The Fast Lane is a network within CMA that focuses primarily on min-

istry to sport bikers, dual sport riders, and quad sport riders. Our goals are to see the lost saved and to develop chapters within CMA to accomplish ministry

in these areas.

The Fast Lane is what you make it. We have members across the coun-

try doing different things to be active in ministry . Some are attending races,

some are holding Fast Lane rides, and others are meeting with local clubs and

web forum members and attending their events. They are the leaders of the

Fast Lane in their areas, striking out to do what they can and working to get others that are interested in ministry to this segment of riders enthused about

doing the work also.

Welcome to the Inside Line for November!

John Jr - National Evangelist - Fast Lane

Well,

John

isn’t

avail-

able for comment for this month’s

edition, so I (Holly) will fill you in on

his status.

The Fast Lane Rally was

amazing this past weekend. We had a

good attendance, and a lot of fun.

Sunday morning, John took his bike

up to Iron Mountain to say goodbye

to everyone as they packed up. While

there, he took a bike out for a test

ride. Before he left, he decided to

put on his Aerostich suit since it was

handy. Not long into the ride, John

was traveling straight down a paved

road about sixty when the bike went

into a three second tank-slapper. He

hit a concrete culvert, went over the

handle bars, and slid for 300 feet.

About two minutes after the

accident, a man in a truck stopped

and picked John up to take him to

the hospital (John was alone and

didn’t have a phone). The man al-

lowed John to use his phone to call

me.

Mena hospital said he had a

shattered spleen, and road rash on

his shoulder and hands (his gloves

had come off). Because the two clos-

est trauma centers were full, he was

air lifted to UAMS in Little Rock for

emergency surgery to remove his

spleen.

Upon arriving at UAMS,

they did a thorough inspection of

him and found that his spleen was in

stable condition (he had only lost

one unit of blood) and he had a

cracked shoulder blade.

They decided to leave him in

ICU for observation. He did so well

in there Monday (yesterday), that

they are considering moving him to a

step down room today.

He said that when he

wrecked, he felt a peace come over

him and God tell him, “I am not

through with you yet, you will be

okay.”

God truly has taken care of

John through this ordeal—everywhere

from happening to have his full rid-

ing suit close by when he decided to

take an impromptu ride, to the guy

that picked him up, to getting us to

the best hospital in the region with

the best doctors taking care of him.

We thank you for all of your

prayers. I am keeping Facebook up-

dated on his status if you are inter-

ested in following along.

Holly Ogden

November 2009

It was

S a t u r d a y

morning, a

day I had

planned to fill

with getting

housework done, when John and the

girls decided they wanted to go on a

motorcycle ride to Wolf Pen Gap, the

local ATV trail system. There was

supposed to be an ATV rally there

this weekend, and the local chapter

had planned to have a hospitality

booth set up and John wanted show

his support, so after a brief hesitation,

I decided to go along too – this would

be a good opportunity to have family

time together.

My bike wouldn’t crank, so

John brought out a Suzuki DR 350

for me to ride. One special key to this

bike is that it has a kick start. I tried

to kick it a few times, and didn’t

make any progress. So, John kicked it

for me, and it roared to life. I put

Bekah on the back and off we went

(This was our first time riding with

her behind me).

We headed to our office

three miles up the road to pick up

John’s billfold. I was nervous as a cat

in a roomful of rocking chairs the

entire way. Bekah, at the ripe age of

three, was excited to be on the bike

and tried to see everything she could

see. This meant that her head was

constantly turning, and since she has

an off road helmet with a bill, she

would have to lean back to turn her

head. Each time she did so, I thought

for sure she was leaning too far and

was going to fall off. We made it to

the office, John grabbed his billfold,

and I took a deep breath and worked

to calm my nerves. I decided to place

Bekah in front of me for the next leg

of our trip, which was about 8 miles

up the road to a gas station. We made

it without a problem and filled up.

Nerved up, I decided to put

Bekah behind me again for our trip

out to Wolf Pen. The ride took about

20 minutes, and she did great! We

arrived at the first campground and

didn’t see any signs of a rally, so we

drove a few miles up the road to the

next campground. This campground

was located on the other side of a

stream, which meant we had to cross

a bridge. This was no ordinary bridge,

it was a wooden bridge built with rail-

road ties, flashing, and 2x6 boards

spaced about eight inches apart for

runners. On one side, they were kind

enough to pair the 2x6 with an extra

four inch board. Taking a deep

breath, keeping my eyes up, I headed

across the bridge on the wider path.

Bekah and I made it just fine, and we

putted around the campground fol-

lowing John. At the end of the loop,

we met loose rocks (I think the own-

ers meant it for gravel, but the rocks

were about the size of a fist). After

(Continued on page 5)

Holly Ogden - CMA National - Fast Lane

W e

h a v e

seen the

L o r d

o p e n

s o m e

d o o r s

here in Kansas this summer. During

the month of August, Kansas hosted

the AMA Superbike races in Topeka

at Heartland Park. There were 30+

CMA people from several chapters

present, helping as corner workers,

hospitality, and helmet and coat

check. Our hospitality people fed 60+

people on Friday night, provided over

130 gallons of water with over 2,000

CMA cups handed out, Gatorade,

coffee, and countless one on one min-

istry. Several of us did bike blessings

for fans and racers alike, three of the

teams made very positive comments

on their web sites about CMA. One

of our people approached Jason Brit-

ton and when Jason saw the CMA'er,

he asked him: "Do you want my auto-

graph"? The CMA'er responded with,

"Do you have Jesus in your heart"?

Jason replied with, "Yes, I know Je-

sus." Praise God!!

During the month of Septem-

ber, several of us attended the season

final CCS races at Heartland Park.

We served as corner workers and hos-

pitality. Following the Sunday rider’s

brief, one of our CMA approved

speakers gave the devotional and

prayer. Every racer stayed for it and

when the day was done, several of the

racers asked us if we will be back next

year. Of course! We gave a picture to

the owner of the track (with all the

signatures of CMA volunteers on it),

and he put it up in the foyer of the

main office. He said that he liked

having us around and looked forward

to us being back for 2010.

During September, Kansas

CMA hosted a state Fast Lane Rally

(The Cyclone Rally) from the evening

(Continued on page 4)

Jak Keller - Kansas Fast Lane Rep

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Slimy

Crud

Well I knew this was sup-

posed to be a cool day BUT. . . The

“Slimy Crud” refers to all the fall

leaves that fall off the trees and onto

the highways and make them slip-

pery – oh yeah.

Popularized by Peter Egan of

Cycle World and Road and Track,

this ride is an excuse for a ride which

draws bikes of

all types to the

three building

town of Leland,

Wisconsin in

the spring and

fall on the first

Sunday of May

and October. A

full day of twisty riding to get there

and back, this is a must ride for any-

one who wants to experience the

richness of the Midwestern motorcy-

cling scene.

I have a rule; I don’t leave

home if it’s raining. Well there was a

light mist, and rules are made to be

broken. I figured it would stop as it

was supposed to be dry with high’s in

the upper 50’s. How do those

weather people get so much money

for such inaccurate reporting!? It was

43 degrees when I left at 6:30am and

the same when I got home at

9:15pm. There was a light mist all

day (maybe only 80% of the day), but

I did have my electric jacket pegged

about 95% of the day. I thought I

had better turn it down once in a

while or kill my battery.

When I went through Pres-

cott and Diamond Bluff, WI, I saw

about 50 turkeys. Is it Thanksgiving

yet? Thank God they didn’t go in my

direction, as they are big birds.

Nelson, WI is 100 miles

from my home and where I gassed

up and went to meet up with the

Motorcycle Sport Touring Assn

(used to be HSTA) at Beth’s Twin

Bluff Restaurant. There were nine of

us to start, but one decided not to

come

I’m the one in the red suit

next to the beautiful orange Busa,

BMW Larry (in gray) next to me is

the only one older than me and a

much better rider. . .okay, most of

the guys are better riders than me.

We took off and noticed

that many of the highways we were

had “Loose Gravel” signs. Ha, those

signs should have read “Loose Poop”

as there were horse apples every-

where, I mean everywhere. I usually

like to ride in the back of the pack,

but that was a poor location on this

ride. The guy in front of me would

hit a pile of apples while going over a

hill and sent some spraying my way.

Thankfully we had enough mist and

light rain to keep things clean, if you

know what I mean.

As we pulled into Leland, we

noticed there were a lot of people

missing. I figured it must have been

the balmy temperatures or the threat

of snow. . . Anyway we had hot dogs

and brats and spent some time look-

ing around at the three to five hun-

dred bikes.

When we headed home, we

started slow as the local police were

having a serious discussion with a

guy that did a very nice wheelie

through town.

Going home brought us

back over a mountain just as a light

rain started. Now one of the guys

had a front tire that was almost as

smooth as my bald head, add the

moisture and the painted yellow line

and the next thing the guy thought

was “ditch.” Which was exactly what

happened. This side trip tore off

most of the plastic on the front of

the bike as it nosed into the ditch

and the driver did a backward somer-

sault and landed on his back. We

took the bike to the next town and

left it for a pickup later.

Then we changed our route

to main roads and headed straight to

Nelson where we could get some

much needed help and comfort the

ice cream factory. Unfortunately it

was closed by the time we got there.

I put on 564.3 miles, was

gone for 12 ½ hours, and managed

to get 47.7 mpg on the last tank of

gas. I didn’t warm up until the next

day and was pooped (no not by the

horse apples). Long day and

wonderful people, that’s what its

all about. God Speed!

David McLellan - Minnesota Fast Lane Rep

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November Inside Line

of the 18-20. We had 83 registered

with 15 of those not CMA members.

We camped in a state park that al-

lowed us to reach all types of Fast

Lane rides. The off-road/quad sport

people had only eight miles to trailer

to School Creek ORV which is a 300

acre area next to Milford Lake. We

set up a first-aid and hospitality tent

there and fed everyone, CMA and

non CMA alike, lunch. CMA people

prayed with the riders and several

contacts were made. The dual-sport

riders went on a 190 mile ride with

very positive comments.

There were two different

sport bike rides, one sightseeing and

one extreme ride. The sightseeing

ride ended with over 200 miles

through the Flint Hills and the ex-

treme ride ended with 322 miles of

sweepers and few twisties. There was

every type of bike at the rally, 52 in

all. After the rides, we had a cookout

and concert. During the concert

break, we gave away donated gifts

and I shared my testimony.

Sunday brought a church

service that was very well received.

Several people picked up CMA appli-

cations. One of the secular riders was

very surprised that he could have so

much fun and enjoy the company of

Christians. Later on, I found out

that the city had been claimed for

the Kingdom of God by members of

the local church and that the mem-

bers had planted Bibles in all four

corners of the city prior to this event.

The ground where we held the event

was already sanctified by the body of

Christ, just for this event, praise

God!

This has been a great year

for growth in CMA Kansas, with two

forming Fast Lane chapters and in-

terest in Kansas City and Wichita to

start Fast Lane chapters there as well.

With the addition of Ron and Linda

Harper as Fast Lane Reps focusing

primarily on quad-sports, we are now

better equipped to reach the off-road

world. We have learned how to bet-

ter organize our forces to work events

in a team effort, thus showing the

love of Christ to the motorcycling

community. We have been working

right out of Ephesians: "Making

every effort to keep the unity of the

Spirit through the bond of peace.

There is one body and one Spirit—

just as you were called to one hope

when you were called—one Lord, one

faith, one baptism; one God and

Father of all, who is over all and

through all and in all." Eph 4:3-6.

May God continue to show

us where to go and how to share His

love with every type of motorcycle

rider, wherever he or she may be!

(Continued from Charles Compton on page 2)

It’s an

exciting time to

be serving in

CMA in Quad

ministry! I just got back from the

“2009 Rally at the Gap,” and the

Lord moved in a mighty way at this

event. The rally events were based

out of Camp Wolf Creek Springs

with rides happening out at Wolf

Pen Gap. The Ouachita Off Road

Warriors (Fast Lane forming chapter)

did a great job serving at this rally!

We also had help from the Shep-

herds of Mt. Magazine chapter, and

the Spring Riders chapter; thanks to

all who served at this event. We had

the opportunity to have a hospitality

tent, perform some mechanical min-

istry, bless some quads, and help the

promoter with various things. The

Sunday morning service was well at-

tended with at least 40 people.

We have started planning for

next year at this event, and are look-

ing at new ways to reach the lost.

Denver Dennis - Arkansas Fast Lane Rep

z

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maneuvering through the rocks, I

found myself lined up to go across

the narrow path on the bridge. “I can

do this,” I thought. So with eyes up, I

headed across with little Bekah hold-

ing on tight. Then it happened – the

front tire went off the path and we

ended up bouncing across the cross

ties on the bridge and down we went.

Seeing gas leaking out of my 1.5 gal-

lon tank, I quickly tried to move

Bekah out of the way so I could pick

the bike back up. In doing so, I did-

n’t get her feet firmly on the path,

and she ended up putting her feet

between the cross ties and onto the

bridge decking. This scared her as

she thought she was falling through

the bridge. By this time, John had

walked back across the bridge to us

and began moving the bike off the

bridge. Bekah and I chose to walk.

On the other side of the bridge, we

switched passengers. Bekah hopped

on with John, and Ali climbed on

behind me.

John led us up a dirt road

toward the trail head for Wolf Pen

Gap in a final attempt to find the

rally. Each mile we drove, the road

deteriorated. At one point, we came

across a detour. A detour! It led us

on a path through the trees. to a

short, rough downhill section

flanked by a few trees just wide

enough for a four wheeler. I stopped

at the top, and thought, “What has

John gotten me into now!” Con-

cerned about the terrain, I let Ali off

and decided to go down this section

alone. With my heart pumping, I

made it to the bottom without much

ado. Leaving the bike in neutral and

on the kickstand (John was some-

where ahead of me and I didn’t dare

turn the bike off since I couldn’t start

it myself), I walked back up the hill

to get Ali who was about as scared as

I was. We walked down together and

then assessed the trail ahead of us. It

lead us through another small crop-

ping of trees, some deep gravel, and

then across a creek. John and Bekah

were on the other side of the creek

looking at us. I looked at John and

asked him, “You expect me to cross

the water with Ali?!” This was my

first off road trip in months and my

first time riding a passenger off road.

Pulling together my gumption, Ali

and I got on the bike, headed

through the trees and gravel, and

then went through the water to the

other side. Once on the bank,

there was a slick rutted path up-

hill and around a curve. This was

too much, so I put the brakes on

and decided it was time to allow

John to ride the bike up the hill.

We parked in the shade

of the trees and had a snack and

something to drink. This gave me the

opportunity to relax a bit as I was still

shaking from the adrenaline rush of

crossing the creek with Ali. After our

short break, we headed further down

the trail, which John assured me was

leading us back toward the house.

Shortly down the trail was another

water crossing. So, after watching

John and Bekah cross, I told Ali to

hang on tight and away we went. We

splashed across the creek and were

met with a rocky incline. Without

much thought, we headed up. My

front tire came up off the ground

and I could feel the bike falling to

the right as we worked to climb. By

the grace of God, I hit the gas, pow-

ered through the rest of the hill, and

kept it upright until we came to sta-

ble ground. We had avoided going

down!! What a rush! We stopped for

another short break, at which time

John informed me that he had been

trying to figure out how to get back

across the water to get me because he

was sure I wasn’t going to ride the

bike across as it was a rougher cross-

ing than the first.

From here on out, the

road was a nice gravel road that

had been grated recently. We

switched passengers, and I

placed Bekah behind me. Close

to home, I hit a bump in the

road, at which Bekah began cry-

ing hys-

terically. I

s t opped

the bike,

asked her

what was

wrong (I

think she

w a s

a s l e e p

and the

jolt star-

tled her). I asked her if she wanted to

ride in front. I received a teary, “Uh,

huh.” So placing her in front, I pre-

pared to take off. Then I heard,

“Look, Mama! Cows!” Laughing, I

replied, “Yes, Bekah cows,” and we

were off. We made it home a short

time later, ate a good lunch, and put

the girls down for their afternoon

nap. All in all, it was a wonderful

morning with time well spent as a

family playing in the woods.

(Continued from Holly Ogden page 2)

Consider joining an owner’s group for the type of motorcycle you own. There are numerous different groups to join, with

most of them having web boards so that you can keep in touch with the people you meet. This is an effective tool in building rela-

tionships with people and making inroads. Please keep in mind that it is best to avoid any religious debates on the forums, as they

only tend to hurt your witness. Below are some links to the websites (we take no responsibility for the content of these web boards,

please use wisdom and discretion):

American Thunderbike: www.americanthunderbike.org

HSTA: http://www.ridehsta.com/

ROK: http://www.kawasaki.com/contentb.asp?url=/gtoc/

WERA: www.wera.com

ZRXOA: www.zrxoa.org

FZ1OA: www.yamahafz1oa.com

www.advrider.com

www.klr650.net

General sport biking forums:

http://www.sportbikes.com/wwwthreads/ubbthreads.php?Cat

http://sbw.sportbikes.com/

http://www.sport-touring.net/forums/

Rocket Madness: http://www.rocketmadness.com/forums/index.php?referrerid=1058

Concours Owners Group: http://www.cog-online.org/ClubPortal/ClubStatic.cfm?clubID=1328&pubmenuoptID=13528

http://www.floridasportbikers.com/default.php

http://daytonasportbikes.com/forum/index.php

Web Forums

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November Inside Line

World Superbike Races

Miller Motorsports Park

Tooele, Utah

The trip

into Tooele was

totally beautiful,

taking me through

breathtaking scen-

ery. On arriving at

the Miller Mo-

torsports Park 30

minutes west of

Salt Lake City, I

met Roger Cannon and we began

setting up. The CMA folks in the

area surrounding Salt Lake City have

got it going on! They have developed

a great relationship with the track

personnel and have gained even

more respect and favor since three

years ago when I was last out there.

Their water wagon and booth set up

was cleverly engineered and well exe-

cuted. The track owners have come

to recognize then as a valuable part of

the team and have put them in the

perfect place to conduct their minis-

try. The hel-

met and

leather check

was in a track

provided 30’ x

30’ tent at the

far end of the

lot. This put

all of the vol-

unteers in one

area, eliminating the usual chasing

around the facility making

food, water, and relief runs

to the various volunteer

locations. The track ad-

ministration responded

favorably to every request

for additional supplies—you

only get this kind of prefer-

ential treatment by earning

it. Through hard work and

dedication to the ministry at MMP

over the last 6 or 7 years the local

CMA’ers have become part of the

track support team and have earned

the right to minister and speak.

The only thing I could see

that was missing this year was YOU!

As the ministry opportunities at

MMP increase, the need for willing

volunteers virtually doubles. If you

can be of assistance, they desperately

need your help. Give track coordina-

tor Roger Cannon (801-731-5238), a

call he will put you to work. You

won’t find a better bunch

of folks to work and minis-

ter with anywhere. Follow

this link for pictures of this

year’s event: http://

cmanwr1.org/TRI/photo-

gallery.aspx

I know this event

is on my schedule for 2010

already. Will I see you

Tim Weddle - Fast Lane

Our 2010 itinerary is filling up quick. If you have

an event that you would like John Ogden, Jr to

consider attending, please send an email to

fastlane@cmausa.org!

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Where can I fit in? Check out

the links to the left!

Arkansas: Denver Dennis denver@cmausa.org Bill Wing bwing@pgtc.com California-N: John Rundall run2man@yahoo.com Colorado: Charles Compton comptontalking@yahoo.com Florida: Eagle Bowers cmaeagle@bellsouth.net Mitch Edwards rhondaedwards@comcast.net Georgia: Eric Shumans eshumans@bellsouth.net Illinois: Jim Barnhart 4given1@dtnspeed.net Kansas: Ron Harper rharper13@kc.rr.com Jak Keller keller4318@cox.net Maryland: Jerry Coon jcoon3@comcast.net Michigan: Jorg Emmert jorg.emmert@tornadex.com Minnesota: Dave McLellan dbmclellan@comcast.net Missouri: Cy Knight cyandcid@wildblue.net North Carolina: David Oates ncvulcanrider@yahoo.com North Dakota: Jimi Johnson jimi@srt.com Oregon: Jeff Hayes jaaars@hotmail.com South Carolina: JJ White jj_white2@yahoo.com Tennessee: Gary Holt holtgf@msn.com Texas-NE: Robert DuMond radumond@sbcglobal.net Texas-W: Bob McClain rideandabide@verizon.net Tri-State: Tim Bernard Tim.bernard@happy-trail.com Washington: Steve Schiller steve@olylightriders.org

FAST LANE FRIENDLY AREA REP Indiana: Chris Roush roush4jesus@yahoo.com

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26-30: Evangelists’ Meet-

ings, Hatfield, AR

November

4-8: Fast Lane Rally,

Hatfield, AR

October

18-20: Leadership Con-

ference, Hatfield, AR

21-25: Changing of the

Colors Rally, Hatfield,

AR

January

4-8: Evangelists’ Meet-

ings, Hatfield, AR

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