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Moto Media

A quick look at what’s happened in social media this month. Join the conversation: facebook.com/americanmotorcyclist, @ama_riding, @ama_racing, @ama_rights.

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@mimiandmoto

Pics from our book reading yesterday at @sand_preschool in Decatur, Ga. Motorcycle industry fertilization at work!

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@james_flynn_v did pretty well his first year in Endurocross. I’m a proud dad. Going for the No. 1 plate next year!

LETTER OF THE MONTH 40-Plus Years In The Making

It was the summer of 1974 and my dad, at 39 years of age, had just bought his first motorcycle—a slightly used 1974 Honda CB360. My older brother, David, had got a 1972 Kawasaki G5 100cc enduro that same summer. The year before that, I was 12 years old, and Pop bought me my first motorcycle, a 1971 Honda CL70 Scrambler. (I really wanted the SL70, but at least I had a trail bike!) Needless to say, those bikes came and went.

Fast forward to July 2017, and all three of us go for a ride on the same year, make and model of bikes we had 40-plus years ago! This was something I had planned for many years.

I have been involved with motorcycles since my dad bought me my first bike. While I was in high school (class of ’78), I attended Portland Regional Vocational Technical Center in Portland, Maine, for my junior and senior years. After graduation, I went to work as a service technician at a local Kawasaki shop. During the next 22 years of my career, I worked at various dealerships in Maine and as far south as Tampa, Fla. I was fortunate enough to have had factory Honda and Yamaha training in those early years.

I currently teach motorcycle, ATV and snowmobile repair in Brunswick, Maine. About 15 years ago I purchased a 1971

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Honda CL70 with only 323 miles on it. I felt like I was 12 years old again! Three years ago, I found a very used 1974 CB360 on Craigslist and I bought it. That winter my students and I restored it to give to my 79-year-old dad for Father’s Day. This past winter I happened to find a roached-out 1972 Kawasaki G5 in the local classifieds. I bought it for $200. We did a frame-up restoration that became a special gift for my older brother’s 60th birthday.

This past July, my 82-year-old Pop, my 60-year-old brother and myself all went for the ride of a lifetime (again) some 40plus years later, just like we did so many years ago.

Now, if I can just find a 1979 Yamaha DT175 like my little brother had when he was 18!

Bill Ross | Topsham, Maine

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When you explore in style

Good article by Bonnie Gerald on lightweight moto touring (“Tiny Touring,” November issue). She gives a lot of good tips on riding a small-displacement moto that also apply to riding full-size bikes.

Bonnie is right that riding a lightweight motorcycle provides as much enjoyment as a big motorcycle. Like Bonnie, I have switched to lightweight motorcycles, mostly because as I got into old age with arthritis, weakening muscles and old moto

racing injuries, I appreciate more the lighter more easily maneuverable smaller bikes.

I’ve been there and done that highspeed stuff, but now touring at 65 mph, looking at the scenery and smelling the roses is what I enjoy. I now have a 2012 Suzuki TU250X and a 2014 Yamaha XT250E. I have them each setup for touring with removable Pelican side cases, rear top case and windscreen.

I have taken longer trips on my smaller bikes. In 2009, I did a four-month, 13,444-

mile trip on a Yamaha XT225 from Las Cruces, N.M., to Ushuaia, Argentina, at the southern end of South America. In 2013, I rode the TU250X up north of Fairbanks, Alaska, part way up the Dalton Highway haul road on a 1-1/2 month, 9,854-mile round trip. Both of these lightweight motorcycles were great rides, I never wanted for anything larger.

Small motorcycles are not just for beginners to learn on, they’re great for all-around motorcycling.

Pete Chester

Charter Life Member Plus Las Cruces, N.M.

25 Years And Counting

I just received my 25-year member packet. What a thrill it was to tear it open and find my AMA Life Member pin, certificate and patch! Over the years, I’ve made an effort to keep all my membership cards and pins. I had lost a couple of pins along the way but was able to reorder them from the AMA.

I went to the local hobby store in town and bought a 16- by 20-inch shadowbox and placed 24 years of pins and cards in it, along with my Charter Life Member certificate proudly on my office wall for all to see.

I’m looking forward to many more years of riding, reading the AMA magazine and being a part of the motorcycle community.

Barry Dennis | Oakland, Ky.

Plus Two

A big thumb’s up to AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Scot Harden and American

Motorcyclist magazine for “Advocating for Motorcycling’s Future” in the January issue. It’s nice to see a positive spin on the annoying problem of new bike sales being in the crapper.

I also think it’s important to keep things in perspective. While the industry might not be making money hands over fists with new bike sales like it has in past years, there are a lot of used bikes changing hands out there from what I can see, and that has to be helping bottom lines somewhere.

Every industry faces fundamental shifts from time to time and has to readjust. The winners roll up their sleeves and get to work, and the losers whine about salad days gone by.

Me? I’m going to do what Mr. Harden says and get to work. Scot, I’ll do my job, and I’ll do someone else’s too. I’m going to help save our passion by coming up with two new riders this year. Count on it.

Mike Keefe | Chicago, Ill.

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IS THE SKY REALLY FALLING?

Riding The Business Cycle

Much has been written and debated lately regarding the health and welfare of motorcycling and the industry built around it. True, sales of new bikes have yet to recapture their prerecession peak, but does that mean the industry and our sport are in danger of collapsing?

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First, comparing current retail to the bubble years of 2000-08 is a fool’s game. New bike and aftermarket sales during that time were vastly inflated thanks to all the cheap money available from a frothy housing market and home equity loans. Today’s annual sales of approximately 450,000-500,000 new units compares favorably with long-term historical averages. Those of us who have been around awhile remember a time in the mid-1980s when sales were actually higher than they were during the most recent bubble. Not surprisingly, a similar crash occurred afterward and the motorcycling community was talking openly of the “demise of the sport as we know it.”

We’ve also seen an unhealthy dose of finger-pointing at the industry, suggesting it isn’t doing enough to turn the tide more quickly. I have the pleasure of working with many fine people in this business, and believe me when I say they’re doing as much as humanly possible to keep this wonderful sport thriving. For example, the selection of affordable, entry-level bikes today is, without question, the best we’ve seen in decades. Adjusting for inflation, a new 1977 Honda CB550 would cost $7,041 today. A brand-new CB500F can be had for $6,099 right now.

Post-recession, a real bright spot in the market has been the off-road segment, particularly the small displacement “play-bike” category. It’s one of the few

segments of the market that has shown steady growth.

So, is this time of concern truly different than previous cases? Not really. In all such boom-bust business cycles, many factors come into play, but none has as much impact as plain old, boring demographics. Just as Baby Boomers fueled recent growth cycles, so will Gen X and Y and eventually, Gen Z (which is projected to be even larger than Gen Y, by the way) in the years ahead.

But if you’re still thinking that we’re doomed because retail sales of new units are less than you think they should be, let’s take a look at the pre-owned market. At the end of 2017, the ratio of used bikes being sold vs. new units stood at 3:1. This translates to about 1.3 million units a year! Bottom line: Plenty of people are buying motorcycles.

Another promising trend is the popularity of electric bicycles. Let’s not forget that the original motorcycles a century ago were nothing more than bicycles with motors attached. At some point, riders of present-day e-bicycles will want more.

And before you buy into the notion that millennials don’t have the means to buy toys, guess again. Aside from buying $1,000 smartphones, Gen Y is fueling an exciting trend in the RV space. The fastest growing segment of the market is in small RVs and towables thanks in large part to purchases by, you guessed it: millennials.

“Our growth is coming from young families and millennials getting into the lifestyle,” according to Frank Hugelmeyer, president of the Recreational Vehicle Industry Association in Reston, Va.

This thirst for adventure and wanderlust surely lends itself to a continued interest in motorcycling.

So, with the “hardware” component basically holding its own, the real question is: What can we, as riders do to ensure a bright future for motorcycling?

AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Scot Harden laid out a concept in the January issue of American Motorcyclist he calls the “Plus 1 Initiative,” aimed at turning nonriders into motorcyclists. Read Scot’s article—and share it with others—at www.americanmotorcyclist.com and on the AMA’s Facebook page.

In addition to this effort, the AMA is launching a campaign for 2018 and beyond encouraging our hundreds of chartered clubs nationwide to redouble their efforts to recruit non-riders to experience the the joy of riding. As the original social network for motorcyclists, the AMA is uniquely positioned to make this happen.

We are seeing positive signs in the numbers. Thanks to great team work between our many fine sanctioned organizers and AMA racing staff, family and youth memberships have been increasing. This bodes well, not just for the AMA, but for creating “motorcyclists for life.” Today’s youth racers are tomorrow’s recreational riders.

Need more inspiration? The newly formed U.S. Motorcycle Coaching Association’s underlying goal is to make riding a motorcycle less intimidating, more accessible and most important, fun! Some really great minds are behind this emerging program, and you can be a part of it. More information can be found at www.usmca.org.

As always, AMA will continue its topnotch advocacy efforts to promote the benefits of riding a motorcycle, just a few of which include: access to HOV lanes, legalized lane-splitting, ease of parking, and the outdoor freedom that naturally comes with riding on-road or off.

Will you be Chicken Little, or will you play a part in ensuring a bright future for motorcycling?

Jim Williams is AMA vice president of industry relations and business member programs.

ACCESS RESTRICTIONS EASED AS NATIONAL MONUMENTS REDUCED

Action Aligns With American Antiquities Act Of 1906

Reversing actions of prior administrations that jeopardized opportunities for responsible motorized recreation on public land, President Donald Trump signed two proclamations in December that reduced two monuments in size to more closely align with the law that grants presidents designation authority.

The American Antiquities Act of 1906 limits the area of national monuments to “the smallest area compatible with proper care and management of the objects to be protected.”

Under the new plan, Bears Ears National Monument will be modified to two units named Shash Jáa (Navajo for “Bears Ears”) and Indian Creek, encompassing 228,784 acres of land.

Bears Ears was originally designated by President Barack Obama in 2016 to encompass nearly 1.5 million acres, including a patchwork of federal, state and private land.

Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument will be modified to three units encompassing a little more than 1 million acres. Grand Staircase was originally designated in 1996 by President Bill Clinton.

Bears ears national monument

Viewed through the lens of the Antiquities Act, previous presidents from both parties overstepped their authority under the act and designated much larger swaths of land

as monuments. In recent years, the administrative decrees encompassed millions of acres and threatened access to trails and other routes suitable for offhighway recreation.

In many cases, state and local governments opposed the sweeping designations because they were enacted with little or no local input and had a negative impact on the tourism economy. Trump’s decision followed Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s announcement that there would be a review of all presidential monument designations from the Bill Clinton, George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations. Presidents have modified the boundaries to remove lands from monuments 18 times in the past. The most significant reduction occurred in 1915 when President Woodrow Wilson halved Mount Olympus National Monument, which is now a national park.

RPM ACT APPROVED BY HOUSE ENERGY AND COMMERCE COMMITTEE

Bill Would Protect Competition-Only Vehicles

The Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports Act of 2017 (RPM Act, H.R. 350) passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee in early December.

The Senate version of the bill, S. 203, also was scheduled for hearings.

The RPM Act would protect the right to modify street vehicles—including motorcycles—into dedicated racers and the industry’s right to sell the parts that enable racers to compete.

The AMA has been working with the Specialty Equipment Market Association and other organizations to get this important legislation passed.

The RPM Act would clarify that converting vehicles for competition-only use does not violate the federal Clean Air Act.

The Clean Air Act of 1970 established authority for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to regulate motor vehicles used on the highways and prevent modifications that would take those vehicles out of compliance with emission regulations.

However, Congress did not intend for the law to apply to racing vehicles.

For nearly 50 years, this activity was unquestioned. But, in 2015, the EPA published proposed regulations that deemed the conversions illegal.

After an uproar from motorcycle and auto racing enthusiasts and related industries, the EPA withdrew the problematic language from its final rule making in 2016. But the agency maintains the practice of converting street vehicles to race vehicles is unlawful.

When the RPM Act was first introduced in 2016, racing enthusiasts and Americans working in the motorsports parts industry flooded Congress with nearly 200,000 letters in support of the bill.

Contact your representatives and senators and let them know that you support this legislation.

EPA RELEASES 2018 RENEWABLE FUEL MANDATES FOR 2018

Higher Volumes Not In Best Interest Of Motorcyclists

The renewable fuels mandates announced in November by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are higher than the 2017 levels and the 2018 levels the agency proposed in June.

The EPA’s final 2018 Renewable Volume Obligations call for 19.29 billion gallons of renewable fuel—primarily corn ethanol—to be blended into the nation’s gasoline supplies. That figure is higher than the 19.24 billion gallons the agency proposed in June and slightly higher than the 19.28 billion gallons required in 2017.

“This decision goes against the agency’s promise to listen to consumers, who have indicated a low demand for higher ethanol blends,” said Wayne Allard, AMA vice president for government relations. “Forcing more ethanol into the nation’s fuel supply places motorcyclists at greater risk of misfueling their bikes.”

The EPA mandates continue to rise, even as cars become more fuel efficient and drivers travel fewer miles each year. Forcing more ethanol into fewer gallons of gasoline results

in higher-ethanol blends for consumers.

Most gasoline sold in the United States contains 10 percent ethanol (E10). However, if the RFS requirements continue to be implemented, it will result in higher-ethanol blends—such as E15 (15 percent ethanol)— becoming more prevalent at retail outlets. An increase in the supply of E15 can lead to inadvertent misfueling—caused by blender pumps and confusing pump labels—by motorcyclists.

None of the estimated 22 million motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles in use in the United States is approved by the EPA to operate on ethanol blends higher than 10 percent. Using higher-ethanol blends in those vehicles is illegal and may cause engine and fuel system damage.

The AMA also is concerned the increased reliance on ethanol will further reduce the amount of E0 fuel available. Since the distribution network for E15 and E85 is limited, fuel producers will be forced to reduce E0 output to stay within the EPA’s rule.

364-MILE COLORADO TRAIL SYSTEM PLANNED

Existing Routes To Be Used

Rio Blanco County (Colo.) has proposed the Wagon Wheel West OHV Trail System, which would use existing public and private roads near Rangely, Colo., to form a 364-mile route. The proposal is part of the county’s trails master plan, which seeks to increase trail system-based recreation in the area.

The plan includes 220 miles of existing county roads, 141 miles of routes under control of the U.S Bureau of Land Management and 3

miles of new trail across private land.

Recreation on BLM Colorado-managed public lands generated $543 million and supported 4,625 jobs in fiscal 2015, according to a BLM notice.

The BLM was accepting public comment on the proposal through Dec. 31. Kent Walter, BLM White River field manager, has the authority to decide among four options:

• Designate all proposed routes as open to motorized travel;

• Limit vehicle types on some of the proposed routes;

• Begin a complete environmental impact statement; and

• Make no new route designations.

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EXPANDING OFFHIGHWAY ACCESS IN INDIANA

AMA, Other Groups Hope To Open Hoosier National Forest

The AMA has joined forces with ABATE of Indiana and the BlueRibbon Coalition to ask the Indiana Legislature to petition federal authorities to open the Hoosier National Forest to responsible motorized off-road recreation.

The U.S. Forest Service “has followed an exclusionary management policy since the 1970s with regard to motorized recreation,” the groups wrote in a joint letter seeking a state resolution supporting their stance.

“For more than 40 years, the HNF has discriminated against off-road vehicle recreationists through unfair planning and management practices. This has resulted in zero miles of motorized trails—the total exclusion of this segment of the public from public lands,” the letter stated.

The only public land in Indiana accessible for motorized off-road use amounts to about 100 miles of trail at two abandoned coal mining sites.

Meanwhile, hikers enjoy 3,600 miles of trails on 376,800 acres in the Hoosier National Forest and state parks and forests. There are 600 miles of trails open to equestrians and mountain-bike riders.

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To the Santa Clara County (Calif.) jury that awarded $7 million to a motorcyclist who was injured in 2012 by a distracted driver. Malte Selck was struck from behind while riding his motorcycle in rush hour traffic on Highway 101. The driver of the car that hit him was distracted by a dog in the passenger seat of her car. She was traveling more than 60 mph at impact. Selck also will receive $3.1 million in interest and for expert

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expenses accrued as a result of the insurance company refusing to settle the case when presented with an

offer in 2014.

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To the Google Waze app developers for adding a motorcycle mode that give riders tailored routes and arrival times based on their mode of transportation. The app accounts for the ability of motorcycles to navigate narrower roads than cars and trucks and

also calculates time savings from lane-splitting, where it is legal. The “motorcycle” setting sends user data to a different feed than that for car drivers. The new version of the app also can be used hands-free.

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To motorcycle racers Kevin Stollings Jr., of Indianapolis, and Shane O’Banion, of Avon, Ind., for paying a visit to 13-year-old Erik Miller at his Goshen, Ind., home. Miller, who has cerebral palsy, loves motorcycle racing, and his mother contacted Stollings and O’Banion, who agreed to stop by and demonstrate their skills for the teen. He even got a chance to sit on the bikes.

BARF ISSUES LANE-SPLITTING GUIDE

California Group Frustrated By CHP Delay

The Bay Area Riders Forum, a regional motorcycle group in California, has released a set of guidelines for motorcyclists splitting lanes in that state.

Forum leader Denny Kobza said the goal of the guidelines is “increased safety and awareness.”

In 2015, California became the first state to formally recognize lane splitting as a legal maneuver for motorcyclists. The state legislature directed the California Highway Patrol to draft and issue guidelines for the practice.

Kobza and BARF members grew weary of waiting for the CHP to act. So, he assembled

UTAH COUNTY SUES FOR CONTROL OF CANYON ROAD

Dispute Has Been Simmering Since 2007

San Juan County, Utah, is suing the federal government to gain control of a road that provides motorized access to Recapture Canyon.

The lawsuit was filed in December in the U.S. District Court for Utah.

The county is seeking right-of-way access to a road and a system of o -highway vehicle trails through Recapture Canyon, east of the town of Blanding.

an experienced team of four motorcyclists with a combined 135 years of riding experience to create guidelines.

Kobza is no stranger to the lane-splitting issue. He initiated the action on the California Motorcycle Safety Committee in 2011 to provide lane splitting guidelines and was named the 2017 AMA Outstanding Road Rider of the Year for ongoing efforts. He continues to work with the CHP on its guidelines.

Kobza also worked with the AMA, ABATE, LaneSplittingIsLegal.com and other motorcycle safety advocates with Assembly Member Bill Quirk on A.B.51, which formalized lane splitting in California.

A ‘WIN’ IN AUSTIN Riders Get Decision On Trail Closings

Postponed Motorcyclists in Austin, Texas, seeking to preserve the Emma Long Motorcycle Park and prevent trail closings won a victory in December when the Balcones Canyonlands Conservation Plan Coordinating Committee delayed a proposed change in its plan.

The public access plan revision—drafted by park administrators—would place authority to close trails in the hands of one appointed bureaucrat.

In addition, motorcyclists Kevin Schwantz (an AMA Hall of Famer), Chris Fields and Don Hubbard told the committee that the new plan fails to acknowledge that motorcycle trails and other activities were grandfathered when the existing plan was created. The draft plan has been slated for discussion and reconsideration in 2018.

The road was closed to motorized vehicles by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in 2007 to protect ancient Native American cultural sites and artifacts.

During a 2014 protest, area residents, sheri ’s deputies and other protestors rode ATVs and horses through the canyon.

The lawsuit contends the road— known as County Road D5314—was established more than 100 years ago for multiple modes of travel and access for motorized vehicles is protected under a federal law that grants public access to roads established before 1976 for the purposes of promoting settlement and commerce in the West.

The BLM closed the area to motorized use after the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance claimed several archeological sites were damaged by

the construction of an illegal OHV trail.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke announced in April that more than 1,800 acres along the canyon’s rim will reopen to OHV use, but motorized vehicles are still banned from the bottom of the canyon.

STUDY: MOTORCYCLE PASSENGERS MORE LIKELY TO BE INJURED

Fewer Wear Helmets While Riding Motorcycle passengers are less likely than riders to wear a helmet and are more likely to sustain traumatic brain injuries in crashes, according to a study published in JAMA Surgery and reported by Reuters.

Researchers studied almost 80,000

motorcycle riders and nearly 6,000 passengers who were involved in crashes between 2007 and 2010.

Two-thirds of the riders wore helmets, compared to 57.5 percent of the passengers.

Traumatic brain injuries were the most common type of injury for riders and passengers in the study.

But passengers experienced this more often, in 40 percent of cases, compared with 36 percent of cases for riders, Reuters reported.

The rate of traumatic brain injury was 36 percent among helmeted passengers, compared to 31 percent among helmeted riders.

The research was not a controlled study.

STATEWATCH

Arizona

S.B. 1007, introduced by state Sen. David Farnsworth (R-Mesa) would legalize lane splitting for motorcyclists. In announcing the bill, Farnsworth said lane splitting would help reduce traffic congestion in the ever-expanding metropolitan areas of the state. The bill strikes the clauses in state law that make lane splitting illegal. The bill also directs the Arizona Department of Public Safety to develop educational guidelines for lane splitting. A similar bill was considered in

Arizona in 2010, but failed.

Florida

H.B. 33, filed by state Reps. Jackie Toledo (R-Tampa) and Emily Slosberg (D-Boca Raton), would make texting while driving a primary offense, allowing law enforcement officers to stop drivers disobeying the law. Currently, texting while driving is a secondary offense, allowing citations only if the driver is stopped for another violation. H.B. 33 calls for a $30 fine. Second and subsequent violations within five years would be moving violations with $158 in fines and costs and a three-point penalty on the driver’s license.

Iowa

The Cass County Board of Supervisors agreed in November to enact an ordinance that would allow ATV riders to use county roads. The law permits ATVs on county secondary roads if the

riders hold a valid driver’s license and have passed an ATV education course through the state Department of Natural Resources. ATVs using county roads must have headlights, taillights and brake lights and display an orange flag that is at least 6 feet above the ground.

South Carolina

State Rep. Bill Taylor (R-Aiken) has pre-filed a bill that would create a DUI-E offense, for “Driving Under the Influence of an Electronic Device.” The bill allows swiping across the screen of a device to unlock it or turn it off. And drivers would be allowed to access Bluetooth capabilities and voice commands. But drivers would be prohibited from holding a phone or other device, typing and sending or reading text messages. The first violation would carry a $100 fine. Second and subsequent violations would carry a $300 fine with an additional twopoint driving record penalty.

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border with China, and then west and back south again.

Heat and humidity were strong this first day, but in the following days, as we moved north, we enjoyed mild temperatures and seemed to miss most of the forecasted rains.

While you can’t throw a rock without hitting a scooter, motorcycles are a rarity. Like most places I have traveled, people seem naturally drawn to them. Based upon the reactions of locals, you would have thought the XRs were factory Supercross bikes.

It was easy to find locals to talk to, even though few spoke English once we entered the mountains.

One of their favorite things was to stand next to one of our group and measure themselves next to us (both in height and girth). Yes, we might be giants.

We spent our first night at a homestay, one of three we would visit on the trip. Our second-floor open-air sleeping area was sparse. Each person had a foam mat, pillow, blanket and mosquito net. The family was welcoming and even took us out on the lake in their large steel boat.

Cold beer and a swim in the mild water made for a perfect evening.

All of our meals were served family style and typically consisted of rice, fried spring rolls, greens, clear soup and green beans. Meats were marinated bits of pork or chicken, most quite tasty. Breakfast was usually crepes and bananas, with a black syrup they call coffee. I think our meals were slightly westernized for us. Locals tend to eat Phō soup for breakfast.

A word about the coffee. Vietnam is the world’s second largest producer. Coffee shops are found at a ratio of about 1 per 20 scooters. Coffee is everywhere. It is brewed strong in a small aluminum pot that drips directly into the drinking cup.

Typically served with sweetened condensed milk, it is thick and potent. Asking for it cold and letting the ice melt was one way to suitably dilute it.

Into the Mountains

After a full day in the lowlands, we started to climb toward the mountains. The landscape was just starting to show its natural beauty. It was hard to make time on the road, due to stopping to take so many pictures.

I finally gave up and set my GoPro to “camera” mode, so I could shoot on the fly. The best vistas were still to come as we entered into the lands of the Karst Limestone formations.

Looking like something out of a Dr. Seuss book, the sharp green limestone formations dot the northern landscape. Below, the terraced rice paddies, just in

harvest, complete the surreal scene. So often, the image seemed to have jumped straight from a travel poster.

No one appreciates a good tour guide more than another tour guide. Even on the first day, it was clear that we were going to experience so much of the country and people that we would have otherwise missed.

Much of the first two days of travel was by road, but we constantly made small detours through hidden tracks that took us all around the countryside.

Many of the routes we rode were small dirt or concrete paths that looked almost like cart paths. Each of these was the route used to access some small community in the mountains.

Friendly People, Great Food

Vietnam is about the same size as New Mexico, but holds 95 million people. So, no matter where you go, there are people. Even in the seemingly remote areas, there are always people.

As our days progressed, we passed

HALL OF FAMER

DAVE BARR Pushing Limits

Dave Barr, a professional soldier until a landmine explosion ended his military career, went on to set the standard for long-distance motorcycle riding with a series of epic journeys that established him as an icon of the human spirit’s capacity to overcome physical adversity. Despite the loss of his legs, he has ridden around the world, across Russia in the dead of a Siberian winter, and to the four farthest points of Australia, all aboard Harley-Davidson motorcycles. In the process, Barr has written books, produced documentaries, earned two Guinness World Records, and established a foundation to support a charity that assists disabled people.

Barr was born April 12, 1952, in Los Angeles, Calif., and was abandoned in the backseat of a car. After nine months in foster care, he was adopted by Guy Barr, a Navy veteran of World War II in the Pacific, and his wife, Lucille, who had worked in an aircraft assembly plant during the war. He bought his first motorcycle, a ’61 Harley-Davidson, after he returned in 1971 from Vietnam, where he had earned 57 air medals, including a single-mission decoration for valor during his combat tour as a U.S. Marine Corps helicopter gunner.

motorcycle, a ’61 Harley-Davidson, after single-mission decoration for valor during 1972 Harley-Davidson FX Super Glide. in Angola a decade later, Barr’s unarmored

Covina, Calif. He took the Super Glide out of storage and refit it to accommodate his prosthetics. He added an electric starter and an overload spring to the brake pedal so he could ride with his artificial right foot resting on it. On his first ride, a casual thought occurred to him, and it put his life on a new course that would take him around the world and to some of its most extreme and challenging environments.

In his first book, Riding the Edge, he described it this way: “Wouldn’t it be something to share this simple accomplishment of riding a motorcycle as a double amputee with disabled people the world over? Perhaps I could be a role model for those people who might someday suffer the loss of good health.”

Seven years later, he piloted the Super Glide out of Johannesburg, South Africa, on a 9,000-mile transcontinental ride

on a 9,000-mile transcontinental ride to raise funds for the Leonard Cheshire

Barr retired the Super Glide with a quarter of a million miles on the odometer in 1996, the same year he set out from Le Conquet, on France’s Atlantic coast, aboard a 1996 HarleyDavidson Sportster 883 equipped with a sidecar. Almost four months after leaving France, Barr arrived at the Pacific port city of Vladivostock, Russia, 9,375 miles east of his starting point. Much of the ride, which was undertaken in winter because the route was plotted to cross hundreds of miles of Russian marshland that could be traversed only when frozen, was made above the Arctic Circle.

At the easternmost point, Byron Bay, park rangers refused Barr permission to ride to the water’s edge but allowed him to roll the Sportster down 60 stairs to the Pacific Ocean. At Wilsons Promontory State Park, Barr’s southernmost goal, park personnel refused to allow Barr even to roll the bike to the water, but he kept his record bid in place by unbolting the front wheel and lugging the 32-pound assembly three kilometers down a slippery, barerock cliff to the Bass Strait.

rock cliff to the Bass Strait.

Foundation, an international charity that

assists disabled people. In September 1990, nine months after completing the Africa ride, Barr again left Johannesburg on the 18-year-old shovelhead, turned north and kept going. Riding six of the world’s continents—he couldn’t find a way to get the bike to Antarctica—Barr logged 83,000 miles through the world’s most dangerous and unforgiving regions during the 3½-year trip.

“If you’re not willing to take risks, you’re going nowhere,” Barr told an interviewer in 2003. “I took [the disabilities] and used them to give my life meaning so that maybe someday someone will be able to say, ‘I met Dave Barr, and if he did all of these things as he is, then surely I can live my life normally.’”

physical therapy to learn to walk again. When he was released from the hospital, Barr volunteered to go back to the combat zone where he’d nearly been killed to

He rode the panhead coast-to-coast-tocoast and then bought his second bike, a 1972 Harley-Davidson FX Super Glide. While serving in the South African army in Angola a decade later, Barr’s unarmored vehicle rolled over an anti-tank mine and exploded. He spent nine months in a Pretoria military hospital, undergoing 20 operations, including four to remove his legs in stages, skin grafts, and agonizing physical therapy to learn to walk again. When he was released from the hospital, Barr volunteered to go back to the combat zone where he’d nearly been killed to finish his enlistment on prosthetic legs.

Barr mustered out in December 1982 and returned to his family home in West

tape that dozens of

After enduring virtually indescribable physical and emotional hardship, overcoming mechanical failures, and plowing through thousands of miles of red tape that dozens of governments had wrapped around the ride, Barr made it home in May 1994.

Barr was inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2000.

1970 HUSQVARNA 400 CROSS

This bike is what motorcycle dreams are made of.

Ridden across a deserted beach and into history by AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Legend Malcolm Smith, this 1970 Husqvarna 400 Cross starred in the defining scene from the greatest motorcycle movie ever made, “On Any Sunday.”

While the 1971 documentary is renowned for its coverage of the

Photo by Preston Ray (www.PrestonRay.com)

sport, the concluding scene of Hall of Famers Smith, dirt-tracker Mert Lawwill and actor Steve McQueen play-riding by the sea showcased just how much fun the sport could be.

For that scene, Smith, an off-road racer, was aboard one of the best offroad bikes of the day—a Husqvarna 400 Cross.

Though relatively unknown outside of racing circles at the

time, Husqvarna was a force in international motocross, ultimately winning 14 World Motocross and 24 World Enduro titles through the 1960s and ’70s. There was a lot more to this bike than movie-star looks.

Imported by U.S. motocross pioneer and Hall of Famer Edison

Dye—the man who promoted many of the races that made the sport famous in America—Husqvarna built an early reputation for 250cc and 125cc success. In 1969, the company branched out with an open-class machine.

A bigger version of the popular, world championship-winning 250 Cross, the 395cc two-stroke single was a light, sharp-handling

performer, known for excellent power and decent factory suspension. Those capabilities, along with world-class talent at the controls, spurred the Husqvarna 400 Cross to competition success in the 1971 Baja 1000, where it was ridden to victory by Smith and Gunnar Nilsson.

In many ways, though, racing success couldn’t be as influential as

the free-riding footage that capped a documentary about motorcycle racing. That scene, in particular, is credited with a reported sales spike for Husqvarna after “On Any Sunday” hit the theaters.

You can see this 1970 Husqvarna 400 Cross, donated by Malcolm Smith, in the Hall of Fame museum on the campus of the AMA in Pickerington, Ohio.

around old Air Force One.

CRUISING OVERLOOKED ROADS IN VENTURA COUNTY

A Classic Retro Sidecar Rig Ride

I frequently hear: “That is a great classic BMW sidecar restoration!”

Thanks, but actually it’s a 2013 Russian Ural, an updated copy of the 1940 BMW R71 with many improvements.

When I first brought my Ural home, it was a scary ride. The rig was twitching all over my lane. After adjusting tire air pressures and tightening the loose sidecar wheel bearing, the Ural transformed into an enjoyable cruising machine.

This cruise takes me around many overlooked but inviting roads in the mountains, through foothills and across rich agricultural alluvial plains of Ventura County to some interesting and historic sites. My sidecar rig makes this tour a real pleasure. The ride is on two-lane asphalt, requiring a day to ride the route or a few days for the route and enjoy the sights.

Cruising straight roads past fields of strawberries and artichokes, I reach Potrero Road and wind through a narrow canyon of dried chaparral and scrubby shrubs. Suddenly, everything changes into multiple steep, 15 mph blind corners.

Here the sidecar’s unique handling characteristics are apparent. There is

By Tom Culbertson

no easy leaning into curves. I have to physically steer the Ural around each turn.

Exiting between a residential community and the Santa Monica National Recreation Area’s vast chaparral, I follow Potrero Road over hills and through mild curves into Hidden Valley.

Surrounded by beautiful, expansive ranches, this is relaxed cruising to Lake Sherwood. The oldest manmade lake in California, Sherwood was created by a dam in 1904. Now it is a community for the rich and famous. Scooting onward, I reach state highway 23 and head east for a delicious brunch of cinnamon raisin French toast at Brent’s Deli in Westlake.

Next, I head up Westlake Boulevard, then take Avenida De Los Arboles to the 23 freeway. At Madera/Olsen Road, I follow the signs to the Reagan Presidential Library to see any new displays and walk

Leaving the library, it’s back to the 23 where I watch for road signs to Grimes Canyon. I’m stuck with moderate traffic through Moorpark and eventually it turns into an asphalt sidewinder flopping back and forth down a steep, arid canyon.

Emerging from Grimes, I take Guiberson Road for gentle curvy fun, while following the Santa Clara River and passing fruit and vegetable crops.

At Guiberson’s end, I head into Piru (est. 1887) and take a look at the old Piru Hotel—now the Round Rock Hotel. This beautiful 1887 Colonial Revival structure is a grand sight.

Enjoying these uncrowded back roads, I return the same route to 23 and Bardsdale Road. After a few miles, I reach Bardsdale United Methodist Church. This building is an excellent example of 1898 rural church and gothic revival architecture.

A few miles farther is South Mountain Road. From there to Santa Paula, I’m swaying back and forth surrounded by orchards and vegetable crops paralleling the Santa Clara River.

Passing through Santa Paula (est. 1872),

I stop at the 1889 Union Oil Building and Museum to learn Ventura oil history. On display is a working historic oil derrick. And, sometimes, they have classic motorcycles.

Two blocks away is the sculpture, “THE WARNING,” memorializing two motorcycle police officers’ ride through the area, warning about the coming flood from the 1928 St. Francis Dam failure.

Heading to Ojai, I catch windy state Highway 150, following Santa Paula and Sisar Creeks past semi-arid terrain with occasional oaks.

Farther up, I smell oily odors and see some natural seeps—oil country!

I continue through enjoyable curves and enter Upper Ojai Valley, where I’m surrounded by pastures with grazing horses and cattle.

Leaving Upper Ojai, I’m challenged by steep serpentine Dennison Grade.

Riding past Ojai, I look for state highway 150, with more mountain curves all the way to the 101 and the Pacific Ocean.

Since speed isn’t a Ural attribute, I eventually head south on the old Highway 101 along the surf.

Arriving at Ventura, I slog through downtown traffic, past Mission San Buenaventura (est. 1782). This is one of the few remaining California missions showcasing an original interior.

A short detour to Grant Park provides me with a clear view of the Pacific Ocean and Channel Islands, as well as a cross that memorializes Padre Junipero Sierra, the founder of most California missions. Finally, riding to Missile Park on the

edge of Point Mugu Naval Air Base, I examine an arsenal of missiles. Seeing them up close is quite impressive.

Riding the classic retro sidecar rig is always enjoyable and a frequent conversation opener. My wife tells me that riding in the sidecar is like being in a parade: People are always waving or giving a thumbs up.

Tom Culbertson is an AMA Life Member from Port Hueneme, Calif.

The Benefits Of Windscreens

Q: How do windscreens help? Many windscreens aren’t high enough to stop the wind from hitting your chest or helmet.

A: Windscreens serve two primary purposes: keeping you comfortable and improving airflow. Comfort means reducing wind pressure and buffeting on your body and helmet, plus reducing wind noise. Airflow means the motorcycle can move more efficiently, with less drag and disturbance, requiring less power and fuel.

A frontal profile with a small, curved, and smooth “leading edge” expanding back toward the rider presents less resistance to the air than the rider’s torso and the multitude of obstacles otherwise presented to the airflow (such as gauges, handlebars, and mirrors).

Each size and style of windscreen will offer its own combination of modifications to the bike’s appearance, general airflow and the specific deflection of airflow around the rider’s body and helmet.

You may have to try several windscreens (and adjustments) before finding one that fits your needs. Be aware that 1) a windscreen may move the zone of turbulence to a point right behind you, meaning that your passenger may experience more buffeting with a windscreen than without; and 2) your motorcycle is more likely to be affected by side winds when fitted with a very large windscreen.

A windscreen that is not properly

matched to the motorcycle or is mounted incorrectly (angled too vertically, for example) can cause issues, including instability, if it slams against and compresses the air instead of smoothly displacing the air and slicing through it.

Compressed airflow tends to wrap around the edges of the screen and cause turbulence. Turbulence around a poorly fitted handlebarmounted windscreen in particular may tend to fight your steering input and cause a wobble or other undesirable effects.

AMA SOUND TESTING KITS AVAILABLE Application Deadline Is March 31

The AMA is giving away sound testing kits to AMA Districts, club members and others who educate riders about sound.

The kits contain a Type 2 sound meter, a tachometer, training materials, a sparkarrestor probe, personal protective equipment and a storage case.

Kits are awarded through a competitive grant process. Ten kits will be awarded in 2018.

Applicants must complete a form and return it to the AMA by March 31.

Forms and additional information are available from Steve Salisbury, government affairs manager for off-highway issues, at American Motorcyclist Association, 444 North Capitol St. NW, Suite 837, Washington, DC 20001; at (202) 220-1390; or at ssalisbury@ama-cycle.org.

Applications are considered twice. So, those who submitted applications in 2017 but were not selected, need not submit applications to be considered for the 2018 grants.

MEET JON STONE, NEW JERSEY STATE CHAPTER COORDINATOR

Volunteer, Activist, Ready To Make A Di erence

Jonathan Stone is New Jersey’s state coordinator for the AMA State Chapters and Volunteer Network.

Stone, 34, of Gillette, N.J., became an advocate in 2016 when he called a state senator to oppose a planned tax hike for gasoline. He is an AMA member who completed the AMA EAGLES program. And he is a member of ABATE of the Garden State.

Stone is one of four state coordinators who have been selected for the program. Each letter of the EAGLES acronym stands for an important element of advocacy: Education, Activism, Growth, Leadership, Expertise, Skills.

AMA State Chapters coordinators are AMA EAGLES members who have completed the Education, Activism, Growth, Expertise and Skills sections of AMA EAGLES training and have completed, or are currently working on, the Leadership segment.

State coordinators work with the AMA, individual AMA members and AMA District membership to recognize challenges and threats to motorcycling and the motorcycle lifestyle, to disseminate information, and to identify opportunities for AMA volunteers to make a difference in the motorcycling and greater community.

Anyone interested in completing

EAGLES training or becoming a state chapter coordinator should contact Marie Wuelleh, AMA State Chapters and Volunteer Network manager, at mwuelleh@ama-cycle.org.

DARIEN JACKET

BEYOND THE POKER RUN

Tips

For Changing Up The Ride

If you’ve ever participated in a poker run, you know how it goes. Ride to a checkpoint, draw a card, get your card marked and may the best hand win.

In some states, that’s a problem with the gambling commission, since there’s no actual game of skill. I personally believe the skill comes in getting from point A to point B on two wheels. Can that be argued?

So, some promoters will add in a game of skill. Perhaps one checkpoint will involve a dart throw, pool shot or ring toss. In that event, most gambling commissions won’t intervene and all is well.

hydration and snacks, first aid items, tools and other things a savvy rider would carry on any given day.

3. Viewpoints. If you’re in a scenic area with lots of overlooks, make use of them. Many have parking areas to accommodate multiple riders.

By Tom Mehren

Some groups repeat an event each year with the same checkpoints and same “skill” game on the same weekend. Poker runs serve their purpose, but there’s no reason you can’t inject a little ingenuity and make it more fun.

Enter, the Fun Run.

In the Fun Run, all bets are off, as there will always be one checkpoint of skill. The fun run breaks free of the poker run by not including a “best hand” outcome, instead relying on the promoters’ creativity to stage a fun concept that most riders have not experienced.

Here is a list of fun runs we’ve put together that have kept our events fresh, intriguing and free of the gambling commission’s watchful eye.

1. Real skills. Who can do a cone weave? How about a slow ride? What about keeping a bike at the legal speed limit between two checkpoints? A skillbased fun run reawakens riders to the importance of basic skills. And many can benefit from a brush-up like this.

2. Packing right. This sort-of scavenger hunt challenges participants at each checkpoint for items like tire repair gear,

4. Historic places. Old hotels, the site of the old mill, the old courthouse, schoolhouse and much more can be the basis for an informative fun run.

5. Churches. This one is popular with members of the Christian Motorcyclist Association. But don’t let it scare you off if you don’t subscribe. There are a lot of cool churches—old, new, plain and fancy. You never know what lies within.

6. School houses. In any one area there may be new schools, as well as old. Some may have nothing left but foundations from centuries ago. Do your homework and enjoy educating others about where they are riding.

7. Going postal tour. Create a series of fun run cards based on old postage stamps. Each stamp is worth whatever its penny or dollar value is in points. Six cents is worth 6 points, $15 is worth 15 points. And where are the checkpoints? You guessed it: U.S. post offices.

8. Bridges. Pretty much anywhere you want to hold a fun run, there are bridges that can be used for checkpoints. If you live in Oregon, you can pick from more than 60 covered bridges alone.

9. The rolling fun run. In the rolling fun run, the same designated dealer deals at every checkpoint. After Checkpoint 1, he or she rides to Checkpoint 2, where the players are waiting. While the hares may want to go as fast as they can go, they should bring a book to read while waiting for the tortoise dealer to arrive.

10. The selfie tour. Short on staff ? No biggie, just put together a selfie tour that

riders can do at their own pace within an allotted time. Riders get points for taking a selfie at specified locations. The tie-breaker is a post-ride Q & A about the places they visited along the way. Inevitably, a winner rises to the top.

11. End of the road. If you’re in a place where you can run a paved and dual sport fun run at the same time, simplify things

with shared check points. The road riders ride to the end of various paved roads as the dual sport riders approach from the oncoming dirt roads.

12. Natural wonders. Ice caves, lava tunnels, petrified forests, etc., all lend themselves well to fun run check points.

13. Anniversary recognition. During the 10th anniversary of our Rally in the

Gorge, I thought it was important to acknowledge people who had volunteered, or simply attended our event, during the previous decade. To do that, we compiled the names of everyone who had attended the event, then created cards about key people. The number of years attended equaled the points awarded to participants who drew their cards.

14. The fundraiser. You could be raising funds for a good cause, like the volunteer fire department, the county animal shelter or some other deserving nonprofit. And your checkpoints might be fire houses, vet clinics or social service outlets.

These are just a few ideas you can work with to break free from the habitual poker run mindset most events revolve around.

Tom Mehren is an award-winning AMA Road Riding promoter living in Seattle, Wash., who has put on AMA events for over a decade.

By Jim Witters

From national programs like the Ride for Kids

to local clubs like the Toledo (Ohio) Trail Riders, motorcyclists find ways every year to open their hearts (and their wallets) to the community by staging rides and other events to benefit charitable causes.

Newspapers, TV stations and web blogs carry stories throughout the year of toy runs, veterans’ events, nursing home visits and other examples of the selflessness of motorcyclists and their desire to help others.

Here are a few examples of AMA-chartered clubs and AMAsanctioned events organized by caring riders.

Ride for Kids

Ride for Kids, the organization founded by AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famers Mike and Diane Traynor, raises millions each year for the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation through events in cities across the country.

on combination therapies for medulloblastoma.

“As we prepare to celebrate Ride for Kids’ 35th anniversary in 2018, the PBTF gives thanks for the motorcyclists, sponsors and volunteers who have joined us in fighting for futures.”

One of the Ride for Kids volunteers is Vladimir Giterman, task force leader for the New England Ride for Kids (www.facebook.com/ NewEnglandRideforKids).

RIDING FOR A CAUSE

On-Road Or O , Motorcyclists Do Good

“For nearly 35 years, the motorcycling community has rallied together for children and teens battling brain tumors, the deadliest childhood cancer,” said Tiffany Drummond Armstrong, vice president of campaign development at the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation.

“By raising more than $2 million in 2017, Ride for Kids is fueling critical research, as well as advancing the field for tomorrow by funding Early Career Development awardees like Pratiti Bandopadhayay, MBBS, Ph.D., an instructor in pediatrics at Dana-Farber/ Boston Children’s focused

His club, the MetroWest Motorcycle Riders, has been involved with Ride for Kids for 20 years. Giterman became involved in 2011, when his son was diagnosed with brain cancer.

“My son lost his life after a 5-year-long battle,” he said. “This is my personal mission to make a difference.

“I always talk to my team of volunteers about the mission. I share my personal story and

stories of other families like mine. I’d assume each of them has their own motivation, depending on the job they do, but I am trying to make them understand that they are making a difference. They see it on the day of the event. Our stars [kids battling brain tumors] and their families come up and thank them during the event and that makes a huge impact.”

The New England Ride for Kids drew about 700 people on 430 motorcycles, raising $73,950 in 2017.

“People hear it everywhere: ‘Every dollar makes a difference.’ I wish I could have the power to show people just for a day what it’s like,” Giterman said. “I don’t wish that their kids get sick. But I would challenge them to walk side-by-side with a parent that heard the news that their child has brain cancer.

“Sometimes I tell people at my presentations, ‘Imagine you get a call from the school, and the nurse tells you your kid is sick. Just for a moment, your heart stops. Just for a moment, you are so worried that your stomach turns. Then the nurse says that it’s nothing serious. Just a little fever and everything goes back to

normal. Well, imagine that it does not get back to normal— for years—and this is the best case scenario. This is what it’s like to have a kid with cancer.’” Giterman said the “bestcase scenario is you always worry. The other alternative is my story, where I lost my son after five years of constant hospital visits.”

In addition to the ride, participants were treated to appearances by Miss Massachusetts USA Julia Scaparotti, costumed superheroes and Disney princesses.

One fundraiser, Dave Odess, has been participating in the New England Ride for Kids for two decades. In 2017, he raised $22,180.

“In 2018, we are hoping to partner with the Make a Wish organization and potentially get a couple of kids out on UTVs to enjoy the trails.”

Toledo Trail Riders

The Toledo Trail Riders (www.toledotrailriders.org) hosts an annual charity event dubbed “Laps for _____,” where the blank is filled with a different cause each year.

“Generally in late October, we host it at the Maumee State Forest APV Area—one of four public state forest riding areas in Ohio,” said Matthew P. Bucher, founder and president of the club. “This year (2017) was our fourth year doing such an event. The first two years we selected the Hannah’s Socks organization, a local nonprofit here in Toledo, to benefit.”

Hannah’s Socks is a community-based nonprofit dedicated to helping people affected by homelessness, poverty and domestic abuse in Ohio and Southeast Michigan. The group collects and donates new socks and undergarments to those in need.

“In 2016, we selected Multiple Sclerosis and also debuted our new single-track in the Maumee State Forest at that event,” Bucher said. “For 2017, we benefited the Sertoma Club of Whitehouse, Ohio.”

The mission of Sertoma is to improve the quality of life for those at risk or affected by hearing loss. The group offers education and support to affected individuals.

The Toledo Trail Riders

take a simple approach to philanthropy.

“Riders and participants donate money to the charity and are entered into raffle drawings,” Bucher said. “Raffle items are donated by local powersports dealerships that act as sponsors of the event. We do raffle drawings every hour and, in between those times, encourage participants to go out and ride and have a great time with their friends.”

Bucher said the Toledo Trail Riders added a road-riding portion to their 2017 event.

“It turned out great,” he said.

The club has raised more than $6,000 staging its four events, with 30 to 35 riders participating.

“In 2018, we are hoping to partner with the Make a Wish organization and potentially get a couple of kids out on

UTVs to enjoy the trails,” Bucher said. “That would be huge.”

Make a Wish America’s vision is “to grant the wish of every child diagnosed with a life-threatening medical condition.”

O Road Riders For Veterans

Russell Henry said he started his charity as “a labor of love,” because he saw a need for veterans who had become disabled as a result of their service.

Off Road Riders For Veterans (www.offroadriders forveterans.com) raises money to provide the equipment that disabled veterans need to traverse difficult terrain and access areas that they otherwise could not. The chairs have tracks—like tanks—instead of wheels.

“These chairs cost $15,000 to $20,000 apiece,” Henry said. “So far, we’ve bought two of them. The first one went to Al Olsen of Yakima, Wash. The second one was presented in

late 2017 to Todd Wingerson.”

Henry said that he has been paying the expenses for the events himself while the charity is in its fledgling stage. He works with the prosthetics department at the Veterans Administration hospital and uses social media to find beneficiaries who are in need of his support.

But happenstance also has its place.

“I was up in Ellensburg, Wash., scouting trails for the next event,” Henry said. “At the motel, I noticed two KTMs, so I struck up a conversation with their riders. One of them was Todd Wingerson’s best friend. That’s how Todd got his track chair.”

The charity tries to “provide a high quality family friendly OHV event to raise money to buy disabled veterans tracked mobility chairs,” Henry said. “We went from 52 riders at the first event to 113 and made enough to buy the first tracked chair.”

Participants at the ride meet the veterans who receive the chairs.

“Al Olsen came to the Ellensburg event and shared about how the chair has impacted his life,” Henry said. “The final festivities were led by the junior color guard from the Yakima Composite Flight Squadron. They led us in the pledge of allegiance, sang the National Anthem then presented the colors. We were treated to a fly over by the United States Air Ambulance Detachment from Yakima.”

AMA Life Member Byron Stuck, president of the Washington Off Highway Vehicle Alliance, said Henry’s work is beneficial.

“I really like the connection between helping veterans and off-road riders,” Stuck said. “A lot of riders are either veterans themselves or ride with, live with or were brought up by them. Seeing that there’s something they can give back to those veterans who’ve given so much for us, it just clicks!”

Henry said he hopes to set up booths at poker runs and races during 2018 and offer one-day rides in addition to his larger events.

Another tactic Henry employs is the “free breakfast,” which relies on rider donations.

“In addition to helping these veterans, I think this helps enhance the image of our sport,” Henry said. “It’s a great sport. But it has a somewhat rough image.”

R&T Club

The Road and Trail Motorcycle Club of Frederick,

Md. (www.randt-club.com), was established in 1970 and staged its 8th Annual R&T Charity Trail Ride in September. The event is also part of the Ride for Kids effort.

Club spokesman Jeffrey Nelson said 240 riders turned out for two days of riding, including a 13-mile loop with advanced and beginner options of single track and grass trails. The event also included motorcycle games for the kids, and a 2-mile kids loop.

Food was provided by the local Boy Scout Troop #32 of Romney, W.Va.

“The R&T Club has a strong emphasis on youth riding, community service and charities,” Nelson said. “With that said, the PBTF (Ride for Kids) was a natural fit for our club’s format. Pediatric brain tumors are one of the most deadly forms of childhood cancers.”

R&T also participates in the Baltimore/Washington area Ride for Kids Road Ride and Rally each year.

Nelson said R&T is the top fund-raising off-road club in the region.

“The R&T Club raised $11,500 at this year’s event,”

he said. “The event is in memory of R&T Club member Ron Lowing, who helped start this event and passed away of cancer in 2011.”

R&T also organizes an Adopt-a-Road project four times a year, an annual blood drive, a food drive and a Cookies for the Troops Day.

The club also helps man the Ride for Kids booth at the Timonium Motorcycle Show.

“What is comes down to is knowing that you’re contributing to a great cause,” Nelson said. “And getting some great riding opportunities.”

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ARIZONA

RECREATIONAL

ROAD RUN

Feb. 17: Scottsdale: Azratpack, (480) 239-8189, www.goaz.com/events.htm

CALIFORNIA

RECREATIONAL

DUAL SPORT RIDE

Feb. 17: Ridgecrest: Countdown, (775) 884-0399, www.dualsportwest.com

TRAIL RIDE - RECREATIONAL

Feb. 18: (Includes ATVs) Trona: Family Off-Road Adventures, (209) 649-3633, www.familyoffroadadventures.com

COMPETITION

GRAND PRIX

Feb. 9: (Includes ATVs) Taft: 2 Day Event, Southern California Dirt Diggers, , www.dirtdiggersmc.com

HARE SCRAMBLES

Feb. 17: Pacines: 2 Day Event, Salinas Ramblers M/C, (540) 623-3426, www.salinasramblersmc.org

MOTOCROSS

Feb. 18: (Includes ATVs) San Bernardino: SoCal MX Series, (909) 880-3090, www.glenhelen.com

TT FLAT TRACK

Feb. 4: Lodi: Lodi Motorcycle Club, (209) 368-7182, lodicyclebowl.com

Feb. 11: Lodi: Lodi Motorcycle Club, (209) 3687182, lodicyclebowl.com

FLORIDA

RECREATIONAL

POKER RUN

Feb. 17: Fort Walton Beach: Sand Dollar MC, Inc., (850) 244-0376, sandollarmotorcycleclub.com

FEBRUARY EVENTS

COMPETITION

SUPERCROSS AMATEUR RACING

Feb. 25: Tampa: Feld Motor Sports, (800) 216-7482, www.arenacross.com

INDIANA

MOTOCROSS

Feb. 4: Wildwood: Unlimited Sports MX Inc., www.unlimitedsportsmx.com

Feb. 11: Alachua: Unlimited Sports MX Inc., www.unlimitedsportsmx.com

Feb. 17: Alachua: 2 Day Event, Unlimited Sports MX Inc., www.unlimitedsportsmx.com

MARYLAND

COMPETITION

MOTOCROSS

Feb. 4: (Includes ATVs) Mechanicsville: Budds Creek Motocross Park, (301) 475-2000, www.buddscreek.com

Feb. 11: (Includes ATVs) Mechanicsville: Budds Creek Motocross Park, (301) 475-2000, www.buddscreek.com

Feb. 17-18: (Includes ATVs) Mechanicsville: 2-Day Event, Budds Creek Motocross Park, (301) 4752000, www.buddscreek.com

Feb. 25: (Includes ATVs) Mechanicsville: Budds Creek Motocross Park, (301) 475-2000, www.buddscreek.com

MICHIGAN

COMPETITiON

ICE RACE

Feb. 18: Oswosso, Mich.

NEW YORK

COMPETITION

HARE SCRAMBLES

Feb. 25: (Includes ATVs) Port Crane: Square Deal

COMING EVENTS

SUPERCROSS

Riders M/C, (607) 693-2634, www.squaredealriders.com

PENNSYLVANIA

COMPETITION

MOTOCROSS

Feb. 17: (Includes ATVs) Harrisburg: Trail-Way Speedway, (717) 359-7056, www.motoramaevents.com

Feb. 18: (Includes ATVs) Harrisburg: Trail-Way Speedway, (717) 359-7056, www.motoramaevents.com

SOUTH CAROLINA

COMPETITION

ARENACROSS

Feb. 17: Florence: 2 Day Event, Feld Motor Sports, (800) 216-7482, www.arenacross.com

ENDURO

Feb. 25: Salley: Columbia Enduro Riders Assoc, (803) 788-4220

TEXAS

COMPETITION

MOTOCROSS

Feb. 3: Yantis: 2 Day Event, Johnsonville MX Farm, (903) 217-7965, www.johnsonvillemxfarm.com

Feb. 24: Wortham: 2 Day Event, Freestone County Raceway, LLC., (713) 962-3386, www.freestonemx.com

WISCONSIN

ARENACROSS

Feb. 10: Madison: 2 Day Event, Feld Motor Sports, (800) 216-7482, www.arenacross.com SHORT TRACK

Feb. 23: Milwaukee: Flat Out Friday LLC, (414) 2270400, bmoharrisbradleycenter.com

COMING EVENTS

June 2: Lakewood, Colo.: Thunder Valley National: Thunder Valley MX Park

June 16: Mount Morris, Pa.: High Point National: High Point Raceway

June 23: Blountville, Tenn.: Tennessee National: Muddy Creek Raceway

June 30: Southwick, Mass.: Southwick National: Southwick MX Park

July 7: Buchanan, Mich.: RedBud National: RedBud MX

July 21: Millville, Minn.: Spring Creek National: Spring Creek MX Park

July 28: Washougal, Wash.: Washougal National: Washougal MX Park

Aug. 11: New Berlin, N.Y.: Unadilla National: Unadilla MX

Aug. 18: Mechanicsville, Md.: Budds Creek National: Budds Creek MX Park

Aug. 25: Crawfordsville, Ind.: Ironman National: Ironman Raceway

CHAMPIONSHIP

AMSOIL AMA AMATEUR NATIONAL ARENACROSS CHAMPIONSHIP www.arenacross.com

Jan. 20: Wilkes Barre, Pa.: Mohegan Sun Arena

Jan. 27: Greensboro, N.C.: Greensboro Coliseum

Feb. 10: Madison, Wis.: Alliant Energy Center

Feb. 17: Florence, S.C.: Florence Civic Center

March 17: Denver: Denver Coliseum

March 24: Nampa, Idaho: Ford Idaho Center

April 7: Wichita, Kan.: Intrust Bank Arena

April 21: Portland, Ore.: Veterans Memorial Coliseum

April 28: Reno, Nev.: Reno-Sparks Livestock Events Center

May 4: Las Vegas: Orleans Arena

CHAMPIONSHIP

MOUNTAIN ATV/MC

AMATEUR NATIONAL MOTOCROSS CHAMPIONSHIP, PRESENTED BY LUCAS OIL www.mxsports.com

July 30-Aug. 4: Hurricane Mills, Tenn.: Loretta Lynn’s Ranch

NORTHEAST AREA QUALIFIERS

March 17-18: Hedgesville, W.Va.: Tomahawk MX

April 7-8: Shippensburg, Pa.: Doublin Gap MX Park

April 14-15: Mt. Morris, Pa.: High Point Raceway

April 21-22: Seward, Pa.: Pleasure Valley Raceway

May 5-6: Wallkill, N.Y.: Walden Motocross

May 12-13: Axton, Va.: Lake Sugar Tree Motocross Park

May 12-13: Lyman, Maine: MX 207

May 19-20: Elkland, Pa.: Miles Mountain MX

NORTHEAST REGIONAL

June 9-10: Danville, Va.: Birch Creek Motorsports (Youth)

June 16-17: New Berlin, N.Y.: Unadilla Motocross (Amateur)

SOUTHEAST AREA QUALIFIERS

Feb: 17-18: Gainesville, Fla.: Gatorback Cycle Park

March 24-25: Henderson, N.C.: North Carolina Motorsports Park

April 7-8: Dade City, Fla.: Dade City Motocross

April 14-15: Washington, Ga.: Aonia Pass Motocross

April 21-22: Hamer, S.C.: South of the Border MX

April 28-29: Tallassee, Ala.: Monster Mountain MX Park

April 28-29: Wytheville, Va.: Pro Sport MX

May 5-6: Dalton, Ga.: Lazy River MX

SOUTHEAST REGIONAL

May 26-27: Blountville, Tenn.: Muddy Creek Raceway (Youth)

June 2-3: Jacksonville, Fla.: WW Motocross Park (Amateur)

MID-EAST AREA QUALIFIERS

March 10-11: Altamont, Tenn.: Fast Farms MX

April 7-8: Rossville, Ind.: Wildcat Creek MX

April 14-15: Sebree, Ky.: Echo Valley MX

April 21-22: New Vienna, Ohio: East Fork Motocross Park

April 28-29: Millington, Mich.: Baja Acres

May 5-6: Bloomingdale, Mich.: Dutch Sport Park

May 12-13: Nashport, Ohio: Briarcliff MX

May 19-20: Livingston, Tenn.: Thunder Valley MX

MID-EAST REGIONAL

June 2-3: Millfield, Ohio: Sunday Creek (Youth)

June 9-10: Buchanan, Mich.: RedBud MX (Amateur)

NORTH CENTRAL AREA QUALIFIERS

March 17-18: Maize, Kan.: Bar 2 Bar MX

April 7-8: Winterset, Iowa: Riverside Raceway

April 14-15: Richwoods, Mo.: Romp MX Track

April 21-22: Casey, Ill.: Lincoln Trail Motosports

April 28-29: DuQuoin, Ill.: Indian Hills MX

May 5-6: Tigerton, Wis.: Tigerton MX

May 12-13: Little Falls, Minn.: Little Falls Raceway

May 26-27: Byron, Ill.: Byron Motorsports Park

NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL

June 16-17: Millville, Minn.: Spring Creek Motocross Park

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June 23-24: Walnut, Ill.: Sunset Ridge MX (Youth)

SOUTH CENTRAL AREA QUALIFIERS

Feb 17-18: Amarillo, Texas: Bowers MX

March 10-11: Yantis, Texas: Johnsonville MX Farm

March 17-18: Centreville, Miss.: Farm 14

April 14-15: Wellston, Okla.: Reynard Raceway

April 21-22: Alvord, Texas: Oak Hill Raceway

April 28-29: Tyler, Texas: Swan MX Raceway Park

May 5-6: Wortham, Texas: Freestone Raceway

May 19-20: Lakewood, Colo.: Thunder Valley Park

SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL

June 9-10: Ponca City, Okla.: Ponca City MX (Youth)

June 23-24: Conroe, Texas: 3 Palms Action Sports Park (Amateur)

NORTHWEST AREA QUALIFIERS

Feb. 17-18: Marysville, Calif.: Riverfront MX Park

March 17-18: Richland, Wash.: Horn Rapids Motorsports Complex

April 8: Idaho Falls, Idaho: Noise Park Raceway

April 28-29: Billings, Mont.: Billings MX

May 5-6: Junction City, Ore.: Eugene MX Park

May 12-13: Washougal, Wash.: Washougal MX Park

NORTHWEST REGIONAL

May 26-27: Richland, Wash.: Horn Rapids Motorsports Complex (Youth & Amateur)

MID-WEST AREA QUALIFIERS

March 17-18: Tulare, Calif.: DT1 MX Park

April 1: Delta, Utah: Bunker Hill Motocross Track

April 7-8: San Bernardino, Calif.: Glen Helen Raceway

May 5-6: Junction City, Ore.: Eugene MX Park

MID-WEST REGIONAL

June 2-3: Rancho Cordova, Calif.: Prairie City OHV (Youth & Amateur)

SOUTHWEST AREA QUALIFIERS

Feb.: 10-11: Buckeye, Ariz.: Arizona Cycle Park

Feb. 24: Riverside, Calif.: Milestone MX Park

March 11: St. George, Utah: St. George MX Park

April 8: Maui, Hawaii: Maui Motocross

April 7-8: San Bernardino, Calif.: Glen Helen Raceway

April 14-15: Moriarty, N.M.: Sandia Motocross at Moriarty

COMING EVENTS

April 28: Pala, Calif.: Pala Raceway

SOUTHWEST REGIONAL

June 9-10: Pala, Calif.: Pala Raceway (Youth & Amateur)

AMA PRO-AM SCHEDULE

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Jan. 20-21: Fort Worth, Texas: Village Creek MX Park: Texas Winter Series Round 3: 817-572-7713, www. villagecreekmx.com

Feb. 3-4: Yantis, Texas: Johnsonville MX Farm: Texas Winter Series Round 4: 903-217-7965, www.johnsonvillemxfarm.com

Feb. 3-4: San Bernardino, Calif.: Glen Helen Raceway: Road to Mammoth: 740-2XP-MOTO, www.2xpromotions.com

Feb. 10-11: Buckeye, Ariz.: Arizona Cycle Park: AMA Area Qualifier: 623-853-0750, www.arizonacyclepark.com

Feb. 24-25: Wortham, Texas: Freestone Raceway: Texas Winter Series Round 5 : 713-962-3386, www.freestonemx.com

March 3-4: Snelling, Calif.: Oatfield Raceway: Road to Mammoth: 740-2XP-MOTO, www.2xpromotions.com

March 15-17: Pell City, Ala.: Mill Creek Motocross Park: Spring Classic: 205-699-8857, www.millcreekmx. com

March 15-18: Alvord, Texas: Oak Hill Raceway: GNC International MX Final: 940-577-2225, www.gncmxracing.com

March 21-24: Wortham, Texas: Freestone Raceway: James Stewart Spring Championship: 713-962-3386, www.freestonemx.com

April 7-8: San Bernardino, Calif.: Glen Helen Raceway: AMA Area Qualifier: 740-2XP-MOTO, www.2xpromotions.com

April 7-8: Sanford, N.C.: Devils Ridge Motocross: North Carolina State Championship: 919-776-1767, www.devilsridgemotox.com

April 11-15: Pala, Calif.: Pala Raceway: California Classic: 740-2XP-MOTO, www.2xpromotions.com

April 21-22: Rancho Cordova, Calif.: Prairie City OHV: Road to Mammoth: 740-2XP-MOTO, www.2xpromotions.com

May 5-6: Scottsburg, Ind.: High Fly MX Park 2.0: Kentuckiana MX Championship Series Pro-Am: 812-374-8228, www.highflymx.com

May 5-6: Dalton, Ga.: 2 Pro_ams Lazy River Motocross: AMA Area Qualifier: 706-278-1620

May 5-6: Scottsburg, Ind.: High Fly MX Park 2.0: Kentuckiana MX Championship Series Pro-Am: 812-374-8228, www.highflymx.com

May 17-18: Rancho Cordova, Calif.: Hangtown Motocross Classic: Pro National Amateur Day/HT50 “Amateur Shootout”: 1-800-HANGTOWN, www.hangtownmx.com

May 27: Englishtown, N.J.: Raceway Park: Raceway Park Pro-Am: 732-446-7800: www.racewaypark.com

May 28: Brush, Colo.: Sweney Cycle Park: Rocky Mountain Showdown Series: 970-768-0519: www. brushmx.com

June 3: Walkill, N.Y: Walden MX: Walden MX Pro-Am: 845-895-2537, www.mxwalden.com

June 10: Lake Mills, Wis.: Aztalan Cycle Club: AMA District 16 MX Pro-Am: www.aztalanmx.com

June 15-24: Mammoth Lakes, Calif.: Mammoth Motocross: 51st Annual Mammoth Motocross: 740-2XP-MOTO, www.mammothmotocross.com

June 23: Mt. Carroll, Ill.: McMotopark: McMotopark Pro-Am: 815-238-1614, www.mcmotopark.com

July 1: Clifford, Pa.: Hurricane Hills Sportscenter: Annual Independence Day Race: 570-222-9290, www.hhmotocross.com

July 15: Blountville, Tenn.: Muddy Creek Raceway: Tennessee State Championship: 432-323-5497, www.victory-sports.com

August 11-12: Mechanicsville, Md.: Budds Creek MX: Budds Creek Race 6 Pro-Am: 301-475-2000, www. buddscreek.com

Sept. 16: - Hamer, S.C.: South of the Border MX: South Carolina State Championship: 423-323-5497, www. victory-sports.com

Sept 22-23: Gaston, S.C.: Moto-Vated Sports Complex: 2-Stroke Southeast Championship: 606-401-6642, www.moto-vatedsportscomplex.com

Sept 22-23: Mechanicsville, Md.: Kevin Crine Memorial Pro-Am: 443-669-3007, www.mamamx.com

Sept 30: Dalton, Ga.: Lazy River Motocross: Georgia State Championship: 706-278-1620, www.lazyrivermx.com

Oct. 14: Blountville, Tenn.: Muddy Creek Raceway: Top Gun Showdown: 432-323-5497, www.victory-sports.com

Oct 19-21: Englishtown, N.J.: Raceway Park: 42nd Annual Kawasaki Race of Champions: 732-446-7800: www.racewaypark.com

Oct 28: Jacksonville, Fla.: WW Motocross Park: Florida State Championship: 904-318-4096, www.wwmotox.com NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP AMA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP SNOW BIKE SERIES www.snowbikeseries.com

Jan. 19: Eagle River, Wis.

Jan. 20: Eagle River, Wis.

Jan. 27: McCall, Idaho

Feb. 10: Lake Tahoe, Nev.

Feb. 24: Kalispell, Mont.

March 11: West Yellowstone, Mont.

March 24: Diamond Lake, Ore.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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COMING EVENTS

March 13: Daytona Beach, Fla.: Daytona International Raceway

March 24-25: Hamer, S.C.: South of the Border

April 14-15: Kemp, Texas: Underground MX

May 5-6: Crawfordsville, Ind.: Ironman Raceway

May 19-20: Mount Morris, Pa.: High Point Raceway

June 2-3: Blountville, Tenn.: Muddy Creek Raceway

June 16-17: Walnut, Ill.: Sunset Ridge MX

July 7-8: New Berlin, N.Y.: Unadilla MX

July 21-22: Buchanan, Mich.: RedBud MX

Aug. 11-12: Hurricane Mills, Tenn.: Loretta Lynn Ranch

FEATURED SERIES

TEXAS WINTER SERIES www.freestonemx.com

Jan. 20-21: Fort Worth, Texas: Village Creek MX Park

Feb. 3-4: Yantis, Texas: Johnsonville MX Farm

Feb. 24-25: Wortham, Texas: Freestone Raceway

MEGA SERIES www.victory-sports.com

March 18: Blountville, Tenn.: Muddy Creek

April 8: Dalton, GA: Lazy River MX

April 21-22: Hamer, SC: SOB-MX: Southeast Area Qualifier

April 28-29: Wytheville, VA: Pro Sport MX: Southeast Area Qualifier

June 24: Blountville, Tenn.: Muddy Creek: Pro National Weekend

July 7: Greeneville, Tenn.: I-81 Motorsports

July 14: Blountville, Tenn.: Muddy Creek

July 15: Blountville, Tenn.: Muddy Creek: TN State Championship and Pro-Am

July 22: Wytheville, VA: Pro Sport MX

Aug 26: Wytheville, VA: Pro Sport MX

Sept 9: Blountville, Tenn.: Muddy Creek

Sept 16: Hamer, SC: SOB-MX: SC State Championship and Pro-Am

Sept 30: Dalton, GA: Lazy River MX: GA State Championship and Pro-Am

Oct 13: Blountville, Tenn.: Muddy Creek

Oct 14: Blountville, Tenn.: Muddy Creek: Top Gun Showdown and Pro-Am (**Note: this event should also be listed under Featured Events)

ROAD TO MAMMOTH MOTOCROSS www.mammothmotocross.com

-Feb 4: San Bernardino, Calif.: Glen Helen Raceway

-Feb 25: Riverside, Calif.: Milestone MX

-March 4: Snelling, Calif.: Oatfield

-March 18: Tulare, Calif.: DT1 MX Park

-April 22: Rancho Cordova, Calif.: Prairie City SVRA

-April 29: Pala, Calif.: Pala Raceway

-June 15-24: Mammoth Lakes, Calif.: Mammoth Mountain

FEATURED EVENTS

SPRING CLASSIC www.millcreekmx.com

March 16-17: Pell City, AL: MillCreek MX

CALIFORNIA CLASSIC www.2xpromotions.com

April 12-15: Pala, Calif.: Pala Raceway

BAJA BRAWL www.bajaacres.com

Sept 1-3: Millington, Mich.: Baja Acres

KEVIN CRINE MEMORIAL RACE www.buddscreek.com

Sept 22-23: Mechanicsville, MD: Budds Creek MX

KAWASAKI RACE OF CHAMPIONS www.racewaypark.com

Oct. 19-21: Englishtown, N.J.: Raceway Park

TOP GUN SHOWDOWN www.victory-sports.com

Oct. 14: Blountville, Tenn.: Muddy Creek Raceway

MAJOR EVENTS

JAMES STEWART FREESTONE SPRING CHAMPIONSHIP www.freestonemx.com

March 21-24: Wortham, Texas: Freestone Raceway

RICKY CARMICHAEL DAYTONA AMATEUR SUPERCROSS www.mxsports.com

March 11-12: Daytona, FL: Daytona International Speedway

MAMMOTH MOUNTAIN MOTOCROSS www.mammothmotocross.com

June 15-24: Mammoth Lakes, Calif.: Mammoth Mountain

DIRT TRACK

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March 15: Daytona Beach, Fla.: Daytona International Speedway: Daytona TT

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April 7: Woodstock, Ga.: Dixie Speedway: Atlanta Short Track

April 28: Fort Worth, Texas: Texas Motor Speedway: Texas Half- Mile

May 5: Calistoga, Calif.: Calistoga SPeedway: Calistoga Half-Mile

May 12: Phoenix, Ariz.: Turf Paradise: Arizona Mile

May 19: Sacramento, Calif.: Cal Expo: Sacramento Mile

May 27: Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Fairgrounds: Springfield Mile I

June 2: Lexington, Ky.: Red Mile: Red Mile

June 16: Oklahoma City, Okla.: Remington Park: OKC Mile

June 30: Lima, Ohio: Allen County Fairgrounds: Lima Half-Mile

July 7: Weedsport, N.Y.: Weedsport Speedway: New York Short Track

Aug. 5: Sturgis, S.D.: Buffalo Chip Campgrounds: Buffalo Chip TT

Aug. 7: Rapid City, S.D.: Black Hills Speedway: Black Hills Half-Mile

Aug. 18: Peoria, Ill.: Peoria Motorcycle Club: Peoria TT

Sept. 2: Springfield, Ill.: Illinois State Fairgrounds: Springfield Mile II

Sept. 8: Mechanicsburg, Pa.: Williams Grove Speedway: Williams Grove Half-Mile

Sept. 29: Shankopee, Minn.: Cantebury Park: Minnesota Mile

Oct. 6: East Rutherford, N.J.: Meadowlands Racing & Entertainment: Meadowlands Mile

ROAD RACE

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April 13-15: Braselton, Ga.: Road Atlanta

April 20-22: Austin, Texas: Circuit of The Americas

May 4-6: Alton, Va.: VIRginia International Raceway

June 1-3: Elkhart Lake, Wis.: Road America

June 22-24: Monterey, Calif.: Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca

July 20-22: Tooele, Utah: Utah Motorsports Campus

Aug. 10-12: Sonoma, Calif.: Sonoma Raceway

Aug. 24-26: Wampum, Penn.: Pittsburgh International Race Complex

COMING EVENTS

Sept. 7-9: Millville, N.J.: New Jersey Raceway Park

Sept. 21-23: Birmingham, Ala.: Barber Motorsports Park

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April 14: Boise, Idaho: Expo Idaho

May 13: Tucson, Ariz.: Musselman Honda Circuit: 4th Annual Military Appreciation Race

June 8: Austin, Texas: Travis County Expo Center: 23rd Anniversary Republic of Texas Rally

June 9: Austin, Texas: Travis County Expo Center

Aug. 3-5: Quebec, Canada: GP3R Trois-Rivières: 3rd Annual GP3R w/ FIA World Rallycross

Sept. 8: Sturgis, S.D.: Downtown Sturgis: 6th Annual Streets of Sturgis Supermoto)

77TH DAYTONA 200, SANCTIONED BY ASRA www.asraracing.com

March 17: Daytona Beach, Fla.: Daytona International Speedway

MOTOGP RED BULL GRAND PRIX OF THE AMERICAS www.circuitoftheamericas.com/motogp

April 20-22: Austin, Texas: Circuit of The Americas

SPECIALTY

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Feb. 2-4: Cadillac, Mich.

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Feb. 10: Wausau, Wis.

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Nov. 12-17: Viña del Mar, Chile

AMA EASTREGION ISDE QUALIFIER SERIES www.americanmotorcyclist.com

Jan. 27-28. Seville, Fla.: River City Dirt Riders/Florida Trail Riders

April 28-29. Battle Creek, Mich.: Battle Creek MC/ Michigan Sprint Enduros

May 19-20. Axton, Va.: Full Gas Sprint Enduro

AMA WEST REGION ISDE QUALIFIER SERIES www.americanmotorcyclist.com

Jan. 20-21. Wickenburg, Ariz.: Fast’R MC/AMRA

April 7-8. Ukiah, Calif.: NorthBay MC/AMA District 36

May 26-27. TBA, Idaho.: JSM Adventures NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

AMA GRAND NATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES www.gnccracing.com

Feb. 24-25: Union, S.C.: Big Buck: Big Buck Farms

Marh 10-11: Palatka, Fla.: Wild Boar: Hogwaller

March 17-18: Washington, Ga.: The General: Aonia Pass MX

April 7-8: Morganton, N.C.: Steele Creek: Steele Creek Campground

April 21-22: Society Hill, S.C.: Camp Coker Bullet: Moree’s Sportsman’s Preserve

May 12-13: Peru, Ind.: X-Factor: X Factor Whitetails

May 26-7: Millfield, Ohio: The John Penton: Sunday Creek Raceway

June 9-10: Alpine, N.Y.: Tomahawk: Seneca Highland

June 23-24: Snowshoe, W. Va.: Snowshoe: Snowshoe Mountain Resort

Sept. 15-16: Harpursville, N.Y.: Black Sky: Johnson Family Farm

Sept. 29-30: Mount Morris, Pa.: Mason Dixon: Mathews Farm

Oct. 13-14: St. Clairsville, Ohio: Powerline Park: Powerline Park

Oct. 27-28: Crawfordsville, Ind.: Ironman: Ironman Raceway NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

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Jan. 27-28: Lucerne, Calif.

Feb. 10-11: Fluvanna, Texas

Feb. 24-25: El Centro, Calif.

April 21-22: Jericho, Utah

May 4-5: Jericho, Utah

July 28-29: TBD, Wy.

Aug. 8-9: Big Sandy, Mont.

Aug. 25: Panaca, Nev.

Oct. 13-14: Barstow, Calif.

Oct. 27-28: Lucerne, Calif.

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April 21-22: Roswell, N.M.

April 28-29: TBD, Colo.

June 9-10: Sequatchie, Tenn.

June 16-17: TBH, Ark.

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Feb. 4: Sumter, S.C.

March 4: Forest Hill, La.

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A LOVE OF RIDING

The Roads, The Sights, The People

By Tina Turner

Sometimes I recall that warm June night in Pittsburgh in 1983. My boyfriend had misjudged a car stopped in front of us to make a left turn. I held on during the hard braking, but didn’t during contact.

I went over the back corner of the car as it turned and landed face first hard enough to rip the helmet from my head. My chin hit the road and split. As my jaw came together, my teeth shattered. My pelvis was broken. Thankfully, I had no other road rash—gloves, jacket, jeans and boots prevented that. I spent a week in the hospital and ended up black and blue from my knee to my armpit on my right side.

Fast forward to 1990, when I found myself on the back of another bike with another boyfriend. I decided I didn’t like that position. I wanted to be in charge.

So, I bought a used 1983 Honda 500 Shadow, and practiced in the alley behind my house until I felt confident to ride on the street. I put 10,000 miles on that bike during the summer. The next spring, I bought a 1991 Honda 750 Nighthawk. I rode that bike all over the western Pennsylvania hills.

Then a friend introduced me to rallies. That’s when it all came together: motorcycling, touring and camping. I loved to spend days and weeks touring our country on two wheels.

I rode that Nighthawk all over the eastern United States. I spent most of my summers with three-day weekends, traveling to Vermont, New York, Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio. I’d take weeklong trips to North and South Carolina and northern Alabama. I’d do 500- to 800-mile days.

I got to know a lot of people who went to the rallies and, every time we got together, it was like we had just seen each other yesterday.

People would ask me, “Aren’t you nervous to be out on a bike by yourself?”

I would ask them, “Would you mess with a woman by herself on a motorcycle?”

They would think and say, “I guess not.”

Actually, most people are interested and approach me to talk about riding, especially if I’m a few states away from home. Many find it fascinating to see me on the road, just meandering across the countryside, stopping wherever I want. It’s a great freedom, and it clears the mind.

In 1995, I moved to the Denver area. Talk about long distance touring! Nothing is close in the West. Out here, I have learned to ride 200 miles to get breakfast, then continue on my ride.

I continued going to rallies, but most became weeklong trips. I’ve been to Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Idaho, Washington, South Dakota and California. I got to know another bunch of great people who I see, maybe, every few years. I even met my husband at a rally when he was seated with some of my rally friends.

We had been to the same rallies before, but had never met. That was in 1998. We married in 2001.

After all the riding I had done by myself, I was riding with someone again. It’s the same, but different.

It came together once we got bike-tobike communication. We loved riding long distances and camping, but it’s easier when

you can tell the other person you’d like to stop. It’s also useful for pointing out wildlife or something to look at.

In the mountains, I’ve come around a corner to a herd of big horn sheep, watched a bobcat walk down a road, followed a young moose and seen brown bear. Out on the plains, it’s pronghorn antelopes, pheasants, coyotes and large birds of prey.

In 2001, I bought the Suzuki 1200s Bandit that I still ride. It has more than 94,000 miles, and I’ve put every mile on. I love this bike, because it’s easy to work on and modify, and it packs a lot of power in a small package. And it’s comfortable.

I have traveled to Alabama a few times. And my husband and I have taken several one- or two-week trips. I even ride back to Pittsburgh to see my parents.

Motorcycling allows me to clear my head of everyday problems.

Cleaning and working on my bike also is therapeutic. Being alone in the garage, going over every inch, finding little issues and fixing them before they become true problems just brings me closer to my bike.

The motorcycling world is a wonderful one. When two people who ride come together, they each know what the other person goes through on the road. There’s no need to explain. It doesn’t matter if you’re male or female or what you ride. Where else can you find that?

Tina Turner is an AMA member from Bennett, Colo. She has been riding for 27 years.

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THREE PATHS, ONE LIFESTYLE

Women Thrive In Motorcycling Community

By Ashley M. Price

The history of motorcycling is sprinkled with the stories of strong, determined women who bucked the odds to carve out a place for themselves.

The AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame preserves the stories of such pioneers, including Pearl Hoel, Hazel Kolb, Dot Robinson, Bessie Stringfield, Adeline and Augusta Van Buren and Margaret Wilson. All were female motorcycling ambassadors for many decades. All of them broke down barriers.

Other inductees into the Hall of Fame, such as Becky Brown, Sharon Clayton, Mona Ehnes, Debbie Evans, Sue Fish, Linda Giovannoni, Rita Gregory, Phyllis

McClure and Cris Sommer-Simmons are dedicated to making motorcycling a mainstream activity for more and more women.

Today, many women are a part of the motorcycle lifestyle and can be found at all levels of motorcycling, from a backwoods trail to an interstate highway, from the local motocross track to the executive board room.

Here are three of their stories.

PATRICIA JACQUES

Vehicle Of Empowerment

Patricia Jacques views her motorcycle as a vehicle of empowerment. Riding helped her gain confidence in herself, and encouraged her to teach other women to believe in themselves, as well.

Jacques was first exposed to motorcycles while watching a round of the FIM MXGP series in Germany, where she was living on an Army base with her family. Just 4 years old, she instantly fell in love with the speed and intensity of motorcycle racing, watching the professional racers effortlessly maneuver the track.

Seven years later, motorcycles were still on Jacques’ mind when her dad asked her what she wanted as a reward for making the honor society at school.

After begging for a motorcycle for weeks, Jacques finally got a Honda minibike to ride around the backyard. The only stipulation was that she had to share the bike with her brother.

“I rode that thing until it pretty much wouldn’t go anymore,” Jacques said. “From the minute I got home from school until it was dark outside and my parents were begging me to come inside, I was riding. I rode that little thing all around the neighborhood and showed off to all the other kids. Even at a very young age, I loved going fast and being the best.”

Jacques’ younger brother began competing in local motocross events, but, while she was always at the track with her family to watch, she wasn’t allowed to compete herself.

After more months of begging, she finally convinced her dad to let her ride practice.

“I know he didn’t take me seriously before that,” Jacques said. “I know it was practice, but I pretty much went out and lapped the whole field. And, since I had to be a registered racer to ride practice, I talked my dad into letting me actually race that same day. Let’s just say he knew it wasn’t a joke after that.”

From that race forward, motocross racing consumed her life. She said her competitive edge pushed her to want to win races and be the best. Her results

showed that. She was beating the boys and finishing up front at events, such as the AMA Winter Nationals in Florida.

“I could hear people say, ‘Oh! That’s a girl!’ when I’d come around the track,” Jacques said. “I was just about the only girl racing motocross on the East Coast that was getting the results I was, so most of these guys had never seen a girl ride, let alone beat them.”

Although Jacques was turning out impressive results, she found herself battling mental road blocks and lacking confidence. She realized the pressure she was putting on herself to win was both mentally and physically unhealthy.

“I felt like I had to beat the boys to prove myself,” Jacques said.

Jacques said she now realizes the pressure she put on herself to win took away the comfort she found in riding.

“I changed my perception,” she said. “Instead of trying to be the best at something, I began simply doing the best I could on any given day. I didn’t have to win anymore to feel good about myself.”

After that revelation, Jacques decided to help empower other women through motorcycling.

She now owns and operates ADV Woman, a riding school devoted to instilling confidence in women by teaching them to ride off-road.

Jacques also organizes an annual adventure ride for women through Back Country Discovery Routes and encourages riders of all skill levels to take part in the ride.

In her spare time, Jacques advocates on behalf of female riders. She said raising awareness is the key to expanding the industry and convincing more woman to ride.

“Women are at a pivotal point in history,” Jacques said. “What’s important to remember—and what a lot of women can learn from riding a motorcycle—is that we, as women, are worth far more than what we think of ourselves. We do not need to ask for permission. We do not need to apologize. And we need to do more of what makes us happy, which for a lot of us is riding or racing motorcycles!”

The Next Generation

At just 10 years old, Kayla Yaakov is already showing everyone that a girl should never be doubted.

Yaakov started riding at 3 when her dad, David Yaakov, bought her a dirt bike to ride at their house. She had seen pictures of bikes, and although she barely knew how to walk or talk, she had made it very apparent from an early age that she wanted to race motorcycles.

Her father, a former racer himself, didn’t take his daughter very seriously when she first told him that she wanted to race. She was so young. But the minute he saw the talent she had, he didn’t hesitate.

“At first, yeah, she was good,” he said. “But by the end of that first season, she was winning. That’s a pretty fast advancement for any racer, especially someone her age.”

Seven years later, Yaakov is beating competitors who are three or four times her age. She said the adrenaline and speed are her favorite parts of competition.

“I got my first championship when I was 5, and it felt really good,” Yaakov said. “I love winning and beating other people. It doesn’t matter if it’s boys or girls— that’s my motivation.”

In 2017, Yaakov was recognized as the 2016 AMA Youth Road Racer of the Year for her impressive efforts on the track, winning multiple classes.

She currently races Honda 250 GP style

bikes. These are full-size bikes, so Yaakov sometimes struggles with her weight and height while riding. But he said she doesn’t let that stop her.

One of her most prominent abilities is being able to adapt, overcome obstacles and win.

“Our pit always has people in it coming over to talk to Kayla and about her racing,” David said. “They can never believe her size and how fast she is.

Sometimes, I forget how fast and talented she really is. It’s a nice reminder when I see the lap times and know she’s out there doing what she loves.”

Both Yaakov and her father are confident her future will involve motorcycles. She hopes she can inspire other girls her age to start racing or riding motorcycles, “because there is nothing to be scared of.”

“I want to be World Superbike champion or MotoGP champion,” Yaakov said. “I think all girls and everyone should race motorcycles. If they try it then they will love it.”

DR. LAURA ELLIS

A Minority Within A Minority

When she was younger, Dr. Laura Ellis never would have guessed that she would be riding a motorcycle or owning her own road racing team.

“I was a science nerd,” Ellis said. “I love biology and chemistry, and that’s eventually what led me down the path to working in the private sector of the [U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] and then, eventually, to medical school to be a surgeon.”

Aside from her academic and professional background, Ellis had an interest in high-adrenaline and extreme sports and enjoyed rock climbing and mountain biking.

When she was in her early 30s, Ellis got involved with motorcycles after some of her friends who raced cars sparked her interest in motorsports. She eventually decided to hop on a motorcycle herself and began riding recreationally on the street before participating in some road racing schools and local club races.

The competition interested her, because she’s always had a drive to win and be good at whatever she is doing. She said that same interest is what made her want to be a doctor.

“Women are a minority in both medicine and motorcycles,” Ellis said. “As a woman, I do not want to be seen as helpless. I want to be respected and show others why they should respect me. This meant knowing my worth and then showing my work ethic and ability to others.”

After graduating from medical school, Ellis found herself operating on professional athletes. Her interests in sports and medicine began to merge.

As a result, she decided to officially combine her passions for motorcycles and racing with science and medicine by working as a sports physician for a racing team in the MotoAmerica series.

“I had been introduced to the series and was incredibly impressed with the talent of the racers,” Ellis said. “I became very intrigued and began thinking of ways I could use my knowledge and experience to help these athletes reach peak physical performance and help them become even faster.”

Ellis began running tests and focusing on aspects of health and fitness that few trainers or physicians in the racing series had considered. She conducted brainwave testing, monitored energy levels and mental and emotional readiness. She did extensive research on concussions and the effects concussions can have on a racer’s mental ability.

“It was intimidating at first, because it fueled a lot of adversity,” Ellis said. “But I came in wanting to learn and help—not with my hands on my hips like I knew everything. Eventually, I became accustomed to [the industry] and showed people that we should direct our attention to the mental wellbeing of these athletes, if we want them to advance.”

Today, Ellis remains one of the few female MotoAmerica team owners, while still keeping her primary focus on the racers and their fitness.

Ellis hopes to raise knowledge within the sport and sports medicine practices. She believes road racing can be raised to the same level as other professional sports by emphasizing the riders and their mental abilities at the top of their game.

“I don’t really think making a difference has anything to do with gender,” Ellis said. “It is more important to prove to others your worth through your work ethic.”

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To The Ulster GP

By Rory Anson

Led Zeppelin has always been my favorite rock band. And, like a lot of kids growing up in the 1970s and ‘80s, I spent the bulk of my teen years attached to a cheap Radio Shack all-in-one stereo via those foam and plastic headphones with the coiled cord.

I’d pore over every detail of every Zep album (except Coda, because that one didn’t count). When I discovered that the otherworldly, hexagonal rock formation on the cover of the “Houses of the Holy” album was a real place in Ireland, I knew that I’d go there someday. Almost 40 years later, that someday came.

But it wasn’t a Zeppelin-inspired pilgrimage to the Giant’s Causeway that brought me and my 14-year-old son, Finn, to Northern Ireland. It was the Ulster Grand Prix, a 7.4-mile course that’s been held on the country roads at Dundrod, just outside of Belfast, since 1922.

The Ulster GP is one in a series of road races held every year between April and September that includes the Cookstown

100, the North West 200, Kells and Armoy.

Initially, I’d considered going to the Isle of Man TT, a hugely popular motorcycling bucket list destination. And, while the thought of spending several days on an island in the Irish Sea -- drinking beer with a bunch of like-minded motorcycle enthusiasts watching world-class riders whiz by at death-defying speeds -sounded like a great time, it wasn’t what this was about.

This was a father-son trip, the race being just one of many things we’d experience during our two weeks in Ireland. It was an attempt to create some memories with Finn before he started high school and went headlong into his own adolescent vortex.

The UGP seemed like the perfect opportunity for us to experience our first Irish road race, family-style.

Since we’d be in the neighborhood, we could also check out the Giant’s Causeway, visit with relatives in Belfast,

and—who knows—maybe someone might have his first pint.

We arrived at Dundrod for Saturday’s races shortly before the roads closed and found our way to the hospitality tent. I’d figured that, since we were traveling all the way from Oregon, we might as well do it in style, so I sprung for the VIP package. Breakfast and lunch were provided, along with two fully stocked bars and a great view of the track, as well as a jumbo screen to watch the action unfold.

Between races there were interviews with current and veteran riders, music and plenty of comic relief, courtesy of the emcee. I can’t recall her name, but she was hilarious. As they say in Ireland, it was great craic.

The first race of the day was delayed for about an hour to allow a few remaining wet patches time to dry. Once conditions were favorable, all the competitors took a

lap in honor of retiring road racing medic Dr. Fred McSorley.

Then, it was time.

Motorcycles assembled on the grid, engines revving, the crowd pumped. It was electric.

Billed as “The World’s Fastest Road Race,” the Ulster GP features riders routinely hitting speeds approaching 200 mph, as they come screaming through the Flying Kilo into the first corner at Leathemstown.

Catching air over Deer’s Leap, their rear wheels once again make that scary, wobbly contact with the road, just like we’ve all seen on YouTube.

Narrowly missing the stone walls, signposts and hedges along the way, their dragging knees rustle the grass through Wheeler’s Corner, and then they slow into Lindsay Hairpin before throttling past spectators eagerly awaiting their blurred arrival in the Joey Dunlop Grandstands.

Before the racing started, we happened to strike up a conversation with a man who turned out to be a longtime sponsor of the event. He invited us to join his group to watch the Superbike race from Deer’s Leap.

With precious little time between races, a dozen of us scrambled through the paddock, piled into a little Transit van and bounced our way up a narrow lane, before jumping from the van. We ran like hell across the track with about five seconds to spare before they closed the road. “C’mon Yanks, run!” was all I remembered hearing.

The vantage point at Deer’s Leap is essentially a gravel drive between a couple of houses, along what any other day would be a quiet country byway.

First, you hear what sounds like the faint hum of a swarm of yellow jackets.

The volume slowly increases as you catch sight of them, at speeds now north of 160 mph and climbing.

Finn and I were not much more than arm’s length away as we watched Bruce Anstey, Peter Hickman, Dean Harrison and Michael Dunlop fly by in a flash, leaving only a breeze in their wake. I’ll never forget the look on Finn’s face after that first wave of bikes came roaring through. That’s the experience I was after!

All in all, it was a spectacular day of racing. Peter Hickman scored a hat trick, winning the Superstock and both Supersport races. Veteran Anstey took the top spot in the first of two Superbike races, after an epic back-and-forth with Hicky, who took second.

Thanks to our new friends, we were able to take in the second Supersport race from “Hole in the Wall” at Wheeler’s Corner, watching a thrilling Supertwin battle from the podium.

Clerk of the Course, Noel Johnston, and his crew put on a sensational day of

racing, and we couldn’t have asked for a better time.

The friendly and relaxed atmosphere at the UGP was amazing. The paddock is open to fans, and the riders are very accessible. We were able to meet and take photos with many of our favorite racers.

The cherry on top was meeting “The Flying Kiwi,” Bruce Anstey, who gave Finn an autographed knee slider. What an awesome guy. I’ll bet Bruce likes Led Zeppelin. Next year I’ll ask him.

THE

ROAD

TO LORETTA’S

The famed Road to Loretta’s kicks off in February with racers competing to qualify for the 2018 Rocky Mountain ATV/ MC AMA Amateur National Motocross Championship, presented by Lucas Oil, on July 30-Aug. 4 at Loretta Lynn’s Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tenn.

spanning 35 states. Racers of all ages can compete in various engine displacement classes, from 50cc to 450cc, in hopes of moving on to a Regional Championship.

Dates Announced For Motocross Qualifiers, Regional Championships

Competing in AMA Area Qualifiers is the first step along the road to Loretta’s. The 58 area qualifiers begin in February and run through the end of May,

AMA Regional Championships provide the next step in seeding riders into the annual championship. Only riders who finish in a qualifying position at one of the 13 regional championship events are eligible to race in the national championship event at Loretta Lynn’s.

This year’s lineup includes many historic tracks, such as Unadilla MX and High Point Raceway in the Northeast. Racing also returns to other favorites, such as the Southeast’s Muddy Creek Raceway, RedBud MX in the Mid-East and Thunder Valley MX Park in the South-Central region.

For the full schedule of AMA Area Qualifiers and AMA Regional Championships, check the calendar starting on page 38.

AND THE AMA NATIONAL NO. 1 PLATE GOES TO … THE SNOW?

AMA Snow Bike Series To Award AMA National Championships

For The First Time

Snow bike racing has quickly become a popular discipline in motorcycle competition, gaining the attention of many well-known amateur and professional motorcycle racers, and getting its own event at the X-Games.

In 2017, the AMA sanctioned its first-ever snow bike series, with the help of R & R Productions, and experienced great success throughout the seven-round series.

As a result, in 2018 the AMA Snow Bike Series will be recognized as an AMA National Championship series and will award an AMA National No. 1 plate to the top finisher of each national class at the conclusion of the series.

Snow bikes swap out wheels and knobby tires for a front ski for steering,

and a high-performance snowmobilestyle track in the rear for traction. Riders compete on a motocross-inspired halfmile track of jumps, banks, right and left hand turns and whoops.

“We are excited to continue working with R & R Promotions to provide an AMA National Championship series for snow bike racers in 2018,” AMA Motocross Manager Ricky Rickords said.

“The expansion of snow bike racing during the past year has been very promising, and we look forward to the continued growth and popularity of the sport in the future.”

For the full 2018 AMA Snow Bike National Championship Series schedule, check the calendar starting on page 38.

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HARE SCRAMBLES

‘Wild’ Willy Palmer Wraps Up Title

Willy Palmer secured the AMA East Hare Scramble Championship, after taking the win at the final round of the series in Axton, Va., on Nov. 12.

2016 AMA East Hare Scrambles Champion Kyle McDonal got out to an early lead after grabbing the holeshot and remained up front for most of the race.

Back in fourth place, Palmer was battling with Brandon Nero for third, until a crash from Mario Testa in second, moved both Nero and Palmer near the front, just behind McDonal.

Nero stole the lead from McDonal for part of lap two, but it was ultimately Palmer who took the checkered flag, after emerging from the woods in first on lap three.

McDonal grabbed the final spot on the podium, finishing third, just behind Nero, who claimed second place at the finish line.

GRAND PRIX Duvall Gets Win, Bell Wraps Up Championship

Thad Duvall secured the win at the last round of the AMA District 37/ Maxxis Big 6 Grand Prix Series in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., on Dec. 10.

Duvall was able to grab the win with a come-from-behind performance, passing five-time AMA GNCC Series

Champion Kailub Russell with just two laps remaining.

Russell was able hold down second place until crossing the finish line, just ahead of third-place

finisher Eric Yorba, who secured third place in the championship points race.

With a fifth-place finish on the day, Zach Bell clenched the AMA District 37/Maxxis Big 6 Grand Prix Series Championship.

Trevor Stewart finished second overall in series championship points.

MOTOCROSS

Throwing Dirt On Thanksgiving

Stilez Robertson took the 250 B Limited Motocross AMA Championship at the 2017 Winter Olympics in Alachua, Fla.

Robertson grabbed the holeshot on the start of the final moto and never looked back, setting the fastest lap time and leading every lap until taking the checkered flag.

Oklahoma’s Jesse Flock quickly moved through the pack and, by the third lap, had positioned himself behind Luke Neese in second.

Neese eventually succumbed to Flock’s pressure, allowing Flock to take home second place. Neese finished third.