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Volume 1, Issue 1
Spring 2011
Fast in the
DesertHow Kendall Norman
Gets It Done
Remembering lone
star motocross
Ice In Their Veins2011’s first champions awarded at
the Ice Race Grand Championships
Bill MarkhamTeaching kids to ride trials is his
calling in life
Saving The Planet?scott Keller and Reforest The
Tropics bring green to motocross
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As an AMA member, Andrew Short is keeping motocross tracks open. He’s fi ghting bad laws that
close trails. He’s fi ghting bike bans on the street and is represented in the halls of government by
AMA freedom fi ghters. You can too.
Join now and enjoy the benefi ts of AMA Roadside Assistance today!
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Approximately a year and a half ago, the
AMA launched a new publication for our
members who compete. AMA Racer was
printed in small numbers and provided
online. Its primary purpose was to offer
up information about AMA Racing Grand
Championship events. It was printed more
or less quarterly, and designed to come out
according to the competition schedule.
While the publication served that purpose
and helped improve awareness of those
events, it did not have the distribution it
needed to reach all our racers.
To expand our reach, we are pleased to
announce that AMA Racer is now bound into
select copies of American Motorcyclist during
the racing season. That means, if you are
reading this, you have been identified as a
member interested or involved in racing.
In practice, the concept is a win-win
approach. The AMA saves money by sending
AMA Racer to racers only, and the members
interested in competition information get
it. We are able to take advantage of the
economies of scale that come from printing
the magazine, and we are able to cover much
of those reduced costs by selling advertising
that appears exclusively in this section.
Those are the logistics. Now, what can you
expect from AMA Racer? Here’s a quick list.
First of all, we will shine the spotlight on
our members who race. Too often, amateur
racing gets pushed to the sidelines. While
we understand that fans of the sport have
a major interest in their AMA Pro Racing
heroes, we also recognize the hard work,
dedication and talent that it takes to rise to
the challenge in AMA-sanctioned amateur
competition.
In addition, AMA Racer is your direct
link to those in charge of implementing
the competition rules written by AMA
Congress, the elected rulemaking body for
AMA-sanctioned competition. We’ll include
information on major rule changes and better
explain those that need more background.
Also, AMA Racer is about the past,
present and future of AMA-sanctioned
amateur racing. It’s for the racers, about
the racers and in support of the sport that
racers love. As part of the AMA’s mission to
protect and promote motorcycling, we seek
to improve and promote amateur motorcycle
competition.
Along those lines, we already have a lot of
initiatives that we are working on for 2011.
For example, excessive sound is a big one
on our plate. AMA staff will be on hand at
several national events educating riders on
this important issue.
Partnership is another area where we
will expand. Relationships such as those we
enjoy with the Enduro Promotions Group,
MX Sports and the National Hare & Hound
Association pay dividends for both the AMA
and our racers. We intend to add to these
relationships in 2011 and beyond.
Vintage racing may be all about the past,
but it’s also a big part of our future. The
AMA has been at the forefront of the rise in
vintage racing with both the AMA Racing
Vintage Grand Championships, which take
place during AMA Vintage Motorcycle Days,
and the AMA Racing Vintage Dirt Track
National Championship Series. Look for
more growth in AMA-sanctioned vintage
competition going forward.
AMA Racing and AMA Organizer Services
are working more closely to reach out to both
our clubs and promoters. The AMA is first
and foremost a rider’s association, and our
goal in our organizational relationships is
to put your interests first. By helping our
clubs and promoters better understand our
rulebook and appeal process, we can improve
the races for everyone. Along these lines, we
also intend to have referee training in place
by the fall of 2011.
This is just the start. Look for more
improvements of the AMA Racing program
going forward. But just as the AMA needs
all of us, as members, to step up and fight
for the cause, we need your to help improve
the sport. Why do you love to race? What
would make racing better for you? How can
we work together to elevate amateur racing
in America? Let us know at submissions@
ama-cycle.org and you could see your ideas in
future issues of this publication.
Joe Bromley
AMA Racing Director
Expanding Our OutreachFrom AMA Racing For AMA Racers
AMA RAcing STAFF
Joe Bromley
Director
Kevin Crowther
Director of Supercross and
Pro Racing Relations
Bill Cumbow
Director of Organizer and Racing
Member Services
Kip Bigelow
Motocross/Arenacross Manager
Ken Saillant
Track Racing Manager
Chuck Weir
Off-Road Manager
Jane Caston
Supercross/Motocross Coordinator
Tamra Jones,
Off-Road/Track Racing Coordinator
Kim Johnson
Motocross/Arenacross Coordinator
Lana Cox
Administrative Assistant
AMA Racing
(614) 856-1900, AMARacing.com
13515 Yarmouth Dr.
Pickerington, OH 43147
ADVERTiSing
Steve Gotoski (Western States)
Advertising Director
(951) 566-5068
Ray Monroe (Eastern States)
Advertising Manager
(815) 885-4445
Misty Walker
Advertising Assistant
(614) 856-1900 x1267
AMA Racer
(614) 856-1900
13515 Yarmouth Dr.
Pickerington, OH 43147
AmericanMotorcyclist.com
Cover Photo by Mark Kariya
Insets (L-R) by Corey Mays,
ITSTrials.com, ReforestTheTropics.org
AMA Racer is published periodically by the
American Motorcyclist Association. Copyright (c)
2011 by the American Motorcyclist Association.
Printed in USA. No responsibility is assumed
for loss or damage to unsolicited materials. Send
story ideas and photos to submissions@ama-cycle.
org. All submitted material becomes property of
the American Motorcyclist Association. Return
of special items may be arranged, but please call
(614) 856-1900 before submitting. Please include
your full name, AMA number and phone number
with all submissions.
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We all know that off-road riding offers
benefi ts above and beyond the simple
fun of blasting off on two wheels. Young
riders learn responsibility, control and
respect.
As an off-highway dirtbike and all-
terrain vehicle (ATV) instructor focusing
on kids, Bill Markham, who runs ITS
Motorcycle Training in Howard, Colo., is
one trainer leading the charge.
Markham says that one benefi t of
learning to ride early is practical. Early
riders make better drivers, he says.
“Our children are smart enough and
physically able to do activities such as
learning to ride motorcycles and ATVs
off-road,” Markham says. “If they learn
while they are young, they will be safer
riders as they grow.”
Markham argues that given similar
levels of driver’s education training, a 16
year old with years of motorcycle or ATV
riding will be a better driver than one
who was just introduced to operating a
motor vehicle six months earlier.
“Controlling an off-road vehicle
provides excellent experience to be able
to react when needing to brake, adjust
speed, and control a vehicle,” he says. “It
also contributes to self-confi dence.”
For Markham, the confi dence factor is
a major benefi t.
“Learning to ride a motorcycle off-road
and applying that to local competition
has helped many kids
stay focused on
positive things in
life,” he says.
For more about
teaching kids to ride,
see ITStrials.
com.
TEACHING KIDS TO RIDE RIGHTBill Markham Uses Trials
To Introduce Kids To The Sport
Kurt Caselli Dominates At Ridgecrest: KTM/FMF Factory Team rider
Kurt Caselli crossed the fi nish line 8 minutes ahead of second-place fi nisher
David Pearson at the second round of the AMA Racing Kenda National Hare
and Hound Championship Series Feb. 13 in Ridgecrest, Calif.
After fl ubbing the start and getting off the line several seconds late, Caselli
raced through the dust and roost to edge into second. A minor spill by leader
Kendall Norman gave Caselli the lead for good.
“It feels really good to get a win here after an unlucky result at the fi rst
round,” Caselli said after the race.
Duvall Wins East Coast Opener: Thad Duvall battled with Steward
Baylor, Brad Bakken and three-time AMA National Enduro Champ Russell
Bobbitt at the opening round of the AMA Racing East Region Hare Scrambles
Series Feb. 13 in Elko, Ga.
Baylor got out front early, then each contender put in a strong charge until
after the second gas stop when Duvall started to pull away. The fi nishing
order was Duvall, Baylor and Bobbitt.
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