2023 Vintage Motorcycle Days Program

MID-OHIO SPORTS CAR COURSE

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You never forget your first ride! That’s one of the reasons Permco is so excited to welcome you to the American Motorcyclist Association’s Vintage Motorcycle Days for the first time as a sponsor!

We couldn’t think of a better venue than Mid-Ohio to host a gathering of motorcycle enthusiasts and fans where memories of classic rides and vintage bikes come to life. This race facility is built for performance and excellence, just like our hydraulic pumps and motors.

For almost 100 years, Permco, a family-owned business, has been keeping the world’s industries

moving with the highest quality precision-manufactured products that are 100 percent assembled and tested in the USA. We are proud to partner with the AMA and Mid-Ohio to celebrate everything that is cool about motorcycles.

Whether it is the sights, sounds, and heart pounding thrills as racers tear into turn one, the fun of the country’s largest motorcycle swap meet, or just admiring the pure beauty of these vintage machines, we hope you have a terrific weekend at AMA’s Vintage Motorcycle Days.

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ADMISSION 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

SUNDAY –9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

SATURDAY –9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

FRIDAY –9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Jack of all Trades

AMA MOTORCYCLE HALL OF FAMER, AND THE ONLY RIDER TO WIN AN AMA SUPERCROSS, MOTOCROSS AND ROAD RACE NATIONAL

With Honda’s 1973 CR250 Elsinore and 1983 V45 Interceptor celebrating 50- and 40-year anniversaries this year, it made sense to have the Grand Marshal be someone with direct connection to both motocross and production roadracing, and Honda Motor Co., of course.

All of which makes Jack-of-all-trades Steve Wise the perfect choice.

Wise is perhaps the most accomplished multi-genre

motorcycle racer in history, posting AMA National-class wins in motocross, AMA Supercross and road racing — the latter accomplished on these hallowed Mid-Ohio grounds back in 1983, the year the V45 Interceptor debuted.

That’d be like MX superstar Eli Tomac winning a MotoAmerica AMA Superbike race… or MotoAmerica’s Jake Gagne winning an AMA Supercross event! Crazy, right?

The fact that Wise podiumed in his very first Grand National dirt track appearance, and also won the legendary ABC Wide World of Sports Superbikers event at Carlsbad Raceway twice, in ’80 and ’81, speaks volumes about his prodigious skills on a racing motorcycle.

Wise started riding in his early teens on Pentons with his father, Gary, and then turned to racing. “When I was 19,” he said, “On July 4, 1976, I won the 125cc National in Kaiser Ridge, Md., on my Jimmy Strait-tuned privateer CR125 Elsinore from my father’s Honda dealership, beating the likes of AMA Hall of Famers Marty Smith and Bob Hannah.”

Between ages 19 and 26, Wise was prolific, moving from Team Honda motocross to Team Honda roadracing on AMA Superbikes and Formula One machinery alongside roadracing legends like AMA Hall of Famers Freddie Spen cer and Mike Baldwin.

“I’m honored to be this year’s Grand Marshal,” Wise said, “especially at the track on which I won my first AMA Superbike event. I remember that weekend in ’83 like it was yesterday. To be back here and enjoy all the fun motorcycle stuff that happens at VMD will be memorable, I’m sure!”

OLD BIKE BARN/ AMA MOTORCYCLE HALL OF FAME BIKE SHOW

LOCATION:

REGISTRATION:

Friday – 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Saturday – 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.

JUDGING:

Saturday – 12 p.m. to 2 p.m.

AWARDS PRESENTATION:

Saturday – 3 p.m.

ENTRY FEE: $10 per entry.

AWARDS:

Grand Marshal’s Choice Award

Best of Show: American, British, European, Japanese

LAP FOR HISTORY

The Lap for History gives riders a chance to take their motorcycles on a parade lap around the 2.4-mile road racing circuit at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, and this year it will be led by Grand Marshal and AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Steve Wise.

Registration is at the Ride Staging area, just east of the tower. A $10 donation to the American Motorcycle Heritage Foundation is required.

FRIDAY, JULY 21

Registration: 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

Staging: 11:30 a.m.

Ride Start: 12:00 p.m.

SATURDAY, JULY 22

Registration: 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Staging: 10:30 a.m.

Ride Start: 11 a.m.

SUNDAY, JULY 23

Registration: 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

Staging: 10:30 a.m.

Ride Start: 11 a.m.

ASHLAND DINNER RIDE

FRIDAY, JULY 21

Registration: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

SATURDAY, JULY 23

Registration: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Staging: 3 p.m. at Ride Staging

Depart: 3:30 p.m.

Dinner: 5:30 p.m.

On July 22, the Ashland Dinner Ride will take riders through Ohio’s scenic countryside from the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in Lexington, Ohio, to the historic half-mile track at the Ashland County Fairgrounds for a round of the AMA Vintage Flat Track National Championship Series. For a $50 donation to the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame, participants can enjoy the

picturesque ride, receive special parking, get a pit pass, have dinner at the track, and then move to their grandstand seats. Registration takes place in the AMA/Hall of Fame Tent, which is located at the Old Bike Barn Crossroads in the infield. Riders can also get route instructions if they want to do the ride to Ashland on their own.

WALL OF DEATH

AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days wouldn’t be complete without the Wall of Death thrill show from the American Motor Drome Company. From the carnival-barker spectacle outside the doors before the riders show off their skills to the gravity-defying action inside, you won’t want to miss the AMDC daredevils.

FRIDAY: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

SATURDAY: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

SUNDAY: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

MOTO MOTION

Moto Motion Entertainment offers a one-of-a-kind performance production team featuring lively stunt shows performed on trials bikes, alongside acrobatic athletes. Mixing extreme stunts into entertaining shows, Moto Motion produces the only freestyle trials stunt show in the U.S. today.

FRIDAY: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.

SATURDAY: 11 a.m., 1 p.m., 3 p.m.

SUNDAY: 11 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m.

AMA STAGE

FRIDAY

1-2 p.m. – Grand Marshal Q&A (following Lap for History)

SATURDAY

12-1 p.m. – Grand Marshal Q&A (following Lap for History)

SATURDAY

1-2 p.m. – AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Raffle Bike Drawing

3-4 p.m. – Bike Show Awards Ceremony

SUNDAY

12-1 p.m. – Grand Marshal Q&A (following Lap for History)

AMA SEMINARS Held on the AMA Stage

FRIDAY

10-11 a.m. – Brian O’Shea: Mr. AMA Superbike. Q&A with America’s Premier AMA Superbike Collector and Restorer on Freddie Spencer’s Daytona-winning VF750F, Bubba Shobert’s championship-winning VFR750, Wes Cooley’s Yoshimura

GS1000 and more.

2-3 p.m. – Going the Extra Mile: Hard-Won Lessons from a World Record Ride. Guinness World Record holder Wendy Crocket on long-distance riding.

3-4 p.m. – Starting a Community Garage: Lessons from Skidmark Garage’s Success. Brian Schaffran from Cleveland’s Skidmark Garage on the emergence of community garages and how to start one in your neighborhood.

SATURDAY

10-11 a.m. – ISDE: Behind the Scenes Stories from Team U.S.A.

2021 Women’s World Trophy Team Winner Rachel Gutish with behind-the-scenes stories from the International Six Days Enduro.

3 p.m. – Cleveland Moto/ Motorcycles & Misfits Podcast Extravaganza.

SUNDAY

10-11 a.m. – Brian O’Shea: Mr. AMA Superbike. Q&A with America’s Premier AMA Superbike Collector and Restorer on Freddie Spencer’s Daytona-winning VF750F, Bubba Shobert’s championship-winning VFR750, Wes Cooley’s Yoshimura GS1000 and more.

11 a.m. – “Going the Extra Mile: Hard-Won Lessons from a World Record Ride.” Guinness World Record holder and 2020 AMA Bessie Stringfield Award winner Wendy Crocket on long-distance riding.

1 p.m. – Saved by the Helmet. Motorcycle Ohio honors riders who survive serious crashes while wearing a helmet as a way to promote awareness and save lives.

PIT BIKE RACING

FRIDAY, July 21

Location: Motocross Starting Area

3-5 p.m. – Registration at the Off-Road Admin Trailer near the Hanger

5 p.m. – Practice

6 p.m. – Racing

CLASSES:

50cc: 0-50cc

110cc: 70cc-110cc, four stroke only

125cc: 112cc-125cc, four stroke only

Women’s: 50cc-125cc

AMA Membership and $10 entry fee required

FLAT TRACK

SATURDAY, July 22

Location: Ashland County Fairgrounds

1-4 p.m. – Registration (Gate 5, Baney Road)

3:30 p.m. – Mandatory Rider Briefing

4 p.m. – Practice

6 p.m. – Racing Begins

DIRECTIONS TO FLAT TRACK RACES

The Ashland County Fairgrounds is 25 miles northeast of Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. From Lexington, take Interstate 71 north toward Ashland Exit 186. Go west on U.S. 250 to Ohio Route 42 South. You will be on 42 for about 4 miles. Then turn right on Baney Road. Follow it to the fairgrounds.

2042 Claremont Ave., Ashland, OH 44805.

ROAD RACING

THURSDAY

1-5 p.m. – Registration

2-5 p.m. Tech Inspection

FRIDAY

7 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Registration/ Tech Inspection

8 a.m. – Mandatory Rider Briefing

9 a.m. – Practice

1-5 p.m. – Practice

SATURDAY

7:30-10:30 a.m. – Registration

7:30-10:45 a.m. – Tech Inspection

8-11 a.m. – Practice

11:15 a.m. – Mandatory Rider Briefing

12 p.m. – Racing Begins

SUNDAY

7:30-8:45 a.m. – Registration

7:30-9 a.m. – Tech Inspection

8-10 a.m. – Practice

10 a.m. – Racing Begins

5 p.m. – Awards Presentation

Registration and tech inspection in Lower Paddock Tech Garage. Mandatory rider briefing at the base of the tower in the Lower Paddock.

HARE SCRAMBLES

THURSDAY

2-5 p.m. – Registration/Tech Inspection

FRIDAY 7-8:30 a.m. – Registration/Tech Inspection

9 a.m. – Youth Classes Races

10 a.m. – Vintage/Evolution/Evolution 1 Races

12 p.m. – Evolution 2/Evolution 3 Races

2 p.m. – Revolution 1/Revolution 2 Races

4 p.m. – Awards Presentation (30 minutes after racing concludes)

TRIALS

SATURDAY

12-3 p.m. – Registration/Tech Inspection

Sunday

7-9 a.m. – Registration/Tech Inspection

9:15 a.m. – Mandatory Rider Meeting

9:30 a.m. – Competition Begins

2:30 pm. – Awards Presentation (30 minutes after racing concludes)

Registration and tech inspection take place in the Off-Road Admin Trailer. Riding briefing and awards presentation in the Off-Road Hangar.

Vintage Motorcycle Days 2023

MOTOCROSS

THURSDAY

2-5 p.m. – Registration/Tech

Inspection

FRIDAY 12-5 p.m. – Registration/Tech

Inspection

SATURDAY

7-9 a.m. – Registration/Tech

Inspection

8 a.m. – Mandatory Rider Briefing

8:30 a.m. – Vintage/Evolution

Evolution 1 Practice

9:30 a.m. – Vintage/Evolution/ Evolution 1 Racing

Noon-12:30 p.m. – Lunch Break

4 p.m. – Awards Presentation (30 minutes after racing concludes in the Hangar)

SUNDAY

7-8:30 a.m. – Registration/Tech

Inspection

8 a.m. – Mandatory Rider Briefing

8:30 a.m. – Evolution 2/Evolution

3/Revolution Practice

9:30 a.m. – Evolution 2/Evolution

3/Revolution Racing

5 p.m. – Awards Presentation (30 minutes after racing concludes in the Hangar)

INFIELD HOF ANNIVERSARY DISPLAYS ELSINORE, INTERCEPTOR, XR75 — AND MORE

Don’t miss the opportunity to check out a few of the absolute legend motorcycles of the 1970s and ’80s in our AMA Hall of Fame tent in the infield, along with Grand Marshal and AMA Hall of Famer Steve Wise, a guy who raced them during his AMA Hall of Fame career and who’ll be doing autograph signings and chalk talks daily on the infield AMA Soundstage.

On display will be Honda’s 1973 CR250M Elsinore, which turns 50 years old this year, and which changed the game of motocross overnight; its CR125 Elsinore little brother; Honda’s 1983 VF750F Interceptor, which turns 40 this year

and which rocked the sport motorcycle world when it debuted, along with some racing VF750F variants — including Freddie Spencer’s 1985 Daytona-winning VF, owned by Superbike collector Brian O’Shea. We’ll even have a 1973 Honda XR75 on display, which became the minibike of the 1970s, and which also turns 50 this season.

All of this — the bikes, Grand Marshal Steve Wise, Saturday’s Bike Show, plus booths for AMA Membership, AMA Merchandise, Raffle Bike displays and tickets, a silent auction and much more — will happen in the Mid-Ohio infield, just over the front-straightaway bridge, so come say hello. You’re bound to see legends all day long!

MERCHANDISE

TEES + BAGS + STICKERS + KOOZIES + PIN + FLAGS

Vintage Motorcycle Days 2023

Text AMAVMD to 419-792-3680 to receive the latest event information.

AUCTION SILENT

CHECK IT ALL OUT IN THE AMA MAIN TENT. BIDDING ENDS JULY 23, 11:59AM

BIDDING ONLINE

ALL PROCEEDS BENEFIT THE AMA MOTORCYCLE HALL OF FAME

SPECIAL THANKS