POLKA DOTS MC
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Since 1954
MARCH 2010 NEWSLETTER
MARCH 2010
The Ides of March!!!
2010 Officers
President
Mike Fallon
Vice Pres. Curt Backhaus
Secretary Joe Dowd
Treasurer Bret Eckert
Road Cap. Rob Baker
Sgt at Arms Chris Worth
Historian
Wayne Halozan
Referee
George Lowery
Leg. Off.
Ray Kirchner
Webmaster Dave Desrosiers
Contact
Information
Club Website:
www.polkadotsmc.com
Club Email:
[email protected]
Pres. Mike 916-608-0676
[email protected]
V.P. Curt 530-644-7407
[email protected]
Sec. Joe 916-712-6380
[email protected]
Tres. Bret 916-624-7407
[email protected]
LAO Ray 530-848-9730
[email protected]
Beware the month March, if you are planning to attend all the D36 races in the
month of March you will be busy, your wallet will be thinner, your wife might
wonder where you are, but you will be in a damn good mood. The month of
March is a busy one for racing. There is a D36 race every weekend with the
Ride of the Month (ROM) on March 20th/21st in Hollister. However, the 2010 1x
race will be underway before the March races and anyone who can finish all
that racing will certainly be in a good position going into the spring season.
February produced some good racing. E-Street MX was the site of the
February ROM. The club had a good turnout and the results are presented
blow. It is good to see Mushrush back in
16x Mushrush
1
Vintage
action!
February had several trail rides go off in
Nevada one in the Pine Nuts and one in
Moonrocks (Moonrocks is where the oldtimers are sent to ride, because on the moon
the lower gravity is easer on the body).
Watch your email for more
Pine Nuts rides
to come and
maybe even an
overnight dualsport to
Bridgeport.
1x
Desrosiers
2
B Senior
17x
Lyman
5
10x
Eckert
5
B Vet
A Super
Senior
12x
Piatt
5
35x
Dowd
6
A Master
C Vet
Plus
50x
Baker, R
6
A Vet
57x
Baker, T
7
B 85
48x
Tustin, M
10
49x
Rooks
10
13x
Pratt
10
B Senior
C Senior
Plus
C Super
Senior
29x
Leonardi
11
B Vet
39x
Parker
DeMartin,
S
12
A Senior
13
C Senior
28x
Solis
15
C Senior
52x
Kirchner
19
C Senior
36x
Tustin, C
20
C 85
10x floating on the moon!
The PCGP pizza party was a load of fun, lots
of good bench racing and a slide show of
some random pictures of the PCGP taken by the chairman.
38x
The 49er Family is taking shape the permit application was submitted and
the flyer sent out for approval. Finisher pins are on order so get ready.
May 7th and 8th are the event dates, no excuses to miss this one.
Passing The Torch
2009 PDMC Banquet
We had the 2009 year end banquet in February a good time was had by
all. The highlights were Dave taking the award for 1x, Curt walking away
with the 7x and the Activity award trophies (I want an official recount of
the 25 work parties!), and Joe made for an entertaining year end review
(although, at Joe’s last party I noticed his clock was not working, when
asked he responded that it burned it-self up, very strange!).
Ride of the month for March is the
Phantom HS at Hollister. Hopefully
we will have a good turn out and take
home some trophies.
What a happy guy!!! Now his wife
knows where all his money went.
Hail the 1x Champion
Club Dues:
2010 club dues for Active Members
where due in January. Per rule I.7 of the
Bylaws, they will increase $1 per month
as shown below. So get your dues paid
or pony up more cash!
February Birthdays
Bill Fain 11th
Wayne Halozan 4th
Ryan Mushrush 16th
$12 in March, $13 in April (Last month to pay before being
dropped from the rolls)
On the LAO Front
Picture of the Month
No updates from Ray (LAO) this month. The club
should consider adopting a trail in the Elkins Flat trails
system as discussed by Ray in the February newsletter.
If the club decides to adopt a trail we should try and
coordinate it with 49er permit/process.
We do have an update from the ENF regarding our long
term 49er permit. The ENF has decided to scale back
our permit from 10 years to 5 years to be more
consistent with CERA’s permit (which is being
contested). We are only a little behind CERA in the
overall process and the FS says they are committed to
the process and getting us a permit for this falls event
(assuming we accept the cost).
What Happened? E-Street
bites again! You should
have gone riding with me in
the Pine Nuts.
There is a lot going on with regards to land use issues and OHV use. Get involved if you want
to keep ridding at your favorite place. If you look deep enough you will find land use issues and
OHV battles at your favorite riding place.
2010 Meeting Schedule
PDMC meets the 1st Tuesday of every month at 7:30 pm at Coco’s Restaurant near the corner
of Madison and Sunrise. (Bench racing starts at 7:00pm)
January 5th 2009
May 4th 2009
Sept. 7th 2009
Feb. 2nd 2009
June 1st 2009
October 5th 2009
March 2nd 2009
July 6th 2009
Nov. 2nd 2009
April 6th 2009
August 3rd 2009
Dec. 7th 2009
March Schedule 2010
Date
March 2nd
Event
Location
Regular Club Meeting
Coco’s (Sunrise/Madison)
Oasis
Clear Lake
Diamond Back HS (MRANN)
Lassen
March 13/14th
Outlaw, HS National
Cow Mtn
March 20/21st
Phantom HS (ROM)
Hollister
March 27/28th
Pony Soldier
Nixon
March 6/7
That is it for now, let’s see some good trophies this month!
Rich is explaining to the guys that
this is too much bike for Frank,
that is why he is over at the
ambulance.