AHRMA MAG November 2020, Vol. No. 2, Issue No. 9

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PUBLISHER The American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association EDITOR Joe W. Koury joe.koury@ahrma.org PAGE LAYOUT DESIGNER Kevin McIntosh kevin.mcintosh@ahrma.org TOOLBOX TIPS CONTRIBUTOR David Stark EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS

At Barber - 2020 / Photo: etechphoto.com

What an unusual season of racing it has been, bookended by two distinctive events. We started the year at a legendary track, Laguna Seca, one I never thought I’d visit. It was everything we expected it to be and watching the bikes negotiate the Corkscrew was spinetingling in person. We ended it all racing in a driving rain with puddles in the apexes at Barber Motorsports Park. That darned COVID thing shot down a great opportunity for AHRMA when the Annual Barber Vintage Festival was canceled (fortunately, the racing wasn’t). We always enjoy seeing the thousands of Vintage Festival visitors observe what we do each year, but one of the most important aspects of the large crowds is attracting new members to our organization. Sadly, we missed an opportunity. The AHRMA MAG is an effective recruitment tool, so keep that in mind when sharing the passion of vintage racing with friends, acquaintances and potential members.

Layout specialist, Kevin McIntosh, and I are excited to bring you this overstuffed November issue, so packed with recent, attention-grabbing race coverage that we did not have ample space for all the multidiscipline activities that occurred at Barber. It’ll be here next month and well worth the wait.

These pages don’t fill themselves, so I have to once again thank all the contributors for their excellent race recaps and photography. These folks are as dedicated about their reporting as we are about racing. The other group of people who need some love are all the volunteers who give of their time and work tirelessly to ensure we get to play in the dirt or on the pavement. We appreciate your commitment to the success of AHRMA. 2021 rules proposals were voted on recently. These changes will be incorporated into the 2021 AHRMA Handbook in the near future. We hope to have it finished right after Thanksgiving so everyone can begin preparing equipment for 2021. You can find the most current rules changes at this link when it goes live: www.ahrma.org/rules/2021-rulesproposals-with-final-decisions Last but not least, I’m excited to announce the addition another member to the AHRMA family. As most of you know, my son, Joe, recently married the newest member of our crazy clan, Leslie. She now has one race under her belt and really enjoyed the experience, in spite of the rain. With the abbreviated 2020 racing season behind us, we can look forward to a more normal 2021 and full racing schedules. Happy Thanksgiving to all our readers. I know I’m thankful the entire season wasn’t canceled. Enjoy the read.

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AMERICAN HISTORIC RACING MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS

Curt Comer, Executive Director 49 Ferguson Lane Elora, TN 37328 Phone: 931. 308. 0338 email: curt.comer@ahrma.org

MEMBERSHIP / DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS Cindy McLean, Executive Administrator 26 Jardin de Mer Place Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250 Phone: 904.477.6987 cindy.mclean@ahrma.org

RACE DIRECTORS

ROADRACE DIRECTORS Faynisha Pentecost: 256. 506. 6603 Tony Pentecost: 256. 506. 8254 ahrma@oneracing.org OFF-ROAD DIRECTOR Tony Paul: 256.665.1279 offroad.director@ahrma.org DIRT TRACK DIRECTOR David Aldana: 770. 653. 1909 davidaldana13@hotmail.com CROSS COUNTRY COORDINATOR Becky Hayes Phone: 217.553.1849 email: becky77m@yahoo.com NATIONAL TRIALS COORDINATOR Debbie Poole Phone: 415.889.5246 email: pooleschl1@hotmail.com

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Arthur Kowitz, Chairman: 386. 547. 9504 dbsuperbiker@gmail.com Kelly Shane, Secretary: 775. 772. 2857 fax 530.587.7597; flynpenguin@gmail.com Brian Larrabure, Treasurer: 818. 421. 3440 brianl.ahrma@gmail.com Kevin Burns: 614. 519. 6188 68.kburns@gmail.com Fred Guidi: 724. 462. 1854 fredguidi@gmail.com Luke Conner: 337. 280. 1066 luke.conner@ahrma.org Louis LeBlanc: 225. 405. 8707 louisgleblanc18n@icloud.com Debbie Poole: 415. 435. 0768 pooleschl1@hotmail.com Rob Poole: After 6pm 415. 990. 9003, voicemail: 415.435.0768; robpoole57@hotmail.com Beno Rodi: 770. 867. 1676 beno@rodi.net Albert Newman 214.288.1135 newmann.albert@gmail.com Tim Terrell 336.260.1615 rustynutz22b@gmail.com

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Gatorback MX is Born In 1970, our Ossa dealership in Gainesville, Florida, sponsored a University of Florida grad student in professional motocross. Dave was an outgoing and energetic ambassador for our business, taking his 250 Stiletto to races around the southeast.

Soon, armed with a master’s degree from the University of Florida’s business school, Dave set out to establish a racetrack and promote races of his own. A business arrangement was made with a landowner a few miles west of town. The site was a large open area surrounding a cavernous limerock borrow pit. In typical creative fashion, Dave comes up with a catchy and appropriate name for the track. It was near UF, had gnarly terrain, and played into a familiar theme with other tracks around the U.S. “Gatorback” was born.

Now, with the business arrangements made, the track named, and marketing materials being mocked up, one big detail remained unaddressed—there was no racetrack, only a big lime pit. Dave and I walked into the pit, zigzagging along the steep walls to visualize how and where the MX course would run. We moved boulders out of the way one at a time, making a basic path for the course to follow into the pit. Next step was to try and ride the roughed-out path. An MX bike wouldn’t do it, an enduro bike wouldn’t do it, so a 250 Ossa Plonker trials bike was pressed into service, back and forth, moving rocks, wearing a path that went into the bottom of the pit where the track took a turn and headed straight up out of

Why I Like Motorcycles This morning I saw a Facebook post by a friend and former AHRMA member, Roy Moline, that got me to reminiscing. He asked something like, “If you’re on my friends list here, there's a good chance you love motorcycles... So, what about dirt bikes, racing, trail riding, trials? What is it that you really like about it? What's the reason you spend money and time on this hobby? I’m actually really curious what makes other motorcycle people love the sport like I do.” Thanks for asking; here go…

When I was really little, my Uncle John Comer had a blue HarleyDavidson on which my dad would take me for rides with me sitting on the gas tank. Uncle John Comer rode enduros as long as I can remember and we often went to support him. Dad rode and raced when he was a young man, but was without a motorcycle for years until the mid-to-late 1960s when he again picked enduros. I spent grade-school weekends traveling to these enduros with the family and running gas stops with mom. We made race friends, had picnics at the events and there were always kids my age to hang out with.

Of course, we subscribed to Cycle News East (“We don’t care how the hell they do it in California.” Remember?) and a British publication called Motorcycle Weekly. I couldn’t get enough—I read these pubs front-to-back, every word, every week, including the classifieds. My childhood heroes and favorite bikes were found in those pages. And then there was On Any Sunday—my best friend, the late Paul Fann, and I went to see this movie at a matinee when it first came out. We were so impressed; we hid in the cinema bathroom after the first showing so we could sit through it again!

I don’t remember exactly, but thinking I was around 10 years old when I first rode a motorcycle. It was my cousin’s 106 Gilera (Sears Allstate) in their back yard. I was hooked! Mom and dad made me a deal that they would match my savings to help buy my first motorcycle. So, after mowing many 6

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the cavern. This made racing out of the pit the wildest jump we had ever seen. After much ‘plonking,’ we finally wore the track to a point that an enduro bike could negotiate it.

Another Ossa, a 250 Pioneer, was our next ‘track making tool.’ After a few days of this, the course was fast enough to be ridden by a true MX bike. The uphill straight coming out of the pit was so intimidating that many riders, and parents of riders, would show up to the first few events, take a look at that big jump and refuse to race. Over time, the ledge at the top wore down, riders became used to the thrill, and other tracks became more bold.

Its reputation was already ingrained, and Gatorback became famous for being a wild track to ride or view... one that could only be ridden on a trials bike at the very beginning.We salute you, the AHRMA volunteer.

– Arthur Kowitz AHRMA Chairman of the Board 386.547.9504 dbsuperbiker@gmail.com

yards and coming up with my half, we went to Cycle World of Huntsville and bought a brand new 1970 Yamaha 90 HT1 for $389, plus tax. I remember dad telling me, “I’m happy to show you how to work on this motorcycle, but after that, I’m not going to do your work for you. You can ask me any questions, but you’ll have to do your own maintenance and repairs.” That’s how I learned to work on my stuff.

Growing up in Huntsville, AL, was great. Very much a motorcycle community then and now. Many kids rode motorcycles to school back then, there were many local off-road opportunities and, of course, competitions. We rode hare scrambles, MX, trials, short track, and enduros.

In earlier years, I was goal-oriented and very competitive by nature. I was fortunate enough to “come good” in Trials at a golden time for the sport in USA. Bultaco, Montesa and Ossa were the known players in the early 1970s, but when the big-four Japanese brands got into the market, the sport really grew—bikes were on the showroom floor of every bike shop, lots of riders and local events and every brand fielded a team. I was blessed enough to sign with Kawasaki in 1975 which launched me toward some later accomplishments.

As we near Thanksgiving 2020 the motorcycle lifestyle continues; both dad and Uncle John have deceased, and I am thankful for the memories and the lessons these men taught.

So, in answer Roy Moline’s question—these are some of the reasons I love motorcycles, motorcycle sport and motorcycle people to this day! Thank you AHRMA for allowing me to serve as your E.D.—I hope we are, not only re-living memories, but making new memories for the generations to come!!!

One-AHRMA – Curtis E. Comer AHRMA Executive Director 931.308.0338 curt.comer@ahrma.org Curtis Comer, Sr. – circa 1948

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IN This Issue Chairman of the Board 6 Executive Director 6 RR Director 7 Off-Road Director 8 Rider on the Storm 8 Carolina Motorsports Park - RR 10 Carolina Cam Gear Carnage!

12 Talladega GP Raceway - RR 14 Tutu Crew 17 Diamond Don's - MX 18 Amy @ Diamond Don's 22 DD through the eyes of Trampas Parker 23 24 Diamond Don's - XC My Garage - Tyson Fritts 28 TOOL BOX TIP S - Repairing Composite Parts 32

Rattlers Run - MX/Trials 34 South Central Regional Update 36 Tea Cup Trials - Northwest Regional 37 Coyote Run - Mid-Atlantic Regional 38 Lake Lamoka - Northeast Regional 42 StateLine Vintage Classic - Northeast Regional 43 The Bear Creek Blast - Northeast Regional 44 45 Blast from the Past S.P.E.R. XC Frackville, PA 46 2020 National Series Schedules 52 Race Previews 54 2020 Regional Series Schedules 54 Marketplace / Swap Meet 59

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Thank You AHRMA Volunteers!

We ended the season on a wet, rainy and windy note. There are so many things that could be said as we start looking ahead to 2021. Instead, we would like to use this month’s column to say Thank You. I hope I did not miss anyone as I name all the Volunteers who endured terrible conditions without complaint at Barber Motorsport Park. For those who did not make it due to unforeseen circumstances, we were thinking about you.

Nick (Skippy) Bailey splashed in every puddle on the front straight while working the grid.

Ed Bargy worked under the never-ending waterfall on the start stand.

Lori (Honey) Bennett left the warm and dry registration area to go out and help anywhere a helping hand was required.

Thank you, Dewanna Comer, for your long hours in registration and all the other positions you covered.

Mike and Leona Dixon helped marking off the paddock, with parking, at tech, registration, grid and anywhere else help was needed.

Bill Doran helped mark off paddock spaces, parking and served as Referee, and what a fine job he did.

Sharon Dray served as our timing Volunteer. Thank you for going the extra mile after the decoder went out.

Caitlin Faulkner was helping with parking, food, water and anything else that was asked of her until Saturday when she moved to the start stand.

Kirk and Michelle Fisher came early to help mark off paddock, parking and then took their Tu-Tu Crew positions at pit in.

Marcia Heck helped Tony make sure grids were printed, posted and distributed. She then moved under the waterfall on the start stand to hand score.

Terry Humphreys was at pit out. He rode his bike from Savannah, GA, and got an extra dose of rain each day.

Jim Innes was a permanent fixture in tech. He also helped mark off paddock, helped with parking and set-up on move in day.

Amy Jacques was everywhere helping anyone who needed it.

Kimberly LaRonge worked the merchandise table.

Lewis and Vikki Leonard are some of our newest Volunteers but are by no means shy when it comes to stepping in and working.

Jay McMackin, thank you for the great announcing. Hope to hear your voice at more events in 2021.

Lois Morrell helped mark off paddock, with parking, tech, grids and if you needed something transported, her golf cart was the chief taxi in the paddock.

John Pohland and son Chris Pohland helped at pit out, pit in, crash gate and grids.

Steve Swank helped at Hot Tech during race days.

Rosco Tuffli was the 50/50 and giveaway Volunteer for Saturday awards.

Sierra Wessell had to do school work but still was there to help with trophies.

Ralph Wessell was Banner Man. Sue Wiltalka helped in tech, registration, and then did a great job as Chief Grid for racing.

– Faynisha and Tony Pentecost AHRMA National Roadrace Directors Faynisha: 256.506.6603 Tony: 256. 506. 8254 ahrma@oneracing.org NOVEMBER 2020

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A Rollercoaster Year of Racing

Photo by: Bobby Hedge

What a year it has been. COVID tried to shut us down, but we all hung in there and fought the battle, day by day. As this year is nearing a close at the National Finals at Henryetta, OK, I found myself at the Georgia Practice Facility watching some great battles as our members are fighting to accumulate their final points. I was listening in on some bench racing as our members discussed who will be battling with who for that Number One spot this 2020 race season. It has been one heck of a roller coaster ride all season long, but I have to say I love my job and I love the members in this organization. Everyone is always trying to help each other out even if they are their competitors. That my friends is what racing is all about.

I look forward to seeing everyone in Oklahoma and at the year-end banquet. Even if you don't think you will be earning a National Championship award this year, please attend the banquet and support your friends and family; that is what makes AHRMA so great.

– Tony Paul AHRMA Off-Road Director offroad.director@ahrma.org 256.665.1279

Riders on the storm

Riders on the storm Into this house we're born Into this world we're thrown Like a dog without a bone, an actor out on loan Riders on the storm...

Phew, talk about rain! I have to say the silver lining for Barber canceling the Barber Vintage Festival is that it would have been a total bust with Hurricane Delta blowing through town. I remember in 2017, when Barber canceled the festival for Sunday because of Hurricane Irene, we spent almost the entire day in the museum, which was special since there is normally never time to do that during the Barber Vintage Festival weekend. Heck, even under normal circumstances, we're lucky to even get over to the Festival swap meet between practice and racing. AHRMA "weathered" the storm and racing (all of it) took place on Saturday and Sunday. I took the high road this past weekend, and after doing my warm-up lap first race on Saturday, chose to park my race bike for the weekend—I didn't want to risk a trip to Grandview Medical Center again this year.

The practice days leading up to the race weekend took an interesting twist for me as sidecar (and two-wheel) racer Michael Platt invited me to ride as his passenger on his 1967 Kawasaki W1 (I think his exact words were, "you can add it to your resume" which hooked me). I did a couple of practices each day and while it was not nearly as scary as I thought it would be, when it came to race day, racing in the rain just didn't appeal to me, so I gave up my seat to Andrew Berkley, who is much younger and nimbler than I am.

I'm told he had a blast. I may still see sidecar racing in my future, for who knows what the future holds? Thanks Michael, it was a blast!

It's an understatement to say that this year is different and has been since the beginning of March. Accordingly, AHRMA has made adjustments and accommodations to get us back to racing as soon as was reasonably possible, between schedule changes, government mandates, and regional restrictions. I think we've done pretty well, and we've learned and grown a lot. Off-road racing was able to resume a bit sooner than Roadracing, which went back to it in the middle of the summer at Blackhawk Farms.

Roadracing's season ended with Barber last weekend, and Off-road wraps up their season with their Annual Off-road Awards Banquet in Henrietta, OK, early in November with T&S Racing, so we aren't finished yet.

We have become creative with how we are promoting our events and started experimenting with live streaming at Diamond Don's off-road event in Jefferson, Texas. We were lucky to be able to engage Rebecca Cunningham of Red Flyer Media to provide live exposure at that event on YouTube and various AHRMA pages on Facebook. We took that success a step further and Rebecca came out and covered Roadracing at Barber, while Stephanie Vetterly of Stephanie Vetterly Photography covered Cross Country and Trials.

Coverage of the live streaming was also played on a 70" TV situated in Roadracing Tech. This coverage continues, as interviews are edited and rolled out through our social media platforms.

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At Barber we conducted our first virtual raffle drawing with the Eddie Lawson Tribute Bike and Volumes 1 and 2 of the "Lean, Mean and Lime Green" signed by the author, Randy Hall. This raffle, which was conducted primarily online, with the drawing being virtual is considered a big success! I have to admit I was a little nervous—again a maiden voyage (for me) with new technology. AND, we live streamed it! Our winner was Ken Pieschke who learned of the raffle through Roadracing World's popup ad.

Live streaming is becoming especially important as areas are slow to open events to full spectatorship, affecting how we pitch AHRMA to potential sponsors. We expect, at the very minimum, to provide live coverage at all of our AHRMA Classic MotoFest events next year, and at select national events where it makes sense. These events will feature all AHRMA disciplines, offering visibility we haven't achieved for a long time. And yes, a tentative national schedule for all disciplines is being finalized, and hopefully will be announced before the end of October.

I want to give a shoutout to Amy Jacques, who, this past summer, assumed the role of sales specialist for AHRMA. She is handling advertiser solicitation both for the AHRMA MAG and the Handbook, as well as sponsorships, and future digital advertising on ahrma.org. She will be reaching out to current sponsors and has been building relationships both Off-road Racing and Roadracing with new/potential sponsors, so be ready to pull out your wallet! She can be reached at amy.jacques@ahrma.org or 386.871.7810‬.

Sponsorship commitments must be made by early November if you want a mention in the 2021 AHRMA Handbook! Check out her article regarding her first off-road event at Diamond Don's elsewhere in this issue.

While the future is still somewhat uncertain, a couple of things we do know for sure, much of which will appear in the Barber Board of Trustee meeting minutes, we will again conduct online voting for 2021 trustee positions being filled, and our goal is to deliver the 2021 AHRMA Handbook to the printer in November, hopefully giving everyone time to prep their bikes. Final votes for the 2021 rule change proposals have already been published with the Board of Trustee Barber Meeting Minutes, so if you want to know what changes to expect to the handbook, check on AHRMA News (ahrma.org/news) to find the meeting minutes.

Hurricane season draws to a close around the same time as racing season, but for today, it's good to see the sun shining.

Riders on the storm...

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– Cindy McLean #022 Executive Administrator, AHRMA 26 Jardin de Mer Place Jacksonville Beach, FL 32250 904.477.6987

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It was a highly anticipated return to Kershaw for rounds nine and ten of the 2020 Rehv Moto AHRMA National Historic Cup Roadrace Series at Carolina Motorsports Park.

Always a fun track to compete on, this year racers would be treated to an entirely new coat of asphalt. The AHRMA Academy of Roadracing delivered five new racers to the CMP grids. The Tutu Crew was in full force, including everyone’s favorite flagman, Ed Bargy. Luke Sayer (76U) showed up to enter his first roadrace in over 38 years. He also competes in Vintage Motocross. The Hall brothers (Rob and Jake) brought their popular mobile dyno. They also packed their leathers and won a couple races.

Rob was in another gear on Saturday, winning the CB160 race by a good margin over Jonas Stein and Keith Hamilton.

Rob grabbed the win on Sunday followed by Greg Glevicky and a tight battle for third with Stein barely nipping Hamilton at the finish. Rob would also claim the top of the podium in both 200GP races. Ralph Wessell and Tim Droege traded wins in Class C Handshift.

SOT3 was close on Sunday with Caleb Baker making a last corner pass on Eric Burrell for second place. It was a Burrell, Steve DeCamp, Paul Canale finish on Saturday. Classic Sixties 650 came down to Jake Hall, Mike Baker and Dave Spanjar Saturday. Baker and Spanjar would trade places for second and third on Sunday.

John Rickard and Jim Eich had a race to the finish on Sunday with Eich falling a scant .8 seconds behind at the finish. The king of fast laps was Jim Padron in Formula Thunder. He won both days over Pete Tenhoopen and Erin Kollek. Never a dull lap when SOS3 riders Eric Blount and Eric Watts tangle. Blount finished on top by two seconds on Saturday, but Watts made it a photo finish on Sunday. He came up short by a mere tenth of a second. Eric Lukehart completed the podium both days.

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Race 3 start - 720 Clint Austin, 553 Paul Canale, 9A John Snead, 758 Jake Hall, 623 Patrick McGraw, 17C Mike Baker, 187 Alan Feinman, 122 Alex McLean, 391 Dave Spanjar, 864 John Rickard, 731 Stan Keyes

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Race 2 start SOT3 and SOS2 - 13 Steve DeCamp, ? Unidentified, X16 Ray Cull, 55C Edward Blount, 746 Caleb Baker, 661 Dominik Goertz, 64 John Evers, 461 Malcolm Wilkinson, 459 Matt Fisher, 623 Patrick McGraw, 87 Eric Watts

MOTORSPORTS PARK Vintage Superbike Middleweight and SOT2 action - 899 Clifton Ginger,361 Kevin Moore,39L Kevin Rammer, X16 Ray Cull, 901 Shawn Veisz

Scott Billings won the BOT1 contest Saturday and Sunday, but second place Paul Canale and third place Alfredo Braca made him work for it. The Saturday Vintage Superbike Middleweight race finish was a squeaker with the Moto Guzzi of Alexander Cook getting the win over Kevin Rammer’s Honda four-cylinder 650. John-Marc David’s Moto Guzzi was third.

Harry Vanderlinden rolled to victory in Saturday’s Next Gen Superbike Lightweight race followed by a dogfight between David Wallace, Keith Powell and William Brian Wells finishing second, third and fourth, respectively. Mark Morrow had an eight-second win over Brad Phillips in the first Formula 750 race. He had to hang on tight at the finish when Brad surprised him with a hard ride, finishing only a half second behind him at the line.

Premier 500/500GP are the 2020 AHRMA featured Vintage Cup Series classes. In 500 Premier, Tony Read (Saturday) and Patrick McGraw (Sunday) took top honors over Jerry Duke.

And then there’s the always competitive duo of Sportsman 750 riders, Matt Esterline and Jeff Hargis. It was close both days, but Hargis managed the victory in both races.

Jim Padron and Clint Austin traded wins in SOT1 action.

They both ripped 1:37 and change for the quickest trips around the unspoiled circuit for the weekend. Eric Burrell was a close third on Saturday.

There was some heated sidecar activity on Sunday between Daniel May/Craig Chawla, Adam Cramer/Matt Feinman and Sean Stivason/Susan Stivason. I’m sure they were all smiles during that race. I watched the video, and you should too. Adam did find the grass at times and stirred up a good cloud of dust. The BEARS Exhibition Sidecar class had their own three-way throwdown with Kurt Jaeger/Bob Berbeco finishing Classic 60s and Classic 60s 650 758 Jake Hall, 391 Dave Spanjar, 17C Mike Baker, 17 Kenny Cummings

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ahead of Dutch Stivason/Jerry Hoag and Claude Fink Jr./Michelle LeCLear-Fisher; just 1.76 seconds separated the pack.

AHRMA events are notorious for makin’ stories, on and off the track, with the help of decades-old parts vintage motorcycles are made of. Mark Shaver’s valve train decided to take the day off.

Stuart Sanders (one of Mark’s closest competitors) pitched in Classic Sixties 650 - 731 Stan Keyes with spare parts, and the assemblage of the Hall brothers, Greg Glevicky, Stan Keyes, Dylan Shaver, Tim Terrell, Patrick McGraw, Bill Doran and Kevin Burns all turned Mark’s weekend around.

AHRMA folks are always willin’ to offer up tools, parts, expertise, BS, beer, condolences, labor, snide comments, and lots of encouragement (not necessarily in that order) to rescue these after-hours episodes. Mark Morrow has been on his own run of tough luck and found himself in need of an uncrumpled motorbike. He snatched up Danny Miller’s RD400 in time to make the event and conduct the AHRMA Academy of Roadracing on Friday. But the bike had one heck of a front brake pulsation that Mark decided he’d just deal with on the track. Jeff Hargis had other ideas. He showed up with determination, files, cutoff wheels, hammers, crescent wrenches (I know, cringing, right) and they were able to tweak the rotor back into service.

But the two-wheeled family didn’t have all the late-night fun. Eric Todd Trosper found himself deep in the grease late Friday night and Saturday morning. See related story: Cam Gear Carnage, and the Monkey Pilot

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By: Eric Todd Trosper and Celia Wren Trosper We were so happy to be able to race at Kershaw.

Moved some work around to make the 900-mile, one-way trip and made sure the Bird (school bus) was ready to roll. We arrived in the evening and found our pit spots with our racing family. We were greeted by many and the fun started.

We race the Moto Guzzi in SC2 sidecar. We have loved every minute of it since we started seven seasons ago.

Friday’s tech was busy, and the weekend was looking awesome. Rolled out for practice, spirits high, this was our first time at CMP, and the fresh pavement looked gorgeous!

Taking our time around to get to know the track we were at less than 75%; just a get-to-know-you kind of pace.

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(AND THE MONKEY PILOT) On our fourth lap, the Guzzi just signed off, no warning, no misfire, just like the switch was turned off. This is the best kind of issue because its most likely electrical, a wire or something. Easy I’m thinking!

A tow back to the pits and went straight for the multimeter to check the battery and switch. I had 12 volts everywhere, so I pulled the plugs. No spark, so off the tank comes. The coils are hot and all of it seems right. Then I figure it must

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by the Dyna module or Broke Guzzi Photo by: Eric Trosper pickups. Pull the cover on the distributor to see if anything is off there, looks good. I hit the starter button (Guzzis have those) and notice I had no rotation inside the distributor. My heart sank. What I thought was going to be something simple ends up catastrophic.

25 minutes later, and I’m staring in disbelief! The cam gear is broken into three pieces. How in the world does that happen? I obviously do not carry a spare. I’m going to have to break the news to Celia…

Story over.

Celia was like, “Just fix it,” and “It’s not the crankshaft, right?”

So, we put the word out on the internet… We were led to a fellow north of Asheville named Earl Totman. A few phone calls later, I was talking to him and he said he would go look at a few old parts bikes. The early Guzzis have gear driven cams and changed to a timing chain in 1974, I think, and there are a couple different configurations to go along with that. I needed 52 teeth.

Earl calls back and says he has one and he will take it off for us. We just have to come get it. Davey Jones had been involved in this since the beginning, so he offered to pick it up from Earl (they are friends) and drive it halfway. Celia jumped into Jacob’s truck (our son and CB160 racer) and started driving to a Waffle House to meet up with Davey. It was over a five-hour round trip for Celia and she returned at 1:30 AM. I woke up at 6 AM and started my repair. First of all, the stock marks are somewhat useful on a Guzzi but the big Megacycle Trophy1 and Kershaw1 cam has its own marks, and I Photo by: Brad Carlisle can’t find much of anything on the broken gear. Got an assist on the phone from Joe, the Guzzi Doctor, I put it back together three times, and finally on the fourth time, I had it! Not perfect but overlap at TDC is a good indicator that I’m pretty freaking close—enough to run anyway.

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turned on the fuel and hit the button. NOTHING. Plenty of spark and fuel, but no compression. Neither side had any compression (both exhaust valves where bent). So that’s the end of our story on the Guzzi at Kershaw.

Similar stories happen at every event… we race old motorcycles, and these things happen.

But that’s not the end of the story. Peter Essaff offered us his SC4 rig, 9E! We accepted and went to do a bit of pit riding so I could at least shift it. BIG PROBLEM! I could not fit in the thing. I mean, it spread me like a thanksgiving turkey, my goober couldn’t handle it! How on earth does anyone ride this? So, now the story’s over for sure. I looked at Celia after one lap around the pits and told her no way can I drive this rig. It’s killing me. She looks at me and said, “I’ll drive, you monkey!” This story is NOT over. She sat in the thing like it was made for her, and I became Big Booty Judy, monkey! We drove it around Saturday. Got up Sunday and did the Sunday morning practice session. We were certainly slow but got better every lap.

1 board, sideways and green flag, Celia nailed the start and I got to all my positions! It was the time of our life! We even got a first place that day, and it means as much to us as any trophy on the shelf. Thanks Peter. It was awesome!

“I could not have been more disappointed when I found out about the cam gear. But Peter had mentioned the Kawasaki rig, so I switched over to ‘new adventure’ mode when the rig was available. I could not have been more excited! When Eric couldn’t fit in the rig, I didn’t hesitate to offer to drive. I’ve ridden all kinds of bikes with all kinds of shifting patterns and riding positions but have never ridden something so fast and have never raced! I was thrilled. Then to have Eric Todd be MY monkey! What an exciting experience it was! One I will never forget!” And we lived happily ever after. Celia Wren - Pilot (and Big Booty Judy – Monkey)

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2020 REHV MOTO AHRMA NATIONAL HISTORIC CUP ROADRACE SERIES // ROUNDS 11&12 //

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Rounds 11 and 12 of the abbreviated 2020 Rehv Moto AHRMA National Historic Cup Roadrace Series were held in rural Munford, AL, September 12th and 13th. It was good to finally be back in the saddle after sitting out the season with a rebuilt shoulder. This was also the first anniversary of the multiple engine failures we experienced (due to defective parts) that kept us off the track here last year. The temperatures were cooler than in 2019, but the competition was anything but.

Two new racers graduated from the AHRMA Academy of Roadracing on Friday. There were some great races to follow from the infield and, as always, some good times in the paddock after the rubber dust settled. There is no way to adequately describe the AHRMA family bond.

Jonas Stein jumped out to an early lead in the CB160 races both days. He was determined. Joe Koury (Honda CB175) tried to chase him down but came up short. In that same race, Alex McLean (1937 Norton Manx) barely held off the persistent Dave Tompkins (1948 Vincent Comet) in the Class C Footshift battle on Saturday.

Jason Roberts was on his Yamaha TD2B throttle hard in the 350GP race, finishing ahead of Alex McLean (1967 HarleyDavidson Aermacchi Drixton) and Jerry Duke’s Ducati 350

Scrambler. Alex prevailed on Sunday over Duke and Dave Roper when Jason decided to rest his Yamaha. Another fast and furious Roberts, Jason’s son Colton, was also on a mission in Formula 125 action barely squeaking out the win on his Yamaha TA125/RD200 hybrid over Jonas Sein on his fourstroke Honda CB175. I lost sight of the kids early on in that race and flailed my way to a distant third.

And then the Formula Thunder fast guys took their turn on the 1.4-mile circuit. Pete Tenhoopen snagged the top podium step on his Triumph 675R over Ervin Kollek (Ducati 1199S Panigale) and Paul Canale (BMW R nineT). On Sunday, Pete would repeat, turning the third fastest lap of the weekend (1:03.585). But Kollek made him work for it, finishing a scant 0.6 seconds behind. The Sound of Singles 3 class is always entertaining when Ralph Staropoli and Stewart Aitken-Cade bang clip-ons. Couple that with all the KTM RC 390 Cup bikes, small bore two-strokes and talented riders and there’s something for all the spectators to try and keep up with. Ralph, on a Honda RS125, won both days over Aitken-Cade riding a Honda NSF250R, but Sunday’s finish was by only 0.1 seconds.

Pete Nicolosi (Energica Ego) and Arthur Kowitz (Zero SR/F) 3Z Dave Frick SOS3, 179 Arthur Kowitz Formula Lightning, 447 Peter Nicolosi Formula Extreme, 690 Bob Berbeco Motard at the start of Race 3 on Saturday

Jason Roberts 350GP on a Yamaha TD2B

could be seen but barely heard in that race as they whirred by on their Formula Lightning and Formula Extreme electron-powered machines.

Race four was a back-and-forth battle all weekend between the modern sidecars of Peter Essaff/Terri Korn and Dale Lavender/Milan Lavender. It was Terri’s first passenger ride on an F2 machine.

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race started after his CB160 win earlier. He jumped out to a lead, but Joe Koury was able to stalk him and just get by at the end for a narrow victory. They traded positions a few times but Koury took advantage of a Jonas bobble in the farmhouse turn and made his final pass. Stein’s engine would hiccup off the start in turn two during Saturday’s race so Koury slipped away for another podium top spot.

But all this Race Seven action was put on hold during the warm-up lap. A red flag appeared as the last of the riders circled the track. What the…? A combine (1989 Case IH 8250R) was cutting dry cornstalks near the exit of turn five onto the back straight. It was kickin’ up some dust, enough to find its way into a carburetor, but not enough to impair vision. The combine was too close to the track. We all chuckled and waited until it reached the other side of the field to get the GO sign.

Clint Austin won the Sound of Thunder 2 race on Saturday, with Pete Tenhoopen and Paul Canale in tow. Pete returned the favor the following day, getting to the

Race five was a Sound of Thunder 3 nail biter with Kevin Greimel (Harley-Davidson XR1200) crossing the line first over Steve DeCamp (Suzuki SV650) by 0.2 seconds and Caleb Baker (1.2 seconds). Sunday it was DeCamp by 0.1 over Greimel with Paul Canale a couple ticks back in third. Mark Morrow (1976 Yamaha RD400) led Brad Phillips (1972 BMW R75) to the finish in the Formula 750 race on Saturday.

Battle of the Twins 2 was a Bob Berbeco (Pierobon X60R), Clint Austin (Triumph Thruxton 900), Craig Light (2005 Ducati) finish both days with Austin and Light in a drag race for second place at the checkered flag. Clint got there first, but only by a half second.

Dennis Parrish (Honda CB900F) and Dave Crussell (Kawasaki Z1R) had a tight tangle in Saturday’s Formula Vintage race with Crussell barely edging Parrish for the win.

In the featured 500 Premier Vintage Cup race, Stuart Carter’s AJS Seely emerged as the top dog on Saturday over Andrew Mauk’s ‘69 CB450 Honda and 22T Pete Tenhoopen and 4X Ervin Kollek dicing in Formula Thunder Jerry Duke on his Ducati 350 Scrambler. Jerry gave Stuart all he could deal with on Sunday finishing second by just finish 2.4 seconds quicker than Austin for the win. Dave Frick mastered Saturday’s Sound of Singles 2 thumpathon with under a second. Duke’s Duc makes some impressive power for Stuart Carter (KTM450) and Matt Fisher (KTM RC 390) a single. All three make impressive mechanical music. in a close race to the line for second spot; Stuart getting there Scott Billings (Ducati Paul Smart) won both days over Paul first. Defending champ, Clint Austin, won the Thruxton Cup Canale (BMW R nineT) in the Battle of the Twins 1 races.

Open Two-Stroke featured some of the fastest laps of the weekend on a variety 9 Colton Roberts, 123 Jonas Stein fighting for first place in Formula 125 of motorbikes. Ralph Staropoli (2005 Yamaha TZ250) won on Saturday and Sunday turning the second fastest lap overall with a 1:03.580. (Track owner Richard Harris laid down a 1:01.224 in Formula Thunder, but he’s been practicing some.) But the real battle was back in the hunt with Dave Frick (1999 Yamaha TZ250) second, Stewart Aitken-Cade (Honda RS) third, Frank Shoenbeck (1991 Yamaha TZ250B) fourth and Dave Crussell (1978 Yamaha TZ750) fifth, all about one second apart. Sunday it was Crussell second, Shoenbeck third and Frick fourth, tied just as tightly as the day before.

Colton Roberts (1973 Yamaha RD250) and Steve DeCamp (Honda CB400F) were side-by-side at the Formula 250 checkered flag on Saturday. Colton won by a tenth of a second. Jonas Stein was eager to get the 200GP NOVEMBER 2020

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Start of Race 11 on Sunday. X95 Andrew Mauk, 92R William Brian Wells, 92S Shawn Smith and 224X Bill Howard all in the Next Gen Superbike Lightweight class with SOS1 rider, Kevin Greimel Dale Lavender/Milan Lavender, 14 Peter Essaff/Terri Korn

Challenge but there was some activity to note a few seconds back as Eugene Casciaro and Paul Canale fought, neckand-neck, for runner-up. Eugene prevailed.

Andrew Mauk (Keith Leighty-built Honda VF500F) was the victor in Saturday’s Next Gen Superbike Lightweight race, but lurking in the shadows were Shawn Smith (Kawasaki EX500), Bill Howard (Honda NT650) and William Brian Wells (Honda VFR400R). The Smith Howard duel heated up and lasted to the end. Howard snuck under Smith on the last lap in the farmhouse turn but they had been lapped by a rider in a different class so the results were taken from the previous lap.

David Kaufman (Matchless G12) and Bill Gould Jr. took their fight all the way to the end of the Classic Sixties 650 race behind the winner, Stan Keyes (Triton 659), on Sunday.

The Novice Historic Production Heavyweight race was a five-second victory for Tim Terrell (Honda CL350) over Shawn Gilmore (Yamaha RD350) and Lloyd Mason (Yamaha RD350) on day one.

Sunday was a fun day for Tim and Shawn with Gilmore edging Terrell out ry Kou Photo by: Joe W. at the finish line by less than a second.

Shawn and his wife, Cassie, were all smiles after that one.

Mark and Eileen Morrow were our neighbors for the first time ever. Mark’s RD slung a piston skirt; Joe and I offered some assistance. I hadn’t worked on a two-stroke in a while. Almost made me want to give up cam chains and valves, Christopher Spargo. Almost.

The effects of the pandemic were still

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evident. Social distancing and facial protection, while ongoing, were somewhat relaxed. As I type all this, I am safely past the anxious-to-end 14-day period without a symptom and hope everyone else can say the same. The AHRMA staff and volunteers who make this all possible deserve more thanks than I can string together with a few words. We appreciate your dedication and hard work.

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Keepin' it light, keepin' it fun, the tutu crew will show you how it's done!

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BY: Michelle Le Clear-Fisher What's with the TuTus? Since many have asked that very question, here's a brief history on the “TuTu story"

When in New Orleans for the AHRMA races last year, Kirk and I were wandering through the French Quarter sightseeing and souvenir shopping when through a window I spotted a yellow, purple and green glitter-covered TuTu. For some reason it made me laugh out loud. Just silly and fun. Kirk pulled me inside, saying we had to buy it since it tickled me so much, and it Tony, Lori, Lois, Terry, (John), Sue, Michelle, Marcia, Kirk would be hilarious at pit in. We also got beads to match. We were working with Frank and Benita Basile, and when Frank took a turn wearing it, twirling and leaping during hot tech, it definitely created a joyful atmosphere. Nick Hargis took a turn wearing it as a holder in the CB160 race. We had a blast. The glitter however... we're still finding it in our truck. Fast forward to the next race and I am repeatedly being asked, "Where's your TuTu?" Tony Pentecost requested it make an appearance at the next race. Tony.

Requested. Strongly.

So, when we return home, I hit eBay, find materials, and make a few in different colors—minus the glitter. I wear one, Kirk, Frank, Benita and Terry Humphries join the "crew." It Frank (New Orleans) has grown, and I hope it continues to. The race directors have supported it and in fact actively participated in expanding the ranks. It's taken on a life of its own. Further testament to the joy Michelle that is inherent in so many of the AHRMA family. We added (Barber) banners, arm band tutus, and "official membership credentials" at Barber. I make them in five sizes. What started as a moment of silliness has become an effort to remind everyone to have FUN. Sometimes it can get a bit too serious and suck the joy out, for racers and officials alike. Our aim is to just lighten the mood and bring smiles. After all, as our motto states, "If it's not fun, why would you do it?" There have been a few criticisms... those are the people who need this the most. All photos are by me or Kirk Fisher except the group shot, which was Frank Basile.

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Tavis Shackelford leads GP 125 Experts and Intermediates Photo by: Bobby Hedge

2020 Redwood Engineering/Race Tech AHRMA National Vintage & Post Vintage Motocross Series

Diamond Don and Francene Photo by: Kenny Lau – Awesome Shots

DIAMOND Riverport AHRMA National Race Report September 12-13, 2020 By: Albert Newmann

The longing for many of us to hear the sound of motorcycles racing, smell the two-stroke oil in the air, and gather amongst friends felt long overdue. With some interspersed racing in 2020, we have yet to have that one big race that roared and provide an adrenaline-rushed atmosphere. Welcome to “Diamond Don’s” 18th Annual AHRMA Riverport National!

Finally, the postponed date was upon us and with a turnout of 637 entries over the course of the weekend of off-road vintage motorcycle racing, a moment of normalcy returned and it was impossible to deny the excitement of those in attendance. The surrounding Spanish moss-laced big cypress trees and cilantro green bayou had a special effervescent look about them possibly ignored in the past but not this year.

Saturday morning the Redwood Engineering-sponsored Vintage Motocross program went off without a hitch. Race one started this year with a mixture of Novice classes and our Classic 500 Intermediates.

From the gate drop for Tom Shackleford leading John McCullough in the Vintage 50+ Novice class the Intermediate group Photo by: Bobby Hedge it was Tommy Gates of Junction City, AR, working his way to a nice lead over the pack each moto and the eventual win. AJS rider, Kenneth Jeter, finished second overall and Wes Wyman third as the two exchanged positions each moto. Newcomer Blake Keller of Austin, TX, lead all the Novice classes, end-to-end, winning the Sportsman 250 class.

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Joel White on a CR480R in 40+ Expert Photo by: Bobby Hedge

Intermediate gate. Trey Jorski was in attendance and to nobody’s surprise, it was Jorski with holeshots each moto and the Expert win. However, the Intermediate class was a little different.

Bill Hester of Springfield, TN, found himself running above all the other experts on the gate to take second overall in moto one. But in the second moto, Robert Boyer did the same to finish second overall above the remaining experts, and with his 2-1 finish, Boyer edged out Hester for the win.

Today’s highlight, Race four, featured the Vintage 60+ Experts. Our honored Legend for the weekend, Gary Semics, was aboard a finely tuned 1975 Kawasaki KX400 on loan from Kawasaki guru, Tony Moseley. It was not going to be a cakewalk for Semics though as Trey Jorski, Kevin O’Brien, Chet Malito, Dennis Murphy, Rhett Smith, Danny Wirt, Greg Gordon and others were on the line. Many ex-National AHRMA champions made this the featured race. As expected, it was Trey Jorski with another holeshot, but on his rear fender was CZ-mounted Danny Wirt. Wirt fell though, late in lap one, and Semics was making his move toward the top of the pack. Lap two, Jorski goes down and it is Semics to the lead.

Jorski made a hard run to catch Semics but could not make the pass. Wirt also managed to lap-by-lap work his way within distance of the leaders but fell short this moto. The second moto was nearly the same story with a Jorski holeshot, but an inspired Rhett Smith gave chase from the start and fended off the challenge from Wirt and Semics. The Wirt and Semics battle for third was intense as the two made several passes on each other. The overall went to Jorski with a 2-1 finish, Semics finished second with a 1-4, Wirt’s steady 3-3 secured third place, and it was Dennis Murphy’s consistent 5-5 to earn him fourth overall in this action-packed race.

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Bobby Guilbeau Vintage 70+ Expert Photo by: Bobby Hedge

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The ever hotly contested 70+ Expert Vintage class in the South-Central region again did not disappoint as Billy Click of Willis, TX, patiently waited to pass multi-national champion Skip Kennedy on lap three of the first moto. In race two, Click makes the move on lap two to move to the lead and the overall.

Respectively, it was John Gott finishing third and Loyd Morgan fourth overall in what was one of the best races of the day (consistently from venue to venue) for all to watch.

The fastest race of the program belonged to Race seven which had Sportsman 250 and 500 Experts combined on one gate.

North Texas’s Brandon Glenn, aboard his 1974 Honda CR250, was setting incredible lap times over a very fast group of racers both young and old. Youngster Parker Jones of Apple Valley, CA, put on an amazing ride to fend off another youngster, Tyler Reed, in moto one but it was Reed following Glenn to pass Jones in moto two early on to take the overall in the 500 Expert NOVEMBER 2020

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group. Glenn was your winner of the 250 group with Kyle Kyzer earning second place and John Moeller of Monroe, LA, finishing third. Past national champion, Kevin O’Brien, took third overall behind Reed and Jones for the 500 class.

The largest class of the day was Vintage 60+ Intermediate which had 17 racers line up on the gate. The pride of Fluvanna, TX, Eddie Parks, pulled the holeshot in moto one and held off the challenges from long-time fast rider Troy Rapp, and Kyle Kyzer to win moto one. In moto two, Chris Dublin, of San Angelo, TX, tucked in behind the holeshot of Troy Rapp with Parks on his fender. On lap three, Parks makes the pass on both riders though Dublin kept the pressure on Parks to make a pass on the final lap. The winner with a 1-2 was Eddie Parks, Troy Rapp’s 2-3 earned him second overall and Dublin’s 5-1 finish landed a third-place trophy for his mantle.

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Tyler Reed jammin' the Maico AW250 in the GP 250 Expert class Photo by: Bobby Hedge

Sportsman 125 Expert group as Tim Wilkinson from Moore, OK, on the borrowed “Bumble Bee” CR125 Honda, jumped to the lead of moto one over the very fast small bore pilot, Dennis Murphy, of Atlantic, IA. Murphy worked his way around Wilkinson on lap three to finish first in the moto. A flat tire kept Wilkinson from lining up for the second moto and it was Murphy left to battle with the incredibly fast Devon Long of New Orleans, LA. Murphy takes the overall with Jim Marchbank finishing second and the Bubba Dennispiloted Yamamaico taking third. Darel Parsons added another Intermediate first place trophy to his collection this year and it was Mike Bickley’s 3-2 edging out Kent Hanson’s 2-4 finish to take second.

The Vintage Motocross racing was great and the feedback circulating around the pits was how much better the dirt was this year than previous. Saturday night many of the racers Diamond Don's Race Team (left to right): John Gott, Chris Richardson, Gary Semics, event legend, Wes Willis, Francene Rainey, Diamond Don Rainey, Gary Davis, Sharon Bean, Bob Bean, Skip Kennedy, Chicago Jerry Grakauskas Photo by: Bobby Hedge

headed into Jefferson for dinner or were found grilling and frying southern cuisine. The weather held up on the day with a slight sprinkle of rain, which is normal for East Texas at this time of year. Sunday’s racing was shaping up to be great.

Sunday morning’s Race Tech Post Vintage Motocross Series kicked off with an amazing display of speed.

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were in moto one and with the gate drop for the Experts it was Yamaha-mounted Quincy Stewart of Mustang, OK, off to a fast start dominating each moto, but the racing behind him was intense. Tyler Reed and Matt Moseley put on a good showing and intermediate Steve Blakely creeped into the mix of the top four of the group. Stewart’s 1-1 finish won the Expert grouping, and it was Blakely’s 1-1 to win the Intermediate group.

Gary Semics Railing a '79 KX250 in Post Vintage Photo by: Bobby Hedge

Race two was equally as fast as Brandon Glenn put on a clinic riding his Honda CR480 in the Ultima 500 Expert class. Joshua and Christopher Martin, of North Texas, led the fast group of Pre-Modern 250 Experts with Joshua edging out Christopher for the overall. Youngster vs. Oldster was the theme of the Ultima 125 Expert class as Darren Terry and Race Davis went to battle and this time it was the elder Terry going 1-1 to win the class.

Race three was thrilling as it pitted the Post Vintage 60+ Experts against each other as well as the lone 40+ Expert, Joel White, of Ponchatoula, LA. Gary Semics, riding Tony Moseley’s 1979 KX250 in Post Vintage action, again found him against the familiar company of Rhett Smith, Dennis Murphy, Trey Jorski, Greg Gordon, and newcomer to AHRMA, Rick Van Diemen, amongst others. Today it was Semics and Joel White leading into the first turn together with White aggressively pulling to the top of the pack. Immediately behind Semics were Rhett Smith, Dennis Murphy, and Van Diemen.

Jorski was nowhere to be found. By lap four, Murphy and Van Diemen passed Smith to take over second and third place in the 60+ group. Moto two found a different story as it was Jorski

Trey Jorski holeshot VIntage 60+ Expert Photo by: Bobby Hedge

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a 1-2 finish to win the Ultima 125 Intermediates and it was Richard Freund winning the Ultima 500 Intermediate class.

Oh, the shootout races! This year, in addition to the annual 100cc “Battle on the Bayou,” it was the “Texas Thumper Throwdown” featuring a growing number of XR200 racers.

Our local legend and international superstar, Trampas Parker, won both feature races!

Our legend for the weekend, Gary Semics, was a pleasure to hang out with and stated how great a time he had.

He is in superb shape and Tony Moseley said the Gary Davis Vintage Sportsman 500 Intermediate Yamaha YZ360 big adjustment for the bikes he raced was taking the Photo by: Bobby Hedge suspension down from a 210 lb. rider to a 142 lb. rider.

But once adjusted, Semics was happy with everything else and said he felt like a factory racer on this weekend!

As mentioned earlier, everyone was complimentary of the dirt and how well the track held up for this

back to form with a holeshot and leading the pack until the third lap when White made the pass. Semics and Jorksi battled for first place in their class and it was Jorski taking the second moto win. However, Semics’ 1-2 earned the former 500cc Supercross title winner the top spot in this heated battle with Smith, finishing second and Murphy third overall.

Race 11 was interesting as we had our Grand Prix 500 Intermediate and Post Vintage 70+ Experts running dual gates.

Crowd hanging at the Riverport National Photo by: Bobby Hedge

The first moto saw Brian Oakley jump to an early lead and fast ride to outpace Bill Schutt and Chris Ingram.

The second moto was a different story as Schutt made the pass on lap two around Oakley, and then Ingram followed behind moving Oakley to third. Schutt took the win with a 2-1 finish. The 70+ Expert class saw Wes Willis jump to the top of the pack each moto to hold off Skip Kennedy’s challenge as well as newcomer, Ruben Martin.

Race 14 was one of the large Novice gates which had Mitchell Stewart of Mustang, OK, jump to the top of the pack each moto to lead all the novices with an eventual victory in the Ultima 250 class. Ultima 125 Novice had Billy Murphy take a 1-1 overall over Brad Fortinberry, and it was Dave Wessling winning the Ultima 500 class over perennial champion, Michael Welden.

To end, there was a varied group of Intermediate classes with one Expert class in Race 17. It was Roger Harris and Bill Hester dominating the Historic 250 Intermediates and Jason Elder working through the pack to take the top finishing spot in the Ultima 125. The second moto saw Harris lead the pack wire-to-wire. Harris’s 2-1 gained him the overall in the Historic 250 Intermediate over Bill Hester. Jason Elder took

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weekend. Don Rainey commented the dirt work crew added a mixture of river sand and saw dust into the track over the last year and worked it in. It was work that was well appreciated.

The track featured some new changes with some switchbacks and slight off camber turns which added to the lap times but also challenged the racers. Improvements to the facility were noticeable; the Raineys are always making upgrades. Plans are underway for a new shower facility for the racers and continued work on the track. Next year look for a feature with Trials and non-racing activities for everyone to enjoy. Yes Don, we are having fun!

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with wristband, oh my) and a fantastic viewing area for the races.

The next day the place was packed, and the racing began. I was with Rebecca Cunningham (multi-award-winning videographer), who was doing some live streaming on different platforms for AHRMA. She also did interviews with the Legends in attendance at Diamond Don’s race for 2020 (he showcases a different racing Legend every year. This Diamond Don year: Gary Semics.) We were treated to a first-hand tour of the facility by Curt Amy and Don Comer (AHRMA'S Executive Director My First Experience with the and diehard off-road enthusiast).

AHRMA Off-road Community It was during this time that I saw how much work goes into building these off Diamond Don's in Jefferson, finding their road venues. It takes a lot of time to Texas, is the most amazing setting put this many details into a course that for an off-road event or any event for that spots around the stretches through the woods, over a bayou matter. As I drove towards the racetrack, bountiful countryside. The people were immediately friendly, welcoming, and very (with alligators), railroad tracks, and other I saw big signs with MX on them, so I "obstacles." Once again, I'm thoroughly knew I was headed in the right direction. hospitable. I met my hostess, Francene, and host, Diamond Don. They are a impressed with this place and know it's There were flags waving, banners flying going to be a great weekend. and a motorcycle perched up on a post at dynamic duo who are always striving to make the event the best it can be. To The schedule for the races is set up the main gate. You get the feeling that say they are a busy couple would be so that you can be in every discipline if you are really in for a good time when very understated; answering questions, you wanted to, therefore it's great for the you see the entrance. As I approached solving problems, and making people feel spectators because they start at different the main gate, I see to my right a large welcome is what they do. I am super times. I love this part because I didn't field with the first signs of a racetrack. miss watching and learning about each It's the back of BIG AIR and the front of excited that these two are my hosts. It's obvious to me at this time why it's a big one. the PANTY DROP, both big jumps on The weekend's weather was very warm, the motocross track. (Drop your drawers deal is to go racing at Diamond Don’s.

AHRMA is known to have an sunny, and gorgeous. Friday evening, is what I called it because I couldn't think of the correct name while talking to Don. outstanding group of like-minded people we had the pleasure of going on a "walk who enjoy themselves no matter where through the pits with Albert Newmann" He said, "I might have to change the they are, and this was no exception. I and his beautiful wife, Judy. Albert is name of that jump, I like that better.”) was introduced around at the pavilion an AHRMA Trustee and local off-road After getting my wristband, I headed which is a huge area that was used for Regional Coordinator. This was one of in to see what all the fanfare was about. registration, tech, awards, eating, drinking the highlights of the weekend. We met I was there early so it wasn't full, but the (open bar, rum bar, kegs, ALL FREE Bubba, Allen, and Doc first; we heard trucks and trailers were pulling in and Paul Burnett Dale Burroughs Bruce Capps Gary Capps Jeffrey Clark Steve Clark Billy Click William Click Roy Cole Michael Collier Greg Conn 22

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Gary Emerson Daniel Evans Simon Farmer Clayton Farris William Fenner Rick Field Charles Finnegan Robert Finnegan Rick Fisher Brad Fortinberry Richard Freund

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the girl with the bourbon.

A heartwarming story told on the tour was that of Buddy Burns of the Texas Vintage Racing club who Hodaka aces Bruce (L) and Gary Capps, Vintage 100cc class collects many jackets for the homeless. (These stories of generosity and kindness seemed to be repeated as the tour went on). It is not unlike the evenings in the roadrace paddock I'm familiar with.

There are not too many places you can go and meander with every group of people attending and feel welcome like fantastic stories about rattlesnakes family. This is AHRMA. I really enjoyed everything about warming Diamond Don's racetrack. He and his themselves in wife, Francene, work very, very, hard to the road at night put this event on and it shows with all and the crazy the details and extras you find around times they had the facility. The food was exceptional; at previous races, after a long day in the sun it was great including Val,

to sit down to a hot meal every night and socialize with all the people who had been working and/or racing so hard all day. Sometimes the best memories are made before and after the races. It was here that we were able to meet some of the Legends attending the races for the weekend. More stories of factory racing were heard, and incredible legacies were shared. We felt truly blessed to be able to listen to these incredible tales of yesteryear.

To say this was a learning experience is a complete understatement. I enjoyed myself more than I can say in words.

From the host and hostess, to all the racers, and volunteers (especially Sharon Bean, the MEGA VOLUNTEER), I'd like to thank the off-road community for their warm welcome and for sharing your time and knowledge. I'll definitely be back.

• Sincerely, Amy Jacques •

Diamond Don’s Riverport National, through the Eyes of Two-Time World Champion, Trampas Parker I showed up at double D's and low and behold, my first encounter was impressive. Wes Willis, Johnny Mac and Chicago Jerry were already out there working like an army of ants. Don was doing what he does best, BS-ing. All jokes aside, this was the best I have seen the event in my 10 years coming here. As we pulled into the park on Wednesday, things were looking great and I was praying that we would have the biggest race ever, even with all the crazy things happening in the world.

As Cross Country kicked off on Friday, the numbers weren't the biggest ever, but each row that took off was full, making racing fun! The trails were the best they have been in years! With the water level down, it allowed us to ride sections we haven't raced in quite some time, adding length to the course and using more of the levy, which added to the excitement! I hope everyone had as much fun as I did; I felt like a kid in a candy store.

As we were awakened by the sound

of vintage motorcycles Saturday morning, I knew that the rest of the weekend was gonna be awesome!!

After walking the MX track, I saw there were some new and welcomed changes that were going to make racing better. It had a better flow and made passing easier. Not only did they have The Battle on the Bayou 100cc race, but they also added the Texas Thumper Throwdown XR200 race. The only question is, "Did someone race both classes, back-to-back motos, and walk away with both wins?" For me, Saturday did not disappoint, sitting on the fence, watching just how fast racers could go on vintage motorcycles over 50 years old!

Racers arose early Sunday morning to hear Steve Wise and myself talk about the most important thing in my life, and no it's not racing, it's God. What an amazing way to start the day. Post Vintage MX kicked off with the best track conditions ever at Diamond Don’s. The track held up all day with some of the best racing seen here in a long time.

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I think moving the race later in the year helped since there was no springtime water to deal with and this resulted in great racing. And by the way, to answer that question about someone winning both support classes, yes by yours truly! One thing I've learned through the years as a racer, when you pull into a National, you expect it to look and feel like a National! Don & Francene have accomplished this.

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different circumstances than what has been the norm during a spring A Breath of Fresh Air! race. The weeds and greenery are much Due to the COVID crisis, this year's thicker, requiring paths edition of Diamond Don's Riverport to be cut through with weekend was delayed until September 11th-13th, instead of the traditional April a tractor and brush hog. Wes Willis, one of several dedicated volunteers, deftly race dates. This made for some very handled the duties of cutting paths, etc., just prior to the event on Diamond's equipment. Along with the months delay, came dryer weather and more opportunities to better prepare for the races. In the months prior, Brant Wedding and Mike Haynes spent many weekends procuring better railroad track crossings and clearing brush to allow for the longest Keith Klump 21K, Rob Roberts 502, Ty Roberts 503, Darel Parsons 7P, Derek Borg 3, Josh Martin 60, Devon Long course ever at 13D, Kevin O'Brien 19Y, Christopher Martin 60X, Derek Wedding 33W, Bill Malec 011, Clayton Farris 18X, Gary Diamond Don's.

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At the rider's meeting, in light of the special date that we were racing on, "Chicago" Jerry led a singing of our National Anthem.

Two senior (70+, 80+) gentlemen, Zahn Lewis and Brooks Blair, were both among the busiest volunteers. They arrowed the course for hours the two days prior to the event. Due to his knowledge of the track layout, Zahn led the sighting lap, at 84 years young! Try to keep up, youngsters!

The cross country race was held on Friday afternoon and was well attended.

As mentioned earlier, the course was the longest ever, due to the adjoining Big Cyprus Bayou being very low and the property dry. The railroad track crossings were beefed up from previous years and were sturdy and safe. There had been some rain that came through the previous Layla Paul Bobby Philips Marlin Phillips Key Lime Pie Larry Preston Kenneth Pulley John Putkey Don Rainey Summit Raphael Jordan Rapp Todd Rapp

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week and the trail was practically perfect.

There were many trips up and over the levee with some single track and creek crossings thrown in for good measure.

The course also meandered through some fast field sections, along the water's edge of the bayou, running closely alongside

the railroad tracks, and even skirted the edges of a real (but fenced in) alligator pit. Only at Diamond Don's!

Winning both the Vintage and Post Vintage sessions, was Trampas Parker, former world champion moto-crosser.

In second overall in the Vintage race,

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64P Paul Schaffner Photo by: Bobby Hedge

Left to right: 855 Brian Allie, 47 Heith Parker, 33W Derek Wedding, 60 Josh Martin, 714 Jim Marchbank Photo by: Bobby Hedge

Ty Roberts Sportsman Open Expert Stuart McAvoy, runner-up in the hot PV 50+ Expert race

Cross country start from right to left: S12 Sheila Monk, T47 Tom O’Kelly, 911 Mike Welch, 83 Bubba Gale, 77M Becky Hayes, 47B James Bailey, 35K William Johnston, 21A Adrian Blackmon, 16T Tom Shackleford Photo by: Bobby Hedge

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session.) During the Vintage race, Gary Davis had the holeshot on the first row, but ended up in the bushes early in the first lap. Shelia Monk once again won the Women's Post Vintage Expert class. As at every AHRMA Cross Country National event, the Vintage session also includes all novice and women's classes. both Vintage and Post Vintage.

There were some great battles in the Post Vintage races. In the 50+ Expert class, Keith Klump bested Stuart McAvoy by just three seconds, finishing third and fourth overall in the process. In the 60+ Expert class, Dennis Murphy beat perennial fast guy, Kevin O'Brien, by a mere seven seconds, finishing sixth and seventh overall. Finishing second overall to Trampas Parker was Mark Ray, winning the Post Vintage 200 Expert class.

Special thanks again to the many volunteers who help make the Cross Country Series a success. Thanks to the Arkansas crew, Chris Sayler and Tim Grow for the scoring, Tamara Lewis, and Dedrie Parks for sign-up, to mention a few. As always, Cross Country coordinator, Becky Hayes, continues to put in a lot of hard work to make these events successful.

Dennis Murphy styling to the PV 60+ Expert win

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The "operating room"

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My workspace in Indianapolis started out in a area that is now full of vintage Hondas; from a CB550 with a sidecar for in-town trips with the family, to “Frankenstein” bikes built for motorcycle shows, to other vintage Hondas ranging from those in restored condition to “patina perfect” period mod bikes. Except for the three-foot mini ramps, complete with spine and four-foot extensions on the side, as long as the garage door stayed down, it didn’t stand out at all. It’s just a plain old two-car garage in the middle of the city next to a cultural trail for biking and walking. I had a new Honda Shadow I bought on payments right after I signed my first teaching contract, but nothing “vintage” at all.

At that time, I was more focused on riding as much as possible. I took many longer trips to the east coast, Canada, or the gulf with friends. When the weather was nice, I’d open the back and paint little pieces of the chrome black and change the oil, but that was the extent to which I “worked on” bikes. I recall my friends working on their old Hondas and I always thought to myself, “That doesn’t look fun, I just want to ride!”

That all changed when my neighbor a few doors down had his house foreclosed on. I just happened to be in my garage when he was driving The fleet through our alley and out of the neighborhood for the last time. He rolled down his window and yelled,”I’ve got some old bikes and tools in my garage that I don’t want, you can have them, just do it soon before the bank sends someone out.” My friend and I giddily ran down to check it out 28

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and found a white CA95 “Benly” Dream in unrestored but complete condition, full of the usual mice nests and funk associated with band finds, and an older Yamaha V-Max along with an assortment of tools. I let my friend take the Yamaha. After dragging the Benly back to my garage, I started cleaning it out, researching parts. I will never forget getting it to fire for the first time and riding it down the alley, carb leaking all over the place, while holding up my makeshift plastic bottle gas tank. Once that one was road worthy, I bought a CB350F and it was all downhill from there. I quickly realized that as long as I had a bike that started and ran trouble-free, working on other bikes wasn’t stressful at all. In fact, it was, most of the time, actually more like a stress-relieving puzzle.

A puzzle that, after hours and hours of work and a little bit of money, you could ride. An interesting sidenote about the CA95 150 Honda Dreams is that the word “Benly” is actually the Japanese for べんり(便利), which means convenient.

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This may have been part of what got me hooked. As I am a Japanese teacher and translator, the extra detail that the ‘60s Hondas tend to have make them my favorites to work with. I later found out that my mother and her siblings had a couple of these toads and rode them as teenagers.

As my garage began to fill with Japanese motorcycles and I started to get better at working on them, the number of bikes in my garage began to grow. In the beginning, I would just get them running well enough to ride around the block a few times and then send them on their way with a few extra dollars in my pocket. After a few years, most of my skateboarder friends had some sort of “custom” bike to ride around town, so there was always someone to ride with. At a certain point, people started buying newer sportsters, then making “choppers” and the number of people to ride with, or maybe it was the number of people I was willing to ride with, started to diminish. I turned my focus toward learning how to rebuild motors. Around that time, I bought a lathe. Being able to make parts, even poorly, from time to time on my own really got me excited to not just make mechanical “upgrades” to my bikes, but also enhance the performance of their motors.

As I was out in the garage more, I started to get increased attention from people riding on the trail behind my garage, which was tiring to say the least. It seemed like every other person would ask if one of my Hondas was a BSA or a Triumph because of a cafe racer show that was popular at the time. I decided to pour concrete and build a lean-to on the side of the garage

where the ramp had been. After getting a local guy on board who agreed to let me do the work with him, phase one of my workshop was complete. I worked out of it for a couple years, taking on projects for other people and working on others’ bikes for fun, usually for no compensation, just to get them back on the road so we could all ride.

The natural progression of working on motorcycles for me around this time was to start looking for a way for me to push them to their limits. With a kid on the way, I didn’t feel like jumping train track bumps and locking my back brakes up to see how far I could slide was a great idea anymore. I had a few friends start racing dirt track, but after a couple times on the track, I realized it wasn’t for me. When I realized I could race smaller Hondas on a road course, it was all I could think about.

I got my feet wet by building a CB160 for riding around town. It took me a while to build the motor correctly, but then after I finally figured it out and started to collect parts for my AHRMA bike, life happened.

Within a six-month period, I was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia, my son was born, and my father passed. For the next four years, I didn’t make it out to the garage as much as I would have liked to as I battled cancer. My spleen was the size of a football and I couldn’t ride much anyway so I sold a few bikes to pay medical bills and explore experimental treatments.

My dream of racing with AHRMA had to be put on hold. I did build one bike during this time, often with my son strapped

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to my back as I worked. It was a dilapidated CB77 chopper I picked up at an auction that I converted to a raked and stretched 358cc big bore, dedicated to my father.

In the summer of 2017, after multiple rounds of chemo and a two-week hospital stay, my blood levels finally rebounded, and I was officially considered in remission. That spring, I scrapped almost two tons of motorcycle parts, many of which I still regret, and started phase two of the shop. I removed the inside wall of the garage and made a platform extending three feet into the garage for in-shop storage and workspace and installed an A/C unit. That winter, I started to make plans to assemble a Honda CL175 sloper, the bike I was able to ride when racing with AHRMA this past season.

I am currently building a few different bikes and am back on the fix and flip game. After becoming a father though, my time is much more valuable, so nothing is done for free anymore. Since before he could walk, my son, Atlas, has been in the shop with me when I work. He is happy building things with extra and scrap parts that I keep for him. It’s amazing what he can come up with using random parts. At six years old, Atlas is now working on his first official project: a QA50. He obviously needs a lot of guidance, but he has put in a lot of work.

As for the CL175, it will be back up on the lift soon for various upgrades and I also have about five bikes to fix up for sale in the spring.

My shop/garage/remote storage unit I work with now is enough for my current needs but I hope that in the not too distant future I can get myself into a position where I can build or have a nice sized pole barn with more room to work.

My space is cramped and full of trinkets from swap meets.

With my son working alongside me, I’m sure it won’t be long until he needs his own, larger space.

We are both looking forward to a more “normal” racing reason. For now, taking our dirt bikes out to our family and friends’ property will have to be enough.

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REPAIRING COMPOSITE MOTORBIKE PARTS

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This RS125 tail section was repaired using the techniques and materials in this article.

Fiberglass gas tanks, fenders, belly pans and fairings are on virtually every motorcycle at an AHRMA event, off-road or roadrace. This means almost all vintage or modern competition motorcycles have at least one composite part that will need maintaining, repairing, or fabricating.

The techniques and tips in this article are based on 20 years of experience fabricating, maintaining and repairing composite seats, fenders, fairings and belly pans for vintage and modern racing motorcycles and teaching and sharing those skills with other AHRMA racers. My personal mentor is an FAA-certified aircraft mechanic, inspector and instructor who has owned and maintained composite sailboats and aircraft for more than 50 years. He’s also an AHRMA racer who has fabricated and repaired parts (including entire gas tanks) for his roadracing and trials motorcycles. (Thanks for the lessons, Dad!) As with other fabrication and repair work, such as welding, painting and machining, there are many philosophies and techniques as well as favorite products. The tips and techniques in this article are not the only way to work with composites and we welcome input from the ARHMA family about how you approach designing, fabricating and maintaining your composite parts.

A composite part is simply a component that consists of different materials. For this article, “composite” refers to motorcycle parts made from a combination of fiberglass mat or cloth and the adhesives that hold the part together.

Successfully working with composites requires two skills shared by painting and welding: safety and cleanliness. The catalyzed adhesives we use are toxic and prolonged exposure 32

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can be fatal. Residue from sanding composite parts creates dust that, at a minimum, will irritate exposed skin and, more ominously, may have dangerous consequences if inhaled.

We ALWAYS wear nitrile gloves when handling resin and catalysts and wear a respirator and protective clothing when cutting or sanding composite parts. This is particularly important when working with carbon fiber parts.

Oil- or gasoline-soaked composite parts are difficult, if not impossible, to repair correctly. We use a variety of solvents including isopropyl alcohol and Coleman lantern/stove fuel to clean parts before starting a repair and immediately before applying new cloth and epoxy. The Coleman fuel is inexpensive and will not leave residue that will contaminate the epoxy. Our molds also get a quick wipe down with one of these liquids.

In this article, we’ll focus on using fiberglass cloth and “epoxy” adhesives. We have successfully used these materials for years and they work great for vintage motorcycle parts. The strength, flexibility and durability of a composite motorcycle part comes from layers of either mat or cloth working together with an adhesive. Too much, or too little, of any component can make the part heavy, brittle, inflexible, weak or even all of the above. To ensure a longlasting and high-performance composite part, use the right combination of cloth and just enough adhesive to keep the part together. Slopping on epoxy to wet-out a section of cloth quickly and then leaving puddles of excess adhesive adds

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Epoxies on Parade - The size and complexity of a composite repair job will determine the best epoxy to use based on its viscosity and cure time. Isopropyl alcohol is great for prepping parts and cleaning epoxy of gloves, mid-repair, and mixing cups post-repair.

Tools of the Trade

- Nitrile gloves, "acid" brushes, plastic cups and chopsticks.

The gloves keep you safe, the cups and chopsticks are for mixing and the brushes for applying epoxy.

weight while not adding any strength. Squeezing the layers Place the first layer in the repair site and “stipple” on the together as the epoxy cures really adds strength to the final epoxy with the end of a small, inexpensive and disposable product. “acid” or chip-chaser brush. (Tip: Don’t try to clean and reuse The fiberglass mat and cloth used in motorcycle parts your applicator brush.) Using as little epoxy as possible and is available in a variety of weights and weave configuration. not rushing this step helps ensure a good epoxy to cloth ratio.

Many parts are originally fabricated in “female” molds using Add the next layers of cloth and additional epoxy until the cloth fiberglass mat. We use fiberglass cloth for all our repair is fully wet-out. A properly wet-out layup will have satin finish and fabrication work. Lightweight “s-glass” cloth in the 4- to with no visible epoxy puddles. Excess epoxy can be carefully 8-ounce range drapes easily over compound curves when blotted away using a paper towel or even toilet paper. using “male” molds and doesn’t soak up epoxy too quickly.

The next step is to apply clamping pressure that compresses For adhesives, we use West System 105 resin and the layers of cloth and epoxy together with the fending itself. associated hardeners, West System Five-Minute Epoxy, and An easy trick to distribute the clamping pressure is to use 15- or 30-minute epoxies typically marketed through hobby flexible cardboard or heavy cardstock with a layer of packing shops. Each adhesive is best suited to different types of tape on one side. Place the taped side of the cardboard repair and fabrication work. When mixing epoxy, avoid using against the wet-out cloth and then back this with a block waxed paper cups. We use disposable plastic cups, which of wood and your clamp of choice. Keep in mind that any also allow us to pop the cured epoxy out and reuse them. folds or divots in the material facing the layup will be molded Let’s put these materials together (pun intended) to tackle a into the final repair. Smoother is better when it comes few common composite repair and fabrication projects. to clamping surfaces. The packing tape also will act as a • Busted Boat Tail Blues • “release agent” and allow the cardboard “mold” to pop right Your 1967 Bultaco Pursang MK 2 came from Spain with off after the epoxy cures. an alluring rear fender. Decades of clearing doubles and 24 hours later—depending on the temperature and humidity berm-busting has resulted in the fender cracking behind the in your workshop—the epoxy should have cured to the point top rear shock mounts. where the clamp system can be removed, and you can prep The process to repairing this damage is similar to welding for paint. up a cracked metal part: clean the part, create a bevel joint In Part 2, we’ll cover repairing a hole in a belly pan and by sanding both sides of the joint to a fine edge and add new bringing a badly damaged seat back to race-ready condition material to fuse both sides of the damage together. In the and resources for learning welding example, the new material would be filler rod heated more about composite repair by a gas or electric welding torch. For a composite part, the and fabrication. new material is layers of cloth and epoxy. Keeping the gap as small as possible and stabilizing the part during the repair applies to both welding and composite work.

Creating a bevel tapering two to three inches from each side of the joint will allow several layers of progressively wider cloth to be laid into the repair site while keeping the final thickness of the repair close to the original thickness of the fender. The conventional wisdom is the scarf should taper at a ratio of 12-to-1 based on the thickness of the part being repaired. For this repair we would use West 105 epoxy because its low viscosity and long pot life and cure time gives us plenty of time to thoroughly saturate the cloth and remove excess epoxy. Fiberglass cloth in the 4- or 6-ounce range is easy to RS 125 Seat - After: cut and wet out and perfect for this repair.

Part 2 of this article will describe, step-bystep how this tail section was repaired.

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(03) Fritz Guenther's hole shot roosting the competition in the 60+ Intermediate race

Sunday morning came with a brisk beautiful sunrise as Saturday evening had quite a long downpour that cleared away not only the smoke but watered the motocross track significantly.

The National Rattlers Run Motocross is in its 14th year and had fourteen races and 117 entries.

The 60+ Vintage Intermediate had the largest number of entries with 19. Fritz Guenther topped both motos on his Maico over Norm Wright on a CZ and Sean Chase on a Triumph. Guenther even roosted the hole shot on the second moto!

In Race five, Moto two of the Vintage Early Sportsman 250

Joe Koppp (3) racing in front of the (always and distinct) American flag at Rattlers Run

Dan Steely (54), Jon Seehorn (17) and Brett Giboney (759)) in Sportsman 250 Expert

Joe Klokkevold (117) and Joe Thomas (98T) in Vintage Early Sportsman 250 Expert

Expert, it was the battle of the Joes! Joe Klokkevold and Joe Thomas battled back and forth for the lead around the twists and turns of the track. Thomas won over Klokkevold.

Arei James was in two back-to-back races. She won the Vintage Women’s Expert Class and had a great battle with George Amaro in the Vintage Sportsman 500 Intermediate class. During most of the race they were exchanging each other’s roost and were side by side as well. Amaro took first over James.

Smokin’ Joe also topped the Sportsman 500 Expert over Michael Busch and Mark Sullivan! In the Sportsman 250 Expert class Jon Seehorn, and his Yamaha overcame former National Dirt Tracker, Dan Stanley, riding a Husqvarna. Sean Riddle claimed the overall victory in the Sportsman 250 Intermediate over Dale Tomevi.

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In the Open Age Expert Class, former Grand National Flat Track Champion, Joe Kopp, led the field and smoked the competition. The battle for second place was a race all in its own as Tim Bentley competed against Jon Seehorn and Steve Liberty. Bentley (second) battled through the tight corners and put on a good show with Seehorn (third) and Liberty (fourth).

The battle between Dallas Nyblod and Chet Malito in the Vintage 60+ Expert class was a nail biter in both motos.

Nyblod got the hole shot both times. Nyblod and Malito were neck-and-neck going into one of the last turns with one lap to go for the day; Malito used a daring move on the downhill to pass Nyblod for the win.

The very last race of the day is a Rattlers Run Tradition.

Arei James (5R) and George Amaro (92Q) in Vintage Sportsman 500

Chet Malito (38M) and Dallas Nyblod (2Y) in 60+ Expert

This year saw a smaller participation in the ‘Anderberg Z50’ on Honda Z50s. The race was a brother battle between Al and Bryan Anderberg.

Al got the hole Bryan and Al Anderberg crossing the finish line on their Honda Z50s shot as he popped a wheelie at the start of the race.

They foot paddled and revved the throttles; the crowd cheered as both of them crossed the finish line! Cheers to traditions!

Amid all the challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic, it was wonderful visiting the Palouse countryside and seeing our AHRMA family again.

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Todd Stanley in section three

Matt Parsons in section six

Paul Deree in section three

Robert Trono in section four

On a smokey Saturday afternoon, in Fairfield, Washington, thirty-two ambitious trials riders set out for obstacles spread across two miles of wheat fields on the Anderberg Farm for the Rattlers Run National Trials.

Over the past couple weeks, Chris Allen and his local crew of trials designers and volunteers (including: Joe Klokkevold, Todd Stanley, Matt Parsons, and Mike Allen) created ten tire spinning, brake squeaking, tight turning, quick thinking sections that kept the trials riders not only on their foot pegs, but on their toes and hopefully not on the ground; three of those sections being entirely brand new!

Section three was challenging for the Modern Classic Experts, Modern Classic Intermediates, Classic Experts, Premier Lightweights and Heavyweights. Those riders had to go over a set of logs, between two signs and then over boulders that were very close to the red outbound line. It was quite the balancing act! Many of the riders caught air on the logs.

Matt Parsons dominated the Premier Heavyweight Expert class over Kelly Shane with an exceedingly large difference in points.

Parsons cleaned his second loop and he earned only 12 points.

Shane earned 61 points.

In the largest class of the day, the Modern Classic Novice, there were eleven trials riders. Dr. Zac McGovern won the class earning six points and only getting one point in two of his loops. Second place was a tie, so it was determined by the number of cleans; Sean McKenna cleaned his third loop and had 27 cleans. Greg Houchin had 22 cleans he placed third.

Both McKenna and Houchin scored ten points. Just a point or two apart were the top seven riders in the class.

The Modern Classic Expert Class was between two strong competitors separated by only eight points: Dirk Murphy (scored 68) and Paul Deree (scored 76). Murphy earned first. Jim Allen autographing Matt Parsons' INTA award

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There were a few first-time trials riders participating. Scott Valley of Gig Harbor, Washington, was new to AHRMA and he rode the four line.

Valley placed third as a beginner.

Welcome to AHRMA! Robert AHRMA first-timer Scott Valley riding the beginner Trono rode one of T. Stanley’s line in section three Yamaha trials bikes, earned second place and even cleaned his last loop!

The challenging trials course took points from every participant. T. Stanley, Classic Expert winner and winner of an INTA award, had the fewest points of the day Conner Walsh in section six earning only four. This was followed by Conner Walsh with five points taking first place in the beginner class.

There was a special category for the winners this year and the awards were autographed by Jim Allen, a legend in the community. J. Allen has been around motorcycles his whole life. The award was called the INTA (Inland Northwest Trials Association) Cup. The rules are that the riders must be a full AHRMA member, ride AHRMA approved bikes, abide by the AHRMA rulebook standards, and compete accordingly to the line they ride (i.e., 1,2,3). This year they had 11 riders compete for the cup. J. Allen’s picture was on the award to showcase him competing in an INTA season championship event in the 1980s.

This award is a great way to join two organizations and watch them grow, compete, and have fun!

Trials award winners L to R: Mark Johnson, Paul Deree, Rand Bishop, Jim Herbert, Matt Parsons, Todd Stanley, Luke Matlock

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SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL UPDATE •UPDATE FOR 2020 REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS! By: Albert Newmann Fall racing has been uninterrupted for the South-Central I am looking forward to all our regional racers supporting the Motocross and Cross Country program so we have updated upcoming T&S National AHRMA event November 6-8 and qualifications for the 2020 Regional Championships. For Cross even if not in the hunt for a national championship those points Country regional championships, it will require a three-race will go towards the regional championship. Trampas and Sherri minimum with one of those being a regional event. The two are putting in a large effort and the event will be huge with racers regionals are complete now and one national remains with that from all over the country. If you want to see how you stand being the T&S Racing AHRMA National in Henryetta, OK. against the best in the nation here is your chance. Represent us On the Motocross side it will be Vintage and Post Vintage well!

Regional Championships on the line with a four-race minimum Until next month… of which one being a regional-only event. We have again the Albert Newmann T&S Racing AHRMA National coming up to acquire points newmann.albert@gmail.com as well as the season finale regional event in Kentwood, LA, @AHRMASoCentral - Facebook the weekend of December 5-6. The team from Wildwood MX Park has been diligently working to secure sponsorships to have the same amenities F as last year’s successful event. If you arrive early on Friday December 4th, there will be an open practice day on the track as well as a social gathering that evening under the beer tent. Saturday’s racing will feature AHRMA Vintage classes and Sunday will feature our Post Vintage and Next Generation class offerings. Dinner is planned for Saturday night th th along with live music and breakfast is being served both days for attendees, same as last year. This will be a superb bargain event and challenging track for us all. As a reminder, the regional-only events have AHRMA South Central Regional 10 bonus points added to the total, so if you need Last chance to earn points to make up some points on your competition this is Last race of the year your chance to make it happen! Watch the Facebook pages for the region and the Oilman’s Classic for Thursday 3rd Dec - Early Arrivals MX & Enduro updates. There will be on-line registration again combined terrain FRIDAY 4th Dec - Sign Up and each person who registers on-line will be given All Day Open Practice a raffle ticket for a surprise raffle bike!

Evening: Beer Tent The national schedule is nearly complete so I expect to have a regional schedule set much earlier SATURDAY 5th Dec F AHRMA VMX for 2021 and look for an addition of an old race site Morning: Breakfast to come back to the schedule for a regional event Evening: Dinner, Live Music and Beer Tent and another surprise location. I would also like to thank our racers and promoters for encouraging SUNDAY 6th Dec F AHRMA PVMX & NextGen social distancing, hand sanitizer stations, and being Morning: Breakfast respectful of others. At this point we have done an outstanding job with no known racers affected after Ride or Spectate at the Biggest Regional VMX Event this side of the Mississippi our events. Keeping racing alive has been the goal CAMPING & RV SPOTS (NO HOOKUP) Facebook: Oilman’s Classic Vintage Motocross Race and hats off to you for doing your part.

Lastly, we have secured a few new sponsors for Close to New Orleans - Cajun Hospitality, Great Food, Real Beer, Live Music 2021, recently with Larry Navarro and Hypersports Garage chipping in and Charlie Moore of Vintage Gas Tank Repair and Sales is coming on board as a Series sponsor. Eddie Lee again handed us a generous donation for the upcoming year. Total sponsorship for 2020 was down a little as many were affected by the economy and lack of regional race revenue but we will have quality awards!

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OASIS AMID A STATE ON FIRE BY: DEBBIE POOLE / PHOTOS BY: KATE JORGENSON

The two-day Tea Cup Trial took place on the Northern California Coast during the height of dozens of wildfires across California, and choking air quality inland. The property just south of Point Arena was a welcome haven, offering clean air and cool temperatures for about 25 trials competitors, friends and family.

Saturday’s event numbered 25 entries, including six support class riders. The largest classes were Modern Classic intermediate and Novice. Larry Cerini was the intermediate class champion with a 14-point day, followed by Craig Menghini for third, who tied with Clay Dawley's 17 points, Menghini beating Dawley on cleans. Mike Houde took fourth but would greatly redeem himself the next day. Tom Kane was in fifth spot. The Modern Classic Novice class was won by part-time Northern California resident Andy Blackburn, who calls Georgia home the rest of the year. Andy's 13-point win was followed up by Kevin Newins, with 18 points. Third spot was Emmy Poole, followed by Pete Jorgenson for fourth.

It was fun to watch the support riders from Southern California. Ex-pros Lane Leavitt and wife Debbie Evans, as well as their son Daniel, and friend and colleague Kailie Duncan, all rode AHRMA Modern Classic machines.

Eighteen riders lined up for Sunday’s Scot trial.

Most excellent starters were Ellen Voermans, and Cathy Sue Newins, with Judy Jorgenson assisting Ellen with timing, sent riders off at 20-second intervals. Wes Poole remains the undefeated Masters class and overall winner of the Scot, with Tanner Kane about six minutes behind Poole; the previous day, Kane had edged Poole in Masters class completion by one point. Third fastest time was Jacob Ritorto, in the NOVEMBER 2020

Premier Lightweight Expert class, with a time nearly as fast as Kane's.

Modern Classic Intermediate Mike Houde dominated the class, even with stopping to pick my bike off of me and get me going again. Second place was Larry Cerini, followed by Craig Menghini, and Clay Dawley for fourth.

Modern Classic Novice was won by Emmy Poole, followed

by Kevin Newins for second, Debbie Poole for third and Pete Jorgenson fourth.

The Scot Trial isn't scored by time alone. Simplified sections are also part of the loop, and points are taken off for dabs just as in a regular trial.

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MID-ATLANTIC REGION 51Z Richard Colahan, 13 Fred Walker, 411 Rick Hoover, 74T Paul Thomas Photo by: Lorena Walker

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Rounds Four-Five: AHRMA Mid-Atlantic Cross-Country Author: Joshua Schucker / Photography: Lorena Walker & Joe Spayd To the casual observer looking at the MidAtlantic region’s schedule, Coyote Run may appear to be nothing more than the relative mid-point of the season, or at most, a novelty as the only weekend event on the schedule. What the uninformed fails to understand is that this is not just another event on the schedule. This one is special. This one is at Dave’s house. The “Dave” is Dave Kutskel, the region’s cross country coordinator, and once you have attended a few of his events, you will quickly realize that he has a passion for this sport and a true love of cross country racing and vintage motorcycles (and he’s pretty fast too!). Organizing an entire event series is not for the fainthearted and can be quite a burden on one’s personal time.

But Dave’s commitment to the sport and the enjoyment of its participants is unwavering. Ever since he was able to convince his wife, Darlene, that they should hold an annual event at their home near Ebensburg, PA, the event has been more than just another race. Beginning with the first Coyote Run nine years ago, the weekend is intended to be a gathering of vintage motorcycle enthusiasts, a celebration of the shared values and appreciation of the sport, and a thank you to the “family” of participants and volunteers. During any pre-race meeting, Dave can often be heard greeting new racers with the statement, “You will not find a better group of people than those around you today,” and Coyote Run is the physical 38

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Coyote Run uses its weekend format to support the celebratory aspirations. The Kutskels begin welcoming participants to their property on Friday. While tight in some areas, or distant from the hub of activity, there is ample room for parking and camping so no one is discouraged from spending the entire weekend. Certainly, while the complications of COVID-19 created a few modifications to the traditional experience for everyone’s safety, the general template for Coyote Run fun remains M7 Randy Marshall, 23 Jerry Allison, 11C Dave Kutskel, 725 Kyle Warner intact.

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A large campfire is set up each night for everyone’s enjoyment and conversation. Delicious food is available most of the weekend through WingNuts, the onsite food vendor. A traditional pig roast is scheduled for Saturday evening with a smorgasbord of wonderful side dishes provided by the guests and leftovers are abundant enough that everyone can get a bite to eat before departing on Sunday afternoon. Saturday night’s campfire was accompanied by singer/guitarist Dennis Hildebrand. And Terry Cunningham made the trip from Tennessee to serve as grand marshal of the event. The fourtime AMA National Enduro champion was a guest speaker at the 2019 series’ awards banquet and graciously accepted Dave’s invitation to join us for the Coyote Run event. Terry was quick to relate himself to everyone in attendance as “just another guy” and regale listeners with stories of his past around the campfire, in the pits, or during a few impromptu speaking engagements during the weekend. He was also the beneficiary of a weekend Cole Racing factory ride as series regular Joe Cole provided a pair of Husqvarnas for TC to ride during the weekend’s races…

Oh yeah, there was racing this weekend too!

Coyote Run is named for the dirt road that provides access to the Kutskel property, which is surrounded by four gracious and motorcycle-loving neighbors. In total, Dave has access to approximately 400 acres; enough to prepare separate courses for

Saturday and Sunday. Collectively, these properties lie just west of Ebensburg, in the Allegheny Mountains of Cambria County.

At one time a virgin forest, the property has been extensively forested over the years. The remnants of past forestry activities have provided some interesting terrain features over the area.

Logging roads, small pits where materials were removed to create the roads, a large shale pit with a wonderful hill climb, and tight young growth forest combine with the established remaining forest to provide a plethora of options in creating a unique, fun, and challenging course. Course selection for Coyote Run is an ongoing process as Dave can ride his own property daily, but he still relies on a significant contribution from “go-to” trail boss, Mike Zdybak, to get things laid out and cleared in time for the party. Both days took place on courses nearly five miles in length with a negligible amount of duplicate trail. In general, there are plenty of roots, a moderate amount of rocks, and some nice elevation changes around small creek valleys. Saturday’s course consisted of mostly wider flowing existing paths with a bit of freshly cut single track thrown in.

Both days took different routing through an MX-type area near the scoring tent that drew its fair share of spectators. Sunday would be more technical with a significant portion of the course following a section of freshly cut single track through handlebar-width trees. The course also skirted a creek bed for quite a while resulting

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in a lot of ascents and descents through the valley.

The inclusion of the shale pit hill climb on Sunday was a fan favorite as well. Given that each course existed on the same property, they were remarkably different in feel and exploitation of skills. This variety is another great aspect of Coyote Run weekend.

While the courses were amazing, there was one drawback: dust! It had been weeks since the area encountered a good rain event. Often chasing dust, just as a coyote may run after the roadrunner’s dust, the participants made the best of a difficult situation. Many were hoping for an overnight shower to improve visibility on Sunday but were only greeted by overcast skies in the morning. The forecast indicated a chance of a thunderstorm throughout the day, but the rain held off as dust was again a factor throughout Sunday’s event. In true coyote vs. roadrunner irony, a drenching deluge unleashed over the property just after the final award was presented.

Vintage Races: After settling for the runner-up position in the last two races, Brian Grove was looking to upend the recent dominance of Christian Brumbaugh. Grove jumped to an early lead on his Husqvarna with Brumbaugh’s Yamaha just behind. The two would stay within seconds of each other the entire race with Grove coming out on top of sixty-four riders to capture Saturday’s overall win. Josh Zerance hustled his Can-Am past Harrison Walkama on the last lap to take third overall and the Vintage 200 Expert class win by one second over Harrison’s Honda. Saturday was a competitive day for the novice classes with Geoff Kemp and Daniel Zell each finishing in the top twenty overall as well as capturing the class wins in Early Modern 200 and Post Vintage 200, respectively. Laci Horvath was the top woman finisher each day with top-25 performances as well as both Vintage class wins. Kelly Pearce was only six seconds behind Laci on Saturday for 26th overall and a Women’s Post Vintage Intermediate victory over Emily Reichart. These two would swap positions on their XR200s on Sunday with Reichart taking the win. Mark Schwab can really hustle a Yamaha TY trials bike around a cross country 40

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course as evidenced by Saturday’s class topping performance in Vintage 60+ Intermediate action. Dave McIntyre and Rick Hoover would follow him across the line to round out the top three. Schwab and McIntyre would repeat their performances Sunday with Mick Spisak sneaking his Husqvarna into third over Hoover.

Sunday’s overall finish once again showed Brian Grove atop the leader board in a dominating performance. Wyatt Stoup and Harrison Walkama fought their way through the dust to fill the other steps of the podium, each riding a Honda.

Harrison claimed redemption by pulling away from the rest of his class for the Vintage 200 Expert victory after throwing away the lead Saturday. Blade Schmidt had a strong finish as the top intermediate with a fifth overall. In doing so he claimed his fourth straight Vintage Open Intermediate class win. After watching the Hodaka of Grant Reichart steal his lead on the last lap Saturday, Josh Horvath’s bad luck continued when he handed the lead over on the last lap, this time to Brian Holley, who went on to take the Vintage 200 Intermediate win as Reichart did the day before. Thankfully for Horvath, he was able to hold on to second place each day on his trick Yamaha MX125. Jerry Golick, on an early ‘80s hybrid Yamaha YZ, captured the checkers in Post Vintage 50+ Novice over Jay Parkins and Saturday’s class winner Rick Klingensmith. While Kurt Kilby was able to make a late race charge to the lead on Saturday for the Post Vintage Open Novice win, Sunday he was forced to watch Erik Smith turn the tables on him and put his name in the record books with a win. Bill Gordon made the best of his long trip from South Carolina by collecting first place plaques both days in Vintage 200 Novice action.

Post Vintage Races: A remarkable eighty-two riders made their way to the starting area for Saturday’s event making for tight quarters and a short run to the first turn. The short start worked well for Ethan Waddell as he grabbed the early lead on his 1987 Yamaha YZ250. He was unable to hold the lead as Christian Brumbaugh forced his IT200 by on lap two. Terry Cunningham would pull in right behind Waddell and set the stage for a race long battle between the two for the overall

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runner-up to Brumbaugh. TC would ultimately win that battle with Waddell settling for a strong third. With Brumbaugh’s winning ways dominating much of the conversation in the Post Vintage 200 Expert class, it’s easy to overlook the success and speed of Rylin Pacella who placed second in class each day and locked down solid top-ten overall finishes on his 1983 Honda CR125. Dane Brownawell has been decimating the Post Vintage Open Intermediate competition for the better part of the last two seasons, but he jumped to the Post Vintage 200 class to scratch an itch to race his recently restored 1983 YZ125. He wasted no time in putting himself in front of that class as well by leading a pack of young guns to the checkers.

Logan Holley and Joey Spayd II would round out the top three.

Brownawell would follow up Saturday’s success with a return to his normal class and another first place. Post Vintage 50+ Expert boasted nine riders and Steve Bowman took his familiar place in the lead early on. But he was given the honor of being passed by 4X Terry Cunningham and settling for second on his IT200. John Fischer Jr, another awfully fast rider, rounded out the top three. While Brian Grove was busy winning the Post Vintage Open Expert class, his father, Howard, was looking for a similar result in Post Vintage 60+ Intermediate action with his XR200 solidly in the lead through the first two laps. Dave McIntyre would spoil the celebration however as he slid by on lap three for the win. Howard was able to stay in front of third place Jim Stanley and maintain second place. Howard wouldn’t make the same mistake Sunday though, as he took the lead again early and powered through the remaining laps to pull away from McIntyre for Sunday’s class triumph.

After Ethan Waddell’s early taste of the overall lead on Saturday, he was ready to try it again. Josh Zerance grabbed the early lead in this one, but Brumbaugh and Waddell were able to push their Yamahas past on lap two. According to recent history, with Brumbaugh in the lead he often stays there, but Ethan wasn’t afraid to challenge history Sunday. He hung right on Christian’s rear tire for several laps before making a last lap dash past the blue Yamaha and firing across the line just seconds ahead for the overall victory. Christian held on for an oh-so-close second place with Brian Grove, Wyatt Stoup, and NOVEMBER 2020

Craig Shenigo rounding out the top five. Waddell’s win led a strong group of Early Modern Experts and Intermediates as this class is continually growing. Kawasaki rider, Brett Reichart, was runner-up in the expert class followed by the WR250 of Jack Petrilla and Brian Schwein’s YZ250. Cameron Pennington took the checkers on his CR250 in the intermediate class over another CR of Joe Wagaman in second and Timothy Brendlinger’s RMX250 third. Tommy Tippett’s Can-Am is a familiar sight running at the front of Post Vintage 50+ Intermediate, and this weekend was no different as he passed Doug Kurz on the last lap Sunday to take his second win is as many days. Other double winners for the weekend were Rick Huth, who dominated the Post Vintage 70+ Intermediate competition, and our gracious host Dave Kutskel in Historic Open Expert on his 1977 YZ400.

Apart from the dust, this was another amazing experience at Coyote Run. As is expected each year, the event is truly a celebration of the Mid-Atlantic racing family. The racing was fantastic, and turnout was spectacular. The courses are great, the food is great, and the people are great. In fact, it just keeps getting better with musical entertainment, celebrity guests, and snow cones. I don’t know what Dave has up his sleeve for next year, but one thing is for sure, if we all show up it will be a good time, regardless. A huge thank you to everyone who makes this series possible: Dave Kutskel, wife Darlene, and children Emily and Brock; Trail boss extraordinaire Mike Zdybak; sign-up and scoring – Jessica Reichart, Connie Zdybak, Lisa Grove, Joe Cole; logistics – Randy and Kevin Marshall; Steve Bowman, Jim and Jamie Reitz, Richard Colahan; Brian Holley for roasting the pig. The participants wish you much love and appreciation. Thank you to the sponsors that support the regional events; Potomac Vintage Riders, Preston Petty Products, Stainless Cycle, Vee Rubber, Grove Printing, KMI Printing, Horizon Homes, and Works Enduro Riders. The complete results from this event and the upcoming schedule can be found at https://www.ahrma.org/ahrma-mid-atlantic-region.

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Heats Up in August and September By: Merritt Brown The 2020 AHRMA Northeast Region has been engaged (on the track and no doubt in the garage) with two August events and another on Labor Day weekend in September. Grab a cold one and get comfortable as we cover the racing for this issue of the AHRMA MAG. Lake Lamoka MX, August 1st and 2nd After one of the warmest Julys on record, the Northeast AHRMA riders returned to Lake Lamoka MX, located near Bradford, NY. On Saturday, thirty-seven cross country riders were met with sunny and warm conditions for the noon sight lap. Riders were very happy about the changes made by our hosts, Renn Shepherd, Carl Hutcheson and their crew to a tough, technical loop that was primarily woods and treeweaving with challenging off-camber switchbacks/directional changes, supplemented by a lap around the motocross track.

At 1:00 PM, the Vintage Cross Country group took to the woods. Mike Ferguson, Sportsman Open Expert, led the way all race long on his Penton. There were four entries in Vintage 60+ Intermediate. Monty Barnes’ Honda caught Otto DeJager riding an Ossa Desert Phantom on lap two and held on for the win. Bob Close (Penton) was third and Jerry Doster (Husqvarna) was fourth.

At 2:30, the Post Vintage group headed out to the trail.

It started out to be the

Mike Ferguson show again but when the riders crossed onto the MX track on lap five, Post Vintage Open Expert, Kevin Shunk, reeled in the leader on his CR250 and hung on for the overall win with Ferguson (Honda) second and Bob Frederick (Yamaha) third.

Some overnight rain gave the grass track some needed moisture as 103 riders took to the 1.8-mile long grass track for morning practice. We noticed our rubber band was broken so we had to resort to a hand on helmet start for Sunday MX races. Post Vintage Age groups were in race number one with 24 riders on the line. When the dust settled, the pack was led by 40+ Expert Jim Kechisen on a beautiful RM465 who was first overall in both motos. Five Post Vintage Open Age Intermediates provided very close racing for both motos. Ryan Coyle (Honda) came out on top with a 2/2. Eric Miller’s Yamaha was second with a 1/3, Vinny Grasso (Yamaha) 4/1 was third with Walter Hankel (Husqvarna) 3/5 and George Chubback (Suzuki) 5/4 closing out the group. Race five brought more Post Vintage entertainment with Gran Prix and Ultima classes on the gate. GP125 expert Nick Abdo (Yamaha) got out to the early lead, but by lap two he was passed by 250 Experts Rob Clare 1/1 and Kevin Shunk 2/2 both on Hondas. There were eight GP250 Intermediates in the race. Colin Carman on a Suzuki 1/1 led the whole way.

Husqvarnas ridden by Craig Curry 2/2 and Chris Forney 6/3 finished out the top three. In Vintage action, race six had Sportsman, Early Sportsman, Stock and Classic divisions.

Mike Robinson’s Husqvarna led the way in both motos for a 500cc Expert win. In Sportsman 500 Intermediate, Stephan Sevensma (Husqvarna) passed Wayne Zebrowski’s BSA on the last lap to win the overall in that group.

Thanks again to Renn and Robyn Shepherd and their family and all the volunteers who Kevin Shunk Post Vintage Open Expert helped make this event Photo by: Sarah Lane happen. We will definitely be back in ‘21 for another weekend in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of New York.

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Vintage Classic StateLine Riders

Post Vintage cross country start. Left to right: 621 Dan Gavin, 227 Dale Sonnenschein, 819 Ryan Coyle, 82J Brett Darrow, 007 Phil Theo, 62Y Tony Yannitelli, 581 Jay Danek, 37 Mike Sciocchetti, 954 Marty Mears Photo by: Merrit Brown

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StateLine Riders Vintage Classic, August 15th and 16th By: Merritt Brown Two weeks later, it was off to North Pownal, VT, for the third annual Stateline Riders Vintage Classic. Saturday, August 15th, was cross country day. Beautiful skies and a cool breeze greeted the thirty-three entrants for the three-mile loop winding through fields and the beautiful Berkshire Mountains. The course was set up by the families of Marc Bottesi, Jamie Jelly Jr., Don Bierwirth and Jamie Elwell. Cross country riders got to burn in the entire Sunday grass track because of a great on-and-off field design.

The Vintage Cross Country was a runaway for Husqvarna-mounted Next Gen 125 Intermediate rider Jana Schneider Dale Sonnenschein who completed seven laps in just over 67 minutes.

Photo by: Merrit Brown In Sportsman 200 Intermediate, Rick Ketcham broke out a nicely restored XL125 Honda, which I watched him crash on a downhill about one mile into the race. He picked it up won the class followed

by Dave Salmen (Yamaha) and Bob Young (Ossa).

At 3:00, it was time for the Post Vintage riders to take to the hills, and it was some race! Post Vintage 50+ Intermediate Tony Yannitelli pulled the holeshot on a GS490 Maico and maintained an overall lead for the first lap before being overtaken by Post Vintage 50+ Experts Dale Sonnenschein third overall and Dan Gavin second overall on Husqvarnas and Next Gen 200 Expert and overall winner Marty Mears on a Honda. Pre-Modern 200 Intermediate Eric Miller (Yamaha) closed out the top five.

Sunday saw fifty-four riders and six races. Race two, Vintage 60+ Expert, Drew Smith, led the way over the winding grass track with Loren Westcott’s Husky in tow. Ron Krzaczyk (Yamaha), 50+ Intermediate, charged past Westcott on lap two and finished second overall. It was also great to see Ivan Beattie on his Hodaka 100 turning quick laps as usual. Race four looked like a repeat of race two with Drew Smith’s Husky leading the way in Moto one. Moto two was great to watch three 60+ riders go at it again, this time it was Dale Sonnenschein on an RM250 pulling the holeshot and fighting off Drew’s front wheel for four laps with another Husky, Craig Curry Post Vintage 60+ Intermediate, right behind them, finishing third overall, and first in his class. Rounding out the top five were 50+ Intermediate winner Mark Therrien (Husvarna) and Mike Sciocchetti on a Can-Am. Thanks to our hosts, Jamie and Trudy Jelley and Jamie and Melinda Elwell, for allowing us to use their land. Thanks to Marc Bottesi, Don Bierwirth, and the rest of the track crew. Finally, thanks to the volunteers who helped with starting, flagging and scoring. None of this would be possible without their assistance, so please join us when you have some free time between races. Looking forward to Unadilla and Bear Creek to close out the month. Look us up on face book or www.ahrmane.org for event information.

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Bear Creek Sportsman Club, September 5th and 6th, 2020

"Maicos Rule" as Darril Wassil (21B)

shows Russell Van Norman (168) and Brad Labor Day weekend Schaible (38L) how its done. has a special significance Is Brett Darrow (82J) smiling Photo by: Sarah Lane as he enjoys the excellent for our Northeast AHRMA track conditions while leading checkered flag riders. It involves that delicate negotiation with our Andy RIder (72R)? first. On the families that—if successful—allows us to travel to the Catskill Photo by: Sarah Lane starting line, he was Mountains of Hancock, NY, for one or two days of cross heard remarking how “fun” it country and motocross racing at the world famous Bear Creek was that the cross country loop was using some of his Sportsman Club (don't forget, they hosted a 2006 round of the property. Uh-huh. Rick Ketcham (Sportsman 200 Intermediate) World Enduro Championship). The good news is that these continued to pick up speed on his Honda “XLsinore” four-stroke negotiations must have gone well with 45 entries for Saturday’s and finished second Intermediate. But a special shout-out is also cross country race and 81 class sign-ups for Sunday’s motocross. warranted for Henry James (50+ Novice), who finished behind These were a couple of great days of racing, with sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s. Some rain in the middle of the previous Otto, but ahead of Rick, on his KDX. The Post Vintage race left the line in three groups starting week served nicely to keep the dust down for Saturday and at at approximately 2:30 PM and could just not ignore the fact least some of Sunday. that a gentlemen standing approximately 7’ 4” and known as Dave Verdetto and his son, Sam, were largely responsible for the “Dunking Dutchman” in a previous life had joined the laying out a very challenging four-mile loop on—if my compass Expert line on a 1984 Husky 430 loaned to him by his friend is correct—the west side of the club property, which AHRMA Otto. Yep, that would be Rick Smits. After one hour plus rode on for the first time last year. And it was truly a Northeast one lap, it was once again Dale Sonnenschein (Post Vintage “delight” with enough roots, rocks and slickness to keep everyone 50+ Expert) showing everyone how to go fast in the Catskill on their toes—and occasionally off their bikes. All eyes were Mountains, with Mike Ferguson (Post Vintage 200 Expert) on Mike Ferguson (Sportsman Open Expert), his cousin, Tim and the aforementioned Mr. Smits (Post Vintage 50+ Expert) Ferguson (Classic Expert), and Dale Sonnenschein (50+ Expert) not far behind. The second line was led home by Tony Yanitelli as the Vintage racers left the start. They were not disappointed (Post Vintage 50+ Intermediate) and Brett Yarrow (Post as these guys put on quite a show with Mike and Vintage 200 Intermediate), who bested four other his Penton Hare Scrambler taking home the blue competitors in his class. Otto DeJager (Post Vintage ribbon after four laps, Tim second and Dale third.

60+ Intermediate) grabbed another gold in a class with For the Intermediate racers, well, you just might five riders, and Rick Ketcham yet again got the best have to argue that this race was “rigged” with of his mentor, Bob Close, (uh, that’s me) in Historic hometown/club member and Ossa-mounted 200 Intermediate with Dave Salmen winning Historic Otto DeJager (60+ Intermediate) reaching the Open on his very cool Maico.

(Continues on Page 48) Dave Verdetto Tribute • AUGUST 15, 1945 – SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

Several weeks after our Bear Creek event, AHRMA Northeast riders learned that Dave had passed. Dave was a founding member of the Bear Creek Sportsman Club in the early 2000s, which he pulled together with others because ”good racing/riding land in northern New Jersey was getting more and more difficult to use for events,” according to Drew Smith. Dave was 44

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instrumental in bringing AHRMA racing events to the club’s property beginning in the mid-2000s and he and his son, Sam, have continued to support our efforts and events. And get this—he continued to ride into his 75th year, swinging his leg over an XR500 and a Can-Am 250. Yes, an XR500. Rest in Peace, Dave. Our thoughts and prayers go out his family and fellow club members.

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Frackville, PA Story by: Steve Bowman Round eight of the Mid-Atlantic Cross Country Series was held October 11th on private property near Frackville, Pennsylvania. The area is still active in the coal mining industry, but this day it was going to be used for some twowheeled vintage cross country fun! South Penn Enduro Riders (SPER) had the honor of hosting the event and laying out the four and a half-mile course which consisted of fresh cut loamy single track woods, very little elevation change, short bursts on the powerline and back into the woods with just a “few rocks.”

When you are from Pennsylvania, “a few rocks” means about 1000!

The “stick farm” (AKA: New Jersey) consisting of saplings was the tightest section of the course. The sandy/pebble-type dirt in this segment added to the variety. It was a great fall weekend with the leaves changing colors. Temperatures in the 60s made for excellent racing conditions. Although there hasn’t been very much rain in this area lately there was minimal dust. With the season winding down and championship points

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standings coming to a close, this event would be the deciding factor for a few classes and for the overall for the year in both the Vintage and Post Vintage categories.

Now for some race action. For the start of both the Vintage and the Post Vintage races, each row would be a dead engine start every 30 seconds with the usual “tennnnn seconds” ‘til launch time announcement by the Brian Grove Photo by: starter. About 45 riders lined up Jean Fordyce in their respective classes for the 10:30 AM start of the vintage race. The start of row one saw Christian Brumbaugh (74X) with the holeshot.

Main rival, Brian Grove (119X), got jammed up a little bit in the first turn but soon caught up to Brumbaugh and gave the spectators a fabulous show of good clean racing throughout the four-lap race. For

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three laps the two riders were within one second of each other until lap four, when Brumbaugh increased the gap. It was great to see Joe Zito back in action aboard a Yamaha after several years on an old Triumph to round out the top three overall.

While most of the top-10 riders were from the expert classes, a shout-out goes to sixth place overall, Blade Schmidt (199), from the Vintage Open Intermediate class. Top 10 overall goes to Yamaha-mounted Brett Reichart (700). Can’t forget about the women’s classes. Intermediate riders Kelly Pierce (402), Emily Reichart (733) and Jenn Smith (3R) finished in that order. Laci Horvath (996) had an unfortunate chain issue with her Husky resulting in a DNF in the Expert Women’s class.

Hopefully, she was having fun up to that point.

After four laps Yamaha pilot, Christian Brumbaugh, becomes the Vintage overall winner for the day, Vintage Open Expert class and overall Vintage champion for the 2020 season. Brian Grove, on his Husky, earned a very hard fought second place.

Those two put on an amazing show of good clean racing and great battles throughout the season. Congratulations to you both!

Now after all that excitement, it’s time for some Post Vintage race action. Multi-time ISDE Gold medalist, Fred Hoess, heard there was going to be an awesome vintage race in Pennsylvania that he might be interested in. (Yeah, I told him.) Fred wasn’t sure if he would be able to arrange his work schedule in Colorado, but it worked out; he showed up and entered in the event. About 78 riders lined up for the 1:30 PM start of the Post Vintage race. After the 10 second warning, the green flag waved for the start of the first row. Fred Hoess grabbed the holeshot, headed into the tight right-hand first turn and into the woods. Following closely behind him were Brian Grove and Christian Brumbaugh who once again battled for year-end overall championship points.

The row two holeshot saw Ethan Waddell (51) showing Wyatt Stoup (34) and “The Schwein Dog,” Brian Schwein (31), the quickest way to the woods. Next to launch off the line were the 50+ and 60+ Experts. Wow! What a crowded first turn that resulted in. The three “Sea of Blue” Yamahas of MidAtlantic Cross Country organizer, Dave Kutskel (11C), Craig Shenigo (945) and (me) Steve Bowman (104) led the pack through the first turn. This was a great race between the three of us with Shenigo taking the 50+ Expert win and Kutskel and myself just seconds behind.

Mid-Atlantic Cross Country’s race Flyer designer, Glenn Hershey (71T), gets the jump on his Can-Am followed by Wes Brownawell (37), Jim Stanley (711) and taking the wide route, Dave McIntyre (57).

Well into the first lap “Fast Fred” was on cruise control

leading the overall and enjoying the nice flow of the course. He should have felt right at home in the “New Jersey” section of tight trees and single track. After five laps of a super fun course and excellent racing, Fred Hoess took the overall win, second overall to ECEA Enduro rider, Steve Mason, who we believe is getting addicted to vintage racing. Ice racer and CR500 pilot, Bruce Peifer, finished third. Fourth through tenth overall: Wyatt Stoup, Christian Brumbaugh, Brian Grove (Christian and Brian battled back-and-forth throughout the day), SPER member Mark Hummel who was a huge help in helping to design and set up the course, Waddell, Brett Reichart and Craig Shenigo. The real down-to-thewire battle was between Christian Brumbaugh and Fred Hoess Brian Grove for the PV Photo by: Jean Fordyce overall championship for 2020. Brumbaugh came out on top and those men deserve a huge round of applause for their accomplishments.

SPER would like to thank all the volunteers who helped make this event a success: Steve Bowman, Pat Bowman, Mark Hummel, Sandy Quickel, Stacey Clark, Chris Walmer, Doug Bradley, Bob Shughart, Mike Long, Curtis Weir, Eric Bowman, George Bressler, Rob Kramer, George Easterly and Andy Schaeffer. Also, thanks to WRMC’s Rick Albert for helping clear trail and Potomac Vintage Riders and volunteers from the Mid-Atlantic Cross Country group who take care of sign-up, scoring and awards.

You all do a great job, and we look forward to working with you again in the future.

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(Continued from page 44) Bear Creek is one of THE favorite motocross courses on our calendar and just plain fun to ride with a high speed (think TT) section and lots of flowing challenges. Track conditions were great for the eight races that Merritt Brown organized based on the sign-ups. And while not around on Saturday, multi-time ISDE racer and Bear Creek Sportsman club member, Drew Smith, decided to grace us with his presence on Sunday. Race one included all the Post Vintage age class experts and intermediates and was the largest racing class action of the day. Suzukimounted Jim Kechisen (40+ Expert) flew to victory with Bob Frederick’s Yamaha and Dave Boast’s Maico (first and second 50+ Expert) following him home and Drew Smith (first 60+ Expert) behind them. A special mention to Doug Labarr, who earned a “foam board,” winning the 70+ Intermediate class. Race two brought a crowd of Next Gen bikes with Barney Zipken (first Next Gen 125 Intermediate) beating three other riders and Noah Orser (first Next Gen 250 Intermediate) beating four other riders. Drew was back for Race three again and proceeded to tear up the track for a 1-1 on the day, beating fellow Husky rider, Loren Wescott (2-3), in the first moto and Stephen Clare’s very fast Elsinore 125 (DNS-2) in the second moto for Vintage 60+ Expert honors. Race five featured the GP classes and there was plenty of go-fast action with Darrel Wassil’s Maico (GP 500 Expert) leading Rob Clare’s Honda (GP 250 Expert) over the line, and Terry McDonnell’s beautiful Husky CR125 (GP 125 Expert) third overall. Kevin Hicks’ RM250 finished first GP 250 Intermediate and beat four other riders in his class while he was at it. Representing the Pre-Modern bikes in Race seven and drawing a lot of “oohs” and “ahhs” as they cleared the up-hill ski jump were Bob Frederick (first Pre-Modern 250 Expert) and Mark Curran (Pre-Modern 250 Intermediate).

More action to describe than AHRMA MAG will allow in this space, so let’s wrap up this weekend by saying Thank You again to the Bear Creek Sportsman club staff and since we already mentioned Dave and his son Sam, let’s add Matt Scott, and a man who always has a smile—Otto De Jager.

Three more rounds to go this Fall—we’ll report on those in the December issue. Look us up on face book or www.ahrmane.org for event information.

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The winner of Eddie Lawson Tribute Bike Raffle to benefit AHRMA and the Roadracing World Action Fund (specifically for the Airfence program) was drawn at the 2020 Barber Roadracing Awards Ceremony Saturday night, 10/10/2020. Pete Nicolosi, donor of the Kawasaki KZ1000, pressed the start button to spin the ticket numbers, and the stop button which selected the winner. The winner of the Eddie Lawson Tribute Bike and the “Lean, Mean and Lime Green” volumes 1 and 2, autographed by the author, Randy Hall, is Ken Pieschke of Las Vegas, Nevada. This was a hugely successful raffle, and AHRMA would like to congratulate Ken on his winning!

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By MickMV’s last race, only Honda, YaOfield maha, and Aprilia have achieved more Grand Prix success.

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Les had suggested to Domenico Two years later Sandford that I ride for them in 1952.” made his Continental debut, ridAgusta had recently recruiting an AJS 7R in the Italian GP ed engineer Piero Remor and 2020 at Monza. “That was my firstPanigale time mechanic Arturo Magni from GilV2Remor abroad and Europe was still reera. designed MV’s first / Jerez, Spain covering from the war, very much 500 and first four-stroke 125, a so. A lot of road signs were still full DOHC Single; although Sandford of bullet holes and I remember the believes that Agusta was also inroads in France were still really volved with the smaller engine. “I rough and full of muck.” think the first 125 engine was the During the crucial early days old man’s idea—he was a good enof Sandford’s professional career gineer,” Sandford recalls. his mentor was Les Graham, win“The first time I saw the bike ner of the inaugural 1949 500cc was on the Isle of Man and the World Championship, with AJS. first time I rode it was in practice.

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

On the line were eight National Championships in the ASRA Sprint Series Presented by Pirelli Tire, decided by points accumulated over a seven-round season; four National Championships in the ASRA Team Challenge Series Presented by Michelin Tire, decided by points accumulated during an eight-round season; and 54 CCS National Championships, which were decided by winner-take-all sprint races. The Race of Champions also included two MotoGirlGT exhibition races, featuring only female competitors.

After a full day of mostly dry practice time and the Team Hammer Advanced Riding School on Friday, racing began in wet conditions on Saturday; the track dried out later in the afternoon and

(Above) Squid Hunter Racing’s Simone Corsi (47) sets up to pass Greg Melka (1) as they lead Max Angles (64) through Turn One during the CCS Heavyweight Supersport race race at Daytona International Speedway all on YZF-R6s. Photo by Lisa Theobald. (Above, Right) Jason Farrell (86) won in the wet in CCS GTU Expert and in the dry in CCS Middleweight SuperSport and Middleweight SuperBike Expert. Photos by Brian J. Nelson. stayed dry on Sunday.

Former Moto2 World Championship rider and 2008 125cc Grand Prix World Championship runner-up Simone Corsi rode a Pirelli-fitted Squid Hunter Racing Yamaha YZF-R6 in the ASRA Team Challenge race as part of a last-minute deal put together as a possible precursor to a Daytona 200 effort. The 32-year-old Italian took the overall lead on lap 30 of the race and turned laps as quick as 1:53.485 to pull away and claim the overall and GTU class victories by 13.869 seconds. “I love this track,” Corsi said in English from the podium. “The race was very difficult, but I enjoy it very much.

I want to thank my team. They did a great job.”

West Side Performance’s Christian Miranda, age 19, raced closely with Corsi but fell behind after the first and only round of pit stops. Miranda, however, held on to finish second overall and in the GTU class on his Yamaha YZF-R6. Series regular Lloyd Bay-

ley finished third overall and first in the GTO category on his BMW S1000RR. Jinba Ittai Motorsport’s Joel Lenk crossed the finish line fourth overall and second in the GTO class, and that was enough to claim the 2019 ASRA Team Challenge Overall and GTO Championships. Jinba Ittai Motorsport edged out seven-time ASRA Team Challenge Champion Grease Monkey Racing (Eric Helmbach/Stephen Hoffman) for both titles. Grease Monkey Racing finished the race sixth overall and third in GTO. JoeyO Racing (Robert Bettencourt/Sean Osowski) took 18th overall and won in the GT Lights category on a Yamaha FZ07, while fourth place in the GT Lights division was enough for Racing 101 (Doug Stufflebeam/ Gino Angella/Mark Evry/Joseph Ciesnik) to secure the GT Lights Team Challenge Championship.

The Team Challenge race was originally scheduled to run for 55 laps, but a crash in the chicane

Roger Morissette (60) took first place in CCS GT Lights and CCS Moto3 Expert on his Suzuki SV650.

Cameron Jones (239) won the wet CCS GT 500 Expert race on a Honda CBR500R and won the dry CCS 300 SuperSport and 300 SuperBike Expert races on a Kawasaki Ninja 300. Photos by Brian J. Nelson.

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Henryetta is located where I-40 and Highway 75 cross; 50 miles South of Tulsa on 75 and 90 miles east of OKC on I-40. Nichols Park is located two miles south of Downtown Henryetta on Lake Road.

The Park is over 200 acres, has a small Lake with a sandy beach with pavilions and picnic tables & hiking trails. There is a nice Golf Course just minutes from the Park, and two casinos within 15 miles.

Cross country trails will be a combination of elevation, tight sections, mid speed sections, plenty of places to pass and well marked. Lots of woods and big trees.

MX track will be a combination of rolling hills, off camber corners, old school ski jumps and everything the makes vintage racing fun. No doubles! Rubber band start. The track will be designed by Trampas Parker. Spectator friendly!

Promoter support class – The Okie Wild West Team Shootout – Gold Boot Award. 100cc 2-stroke/XR200 4-stroke event on both Saturday and Sunday, the last moto each day: Team of 3 riders with 1 bike.

Ages combined to 150 years. Teams can consist of: 2 BLACK stripe riders, (only 1 ex-Pro rider) and 1 YELLOW/RED stripe rider (70+yr. counts as a red/ yellow). 3-Moto format: 2 Saturday motos and 1 Sunday moto – each rider will ride 3-4 laps each moto. Fees: $100 per team Directions: Henryetta is located where I-40 and Highway 75 cross; 50 miles South of Tulsa on 75 and 90 miles east of OKC on I-40. Nichols Park is located two miles south of Downtown Henryetta on Lake Road. Turn left at the RR tracks.

Gate fees: Entering Friday $30 for the weekend;

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Date Event Nov 15 Arizona Cycle Park; Buckeye, AZ Nov 28 Day in the Dirt, Glen Helen Raceway; San Bernardino, CA Note: All events are SW Points Regionals with National points given to those events as designated National

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Entering Saturday $20 for the weekend; Entering Sunday $10 Camping: $10/day; water available, shower house and bathrooms, port-a-johns on site, no electric.

Plenty of parking with options of grass or gravel and shade trees.

Concessions: Food vendors on site.

Lodging in Henryetta: Days Inn, 918-6507808; Americaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Best Value, 918.650.0700; Economy Express Inn, 918.652.4448; Super 8, 918.652.2533; Green Country Inn, 918.652.9988; Relax Inn, 918.652.2539.

Track address: Nichols Park, Lake Road, Henryetta, OK 74437 Contact: Trampas & Sherri Parker 918.652.1600; email: parkersmxs@yahoo.com Facebook: T & S Racing Vintage National Race Schedule Trials Friday: Sign-up, 7:00am-8:00am Riders meeting 8:30am Trial Start 9:00am

Cross country Friday Schedule: Sign-up, 11:30am-1:30pm; riders meeting, 1:45; sighting lap, 2:00pm; all Vintage classes, plus Post Vintage Novice race start, 3:00-4:00pm. Post Vintage Intermediate and Expert race, 5:00-6:00pm.

Dog Daddy Dog Show: 7:00pm at the Arena followed by South Central Region awards.

Cross country Saturday Schedule: Sign-up, 7:00am; Post Vintage Intermediate and Expert race start, 8:30am.

Vintage MX schedule, Saturday: Sign up 7:009:00am; Riders meeting 10:00 Practice 10:30 ; Race following

Cross country Sunday Schedule: Sign-up, 7:00am; Vintage CC and Novice Post Vintage race start 8:30am Post Vintage MX schedule, Sunday: Sign up 7:009:00; Cowboy church service 7:45; Riders meeting 10:00am ; Practice 10:30; Race following National Awards Banquet: 7:00pm at the Henryetta BriefCase All members are welcome. Tickets $20.00ea

Dirt Track Saturday: Sign-up 3:00pm-4:00pm Practice begins 1 hour after motocross is completed.

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□ Race number preference (for all disciplines - list three or more - your permanent number will be on your membership card

when received): #1 _______ #2 _______ #3 _______Note: If assigned a number on race day, it will not be your permanent number.

□ Roadrace - Before AHRMA issues a racing number, you must provide proof that within the past two years, you have

competed with another roadracing organization or have successfully completed a roadracing school (please provide a copy of roadrace license or school certificate)

□ Motocross - □ Vintage □ Post Vintage □ Next Gen Indicate MX skill level: □ Intermediate □ Expert

Note: A Novice category is available. However, new AHRMA MX members must ride as Intermediate or Expert until skill-level status is confirmed, optimally at your first event. At that time, you may be reclassified as a Novice if deemed appropriate.

□ Dirt Track □ Trials - Skill level: □ Beginner □ Novice □ Intermediate □ Expert □ Master □ Cross Country - Skill level if different from MX: □ Intermediate □ Expert (See note above regarding Novice skill level.)

Payment

□ Enclosed is a check or money order for $__________________ # __________ □ Please charge my MC / Visa / Disc / AmEx: Credit card # ________________________________ Expires _______ cvv _____ Must include street number and ZIP code for credit card billing address. If different than address above, please provide billing address. □ Benevolent Fund donation $ _________________ or □ Individual donation to AHRMA $ _________________ By applying for or renewing and accepting membership in AHRMA, I agree to abide by all rules of the AHRMA Handbook, as well as any event or track rules that may apply.

Signature (must be signed to be valid and processed) ____________________________________________Date _____________

Mail with payment to (payment by MC / Visa / Disc / AmEx): 26 Jardin de Mer Place, Jacksonville, FL 32250 Scan & email: cindy.mclean@ahrma.org

NOVEMBER 2020

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For more information:

Phone: 904.477.6987 Email: cindy.mclean@ahrma.org www.ahrma.org REV 12/9/19 WWW.AHRMA.ORG

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The Scitsu Tachometer has been the racers’ favorite for over 30 years.

Requires no fixed wiring to the bike. Simply fit with one bolt, and tie-wrap or tape the pickup wire along the spark plug lead the tach is ready to go!

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HARDFACED CAMS & NEW BILLET CAMS HARDFACED ROCKER ARMS NEEDLE BEARING CAM CONVERSIONS

The Scitsu tach is perfect for vintage racing and is also popular for modern racebikes due to the simplicty of installation and the easy-to-read display.

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TREAT YOURSELF LIKE ROYALTY! Have a portrait done of yourself and your bike!

Pencil Artist

Mike Gorrono 408-561-5286

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AMERICAN HISTORIC RACING MOTORCYCLE ASSOCIATION

NOVEMBER 2020

SWAP MEET Triumph Tiger Cub Project Triumph Tiger Cub Project – 1954 T15 Modified and extended Frame, HD fork assembly, & various parts 1962 T20SC Engine, 200cc (disassembled) Price: $2,000 obo, or let’s talk Location: Green Valley, AZ Contact: James Roberts - 520-777-3326 Ceriani Road Race Forks

Price: $1,450

Location: Lapeer,Michigan Contact: Ron Kalanquin - 810-664-0977 1973 OSSA MAR Original OSSA 250 trials bike. All running and shifting ,lights,horn,speedo all working. 118 miles showing.new petcock,air filter,throttle cable.

Price: $2,350

Location: Allentown Pa. Contact: William Himmelsbach 215-536-9518

WHERE AHRMA MEMBERS BUY, SELL, AND TRADE

Transportation: Will transport roadrace bikes and gear to roadrace events. *Will also transport other motorcycles for multidiscipline events.

Location: Port Orange, FL Contact: Ralph: 386-760-0932 Transportation: Racebike transport to and from AHRMA 2020 off- and on-road races.

Located in Southern California, we will consider pick-up and drop-off from anywhere in continental US. Call for pricing.

Location: Southern California Contact: Brady Walker: 310-980-7129 Transportation: Transport for racebikes from southern California and return for most 2020 AHRMA roadraces. Call for pricing.

Location: Southern California Contact: Gary Swan: 818-891-0330

SWAP MEET & MARKETPLACE AD GUIDLINES Swap meet ads: AHRMA members may submit two free Swap Meet, non-commercial, motorcyclerelated ads of up to 50 words each, per issue. Each ad will run only once, but you are welcome to renew monthly. All ads will also be placed on www.ahrma.org for at least onemonth.

Marketplace ads: The Marketplace plan is specifically designed for small business owners. Members or non-members may submit an ad of up to 50 words and may include 1 photo. This ad will appear both on ahrma.org’s AHRMA Swap Meet page, and in AHRMA MAG’s Marketplace section for 2 issues, with photo.

Marketplace ads cost $25 for 60 days and may be renewed as many times as you like.

Please include: name, address, phone number and AHRMA membership number with your ad.

Go to: www.ahrma.org/classifieds-etc/

MARKETPLACE ADVERTISE YOUR VINTAGE RACING RELATED BUSINESS & PRODUCTS HERE

Bultaco Matadors and Sherpas I have 4 Bultacos assembled and a 5th in boxes. Matadors and Sherpas. 2000 each or discount for the lot. Original owners, my dad ordered in Spain and had them shipped over by Bultaco American. I have not started them in a long time. I used to start them every year by just cleaning the carburetor and jets and they’d fire right up. They have been in a very dusty dirty garage with pollen. they could easily be cleaned and then their excellent condition would be more obvious.

Price: $2,000 each or discount for lot Location: Donner Summit, CA Contact: Alisa Adriani - 530-412-3070

NOVEMBER 2020

‘91/‘92 Yamaha TZ250 Race Fairing New old stock, in original carton, for that ‘ factory ‘ restoration. Perfect condition. Text Rick at six47-239-2145.

Shipping can be arranged.

Price: $4,500 Location: Toronto Canada area Contact: Richard Jewell - 647-239-2145 1941 Indian Scout/741 racer This is my Indian race bike. Fresh engine for the start of the 2019 USCRA season and participated in the AHRMA handshift shootout same year. Comes with spare handlebars, brake lever, kill switch (all mounted), original pushrods, cam followers, wood block side stand and rear race stand. Paul. pau_leo@msn.com Price: $19,500 Location: New England Contact: Paul Leone - 603-898-2208

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