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June 10 Sun VP Race Fuels ET Series #7 New England Dragway Epping, NH newenglanddragway.com ————————————— June 10 Sun 40th Annual British Motorcycle Meet Bolton Fairgrounds 318 Seven Bridge Road (Route 17) Lancaster, MA www.britishmcmeet.com ———————————— June 13 Wed AMA Pro Hillclimb Laconia Bike Week Gunstock Rec. Area Gilford, NH www.amaproracing.com ————————————— June 15-16 Fri-Sat Square Deal Riders Vintage Nationals Pattersonville, NY 508-963-0017 ————————————— June 15-16 Fri-Sat Rhinebeck Regional Swap Meet 6550 Spring Brook Rhinebeck, NY rhinebecknationalmeet.com ——————————— June 16 Sat Wachusett Valley Riders Club Race at WVR 783 Spring St (Rt 12) Winchendon, MA www.wvrclub.com ———————————— June 16 Sat NETRA Satan’s Kingdom Junior Enduro, Pee Wee Scrambles, Vintage Scramble New Hartford, CT www.netra.org ———————————— June 16 Sat National Ride to Work Day Everywhere, USA ———————————— June 16 Sat Bentley’s Miss Pin Up Girl Reg. @ noon 1601 Portland Rd Arundel, ME 207-985-8966 www.bentleyssaloon.com ———————————— June 16 Sat Winchester Speedpark WSP Motocross Series Round 5 MX Rte 10 Winchester, NH 603-239-6406 ———————————— June 16 Sat JDay Off Road Sprint Enduro Series Round 3 Hobbit SE Cheshire, MA jdayoffroad.com ——————————— June 17 Sun Wachusett Valley Riders Club Family Fun Day 783 Spring St (Rt 12) Winchendon, MA www.wvrclub.com ————————————

June 17 Sun NCSC @ Capeway Rovers M/C 224 Plymouth St Middleboro, MA ncscmotocross.com ————————————— June 17 Sun NETRA Satan’s Kingdom Hare Scrambles New Hartford, CT www.netra.org ———————————— June 21– 23 Thurs-Sat Johnstown Thunderbash Greenhouse Park 120 Greenhouse Road Johnstown, PA ——————————— June 21-24 Thurs-Sun Harley Rendezvous Classic Mariaville, NY 518-864-5659 harleyrendezvous.com ——————————— June 21-24 Thurs-Sun Thunder in the Valley Johnstown, PA Motorcycle Rally Johnstown, PA ——————————— June 21–24 Thurs-Sun Harley Rendezvous 40th Anniversary Indian Lookout Country Club 1142 Batter St Pattersonville, NY 518-864-5659 ————————————– June 22-24 Fri-Sun Bikers Helping Bikers All the Elements MC Show Amesbury MC Awareness Show 12 S Hunt Rd Amesbury, MA 01913 www.RidersHelpingRiders.org ————————————– June 22-24 Fri-Sun 2018 Thousand Islands River Run Bike Rally Alexandria Bay, NY www.tiriverrun.com ———————————— June 21–24 Thurs-Sun Harley Rendezvous 40th Anniversary Indian Lookout Country Club 1142 Batter St Pattersonville, NY 518-864-5659 ————————————– June 22-24 Fri-Sun 2018 Thousand Islands River Run Bike Rally Alexandria Bay, NY www.tiriverrun.com ———————————— June 23 Sat NETRA Hard Knox Pee Wee Scrambles Chester, MA www.netra.org ———————————— June 23-24 Sat-Sun NEMX Rounds 10 & 11 Hemonds MX, Minot, ME newenglandmotocross.org ———————————

June 23 Sat NEHA New England’s Sports Park Hillclimb Amesbury, MA www.hillclimb.org ————————————- June 23 Sat VP Race Fuels ET Series #8 New England Dragway Epping, NH newenglanddragway.com ————————————— June 24-25 Sun-Mon Tony’s Track Days New York Safety Track www.tonystrackdays.com —————————— June 24 Sun NCSC @ Capeway Rovers M/C 224 Plymouth St Middleboro, MA ncscmotocross.com ————————————— June 24 Sun JDay Off Road GP Series Round 6 Hobbit GP Cheshire, MA jdayoffroad.com ——————————— June 30 Sat Wachusett Valley Riders Club Race at WVR 783 Spring St (Rt 12) Winchendon, MA www.wvrclub.com ———————————— June 30 Sat Southwick National Southwick MX Park ——————————— June 30 Sat American Flat Track Lima, OH ———————————

July July 1 Sun Wachusett Valley Riders Club Family Fun Day 783 Spring St (Rt 12) Winchendon, MA www.wvrclub.com ———————————— July 6-8 Fri-Sun NHRA Top Fuel Harleys New England Nationals New England Dragway newenglanddragway.com ————————————— July 8 & 9 Sun-Mon USCRA Canaan Motor Club www.race-uscra.com ———————————— July 7 Sat NETRA Firecracker Junior Enduro &Pee Wee Scrambles Chaplin, CT www.netra.org ———————————— July 7 Sat Winchester Speedpark WSP Motocross Series Round 6 MX Rte 10 Winchester, NH 603-239-6406 —————————————

July 7 Sat 5th Annual Bike Rodeo Bentley’s Saloon 1601 Portland Rd Arundel, ME 207-985-8966 www.bentleyssaloon.com ———————————— July 7 Sat American Flat Track Weedsport, NY www.americanflattrack.com ———————————— July 7-8 Sat-Sun NCSC @ WSP Winchester Speedpark ncscmotocross.com ———————————— July 8 Sun Winchester Speedpark WSP Motocross Series Round 7 MX Rte 10 Winchester, NH 603-239-6406 ————————————— July 8 Sun NEMX Round 1 WSP MX, Winchester, MA newenglandmotocross.org ———————————— July 8 Sun 7th Annual Blackbeard’s Ride Reg. 9/KSU @ 11a.m. 239 Main St Buzzards Bay, MA 407-489-2575 ———————————— July 8 Sun NETRA Cherry Bomb Hare Scrambles Chaplin, CT www.netra.org ——————————— July 12-15 Thurs-Sun Gettysburg Bike Week 2638 Emmitsburg Rd Gettysburg, PA ——————————— July 14 Sat NEMX Round 2 MX338, Southwick, MA newenglandmotocross.org ———————————— July 14 Sat Square Deal Riders Lee Thomas Cup Race 163 Allen Rd Port Crane, NY 607-693-2634 ———————————— July 14 Sat 8th Annual Blackbeard’s Ride Reg @ 8:30 KSU @ 10:45 239 Main St Buzzards Bay, MA www.matthewpucinofoundation.org ———————————— July 14 Sat 9-4 Wild Ones Vintage MC Rally Panhead Reunion 70th Annv. Harley-Davidson Museum 400 W. Canal St Milwaukee, WI 1-877- HD –MUSEUM ——————————— July 14 Sat VP Race Fuels ET Series #9 New England Dragway Epping, NH newenglanddragway.com —————————————

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On the evening of March 8th, in honor of International Women’s

Day, I attended the Live Story Telling Event of Women’s

Motormouth featuring the women in motor sports and beyond at the

Larz Anderson Museum in Brookline, MA. Museum Director,

Sheldon Steele along with support from Vanson Leathers and

Training Wheels pulled together a very interesting group of ladies in

the motor sport world to share some stories on how they got to

where they are now. They found a successful woman auto shop

owner, a graduate from the Ben Franklin Institute of Technology, a

motorcycle land speed racer, a motorcycle safety training instructor

and jet powered dragster pilot.

The event was held in the 1888 Carriage House on the grounds of

the Larz Anderson Transportation Museum. The central hall was set

up with a small stage and a hundred-plus chairs arranged in a semi

circle. The soft lighting and the back ground of exotic sport cars in

the timber framed barn created the perfect place for a night of telling

the stories of life changing road trips, lessons behind the wheel and

handlebars, and surprising adventures. The audience grew to about

150 people and women made up about two-thirds of this group.

Each of the ladies gave a talk on what they were doing and how

they got there. Each working extra hard to overcome the invisible

barriers of women in a man’s world. They didn’t need to be as good

as their counterpart, they had to be better to succeed and they did.

They all went on to be highly respected in their chosen field. Each

had comments that drew agreements and laughter from the crowd

and the questions at the end were quite revealing in the interest the

ladies had created with the audience.

Out of the five women, I only knew of Jody Perewitz, the Land

Speed Racer, and I was glad to meet the rest of them. I believe I

might have met Dawn Hayes at a winter motorcycle show promoting

“Training Wheels”, a motorcycle riding training school, as she

seemed familiar to me. She had a life changing moment after wit-

nessing a horrible wreck while riding, she decided to continue to

ride, and since then has trained over 2000 new motorcycle riders.

Jody Perewitz gave an interesting talk on her land speed adven-

tures, she spoke of how rough the ride was down the salt flats and

how the motorcycle smoothed out a little as she passed the 180 mph

mark. She also spoke highly about the Vanson Leathers that were

custom made for her. She showed a short video of her flying down

the salt flats on her super

charged V-twin. It wasn’t the

sight of her rocketing down

the salt that impressed me, it

was the sound of that motor

wound out that filled the hall.

The sound of power and

speed increased dramatically

as she came closer to the

camera, passing with a wick-

ed roar and then slowly fad-

ing away as she disappeared in the distance. I almost asked her to

play it again, but with more volume.

Last to speak was Louise Ann Noeth, aka Land Speed Louise. She

has worn many hats and helmets in her long career, but that night she

wore the hat of a master story teller. She slipped off her shoes,

picked up the microphone and drew us all in with her charming way

of telling her story. She spoke of the early days of rocket powered

land speed attempts, rubbing elbows with the likes of Don Vesco and

Sir Richard Branson. She spoke of the history of speed advances and

the deteriorating conditions of the salt flats. She went on to outline

her journalistic career from her award winning articles and photog-

raphy to her book, “The Bonneville Salt Flats: The Fastest Place on

Earth”. Louise was a real “MOTORMOUTH” as late in the evening,

Museum Director, Sheldon Steele had to flag her down to get her to

wind up her talk. So he could bring the program to a close.

I really enjoyed my evening with these extremely fast and highly

technically experienced women. They are just a small sample of the

many great women that are successful in the motor sport world.

INTERNATIONAL WOMAN’S DAY AT THE

LARZ ANDERSON AUTO MUSEUM By Tim Baer

Celebrating Some Extremely Fast and Highly

Technically Experienced Regional Women in

the World of Motorsports Featuring:

Sally Dawson, Samantha Briody, Jody Perewitz,

Dawn Hayes and Louise Ann Noeth

aka “Landspeed Louise”

Jody Perewitz at over 200 mph on the

Bonneville Salt Flats.

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May 26-June 8 Isle of Man TT ww.iomtt.com ———————————— May 25-27 Fri-Sun Spring Moto Giro Bolton Valley Ski Area 4302 Bolton Valley Access Rd Bolton Valley, VT 05477 ———————————— May 25-27 Fri-Sun 2018 Charter Oak Rally Eastford, CT 203-368-9281 nostnkncmptr@live.com ———————————— May 25 - 28 Thurs-Sun 30th Annual Rolling Thunder Washington D.C. ———————————– May 26-27 Sat-Sun NCSC @ WSP Winchester Speedpark ncscmotocross.com ———————————— May 26 Sat Wachusett Valley Riders Club Race @ WVR 783 Spring St (Rt12) Winchendon, MA www.wvrclub.com ————————————— May 26 Sat NETRA Clarkie’s Pee Wee Scrambles Freetown, MA www.netra.org ——————————— May 26 Sat Mini Show Day Bentley’s Saloon 1601 Portland Rd Arundel, ME 207-985-8966 www.bentleyssaloon.com ——————————— May 26 Sat Winchester Speedpark WSP Motocross Series Round 3 MX Rte 10 Winchester, NH 603-239-6406 ———————————— May 26 Sat VP Race Fuels ET Series #5 New England Dragway Epping, NH newenglanddragway.com ————————————— May 26 Sat NETRA Clarkie’s Vintage Scramble Freetown, MA www.netra.org ————————————— May 26-27 Sat-Sun NESC Hamond’s MX Park Minot, ME cccmx.com —————————————- May 27 Sun Winchester Speedpark WSP Motocross Series Round 4 MX Rte 10 Winchester, NH 603-239-6406 —————————————— May 27 Sun WNYOA Hare Scrambles Broome Tioga Sports Center 50 Shaffer Rd. Richford, NY www.broome-tioga.com ————————————

May 27 Sun Massachusetts British Iron Assn 28th Annual British and Classic Motorcycle Show & Swap Meet Singletary Rod & Gun Club Oxford, MA www.massbia.com ———————————– May 27 Sun Wachusett Valley Riders Club Family Fun Day 783 Spring St (Rt12) Winchendon, MA www.wvrclub.com —————————————— May 27 Sun NEMX Round 7 WSP MX, Winchester, NH newenglandmotocross.org ——————————— May 27 Sun NETRA Clarkie’s Enduro Freetown, MA www.netra.org ————————————— May 27-28 Sun-Mon Tony’s Track Days Palmer Speedway Palmer, MA www.tonystrackdays.com ————————————

June June 1-10 Fri-Sun Warrensburg Bike Rally 2018 Warren County Fairgrounds 353 Schroon River Road Warrensburg, NY www.warrensburgbikerally.com ————————————— June 2 Sat 12-6 LV’s House of Boost Dyno Horsepower Competition Bikes, Bands, Vendors and Horse-power 156 Cooper Lane Stafford, CT 860-851-8855 www.lvshouseofboost.com ————————————— June 2 Sat JDay Off Road Sprint Enduro Series Round 2 Stateline SE Jacksonville, NY jdayoffroad.com ——————————— June 2 Sat Winchester Speedpark WSP Supercross Round 3 SX Rte 10 Winchester, NH 603-239-6406 ————————————— June 2 Sat NETRA King Philip Junior Enduro, Pee Wee and Vintage Scrambles Wrentham, MA www.netra.org —————————————— June 2 Sat 12-8p.m. Thunder in the Valley Festival Millside Park Easthampton, MA THUNDERINTHEVALLEYFESTI-VAL.com ——————————————

June 2 Sat Sporty’s Hill Climb 1723 Rt 28N Minerva, NY 12851 www.sportysirondukesaloon.com www.goatbrothers.com ———————————— June 2 Sat Square Deal Riders Regular Race 163 Allen Rd Port Crane, NY 607-693-2634 ———————————— June 3 Sun Ride for My Bride Benefit for David Oliver’s Family KSU 12:00 Blackthorne Resort 348 Sunside Rd East Durham, NY For Info Call Samantha Goff 518-239-6401 518-703-2088 ———————————— June 3 Sun AMA Pro Hillclimb White Rose Motorcycle Club Spring Grove, PA www.amaproracing.com —————————————— June 3 Sun VP Race Fuels ET Series #6 New England Dragway Epping, NH newenglanddragway.com ————————————— June 3 Sun NETRA King Philip Enduro Wrentham, MA www.netra.org ————————————— June 3 Sun NEMM RD3 250 Shoot Out nemmracing.com —————————————— June 3 Sun T’s Ride (Our Brother Tony Fasulo) Sponsored by Xtreme Riders Meet at Hudson Elks Club 99 Park St, Hudson, Ma Breakfast at 9, KSU at Noon www.xtremeriders.com www.BikersHelpingBikers.org Blade custonroadstar@yahoo.com ———————————— June 3 Sun Walneck’s Motorcycle Swap Meet Clark County Fairgrounds 4401 S. Charleston Pike Springfield, OH www.walneckswap.com —————————————— June 3 Sun JDay Off Road GP Series Round 5 Stateline GP Johnsonvillle, NY jdayoffroad.com ——————————— June 4– 9 Mon-Sat Americade Motorcycle Rally Lake George, NY www.americade.com ———————————— June 6-9 Wed-Sat Dirt Daze Adventure Bike Rally Lake Luzerne, NY www.dirtdazerally.com ————————————

June 8-9 Fri-Sat Tony’s Track Days Thompson Speedway Thompson, CT www.tonystrackdays.com —————————— June 8-10 Fri-Sun Smoky Mountain Crawl The Nations Largest Small Bore Event Games, Raffles and Races mnnthbx.com ——————————— June 9 Sat NEMX Round 9 WSP MX, Winchester, NH newenglandmotocross.org ———————————— June 9 & 10 Sat-Sun USCRA New Hampshire Motor Speedway Loudon, NH www.race-uscra.com ——————————— June 9-10 Sat-Sun NETRA New England Classic Turkey Run/ Dual Sport/ Kid’s Ride Loudon, NH www.netra.org ——————————— June 9– 17 Sat-Sun Laconia Motorcycle Rally Weirs Beach Laconia, NH ———————————— June 9 Sat Wachusett Valley Riders Club Annual Jamison Minor Memorial Race @ WVR 783 Spring St (Rt12) Winchendon, MA www.wvrclub.com —————————————— June 9 Sat Dem Boyz Bike Night Pinhead Susan’s 38-40 N Broadway Schenectady, NY nich23olas@gmail.com ————————————— June 10 Sun AMA Pro Hillclimb Bushkill Valley Freemansburg. PA www.amaproracing.com ———————————— June 10 Sun Wachusett Valley Riders Club Family Fun Day 783 Spring St (Rt 12) Winchendon, MA www.wvrclub.com ———————————— June 10 Sun USMX Motocross Broome Tioga Sports Center 50 Shaffer Rd. Richford, NY www.broome-tioga.com ———————————— June 10– 13 Sun-Wed Hudson Valley National Meet Road Run Round Top, NY AmAveca-hudsonvalley.org ————————————

Jody Perewitz is “the fastest woman on an American Motorcycle.” In 2011, Perewitz set a

Land Speed Record at the Bonneville Salt Flats, becoming the fastest woman to ever ride an

American V-Twin powered motorcycle over 200 mph! In 2016, she established a new record

once again, becoming the Fastest Woman on an American Motorcycle, while also putting both

her bikes in the 200 MPH Club. She has won an astonishing 15 Land Speed Records, 4 National

#1 plates (AMA Records), and 1 World Record. She is also the Manager of Marketing for the

nationally renowned Perewitz Fabrication of Halifax, MA.

This year at Daytona, she has entered the Son’s of Speed event, an oval dirt track race on very

old motorcycles of 1000cc, with no brakes, transmission or clutch, just a kill switch to slow it

down.

In September she will compete in the Cross Country Cannon Ball Motorcycle Race from Port-

land, ME to Portland, OR on a 1928 JD Harley-Davidson with 99 other riders.

Samantha Briody is a recent graduate of Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology in

Boston, MA who has quickly been promoted to a Service Advisor at one of the prominent car

dealerships in Massachusetts. Briody played an active role representing women at her college

and is still enthusiastically involved today. Her college thesis, Women are Underrepresented in

the Automotive Industry, used statistics as well as real life examples of women CEOs and the

challenges some women have faced, to prove women’s underrepresentation throughout the in-

dustry, while highlighting the importance of women in each aspect of the industry and why they

are necessary. Briody remains an active alumna of the Automotive Program at Benjamin Frank-

lin Institute of Technology and often speaks to young women about the challenges, advantages,

disadvantages, and life post-grad for women in the automotive field. Briody was recently fea-

tured in the Boston Globe article, “Women Gearing Up for Careers in the Auto Industry.”

Master Mechanic Sally Dawson is the owner of Foxy Auto in Nor th Reading. Sally began

working in her father’s auto repair shop in her early teenage years; she spent years learning the

trade and becoming familiar with the business. Now, she is the owner of one of the few female

owned and operated auto repair shops in the country and represents one of the two percent of

female mechanics in the country. She has been featured on the Today Show and more recently in

the March 2017 issue of Motor Magazine. Her classes at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum, the

Fearless Females: Automotive Car Care Series, have educated the public on vehicle maintenance

and empowered women to become more comfortable and knowledgeable about their cars.

Dawn Hayes: Hayes is a television spokesperson, voiceover ar tist

and actor who spent more than a decade as the television spokesperson

and host of the Massachusetts State Lottery and is instantly recogniza-

ble to millions of New Englanders. Looking for a new vehicle? You’ve

probably seen her hosting Auto Trader’s new and used car reviews on

YouTube. Hayes was the first African American female motorcycle

safety instructor in the United States, and has taught more than 2,000

individuals motorcycle safety with Training Wheels in East Wareham,

MA. As part of its efforts to strengthen its fundraising and development

efforts, DOVE, Inc. (Domestic Violence Ended) recently appointed Dawn as their new Director

of Development & Communications.

Louise Ann Noeth - “Landspeed Louise” is one of the few women auto writers/racers in the

United States. After several years of touring North America as a professional auto racer with a

250 MPH jet dragster, she turned to journalism and eventually founded LandSpeed Productions

in 1984. Her award-winning writing and photographic works have been published around the

world. Her client list includes well-known names such as The New York Times, Sports Illustrat-

ed, and The Late Show with David Letterman. Noeth has appeared on several auto industry tech-

nical committees developing self-regulating guidelines in tires, suspension, and emission con-

trols, and has contributed to regulatory discussion with the Secretary of Energy, which has result-

ed in a shift in national policy. She is also an accomplished motorcyclist, licensed pilot and sail-

or. Her award-winning book, The Bonneville Salt Flats: The Fastest Place on Earth, is currently

in its seventh printing.

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