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Club: CFTR Favorite FTR memory from the 2014-2015 season? Putting on the AMA National/FTR Hare Scrambles in Bartow; I was very proud of CFTR's effort. What was the best track we raced on? I always love Mondon Hill. How do you train for racing? I do interval training on treadmill, rowing machine, stepper and bicycle three times per week plus two days of general agility and strength with Davis Training Systems. I take Fridays before race weekends off since I generally race both Saturday and Sunday. It is a major expenditure of energy for sure. I can't always keep the regimen due to travel but I try. Does racing teach you anything about

yourself/ others?

FTR

On the cover:

magazine

Karin Tallent photo of Mini C rider Nathan Murphy who just joined FTR this year.

R e m i n d e r : Rules to know for

next season: Spark arrestors are

mandatory and correct numberplates will be enforced. Turn the page for more information.

I have been surprised in a very positive way that the racers in FTR would be so willing to help in almost any situation. Whether on the trail after a get-off or in the parking lot taking down the camp, I can always count on FTR folk to help and be contribute in a positive way. We have a great group. I have learned to contribute to pay it forward seeing how others are doing it to make these events happen.

Sponsors or anyone to thank? I want to thank Kyle Turnis for tuning suspension and prepping my bikes all season long; Derek Tremain for building a monster XR350R which I rode to win this championship; the Berard and Gawler families for making me part of their family at events, complete with cheering section - these are great folks; David Jensen for being a classy competitor; and, wife, Wendy, who will never see this, for her patience and indulgence in letting me do this sport, as crazy as it is. What's the best advice you've ever heard? "Go slow to go fast," from Shane Watts. I have taken this to heart; I don't ride too fast but I try to be consistent and smooth. Using that idea, I was able to move from Beginner in 2011, to C in 2012, to B in 2013 and A in 2014. Fun.

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Rules R e m i n d e r : Chapter VIII Hare Scrambles Responsibilities B. Riders 3. Firmly affixed number plates with the correct color background, correct color and type FTR assigned numbers, and correct color and type alphabetical designations will be required on each side of the motorcycle and on the front. Quads will have number plates with the correct color background, correct color and type FTR assigned number, and correct color and type alphabetical designation firmly affixed to the front and the rear of the quad. Numbers and letters will be standard, block style of one color. No flames, checkers, chrome or stylized numbers and letters of any type are allowed. For the front plate

letters will be the size of the numbers or less, provided the numbers are at least 5 inches high and the letters at least 2 inches high. For the side plates, letters will be the size of the numbers or less, provided the numbers are at least 3.25 inches high and the letters at least 2 inches high. Keep in mind that the scorekeepers must be able to quickly identify the color, number and letter on your machine as you ride through the scoring area. Hare Scrambles number plate requirements Classes Number plate Letters / Color (3) letter and number color *AA red AA / white Open A, B & C yellow A, B, C / black 250 A, B & C green** A, B, C / white 200 A, B & C black A, B, C / white +30 white none / black Veteran A, B & C red A, B, C / white Senior A, B & C green** A, B, C / white Super Senior A, B & C white A, B, C / black Master A, B & C blue*** A, B, C / white Silver Master A, B silver A, B / black Golden Master A, B black A, B / white Class 66 Black X/white

Women A, B & Vet yellow A, B, V / black Junior A , B, C, Girls black A, B, C, G / white Mini A, B & C, Girls white A, B, C, G / black 65 A, B, C, Girls green** A, B, C, G / white Vintage white V / black Pre-Modern red none / black Evolution A, B yellow A, B / black Evolution Senior A,B green A,B / white Peewee A, B & C white A, B, C / black Beginners white none / black Sportsman-1^ Blue none / black or white Sportsman-2 Blue X / black or white Classes Number plate Letters / Color (2) letter and number color Quad AA red AA / white Quad A white A / black Quad Open B, C white B, C / black Quad 0-400 yellow none / black Quad +30 red none / white Veteran Quad red V / white Senior Quad black none / white Super Senior Quad black X / white Master Quad green** none / white Quad Utility white X / black Chapter III General Rules L. Competition Apparel & Equipment 8. Spark arrestors are mandatory on all competition vehicles in the Hare Scrambles and Enduro series. Vehicles competing in the Peewee classes shall be exempt from this requirement. The spark arrestor must be approved by the USFS. A rod test may be performed to verify the presence of the spark arrestor..

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Thanks for the great 2014-2015 season!

Evo Senior B co-champion William St. Laurent

Peewee A Fourth Place Trace Kopka

took his first win of the season at the last Hare Scrambles and entered all 13 events.

tied with David Jensen for the Hare Scrambles championship. Each ran 10 events and worked one though St. Laurent finished with two more total points; they tied on championship points.

Golden Master A Bill Jenkins, J r . entered three events Photos by Tyler Miller

and worked one this Hare Scrambles season with his best finish a third at the last round.

Women B Champion Haley Schell

captured six wins this season, including the last three Hare Scrambles wins in a row.

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High Point 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Ron Commo III Evan Smith Heath Lee Chad Hunter Michael Jones Jeremy Powell Seth Robbins Jerald Brownell Peter Magee Tyler Trammell Hank Mason Brett Long Jerry Curtis David Eckhardt Cbob House Samuel Jr Plumb Calvin Smith Russell Holliday Joslie Cutillas Logan Garcia

High Point A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Chad Hunter Michael Jones Jeremy Powell Seth Robbins Peter Magee Hank Mason Jerald Brownell Jerry Curtis Brett Long David Eckhardt

1 1 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Clay Pendray Dylan Long Dale Jackson Allen Linville Don Chriss Nathan Moir Jeff Wilkinson Ronnie Hames Gene Borntrager Ken Stephenson

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Jake Alsup Trevor Larsen Bill Lites Leo Jacobs Chris Goodale Justin Mack Angel Mendez Brandon Misciagno Rodney Armstead Frank Geremia

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80 75 70 49

75d 70d 55

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75 70 80

75 70d 33

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70d 75

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80 17

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55 70

Samuel Jr Plumb

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Chad Hunter Jeremy Powell

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Hank Mason Joslie Cutillas

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80 75 22

80 75 35

80 75

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Jerry Curtis Brett Long Mark Mannschreck

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Cbob House Calvin Smith Brad Clark Russell Holliday Boyd Bradfield

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Clay Pendray Allen Linville

A Open

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A Veteran (35+) A Senior (40+)

A Super Senior (45+)

A Masters (50+)

A Golden Masters (58+)

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80 9d

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13d 70d 36

80 100w 18d

75 70d 54

70d 80 65

80 75 22

80 75 35

80 75

495 480 277

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Jerry Curtis Brett Long Mark Mannschreck

70d 75 80

100w 75

80 70

70 65d 80

22d 80

80 75 50

0d 80 31

80 100w 49

80 44d

490 475 370

1 2 3 4 5

Cbob House Calvin Smith Brad Clark Russell Holliday Boyd Bradfield

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80 75 70

70d

65 75 0

100w 75 80 100w 47

75 70 65 80 0

75 70 80

70d 100w 65d 80 23

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Clay Pendray Allen Linville

70d 80

70d 75

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75 80

53d 80

495 395

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Dylan Long Ben Burrows

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70d 55

31d

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80 7

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Stefan Still Keith Hendry

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80 75d 60 55 50

80 75 39

75 40d 65 50

80 70d 65 60

A Masters (50+)

A Golden Masters (58+)

B Open B 250 B 200

B Veteran (35+) B Senior (40+)

495 480 277

B Masters (50+) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Gene Borntrager Ken Stephenson Sam Boydstun Mitchell Reis George Tolson Timothy Richmond Sr Woody Crumm Mike Pakledinaz Marty Sapsford

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Eddie Royals Jeff Moser David Nagle

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C OPEN

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22d 80

75 50

80 31

100w 49

80 75 70

70d

100w 75 80 100w 47

75 70 65 80 0

75 70 80

70d 100w 65d 80 23

70d 80

70d 75

75 80

53d 80

70d 55

31d

65 75 0

100w 80

80 75

100w 100w

80 41

80 7

44d

80 100w 56

475 370

490 470 460 391 70 495 395 500 348

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80 75 70

80 75

80 70

80 30d

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80 75 0d

80 100w 75 60 55

80 41d 30d 32

75 65d 60 45d

80 100w 100w 32d 54

100w 75 80 55 70

65d 75 50d 60 100w

80 100w 100w

80 100w 75

80 70 65

80 75 60 50 40

80 100w 56

490 470 460 391 70

485 80 75

480 450

100w 75

500 490 409 357 346

31d 80 34d 65 70

490 490 430 345 304

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80 20d

80 100w

100w

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Bill Lites Angel Mendez Eduardo Garcia Dwayne Ausley

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Thomas Cole Jimmy Pitts James Bullard JOHNNY THOMAS

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N athan Murphy

out

front

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Editor’s note: 12-year-old Nathan and his

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pretty big for me and actually when I went to go sit on it,

I think. How’d you end up at Brighton?

dad, Sean Murphy, joined FTR this season and

it was too big, and I fell over in the grass in front of the

NM: 10th out of 13 kids, I think (in Mini C). That was a

were only able to enter a few races with Hare

guys house before we even bought it.

good track but probably my favorite track this season so

Scrambles #10 at Brighton being their first event. “We had a blast,” Nathan’s dad Sean said. “FTR brought us closer together, and memories we will never forget.” Through FTR, the Murphy family met Donnie Richardson, who Sean said he would like to

A few days later, my mom told me to go out and clean up my fishing stuff in the garage and it was sitting right there, and I was really excited and cleaned it up and we had some fields behind the house and we went and rode in those all day.

far was Dade City. I really like racing singletrack. JS: What’s some of your favorite singletrack spots? NM: At L-Cross in Okeechobee, they have a singletrack section there and that’s pretty much all I ride with my brother. My brother rides a 250 so

thank.

it’s kind of hard for me to keep up

“We would have been lost without him,” Sean

so that’s why singletrack is pretty

said. “‘Let’s not do stupid stuff, and keep it on

good for me. I get to see what he’s

two wheels,’ Donny Richardson said.”

doing and learn from him because he’s pretty fast...I’m probably

I caught up with the soon-to-be-seventh-

the best at singletrack because it

grader Nathan one afternoon this summer to

comes to me, just swerving in and

learn more about his first season in FTR, how

out of all the trees and trying to

he’s liking the Kawasaki and what he likes to

pick a line when you have only a

do instead of play video games.

few seconds. That’s what I mostly started riding on. It’s fun to me. I

JS: Nathan, tell me more about yourself? Where do you live now? NM: I live in Margate, Florida. JS: What was your first motorcycle memory? NM: When I was at my house and I had a Suzuki PW 50; my dad taught me how to ride it. After dinner we went out and started riding and I wouldn’t stop riding it until I had to go to sleep. JS: How old were you then? NM: Seven...and then my friend Christian got a Honda CRF150F...he was a lot older than me and then he got one for Christmas and I was talking

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“My first race was Brighton at Hare Scrambles #10. After that race, I was hooked!” - NM

to my dad, I was like: ‘Dad, I really need to get a bigger bike because I’m on a 50 and...there is no way I’m going to be able to keep up with him.’ Then like two weeks later me and my dad started looking on Craigslist and we found a Honda CRF 100R and we went and looked at that and it was

love everything about racing. JS: That’s cool that they surprised you with it. So, what do you ride now? NM: A 2006 KX 85 JS: Nice. How do you like it? NM: I love it. It’s the best-sized bike I’ve had so far. JS: That’s cool. Tell me about your first race this season. NM: My first race was Brighton at Hare Scrambles #10. After that race, I was hooked! I couldn’t wait for any of the races; it was all I could think about the next day at school, I was like I need to get my grades up so I can get stuff from my parents for racing, like maybe a neck brace or a new chest protector so I can try to keep it safe because all the kids have them on and I’m racing with all these kids and they’re pretty fast and if I get into a big wreck I don’t want anything bad to happen. JS: For sure. I just got a neck brace for the first time and now I won’t ride without it. It makes a difference,

JS: What else do you do besides race? NM: I fish a lot; fresh water and salt water and I also ride bicycles, mountain bikes and BMX bikes. That sort of stuff. JS: Who do you look up to as far as your racing idol?

“I’m probably the

best at singletrack, swerving in and out all the trees. It’s fun to me. I love everything about racing.” Nathan Murphy

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JS: Cool, so what are you looking

you can see the listing of what you

JS: I try to do the same thing, too. Is

how to ride and he’s been there for me working on my

JS: What do you think of riding at Croom? Your dad said

forward to?

placed in case you didn’t go online

there anyone you want to thank?

bikes and helping me out, getting my gear and bringing

y’all go there a lot.

NM: Pretty much riding. Anytime I

and check it or on Sunday and check

NM: People that I want to think are

me to all the races, just stuff like that. After a race or

NM: I love riding at Croom because some parts of it

get to ride, on the happiest kid on

what place you got.

my mom, my dad, my brother, my

something he’ll be like, ‘You did really good that race

is wide open and then there’s other parts you’re just

the planet. I’m looking forward to if

but let’s just try to work on this the next time we go

riding through trees, and

ride, let’s try to work on hitting corners lower and just

the scary thing about

hammer it through everything as much as possoble until

Croom, last time I went, I

you get to the turn and then go as fast as you can out

was watching my GoPro

of it and then let’s try to see what you place next race.’

video and a big ol’ spider

And it’s really funny because for the first race I got 10th,

climbed right on my

Gatorback I got 9th and Dade City I got 8; I’m definitely

GoPro.

improving between the races.

JS: That’s why you have to

friend Christian, Donnie Richardson

make your dad go first so JS: How else does your dad help you out?

he can get them all out.

NM: All the time I go through the chicane for scoring,

NM: Yea, but some spots,

my dad’s standingthere cheering me on, taking videos

he goes slow.

of me, going through the field or something like that, it’s just exciting.

JS: So you’re going to

Nobody at my

be faster than him?

school races

NM: I don’t know if I’m

because I live

going to be faster than

like right in the

him but at some stuff,

city and none

I’m a whole lot better

of the kids have

than him. He’s better at

dirt bikes, they

going over the whoops

just play video

in a straight line but

games all day

I’m better at singletrack and hitting the berms fast

they do Gatorback for the second

JS: What would be the best thing to

and Riva Motorsports for helping us

but I don’t do

because I also like riding at motocross tracks, too, but

race again, that’s going to be really

happen? Would you want to go pro

out.

nothing like

I don’t race motocross.

exciting.

with this dirt bike thing?

that.

“

Right now I’m wearing a Kawasaki shirt and a green Kawasaki hat and I’m just walking around out in public with this on and I don’t care what anyone says about it because these are my favorite shirts.” Nat h a n M u r p h y

NM: That would be a dream come

JS: Cool. What’s the best advice

JS: Do you read any other magazines?

true if I could race for a career. I’m

you’ve ever heard?

NM: I’m a lifetime member of the

all about dirt bikes and stuff, like

NM: From my dad saying, ‘Ride with

NRA and I get a book monthly, and

everyday I’m wearing a dirt bike

slide,’ because he used to ride street

the NRA book and the FTR book

shirt or a dirt bike hat, right now I’m

bikes and he got into an accident. But

are my two favorite magazines;

wearing a Kawasaki shirt and a green

on street bikes, you don’t want to put

definitely the FTR magazine because

Kawasaki hat and I’m just walking

your foot down but on dirt bikes, you

I like looking at all the people who

around out in public with this on and

always want to swing your leg out.

are featured in it and seeing all the

I don’t care what anyone says about it

different people racing. It’s pretty cool

because these are my favorite shirts.

because they have a section where

Photos provided by Sean Murphy.

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