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Blast from the Past
Who can name these racers from the 2002 Honey Lake Lumberjack/Northwest regional

Announcement Concerning the 2012 Chehalis Events at The Farm

The "Sacred Cow Race Co." will not be involved in the Chehalis Classic national trial and mx on August 11 & 12, 2012 at the Farm, with the exception of track layout and watering. For information or questions about this event please contact Wayne Gray at 360-748-1953.

However, the "Sacred Cow Race Co." will put on the Premier/Classic Weekend on September 15 & 16, 2012, including the "dinner in the barn". For information please contact Jim Cole 360-262-3417, Ed Parsons 360-864-4834, Randy Skiver 425-330-2054, Marv Tryon 360-295-3874, or Dana Salsman 360-751-6652.

"The Farm", Chehalis, Washington
August 11-12, 2012
The 15th Annual, (and last), Chehalis Classic

Great track! Great racing! Great friends!

Thanks to the following for sending in Chehalis pics; Nicky Trevino, Sue Matthews, Terry Hyde, Ellen Roebuck, Dean Newton & Tharyn Richards

Eric Matthews who took the ambulance ride to the hospital on Sunday on a backboard is OK. He was back at the track Sunday night, pretty sore and drugged up pretty good, and then he took some meds for his crash.

The Period Bike Award Winner, Chris Lucas' 1968 Kawasaki model F21M "Green Streak"

PIT SHOTS

Overlooking the late Friday afternoon Goldfish racing (Yea I missed it again)	Bingo in the Barn with Pat Riley once again handling his balls, with help from Buck Murphy	Retired from racing Terry Hyde rode his freshly restored 1955 BSA Gold Star down from Victoria BC (He motel'ed it at Chehalis, what a woosie!)
The team of Grim & Foster trying to get the Norton running right	The CR125R tank looks good on Tom McKinney's Kaw	Kevin Blackburn's pit at the 2012 Chehalis Classic; probably not since 1963 or 64 in has both a Jawa typ 579/01 & 575/01 been seen in the pits together (in North America at least)
Pit pano shot, Saturday Afternoon	Asto for sale	Don Matthews' CZ Typ 968 looking good with it's new fiberglass replica tank
Grumph for sale	Seen in the pits, a Van Tech 125 Yamaha twingle motocross (I think that's what somebody told me it was)	Jeff Robertson's B44, the prettiest Classic 500 bike at Chehalis (of the 4-strokes at least)
The Explainer	Matt Dillon / RacinPics, Inc takes some great pictures. Be sure to check out his shots in the back of his photo rig, cause you won't see them on a web page (well maybe a few here)	Terry Hyde's Gold Star (by itself)
Nice XL Honda for sale	The basic mid-70 Bultaco Sherpa-T, just a good ass trials bike!	Running the whole show this year, Wayne Gray, (except for track layout & watering)

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SATURDAY TRIALS (Thanks to the Gray boys for laying out an excellent loop and sections!)

And now for the first time ever on this forum, pictures from every section at The Farm, (Don't get use to this) Feel free to send in the ID's of any unidentified riders
Section 1A (James Bodkin)	Section 1B (Pal Moore)	Section 1C (Sam Dale)
Section 2A	Section 2B (Gary Grunow)	Section 2C (Barry Crampton)
Section 3A (Ron Foster and Rigid Heavyweight Norton)	Section 3B (David Armstrong, new & improved with fancy new trials front number plate!)	Section 3C
Section 4A (Dana Salsman)	Section 4B (Walt Foster)	Section 4C (David Armstrong again, David topped all 2 line riders in the Classic class)
Section 5A (Scott Stewart or Stewart Scott)	Section 5B	Section 5C (Dana Salsman)
Section 6A	Section 6B	Section 6C (Darrel Kilgore)
Section 7A (David Pauliny)	Section 7B	Section 7C
Section 8A	Section 8B	Section 8C (Darrel Kilgore)
Section 9A (JP Antone on a rare 62 AJS 410)	Section 9B	Section 9C
Section 10A (Dirk Murphy)	Section 10B	Section 10C
Results Sheet 1	Results Sheet 2	Results Sheet 3

Buck Murphy on Bill Roland's screaming banshee Honda twin

SUNDAY MOTO-CROSS

Jerry Hemley leads Michael Sands & 22W in the distance. The unidentified rider must have post entered, huh?*	90B* in Sportsman 250 Novice, I think	Keith Crimin and N29*. Keith send us your You Tube helmet cam link!
Brett Lucas leading Nicky Trevino in Sportsman 250 Int action	94G*	Chris Castles has some cobby looking machines but he goes like stink!
Dave Edie, faster than his style indicates	Kevin Smith from Des Moines WA (Any relation to Lorin Smith of Des Moines WA? Lorin needs to bring his 450 Ducati to Chehalis but never has)	Even though his goggles are dark you can tell Len Johnson is looking right at the camera. Don't do that! It wrecks the picture & you get scolded on the web!
Jon Wall leading Jim "Cheater Bike" Cole in Premier Open Twins	David Craig down from Surrey BC	Jody Heintzman on his Premier Open Twin Norton & nice "Team VME" jersey
Classic Monty Price cornering style, (Monty sure has been using Tommy's Tri-BSA for a long time!)	Craig Flores, (BSA), stocking Kevin Blackburn, (Jawa), in the 1st Premier Light Int moto, Craig got him in traffic	John Vangolen, part of the Vashion Island Mafia, on his Norton twin

Rick Downing & his Greeves 360 Chalenger; the only 2-Stroke & the prettiest bike in the Classic 500 class
(of the experts at least)

Rob Poole looking up the track to see who he needs to catch	Neil Giertsen, (on Franken Bike), leading Dave Fair 57E & Russ Hoehn 31N racing close	Stephen Newell on a really nice looking GP Victor
Lee "Frosty" Frost on his Greeves in Premier Light. Lee's new theme song by Van Halen, can be heard here	Larry James on his Greeves (Larry has a goiter condition that makes his elbows swell up)	Bill Rianda up from San Jose to run Sportsman Open Twin on his Triumph 650
Giertsen, Hoehn, & Fair still racing close a lap later	Tony Fox on the gas in +40 Expert	Jim Anderson with Bill Silverthorn standing in the background (Yea, Jim was out there!)
For Chehalis, Loopy Looperson, (aka Mark Sullivan), checked with Gravely first to see what he would be wearing in +50 Expert moto	Tom McKinney on one of his works bike looking Kawaski's	Ni-Bold seemed to be having bike problems a few laps after this shot was taken

Jon Wall and his Harris framed Premier Open Twin 650 Triumph, (not used as a cheater bike at Chehalis)

Russ Hoehn, broken free from the Giertsen/Fair pack	Dave Fair's indian name is "Man who walks like Little Old Man"	David Bachmeier wins the "Nicest Penton Award" at Chehalis
David Coccanti?*	Mark Percy leads 29*	Dave Craig rode the wrong 1st moto, he fell victom to the moto order changes
Duncan Mackinnon was going good, (in Premier 500 & +60 Novice), on his Gold Star with the rebuilt mag	Marty Burks (Husky), & Brent Roler keep the flagger from falling asleep	Kevin Loso chases Dave Craig
Somebody on CZ Willy's Sidepipe	#641* on a Bultaco Pursang	Joe Thomas? also on a Bultaco Pursang*
Richard Rosberg over from Great Falls Montana to run Sportsman 500 and +50 Int. at The Farm	Sean Fromhold and his 4-Speed 400 Husky. An ESS bike without at home, (at the nationals)	Kevin Marrs from Fairbanks Alaska gets the farthest traveled award this year I think

Giles Nelson, (at right), takes a shot of the first go-around of the 1st moto 3, gate 2, (Sportsman 500 Int's).
Maybe one of these years Giles will download those pictures off of his camera!

The following shots from Ellen Roebuck

Debbe Poole on her Gold Star (psst, they are the same age)	Dirk Murhy receiving mud dobbers	Kevin Blackburn on his Premier 500 350 Jawa. The giant killer only works when it can shift.
Jody Heintzman plays catsup	Rob Poole	Blackburn chasing Larry James on his Matchless
John Vangolen	90B Yamaha*	Brent Roller, eh
Doug Grant won the Classic 500 Expert class at Chehalis	J P Atone on Rob Poole's cross country B44 in the Classic 500 class (I think the mystery tire tracks on my bike's seat came from this bike)	Its the Bingo Ball Boy, Pat Riley
Bill Stuth of "Stuth's Gully" fame. That sign just rotted away I think	Jim Cole in the highly competitive Premier 350 class	The bike with the mystery tire tracks on the seat
Eric Watcher taking roost	Gary Osborn has a stinky barbecue	Neil Giertsen and Franken Bike. (I first met these guys 20 years ago at the Mudslingers race in Tenino)
27A* leading Richard Dyer	Robert Gravely	#42 on the 5-speed Husky
N29* Bultaco	Fritz Gunther from nearby Chehalis	Wes Poole, too cool for his own good (It's really Rob Poole, one of the NUNs)
Bill Row, (not pronounced "row")	Ed Brown up from Vancouver WA on his Penton	Thom Green, "The Rev", on his vintage Maico
63D* Yamaha	Ken Conrad* looking at the camera	Jay Lael on his Hodaka Super Combat (I wanted one of those so bad when they came out!)
46G* looking at the camera on his Yamaico	Dean Newton	Norm Enders
Curt Lang leading Jared Lange

Dick Mann just loves roosting in the grass, who doesn't? (In the background you can see the roof covering that the Sacred Cows and a bunch of volunteers put on the barn a few years ago, your welcome Wayne!)

The following shots from Tharyn Richards

38T* kind of gets the jump on the rubber band	Chehalis Soup, Steve Clark on his CZ	The Motocrossen School Marm, Jenifer Holzbach
Richard Rossberg	Jim Staley* on the healthy roosting Sidepipe CZ	Giertsen + Franken Bike = Roost
Greg Aarested with Earl Schnell coming up fast	David Smead in the 70+ class	Ken Conrad & 94?, racing close
Paul Neilson down from Bellingham	Based on the crapy starting dufus at the back of the pack, this must be the first lap of the 2nd Sportsman 500 Int. moto	Rob Watson, a "12" of sorts?, and Marty Burks in 1st lap action
Sportsman 500 Int., 2nd moto 1st lap, bringing up the rear (That's Lyle Duronso with the left side starting gate wrapped around his front wheel)	Russ Hoehn on a Maico	98T* leads Fritz Gunther and Willy Trevino's left shoulder & head
Earl Schnell, 98T*, & William Trevino	38T* free from any rubber bands	Jim Cole and Jon "Fluffy" Wall battle in Premier Open Twins
Craig Flores won the Premier Light Int. class at Chehalis	"Man who walks like little old man" leads "Franken Bike Rider", and "Hard to Read Number Plate Guy"	"Franken Bike Rider", "Hard to Read Number Plate Guy" & Richard Dyer
Ross Roberts* got his trophy, (one of the lucky ones), and CZ Willy

Jim Cole leads a pack of big twins

See more Chehalis shots here from Brettsvmx's Photostream,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brettsvmx/

David Gulickson Helmet Cam Action
(Like a cow following the well worn path back to the barn, only fast)50+B Intermediate moto 1 (race 9)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eHbWhOgI0CI&feature=youtu.be
250 Sportsman Intermediate moto 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2XMEJ6Yj20&feature=youtu.be
50+B Intermediate moto 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLno9deOd-U&list=UUJPZF20iZYNqnvM83yjCJtw&index=1&feature=plcp

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*Pre-entering is cheaper, less work on race weekend, and photo guy can ID you from the pre-entry list. It also can only help things move along smoother when there is a new and inexperienced crew running things as there was this year. If everybody had pre-entered the original race order would not have changed. Guys, do yourself a favor, Pre-Enter the National!!! If you can't ride you notify AHRMA and get your entry fee refunded, simple as that.

Is it a Pain In The Ass?
When viewing pictures off this page then when you hit the Return Button it goes back to the top of the page?
This is a known Microsoft Internet Explorer Bug. There is lots of talk about it on the interweb but no definite fixes.
Firefox and Chrome browsers do not do this. You can also right click and open the picture in a new tab or window.

Blast from the Past
Who can name these racers from the 1999 Bremen Georgia AHRMA national

The 8th Annual
Novation Inc AHRMA Vintage Weekend
Rattlers Run Farms, Fairfield WA
(South of Spokane)
September 8-9, 2012

Click for a large pano shot of the track, (Sunday morning before practice)

A continued great event! Thanks Anderbergs!

Saturday Stuff and Trials

After riding the trial, I caught the last official rider thru section 8, (no cleans on this one all day I was told)

The last rider thru Section 7 (Only sections 7 & 8 were in the farm yard this year, 1 thru 6 were out on a 2 1/2 mile loop)	After the trial was over some went back to re-try Section 8	Looking at the exit of Seciton 8, the white dots are the 2 line. That dry grass was super slick.
A big thanks to Trials Marshal Chris Allen. Chris told us that he made the trial harder this year for Jay Lael, but Jay did not show up, (Thanks a lot Jay!)	CZ Willy and his Sidepiper, back from the brink	A Wassell Hodaka
Team Canada made the 600+ mile trip down from Edmonton Alberta and brought a slew of Post-Vintage bikes with them	Hugh McCourt from Edmonton's beautiful Austrian iron	A Six Day Greeves
Fred Lefriec's Gold Star road burner in "The Shop"	Also in "The Shop", this Ducati 750	Stuff for sale
B50 for sale	Early motocross signup in the barn	A nice vintage Maico
Tim Jackson eating chicken	Trials Results

Sunday stuff and Motocross

Norm Enders leading all on his 100cc Yamaha at the begining of the 2nd moto 12A

Sunday morning and the crowded end of the pits	Sunday morning and the not so crowded end of the pits	Mickey Sergent & Penton, ready for a day of racing
Marty Burks' 400 Husky	Nancy Richards headed to Tech	Gold Star on a Bumper
Dirk Murphy, winning the 2nd practice session	301, not winning the 2nd practice session	Gary Hite, Matt James, Josh James or ? at the far end of the track
One of our most gracious hosts, Bryan Anderberg	Jud Miller conserving maximum energy at the riders meeting	Vintage racers are patriotic
Cliff Mee leading the first moto of the day over by the amber waves of grain	The continuation of the Parks / Seahorn off-camber battle shown below	Dean Newton, before his brake rod came undone
Michael Bush leading Jeff Depoe	Tia Flynn from nearby Coeur D Alene ID	Nancy Richards in this moto jumped on Paul Neilson's 250 Elsinore after her Husky would not start
Shiri Howell preferred the the loose stuff in the off-camber turn	CZ Willy in action on his Sidepiper	Good battles in the 70+ class, Int. David Smead barley leads Exp. Mike McGowan
Paul Neilson didn't pay me the $5, so I have no choice but to put this picture up	Andy James with the floundering Neilson in the background (This should have been another $5)	Duane Depoe with some nice scenery behind him
Begining next year Scott Parks will have a BSA B40 he can no longer race in the Premier 500 class (He's on his B44 in this pic however)	Mickey Sergent and Penton	Andy James hunkering
Bill Stuth leads at the start of the 2nd Classic 500 moto	Keith Crimin in the 2nd 60+ Novice moto, Healthy Rooster!	Duncan Mackinnon in the 2nd of the 2nd of his back to back motos
Greevsey the Racoon	Paul Collins on the Six Day Greeves pictured earlier in this section	Pat Southworth & XL Honda
Harkening back to those ISDT special motocross test days, Ed Chesnut	Ross Roberts, the Bultaco guy	More close racing thru "The Off-Camber Turn"
Ross Roberts leads the pack out of turn 1 in the 2nd moto 12	+60 Novice winner Michael Carpenter	2000 Grand National Champ Joe Kopp at speed on the uphill straight
One of the Edmonton guys, Mitch Brown I think, hooking up on his Post-Vintage Kaw	Another Edmonton PV'er, Don Galloway on his 77 Can-Am Black Widow, (or was it Widow Maker?)	More Edmonton PV Guys action with Brad Foster on a later Can-Am (Thanks for coming down guys!)
Joe Kopp on a PV KTM	Tony Paxton, from, you guessed it	Stan Currington and Maico, probably from Canada but the results don't say
.

Off camber battle between David Parks and Jon Seehorn

Ed Chesnut Helmet Cam Action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKj6emOETAc&feature=plcp

Blast from the Past
Who can name these racers from the 1999 Chehalis national

"The Last"
AHRMA PREMIER & CLASSIC WEEKEND
"The Farm", Chehalis, Washington
September 15-16, 2012

With Special Guest, 1964 & 65 500cc World Moto-cross Champion, Jeff Smith

Thanks for the Memories

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Timely and accurate Chehalis Premier/Classic Weekend results brought to you by the one and only,
Sacred Cow Racing Company

Trials Results Sheet 1

Trials Results Sheet 2

Premier/Classic Motocross Results

Thanks to Eric Matthews, Bill Row, Paul Collins, Don Hall & Matt James for sending in pics

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Pierre Andrade's Velocette Metisse

The Prelims
"Delivery for Marty" Dick Mann delivers to Marty Paulson his new TriBSA 500cc ISDT twin	Here's another shot of Dick, Marty, & the ISDT TriBSA (with a lovely 360 Twinpipe CZ in the background, bonus!)	Close Ups Close Ups Close Ups
John Geer's ISDT TriBSA (also a Dick Mann crafted bike)	The BS'ing starts early at the Premier/Classic Weekend (That's Mel Brooks on the right, who knew he was into vintage trials!)	Trials Checker Chauffeur Service
Waiting for the Trials Riders Meeting	A much more relaxed Greg Cox than last month, with some friends	Trials Marshal Dana Salsman verbally described the entire loop to us in the trials riders meeting (but luckily we all followed the mowed path, arrows, & ribbons and didn't get lost)
Chomping at the bit, to get trial'in	The lovely Sacred Cow gals, getting tuned up to do some trials scoring	Dr. NiBold, prepares for surgery
Bill Stuth Senior's bolt together Husqvarna	Jerry Kesserling's Montesa 250 Cappra	Cash, Sue, & Don made it
62 DOT trials iron	Tommy McFarland, resting up for the night's festivities	Aluminum tanked Sherpa
Darrlel Killgore's really clean Classic 125 Yamaha	Hey! What's this bike doing here?	Team Pushrod has had quite a few 2 bangers in it's ranks this year

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Jeff Smith & Dick Mann, the Q & A session after dinner

Saturday Nights Alright for BBQ, Stories, Q&A
Sacred Cows cooking cow, (and chicken)	Queuing for the BBQ	#1 & Soph
Tommy MaFarland, tanned, rested, and ready for dinner	Marty & Linda Paulson, Americans & the founders of Lil Canada	Backdrop to the dinner, Stephen Newell's GP Victor. Jeff had a big hand in the development of this bike
Ruba-dub-dub serve up the grub	Dining Room Panoramic with the all three Sykes clones going back for more food	Of the 11 Chehalis Premier/Classic Weekends, Quebec Canada's Steve Tucker has made 5 of them!
Jeff told us some great Moto-cross GP stories, reminisced about Paul Friedrichs, and we heard about the time he looped out the new 366cc Can-Am prototype in his business suit & good dress shoes. Thanks Jeff!

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Newcomer Harry Tide, at Chehalis for the first time in jeans & sweatshirt to race this rare mag engined Ariel Metisse
Where did this guy come from?!?!?!?

Sunday's Premier/Classic Moto-cross
Jim Cole was clearly moved by Haley's rendition of the National Anthem to begin the riders meeting	The Riders Meeting will come to order	The VME guys are good listeners
The Bumble Bee drill team stands at the ready	More good listeners	Ni-Bold leads the first moto of the day (The Premier 500's & Premier 350's)
Rick Sheperd on his Triumph 500 Twin	Jody Heintzeman in an early battle with Allen Wenzel	Another shot of Harry Tide with Duncan Mackinnon in the background
Bryan Wenzel getting stylish on his dad's Norton 500 (Send us the YouTube link to your helmet cam footage Bryan)	Ann Price on Ed Parson's old B40	Peter Cruttenden running a strong 2nd behind Ni-Bold in the first Premier 500 moto
Debbie Poole taking the smooth outside line thru the 1st turn	Kevin Blackburn got his shifting problems sorted out on the 350 Jawa Moto-cross and won both motos of the Premier 500 Int. class (Somewhere up there John Astleford was smiling!)	Mike Atkins leads the batteling Wenzel brothers
Duncan Mackinnon on his Gold Star	Jay Lael leads the start of the 1st moto 2	Darrel Kilgore in the Classic 125 Expert class
Troy Luchini topped the Classic 125 Experts on his Suzuki	And Glen Finnerin took the Classic 125 Novice class on his Honvarna (But did not stick around for the awards, probably had to go to work early Monday morning I bet)	Word spread quickly thru the pits that John Banks was here and racing Dick Mann, but it turned out to be Arei James on her dad’s Cheney BSA
I think this is Dirk Murphy, it's hard to tell, the gear is decidedly not pajama looking???	Dean Newton on the 250 Greeves Challenger, there was good Greeves representation at the Premier/Classic this year	It's not often you see a Greeves, Cotton, and a Puch on a motocross staritng line these days. Also known as the "Cotton Puching Greeves moto"
This looks like the British 4 Stroke class on the line. Matt James closest and Gary Nordstrum 43M	Tommy McFarland and CCM getting ready to go (Tommy is an Irishman that's never been drunk, it's true!)	Larry Good on a Penton (made by the company that became KTM, they's done pretty good)

After the racing it's time to kick back and have a brewski

Post-Race
After the racing Jeff came over to Lil Canada to check out Ron Foster's rigid Norton trial machine, it's similar to one Jeff rode when he was 16 (And Irene came over to bring Jeff that PBR, wasn't that nice of her!)	The official Ron, Jeff, & the Norton portrait	Steve Tucker got the "Farthest Traveled" award, of course
And the award for, "I was moto-cross spectating only, honest dear", went to Terry Hyde	And the winner of the +70 Classic Expert Class was	Thanks again Sacred Cow Racing Company, for all those great years at The Farm!
The next Spokesman for P........

Click for more
Chehalis Premier/Classic pics by Don Hall

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Blast from the Past
Who can name this racer from the 1999 Madras OR NW & Lumberjack regional

The Robert W. Bushey Memorial
Vintage MX, Trials and Cross Country Rodeo
The Bushey Ranch, Canby, California
October 6 - 7, 2012

Thanks to Don Hall, Bill Row, Jan Newton, Matt James, CZ Willy, Randy Webber,
Kelly Shaner Ellen Roebuck & Sue Matthews for contributing pics

Rider ID's subject to not being right

The Split Log Bridge, (don't know if this is it's name but it sounds good)

Saturday GP
32P on the split log bridge, (SLB)	Len Johnson SLB	Nick Lighthouse? OSSA Stiletto SLB
Vint Whitmen SBL, he is related to Slim?	Mike Miller leads John Westwood on the SBL	Jeff LaMattina?, Husqvarna on the SLB
10Q SLB	Peter Jorgenson? SLB	Nicky Trevino SLB
Debbie Poole SLB	William Trevino	JP Atone in a tight section
Non front number plate TT 500 guy	Rick Wolf out of a checkpoint	Wes Poole or somebody on his bike

"Man who walks like Little Old Man"

Saturday Trials
Kelly Shane and Ariel	Bob Whitman	Easy Trialer Jeff LaMattina
Don Kelley under a watchful eye of Dave Myklebust	Bob Bellicetti	Walt Foster (The Answer Man)
Dana Salsman, (this would make a good Facebook picture too)	Gruesome Trials Crash Sequence (Don't Look!)	Jeff Bushey
Kelly Shane took his own picture in this section	Don "Spell my name Right" Kelley visualizes the section	Dennis Rose on his beautiful BSA trials rig with Fantic inner tubes
"Man who walks like Little Old Man" got his 125 Cota going and was at Canby	Cub Action	More Cub Action
More Walt Foster	TY 250 3 Line Rider	AJS Premier Heavyweight Rider
More of Don Hall's Trials Pics

Rod & Nick Lighthouse

Sunday Moto-cross*
Bushey Ranch Track Prep	Arei James leading the pack	Dennis Rose, Cotton, leading a couple of the gals (Tammy Davis & Debbie Poole)
Bill Stuth in Classic 500 Expert (probably)	Dean Newton leading some first lap action in the Classic 250 moto	Don Matthews with his seat on
Don Matthews with his seat off	Arei James on the Cheney BSA	Premier 500 Moto takes off
Start of the Womens/Premier Light moto	Chuck Bulwinkle leads Rod Brasil?, Bultaco & David Smead, Husqvarna	Kelly Shane & Bill Row, battle of the ages**
Bushey guys on the Bushey Ranch	Classic 250 Start Action	Michael Carpenter
Wes Poole cranked over	Tim Bentley	Premier 500 Experts, early in the moto action
Kelly Shane pushing Dallas Ni-Bold	Debbie Poole	Dave Fair with the Shift Dude sliding out
Len Johnson leads Kelly Young	David Pauliny, Don't look back!	Judd Miller Montesa
Nicky Trevino (It's really William. Those sneaky Trevino boys, switching bikes again!)	Brad Bergquist	53? with the Redwing Hammerhead Shocks
It's old "3 L 6"	And the best "Vintage Looking Gear" award, (for picking modern gear with a vintage look), goes to Cliff Mee	Scott Reynolds OSSA
Mike Miller AJS	Rick Reyes Helmet Caming Send us the link Rick	Dirk Williams on American Eagle?

John Ford looking for a hay bale to molest

Jeff Mullins, Maico	Toby Young	+50 Intermediate Battle
Donald Miller, Husqvarna	Mickey Sergeant, Penton	Mike Atkins
Vint Whitman	Rick Wolf	Matt James & Peter Cruttenden battle
In this picture it looks like Bill Row is ripping up a golf course	Don Kelley leading Albert Gonzales	Bill Rianda, up close and personal
26B does his best not to run over the photographer	Matt James leads Brad Bergquist	Tyler Gravely & Judd Miller dicing on the grass
Arei James needs to get dad to put one of them new fangled side pull throttles and cable on the Cheney BSA	Debbie Poole stalking Mike Miller in Premier 500	Chris Johnson chasing Marty Burks
Steve Gard leads Nicky Trevino (It's really William. Those sneaky Trevino boys, switching bikes again!)	Randy Webber	Robert Gravely
Dave Fair leading Robert Gravely	Sportsman 500 Experts? early in a moto action	More early in a moto action
Tony Fox leads a tight pack	Randy Hall focusing in on Eric Forster	Tight racing between James, Gard, & Johnson
Ellen Roebuck back racing again, and taking pics	An incognito Mel Brooks enjoys a beer and the awards ceremony from the comfort of his folding chair	David Smead gots him a plaque with Cruttenden on it (The photo on the plaque by the amazing Don Hall)

Bunch O More Canby Photos by Sue Matthews

The Canby VMX Peanut Gallery	"Here comes one of them stinking two-strokes"	Jeff Mullins leads Mike Miller
CZ Willy, gathering strength	Waiting for practice to start?	87?, Bob Gravely & Dave Fair
Steve Gard & Marty Burks	1st lap close racing	William Trevino & Steve Gard
Sergeant, Wittman, & Williams	Dean Newton & Mike Miller	Cliff Mee & Mike Atkins
More Classic 250 action	One of Dave Fair's many holeshots on the day	Len Johnson & Kelly Young
Carpenter & Trevino	I think this shot has both of the Smead's in it	Chris Johnson?
Brad Berquist	Fair leads Trevino	Judd Miller leads Mark Roler
Mark Roler	Miller leads Rich Dominguez	David Smead & Chris Johnson
More Cruttenden, more Jiggy	Sergeant leads Vigil in Classic 125 action. You know, when you think about it, most Classic 125 bikes are from the same era as the ESS 250's & 500's. Classic 125 is more ESS that Classic	Close action in the ~~ESS 125 class~~, er, I mean Classic 125 class
Dirk Williams leads the second wave of Classic 125's	Daniel Rife	Colby Lugo on his 125 Pursang
Tight first lap action	Cliff Mee leads Bill Stuth	Albert Gonzales & Mike Miller
Vintage Freight Training	Burks & Rife	Peanut Gallery member Wes Poole

Don Hall's Canby Moto-cross Pics

Brad Jones Helmet Cam Action

David Gulickson Helmet Cam Action
http://youtu.be/2SyagH4EZ-g      50+ Intermediate Moto 1
http://youtu.be/LPlodq3F9ys      250 Sportsman Intermediate Moto 2
http://youtu.be/QI8gYNjvzVk      50+ Intermediate Moto 2

Helmet cam action from Bob Bellicitti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzYt5-bFBC0&list=HL1349838447&feature=mh_lolz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOeZ2YVlaQY&feature=g-upl

* traditional spelling
** or is it "aged"?

Blast from the Past
Who can name this racer from the 2003 Madras OR Lumberjack / NW regional

The 22th Annual Mike Lightfoot
Vintage Motorcycle Classic
October 20-21, 2012
Hollister Hills SVRA, Hollister CA

Thanks to Ellen Roebuck for sending in da pics!

Bike show action	Not sure if this is a Jim Nation bike but it's got the right color. Rest in Peace Jim Nation	Section 3 & Montesa rider, female (Debbie Poole is this you?)
3 line Jinete Bultaco	3 line TL 125 rider	TY 250 rider
Doug Grant Trialing	It's, "2 Line TL 125 Knee Brace Over the Pants" guy	3 Line Montesa rider, male
3 Line TL 250 in the red, white, & black gear	It must have been a hot day	This looks more like Debbie Poole than that first picture
Rick Wolf	Bryan Wenzel	PI Line BSA
Decending TL 125	3 Line Montesa rider, again	Rob Poole

70U	Debbie Poole on the bank	Rick Wolf on his Classic 250 BSA, I think
Jared Lange	Mickey Sargeant & Penton (I think he's got the shifting sorted on the Sachs)	Steve Brinkman
Wes Plunket	Rob Poole	Peter Cruttenden getting all "Jiggy" with his Matchless
Bryan Wenzel of Wenzel brother's fame, (the younger but just as likeable as the other one), putting Hank's Norton to good use this year	Mike Miller	The X Man
Randy Lewis & 125 American Eagle Zundapp	Richard Tomlinson in Classic 125	772 (looks like a 125 Husky)
Bob Shannon	Andy Croft (eye balling the photographer)	More Pics Probably......

Helmet cam action from Bob Bellicitti
50 + Expert Moto 1

Sportsman 250 Expert Moto 2

Premier 500 moto 2 helmet cam action by "Hackit2me"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls-NyWbcGv8&feature=em-share_video_user

Assured Photos,
was at the Hollister national, check out their shots
http://assuredphotos.com/
Their AHRMA Picture Page,
http://www.assuredphotos.com/MXphotocart/index.php?category=12

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2012 AHRMA Northwest Event Images

Blast from the Past Who can name these racers from the 2002 Honey Lake Lumberjack/Northwest regional

Announcement Concerning the 2012 Chehalis Events at The Farm

"The Farm", Chehalis, Washington August 11-12, 2012 The 15th Annual, (and last), Chehalis Classic

Great track! Great racing! Great friends!

Thanks to the following for sending in Chehalis pics; Nicky Trevino, Sue Matthews, Terry Hyde, Ellen Roebuck, Dean Newton & Tharyn Richards

Eric Matthews who took the ambulance ride to the hospital on Sunday on a backboard is OK. He was back at the track Sunday night, pretty sore and drugged up pretty good, and then he took some meds for his crash.

The Period Bike Award Winner, Chris Lucas' 1968 Kawasaki model F21M "Green Streak"

Overlooking the late Friday afternoon Goldfish racing (Yea I missed it again)

Retired from racing Terry Hyde rode his freshly restored 1955 BSA Gold Star down from Victoria BC (He motel'ed it at Chehalis, what a woosie!)

Kevin Blackburn's pit at the 2012 Chehalis Classic; probably not since 1963 or 64 in has both a Jawa typ 579/01 & 575/01 been seen in the pits together (in North America at least)

Seen in the pits, a Van Tech 125 Yamaha twingle motocross (I think that's what somebody told me it was)

Jeff Robertson's B44, the prettiest Classic 500 bike at Chehalis (of the 4-strokes at least)

Matt Dillon / RacinPics, Inc takes some great pictures. Be sure to check out his shots in the back of his photo rig, cause you won't see them on a web page (well maybe a few here)

Terry Hyde's Gold Star (by itself)

Buck Murphy on Bill Roland's screaming banshee Honda twin

Jerry Hemley leads Michael Sands & 22W in the distance. The unidentified rider must have post entered, huh?*

90B* in Sportsman 250 Novice, I think

Keith Crimin and N29*. Keith send us your You Tube helmet cam link!

94G*

Kevin Smith from Des Moines WA (Any relation to Lorin Smith of Des Moines WA? Lorin needs to bring his 450 Ducati to Chehalis but never has)

Even though his goggles are dark you can tell Len Johnson is looking right at the camera. Don't do that! It wrecks the picture & you get scolded on the web!

Rick Downing & his Greeves 360 Chalenger; the only 2-Stroke & the prettiest bike in the Classic 500 class (of the experts at least)

Lee "Frosty" Frost on his Greeves in Premier Light. Lee's new theme song by Van Halen, can be heard here

Larry James on his Greeves (Larry has a goiter condition that makes his elbows swell up)

Jim Anderson with Bill Silverthorn standing in the background (Yea, Jim was out there!)

Jon Wall and his Harris framed Premier Open Twin 650 Triumph, (not used as a cheater bike at Chehalis)

David Bachmeier wins the "Nicest Penton Award" at Chehalis

David Coccanti?*

Mark Percy leads 29*

#641* on a Bultaco Pursang

Joe Thomas? also on a Bultaco Pursang*

Giles Nelson, (at right), takes a shot of the first go-around of the 1st moto 3, gate 2, (Sportsman 500 Int's). Maybe one of these years Giles will download those pictures off of his camera!

The following shots from Ellen Roebuck

Debbe Poole on her Gold Star (psst, they are the same age)

90B Yamaha*

J P Atone on Rob Poole's cross country B44 in the Classic 500 class (I think the mystery tire tracks on my bike's seat came from this bike)

27A* leading Richard Dyer

N29* Bultaco

Wes Poole, too cool for his own good (It's really Rob Poole, one of the NUNs)

63D* Yamaha

Ken Conrad* looking at the camera

46G* looking at the camera on his Yamaico

Dick Mann just loves roosting in the grass, who doesn't? (In the background you can see the roof covering that the Sacred Cows and a bunch of volunteers put on the barn a few years ago, your welcome Wayne!)

The following shots from Tharyn Richards

38T* kind of gets the jump on the rubber band

Jim Staley* on the healthy roosting Sidepipe CZ

Sportsman 500 Int., 2nd moto 1st lap, bringing up the rear (That's Lyle Duronso with the left side starting gate wrapped around his front wheel)

98T* leads Fritz Gunther and Willy Trevino's left shoulder & head

Earl Schnell, 98T*, & William Trevino

38T* free from any rubber bands

Ross Roberts* got his trophy, (one of the lucky ones), and CZ Willy

Jim Cole leads a pack of big twins

See more Chehalis shots here from Brettsvmx's Photostream, http://www.flickr.com/photos/brettsvmx/

Blast from the Past Who can name these racers from the 1999 Bremen Georgia AHRMA national

The 8th Annual Novation Inc AHRMA Vintage Weekend Rattlers Run Farms, Fairfield WA (South of Spokane) September 8-9, 2012

Click for a large pano shot of the track, (Sunday morning before practice)

A continued great event! Thanks Anderbergs!

Saturday Stuff and Trials

After riding the trial, I caught the last official rider thru section 8, (no cleans on this one all day I was told)

The last rider thru Section 7 (Only sections 7 & 8 were in the farm yard this year, 1 thru 6 were out on a 2 1/2 mile loop)

A big thanks to Trials Marshal Chris Allen. Chris told us that he made the trial harder this year for Jay Lael, but Jay did not show up, (Thanks a lot Jay!)

Click above image for the main web site of
The American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association (AHRMA)

Blast from the Past
Who can name these racers from the 2002 Honey Lake Lumberjack/Northwest regional

"The Farm", Chehalis, Washington
August 11-12, 2012
The 15th Annual, (and last), Chehalis Classic

Overlooking the late Friday afternoon Goldfish racing
(Yea I missed it again)

Terry Hyde's Gold Star
(by itself)

90B* in Sportsman 250 Novice,
I think

Kevin Smith from Des Moines WA
(Any relation to Lorin Smith of Des Moines WA? Lorin needs to bring his 450 Ducati to Chehalis but never has)

Rick Downing & his Greeves 360 Chalenger; the only 2-Stroke & the prettiest bike in the Classic 500 class
(of the experts at least)

Jim Anderson with Bill Silverthorn standing in the background
(Yea, Jim was out there!)

Joe Thomas? also
on a Bultaco Pursang*

Giles Nelson, (at right), takes a shot of the first go-around of the 1st moto 3, gate 2, (Sportsman 500 Int's).
Maybe one of these years Giles will download those pictures off of his camera!

Debbe Poole on her Gold Star
(psst, they are the same age)

J P Atone on Rob Poole's cross country B44 in the Classic 500 class
(I think the mystery tire tracks on my bike's seat came from this bike)

Wes Poole,
too cool for his own good (It's really Rob Poole, one of the NUNs)

See more Chehalis shots here from Brettsvmx's Photostream,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brettsvmx/

Blast from the Past
Who can name these racers from the 1999 Bremen Georgia AHRMA national

The 8th Annual
Novation Inc AHRMA Vintage Weekend
Rattlers Run Farms, Fairfield WA
(South of Spokane)
September 8-9, 2012