MRA Feb 2006

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Monthly Amateur Race Coverage

VOLUME 10, ISSUE 1 • FEBRUARY/MARCH 2006

06 race previews inside pre motorama - season kick off issue

Photos by JC Benson

D- 6 Champ Jeremy Cook wins the pro lites division at the baltimore ax

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Important Distribution Information Please Read The following information is very important as to how you will receive your copy of “Motorcycle Racing Action” (MRA) in the upcoming season. In the past MRA has always been a free publication to our readers, which was distributed at race tracks and thru dealer advertisers. We have also offered paid subscriptions for those of you that wanted to make sure you did not miss any of the great racing action found here in our pages. Many of you have taken advantage of that for one reason or the other and for that, “we thank you”. Your support and patronage have allowed us to grow and by your contributions we have been able to provide even more race coverage to the local racers of this region. Please remember that 95% of this publication has been and always will be paid for by the advertisers in these pages. If you can, please support them when you need to purchase anything regarding our great sport.

Our distribution methods in some cases are changing this year and we hope that everyone will be pleased with the changes. If you are an MDRA member, nothing has changed. Last year your organization contracted us to provide each MDRA member with a discounted copy of MRA by direct mail. We covered your series and sent you all a copy and everyone seemed to enjoy that. If you are planning on renewing your card for this season you need not do anything. Your copy of MRA will arrive in the mail as always.

If you purchase a District 6 motocross card for 2006 you will now receive a copy of MRA by direct mail as part of your membership fees. The promoters of District 6 have formed a new motocross committee this year in the hopes of providing a better overall racing experience for the members of the district. Part of that experience is being able to keep the members informed and to provide race coverage for your new D6 Ultimate MX Series thru the pages of MRA. If you are a Hare Scrambles racer or possibly a Dirt Track racer, maybe you are a race fan or family member and would still like to receive MRA by mail, we have a special offer for you. Please log onto our website at www.mcracingaction.com where you can purchase a discounted subscription to MRA for the year 2006. Click on the white box that says “Hare Scrambles Promotion” and you will be directed on how to get signed up.

Lastly, we will still offer a reduced number of Free Issues at select tracks and dealerships due to the fact that there are always new racers attending events that may not be familiar with MRA. Our intention is to still provide the best monthly amateur race coverage available in our area.

Your racing organizations agree with us, the best way to promote your sport is thru you the participants of the sport.

We thank you all for supporting MRA, no matter what the capacity. We look forward to seeing you all at the races this season and please remember. Any questions, you can see me at the track or contact us by email or phone. mcracing@comcast.net or (717) 872-8782.

Sincerely – Jim Bull MRA

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attention mra readers!

MRA FEB/MARCH 2006 • 4

CAUGHT IN THE ACT In This Issue

of Motorcycle Racing Action

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Attention MRA Readers by Jim Bull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Our Advertisers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Kenda Tire Harescramble Hotshot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2005 Motorama Action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Fastmann Racing by Dave Hayes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 PA State Harescramble Banquet by MRA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-16 Harescramble Photo Gallery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 06 MDRA Race Preview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 06 Ultimate Race MX Preview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 05 ECEA HS Banquet by Patty Shaw. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36-37 The Racers Edge by Al Carr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

The Action Motorsports Short Track Team Trying To get Their Picture In MRA!

Upcoming Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Stay Tuned Next Month To See Who Will Be CAUGHT IN THE ACT!

Final D-6 Point Standings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42-43

Readers log on to www.gapracing.com to see who else was “Caught in the Act”!

Hello Race Fans!

Hello everyone and welcome back. Happy 2006 to everybody, I hope everyone had a great holiday season. I’m writing this about five weeks prior to the Motorama Races and Shows and I’m sitting here wondering if winter is ever going to get here. Right now it’s 65 degrees and sunny but you’ll get no complaints from me.

Well, we’re ready to kick off another exciting race season here in the region. As always MRA will be right there with you to catch all of the great racing action that is about to happen.

I’d like to take this time to thank everyone for helping us reach our fifth racing season.

Actually 2006 is the 10th year of publication for MRA, but we are going into our fifth year as owners. From the bottom of my heart, thank you for reading, advertising, contributing and supporting what we do.

2006 is going to be a great year and MRA will be striving to bring you the best amateur race coverage available. We will again be following and supporting the MDRA Series.

This years series will bring you 11 rounds and will hit some of the finest tracks in the area. Check out their advertisement and race preview on pages 25 and 26 of this issue.

We will again be covering the District 6 Ultimate MX Series as well. Another

fantastic series to be a part of. There are some changes this year, so check out their race preview and ad on pages 28 and 29.

BP Promotions has another great PA State Hare Scrambles Series lined up for you this year. 11 rounds of the knarliest terrain available in PA. MRA will be featuring your events and photos and you can get all the info you need at harescrambleracing. com.

Just a few things you may want to check out here in the pre - season. We have a racer survey posted on our website, if you could find a few minutes to complete that it may help us bring you more of what you’re looking for from MRA. This year brings some distribution changes to MRA. Now either your MDRA card or your District 6 MX card will bring you a copy of MRA in the mail. If you are a Hare Scrambler or just a fan, check out our website for a great subscription offer. Please also check out page 3 of this issue for more details on the matter.

I guess the only other thing you need to do now is “get ready”, things are about to get really really hot. 2006 is gonna rock - are you going to be there? We certainley are!

Until next time.

Jim Bull, MRA

Motorcycle Racing Action Contributors Photographers jim bull – mra john benson Scott Lukaitis Dave Hayes Patty shaw

Writers

Jim Bull

dave hayes Al Carr john benson “T” “H”

Office Manager deb Bull

Boo Koo Arena Cross by John Benson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40-41 Timonium Short Track by MRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44-45 I’m Sorry Dad (A MUST READ). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Stevie’s First Race by Jim Bull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Team Green Racer Lowell Spangler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Our Advertisers: Action Motorsports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 B&B Sales & Service. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 50 Blettner Power Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Blue Diamond MX Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 BMS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Bottle Run Xtreme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Bromley Motorcycle Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Canyon Motorsports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 CDR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Cumberland Kawasaki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Cycle Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Don’s Kawasaki. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Doublin Gap. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 East Coast ATV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 ECS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Fastmann Racing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Flying Dutchmen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Ft. of Mountain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 GAP Racing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35, 42 Gockley Motorsports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Grumbine’s RV Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Happy Ramblers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Irish Valley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 JC Benson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Jim Murray’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Keeney Motorsports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Kenda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Keystone Trailers, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Kimmet’s Extreme. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 KoolKidz ATV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Lancaster Harley-Davidson Racing. . . . . . . . 48 Lancaster Honda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37, 40 Lebanon Valley Cycles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Martinsburg Motorsports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 MCW. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 MDRA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Mellott Brothers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Motographx . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Moto Jockey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Motorama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 NJ Offroad Vehicle Park. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Offroad Motorsports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Pagoda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Proaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Raceway Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Re-Active Suspension. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Ridersville Cycle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Rizzon Cycle, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 RRP/Crossroads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Scott Powersports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Scott’s Signs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Shenandoah Honda. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Sleepy Hollow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Spoke Saver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Stone’s Camping World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Summit Interiors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 The Landing MX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 TMX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Toy Tech. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Trapani. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Twigg Cycles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Ultimate Motocross. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 VPE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 WER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 West Shore Suzuki . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Woods Riders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 YCH. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

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Kenda Tires Proudly Supports the

Ultimate MX Series, the MDRA Series, and the PA State Harescrambles

Kenda pilot Frank Letteiri starts the season off right with a second place finish at the Boo Koo AX in Reading, PA.

Sanctioned Hare Scramble Schedule Ft. of the Mountain reserves the right to shorten times IF a safety factor occurs, and also reserves the right to cancel due to severe weather conditions. Spectators assume all liabilities for injury and loss.

MAY 7

– PA STATE ROUND #4 • TRIPLE CROWN Sponsored by: Roxy’s Kawasaki – Fayetteville, PA Cumberland Kawasaki of Carlisle, PA

June 4

– BP PROMOTIONS – PA STATE • ROUND #5 Sponsored by : SUMMITT HOMES – BUTLER, MD

September 2 September 3

– Sat Barbeque 5:00pm

I Would Like To Give A Big Thank You To All My Great Sponsors For Their Support In The 2005 Season !

• Sagner Tile • • DeLong’s Exxon • • Cumberland • Fredco Kawasaki • Management • • Scott USA • • Geiger Machine • • Moose Gear • • Graphic Visions • • Reading Off • NAPA of Road Riders • Morgantown • • Family and friends •

From: Andrew Delong ECEA and D6 Hare Scrambles Champion

– PA STATE ROUND #8 Sponsored by GRUMBINE RV’S – Harrisburg, PA

For more information call 814-259-3827 or 717-632-8171 RACE DAY: 814-259-9992

Schedule: Sign Up and Gates Open at 7:30AM **8:30-9:15 P-Wee’s, 50, 65, 110, etc (0-9 yrs old)** 9:30-10:15 YOUTH ATV 50-70-90 ***10:30-11:30 All other YOUTH /WOMEN MC

**12:00-2:00 ADULT MC **2:30-4:00 ADULT ATV

Directions: PA Turnpike to (old exit 13) now is #180 to 522 N to Shade Gap, Rt 641E through Neelyton, at crossroads turn right on Decorum Rd, ½ mile track on left.

Riders under 18yrs. old MUST have a guardian present to sign release.

Spectators assume all liability for injuries or loss. Please keep the area clean by using trash receptacles. NO glass containers. NO open fire. NO studded tires.

Call ahead for camping information.

22295 Decorum Road • Neelyton, PA 17239 Exit 13 or 14 off of PA Turnpike (Please call for directions)

(814) 259-9992 or (717) 632-8171

TIRES HARESCRAMBLE HOTSHOT Name: Andrew DeLong Event: ECEA, D6 & PA State Harescramble Series

Age: 15 Hometown: Morgantown, PA District #: 10 Ride: 05’ KX 100 / 06’ YZ 125 Class: 05’ Supermini / 06’ 200 B Experience: Riding since age 4, Racing since age 11 Hobbies: Soccer, Baseball, Snow Boarding and Water Skiing Fav. Food: Spaghetti Fav. Racer: Mike Lafferty Sponsors: DeLong’s Exxon, Fredco Management, Geiger Machine, Graphic

Visions, NAPA of Morgantown, Sagner Tile, Cumberland Kawasaki, Scott USA, Moose Gear, R.O.R.R., family & friends

Future goals: My future dream would be to become a professional dirt bike racer, if that doesn’t work out maybe get into the medical field.

www.scottpowersports.com

610-282-4800

Located between Allentown & Quakertown on Rt. 309 in Coopersburg

Andrew DeLong from Morgantown, PA rounds out our list of Harescramble Hotshots from the 2005 season. Not that we placed them in any particular order, but Andrew would certainly sit towards the top of the list. I’m sure that there were many candidates that deserved it but didn’t make it in this year. The good news is the season is on it’s way and that opens up the need for a whole new group of Hotshots. Please keep us posted on your results as we are always looking for potential candidates.

Now, on to Andrew. Andrew has been a consistent finisher since he started competing.

Andrew has been riding since the young age of 4 but he didn’t get serious about racing until he was 11. Andrew says that he has to thank his dad for getting him started in the sport. His father rode since he was young and has passed it on to Andrew. Andrew said “the reason he does this sport is because of the excitement and thrill, I just love to ride”.

In his first year 2002 he won the 10 -11 year old 85cc division. The following season he had to move up to the 12-15 division where he finished a solid 7th. Again in 2004 he bumped up to the Supermini division and ended the season with a 4th overall.

2005 was the year that Andrew has really developed. In his second season riding the big wheel bike he took the region by storm. Andrew kept very busy this past year by trying to compete in all three of the local racing series. The result, two out of three championships. my bet is he probably would have won all three if scheduling conflicts weren’t an issue.

Andrew took first place overall in the ECEA Youth Harescramble Series while winning the Supermini title. In the District 6 Series he won Supermini and he placed third in the PA State Hare Scramble Series. Definitely Hotshot status as far as I’m concerned.

Watch out for Andrew this season, he’s bumping up again and he has a new ride thru Factory KTM. Andrew will campaign out of Matto Cycle in Pottsville, PA while chasing the 200B title in 2006. We would like to thank Andrew and his family for their time and we wish you the best in your future racing endeavors.

Jim Bull MRA

MRA FEB/MARCH 2006 • 7

Ft. of Mountain Hare Scramble

MRA FEB/MARCH 2006 • 8

2005 motorama action

Jarek Balkovic is a regular in the Motorama winners circle.

Expert racers wait for their gate.

The jump style contests kick off the Sunday afternoon racing action.

Be sure to check out all of the trials competition while at the Motorama Shows.

Broc Schmelyun won every race he entered. 12 motos in two days.

Motorama regular Ty Wallace grabs a couple of second place finishes.

The ATV racing action is always red hot at Motorama.

Stanley Bohenek takes two 50cc wins in 2005.

Dennis Johns got a School Boy division win in 05’.

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h t 9 1 & h t 8 Feb. 1

Speed Show • Arenacross Races Go Kart Races • Quarter Midget Races MS Motorama Pageant • Trials

Saturday Events, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Variety of Vendors Bikini Contest (prize money given) Non-Judged Showfield Judged Showfield

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732-446-7800 • 732-446-1373 fax Info@etownraceway.com

www.racewaypark.com

2006 Motocross Race Track Schedule of Events Pee Wee MX / Youth Quad Series April 8, May 27, July 8, July 22, August 26, September 16

Pee Wee MX Classes 4-6, 7-8 50 Oil Injected (May be combined as one class) 4-6, 7-8 50 Stock 4-6, 7-8 XR/CRF/TTR 50 (May be combined as one class) Youth Quad Classes 4-8 50 Stock • 6-11 70 Production • 8-15 90 Production

Trapani Pit Bike Series

MX Practice Tracks

April 8, May 6, May 27, June 24, July 22, August 26, September 16, September 29.

MX PRACTICE Tracks are open every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from February 24, thru November, 26.

MX RACE Track is open for practice every Wednesday from March thru November. * Practices are open during fair weather conditions only. Call the MX Practice hotline for details- 732-446-7800 (Press 7)

Classes:

50cc Stock Plus........... 7-11, 12-15, 16+ 50cc Mod..................... 16+ 50cc Open................... 7-11, 12-15, 16+ 70-110cc Midsize........ 7-15, 16+ Open 150cc................. 7-15, 16+ Visit www.trapaniracing.com for more info on rules, classes, etc.

MX Schools

March 18, April 15, May 13, July 15, August 19, October 7

ATV and Quad Race Dates

* PRE-ENTRY REQUIREDCall Grace @ 732-446-7800 to enter Visit www.motovation.com for more info.

Practice Saturday and Race Sunday

June 10 and 11 • November 11 and 12

Regular Race Schedule

May 6, Saturday

March 12 Sunday

May 7, Sunday

Normal semi – pro race day. All 2 wheel classes run.

September 16, Saturday

May 27, Saturday

Pee Wee MX/Youth Quad & Pit Bike race – round # 5

September 17, Sunday

May 28, Sunday

Normal semi – pro race day. All 2 wheel classes run.

June 24, Saturday

Normal semi – pro race day. All 2 wheel classes run.

June 25, Sunday

Pee Wee MX/Youth Quad & Pit Bike race – round # 6

31st Annual Yamaha sponsored season opener. All 2 wheel classes run.

March 26, Sunday

Normal semi – pro race day. All 2 wheel classes run.

April 8, Saturday

Pee Wee MX/Youth Quad & Pit Bike race – round # 1.

April 9, Sunday

Normal semi – pro race day. All 2 wheel classes run.

April 22, Saturday

Normal semi – pro race day. All 2 wheel classes run. Warm-up race for NE Classic Series the following day.

April 23, Sunday

Round # 2 14th Annual Thor/Parts Unlimited Northeast Classic Motocross Classic series. Contingency paid in most classes. All 2 wheel classes run.

open practice.

Center in memory of Bruce Zimmerman.

Check website for class details.

Pit bike race with early open practice – Round # 2.

July 9, Sunday

Normal semi – pro race day. All 2 wheel classes run.

July 22, Saturday

Pee Wee MX/Youth Quad & Pit Bike race – round # 7 (final points race)

Pee Wee MX/Youth Quad & Pit Bike race – round # 3.

July 23, Sunday.

Normal semi – pro race day. All 2 wheel classes run. Last RPMX points race.

Normal semi – pro race day. All 2 wheel classes run.

August 6, Sunday

Pit bike race with early open practice – Round # 4.

August 26, Saturday

21st Annual Suzuki sponsored NJ State MX Championships. District 6 Points Series. D6 Bucks & Double D6 Points.

Ultimate MX Championship Series, Suzuki & Kawasaki contingency paid in most classes. All 2 wheel classes run.

July 8, Saturday

Pee Wee MX/Youth Quad race with early

August 27, Sunday

Normal semi – pro race day. All 2 wheel classes run.

September 2, Saturday

14th Annual Vet & Vintage Reunion (expanded vet & ACR vintage classes only at this event) Sponsored by Kessler Pro Suspension & Montgomeryville Cycle

September 29, Friday

Pit Bike Race of Champions. Non points race. Early KROC pit parking and registration.

September 30 & October 1, Saturday & Sunday 30th Annual KAWASAKI TEAM GREEN MOTOCROSS RACE OF CHAMPIONS All 2 wheel classes run.

See many of the finest motocross racers from all over the country at this very special event. The best race of the year.

Kawasaki, Suzuki, Honda

& Yamaha contingency paid out. All trophy classes and 25+, 30+, and 40+ expert classes race on Saturday only. 125 & 250 pro expert feature classes along with IRONMAN CLASSIC, MINI CYCLE SHOOT OUT AND KESSLER CUP on Sunday only. Check website for details.

October 21, Saturday

Tentative open practice and banquet.

October 22, Sunday

Trophy class day with one combined expert class (25+, 30+, 40+, 125, 250 experts run together for one single purse.

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FastMann Racing By: Dave Hayes Imagine you roll up to the starting gate at a local motocross race and a guy on an XR 400 rolls up next to you. Your first thought is, this guy has got to be nuts. Then you start to worry that he might loop it out of the gate and take you out in the process. Then the gate drops and the XR guy is gone, I mean gone, he is so far ahead it confuses you. Many racers faced this dilemma when Randy Mann started racing. He was the XR guy. Now he’s a CRF guy and this is where the story gets interesting.

Look for the Fastmann support trailer at all MDRA events.

I have heard it said that necessity is the mother of invention. Randy Mann of FastMann Racing is living proof of that saying. When I first saw Randy at the race track he was riding an XR 400. The XR is not your prototypical MX bike by a long shot.

But Randy’s results got people thinking: What does this guy know about motorcycle mechanics that makes him so fast on a trail bike? Well, it turns out the answer is Randy

has a background in engineering and has taken quite a few suspension modification courses. However, all the knowledge in the world won’t make you adept at tuning suspension and engines if you don’t have the equipment, tools and skills necessary to satisfy your customers when they hand you their bike and say “make it better”. Randy races and he does it well. Just ask his competitors. More importantly he has the uncanny ability to modify and dial in a bike to each rider’s ability level and riding style.

That’s a skill that should not go un-noticed by people like us. We all want our bikes to work better in certain situations, but most of us don’t need a “Factory” bike. We need our bikes to work best for us! It’s that simple.

I have to tell you, Randy worked on my CRF 450 and I have been so impressed with the suspension modifications that I wanted to let everyone know just how great his product is. I recently sat down with Randy in his shop located in Mercersburg, PA to talk about his business philosophy and goals for the future, and this is what he had to say.

MRA: How long have you been in business?

Randy: We have been offering our services since 1998.

MRA: When you started, what type of business was it?

Randy: We started doing all types of performance engine, suspension, and carburetion work.

MRA: What type of services do you offer now?

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Randy: We offer everything from suspension service to complete re-valve, re-spring work and other internal modifications.

We do complete engine re-builds, crank service, head work, including valve jobs and valve guide replacements. We are in the process of upgrading our facilities to include extensive head porting and flowing on our new Superflow Flowbench. We will also be offering Dyno and tuning services on our new computerized SuperFlow CycleDyn Pro. MRA: Can you tell me a little bit about your suspension modification philosophy?

Randy: In the past it was always necessary to change the pistons. Because of their design, they just didn’t flow like they should. Now with newer designs and technology in most applications, the stock pistons have plenty of flow. Typically I set up the valving and oil volume for the rider’s weight and his riding style; also taking into account if they are riding woods or motocross. The rider’s skill is assessed as well. I may also change the chamber springs on the Showa suspension to increase the plush feeling without sacrificing bottoming resistance. On the shock we do the same but we can modify the adjuster, which in turn gives a much plusher ride without sacrificing bottoming resistance.

MRA: Now that more people are riding 250F Four Strokes there seems to be a need to find more power. How do you plan to service that aspect of the business?

Randy: Well that’s where the Flowbench and the Dyno come in. With the Flow Bench will be able to get a lot more power out of the engine by maximizing the head work we can do. We can work with some different cams and exhaust systems prior to putting the machine on the Dyno. Then we put the machine on the Dyno, which has software that will analyze the exhaust, and enable us to fine tune the jetting as well. This will allow all the modifications to work together.

MRA: In the past you did not offer this level of engine modification and tuning.

Is that because you did not have a Flow Bench?

Randy: You can not do quality head work without a flowbench or a Dyno, and we will be offering both! This equipment will take away all the guess work and the ‘by the seat feel.’ It will show you the facts through the Dyno’s tuning software.

MRA: What is the best way for people to ship suspension components to your shop?

Randy: For those within driving distance they can bring their bike or remove the components and drop them off. UPS or FedEx service is another option. If they bring the bike in, I can set the sag and use our test track to evaluate the performance and set the clickers as well. That’s all included in the price.

MRA: The shop is centrally located to riders from Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia and Virginia. Customers can find directions on your web site that are correct?

Randy: There is a link on the web site, http://fastmannracing.com/ to Mapquest.

MRA: What is the normal turn around for the majority of your services?

Randy: When a customer contacts us, we can discuss the work to be performed.

Typically a bike is turned around in one to two weeks when the job is scheduled to come in. In some cases, for racers, we turn them around the same week.

MRA: How about a success story, is there a rider who has benefited from your services that you would like to talk about?

Randy: I have quite a few fast local guys who use our services but one rider in particular, Steven Helton, was running in 10th to 12th place at Doublin Gap in his races on average. When he got his suspension back from FastMann, his average finish improved to 3rd place. His feedback was that with his stock suspension he was getting tired by the third lap. After the FastMann modifications, he was able ride a lot harder for longer periods of time without getting tired.

MRA: Where do you see your shop in three years regarding the types of services you will offer?

Randy: We want to start gearing toward doing more extensive head work, utilizing the flow bench and Dyno, and getting into the more technical end of suspension work.

MRA: Do you offer trackside service?

Randy Mann Randy: Yes, we hard at work. have a box-trailer we take to all the MDRA races and other select events. We stock all the consumables and necessities to meet the rider’s needs. We can help set up the clickers on the suspension or do a valve adjustment. Especially at the MDRA races, where there is a Saturday practice, we can do a valve adjustment after practice. Just call ahead before the weekend to make a reservation. We can also change tires and do jetting changes. When time is short and parts are necessary, contact us and we will bring along what you need to the track, i.e., tires, tubes, fluids, levers, spark plugs, etc.

MRA: Thank you Randy Randy: Thank you!

Contact the “FastMann” If you are interested in our services or have any questions, we should talk. Please feel free to contact us at any time.

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bp promotions pa state harescramble banquet PA State Series • Flying Dutchmen Series • By Jim Bull

Saturday night November 19, 2005 brought the BP Promotions PA State Hare Scrambles Series Banquet in conjunction with The Flying Dutchmen Hare Scrambles Series Banquet to the Flying Dutchmen hall in Pine Grove, PA. As usual it was a packed house showing just how dedicated the Hare Scrambles racers of this area truly are. The banquet was catered by the FDMC club members and again, as always the eats and service were second to none.

This was the 5th Annual Banquet for BP Promotions and the second year that MSR, Answer Racing and Pro Taper were on board as major sponsors of the series.

What a blessing this has been to the racers participating in the state races. There was over $20,000.00 worth of free merchandise given out again this year and close to half Kenda tire man Chase Smith loves stickers. of that came in the way of MSR. Answer and Pro Taper product giveaways, MSR put out a challenge. This year riders earned $8000.00 Bucks and MSR gear contracts. Kenda worth of free gear from MSR and Answer Gear. (See BP USA tires is on board as a major tire sponsor along with Promotions as to how you can become a part of this) The other manufactures and local dealers the giveaways to the challenge – they want to giveaway over $10,000.00 from racers were astronomical.

MSR, Answer and Pro Taper in 2006. The BP State Series 2006 promises to be even bigger that last year. All is the largest MSR program in the country to date. sponsors are again intact and the folks from BP have

This year’s series consists of 11 rounds put on at some of the best locations available in the state. This year’s series will not offer any double points rounds at the request of the riders. This year’s series has a Triple Crown Series built into the overall series. Any rider that wins their class at all three rounds will ride for free in 2007. This year’s series will offer Hi Point awards in different divisions in addition to riders of the year, sportsmanship and other categories. This year’s series, if you’re a Hare Scrambles racer, is the one to take a look at. You can find out information about this years series right here in the pages of MRA or you can contact Bromley Motorcycles at (215) 357-1534.

The Hare Scramble banquet always draws a great crowd.

2005 BP Promotions PA State Harescramble Series Champions 50 4-8 Stock 1. Walter Bond 2. Michael McGee 3. Tanner Barnhardt 4. Aaron Lasher 5. Bryce Bemis 5. Christian Gosch 50 Oil Injected 1. Colton Smith 2. Mason Evitts 3. Russel Steele 4. Oscar Kelchner 5. Dalton Dunman

Bowers Motorcycle Supplies donated gift certificates to ATV class champs.

65 7-9 1. Daniel Bromley 2. Jerry Ferreira 3. Chase Rusden 4. Dieter Willenbrock 5. Robert Civitetti 65 10-11 1. Ethan Jaudas 2. C. Vanbuskirk 3. Nick David 4. Raven Finnefrack 5. Jason Chavez 85 7-11 1. Zachary Smith 2. Shane Hufford 3. Jake Exkart 4. James McCoe 5. Daniel Bromley

Sportsman of the year went to the Hunter family.

85 12-15 1. Justin Frederick 2. Cody Mummert 3. Joshua Smith 4. Jeffery Sullivan 5. Ian Pannebakker

Super Mini 1. Dale Wakefield 2. Aaron Mulhern 3. Andrew Delong 4. Z. Klaptosky 5. Derrick Kell

ATV Open A 1. Chris Borich 2. Rob Hertz 3. Keith Appleby 4. Michael Lucas 5. Matthew Smiley

Auto Sport 1. Timothy McAndrew 2. George Richards 3. Brian march 4. Chris Peipher 5. Anthony Demeo

110 Air Cooled 1. Taylor Pecika 2. Brandon woolf 3. Tom Shughart 4. Trent Null 5. Josh Rakvin

ATV Open B 1. Blake Kramer 2. Michael Fleming 3. Owen Kapalski 4. Thomas Koontz 5. Kyle Knecht

Open A MC 1. Luke Bange 2. Tyler McCreight 3. Robie Leese 4. Robert Lapinski 5. David Gatyas

100-150 4-Stroke 1. Jeffrey Metz 2. Ian Quire 3. Leeanne Bange 4. Shawn Kozak 5. Ryan Creitz ATV 51-70 1. Derrec Robinson 2. Austin Findley 3. Andrey Thorson 4. Hayden Wolpert 5. William Sloan

ATV Vet 1. Kenneth Tincher 2. Chad Kirby 3. Thomas Wright 4. Michael Johnston 5. Louis Huber

200 A MC 1. Jedediah Haines 2. Jerod Stoner 3. Jonathan Decamp 4. Matthew Leogrande 5. Jason Henriksen

91-200 2 Stock/91300 4 Stroke 1. Brandon Romito 2. J. Kuperavage 3. Mike Battaglis 4. Eugene Walsh 5. John Reed

Vet A MC 1. Bob Walton 2. C. Reichert 3. Jason Wills 4. Shane Hufford 5. Wayne Grenewicz

ATV 50 Stock 1. Allie Slate 2. Brian Thorson 3. Tyler McCarty 4. Zachery Graybeal 5. Chase Smith ATV 71-90 1. Kenton Heinbaugh 2. Joseph Bromley 3. Brian Ego 4. Matthew Close 5. Joshua Weikel

ATV Open C 1. John Duris 2. George Albright 3. Evan Williams 4. Andrew Achey 5. Jeff Piper Utility 1. Dave Porzi 2. Bryan VanAssen 3. Jim Stack 4. Peter Armellino 5. Lance Schwartz

Super Senior MC 1. Thomas Cichon 2. Jerry Lynn 3. Tom Phillips 4. Kenneth Ettinger 5. Thomas Ebersol Masters 60+ 1. Burd Guers 2. David Santich 3. David Verdetto

50 Stock (4-8) 1. Walter Bond 50 Oil Injected (4-8) 1. Mason Evitts 2. Colton Smith 3. Dalton Dunman 65 (7-9) 1. Dakota Dunman 65 10-11 1. Chris Vanbuskirk 2. Ethan Jaudas 3. Raven Finnefrack

85 7-11 1. Zackery Smith 2. Shane Hufford 3. Danny Bromley 85 12-15 1. Joshua Smith 2. Justin Frederick 3. Cody Mummert 4. Jeffrey Sullivan 5. Ian Pannebaker 6. Patrick Desantis 7. Kevin Pannebaker

80/Big Wheel – Supermini 1. Dale “Bugsy” Wakefield 2. Stephen Morelli 3. Teddy Lynch 4. Cody Burns 5. Drey Bodie 110 Air Cooled 1. Brandon Woolf 2. Trent Noll 100-150 4 Stroke TTR 125 1. Jeffrey Metz

2. LeeAnn Bange 3. Shawn Kozak 4. Jim Redcay 5. Tabatha Roser

51-70 4 Wheel 1. Derrec Robinson 2. Bobby Frederick 3. Andrew Thorson 4. Colby Chinchar 50 4-8 Stock 4 Wheel 1. Allie Slate 2. Brian Thorson 3. Chase Smith 71-90 4 Wheel 12-15 1. Cody Spittler 2. Kenton Heinbaugh 3. Joey Bromley 4. Brian Ego 5. Evan Leipensperyer 6. Joshua Weikel 7. Steve George 8. Theodore Rupp 9. William Marshall

Triple Crown award winners won lots of free MSR stuff.

Open A 4 wheel 1. Mike Lucas 2. Tim Wertman 3. Mark Carmen

These riders won MSR Gear contracts for the 2006 season.

Vet 4 Wheel 1. Brian Shimkanon 2. Tim Smith

Over $8000.00 in MSR contingency was paid out at this years banquet.

Senior A MC 1. Mike Ego 2. Rich Wychunas 3. Michael Strause 4. Sean Petri 5. Chris Hunter Senior B 1. Phil Ehlinger 2. John Boylan 3. M. Shawn Bohanon 4. Alfred Schnug 5. James Mulhern 200 B MC 1. Robert Stanton 2. Lloyd Wildoner 3. Jason Sipe 4. Timmy Hunter 5. Tyler Klinger 201-Open B MC 1. Michael Pecika 2. Kevin Oswald 3. Rory Teter

4. Jim Cassel 5. Sean Van Assen Vet B MC 1. Shane Hyser 2. Bradley Roser 3. Joseph Cichon 4. Barry Thomas 5. Thomas Haley 201-Open C MC 1. Stephen Trainor 2. Broc Zerber 3. Dennis Haggerty 4. William McKenneey 5. Jason Fox 6. Dean Braver 86-200 C MC 1. Louis Gregor 2. Pat Eisenfelder 3. Dale Wakefield, Jr. 4. Troy Fisher 5. Kevin Fisher

Senior 4 Wheel 1. Jeff Kearney 2. Randy Smith 3. Tom Hertzendorf 4. David Madara

Special Awards Sportsmanship Award The Hunter Family

Open B 4 Wheel 1. “AJ” Thomas Koontz 2. Brandon Keller 3. Lonnie Garland 4. Michael Fleming 5. Ben Rollison 6. Blake Kramer 7. Bob Dewitt 8. Zachary Bergey

Youth ATV Rider of the Year Kenton Heinbaugh

Bill and Joe Bromley have brought us a great Hare Scrambles series.

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MC Rider of the Year Michael Pecika ATV Rider of the Year Jeff Kearney Smith Roll Off Rider of the Year Ethan Jaudas Youth MC Rider of the Year Justin Frederick

Ethan Jaudas is the Smith Roll Off Rider of the year.

Ethan wins 65 (10-11) in the State Series while taking a second at the Dutchmen.

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2005 Flying Dutchmen Hare Scramble Series Champions

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2005-06 District 6 Hare Scramble Advancement List

John Duris and George Albright go 1-2 in ATV Open C in the State Series.

Albright won the Dutchmen.

Cousins Taylor and Michael Pecika are both state champs.

Michael (right) wins Bike Rider of the year.

4 Wheel B to A Mike Fleming Tom Koontz Jr Blake Kramer Owen Kaplaski Jr Greg Kiddish Jeff Piper 4 Wheel C to B Andrew Achey George Albright Mike D’Amario John Duris Josha Helm Jesse Peters Evan Williams Motorcycle B to A John Boylan Joe Cichon Phil Ehlinger Shane Hyser Tyler Klinger Tom Maley Kevin Oswald

Michael Pecika Chris Rizzon Brad Roser James Shea Jason Sipe Robert Stanton Rory Teter Sean Vanassen Kevin Watto Motorcycle C to B Dean Braver Pat Eisenfelder Jacobus Ferreira Trot Fisher Louis Gregor III Dennis Haggerty Jr Bill McKenney Ian Simaska Steve Trainor Dale Wakefield Broc Zerbe

Justin Frederick wins Youth Bike Rider of the year with Kenton Heinbaugh (far right) taking Youth ATV Rider of the year.

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Continued from page 19 91/200 2 Stroke – 91/300 4 Stroke 4 Wheel 1. Brandon Romito 2. Michael Reddy 3. Cody Poticher 4. Sami Vanbuskirk Open C 4 Wheel 1. George Albright 2. Andrew Achey 3. Dean Forney 4. Marshall Talbot 5. Chris Andrews 6. Chris Leitzel 7. Kyle Barr 8. Gregory Biancone 9. James Blanck

Utility 4 Wheel 1. Bryan VanAssen 2. Karl VanAssen Autosport 4 Wheel 1. Chris Peipher 2. Timothy McAndrew 3. George Richards 201 – Open A MC 1. Luke Bange Vet A MC 1. Bob Walton 2. Chris Reichert Super Senior 1. Jerry Lynn

2. Ray Szymczak 3. Kenneth Ettinger Masters 1. Burd Guers Senior A 1. Sean Petri 2. Mike Ego 3. Rick Wychunas 4. Chris Hunter Senior B 1. Ricky Rittel 86 – 200 B 1. Timmy Hunter 2. Trevor white

201 – Open B 1. Sean VanAssen 2. Michael Rittel 3. Andrew Levengood 4. Andrew Szymczak 5. Willy Vanbuskirk Vet B 1. Shane Hyser 2. Brad Roser 201 – Open C 1. William McKenny 86 – 200 Open C 1. Jesse Eidam

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In 2005 a group of local promoters from both north and south of the Mason Dixon line, many of them racers themselves decided that they wanted to create a manageable series for people to participate in, that would pay back to the rider. They wanted to create a series that people could become a part of, a place where they could not only race together but they could bring their families to socialize and enjoy their time off from work and school together. A series that didn’t break their banks, that looked at how to get the most ride time for the buck, a series called the MDRA. In 2005 the MDRA ran a 12 race series that saw two rounds each at six different tracks. When you come to an MDRA event be prepared to spend the weekend, each

round offers a discounted Saturday practice day to all MDRA members. This not only allows a rider to get familiar with the course, it also offers lots of seat time to the racer.

And isn’t that what it’s all about, time in the saddle?

The MDRA must be doing something right. In 2005 over their 12 race series they averaged just under 500 racers per event, 485 to be exact. Their practice days were well attended and they had over 300 racers at their first ever awards banquet. And why not?

The MDRA Race Series is the only one of its kind that pays everything back to their riders thru year end awards and MDRA bucks that are redeemable at all MDRA participating tracks. Just an example, the racer that won the 125 and 250A classes took home a total of $1600.00 combined.

Where else can you do that?

For 2006 the series continues to get better. As a matter of fact it’s the first time in close to a decade that a local series attracted new Manufacturers Contingency money. Yamaha took notice to what the MDRA has accomplished, they’ve added 6 MDRA dates to their contingency program and Suzuki has made a verbal commitment at the time of this printing to add dates to their schedule.

The MDRA has caught the attention of another giant in the motorcycle industry.

This year’s series is being sponsored by

MSR, Answer Racing and Pro Taper. This is great news for the riders of this series. Now in addition to the 40 % increase in year end payouts, riders also have a chance to earn free gear and partial gear sponsorships.

The top three riders in 23 out of the 30 classes in the MDRA will receive free gear packages at the end of the year. In addition, and every rider racing in this series should take advantage of this offer. Any racer that purchases a set of MSR or Answer gear before the cut off date gets $120.00 in valuable coupons good at all motorcycle dealers that carry Tucker Rocky distributed parts. In addition to that even, racers who purchase the gear can earn points toward more free gear or partial gear contracts.

Hey, you probably need new gear anyhow, why not wear something that’s going to pay you back. Besides, it’s comfortable and it looks cool too.

Does it get better you ask? Sure it does.

The MDRA has a tire sponsor in Kenda

CASH PAYOUTS FOR EXPERTS

125 A $ 1200.00 $ 750.00 $ 400.00 $ 200.00 $ 100.00 $ 85.00 $ 75.00

250 A $ 1200.00 $ 750.00 $ 400.00 $ 200.00 $ 100.00 $ 85.00 $ 75.00

125 B $ 250.00 $ 150.00 $ 75.00 $ 70.00 $ 65.00

250 B $ 250.00 $ 150.00 $ 100.00 $ 70.00 $ 65.00

50 7-8 A $ 100.00 $ 75.00 $ 65.00 $ 60.00 $ 55.00

25 + A $ 600.00 $ 400.00 $ 200.00 $ 85.00 $ 75.00

25 Plus B $ 250.00 $ 150.00 $ 100.00 $ 70.00 $ 65.00

Vet A $ 600.00 $ 400.00 $ 200.00 $ 85.00 $ 75.00

Vet B $ 250.00 $ 150.00 $ 100.00 $ 70.00 $ 65.00

Senior A $ 500.00 $ 250.00 $ 100.00 $ 85.00 $ 75.00

Women $ 150.00 $ 125.00 $ 75.00 $ 60.00 $ 55.00

40 Plus B $ 250.00 $ 150.00 $ 100.00 $ 70.00 $ 65.00

Tires, no matter what brand you currently use, racers can win tire vouchers for discounted tires thru Kenda USA at each round. How about free gas? The MDRA will randomly give away a free gas card at each MDRA event in 2006. How about discounted practice days before each race and barbeque cook outs at select events. How about this? The

All B Class and Youth Riders receive MDRA Bucks as payment.

60 7-11 A $ 150.00 $ 125.00 $ 75.00 $ 60.00 $ 55.00

60 7-11 B $ 150.00 $ 125.00 $ 75.00 $ 60.00 $ 55.00

85 7-11 A $ 150.00 $ 125.00 $ 75.00 $ 60.00 $ 55.00

85 7-11 B $ 150.00 $ 125.00 $ 75.00 $ 60.00 $ 55.00

85 12-15 A $ 150.00 $ 125.00 $ 75.00 $ 60.00 $ 55.00

85 12-15 B $ 150.00 $ 125.00 $ 75.00 $ 60.00 $ 55.00

MDRA will have a rider representative at all events. Russ Seibold has volunteered his efforts to make sure you get a great racing experience. If you have questions, suggestions or concerns, Russ is the guy to see at the track. How about this? The MDRA will offer a race program at each round showing important information as well as up to date series points. Here’s another one.

New for 2006 “The Beast” Energy Drink will be the Official Energy Drink of the MDRA. We can all use a little extra energy while at the track, watch for their displays. The MDRA gives you that “Mini National Atmosphere”, there will be vendor displays at all events with product and services available to keep you on the track. On top of all of that, and there certainly are many more perks than I have room to mention here. Each MDRA member gets a copy of this great newspaper each month. We will be out covering your races and taking your pictures and providing you with all the information you need to have a successful racing season.

I had a chance to speak with the folks from the MDRA before I wrote this story. They are looking forward to seeing everyone in the new year. There are new major sponsors, there are many great local sponsors and there are many people involved in trying to provide you the racer with the best possible racing experience available. Payouts are up 40 % this year and all classes will receive year end awards. This year’s series will consist of 11 rounds at six different tracks.

All locations are the same as last with one exception. Sleepy Hollow MX Park has come on board as a new facility replacing Blue Diamond Park. Blue Diamond has gone in a different direction this season so the MDRA has invited Sleepy Hollow to fill the slot. Sleepy is located just 20 miles from Harrisburg, PA and offers a proven facility that is safe yet challenging for all skills of riders.

Looking for a place to race? Why not check out the MDRA. It’s a well run series with the racer in mind. It provides exceptional racing with classes designed for all skill levels. It’s a series that pays you to race. It’s a series certainly worth checking out. Round # 1 comes to us April 2, 2006 at the Hollow.

You can meet up with the MDRA while at Motorama or check them out online at www. masondixonriding.com.

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Loretta Lynn North East Area Qualifier April 22nd & 23rd

Special Practice Day – Friday April 21, 12-6 -- $30.00 No Charge for Camping !

Race Day Practice Starts at 9:00 AM $25.00 Entry Fee Per Class $10.00 Spectator Fee – 6 and under Free (unless racing) Check Our Website for Complete Details.

Tomahawk has installed a new table top jump with tunnel access to allow better spectating opportunities on the infield parts of the track. As always Tomahawk MX strives to provide the best possible racing surface available for your riding pleasure.

April 16 Closed Easter Sunday April 21 Practice 12pm – 6pm April 22-23 Loretta Lynn Area Qualifier May 20 MDRA Practice Day 10am – 4pm May 21 MDRA Race Day July 22 MDRA Practice Day 10am – 4pm July 23 MDRA Race Day

MDRA RACE DAY TIMES

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6:00 am - Gates Open 6:00 am - Sign Up 8:15 am - Church Service 8:30 am - Riders Meeting 9:00 am - Practice 10:00 am - Race

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2006 Schedule of Events

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2006 RACE SCHEDULE March

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Saturday - Practice Day 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Sunday - District 6 Advancement Points Race 1st Annual Happy Ramblers Swap Meet details on website.

Winners of each class receive a voucher for 50% off any Pro Grip Product for the year

May

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Saturday - Practice Day 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Sunday - District 6 Advancement Points Race 4ft. Trophies sponsored by Herman Chiropractic & Rehab

June

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Saturday - Practice Day 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Sunday- MDRA Series Race

July

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Saturday - Practice Day 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Sheckles & Sons Construction Saturday night Fireworks!

Sunday - District 6 Ultimate Series Double Points Race Day! 4ft. Trophies sponsored by Sheckles & Sons Construction

August

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September 16

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Saturday - Practice Day 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Sunday- MDRA Series Race Saturday - Practice Day 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Sunday - District 6 Advancement Points Race 4ft. Trophies sponsored by Baker's Truck & Auto Collision co-sponsor Mac Tools September 30 Saturday - Practice Day 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM October 1 Sunday - District 6 Advancement Points Race 4ft. Trophies sponsored by Blue Mountain Door Company End of 2006 Happy Ramblers point series October

14 Saturday - Practice Day 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM 15 Sunday - District 6 Ultimate Series Contingency Race 2006 Happy Ramblers points series Awards presentation MX Bonz, Vortex, Blettner Power Sports, Twin Air will supply awards to Happy Ramblers' 2006 point series winners.

November 11 Saturday - Practice Day 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

12 Sunday - District 6 Advancement Points Race Double Track Points for 2007 Happy Ramblers points series

Happy Ramblers “The Motorcycle Club” We will have a completely redesigned track in 2006.

Thanks to Kinsley Construction for all of their continued support!

Additional sponsors include:

Pro Grip, Twin Air, Vortex, MX Bonz, ORCS, Moto Tech, Ray Wilts, Blettner Power Sports, and CDR.

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Used Equipment Swap Meet

March 25 & 26 Bring Anything Used To Sell That is Moto Related

All Two-Wheel Motorcycle Classes All Two-Wheel Motorcycle Offered, Sorry No Quads.

Classes Offered, Sorry No Quads.Feature All 2006 Races

Open Practice onFeature All 2006 Races Saturday Open Practice on 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM Saturday Free Camping!

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And that’s precisely what TBT is all about.

Sure, you can try and do it from one of those” How To” guides in the magazines.

But, honestly, your chances of doing it right are very small. And, most likely, you’ll end up making it worse.

A modern motocross bike comes stock with an amazing suspension.

Unfortunately, most riders never get to experience it fully. You see, most bikes are set for an Elusive ”Average Rider”. So, if you happen to be part of the small percentage of Average riders riding on average terrain, you’re in luck. Now, if you’re racing, jumping ramps or riding gnarly trails, you’re not getting the most out of your bike’s suspension.

That’s where TBT Racing comes in.

We start by asking questions. What’s your bike doing? Bottoming too easily?

Back end dancing around in the whoops? Nervous or jittery in corners and on braking bumps? Afraid to hit doubles and whoops? Having your suspension properly dialed-in is the key to faster lap times and better bike control.

TBT Racing has been in the suspension and engine modification business for over 15 years. Working with Novice to Professional riders, getting them the most out of their machines. James Povolny, Ryan Huffman, Jason Thomas, Jo Oehlof, Ted Campbell, Robb Floth, All have used TBT Suspension and Engine mods to do battle in the AMA Supercross and Outdoor Nationals.

If Off-road is your thing, Check out LANCE SMAILS TBT/Factory Kawasaki at a WORCS race near you!

World Record Holder RYAN CAPES set the ramp to dirt distance record at + 260’ on a TBT suspension and engine prepared bike.

Our suspension services include complete disassemble, cleaning and inspection.

Then reassembled with the best Japanese fluids and parts available. During reassembly your TBT technician will ensure the proper spring rates and settings are in place to give you the best ride you have ever been on.

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Sunday March 19 - Motocross Co Sponsored By: Leisure Equipment

Saturday August 19, 22nd & Sunday August 20th - Annual Gypsy Tour

Saturday April 01- MX Practice Day

Saturday September 16 - Short Track

9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Sunday April 02 - Motocross

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Sunday May 07 - Junk Car Race Rain Or Shine

Sunday May 21 - Round Robin Poker Run Sign Up 9:00 AM – 12:00 Noon

Saturday June 03 - Supercross Co Sponsored: Blackman’s Cycle Center & Montogomeryville Cycle Center

Sunday June 04 - Motocross Co Sponsored: Blackman’s Cycle Center & Montgomeryville Cycle Center – Double D6 Points; Big Bucks

Sunday June 11 - Poker Run Sign Up 10:00 Am – 2:00 PM

Sunday July 09 - Poker Run Sign Up 10:00 Am – 2:00 PM

Sunday July 30 - Carnival Poker Run Sign Up 10:00 Am – 2:00 PM

Sunday August 13 - Poker Run Sign Up 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Saturday September 23 - MX Practice Day Sunday September 24 - Motocross Co Sponsored By: Lebanon Valley Cycles D6 Points, Contingency, Ultimate Mx Series; 7th Annual Peiffer Memorial and Mini Track Appreciation Day

Saturday October 14 - Night Pit Bike Race Sponsored By Motographx

Sunday October 15 - Motocross Co Sponsored: Blackman’s Cycle Center & Montgomeryville Cycle Center

Sunday October 22 - Turkey Poker Run Sign Up 10:00 Am – 2:00 PM

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Sunday November 12 - Junk Car Race Rain Date: Sunday November 19

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New and Improved Track Design for 2006 2006 EVENTS SCHEDULE

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District 6 Championship Points – Ultimate MX Series Championship. Which was it or which is it? For 2006 they are one in the same. For many years the AMA District 6 Sports Association, which is one of the largest AMA memberships in the country has run a championship points series which recognizes and awards racers for their performance in their individual classes.

In years past, racers could compete at different D6 venues and accumulate points towards the year end championships.

Generally the racer that attended the most races and finished consistently would be the champion. It’s a great idea except for

Now a racer if he chooses could participate in 16 – 18 races a year and still have a shot at a championship. Each track in the district would be allotted two points races a year. Like I said, great idea until the district started to grow. All of the sudden with the new tracks that had joined the district, we were back up to 21 races. All good tracks, but still, too many races.

In 2005 a new series popped up on the scene called the “Ultimate MX Championship Series”. The series is being backed by industry giant, Tucker Rocky Distributing, the parent company of MSR, Answer Racing and Pro Taper. The promoter ran

best possible series and racing experience for the racers of their district.

The answer came in the form of the New District 6 Ultimate MX Championship Series. Each promoter has been awarded two rounds each at their tracks; all races will be held at D6 facilities. We have a total of 18 races scheduled with MSR, Answer Racing and Pro Taper backing the series.

One round at each facility will be awarded manufacturers contingency money with the second round offering double championship points. There will not be any drops allowed and racers must compete once during a scheduled point’s race at each facility to be eligible for year end awards.

The promoters of District 6 feel they are once again back on track. Not only have they come up with a series that they believe will meet the needs of their members, they are now meeting as a group on a regular basis to fine tune the process as we go.

They’ve increased the membership fees this season (the first increase in many years) in

the hopes of being able to offer better year end awards. Not only to the champions, but they are looking at ways to offer incentives or awards to pay deeper into a class than they ever have before. In addition a portion of the new fees will go to provide each and every member with a copy of MRA each month to keep on top of happenings in the district and to provide you with the race coverage you truly love and deserve.

It sounds to me like the promoters of District 6 are definitely on track. They are organized and focused and bringing you a sponsor that is second to none. Check the previous page here in MRA for all of the series details and stay tuned each month to the pages of MRA to find race coverage and information on this great series that is about to be launched in 2006. Round # 1 kicks off in late March at the Atco Super Mx Park in Atco, NJ. If you want to race against the best that District 6 has to offer, make your plans to be there, we certainly will.

2006 District 6 ATV Championship Points Series

the fact that a racer needs to race at least 25-30 weekends a year if he wants to have a shot at the title.

Within the last couple of years the promoters of District 6 realized with the rising prices of just about everything associated with racing that racers were struggling by trying to compete in all of these events. Hence, just a few short years ago the promoters of D6 decided to have a championship point’s series within their overall racing schedule. It was a great idea.

It gave the racers of D6 different options.

this new series mostly in conjunction with District 6 Championship Points races with the exception of a few rounds at tracks lying around the perimeter of District 6. Finally, a great sponsor to back our race series, but still more racing which equals more expenses.

In the fall of 2005, District 6 race promoters again met to try and find a solution to the situation they were again finding themselves in. A new motocross committee has been formed by the promoters of district 6 only.

Their goal was to find a way to provide the

March 25........................ Atco MX April 15.......................... Sleepy Hollow May 6............................. Sleepy Hollow June 10........................... Atco MX June 11........................... Raceway Park August 19....................... Atco MX September 17................. Sleepy Hollow October 8........................ Sleepy Hollow October 28...................... Atco MX November 12.................. Raceway Park

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Tech Tips

LET IT BREATHE The race season is here again.

For most of us, this means new bikes for the upcoming year.

Many of you have spent the winter prepping your suspension and you’re motor. One of the first purchases for many of us is a new exhaust. Whether you’ve just added the new pipe or did a full blown motor mod, don’t forget about getting more air to your firebreather. Most four stroke bikes have a backfire screen installed somewhere between the carb and air filter. Some are installed in the actual airbox (RMZ/ KXF), while some have a filter cage with a screen. It’s not a secret to some of the top engine builders that removing the screen greatly increases air flow.

As you may know, Mike Alessi was dq’d at Lorettas for having the screen removed in the stock class. I often say that your motor not getting enough air is like running a hundred yard dash with your hand in your mouth. Removing the screen is rather easy. You may opt to just cut your existing screen, but this leaves many sharp wires just waiting to bite you every time you change your filter. Pro Circuit makes a billet ring that installs easily in your RMZ or KXF airbox. For many others, you can just buy an O.E.M. two stroke cage from your brands counterpart. Twin air also makes a power flow kit that includes a billet cage and backfire-resistant filter with a layer of flame retardant foam laminated to the inside. I’d recommend this filter no matter which system you choose.

The purpose of having the screen in the first place is to prevent your air filter from catching fire if your engine backfires. Although rare, it does happen.

Whether you’ve only installed a pipe, did some airbox mods, or also did some motor work, don’t forget about jetting. You can refer to our Nov 05 column for jetting tips (I’m sure that you are all SAVING them, right???)

This month’s quick tip: Need a place to hold your rear axle when making a quick tire change? Try sticking it in your silencer. Sure beats laying it on the ground and picking up all that dirt.

Questions or comments? email me at techtips@gapracing.com

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2005 ECEA BANQUET This years ECEA Hare Scrambles Banquet was held at the Radison Valley Forge Hotel on Saturday night January 21st. MRA was not able to attend but from all reports this years banquet was a huge success. I would like to thank ECEA Photographer Patty Shaw for providing the great photos to us.

Watch for Patty at ECEA events this year grabbing all of your racing action shots. You can contact her at Sportography Productions (201) 841-0261. A big thanks goes out to Brian and Noel Hartem for all of their hard work and dedication to the HS Series.

before. #3 All the sponsors that you Lastly... of course (and others) has brought in to this all the great clubs we series... What our sponsors do for us have in the ECEA.. throughout the year is fantastic... w/o them, we wouldn’t have any races! If you #4 The Banquet... Seems it just can, join one and help keeps getting better every year... out at an enduro or H/S! The awards ceremony was the best I had ever seen... everyone seemed to THANKS TO ALL!! go away smiling!

Below find excerpts from a post found at www.ecea.org: Brian and Noel, I think I can speak on behalf of ALL the PeeWee and Youth Parents... You Guys Rock!!!!!!!!

The series keeps growing every year for a few key reasons...

A-4 Stroke Class Michael Potts . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Pat Emmons . . . . . . . . . . . 227 Rick Stapleford . . . . . . . . . 119

Overall Jerod Stoner. . . . . . . . . . . .

William King, Jr. . . . . . . . . .

Dale Sweigart . . . . . . . . . .

Frank Messina, III . . . . . . .

Ryan McGaha . . . . . . . . . .

189 171 148 138 119

A-Vet Class Craig Langenbach. . . . . . .

Jerry Borcherdt . . . . . . . . .

Wayne Grenewicz, II . . . . .

Kevin Schuler . . . . . . . . . .

Todd Quinn . . . . . . . . . . . .

AA Class Frank Messina, III . . . . . . .

Ryan McGaha . . . . . . . . . .

Fred Hoess . . . . . . . . . . . .

Dale Hiles, Jr. . . . . . . . . . .

Brian Carden . . . . . . . . . . .

150 148 115 108 105

A-Senior Class Greg Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . 250 Eric Jordan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 Louis Green . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Alan Jessat . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Kenneth Long . . . . . . . . . . 111

A-200 Class George Romeo, Jr. . . . . . . 217 Brian Holl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 A-Open Class Timothy Rizzon. . . . . . . . . .

Broc Jennings . . . . . . . . . .

James Franks . . . . . . . . . .

Joseph Caruso . . . . . . . . .

Michael Soudas . . . . . . . . .

#1 The effort you both put in to the series.... In a word... “tireless”... so much work is involved to do what you guys do... #2 The comraderie amongst all the people/parents... I have been involved in many different sports in my life, including youth sports (with my kids), and the families that we have in this series truly have a respect for one another like none I have seen

2005 ECEA Hare Scrambles Official Results

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A-Super Senior Class Wayne Fontanazza . . . . . .

Tom Phillips . . . . . . . . . . . .

Scott Wolfersberger. . . . . .

George Romeo, Sr. . . . . . .

Tom Ebersole . . . . . . . . . . .

247 206 200 152 120

210 175 174 165 76

B-200 Class Christopher Rizzon. . . . . . . 246 Alex Shaw . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190

2004 Overall Youth Champion Alex Shaw congratulates the 2005 Champ - Andrew DeLong.

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Final 05 Youth Points 12-15 100cc Andrew Delong. . . . . . . . . . 217 Jarred Folweiler . . . . . . . . . 192 James Dzierwinski. . . . . . . 187 Derrick Kell. . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 Bryan Palanchi. . . . . . . . . . 133 12-15 85cc Jacobus Ferreira. . . . . . . . . 212 Darren Schoeneburg. . . . . 203 Nick Keefe . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169 Matt Gift . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 Joe Mangione. . . . . . . . . . . 135 10-11 85cc Kamaul Jorge. . . . . . . . . . . 205

Kelsey Hartem . . . . . . . . . . 186 Zachary Snyder . . . . . . . . . 161 Philip Morshead. . . . . . . . . 120 Joel Chapman . . . . . . . . . . 118 13-15 150cc Dana Haney. . . . . . . . . . . . 208 Joe Ford. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 Devin Lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 Michael Stone. . . . . . . . . . . 178 Derek Schlorf. . . . . . . . . . . 129 10-11 65cc Tanner Thomas. . . . . . . . . . 216 Nick Davis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213 Ethan Walter. . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Steven Hodgson. . . . . . . . . 167 Hunter Lucas . . . . . . . . . . . 139

10-12 125cc Samuel Swavely. . . . . . . . . 216 Brock Turner. . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Mike Gallagher. . . . . . . . . . 125 Nick Bartholomew . . . . . . . 106 Philip Bennett. . . . . . . . . . . 98 EL Women Sally Ferreira . . . . . . . . . . . 212 Diane Fitzgerald. . . . . . . . . 210 Madeline Augustine. . . . . . 185 Jodi Hartem . . . . . . . . . . . . 149 Jackie Prignano. . . . . . . . . 132 7-9 65cc Robbie Civiletti. . . . . . . . . . 198 Tegan Temple. . . . . . . . . . . 185 Henry Ferreira. . . . . . . . . . 176 Ben Snyder. . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

B-Open Class Thomas Cancglin. . . . . . . .

Malc. Schoeneberg . . . . . .

Jeff Stretch. . . . . . . . . . . . .

Joseph Lamanna. . . . . . . .

David Bader. . . . . . . . . . . .

227 223 196 171 143

B-Senior Class Alan Lipps. . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Thomas Cacacie, Sr.. . . . .

James Dzierwinski. . . . . . .

Richard Wentzel. . . . . . . . .

Norman Harris . . . . . . . . . .

211 164 139 110 97

B-Super Senior Class Adrian Van DeBurgt. . . . . . 101 Masters John Lafferty. . . . . . . . . . . . 255

B-4 Stroke Class Wesley Becker. . . . . . . . . .

Eric Waltz . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Matt Sorge . . . . . . . . . . . . .

James Truster . . . . . . . . . .

Kevin Hartem . . . . . . . . . . .

212 153 135 93 69

B-Vet Class Michael Graden . . . . . . . . .

Roy Hansen. . . . . . . . . . . .

Robert Civiletti . . . . . . . . . .

Bill Legg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Michael Kowalski, Jr.. . . . .

232 216 137 126 81

Women’s Sara Chapman. . . . . . . . . .

Nicole Hiles. . . . . . . . . . . . .

Patricia Blair. . . . . . . . . . . .

Courtney Compton. . . . . . .

Golden Masters Joseph Galie, Sr. . . . . . . . .

255 236 181 152 240

C-200 Class Jesse Gill . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 Paul Babler . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 Sean Koeller. . . . . . . . . . . . 115

C-Open Class Chris Daugherty. . . . . . . . . 211 Robert Corliss . . . . . . . . . . 150 Matt Reed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

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Efren Jorge, III . . . . . . . . . . 180 Christopher Curlett. . . . . . . 152 Dane Schoeneberg . . . . . . 145

C-4 Stroke Class Justin Shough . . . . . . . . . . 168 Mike Gardner . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Daniel Prignano . . . . . . . . . 92 C-Vet Class Bernie Adkins. . . . . . . . . . . 178 James Watson. . . . . . . . . . 122 Stanley Sipko. . . . . . . . . . . 105 C-Senior Alan Leavy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241 Robert Artsha. . . . . . . . . . . 128 Patrick Prignano. . . . . . . . . 96

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this and that with travis pastrana By: H

We were on hand for the Grand Opening of Jeff Cernic’s new “Cernic’s Suzuki/Kawasaki” in Somerset PA on Dec. 17, and Jeff’s old buddy Travis Pastrana was there to promote the shop and his new DVD release Nitro Circus 3. Travis was kind enough to take a few minutes out to do a short interview and give us some insight into what it’s like to be TP. If you didn’t already know it, this guy is all about his two favorite F words- fun and fans. He signed autographs all through the day, even while his lunch was growing cold, and his smile never receded.

In your latest interview on the Racer X website you mentioned you were planning a comeback at the Daytona Supercross. Is that still the plan?

TP: Ya, that’s still the plan. I broke my tibia just three weeks ago, so we’ll have to see how that’s doing, but Daytona is what I’m hoping for.

Have you decided whether you’ll ride a two stroke or a four?

TP: I hate four strokes. Well, I shouldn’t say that. I don’t hate them.

But two strokes are what I’m most comfortable with and what I like the best. Does that mean you’ll be on a 250 two stroke?

TP: I guess I’ll ride whatever they give me to ride. But I like the two strokes.

I hate to break it to you, but since you’re not entering the series until Daytona, you’re not likely to be in the hunt for a series title. Any prediction for who will take the title?

TP: Stewart is really fast so far this year, but I can’t guess who will take the title. I mean, that’s why they race! But it will probably be between RC, Stewart and Reed. I suppose there may be some others win some individual rounds, then again, maybe not.. . .

TP: Hmm, I’ve got a handful of DRZ 110’s at my place now that I bought myself, we go through those pretty fast. I have no idea how many total.

Do you still have your first bike?

TP: (Laughs) No. No idea where it ended up.

Other than trophies and medals, do you collect anything moto, and what’s your favorite thing in your collection?

TP: I collect riders’ jerseys. My favorite is a Roger DeCoster jersey.

With all the places you’ve been to ride and compete, and all the different things you’ve done, is there still some bike event out there that’s on your wish list?

How many bikes do you think you’ve gone through in your career?

TP: No, no one single event. It’s all about having fun. I love to perform TP: Well, that’s pretty hard to answer. for big crowds of people, I love the Factory bikes are changed out piece competition. I’d love to try some by piece and it’s really a new bike a GNCC, maybe a Six-Days. I’d also couple of times through the season ... . really like to try a mile or half-mile Okay, factory bikes aside, how many flat track. I’m not saying I’d be bikes? competitive at it, but I’d love to try it.

So what’s on your “Things to do before I die” list?

TP: A World Rally Championship.

That’s really where my focus for the future is.

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Between coming up short at Havasu, under-rotating a 360, or rolling a rally car 8 ½ times, not to mention all the other times you’ve crashed, has there ever been a time when you’ve said to yourself, “This is it- I’m gonna die?”

TP: Never. You can never say that.

I always think I’m going save it somehow, right up until the end.

Most of us who ride have experienced how time slows down when you’re about to crash. Does that ever go away for someone like you?

TP: No, that’s what keeps you alive.

That’s the time when I can say to myself, okay, how can I make this hurt the least?

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What do you think is the next big threshold trick?

TP: Probably some variation of the body varial.

Do you think we’ll ever see a front flip?

TP: My boy Tommy is working on that... .

(See Street Bike Tommy on Nitro Circus 3. He’s still got some work to do.)

Finally, I want to play a little game of this or that with you. I’ll give you two words, you pick one.

TP: Okay.

Regular or Decaf?

TP: Neither.

Poker or Pool?

TP: Poker!

Bubba or James?

TP: James Spicy or Mild?

TP: Mild.

Snowboard or Skis?

TP: Neither!

Robbie or Evel?

TP: Evel. Is there really a choice there?

White or Wheat?

TP: Wheat.

Speed or ESPN2?

TP: Speed.

Talent or Practice?

TP: Hmm. They’re the same.

Paper or Plastic?

TP: Paper.

Fast or Furious?

TP: Both!

Country or Western?

TP: Is there a difference?

Brittany or Shakira?

TP: Brittany.

Advil or Tylenol?

TP: Both!

SX/Lites or 450/250?

TP: SX/Lites.

I don’t really like the new names, but what does 250 mean to anyone anymore? It’s confusing.

TP: The backflip superman seat grab.

A backflip is dangerous, but it’s not so hard once you get used to it. You stay on center and everything goes real smooth, it’s like you’re not even flipping. But with the superman seat Okay, Travis, thanks for taking the grab, there’s so much going on at once. time out to chat.

Your body is extended, you’re off your TP: No problem. It was fun.

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We might believe that camshafts have only been around as long as the internal combustion engine but they were around long before that, hundreds of years before. If I remember correctly there is an ancient Sanskrit word which translates as “camshaft”, it probably bore little resemblance to what we recognize as a camshaft, but any device that converts rotational motion into linear motion is basically a cam or camshaft.

During the industrial revolution when industrial machinery was being employed in a variety of business enterprises the cam and camshaft began its evolution. I do hope everyone knows where their cam is located. If you are still riding a two stroke you need to look in your gearbox as the only cam you have is your shift drum which by definition does the same job by converting a rotational motion, the drum turning, into a linear motion, the shift forks moving in a straight line. The cam we need to talk about here though is the one that makes our four-stroke engines perform at levels never before achieved.

Whether you ride a CRF, YZF or KTM - F the camshaft is located on the top of the engine above the cylinder head hence the term Over Head Cam (OHC).

If you have a 1957 Norton Model 19 then your camshaft is located just above the crank and has to drive the valve gear by long push rods. It works, but if we’re looking for high performance then we need to remove as much mass as possible and that means eliminating push rods, followers, rocker arms etc. leaving only the camshaft sitting right on top of the valves.

If you remove the rocker cover you can easily spot the cam chain and cam sprocket which are usually affixed to one end of the camshaft. Your engine may have one camshaft, Single Over Head Cam (SOHC) or it may have two cams, one for the intake valves and one for the exhaust valves, Double Over Head Cams (DOHC). The perceived advantage of DOHC is that you could tune the intake and exhaust valve timing independently by advancing or retarding the sprocket position relative to the camshaft but that isn’t easily done as most cam sprockets are pressed on and not easily moved.

Early camshafts like those used in textile mills in Victorian Era England were crude in their design and as a result very noisy. It is the shape of the cam lobe that contributes to engine performance. Early shapes were very basic having straight flanks which accelerated the linear unit very quickly, not too big a deal on a textile loom but in an engine, ouch.

The cam lobe shapes are designed on computers which plot controlled acceleration and deceleration curves. The distance the valve opens and how long it remains open are all important aspects to how much performance an engine can attain, but how quickly we accelerate the valve to full open and consequently return it to it’s valve seat are equally important if we want the thing to hold together.

The cams shape is designed to slowly lift the valve off its seat then accelerate it faster and faster until we begin to approach full open at which point it is decelerated. If we didn’t have this plotted deceleration but rather continued to accelerate the valve to full open its inertia could cause it to lose contact with the cam with disastrous results.

The computer has simplified many engineering feats not the least of which is the design of a camshaft. Back in the 50’s race engine designers used to have to make as many as 200 calculations using 7 digit logarithms that took as long as 2 hours per calculation. Remember this was before pocket calculators (does anyone remember slide rules). Even the most methodical engineer could miss something and the result would be an engine failure of often dramatic proportions.

Thankfully the bike manufacturers have the cam profile design thing down to a science now which is good for us as we can now have our cake (power) and eat it too (reliability).

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Round 7 • Reading, PA • By John Benson Friday and Saturday’s racing at the BooKoo Arena Cross in Reading, PA brought a pleasurable surprise with the large number of local District 6 riders who came to compete with the pros. Congratulations to Jeremy Cook and Ronnie Stewart for making their mains both nights and to Jeremy for making the Dash for Cash on Friday. Also included on the two day card was the 65 – 7 to 11 class.

As Sunday rolled around for the amateur program a few of the local experts stayed on for this event. They included Willie Toth, Chad Aughinbaugh, Chris Monasmith, Adam Blessing and Tony Roth. The rider count for Sunday was 338 riders and 20 classes.

Lowell Spangler, sporting his new Team Green colors, proved to be the dominant force in each class that he competed with two wins and a second. Garret Toth and Broc Schmelyun also came out of the box looking good for the 2006 season as Broc finished the day with a 2nd and 3rd place finish and Garret with two 4ths.

Congratulations to all who competed in Reading. A special thanks to the members of Pagoda for flagging throughout the weekend and to Lenny for announcing Sunday’s events. My next stop will be at Motorama and I look forward to seeing everyone at this event.

Ronnie Stewart from Bangor, PA finishes 9th in the 450 Pro main on friday.

Boo Koo Arena Cross Sunday Youth/Amateur January 8, 2006 Reading, PA

125cc Expert 1. Adam Blessing; 2. David Sterritt; 3. Kyle Calderini; 4. Chris Monasmith; 5. Chad Aughinbaugh; 6. Clint Johnson; 7. Willy Toth; 8.

Kio Komosa; 9. Lee Chavous.

125cc Intermediate 1. Ryan Blizzard; 2. Cory Larsen; 3. Dan Bodgan; 4. Garret Toth; 5. Brandon Taylor; 6.

Mitchell Lehman; 7. Addison Kramer; 8. Adam Layman; 9. Nicholas Finelli; 10. Eric Hamilton.

P.A. native Damien Plotts (far right) grabs a podium spot in 250 Pro action on Friday night.

125cc Novice 1. Tyler Wozney; 2. Austin Kozimor; 3. Nick Curiale; 4. Daniel O’brien; 5. Benjamin Rio; 6.

Jordan Keller; 7. Justin Maylath; 8. Andrew Delong; 9. Drayton Bumbaugh; 10. Eric Shirk.

125cc Open 1. Randy Poulter; 2. Addison Kramer; 3. Tyler Wozney; 4. Jason Esterly; 5. Jordan Keller; 6.

Eric Shirk; 7. Nicholas Ramick.

125cc Schoolboy 1. Ryan Blizzard; 2. Lowell Spangler; 3. Frank Lettieri; 4. Garret Toth; 5. Tyler Wozney; 6.

Nicholas Finelli; 7. Austin Kozimor; 8. Benjamin Rio; 9. Justin Maylath; 10. Daniel O’brien.

125cc-250cc Beginner 1. Christian Eptons; 2. Josh Laird; 3. Jason Lippincott; 4. Chris Hazleton; 5. Kevin Bryant; 6.

Dylan Hill; 7. Chris Barnhardt; 8. Corey Noll; 9.

Jonathan Murray; 10. Damian Cavasos.

250cc Expert 1. David Sterritt; 2. Kyle Calderini; 3. Willy Toth; 4. Tony Roth; 5. Drew Kibler; 6. Chris Monasmith; 7. Dean Smith; 8. Clint Johnson; 9.

Adam Blessing; 10. Kio Komosa.

RRP’s Adam Blessing (44) wins 125 Expert on Sunday.

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250cc Intermediate 1. Ryan Blizzard; 2. Alex Sharkey; 3. Larry Mutschler; 4. Mitchell Lehman; 5. Bryan Weimer; 6. Jordan Moyer; 7. Eric Hamilton; 8. Michael Davis; 9. Shane Wiegel; 10. Tim Deitzler.

250cc Novice 1. Tim Nocera; 2. Nicholas Weber; 3.

Austin Edwards; 4. Aaron Wegerski; 5. Levi Leatherman; 6. Melvin Firoavanti; 7. Martin Minehan; 8. Mike Knuerr; 9. Scott Schoettle; 10.

Jesse Portanova.

250cc Open 1. Jed Schapport; 2. Tim Deitzler; 3. Bryan Weimer.

50cc 4-6 1. Dawson Evitts; 2. David Milana; 3. Ricci Randanella; 4. Tj Wittmer; 5. Cole Zapf; 6.

Garrett Beam; 7. Zakary Shaffer; 8. Kyle Haines; 9. Jacob Keane; 10. Shawn Rothstein.

50cc 7-8 1. Justin Cooper; 2. Wyatt Barto; 3. William Agnew; 4. Tyler Kirschmar; 5. John Sheaffer

Team Green rider Lowell Spangler leads the 85(12-15) group thru the first turn.

Jed Schapport soars to the win in the 250 / Open division.

Iii; 6. Trevor Pritchard; 7. Savon Terry; 8. Sean Knoll; 9. Mark Hushon Jr; 10. Kevin Rivera.

65cc 10-11 1. Logan Karnow; 2. Taylor Perry; 3. Brett Cooper; 4. Gino Alonge; 5. Robert Piazza; 6.

Jacob Belotti; 7. Avery Brown; 8. Brandon Miller; 9. Keith Lengle; 10. Tommy Didyoung.

65cc 7-9 1. Trevor Shafer; 2. Luke Palonicola; 3. Tyler Thompson; 4. Wyatt Barto; 5. Kevin Rivera; 6.

John Sheaffer Iii; 7. Tanner Aberle; 8. Logan Ehrets; 9. Tyler Kirschmar; 10. Cole Gabel.

85cc 12-15 1. Lowell Spangler; 2. Broc Schmelynn; 3. Frank Lettieri; 4. Billy Allen; 5. Richie Kastle; 6. Jordan Walker; 7. Max Stevey; 8. Jay Grisham; 9.

Zachary Donlin; 10. Zakery Long.

85cc 7-11 1. Logan Karnow; 2. Joey Peters; 3. Alex Maldet; 4. Taylor Perry; 5. Brett Cooper; 6. Jacob Belotti; 7. Robert Piazza; 8. Luke Palonicola; 9. Zach Waldrop; 10. Christopher Makuta.

I was fortunate enough to be able to attend the Arena Cross in Reading, PA. While there I rekindled an old friendship and felt it would be the opportune time to introduce him to my fellow MRA readers.

Josh Demuth started his successful career in 1982 and after leaving Ohio spent several years living in Spring Grove, PA and racing on the District 6 circuit. During those years Josh competed in many events including Loretta Lynn’s and as so many have, struggled to achieve that factory ride they all dream about. After returning to Ohio, Josh continued to push forward working through injury to finally achieve that goal.

He currently resides in Texas and to date has earned two arena cross championships and is the current point leader as he strives for number three. This weekend in Reading he earned two victories in the 450’s and a 2nd and 3rd in the 250’s. With all his success his one wish at the end of the

evening was that his two children could be there with him. However, there is one consolation, throughout his entire career his father, Randy, continues to be his mechanic.

I would like to thank both for sitting down to chat on Friday and wish them continued success.

I would also like to thank Ryan Marshall and the BooKoo Energy Drink Arena Cross for a great weekend and a wonderful show.

AX Champion Josh Demuth spent his “mini years” racing in District 6.

85cc Super Mini 1. Lowell Spangler; 2. Frank Lettieri; 3. Broc Schmelynn; 4. Jay Grisham; 5. Richie Kastle; 6.

Billy Allen; 7. Max Stevey; 8. Jordan Walker; 9.

Drey Boddie; 10. Zakery Long.

Collegeboy 1. Cory Larsen; 2. Dan Bodgan; 3. Larry Mutschler; 4. Dan Duffy; 5. Michael Klinger; 6. Scott Kalnas; 7. Jeremy Kready; 8. Jerome Justofin; 9. Mark Leach.

Plus 25 1. Trevor Vines; 2. Travis Mayne; 3. Erik Dubb; 4. Jed Schapport; 5. Jason Esterly; 6. Jason George; 7. Johnny Palmirri; 8. Daniel Spatz; 9.

Eric Krout; 10. Dominick Burtner.

Veterans 1. Trevor Vines; 2. Jason Esterly; 3. Jason George; 4. Johnny Palmirri; 5. Mike Knuerr; 6.

Erik Schuster; 7. Erik Dubb.

Dawson Evitts takes the 50cc (4-6) win.

OPEN SAT & SUN 9:00 TILL DARK.

65cc off the gate, Trevor Shafer (91) takes the win in Sunday racing action.

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125 A Jeremy Cook........................... 81 Clint Johnson........................... 74 Casey Clark ............................ 67 Tyler Witmer............................. 54 Barry Carsten.......................... 45 William Toth Jr. ....................... 37 Jason Harper........................... 28 Adam Blessing ....................... 27 Jason Lawrence ..................... 24 James Mcilvaine...................... 22

Brandon Williams.................... 27 Ashley Gaskill.......................... 27 Brian Mackay . ........................ 24 College Boy 16-24 Chad Bellott............................. 64 Anthony Roth . ........................ 37 Ryan Zimmerman .................. 30 Joshua Lingle ......................... 28 Casey Clark ............................ 24 Jarred Kimble.......................... 23 Pasquale Morrocco................. 22 Jason Carroll............................ 22 Richard Murphy....................... 17 Kenneth Garner IV.................. 17

Dustin Kendall......................... 12 25+ A Clint Johnson........................... 72 Ty Wallace............................... 44 Jason Harper........................... 42 Jerry Seip, Jr............................ 33 James Mcilvaine...................... 33 Michael Bear .......................... 24 Onorino Fascelci...................... 19 Jeff Paul................................... 18 Todd Weindel........................... 14 Barry Carsten ......................... 12

125 B Phillip Nicoletti ........................ 66 Kerry Kaminskie...................... 57 Adam Blessing ....................... 48 Michael Tippin Jr. ................... 45 Pasquale Morrocco................. 32 Anthony Roth . ........................ 30 Kyle Haas ............................... 27 Erik Wilson . ............................ 26 Garret Toth . ............................ 25 Robert Malkiewicz................... 24 125 C Addison Kramer ..................... 98 Justin Frederick....................... 60 Michael Obrien ....................... 56 Matthew Berrier....................... 42 Ryan Sebastian ...................... 29 Jordan Moyer ......................... 26 Dan Callahan . ........................ 25 Joseph Peditto......................... 21 Cody Schneider . .................... 21 James Triano .......................... 21 250/open A Jeremy Cook .......................... 82 Clint Johnson . ........................ 55 Casey Clark ............................ 54 Barry Carsten.......................... 51 Ty Wallace .............................. 41 William Toth Jr. ....................... 39 Tyler Witmer ........................... 32 Jason Harper .......................... 30 Chad Bellott ............................ 27 Jason Lawrence ..................... 24 250/open B Kerry Kaminskie...................... 72 Phillip Nicoletti......................... 59 Adam Blessing ....................... 59 Michael Tippin Jr...................... 49 Anthony Roth........................... 39 Robert Reynolds .................... 38 Steven Chiappa....................... 37 Jerry Snook.............................. 35 Kyle Haas ............................... 35 Jason Carroll............................ 28 250/open C Cody Schneider....................... 74 Michael Obrien........................ 70 Dan Callahan . ........................ 53 James Triano........................... 41 Broc Moore.............................. 41 Jack Sayegh ,Jr....................... 35 Richard Wright . ...................... 29

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School Boy 12-15 Frank Lettieri............................ 74 Lowell Spangler....................... 70 Adam Blessing ....................... 59 Phillip Nicoletti......................... 45 Dennis Johns........................... 32 Colton Harrison........................ 28 Robert Malkiewicz .................. 28 Joseph Peditto . ...................... 21 Addison Kramer ..................... 18 Supermini Frank Lettieri . ....................... 113 Lowell Spangler..................... 104 Tyler Hawk............................... 73 Max Stevey.............................. 45 Thomas Campanella Iii........... 34 Colton Harrison........................ 23 Matt Babbitt.............................. 23 Shawn Watson ....................... 21 Carter Luck ............................. 20 Nicholas Myers........................ 20 4 Stroke Kerry Kaminskie...................... 60 Benjamin Bixler........................ 24 Erik Wilson............................... 23 Ryan Sebastian....................... 22 Daniel Holton Jr....................... 22 Michael Obrien........................ 18 Casey Clark ............................ 16 Addison Kramer ..................... 13 Zachary Camp......................... 12

25+ B Steven Sheckler...................... 96 Samuel Aspinwall.................... 64 Louie Giomboni....................... 35 Christopher Pepe.................... 30 Mark Palmisano....................... 22 Jason Esterly .......................... 22 Ryan Dancik ........................... 18 Jordan Baldridge..................... 18 Michael Yonkowski.................. 16 Stephen Vandruff ................... 15 Vet 30+ A Barry Carsten.......................... 60 Ty Wallace............................... 51 Ken Messerman...................... 48 James Mcilvaine...................... 43 Jerry Seip, Jr............................ 36 Michael Bear............................ 35 Todd Weindel........................... 17 Lawrence Harper..................... 17 Shane Imhoff........................... 16 Jason George 9 Vet 30+ B Steven Sheckler 108 Samuel Aspinwall.................... 70 Jeffery Groff............................. 47 Jim Dobbs .............................. 39 Louie Giomboni....................... 38 Jason Cotterino ...................... 26 Ryan Dancik ........................... 24 Richard Ginelli......................... 24

Jason Esterly........................... 24 Addison Emory III . ................. 24 Vet 30+ C Hans Palblad........................... 75 J. Michael Hess....................... 64 Kevin Stutzman ...................... 35 Ralph Edwards........................ 28 Jeff Yeomans Sr ..................... 23 Al Decarolos............................ 22 Marc Ondy............................... 21 Bradley Ruhf............................ 19 Mike Biondo............................. 18 Chris Tierney Sr....................... 18 Senior 40+ Ken Messerman...................... 84 Edwin Synnestuedt.................. 50 Jerry Seip, Jr............................ 45 John Lapusnak........................ 30 Lawrence Harper..................... 30 Thomas Sebastian Jr.............. 18 Marc Tiesler............................. 15 Russell Seibold........................ 11 Alan Jessat.............................. 11 Jeff Yeomans Sr...................... 10 Women 80cc/open Michelle Kastle........................ 29 Nicki Lingle.............................. 18 Alyssa Savidge........................ 13 Virginia Roma.......................... 10 Kayla Boorom . ......................... 9 Jessica Kimmel.......................... 8 Rene Kotopoulis........................ 8 Natalie Gengel........................... 8 Jessica Smith............................ 7 Jamie Bernaldo.......................... 4 0-51 Automatic 4-6 Scott Meshey..........................111 Dawson Evitts.......................... 67 Lincoln Brookens..................... 57 Mark Hushon, Jr...................... 34 Scott Stockunas....................... 31 Dalton Blettner......................... 30 Ethan Bressler......................... 28 Alexander Guerriene............... 27 Savion Terry............................. 26 Kenneth Rupp.......................... 15 0-51 Automatic 7-8 Wyatt Barto.............................. 94 Brennen Weindel..................... 92 Lester Warfield......................... 71 John Sheaffer Iii....................... 64 Logan Ehrets........................... 51 Chase Miller............................. 50 Evan Richard .......................... 44 Sean Knoll............................... 43 Eric Heilman ........................... 28 Kyle Boileau............................. 26 0-51 Oil 4-6 Dawson Evitts.......................... 86 Scott Stockunas....................... 57 Ian Hess................................... 51 Ethan Bressler......................... 37 Savion Terry............................. 35 Lincoln Brookens..................... 35 Ricci Randanella...................... 31 Dalton Blettner......................... 28 Alexander Guerriene............... 22 Mason Evitts............................ 20

0-51 Oil 7-8 Kyle Boileau............................. 63 Brett Cox . ............................... 59 Chase Aiosa............................ 21 Alexander Miller....................... 14 Bryon K. Wagner....................... 8 Dakota Rupell............................ 7 Timothy Gleason Jr................... 7 Brandon Tuite............................ 5 Chris Cerminaro........................ 5 David Byers............................... 5 0-65 7-9 Rowland Papp....................... 121 Addison Emory Iv.................... 84 Robert Piazza, Jr..................... 76 Brennen Weindel..................... 76 Dillon Thomas.......................... 39 Trevor Shaffer.......................... 36 Bobby Kinsley.......................... 34 Evan Richard........................... 29 Logan Ehrets........................... 27 Darian Robinson...................... 24 85cc 7-11 Kameron Page...................... 102 Joey Peters.............................. 99 Nick Desiderio......................... 65 Rowland Papp......................... 56 Timothy Savidge Jr.................. 46 Richard Kastle......................... 35 Dustin Geis.............................. 29 Alex Maldet.............................. 27 Bradley Roth............................ 27 Keith Meshey . ........................ 20 85cc 12-13 Tyler Hawk............................. 113 Frank Lettieri.......................... 102 Max Stevey.............................. 63 Zachary Donlin........................ 31 Matt Babbitt.............................. 27 Talon Distefano........................ 26 Brian Wasson.......................... 25 Jordan Walker.......................... 25 Shawn Watson........................ 23 James Doolittle........................ 22 85cc 14-15 Lowell Spangler....................... 89 Carter Luck.............................. 36 Thomas Campanella III........... 32 Nicholas Myers........................ 28 Colton Harrison........................ 24 Austin Bixler............................. 22 Mathew Haas........................... 21 Tyler Smith............................... 17 Justin Kovecses....................... 13 Ryan Higgins........................... 13

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4 W 50cc 7-8 Alex English.................................. 94 Michael Deluca............................. 59 Everett Bivighouse....................... 40 Michael Carbaugh........................ 30 Kevin Kubinak............................... 10 Dylan Evans................................... 9 Colton Young.................................. 8 Dylan Gurreri.................................. 7 Thomas Mcelligott.......................... 7 Jarid Blass...................................... 7 51-70 Prod 6-11 Morgan Wotring . ....................... 124 Hunter Titus.................................114 Cody Kubinak............................... 67 Bren Marra.................................... 63 Colton Bivighouse........................ 41 Ryan Conti.................................... 39 David Nevrotski............................ 34 Matthew Ross............................... 32 Christina Geiger............................ 26 Colin Bolden................................. 23 51-70 Mod 6-11 David Nevrotski.............................. 6 Michael Thor................................... 4 Bren Marra...................................... 3 71-90 2 Str/ 74-125 4 Str Pro Bren Marra.................................. 286 Daniel Toth . ............................... 142 Peter Cusumano........................ 126 Chad Davis................................. 121 Dan Geiger................................. 107 Shay Honeywell.......................... 105 Glenn Miller................................... 87 Tony Stanell.................................. 78 Nicholas Gennosa . ..................... 69 Colby Brake.................................. 62 Mod 71-90 2 Str/ 74-125 4 Str Quinton Barto............................... 47 Daniel Pagnini.............................. 34 Chad Davis................................... 22 Andrew Pruzinsky......................... 13 Shane Simpkins............................11 Jackie Guess.................................. 9 Jason Connell................................. 7 Robbie Leonard.............................. 5 Matt Shinn....................................... 4 Bren Marra...................................... 3 91-200 2 Str/91-300 4 Str 13-15 Robert Mazey............................... 82 Travis Perry................................... 54 Quinton Barto............................... 45 Dylan Smith.................................. 35 Richard Lindsay............................ 30 Justin Coffey................................. 27 Jesse Trichilo................................ 25 James Good................................. 25 Ethan Keiffer................................. 24 Alexander Koslov......................... 21 91-200 2 Str/91-300 4 Str Josh Andress................................ 44 Andrew Mahey............................. 43 Drew Gilbert.................................. 31 Jayce Doulin................................. 29 Josh Shadle.................................. 25 Billy Keefer.................................... 23 Carmen Barletta............................11 Curtis Weir.....................................11 Ted Barrick...................................... 7 Samuel Wall.................................... 6

2005-06 District 6 Motocross Advancement List Following is a list of rider advancements in AMA District 6 for the 2006 race season.

Keep this issue of MRA in your race vehicle for future reference while at racing events.

C Riders Advancing to B Acri, Ryan R. Adorno Jr, Felix J. Allen Jr., Daniel, Ammendola, David C. Batelli, Alfred Berrier, Matthew Biondo, Mike Bird, Bryan Biringer, Christopher J. Boggs, Steve Bork, Eugene Brady, Tyler Caldwell, Keith Callahan, Dan LL Carbaugh, Tyler E. Cepress, Mike Chris Forman Clark, Tyler Davis, Mark LL Deblasse, Jordan Decarolos, Al Dishong, Benjamin Domschke, Brian Edwards, Ralph Finelli, Nicholas Fleece, Scott

Fodor, Daniel Forosisky, Evan Francisco, William E. Frederick, Justin E. Garges, Raymond F. Gaskill, Ashley E. Gechter, Richard L. Gerding, Bret Gillies, Sean Goldberg, Michael Goldsboro, Jonathan Gottshall, Jushua D. Grant, Matthew Green, Nathanael Grissinger, Derrick Grow, Kyle Hall, Nick LL Hess, Michael J. Jones Sr., Michael Jordan, Jonathan Jurchak, Tim Kachmar, Sammy Keiffer, Benjamin J. Keller, Jason Knowles, Randy Kramer, Addison LL Lamey, Jr. ,Gregory S LL Lorenzi, Travis

Slaughter, Matthew J. Spangler, Lowell LL Sparr, Jr ,David L. Stair, Steven Stober, Robert A. Stoner, Zachary J. Stover, Shanon Strickler, Preston Stutzman, Kevin Suski, Shawn Thompson, Scott Tierney Jr. ,Christopher Tierney Sr., Chris Triano, James Vitale, Joseph Walkowitz, Robert Weimer, Bryan D. Williams, Brandon Wolf, Chris Wozney, Tyler Wright, Richard Yagloski, Jeremy Yeomans Sr., Jeff 4W Quad B to A Haines, Mathew J Russo, Nick Witmer, Kale

B Riders Advanced to A Baldridge, Jordan Blessing, Adam Burns, Frank Cirello, Brian Curtis, Noah Dancik, Ryan Doyle, Patrick Edelstein, Scott Esterly, Jason V. Garthe, Robert Kaminskie, Kerry L. Lingle, Josh Nagle I, Thomas Nicoletti, Phillip Oatman, Russell Palmisano, Mark L. Pateman III, Joseph C. Pepe, Christopher Roth, Anthony Sheckler, Steven J. Stryker, Michael Wages, Chad M. Wilt, Derek B. Wojcicki, Dustin M.

Joshua Helder.............................. 72 Mathew Haines............................. 57 Nick Russo.................................... 52 Justin Frailey................................. 52 David Huttanus............................. 42 Tony Lucarelli................................ 39 Angelo Luongo............................. 34 Travis Holloway............................ 34 Paul Dellavalle.............................. 31 4 W Vet 30+ John Partington............................ 56 Daniel Wertman............................ 45 Joseph Morea............................... 24 Larry Okonski............................... 24 Peter Hoffman.............................. 23 Roy Snyder................................... 21 Brian Callan.................................. 19 Daniel Portanova.......................... 15 Joe Ortiz........................................ 12 Michael Munn................................11

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timonium indoor short track Kevin McNicholas Memorial

As the norm for the past couple of decades, the Baltimore County Trail Riders and the Cockeysville Optimist Club set up shop at the Cow Palace at the Timonium Fairgrounds to run their Indoor Short Track Race Series in early December. If you’ve never been to one of these events and you are a race fan, no matter what the discipline, you owe to yourself to check this out. Its not too many places you can go and see 10 pro racers line up on 450cc 4 stroke motorcycles and turn 7 second lap times on the concrete going handlebar to handlebar between four

foot high plywood walls. Get the picture?

Anyhow, this year’s three race series was well attended as always with over 150 racers ranging in age from 4 years to who knows what coming out for each event. Some of the hottest racing at Timonium is always found in the Adult 50cc and Adult 100cc classes.

Racers like 7 time National Champion Chris Carr, newcomer Pros like Jared Mees and Raun Wood and local favorites like Cory Texter and Nick Henderson all participate in the mini racing, and what a show they provide.

In this year’s series, several racers stood out over the 3 nights of racing. In 50cc action Luke Goonan and Colton Smith dominated their divisions winning all of their main events.

In both 85cc racing action and the Womens division, the checkers consistently went to Lancaster Harley Davidson’s Shayna Texter.

And in the Pro division Donny Mullen strutted his stuff by winning all three rounds. Heck, Santa Claus even made an appearance at round # 2 by delivering a new custom Harley Davidson to race official Bob Valentin.

See, I told you it was all good. Never

fear though, if you missed this years exciting racing action at the winter indoor series, you’re still in luck. Not only will the Baltimore County Trail Riders be back next December, they also host a summer outdoor series on the 1/10 mile pony ring at the fairgrounds. This series usually runs late July through early August. Stay tuned to the pages of MRA or watch their website at www.bctra.com. You can also view race photos from this event at www.mcracingaction.com.

Greg Ey takes two seconds and a first thru out the Indoor Series.

Nicolas Henderson (29) wins the Adult 100 Series that benefits the Paul Crumling family.

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Timonium always attracts a huge Pro contingent Donny Mullen (86) would win all three rounds.

50 Open (4-6) 1. Luke Goonan; 2. Tristen Reeley; 3. Shawn Rothstein II; 4. Devin Owens; 5. Dylan Almony; 6. Chase Smith; 7. Rachel Martin; 8. Jacob Gast.

50 Open (7-8) 1. Colton Smith; 2. Ryan Varnes; 3. Wyatt Barto; 4. Chase Miller; 5. Ryan Dragunas; 6. Luke Johnson; 7. Dustin Healey; 8. Shelby Rothstein.

50 Four Stroke (4-8) 1. Robby Smith; 2. Greg Ey; 3. Jonathan Hynes; 4. Colin Cunningham; 5. Cameron Smith; 6. Jesse Snyder; 7. Ben Decre.

Adult 50 STOCK 1. Cory Texter; 2. Frank Valentin; 3. Jeff Silhan; 4. Shawn Knapp; 5. Tyler Eggleton; 6. Ed Hyde; 7. David Midgett; 8. Alan Nelson.

Adult 50 MOD 1. Thomas Majeski; 2. Donald Mullen; 3. Roy Miller; 4. Dillon Cava; 5. Nicholas Arment; 6. Robert Smith; 7. Ken Haldeman; 8. Perry Phillips Jr.

65 7-11 1. Joey Schmidt; 2. Jeremiah Snow; 3. Gregory Betts; 4. Jace Johnson.

85 (7-15) 1. Shayna Texter; 2. Daniel Bromley; 3. Dalton Winkler; 4. Cassidy Heiser; 5. Brian Myers; 6.

Joey Alexander; 7. Joshua Standiford; 8. Matthew Langrehr.

Womens 1. Shayna Texter; 2. Samantha Resch; 3. Samantha Bergman; 4. Nicole Henderson; 5. Nicole Mester; 6. Megan Bell; 7. Carleigh Vanskiver; 8. Heather Alexander.

Adult 100 1. Nicholas Henderson; 2. Jared Mees; 3. Dale Verzi; 4. Chris Klinefelter; 5. Ryan Henderson; 6. Jason Conlon; 7. Scott Kolb; 8. Paul Shoemaker.

125 1. Shawn Rothstein Sr; 2. Joey Parks; 3. John Henderson; 4. Byron Whippermam; 5. John Long; 6. Frank Valentin; 7. Jessi Long; 8. Troy Openshaw.

250 1. Brandon Robinson; 2. Michael Poe; 3. Dale Verzi; 4. Taylor White; 5. Jay Boarman; 6. Raymond Jenkins; 7. John Price; 8. Nick Guiseppe.

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12/10/2005 50 Open (4-6) 1. Luke Goonan; 2. Tristen Reeley; 3. Dylan Almony; 4. Ryan Rassa; 5. Shawn Rothstein Ii; 6. Devin Owens; 7. Chase Smith; 8. Jacob Gast.

50 Open (7-8) 1. Colton Smith; 2. Ryan Varnes; 3. Wyatt Barto; 4. Chase Miller; 5. Luke Johnson; 6. Ryan Dragunas; 7. William Byler; 8. Shelby Rothstein.

50 Four Stroke (4-8) 1. Dustin Healey; 2. Greg Ey; 3. Colin Cunningham; 4. Jonathan Hynes; 5. Cameron Smith; 6. Jesse Snyder; 7. Robby Smith; 8. Ben Decre.

Adult 50 Stk. 1. Mike Sponseller; 2. Jeff Silhan; 3. Frank Valentin; 4. Tyler Eggleton; 5. Alan Nelson; 6. Jocob Martin; 7. Ed Hyde; 8. Benjamin Rhodes.

Adult 50 MOD 1. Thomas Majeski; 2. Donald Mullen; 3. Roy Miller; 4. Raun Wood; 5. Jeffrey Klair; 6. Dillon Cava; 7. Jeff Haldeman; 8. Nicholas Arment.

65 7-11 1. Jeremiah Snow; 2. Gregory Betts; 3. Jace Johnson.

85 (7-15) 1. Shayna Texter; 2. Cassidy Heiser; 3. Daniel Bromley; 4. Joey Schmidt; 5. Tyler Stacey; 6. Jacob Shoemaker; 7. Joey Alexander; 8. Tyler Eggleton.

Womens 1. Shayna Texter; 2. Samantha Resch; 3. Nicole Henderson; 4. Samantha Bergman; 5. Nicole Mester; 6. Heather Alexander; 7. Megan Bell; 8. Carleigh Vanskiver.

Adult 100 1. Cory Texter; 2. Jared Mees; 3. Nicholas Henderson; 4. Dale Verzi; 5. Jay Rassa; 6. Joe Dragunas; 7. Michael Poe; 8. Ryan Henderson.

125 1. Shawn Rothstein Sr; 2. Cory Texter; 3. Byron Whippermam; 4. Jim Blair; 5. Greg Girard; 6. Joey Parks; 7. John Long; 8. Michael Standiford.

250 1. Michael Poe; 2. David Smith; 3. Donald Mullen; 4. John Price; 5. Brandon Robinson; 6. John Kraft; 7. Jay Boarman; 8. Taylor White.

450 (251cc-505cc) 1. Thomas Majeski; 2. Dillon Cava; 3. Joseph Gathercole; 4. Nicholas Henderson; 5. Jason Eckard; 6. Scott Saunders; 7. Richard Heverly; 8. Kenneth Godwin.

PRO (251cc-505cc) 1. Donald Mullen; 2. George Price; 3. Roy Miller; 4. Jason Isennock; 5. Jared Mees; 6. Chris Klinefelter; 7. Raun Wood; 8. John Lewis V.

Jared Mees tries to get inside Georgie Price in Pro racing action.

Shawn Rothstein sweeps the 125 division at Timonium.

12/17/2005 Adult 100 50 Open (4-6) 1. Cory Texter; 2. Nicholas Henderson; 1. Luke Goonan; 2. Devin Owens; 3. Tristen 3. Chris Klinefelter; 4. Michael Poe; 5. Chris Carr; Reeley; 4. Shawn Rothstein II; 5. Dylan Almony; 6. Ryan Henderson; 7. Joe Dragunas; 6. Riley Moran; 7. Chase Smith; 8. Shane Desell.

8. Dale Verzi.

50 Open (7-8) 125 1. Colton Smith; 2. Wyatt Barto; 3. Robby Smith; 1. Shawn Rothstein Sr; 2. John Long; 3. Joey 4. Ryan Varnes; 5. Ryan Dragunas; 6. William Parks; 4. Jim Blair; 5. Joseph Schueler; 6. Chuck Byler; 7. Zachary Wolf; 8. Francis Miles.

Mylin; 7. Frank Valentin; 8. Jessi Long.

50 Four Stroke (4-8) 250 1. Greg Ey; 2. Jonathan Hynes; 3. Dustin 1. Brandon Robinson; 2. Taylor White; 3. Michael Healey; 4. Jesse Snyder; 5. Nathan Girard.

Poe; 4. Dale Verzi; 5. David Smith; 6. Nick Adult 50 STOCK Guiseppe; 7. Raymond Jenkins; 8. John Price.

1. Jeff Silhan; 2. Alan Nelson; 3. Seth Valentin; 450 (251cc-505cc) 4. Jocob Martin; 5. Frank Valentin; 6. Derek 1. Nicholas Henderson; 2. Thomas Majeski; Christensen; 7. Shawn Knapp.

3. Robert Smith; 4. Scott Saunders; 5. Richard Adult 50 MOD Mellinger; 6. Mark Burkholder; 1. Donald Mullen; 2. Thomas Majeski; 3. Dillon 7. Ryan Henderson.

Cava; 4. Raun Wood; 5. Cory Strickler; 6. Roy PRO (251cc-505cc) Miller; 7. Robert Smith; 8. Michael Erving.

1. Donald Mullen; 2. Kenneth Yoder; 3. Jared 65 7-11 Mees; 4. David Reeves; 5. George Price; 6. Paul 1. Jeremiah Snow; 2. Gregory Betts; 3. Walter Allison; 7. Chris Klinefelter; 8. Raun Wood.

Bond; 4. Evan Peterson.

85 (7-15) 1. Shayna Texter; 2. Cassidy Heiser; 3. Brian Myers; 4. Dalton Winkler; 5. Timothy Irvin; 6. Matthew Langrehr; 7. Jacob Cranston; 8. Tyler Stacey.

Womens 1. Shayna Texter; 2. Nicole Mester; 3. Samantha Resch; 4. Heather Alexander; 5. Megan Bell; 6. Nicole Henderson; The women always come out in numbers to race Timonium 7. Samantha Shayna Texter (25) sweeps the series.

Bergman.

Adult 50 racing action is always hot at Timonium.

National Champ - Chris Carr always makes an appearance at Timonium.

Luke Goonan dominates 50cc (4-6) racing action in the 2005 indoor series.

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450 (251cc-505cc) 1. Thomas Majeski; 2. Nicholas Henderson; 3. Dillon Cava; 4. Richard Mellinger; 5. Robert Smith; 6. Doug Reinert; 7. Kenneth Godwin; 8. Joseph Gathercole.

PRO (251cc-505cc) 1. Donald Mullen; 2. Paul Lynch; 3. Kenneth Yoder; 4. Michael Varnes; 5. George Price; 6. Raun Wood; 7. Chris Klinefelter; 8. Paul Allison.

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I’m Sorry, dad Author Unknown, but greatly appreciated Reprinted from Mini Rider Magazine It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen in all my eight years. It had a pretty red gas tank, silver rims, a plush black seat, a swept-down exhaust pipe and chrome handlebars with soft rubber hand grips. As it sat under the Christmas tree that year, the red, blue and green lights reflected off the shiny chrome parts like a thousand sparks dancing from the logs in the fireplace. I can still remember how proud I was to have my own minibike. It was the best Christmas present any boy ever received.

Dad, do you remember how we talked Mom into letting me try it out that day, even though the snow was at least a foot deep?

And how I spent the whole afternoon going around in circles in our garage? Boy! Mom was sure upset and worried. I’ll bet you really got a good lecture for buying it for me.

I didn’t think spring was ever going to come that year, and when it finally arrived I can remember Mom fussing because I wore all the grass off a trail around the yard. I was the envy of every boy in the neighborhood.

Hey Dad, I can still see Mom now, the day I crashed and hurt my ankle and had to go to the doctor. I thought that was the end of my motorcycling right then and there, but you always came through. It took a lot of fancy talking, but you finally convinced her that with the correct boots, leathers, a helmet and gloves I would be practically indestructible. Boy, motorcycling was fun in those days!

It was the summer when I was nine that you entered me in my first race. It was at a short track outside of town at the motorcycle club grounds. It was on a Saturday night and I can still remember how nervous I was then. I remember I got a good start and was leading the pack for a couple of laps before I crashed into the wall. I thought you were going to get run over trying to get to me. Oh well, so much for the finals that night. You were still proud and grinning ear to ear when I came back and got a fifth in the consolation race. I remember you bought me a hamburger and milk shake on the way home, and we stayed up half the night making future plans, re-riding the race and admiring our trophy. By the way you talked, anyone would have thought I had just

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won the National championship. I was the happiest boy in the world that night.

It was several fourths and fifths and numerous crashes before you decided that I needed a new and larger bike. I was really proud of it, but I couldn’t seem to do any better than I did on the old one. It seemed to get a little harder each time I raced.

Then you thought that we needed a faster machine and had a lot of engine work and porting done to it. It seemed like cheating to have it bored out over the size limit of the class I was riding in. You said that it wasn’t cheating because everyone else was doing it. I didn’t really understand at the time. Nothing really helped much; even the special lightweight frame and those new type tires didn’t make much difference in the positions in which I was finishing.

I was trying as hard as I could and I knew you were spending a lot of money. I started feeling like I was letting you down. I didn’t think thirds and fourths were all that bad.

Day, when you started jumping on the referee and other officials when I lost, I could really see how much it meant to you and I was determined to try even harder. A 10-year-old boy has a hard time understanding how important it is to win, and I was trying as hard as I could, Dad, honest.

I remember when I was 11, they started giving points to all the riders, and at the end of the season they gave awards for the way you placed in the district. I tried really hard that year and won fourth place. Dad, you looked so disappointed in me for not winning an award, I could hardly hold back the tears.

If you had just known how hard it is to remember all the things you told me to do, while I was racing and in a power slide and fighting traffic all around. It’s very hard to think, Dad, when you are scared stiff. Oh, I wasn’t scared of the racing. I was scared I would make a dumb mistake and you would start yelling and embarrassing me, in front of the other riders. I was so afraid of upsetting you my stomach was tied in knots. I felt like asking you to show me how to race instead of yelling instructions at me all the time, but you could never do any better than I could and I didn’t want to hurt you.

Boy, I wish we could go back and have fun like we used to. I guess there can be no more races like our first ones. Somehow, all the fun’s gone out of it.

I know, Dad, when you were little you never had the chance to have a bike and race, and I know how hard you had to work as a child, but this isn’t fun anymore, either.

I know you don’t realize what you are doing, and I’m sure if you did you wouldn’t push me so hard. I hate to see Mom cry when you fuss at me on the way home from the races. Sometimes I think it hurts her more than it hurts me.

Now you have me riding two different classes, and things have gotten so bad I wish I had never seen a motorcycle. I have tried to tell you what you are doing to me but you just don’t listen. I’m 13 now and feel like I am 30. I am so nervous when you are around, I feel like running away. I find myself wishing I could get hurt in a race so maybe you would let me stop. I can see no other way to get out of racing.

I’m sorry, Dad. I have done the best that I could. I have tried hard and yet I still could not please you. Dad, I just cannot be what you wish you could have been.

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Chapter 1

first met her husband Tom. Jane’s dad was a racer too, so she had spent a lot of time at the race tracks when she was a girl.

“Let’s go, gang!” Jane yelled through the house, “We have a four hour ride ahead of us.”

The Warners piled into the motor home one at a time. Pap Miller was already in the driver’s seat, Jake and Stevie’s dad Tom were just finishing up loading the gear, and Stevie’s mom was coming out of the house with her arms full of last minute items they needed for their trip.

“Dad, did you strap my bike down really good?” Stevie asked.

“Yes, son your bike will be fine” “Well I hope so. I don’t want anything happening to it before I get a chance to race it.”

“Relax, little brother,” Jake shouted from the back of the motor home, “You’ll get the first chance to crash it up tomorrow morning when you hit the track.”

Stevie thought to himself, “Great, I probably won’t be able to sleep tonight, either. Just one more day until I get to show them who the best racer in the family really is.”

Usually, the Warners didn’t leave until the morning of the race. But this weekend, they were racing at the Shady Run MX Park over on the East side of the state. It was a long drive, and practice started early Sunday morning, so they decided to leave a day ahead of time. Besides, Stevie couldn’t wait to get there and get ready for the biggest day of his life.

The Warners arrived at the track late on Saturday afternoon. Stevie was the first one out of the motor home and he was rip roaring to do everything at once.

“Come on dad, let’s unload the bikes, No, let’s go get signed up, Dad, did you remember the race gas?”

“Hey, settle down there partner. Sign up didn’t even open yet,” chuckled Stevie’s dad.

The Warners all had jobs to do. They had all been to the races hundreds of times before, but today was a little different than other race days. It was about to be Stevie’s first race and they all gave Stevie a little extra attention, even Stevie’s big brother Jake.

That night around the camp fire, the Warners talked about Stevie’s first race, about how exciting it was going to be, and how well he was going to do. Pap Miller told race stories about the old days when he use to race and about the time when Stevie’s mom, Jane, entered a race. Pap Miller had told that same story many times before, but the whole family listened like it was the first time they had ever heard it.

“OK gang, it’s time for bed. Everybody, and I mean EVERYBODY, has a BIG day tomorrow,” Jane Warner commanded.

Stevie was anxious to go to bed. He knew the sooner he could get to sleep the sooner the morning would get here. As Stevie’s mom tucked him into bed, they talked about how much fun the next day was going to be, and both Stevie and his mom fell asleep lying there talking about Stevie’s first race.

It was Friday night, about three minutes to midnight, and Stevie Warner lay wide awake staring out his bedroom window at the bright night sky. Stevie had gone to bed hours ago, along with his big brother Jake who was sound asleep in the bunk above. Stevie just couldn’t manage to drift off to sleep.

“No wonder,” Stevie thought,” Jake has been racing for over a year now; he’s used to it.”

All Stevie could think about was getting to the race track and how the big day was almost here.

It had been three months now since his Pappy Miller had brought it home, the bright blue motocross bike he had been wanting for years. Stevie had been riding and practicing on it every spare minute he had. It seemed like forever until he could get home from school to ride. Then there was the homework, and then supper—and you can’t forget about the chores. Finally, in any spare daylight, you could find Stevie out on the family’s practice track, with his dad, Tom Warner, (learning the basics of motocross racing.)

Stevie’s dad was a semi-pro MX Racer, and he owned the local motorcycle shop in town.

Stevie had been around motorcycles and racing all his life, on most weekends you could find the Warner family traveling across the state to one race track or another. The whole family enjoyed the time that they could spend together on the weekends doing what they loved to do, racing motorcycles.

Stevie kept telling himself, “Go to sleep, go to sleep.” But as hard as he tried, he just kept thinking about when the gate was going to drop or what gear dad said he should be in to start. Stevie thought to himself, “I bet I’ll catch more air on that table top jump than Jake does boy, am I gonna show him.”

“Stevie, wake up!”

“Huh……?”

Stevie’s mom, Jane Warner, thought to herself, “I knew something like this was going to happen.” Stevie had been so excited about his first race that she knew he wouldn’t be able to sleep.

“Stevie,,, wake UP!” “What? Huh? is it time mom?”

“Yes, get moving, kiddo. Everyone else is already done with breakfast, let’s go.”

“Sorry, mom. I couldn’t get to sleep. I tried and I tried.

I even think Jake was snoring and that sure didn’t help things.”

“Honey, your brother doesn’t snore; it was probably just your father out in the garage. He was working on the race bikes until after midnight.”

“Well, maybe it was dad, yippee mom. Come on, let’s go” Jane Warner was the backbone of the whole Warner racing team effort. Yes, her husband Tom worked long hours at the shop taking care of his customers, but Jane 300 E. High Street • Carlisle, PA 17013 was the one who kept the race schedules in order, kept all the gear clean, and also made sure there was plenty (800) 634-8283 of food in the motor home to feed the whole Warner Open House - December 10th - 9 to 3 pm • All Accessories crew for the weekend.

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Stevie’s First Motocross Race

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team green racer lowell spangler Name: Age: Born: Hometown: Ride: District #: Classes:

Lowell Spangler 15 April 27, 1990 Lebanon, PA Kawasaki KX 85 and 105 427 85 14-15 mod and stock, Supermini, and Schoolboy Experience: Riding 11 years Racing 11 years Fav. Food: Pasta Fav. Racer: Michael Byrne and McGrath Hobbies: Snowboarding and riding 110's.

Sponsors: I would like to thank my family especially my dad for all the things they have done for me, Dave Gowland at Kawasaki for giving me the time and effort on putting me on his team, Jeff at Pr2 for building me the fastest bike that I have ever ridden. Team Green Kawasaki, PR2, Shift, Smith, FMF, Serious Racewear, EVS, Twin Air, Renthal, Maxima, Dunlop, Motographx, Cernic's, Works Connection, Rausch Creek, Acerbis, Powerseal USA, RK Chains, V-force, Monster Energy, Freestyle Watches, Sponsorhouse, Motoxstation, Motoplayground, Marylandmotocross, and Motorcycle Racing Action.

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Do you remember your first race?

Yes What can you tell us about it?

My dad got me a bike for my birthday and I rode it in a corn field for about 3 hours. He never taught me how to turn he just taught me how to twist the throttle. So the next day he took me out to Sleepy Hollow and I ran my first race in the 50 4-6 class. All I remember was my dad following me around the track because I fell in every turn. From that day on that's all I wanted to do.

MRA: What or who inspires you to race at the level you do?

14-16 Mod - 2nd, 85 14-16 Mod - 2nd, 85 Open - 5th Kawasaki Race of Champions 85 14-15 - 1st, Supermini - 1st Suzuki Amateur National Round #2 - 85 14-15 - 2nd, Supermini 3rd Round #3 - 85 14-15 - 2nd, Supermini 2nd Loretta Lynn Amateur National 85 14-15 mod - 9th Ponca City Grand National 85 14-15 Stock - 4th, 85 14-15 mod - 6th

LS:

Winning and competing inspires me the most At the level I am racing at, when you win it is the best feeling ever to know that you are competing with the best riders in the nation. My dad also inspires me because he sacrifices so much for me to pursue my dreams. He is a very positive influence in my life and believes that I can do anything I set my mind to.

MRA: What are your future goals for racing or other?

LS: To win as many amateur national championships as I can until I am 19. Then to go pro and get on a factory team or a privateer team and to finish in the top 5 as a pro.

MRA: What series or races do you plan to attend this year?

LS: All of the Amateur Nationals except Mammoth, Kawasaki Race of Champions, and all of the District 6 contingency races.

MRA: Can you give us an idea of how much you ride and train?

LS: I go to the gym for an hour and 30 minutes, ride mountain bike between 45 minutes to an hour, then I ride 4-5 days a week for 5 hours.

MRA: What can you tell us about your Team Green Ride?

LS: Well after Loretta's this year my dad and I discussed factory teams and we decided that Kawasaki had the team attitude that matched

my personality. So I called Dave Gowland from Kawasaki on the phone and had some lengthy conversation regarding my results and goals. At first Dave said he could help us with a dealer assist ride. But after seeing me ride well at the Race of Champions and Branson National he offered us an A Level Team Green ride. So they are helping us out with bikes, parts, and technical support.

For '06 Team Green has reduced their team from 80 riders down to 28, choosing riders that they feel can help them win more amateur national championships.

MRA: Can you break down your past finishes?

LS: I've won numerous District 6 class championships and lsited below are my 2005 finishes.

Lake Whitney Spring Classic 85 14-15 Stock - 7th, 85 14-15 Mod - 9th, Supermini - 9th

Winter Olympics SX - 85 14-15 stock- 2nd, 85 14-15 mod- 7th MX - 85 14-15 stock3rd, 85 14-15 mod- 2nd, Supermini- 3rd Olympiad- 2nd Motocross Olympiad- 2nd Supercross Olympiad- 3rd Branson USA 85 14-16 Stock - 2nd, 85

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