AHRMA GREAT LAKES REGION
:: AHRMA GREAT LAKES REGION ::
Log Road MX owner, Jeff Beerbower, has been a long time Vintage MX racer and
fan. And if you ask his wife Cathy, he’s been a ferocious collector of vintage
motocross bikes for years. That passion for the sport has spilled over to the track.
This season, the first Vintage MX event on tap is Log Road’s traditional AHRMA
Great Lakes Regional event on the Monday of Memorial Day weekend. This event
always has a large turn out of both AHRMA and District 14 Vintage MX riders, and
this year will add a sizable number of riders from the Indiana Vintage Off-Road
Motorcycle Enthusiasts (IVORME) club. Log Road MX runs a limited schedule of
regular AMA District 14 classes, and on vintage race days the track is specially set up
for the Vintage riders and Post Vintage riders. A large contingent of Vintage riders
make this a must do event for all Midwest Vintage participants.
The AMA District 14 Vintage Series makes two stops at the Log Road facility. One,
which is the AHRMA Great Lakes Regional out lined above, the second is on Monday
September 1st - the last of three big days of Log Road MX racing on Labor Day
weekend. Log Road MX has also put together three bonus dates that will not only
include our AHRMA Vintage National, and District 14 Vintage MX dates but also
Sunday, June 22nd, Saturday, August 2nd and Sunday, September 21st that will
make up the AHRMA Great Lakes Vintage MX Series at Log Road MX. We are also
proud to announce that on top of our Michigan Vintage crowd the Vintage boys
from the Hoosier State’s IVORME club will also be apart of the races at Log Road
MX. On these dates, three additional dates will be run in the morning, before our
regularly scheduled Log Road MX open riding events practice. The vintage events
will start at 8:30 am and we will be done no later than 11:30am with the whole
Vintage MX racing program. How cool is that come in early ride on a prepped
Vintage MX friendly track and be done motoing before noon!
An AHRMA National MX event on July 12 & 13th is definitely the headliner of our
Log Road MX Vintage season and it should be a great old school event. The guys
and gals running machines that were built in 1974 and older take to the track on
Saturday, July 12th. On the second day of the event, Sunday the 13th post
vintage bikes (bikes built in 1975 and older) will take to the track. The AHRMA
National Legends of Motocross Series special honoree for the weekend will be the
late Maico rider Jim West. West was fatally injured during the first moto of the
Cycle World International, a round of the Trans AMA Series at the old Saddleback
Park Motocross Track in Irvine, California, on 30 November 1975. West was running
seventh when his motorcycle hit a large kicker, throwing him into the air. According
to witnesses, West fell backwards off the Macio directly landing on his back. He
died about an hour later during emergency surgery at Chapman General Hospital.
The cause of death was listed as massive internal injuries. The event was won by
teenage rider Tony Distefano in a Suzuki.
We at Log Road MX have worked long and hard to put together a great year of
vintage friendly events for the vintage racer and early reviews say we may have
pulled it off. If you are a vintage motocross fan this is one series you’ll want to be a
part of. Old bikes, good friends, cool events and the race coverage that our riders
deserve.
Log Road Vintage MX Series
May 26th (AHRMA Great Lakes Regional, District 14 Vintage & IVORME Series event)
June 22nd (AHRMA Great Lakes Regional & IVORME Series event)
July 12th (AHRMA Vintage National & IVORME Series event)
July 13th (AHRMA Post Vintage National & IVORME Series event)
August 2nd (AHRMA Great Lakes Regional & IVORME Series event)
Sept 1st (AHRMA Regional, District 14 Vintage & IVORME Series event)
Sept 21st (AHRMA Great Lakes Regional)
fan. And if you ask his wife Cathy, he’s been a ferocious collector of vintage
motocross bikes for years. That passion for the sport has spilled over to the track.
This season, the first Vintage MX event on tap is Log Road’s traditional AHRMA
Great Lakes Regional event on the Monday of Memorial Day weekend. This event
always has a large turn out of both AHRMA and District 14 Vintage MX riders, and
this year will add a sizable number of riders from the Indiana Vintage Off-Road
Motorcycle Enthusiasts (IVORME) club. Log Road MX runs a limited schedule of
regular AMA District 14 classes, and on vintage race days the track is specially set up
for the Vintage riders and Post Vintage riders. A large contingent of Vintage riders
make this a must do event for all Midwest Vintage participants.
The AMA District 14 Vintage Series makes two stops at the Log Road facility. One,
which is the AHRMA Great Lakes Regional out lined above, the second is on Monday
September 1st - the last of three big days of Log Road MX racing on Labor Day
weekend. Log Road MX has also put together three bonus dates that will not only
include our AHRMA Vintage National, and District 14 Vintage MX dates but also
Sunday, June 22nd, Saturday, August 2nd and Sunday, September 21st that will
make up the AHRMA Great Lakes Vintage MX Series at Log Road MX. We are also
proud to announce that on top of our Michigan Vintage crowd the Vintage boys
from the Hoosier State’s IVORME club will also be apart of the races at Log Road
MX. On these dates, three additional dates will be run in the morning, before our
regularly scheduled Log Road MX open riding events practice. The vintage events
will start at 8:30 am and we will be done no later than 11:30am with the whole
Vintage MX racing program. How cool is that come in early ride on a prepped
Vintage MX friendly track and be done motoing before noon!
An AHRMA National MX event on July 12 & 13th is definitely the headliner of our
Log Road MX Vintage season and it should be a great old school event. The guys
and gals running machines that were built in 1974 and older take to the track on
Saturday, July 12th. On the second day of the event, Sunday the 13th post
vintage bikes (bikes built in 1975 and older) will take to the track. The AHRMA
National Legends of Motocross Series special honoree for the weekend will be the
late Maico rider Jim West. West was fatally injured during the first moto of the
Cycle World International, a round of the Trans AMA Series at the old Saddleback
Park Motocross Track in Irvine, California, on 30 November 1975. West was running
seventh when his motorcycle hit a large kicker, throwing him into the air. According
to witnesses, West fell backwards off the Macio directly landing on his back. He
died about an hour later during emergency surgery at Chapman General Hospital.
The cause of death was listed as massive internal injuries. The event was won by
teenage rider Tony Distefano in a Suzuki.
We at Log Road MX have worked long and hard to put together a great year of
vintage friendly events for the vintage racer and early reviews say we may have
pulled it off. If you are a vintage motocross fan this is one series you’ll want to be a
part of. Old bikes, good friends, cool events and the race coverage that our riders
deserve.
Log Road Vintage MX Series
May 26th (AHRMA Great Lakes Regional, District 14 Vintage & IVORME Series event)
June 22nd (AHRMA Great Lakes Regional & IVORME Series event)
July 12th (AHRMA Vintage National & IVORME Series event)
July 13th (AHRMA Post Vintage National & IVORME Series event)
August 2nd (AHRMA Great Lakes Regional & IVORME Series event)
Sept 1st (AHRMA Regional, District 14 Vintage & IVORME Series event)
Sept 21st (AHRMA Great Lakes Regional)
Vintage MX roars in to Log Road MX
Story and photos by Bart Newman
Story and photos by Bart Newman
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#94 Eric Muffley Leads #817 Weley Fuller #64g Jeff Beerbower and the field of AHRMA Vintage
racers around turn one at last season's AHRMA Great Lakes Regional at Log Road MX.
racers around turn one at last season's AHRMA Great Lakes Regional at Log Road MX.
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