Trip to the USA.

[52]

The high point at the Grands was meeting up with young Tommy Edwards and cheering him on, the young man rode hard and fast, used his head and came away with 2 Grand National Championships. Tommy also came second in the 85cc class, at the Awards Ceremony he was presented with Youth Rider of the Year, really an honour for an Aussie on their turf. Well Bloody Done Tommy. If somebody can pick this up and take it to MA, be really good.

[JAP 454]

Pete, I'll talk to the Media bloke at MA as soon as the shop opens !!, great stuff and well done to you against the moderns, good luck on the West Coast.
Foss

[JAP 454]

Phone call, email with pix to MA done , Pete. Hope they run it
Foss

[Shaun G]

I've posted it on facebook and tagged Caso in so it reaches a wide DT audience.

Gotta get the word out 

btw Onya Pete awesome effort!!!

Cheers
Shaun

[JAP 454]

Tom's pic and an article on MA's website, http://www.ma.org.au/index.php?id=12&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=9888&tx_ttnews%5bbackPid%5d=6&cHash=c7db7829b4.
Foss

[SON]

Congrats to young TommyGun
He is home today
NBN TV interview him tomorrow
Tom won the 65s and 85s at the Troy Bayliss Classic
Notice his Deus Sponsorship.

[52]

Jarrod Mees with the repair on the arm after we seen him go through the fence at Ashland. Cool scar, shudder to think of the cost, Colleen had a quick visit to a GP, $195 USD. Ouch.

[52]

Flyer for the Kansas Series Grasy and I will be going to, can't wait to catch up with our mates Kelly and Dave. Paul Covert has the series payout at 25G so far with class payouts of 150% for the Vintage Racers, that's a big deal, it means Paul is effectively losing money running the old bikes. The crowd love 'em so that is his motive I'm sure.

[jimg1au]

peter is racing this weekend
Eddie Mulder's West Coast Vintage Dirt Track Series Series Round Number 2 Cal Expo Vintage Mile, Sacramento, CA 07/28/2013

Senior Open:
Number Rider Hometown Machine
45E John Lundgren  Simi Valley, CA rotax 600
2 Vince Holt  Issaquah, WA 2000 Rotax 660
33J Ron Long  Granite Bay, CA Rotax 600
46 Roger Andree  Boise, ID 82 Wood Rotax 628
68Z Wade Boyd  San Francisco, CA 06 Yamaha 1000
44 Steve Chapman  Ventura, CA 79 Honda XR 500
64Y Nick Theroux  Burlingame, CA 2004 Honda 450
7V Rick Villanueva  Fresno, CA 1965 H-D 883
35D Don Galloway  Edmonton, AB 1974 Yamaha 750
33G Paul Germain  Winnipeg, MB yamaha 750 750
76 Peter Thomson  Edmonton, AB 1979 XR Honda 500
41 Lance and Mary Harris  Tacoma, WA 1986 Honda RS 600
58 Greg Lightfoot  Kitscoty, AB 2010 suzuki 450
39U Ron Kilby  Petalums, CA 1976 TT500 Yamaha 540
96 Bud Riddle  Rail Road Flat, CA 1982 yamaha 750
A Peter Lee  Lake Wyangan, NS 1979 Knight Honda XL500 500
13V Mike Fowler  Vacaville, CA Honda 450
3 Robert Curry  SAC, CA 2000 HONDA 650
57 Barry Hiatt  Sedro-Woolley, WA 1990 Rotax 600
77Y Tim Skov  Santa Rosa, CA 04 Honda 450
31M Jim Monegan  Twisp, WA 72 hon 481
9L Victor McBee  Pollock Pines, CA Harley 750
59J Joe Johnson  Woodland, CA 1975 Rotax 630
222N Tim Lampe  Incline Village, NV 2006 Honda 450X
46X David Deveau  Windsor, CA 2004 Honda CRF 450
Entries In Class: 25

Vet:
Number Rider Hometown Machine
33J Ron Long  Granite Bay, CA Rotax 600
45E John Lundgren  Simi Valley, CA 2000 rotax 600
2 Vince Holt  Issaquah, WA 2000 Rotax 660
46 Roger Andree  Boise, ID 82 Wood Rotax 628
68Z Wade Boyd  San Francisco, CA 05 Yamaha 1000
35D Don Galloway  Edmonton, AB 1988 RS Honda 650
33G Paul Germain  Winnipeg, MB rotax 600 600
11J Jack Jones  Tulare, CA ROTAX 630
90Z Zane Amaro  Willows, CA 2004 ktm 450 000
7A Robert Morris  Los Banos, CA 2007 C&J/Suzuki 450
44S Robert Bush  Acton, CA 08 HONDA 450
A Peter Lee  Lake Wyangan, NS 1979 Knight Honda XL500 500
55 Tom Horton  Lancaster, CA Rotax 600
90G Chris Baker  Petaluma, CA 08 HONDA 450
59J Joe Johnson  Woodland, CA 1975 Rotax 630
46X David Deveau  Windsor, CA 2004 Honda cfr 450
87N Chad Valker  Reno, NV 03 Honda 450
Entries In Class: 17

go get them pete
make sure you finish in front of no55


 

[steve234]

Good luck Pete!

Geez there is a real mix of bikes in amoungst those classes, 450cc - 1000cc!

Will you be running the Golden Tyre's again?

[52]

Will be running Golden Tires again, thanks to Chris Carr, love to get that tire thing sorted with our Aussie champs, the ruling no "oil tires" would seem to make the US dirt track tyre elligable I assume as no tracks here (USA) run oil. Am staying with a mate Colleen and I have met over the trips, Ron Long, he has paid our entry and we will be using his workshop tomorrow, will be hard racing against the moderns though. Ron has won the mile before (again last year) so he will be a great help.

[Davey Crocket]

Good luck Pete....what's the weirdest food you and Coleen have sampled so far this trip?

[52]

Hard day against the moderns, managed third in heat race, that put me in the A-Main (top third of qualifiers). 11th in the Main, not good but I learned a lot and we did have some bike problems (friction materiel came of the pad, not good either). Kinda scary but fast, I turned into turn 3 and lost the back end once, surprisingly it just washed off speed, a good thing!

[52]

Davey, check this fish, a gift from a bloke on the Oregan coast. The food is all good mate!
But that Chinook Salmon was the best.

[52]

Have T-Shirt, waiting for my buddy (mate) to arrive.