert. Rik (He Who Is Tall) Smits once followed him home for second Overall on his beautiful Maico (and first 50+Expert). Eric Miller was first Intermediate overall on the day on his Yamaha as well as first Pre-Modern 200. Not surprisingly, we had six riders battling for the Post Vintage 200 Intermediate win and “old man” Brett Darrow beat Dustin Loss and Kenny Block to the finish in a parade of Yamaha IT200s.

It warmed up into the 70s for Sunday’s racing, but there was a morning shower that – ummm… nurtured a few muddy spots on the upper part of the multilevel Allen’s Farm MX course.

The rest of the course was in excellent condition (our thanks to local yokels Tim, Mike, and “Mikey” Ferguson for MX course preps!) and just shy of 100 race entries were recorded when the action began.

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with Charneski swapping moto wins with Jay Danek, but coming out on top in the all important second moto.

Historic 500 and Ultima 250 with the bottom line being they were all experts and possibly offering the fastest racing of the day.

Mr. Wassil, riding a beautiful Maico was first to the line in both motos, beating out Dan Perrotto for the Post Vintage 40+ Expert win. Rob Clare’s Maico AW400 brought home the gold in Historic 500 Expert and Mike Blackwell won Ultima 205 Expert. Bob Frederick and Ray Charneski won the Post Vintage 50+ and 60+ races,

LEFT: Marc Kalipolites (992) chasing 1st in Sportsman 100 while Lee Curry (10) does the same in ESS 500 at Allen’s Farm MX; pc Sarah Lane ABOVE: 50+ Expert Mike Sciochetti (37) leads 60+ Expert winner Doug Van Horn (629) in the PV XC race at Allen’s Farm; pc Sarah Lane PV Women’s Intermediate Jana Schneider (802) showing the guys how it’s DONE in Race 2 at Allen’s Farm; Karl Faruzel (607) is right behind her; pc Rick Cower Chris Miller (68c) is all business on his Ossa SDR during Allen’s Farm Vintage XC; pc Sarah Lane DECEMBER 2021

13 racers lined up for Race 2 in all kinds of classes. Overall winner was first place PreModern Intermediate Jim Bell on his Honda CR250, with Brett Darrow following and winning Post Vintage 40+ Intermediate.

Joe Sephton led four 50+ Intermediate guys to the finish line. Karl Faruzel and Marc Kalipolites continued their Battle of the Post Vintage 100s, with Karl claiming both motos. Kelly Pearce won the Post Vintage Women’s Intermediate after Jana Schneider—who won Moto 1— experienced a DNS for Moto 2.

Race 3 was the first Vintage race on the day with Paul Wawrynovic bringing the bacon in Vintage 60+ Expert on his CZ, Merritt Brown doing the duty in Vintage 60+ Intermediate on his Maico, and fast man Chris Miller winning 50+ Intermediate after splitting moto winds with Roger Kelly, both Ossa-mounted.

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Race 5 may have been our fastest group of riders on the day (no offense to our Next Gen and Pre-Modern crowd!), and it was certainly the most exciting, with a mixture of GP and Ultima displacement bikes. Once again, Darrel Wassil proved fastest beating out Rob Clare for the GP 250 Expert win on his Maico.

Saying that the Intermediates brought up the rear would not be fair as they were going for it.

Dustin Loss pulled out a win in the GP 250 Intermediate class, after splitting moto wins with Craig Curry. And Colby Shore beat three out three other fast guys in Ultima 500 Intermediate over Jim Bell and Vince Snyder (a nod to Mr. Snyder, who won the first moto but was a DNS for the second).

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Generation and Pre-Moderns roamed, with 10 bikes firing off the line. Experts Tim Jackson Boyd Toner took the Pre-Modern 500 and 250 Expert trophies, Henry Ahnert and Sam Wall the Next Gen 250 and 125 Intermediate gold (foam boards mind you). Race 7 was our fastest pre-1975 racing on the day, with Darrell Wassil collecting his third first place on the day in Sportsman 250 Expert on an Ossa Phantom that belongs in his living room (but we’re glad he races it). Rob Clare was second fastest overall (and first Sportsman 125 Expert) on his very cool Honda CR125 Elsinore. I’m going to mention Lee Curry’s ESS 500 Expert win, just because the Curry Compound is MY favorite place to hang out on race weekends. And Devin Trexler was The Man, beating out three other riders on his Honda CR250 for first place Sportsman 250 Intermediate.

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Race 8 was our second all-Novice race on the day, and what is most important to mention is that we have enough racers and interest to do two Novice races on the day! Rob Bruzek gets the most recognition for beating out Bob Bolt and Mick Gentilesso in Post Vintage 60+ Novice, Richard Knepp grabbed first place in Vintage 60+ Novice.

Look, at this stage I need to apologize, but Darrell Wassil led everyone home again in Race 9, winning GP 500 Expert over three other riders. Fast guy Tim Jackson gave Darrell a run for his money while winning Historic 250 Expert on his Bultaco and Dave Salmen grabbed the Historic 250 Intermediate win.

And—wait—attention for a special announcement: Ed Roman brought home the Post Vintage 70+ Intermediate win! Kudos to Henry Ahnert for his GP 125 Intermediate

win and Joe Sephton for picking up his second class win on the day in Historic 125 Intermediate on his Red Rocket Honda CR125.

Now, back to that fastest race of the day argument again.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Next Generation Experts and Intermediates lined up for the final (Race 10) on the day and put on a show, that is all I am saying.

Congrats to Brian Teague for his Next Gen Open Age Expert win, John DeBalko for his Next Gen 50+ Expert win, Sam Wall for his Next Gen 40+ Intermediate win, and Ryan Collins for his Next Gen Open Age Intermediate win!

And a final thanks you to our host family and property owners Jim and Kelly Allen as well as Dave Jennings and his Jennings ATV and Cycle in Tunkhannock, PA, a longtime sponsor and supporter of our Northeast series and this event.

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Bear Creek Sportsman Club, Hancock NY, Sept. 4th & 5th “Let it Rain, let it rain, let your love rain down on me!” I just couldn’t get Eric Clapton’s song out of my head as the Bear Creek Sportsman Club event approached. I’ve had to mention it with each of these race weekends and I hate to mention it again, but it has been wet up here at times in the Iroquois Confederacy. And this wonderful Catskill Mountains hilltop and surrounding properties were not spared. Once again, the club laid out a heck of a challenging four plus-mile XC with a little bit of everything (and a lot of challenging things). Once again, the skies parted, and the sun shined down on Saturday to reveal all the water and mud holes we needed to avoid.

Forty of our best racers showed up to do battle in the Vintage and Post Vintage XC races and battle they did. Wait... what happened to 2021’s fastest man in the Northeast Darrel Wassil? He was a no-show, apparently the stars did not align for this Labor Day weekend, and he was forced to do a trail ride (on horses… oh, the horror!) with his wife and family.

Well then, let’s divide the gold evenly amongst the rest of us, shall we?

Honda for a win in Post Vintage 50+ Novice (I need to check—I think he might have finished behind De Jager!) and Next Gen Open Novice Allan Linville.

About one hour later the Post Vintage XC racers took off in two lines and an honorable mention to anybody who went out there for a second race (De Jager, Salmen, Chodnicki, and Sonnenschein).

The Vintage racers had really, uh, loosened up a few areas and the dirt was not exactly getting tacky.

It was getting sloppier! But off they went, and the first guy back was none other than Rik Smits on his big bore Husqvarna, which meant he also captured first in Post Vintage Expert 50+, beating Dale Sonnenschein, who came home second overall. There were actually five fast guys signed up for that class. Can-Ammounted Phil Theo topped four other riders in the Post Vintage 50+ Intermediate class. Keith Vanderwalker’s KDX took home gold in the always competitive Post Vintage 200 Intermediate while Andy Rider’s beautiful Bultaco Matador won Historic Open honors, besting a very tired (ironman) Dave Salmen and Bob Young.

Rain greeted our very dedicated MX racers, families, and friends

on Sunday, but they still signed up and 67 entries were logged, with our intrepid Northeast Coordinator organizing seven races on the day.

Everyone’s bikes started clean but that is not how they finished. Race 1 was all Post Vintage, mostly age groups, and Rob Clare borrowed Merritt Brown’s AW400 Maico and grabbing the Historic 500 Expert win and overall, and Mike Sciochetti taking the Post Vintage 50+ Expert trophy. Tony the Tiger Yannitelli beat Rik Smits for the Post Vintage 50+ Intermediate win, both on their Maicos.

Race 2 was Next Generation and Pre-Moderns and there were all kinds of racing, especially with five sign-ups for Next Gen 250 Intermediate. Zach Possinger beat all comers, but he was given a break when Henry Ahnert won the

LEFT: Karl Faruzel’s YZ100 (607) in front of Colby Short’s Suzuki (90c) and Russ Van Norman (168) in Race 4 at Bear Creek MX. BELOW: Keith Mitchell (68u) gets his on his Ossa 250 SDR in Race 3 at Bear Creek MX. Bob Close (567) on the pegs - briefly - at Bear Creek Vintage XC. all 3 images: pc Sarah Lane

Expert Mike Ferguson took full advantage of Darrell’s absence and overalled the Vintage XC on his Penton 250 Hare Scrambler (as well as Sportsman Open Expert), with Dale Sonnenchschein finishing second overall and first Vintage 50+ Expert. First Intermediate overall and local native son Otto De Jager rode his Ossa sort of a Phantom to first 60+ Intermediate with your humble author (that’s me, Bob Close) grateful for his second in that class. Thoroughly humiliated by Otto’s performance was Intermediate Rick Ketcham, who just managed to finish in front of Dave Salmen for the Sportsman 200 Intermediate. The Vintage 50+ Intermediates were very fast on the day with Jay Parkins and his XL250 grabbing the win over Joe Chodnicki in Vintage 50+ Intermediate on his Can-Am and who rode a heck of a race. Finally, a shout-out, Greg Peet on his DECEMBER 2021

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first moto but could not start the second one. Still, well earned, Zach! Ryan Collins grabbed the silver medal in that group.

Brian Ashcroft won the moto overall and was first Next Gen 500 Expert, and Brian Teague was first in Next Gen 125 Expert.

Race 3 was our first Vintage moto on the day and Devin Trexler’s Honda 250 Elsinore beat all comers, as well as finishing first in Sportsman 250 Intermediate in front of three other class competitors.

Race 4 had 15 guys at the line, making it the largest race of the day and very entertaining with some of the best racing in the afternoon. Almost all were on GP era bikes, with Rob Clare taking the overall and GP 125 Expert on his Honda CR125, and Mike Sciochetti grabbing another first place foam board for GP 500 Expert. Intermediates were where the action was at with Colby Shore beating out Randy Grove and Rick Smits for GP 500 Intermediate and Henry Ahnert turning around his luck in this

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class and grabbing the GP 125 Intermediate win over Russ Van Norman and Mike Randall. Race 5 was organized for our Novice competitors, and they provided some great racing with Matt Hutton proving most consistent in the conditions and winning the Historic 250 Novice on his Suzuki RM250.

Race 6 was another Next Generation special, but also had four sign-ups for 97-99 Twostroke Intermediate with that win going to Trevor Badgely on his Suzuki. We gotta say it was well-earned because he split motos with Josh Fisher. Four guys also did battle in Next Gen Open Age Intermediate and Zach Possinger (is that a cool name or what?) earned his second first place foam board on the day, also riding a Suzuki!

Race 7 was the potluck class, mixing Historic, Post Vintage, Ultima, and—wait for it—and ESS 250 intermediate class that Dave Salmen raced his early seventies CZ in and won! Jerry

Doster beat Merritt Brown for the Vintage 60+ Intermediate win and Dave Scheffer’s always immaculate Harley Davidson 250MX won Historic 250 Intermediate. Finally, Karl Faruzel not only races 100s, he loves to race his Ultima fourstroke-eligible Honda and he won the Intermediate class, besting Colby Shore’s fourstroke Suzuki DR. Our Friends of AHRMA Northeast Facebook page had lots of muddy bike pictures and lots of smiling faces. Thank you to the Bear Creek Sportsman Club for another great weekend in the Catskill Mountains!

A final thank you to our Northeast region leadership (Merritt and Ed), and volunteers.

You can go to the AHRMA Northeast link at the bottom of AHRMA’s website to see all the results and flyers for our upcoming events (https://www.ahrma.org/ahrmanortheast-region/).

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January 7 th –9 th 3 Action-Packed Days Featuring the first ever sidecar racing at Daytona International Speedway

Vintage/Post-Vintage/ Next-Generation Motocross, Cross Country, and Dirt Track

Vintage and Modern Roadracing featuring the 2022 Vintage Cup – Vintage Superbike Heavyweight

Laroque Motorsports Swap Meet

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DIRT T OF T INTERVIEW WITH RICKIE POLLOCK

BY RICHARD BRODOCK PHOTOS BY DAVE SUNDIN

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN INVOLVED IN FLAT TRACK RACING?

WHAT BIKE, MODEL, SIZE, AND WHY DID YOU CHOOSE IT?

I have only been involved in Flat Track for five years. I started when I was 63 years old.

My bike is a 1966 Triumph T100 500cc. I rode it on the street for a while, then MX and now Flat Tack from here on out. My Dad raced Triumph and BSA in the ‘50s in Louisville, KY. I guess that’s how I wound up on a “Trumpet.”

WHAT DO YOU ENJOY ABOUT THE SPORT? What I enjoy most about Flat Track are the people, always willing to help even though they are your competitors!

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TRACK RIDER THE MONTH

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN RACING? WHAT DISCIPLINES? I have been racing for 27 years now. The first five years were in Southern California, MX and Desert. Then I did not ride for 23 years until my sons-in-law got me back into it. So now it’s been 22 years of steady racing even after both of them quit and bought bicycles. (Thanks boys.)

DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE RACE OR MOMENT IN A FLAT TRACK RACE? Favorite moment racing was with my friend Davey Frederick at Aonia Pass, he beat me in the last turn.

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WHAT CLASS OR CLASSES DO YOU RUN? I now race AHRMA Classic 500/750 Brakeless and 60+. I was National Champion in Brakeless in 2020.

WHAT ARE YOUR RACING PLANS FOR 2022?

I plan to continue on the same bike with the hopes of completing my back-up bike, same brand, year and model. Why change!

WHAT’S YOUR ALL TIME BUCKET LIST TRACK? My dream track, Ascot Park. I raced MX there in 1972 on Wednesday nights but never saw a Flat Track race until I moved to Georgia. I was right there where all the greats were and didn’t know it. What a dope!

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2022 RULES CHANGES The following is a summary of the rules proposals which were approved for the 2022 racing season. Neither the voting results nor the proposals which did not pass are included here. For those details, please see the full document on www.ahrma.org.

SECTION 2 - DEFINITIONS

License: The one-year All Form Competition License purchased in conjunction with AHRMA membership. This license is subject to all rules and specifications outlined herein and falls into one of four categories: 1. Active - Unrestricted competition race license 2. Student - Restricted competition race license allowing full race privileges subject to wearing a safety vest at events 3. Probation - Restricted competition race license subject to race director and referee discretion 4. Suspended - Competition race privileges have been denied; member is not currently permitted to participate in race events

SECTION 3.4.1 - RIDER ELIGIBILITY a) Additionally, all AHRMA Road Racers must hold an AHRMA Digital Roadrace or Active, Student or Probationary License. b) Four classes of Digital Roadrace Licensing 1. ACTIVE - Unrestricted competition license 2. STUDENT- Restricted competition race license allowing full race privileges subject to wearing a safety vest at events and monitoring of performance by race control 3. PROBATION - Restricted competition race license subject to Race Director and Referee discretion 4. REVOKED - Competition race privileges have been denied; member is not currently permitted to participate in race events c) Control and Administration of Race Licenses. For Active and Suspended, no further administration is required. MSR features a rider “type” whereby members with a full license are permitted to register at future events, and riders with a 62

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suspended license are prohibited from registering for any future events. For Student, it will be the responsibility of the student to inform the Race School Director or other AHRMA official that they have complied with the requirement to participate in three race weekends covering six separate days so their license can be changed from Student to Regular status. MSR will support this by allowing the Race School Director to run reports before each race event listing all registered racers who are in this class. Educational materials can be prepared during school instruction to inform students of the race license structure and their responsibility to monitor their status and report when they have met the requirements to be full ACTIVE members. The Referee, Race Director, or their designee with MSR administration privileges will be authorized to change the status of student racers as it can be verified in MSR that they have complied with the threerace requirement. For Probation, it will be the responsibility of the Race Director and Referee to monitor and update the subject race license in accordance with the documented terms of the probation.

SECTION 8.3 - NEXT GEN SUPERBIKE c) NEXT GEN 3: Late 1980s to mid 2000s U.S. Superbikes. See Section 10.9.5 SECTION 8.4 - SOUND OF THUNDER d) SOUND OF THUNDER 4 (SoT4): Any single (under 400cc) or twin (under 350cc) that is based on a production motorcycle sold in the U.S. Honda CBR300, Kawasaki Ninja 250/300, KTM RC390R/ Duke, Suzuki GSX 250R, Yamaha YZF-R3. (One year provisional; see Section 10.12.1 d) SECTION 8.12 - TWO-STROKE CLASSIC For Grand Prix or Factory road acing twostroke 250/350cc motorcycles built from January 1974 through December 1984.

Only genuine race bikes are allowed; modified street bikes are not eligible. See Section 10.21.

SECTION 8.16 - DIRT TRACK (FLAT TRACK AND TT) c) LIGHT VINTAGE: Open to all machines 1990 and older up to and including 300cc. See Section 14.2.6. d) HEAVY VINTAGE: Open to all machines 1990 and older 301cc and above.

See Section 14.2.7. e) LIGHT BRAKELESS: Open to all machines 1968 and older up to and including 300cc. See Section 14.2.8. f) HEAVY BRAKELESS: Open to all machines 1968 and older 301cc and above.

See Section 14.2.9 SECTION 10.2.1 - 500 PREMIER (ELIGIBLE MACHINES) BSA B50 prohibited (BSA B50 allowed for the 2022 season but will be moved to Sportsman 500 starting with the 2023 season) SECTION 10.3.6 - REQUIREMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS FOR FORMULA 125/250/500 f) All engines may use Keihin CR Special carburetors in all Formula classes.

SECTION 10.6.4 - REQUIREMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS FOR HISTORIC PRODUCTION b) EXHAUST SYSTEMS: ...Expansion chambers are allowed provided they are constructed in keeping with the vintage design scheme shown as illustrated. The system will be constructed with a constant diameter chamber then tapering to constant diameter head and tail pipes of OEM dimensions. The attached silencer will limit sound to 103dB.

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2022 RULES CHANGES for sale in North America Among the eligible machines are: • • • • • • • • • •

All Next Gen 2 models Bimota models 1988-2006: SB6, SB6R, SB7, SB7R, SB*, SB8R, YB6, YB8, YB9, YB10, YB11 Ducati 996 and 998, all models including Corsa and RS Ducati 999, all models including the S, R, RS and FO, 2003 to 2006 MV Agusta F4 1000 models, 1998 to 2006 Honda models: CBR900RR, CBR919RR, CBR929RR, CBR954RR and CBR1000RR 1992 to 2005 Kawasaki ZX10R 2004 to 2005 Suzuki GSX-R750 2000 to 2004 Suzuki GSX-R1000 2001 to 2004 Yamaha YZF-R1, YZF-R1 LE 1998 to 2006

10.9.5.B REQUIREMENTS AND MODIFICATIONS FOR NEXT GEN 3 a) GENERAL 1. Engine, frame swingarm and bodywork must be from the same make and model.

2. AHRMA’s “Like Design” rule does not apply. Exceptions will be written in the rules.

3. All street equipment must be removed.

4. All motorcycles are to use three white number plates/ backgrounds of approximately 10”X12,” with one on the front center of the fairing and one on each side of the motorcycle.

Numerals will be black, at least7” tall, block style without serifs, with a stroke width of one inch and legible.

See Section 9.5 for additional requirements.

5. Competitor must comply with all applicable parts of Sections 1-9 of the AHRMA Handbook.

6. All work and modifications must be performed to a high standard of fit, finish and workmanship. b) ENGINE 1. All machines must retain stock bore and stroke.

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directly interchangeable 3. The use of race-type crankcase covers or welded/ braced OEM covers is allowed and encouraged, for safety purposes.

4. Bikes must use fuel delivery type as fitted from the OEM. Carburetors may be replaced with any style or carb size.

5. Engines must be naturally aspirated.

6. Motorcycles must have periodstyle exhaust.

7. Only 2000 to 2006 era electronic traction control, wheelie control or telemetry are allowed. Quick shifter and lap timers are allowed.

8. Period components and superbike engine modifications are allowed. c) CHASSIS AND FRAME 1. Frame must be from a production, period aftermarket or factory-built race motorcycle listed under the “approved motorcycle” list.

2. Frames may be braced and strengthened to period modifications. Brackets and tabs for street equipment may be removed. Frames may be polished, painted or coated.

Subframes may be modified or altered.

3. Swingarms must be purpose built for the same make and model as the frame. Bracing is allowed using round or rectangle aluminum tubing.

Bracing may not be “sheeted” or enclosed. Period aftermarket or OEM kit swingarms are allowed.

4. Rear shock may be replaced or modified but cannot be repositioned. Suspension rockers, linkage, etc., may be replaced or modified.

5. Front forks may be replaced with kit (Ohlins or equivalent) forks. They can be conventional or upside down.

Replacement forks must be of the period, no later model forks allowed. Period gas-charged forks are allowed.

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7. Carbon rotors are not allowed.

“Wave” or “petal” rotors are allowed. Perimeter rotors are not allowed.

8. Radial calipers are allowed. No perimeter calipers allowed.

9. No restrictions on tires. Slicks, DOT, or rain tires are allowed.

Tire warmers may be used. d) BODYWORK 1. Fuel tank and bodywork must be OEM or accurate street or race replicas from the same make and model of the frame.

Material construction of tank and bodywork is unrestricted.

2. Rear fender may be removed.

3. Oil retention belly pan must be used. See Section 9.3.f.

4. Machines will not pass tech inspection with unpainted bodywork or bodywork in primer or bodywork that is damaged.

5. Period OEM or race team paint schemes are strongly encouraged.

SECTION 10.12 - SOUND OF THUNDER d) SOUND OF THUNDER $ (SoT4): Any single (under 400cc) or twin (under 350cc) that is based on a production motorcycle sold in the U.S. Honda CBR300, Kawasaki Ninja 250/300, KTM RC390R/ Duke, Suzuki GSX 250R, Yamaha YZF-R3. (One year provisional.)

SECTION 10.18 - FORMULA LIGHTNING d) A documented software/hardware function that disables motive power when the bike is horizontal can replace the tether.

SECTION 10.21 - TWO-STROKE CLASSIC MISSION STATEMENT: For Grand Prix or Factory road racing two-stroke 250/350cc motorcycles built from January 1974 through December 1984.

Only genuine race bikes are allowed; modified street bikes are not eligible.

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3. Period swingarms allowed.

4. Rear shock may be replaced.

Twin shock mounts may be repositioned.

5. Forks must be conventional non-inverted.

6. Wheel size requirements: 18 front, 18 rear; 17 front 18 rear; 16-inch wheels are allowed.

Wheels must be of the period, spoke, mag, Astralite, etc.

7. Calipers must be axial-style, twin-piston. Dual rotors allowed.

8. No tire restrictions. Slicks, DOT, or rain tires allowed. Tire warmers permitted. d) BODYWORK 1. Fuel tank and bodywork must be accurate replicas. Bodywork design must be of the period, 1974-1984.

2. Oil retention belly pan must be used on all machines.

See rule 9.3.f.

3. Machines will not pass tech inspection with unpainted bodywork, bodywork in primer or bodywork that is damaged.

4. Period OEM and Race Team paint schemes are encouraged.

Yamaha TZ250/350 Kawasaki KR250/350 Bimota TZ250/350 Harris TZ250/350 Maxton TZ250/350 Armstrong-Rotax 250/350 Nicco Baker TZ250/350

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2. Like design does not apply to this class for motorcycle eligibility.

3. No replica parts are allowed unless they are exact copies of the originals.

4. All motorcycles are to use three white number plates.

See section 9.5 for additional requirements.

5. Competitors must comply with all applicable parts of Sections 1-9 of the AHRMA Handbook 6. All modifications must be performed to a high standard of fit, finish and workmanship. b) ENGINE 1. All engines must be parallel or tandem twins. No v-twins allowed.

2. All engines must retain stock bore and stroke.

3. No flat slide carburetors allowed except period Lectron.

Power Jet are allowed.

4. Engines must be naturally aspirated.

5. No reed valves 6. Motorcycles must have period style exhaust. All exhaust systems must be equipped with an effective silencer, open pipes or open megaphones are not allowed. See rule 9.3.h.

7. No electronic traction control or quick shifters allowed. Lap timers are allowed. c) CHASSIS AND FRAME 1. Frames must be steel or aluminum in round or square tube. No Deltabox allowed.

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SECTION 12 - GRAND PRIX - CLASSES AND ELIGIBILITY 12.2.5 GRAND PRIX FOUR-STROKE: Certain 185-580cc four-strokepowered motorcycles that came just after the Historic Four-stroke class period.

Eligible motorcycles and modifications include: • • • • • • •

All Honda XR185, 200, 250 and 500 models produced with dual-shock rear suspension Four-valve CCMs Yamaha TT250 and 500 with more than 9” of suspension travel, front and rear Suzuki DR models to include the 1982 DR500Z Kawasaki KLX models Period specials that meet the class requirements Can-Am Sonic and Husqvarna 510TE, TC and TX models are prohibited (See Ultima Four-stroke class.)

SECTION 14.2 - FLAT TRACK AND TT CLASSES 14.2.6 LIGHT VINTAGE: Open to all machines 1990 and older up to and including 300cc. Custom tubular racing frames allowed.

14.2.7 HEAVY VINTAGE: Open to all machines 1990 and older 301cc and larger. Custom tubular racing frames allowed.

14.2.8 LIGHT BRAKELESS: Open to all machines 1968 and older up to and including 300cc. The motorcycle engine, transmission and frame must be from the same manufacturer and model. An aftermarket rigid racing frame may be substituted, e.g., Sonicweld or Swanson.

14.2.9 HEAVY BRAKELESS: Open to all machines 1968 and older 301cc and larger. The motorcycle engine, transmission and frame must be from the same manufacturer and model, an aftermarket rigid racing frame may be substituted, e.g., Sonicweld or Swanson.

14.2.12 SUPPORT CLASSES: Modern Support Classes: • 250 Pro/Am • 450 Pro/Am • Hooligan (multi-cylinder, 700cc and larger production machines) • Mad Dog (four-stroke, air-cooled up to 150cc) 14.2.15 A rider is allowed to receive a waiver, at no charge, exempting the rider’s machine from all DT equipment eligibility rules except for: engine displacement, model year of engine, and safety items.

Upon receiving the waiver, the rider will remain eligible to win or podium (including trophies) in his/her class, but only receive 80% of the normal championship points for his/her finish. Waivers are available upon request at trackside registration.

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Daytona Int’l Speedway; Daytona Beach, FL Jan/7-9 (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™) Feb/17-20 Roebling Road Raceway; Bloomingdale, GA (AAR) Mar/17-20 Carolina Motorsports Park; Kershaw, SC (AAR) Apr/22-24 High Plains Raceway; Deer Trail, CO (AAR) Apr/29Thunderhill Raceway Park; Willows, CA (AAR) May/1 Heartland Motorsports Park (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); May/27-29 Topeka, KS (AAR) Jun/16-19 New Jersey Motorsports Park; Milleville, NJ (AAR) Weathertech Laguna Seca (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Jul/15-17 Monterey, CA (AAR) Jul/21-24 Ridge Motorsports Park; Shelton, WA (AAR) Aug/25-28 Blackhawk Farms Raceway; South Beloit, IL (AAR) Sept/2-4 Gingerman Raceway; South Haven, MI (AAR & SRS) Sept/30Talladega Gran Prix; Munford, AL (AAR & SRS) Oct/2 Oct/6-9 Barber Motorsports Park; Birmingham, AL

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Daytona Int’l Speedway; Daytona Beach, FL (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™) Battery Park; Nesmith, SC Burrows Ranch; Chrome, CA Cahuilla Creek Motocross; Anza, CA ISDT/E Reunion Race Razorback Riders; Combs, AR Heartland Motorsports Park (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Topeka, KS Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA Shady Acres; Friendsville, MD Weathertech Laguna Seca (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Monterey, CA Jack Pine Gypsies; Sturgis, SD Pavilion MX Park; Pavilion, NY Diamond Don’s Motorsports; Jefferson, TX Sugar Hill; Bolivar, TN Bushey Ranch; Chrome, CA Barber Motorsports Park; Leeds, AL T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK

2022 Bridgestone Tires AHRMA National Vintage Motocross Series

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Dec-3

Jan-3

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Apr-21

May-9

Apr-28

May-16

May-18 Jun-9

Jun-6 Jun-27

Jun-17

Jul-6

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Jul-25 Aug-15 Aug-29 Sept-12 Sept-19 Sept-26 Oct-31

Aug-7 Aug-13 Aug-27 Sept-3 Sept-10 Sept-18 Sept-24 Oct-2 Oct-8 Oct-15 Oct-22 Nov-5

Venue

Daytona Int’l Speedway; Daytona Beach, FL (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™) Arizona Cycle Park; Buckeye, AZ Burrows Ranch; Chrome, CA Cahuilla Creek Motocross; Anza, CA Midwest Extreme Park; Drexel, MO Devils Ridge Motocross; Sanford, NC Thunder Valley MX Park; Morrison, CO Heartland Motorsports Park (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Topeka, KS Muddy Creek Raceway; Blountville, TN Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA Shady Acres; Friendsville, MD Weathertech Laguna Seca (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Monterey, CA Jack Pine Gypsies; Sturgis, SD TBD Pavilion MX Park; Pavilion, NY Millcreek Motorsports Park; Coombs, AR Diamond Don’s Motorsports; Jefferson, TX Rattlers Run; Fairfield, WA Lincoln Trail Motosports; Casey, IL Bushey Ranch; Canby, CA Millcreek MX Park; Pell City, AL Georgia Practice Facility (GPF); Cairo, GA Texas GP; Donie, TX T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK

Mail-in/ Fax/Email Pre-entry Deadline

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Dec-3

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May-16

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Daytona Int’l Speedway; Daytona Beach, FL (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™) Mar-5 Arizona Cycle Park; Buckeye, AZ Apr-10 Cahuilla Creek Motocross; Anza, CA Apr-24 Midwest Extreme Park; Drexel, MO May-1 Devils Ridge Motocross; Sanford, NC May-22 Thunder Valley MX Park; Morrison, CO Heartland Motorsports Park May-29 (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Topeka, KS Jun-12 Muddy Creek Raceway; Blountville, TN Jun-19 Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA Jul-10 Shady Acres; Friendsville, MD Weathertech Laguna Seca Jul-16 (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Monterey, CA Aug-7 Jack Pine Gypsies; Sturgis, SD Aug-14 TBD Aug-28 Pavilion MX Park; Pavilion, NY Sept-3 Millcreek Motorsports Park; Coombs, AR Sept-11 Diamond Don’s Motorsports; Jefferson, TX Sept-25 Lincoln Trail Motosports; Casey, IL Oct-8 Millcreek MX Park; Pell City, AL Oct-16 Georgia Practice Facility (GPF); Cairo, GA Oct-23 Texas GP; Donie, TX Nov-6 T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK Jan-9

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Dec-3

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Jan-9

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May-16

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Venue

Feb/26-27 Stovall Mountain; Elora, TN Mar-29 Burrows Ranch; Chrome, CA Apr-9 Cahuilla Creek Motocross; Anza, CA Heartland Motorsports Park May-27 (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Topeka, KS Jun-18 LeMay Museum; Tacoma, WA Weathertech Laguna Seca Jul-16 (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Monterey, CA Aug-6 Jack Pine Gypsies; Sturgis, SD Aug-27 Pavilion MX Park; Pavilion, NY Sept/1-2 Millcreek Motorsports Park; Coombs, AR Sept-9 Diamond Don’s Motorsports; Jefferson, TX Sept-17 Rattlers Run; Fairfield, WA Oct-1 Bushey Ranch; Canby, CA Oct/7-8 Barber Motorsports Park; Leeds, AL Nov-5 T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK

2022 Bridgestone Tires AHRMA National NextGen MX Series

Online Pre-entry Deadline (midnight CST)

Jan-26 Feb-20 Mar-10

Online Pre-entry Deadline (midnight CST) Feb-14 Mar-7 Mar-28

Apr-28

May-16

May-18

Jun-6

Jun-17

Jul-6

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

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Dec-3

Jan-3

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Daytona Int’l Speedway; Daytona Beach, FL (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™) Arizona Cycle Park; Buckeye, AZ Cahuilla Creek Motocross; Anza, CA Midwest Extreme Park; Drexel, MO

Feb-5 Mar-10 Mar-24

Feb-21 Mar-28 Apr-11

May-1

Devils Ridge Motocross; Sanford, NC

Mar-30

Apr-18

May-22

Thunder Valley MX Park; Morrison, CO Heartland Motorsports Park (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Topeka, KS Muddy Creek Raceway; Blountville, TN Reynlow Park; Reynoldsville, PA Shady Acres; Friendsville, MD Weathertech Laguna Seca (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Monterey, CA Jack Pine Gypsies; Sturgis, SD TBD Pavilion MX Park; Pavilion, NY Millcreek Motorsports Park; Coombs, AR Diamond Don’s Motorsports; Jefferson, TX Lincoln Trail Motosports; Casey, IL Millcreek MX Park; Pell City, AL Georgia Practice Facility (GPF); Cairo, GA Texas GP; Donie, TX T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK

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2022 4SR AHRMA National Vintage Dirt Track Series Mail-in/ Online Fax/E- Pre-entry mail Deadline Pre-entry (midnight Deadline CST)

Date

Venue

Jan-9

Daytona Int’l Speedway; Daytona Beach, FL (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™) Celebration Arena; Priceville, AL BullRing; Ocala, FL (ST & TT) BullRing; Ocala, FL (ST & TT) Heartland Motorsports Park (AHRMA Classic MotoFest™); Topeka, KS Jack Pine Gypsies; Sturgis, SD Georgia Practice Facility (GPF); Cairo, GA (ST & TT) T&S Racing; Henryetta, OK

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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.

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undreds of racers from North America and other parts of the world converged on Daytona International Speedway to compete for race wins and National Championships at the 36th annual Championship Cup Series (CCS) Race of Champions, featuring the final rounds of the AMA-sanctioned American Sportbike Racing Association (ASRA) National Sprint and Team Challenge series.

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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