#126 Larry Craig seen here tearing up the corner, while kicking off the new year by going 2-4 for a 2 nd overall in the 30 Intermediate class. Photo by Jeff Haugh Holeshot The official newsletter of the SoCal Chapter of the Over The Hill Gang www.overthehillgang.org
Club Meeting is the second Wednesday of every month unless otherwise noted. February 25 Competitive Edge (Vet Trk) March 4 California City MX March 14 - Club Meeting @ 8 p.m. Larry s Pizza 926 W. Orangethorpe Ave., Fullerton) March 25 Amago Motocross Park April 1 Adelanto Motoplex Membership News: As of February 14, 2007 ~ As of the club s second race we have had 198 members renew their membership. Don t forget to bring your friends out to race! ~ LACR posted a suprising 173 riders. Good work guys! ~ Even the mud and rain didn t stop 122 riders from racing at Starwest! Directions to Amago Motocross Park: President: Mike Fanelli 951-354-2763 951-733-6494 cell othgmxer@mac.com ~ From Orange County take the 5 Freeway South or from Riverside County take the 15 Freeway South to the 76 East. Once you pass the 15 Freeway continue on the 76 Eastbound approximately 23 miles. Turn Right onto Sengme Oaks Road and follow it down into the track. If you pass the gas station/campground on the 76 you ve gone too far! Vice Dan Townsend President: 858-717-4934 rcdantownsend@yahoo.com Statistician/ Jeff Roehm Membership: 714-524-6831 spode114@yahoo.com Treasurer: Herb Lloyd hnmlloyd@cox.net Race Reid Franke Director: 310-373-4506 rfranke1@socal.rr.com Web Dude: Andy King 714-299-7695 andy_king@beaerospace.com Secretary/ Jeff Haugh Editor: 714-719-9716 newlinefire@sbcglobal.net February Birthdays 2/02 Mark Bellman 2/03 Steve Piattoni 2/04 David Alari 2/04 Brian Ratliff 2/04 Chuck Willetts 2/07 Eric Brust 2/09 C.T. Watanabe 2/10 Jim Gibbs 2/11 Kevin Ridgman 2/11 Dan Selesnick 2/13 Stanley Norwoods 2/15 Peter Anagnos 2/15 Jack Roten 2/15 Meir Sabach 2/16 Andrew Kaplan 2/17 Gene Foster 2/18 Chris Flood 2/19 Vincent Ramos 2/20 Dan Richards 2/21 Dennis Bray 2/24 Kevin Westplat 2/24 Fred Winemiller 2/26 Lenny Arkinstall 2/26 Don Kadlec 2/27 T.J. King 2/27 Michael Marshall 2/29 Ken Edgar
Beginner 24 Matt Kramer 3 1 4 1 768 Peter Nava 4 2 6 2 712 Aaron Pine 2 5 7 3 233 Mike Ernst 6 3 9 4 19 Vincent Ramos 1 8 9 5 181 Gary Guaguti 8 4 12 6 424 Lenny Arkinstall 7 6 13 7 231 MichelangeloBarragan 9 7 16 8 188 David Nava 5 12 17 9 741 Adam Tallabas 10 9 19 10 930 Dan Richards 5 2 7 3 114 Cecil Barba 12 7 19 9 279 Tim Giruter 2 3 5 2 158 Terry McCurdy 13 10 23 14 38 Beginner 103 Phillip Jefferson 1 1 2 1 455 Mike Nichols 2 3 5 2 182 Dennis Bray 6 2 8 3 7 Herb Lloyd 4 4 8 4 717 Bob Woods 3 5 8 5 169 Kevin Ridgman 7 7 14 6 306 Bill Roehm 8 8 16 8 152 Mike Cosaert 2 7 9 6 Robert Hillman 9 10 18 11 243 Kevin Burner 6 8 14 9 45 Beginner 149 Steve Stauffer 1 1 2 1 910 Joey Escobar 3 2 5 2 30 Laurence Feldman 4 3 7 3 183 Richard Taylor 2 5 7 4 131 Don Miener 7 4 11 5 67 Les Oldenbrook 6 6 12 6 775 Raymond Karr 5 7 12 7 646 Jim Tribbey 9 8 17 8 492 Vicki Francis 8 9 17 9 217 Kelly Stuen 10 10 20 10 90 Bob Gallareto 11 11 22 11 22 Dean Townsend 12 12 24 12 M1 M2 T O/A M1 M2 T O/A 45 Novice 148 Dan Yearta 2 3 5 1 711 Stanley Norwood 6 1 7 2 191 Ed Turney 3 4 7 3 143 Dave Rabjohn 4 5 9 4 46 Mike Greene 7 6 13 5 61 Jeff Hawthorne 15 2 17 6 81 Robert Riplex 11 7 18 7 144 Tim Williams 1 19 20 8 33 Ryan Grosz 10 10 20 9 211 Steve Landsberg 13 8 21 10 45 Tommy Pearl 5 12 22 11 159 Ben Paris 14 9 23 12 14 Art Flores 9 16 25 13 29 Reid Franke 12 14 26 14 31 Gene Foster 8 18 26 15 161 Vince Gonzales 16 11 27 16 121 Michael Villa 17 12 29 17 777 Mike Fanelli 19 13 32 18 343 Mike Bellante 18 15 33 19 128 Jeff Minderhout 2 2 4 1 Intermediate 166 Mike Marshall 1 1 2 1 126 Larry Craig 2 4 6 2 11 David Zamora 5 2 7 3 21 Fred Winemiller 6 3 9 4 613 Kevin Charter 3 7 10 5 927 Jeff Dowell 7 5 12 6 58 Kevin Tait 4 8 12 7 10 Brad Huber 8 6 14 8 202 Eric Warrington 9 9 18 9 After a first moto win #144 Tim Williams tried to battle his way through the pack of the 45 Novice class. Novice 122 Bob Ferre 3 1 4 1 567 Steven Hedge 2 2 4 2 229 Brain McAuliffe 1 3 4 3 91 Devin Anderson 4 6 10 4 719 Jon Agnew 8 4 12 5 16 Jeff Haugh 7 5 12 6 40 Jorgen Malmgren 5 7 12 7 54 David Laviolette 6 8 14 8 102 Will Lubin 5 5 10 5 110 Mark Eckman 4 7 11 6 437 Matt Styles 2 1 3 1 38 Novice 39 John Lombardo 1 1 2 1 402 Tony Meyers 2 2 4 2 138 Andrew Kaplan 3 3 6 3 64 Gator Scalzo 4 4 8 4 388 Joe Hart 5 7 12 5 529 Marc Condon 8 6 14 6 399 Mike Osenbaugh 10 5 15 7 9 Jim Roberts 7 8 15 8 489 Syd Woods 6 10 16 9 327 Rene Aguilar 9 11 20 10 47 John Heaston 12 9 21 11 549 Dave Starkey 11 12 23 12 (above right) The acceleration bumps were no match for #231 Michelangelo Barragan during the season opener at LACR. (right) After a horrible crash in the first moto #719 Jon Agnew finished off the day with a 5 th overall. photos by Tami Haugh
M1 M2 T O/A M1 M2 T O/A 38 Intermediate Support Intermediate 145 Brian Larrick 1 1 2 1 2L Cory Conner 1 1 2 1 151 TJ King 2 3 5 2 24 Jim Wentz 2 2 4 2 24 Jim Wentz 4 2 6 3 97 Craig McCarley 4 3 7 3 75 Shaun Condon 3 4 7 4 4 Mark Jones 3 DNS 9 4 38 Tay Burgess 5 DNS 11 5 311 George Andrews 2 5 7 5 45 Intermediate 4 Mark Jones 1 1 2 1 97 Craig McCarley 2 2 4 2 57 George White 3 3 6 3 112 Rick Marion 4 4 8 4 129 Jack Gilliam 5 5 10 5 8 Michael Long 6 6 12 6 6 Mark Martin 7 7 14 7 218 Ron Verbeer 6 5 11 6 Expert 246 Matt Bundy 1 1 2 1 834 Scott McCollough 2 2 4 2 926 Billy McClain 3 3 6 3 532 Matt Morgan 4 4 8 4 1 Andy King DNS DNS 38 Expert 641 Alex Mansfield 1 2 3 1 417 Mark Stuen 2 3 5 2 112 Tony Pulliam 6 1 7 3 17 Kon Baur 3 4 7 4 215 Mike Lupien 4 5 9 5 59 Jeff Roehm 5 6 11 6 45 Expert 222 Rick Johnson 2 2 4 1 730 David Fajardo 5 1 6 2 811 Dave Eropkin 1 6 7 3 3 Jeff Blix 4 4 8 4 156 Mike Altenhofel 3 5 8 5 2 Arnie Davis 6 3 9 6 12 Dan Townsend 8 7 15 7 288 Rick Wade 7 8 15 8 176 Carl Gazafy 10 9 19 9 5 Bruce Ashmore 9 10 19 10 18 Chris Cumbo 11 11 22 11 Pro 329 Matt Cleveland 1 1 2 1 38 Pro 195 Larrry Laye 2 1 3 1 205 Jim Henn 1 2 3 2 45 Pro 227 David Fontes 1 1 2 1 Support Beginner 311L Cody Stitser 1 1 2 1 56 Ryan Whitehouse 2 2 4 2 49 Ryan Weber 6 3 9 3 58 Conrad Bloss 5 5 10 4 926 Nick Stern 7 4 11 5 777 Justin Bush 4 9 13 6 6 Matt Torres 3 10 13 7 70 Gareth Quinn 8 6 14 8 88 Michael Keating 10 7 17 9 176 Chris Gazafy 9 8 17 10 387 Ryan Yearta 11 11 22 11 Support Expert 195 Larry Laye 1 1 2 1 532 Matt Morgan 3 2 5 2 2 Arnie Davis 2 5 7 3 Kids Support 86m Taylor Farner 1 1 2 1 34 Johnny Tait 2 3 5 2 14 Dakota Sun 3 4 7 3 141k Cody Eaton 5 5 10 4 2 Jeremy Johnson 9 2 11 5 195 Garrett Laye 4 7 11 6 193 Jack Tafoya 6 6 12 7 21 Andy Flores 7 8 15 8 711 Kelsey Grosse 8 10 18 9 211 Evan Tribbey 11 9 20 10 86 Kaylee Grosse 10 11 21 11 82 Alec Osenbaugh 12 14 26 12 160 Jacob Starkey 15 12 27 13 8 Javier Pliego 14 15 29 14 92 Sarah Bloss 13 16 29 15 238 Travis Bridges DNS 13 31 16 #329 Matt Cleveland powers his way out of the new pit section. #103 Phillip Jefferson opens the new season with a commanding 1-1 for the overall in the 38 Beginner class. Support Novice 115 Chris Pulliam 1 1 2 1 117 Dustin Pulliam 3 2 5 2 726 Davey Fajardo 4 3 7 3 147 Derrek Crigler 5 4 9 4 6L Lez Saulor 2 7 9 5 211 Cameron Tribbeu 7 5 12 6 129 Preston Gifford 8 6 14 7 188 Devin Fernandez 6 16 16 8 142 John Muller 9 8 17 9 189 Quinn Davis 10 9 19 10 40 Malgrem Jorgen 11 13 24 11 #112 Tony Pulliam & #730 David Fajardo play cat and mouse through the turns at LACR.
M1 M2 T O/A Beginner 180 Matt Kramer 1 1 2 1 389 Daniel Chuntz 4 2 6 2 23 David McCormick 3 3 6 3 181 Gary Guaguti 2 4 6 4 233 Mike Ernst 5 DNS 15 5 937 Patrick Tish 4 3 7 5 279 Tim Giruter 3 2 5 2 38 Beginner 152 Mike Cosaert 3 1 4 1 103 Phillip Jefferson 2 2 4 2 709 Phillip Harrison 1 4 5 3 455 Mike Nichols 5 3 8 4 7 Herb Lloyd 4 4 8 5 727 Robert Hillman 6 4 10 5 902 Steve Arce 1 1 2 1 45 Beginner 910 Joey Escobar 2 1 3 1 149 Steve Stauffer 1 3 4 2 13 Pete VanAalst 3 2 5 3 90 Bob Gallareto 6 4 10 4 775 Raymond Karr 4 DNF 13 5 492 Vicki Francis 5 DNS 15 6 657 Joey Gih DNF DNS 17 7 22 Dean Townsend DNF DNS 17 7 921 Bill Traver 4 5 9 5 169 Kevin Ridgemen 3 3 6 4 Novice 567 Steven Hedge 1 1 2 1 122 Bob Ferre 4 2 6 2 719 Jon Agnew 3 3 6 3 16 Jeff Haugh 5 5 10 4 40 Jorgen Malmgren 8 4 12 5 437 Matt Styles 2 DNF 12 6 229 Brain McAuliffe 7 7 14 7 177 Daniel Selesnick 6 8 14 8 768 Pete Nava 9 6 15 9 Even with the wind and the rain #716 Pat Samudio was still able to have a little fun over the finish line jump. photo by Tami Haugh 38 Novice 9 Jim Roberts 1 1 2 1 138 Andrew Kaplan 6 2 8 2 39 John Lombardo 5 3 8 3 489 Syd Woods 3 7 10 4 516 Pete Anagnos 2 9 11 5 327 Rene Aguilar 8 5 13 6 252 Phil Guthrie 10 4 14 7 529 Marc Condon 9 6 15 8 402 Tony Meyers 4 12 16 9 400 Albert Serrano 7 11 18 10 399 Mike Osenbaugh 13 8 21 11 934 Angelo Aragnos 12 10 22 12 47 John Heaston DNF DNS 29 13 117 Bryan O'Neill 1 2 3 1 45 Novice 178 Tom Zmudka 2 1 3 1 148 Dan Yearta 1 2 3 2 14 Art Flores 3 3 6 3 211 Steve Landsberg 7 4 11 4 159 Ben Paris 6 5 11 5 429 Lee Johnson 4 8 12 6 714 Pat Leon 9 6 15 7 29 Reid Franke 8 7 15 8 777 Mike Fanelli 5 10 15 9 25 Mike Greene 11 9 20 10 343 Mike Bellante 10 DNF 22 11 635 Bob Blake 8 6 14 7 Jeff Roehm #59 and Andy King #1 battle for positioning over the back rhythm section at Starwest.
M1 M2 T O/A Intermediate 126 Larry Craig 2 1 3 1 425 Joe Arnott 1 2 3 2 21 Fred Winemiller 4 3 7 3 532 Bert Vega 3 4 7 4 202 Eric Warrington 5 DNF 11 5 38 Intermediate 75 Shaun Condon 1 1 2 1 56 Chris King 2 2 4 2 151 TJ King 4 3 7 3 871 Greg Traver 5 4 9 4 107 Jeff Hamblin 3 DNS 11 5 24 Jim Wentz 6 DNS 14 6 155 Martin Little 1 DNS 45 Intermediate 97 Craig McCarley 1 2 3 1 57 George White 3 1 4 2 325 Randy Green 4 3 7 3 4 Mark Jones 2 7 9 4 8 Michael Long 5 5 10 5 6 Mark Martin 7 4 11 6 50 Lee Evans 6 6 12 7 Expert 1 Andy King 1 DNS 4 1 38 Expert 17 Kon Baur 4 1 5 1 716 Pat Samudio 3 2 5 2 59 Jeff Roehm 2 3 5 3 102 Bernard Daily 1 DNS 7 4 45 Expert 2 Arnie Davis 1 1 2 1 3 Jeff Blix 2 2 4 2 156 Mike Altenhofel 4 4 8 3 12 Dan Townsend 3 5 8 4 18 Chris Cumbo 7 3 10 5 5 Bruce Ashmore 6 DNF 14 6 288 Rick Wade 5 DNF 14 7 Pro 329 Matt Cleveland 1 1 2 1 38 Pro 205 Jim Henn 2 1 3 1 195 Larrry Laye 1 DNS 5 2 Support Beginner 58 Conrad Bloss 1 1 2 1 777 Justin Bush 4 2 6 2 555 Ryan Whitehouse 2 4 6 3 387 Ryan Yearta 5 3 8 4 926 Nick Stern 3 DNF 10 5 103 Phillip Jefferson DNS DNS 16 6 M1 M2 T O/A Kids Support 41 Nick Serrano 1 1 2 1 190 Cory Chavez 2 2 4 2 92 Sarah Bloss 3 3 6 3 195 Garrett Laye DNF DNS 13 4 177 Jacob Ernst DNS DNS 14 5 Millville may have the whoop monster, but Starwest has the mud monster. photo by Tami Haugh Support Novice 45 Austin Brown 1 1 2 1 323 David Schade 4 2 6 2 921 Shane Tannger 5 4 9 3 189 Quinn Davis 7 3 10 4 831 Donovan Styles 2 DNS 11 5 142 John Muller 3 DNS 12 6 195 John Schlickermey 6 DNS 15 7 Support Intermediate 56 Chris King 2 1 3 1 97 Craig McCarley 3 2 5 2 24 Jim Wentz 1 DNS 8 3 8 Michael Long 4 DNS 11 4 4 Mark Jones DNS DNS 14 5 Support Expert 306 Jim Henn 2 1 3 1 195 Larry Laye 1 DNS 9 2 18 Chris Cumbo DNS 2 10 3 1 Andy King 3 DNS 11 4 288 Rick Wade DNS DNS 16 5 2 Arnie Davis DNS DNS 16 5 After the races a few of the guys decided to meet up at the local watering hole. photos by Tami Haugh
ANNIVERSARY Motocross Racing Club MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION (Please read carefully before signing) requested number not guaranteed first come first serve (please indicate 1st and 2nd choice) SELECT ONE NEW MEMBER OR RENEWAL Please send completed application form and $35 membership fee (and any other applicable payment such as pre-paid race/transponder fund) payable to the "O.T.H.G." -- to Jeff Roehm at 3024 Mystic Ave., Fullerton, CA 92835 or call 714-524-6831 PLEASE PRINT NEATLY! Name: (last) (first) Street Address: City: State: Zip: Email: Date of Birth: Home Phone: Spouse's/Significant Other's Name: Emergency Contact Name and Number: Other Motorcycle Club Classifications: I request a pre-paid race/s entry ($35 addition or 3/$100) for the transponder fund: NOTE - entry can not be used prior to July 2007 and only redeemed at regular "South" events (no nationals) for 2007 season I request to include my email address on the O.T.H.G. website I request a paper newsletter be mailed to me because I don't have internet/e-mail access (downloading an "electronic" copy from the OTHG web saves the club money on operating expenses) Members are encouraged to visit our website at www.overthehillgang.org to check our race schedule, race results, point standings, download national entry forms, contribute via the message board and generally find out what's going on with the club. Board members are also listed with their contact information. UNDER THE ARTICLES AND BYLAWS OF THE OVER THE HILL GANG ASSOCIATION, I HEREBY AGREE TO CONFORM TO AND COMPLY WITH ALL RULES GOVERNING ALL COMPETITIVE EVENTS WHILE PARTICIPATING AS A MEMBER OF THE OVER THE HILL GANG ASSOCIATION. I FURTHER AGREE TO HOLD HARMLESS THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE OVER THE HILL GANG ASSOCIATION AND ANY PROPERTY OWNERS FOR ANY LOSS OF LIFE OR INJURY TO MYSELF, MY PROPERTY, OR ANY FAMILY MEMBER ACCOMPANYING ME TO A COMPETITIVE EVENT. I DO ALSO AGREE TO ASSUME RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY PROPERTY DAMAGE I KNOWINGLY INITIATE. I WILL READ AND UNDERSTAND THE O.T.H.G.A. RULE BOOK. SIGNATURE: DATE: OTHG CLUB #.OTHG CLUB OFFICIALS USE ONLY BELOW THIS LINE.. CLASS BEG. NOV INT. EXP. PRO 38BEG. 38 NOV. 38 INT. 38 EXP 38 PRO 45 BEG. 45 NOV. 45 INT 45 EXP. 45 PRO
Name: Jeff Blix Years riding: 41 years Class: 45 Expert 1 st Bike: Taco 22 Current Bike: '05 RMZ450 1 st Race: Boca Canyon w/culver City MX Club Rider #: 3 Favorite Rider: Kevin Windham Residence: Pacific Palisades Favorite Track: Competitive Edge Main Track What s your greatest accomplishment on a motorcycle to date? In 1974 I won the 500cc Expert Class at Hopetown. What s the biggest change you'd like to see OTHG make this year? I d like to see the membership grow. I like having larger gates on race day. Jeff Haugh, Editor 283 S. Kathleen Lane Orange, CA 92869 Holeshot The official newsletter of the SoCal Chapter of the Over The Hill Gang www.overthehillgang.org