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Dave,

I just wanted to give you a heads up. I've got a check coming your way for three banquet tickets. Sorry for the delay, but our plans for the ISDT RR just came together today. See you in a few weeks.

Joe Cartwright

"Do not go where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dave,

I just wanted to give you a heads up. I've got a check coming your way for three banquet tickets. Sorry for the delay, but our plans for the ISDT RR just came together today. See you in a few weeks.

Joe Cartwright

"Do not go where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Just stumbled across this post Gary. From what I read, it sounds like Rachel houred out. Tell her to keep her head up. She's got a lot of years left to race. Her times were very respectable and weren't too far off of Mandi's pace either by the looks of it. Hope you are enjoying your time in Germany. Take care.

Joe Cartwright

"Do not go where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

........and they're off.

http://www.cyclenews.com/articles/off-road/2012/09/24/isde-team-usa-fifth-after-day-one/



"Do not go where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Dave,

I don't know if you were at the ISDT RR last year, but Guy Cooper was there and he mentioned something about opening up his museum for folks the Friday before the 2012 ISDT RR. He might have even said something about riding at his place, too. Do you have any information on this? Just trying to plan for vacation days and whether or not I need to take that Friday off. Thanks for any insight you can offer.

Joe Cartwright

"Do not go where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

There used to be a guy here in Minnesota that raced local district motocross. He had a Honda Goldwing with a hitch on it and he would pull his motocross bike to the races behind it on a little single rail trailer. I always thought that was a great (and economical) way to get to the races. It certainly made me do a double take the first time I saw it!

"Do not go where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thanks for the update Gary. I was wondering what was going on. I clicked on the "Start List" for Day 6 on the //www.isde-live.info/ website and it just simply said "Day 6 Cancelled."

This sort of thing is all too common at the ISDE in recent times. I know guys who have gone to several ISDE's and have never ridden a final moto. Even though it didn't count in the end, I feel fortunate that I got to experience the whole six days including the final moto the year I went. That year, they ran the first three or four motos (I was in moto 2) and then a protest over the safety of the course ensued and they ended up cancelling the rest of the motos and not counting the times for the ones which already ran. It actually was a good decision. The track was at a military base on the edge of town and it was super dusty. The start was a fifth gear straight-away and I couldn't see my front fender because of the dust. Pure insanity!!



"Do not go where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

The rumors look to be confirmed. Some of the tentative 2011 AHRMA schedules are posted now. There's a link to them on the AHRMA homepage. Looks like we'll be heading back to Combs next year for the RR, October 29-30, 2011. I'm looking forward to it already.

I rode a national enduro in Rose City, MI back in the early nineties. That should be an excellent event as well. They have certainly have no shortage of trails around those parts.

"Do not go where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Thanks Bob. I just love stories like this.

Joe C

"Do not go where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Does anybody out there know what "METTCO" stands for? Just curious.
Thanks.

Joe C

"Do not go where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some of the clubs here in Minnesota started promoting Team HS races a few years back. Last year we had three of them on our schedule. They are run as 3 hour non-points, for fun events and are a blast. Options are two riders/one bike switching riders every lap or a one rider/one bike "Ironman" broken into A,B, C ability levels.

At one of the events, after the three hour HS portion they take the top ten teams and/or Ironman out. After a short break, the top ten teams run a six lap MX (with teams switching riders after three laps and Ironman riding all six laps solo) and then a hillclimb (with each team member getting one try at the hill and Ironman two trys). The hill they use is impossible to make so it usually turns into a contest of who can ghost ride/launch their bike the furthest up the hill. This is when it helps to be riding your buddies bike and not yours!! They add up all the points from the three events to determine the overall winner. These races are some of the events I look forward to the most every year. Fun stuff and the clubs usually donate the proceeds to a local charity.

"Do not go where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Back Row: Kevin Brown, Wally Wilson, ?, Ron Bohn, Mike Rosso, ?, Don Cutler
Third Row: ?, ?, John Greenrose, Harold Perepalkin, Helmut "Speedy" Clasen, Gary Richards, Doug Wilford, ?, Dwight Rudder, Steve Hess, ?
Second Row: John Penton
Front Row: ?, Tommy McDermott, Jack Penton, Paul Danik, Carl Cranke, Dane Leimbach, (me)Joe Cartwright, Kevin Hutchinson, Darrell Diamond

I'm guessing on a few, but that's 21 out of 28. Anbody have corrections and/or additions? I'm already looking forward to next year's RR in the hills of Arkansas.

Joe C

"Do not go where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Jerry,

You've got mail at your hotmail account. Let me know what you think and hopefully we can work out something.

Joe Cartwright

"Do not go where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Gary,

Sorry to hear about your mishap. Enjoyed catching up with you at Marion. I guess this means you won't be at the Casey CC on your new KTM 125 in a few weeks? Anyways, heal up fast and I'll see you on the trail.

Joe Cartwright

"Do not go where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Brian,

I've been thinking about getting a neck brace of some sort. I'd like to take a look at yours. I'll look you up Friday afternoon. Thanks for the offer.

Joe Cartwright

"Do not go where the path may lead.  Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."
    -Ralph Waldo Emerson