The Motorcycle Industry Council has created a website specifically for the lead ban on kids equipment issue.  Go to www.mic.org/letters.cfm   This site gives information segmented by categories such as dealers, riders, families, parents, etc.


April 29, 2009 MOTO FAMILIES WE NEED YOUR HELP! 4 of our 50cc bikes were stolen out of our trailer on Tuesday 4/27. Jaxon and Jordan Opitz need your help to find there bikes. We had 08 KTM SX 50 Junior, 07 KTM SX 50 Junior, 06 KTM Mini Adventure and a 05 Yamaha PW 50. Please help us get the word out that the bikes are stolen and let us know if you hear anything. Call my cell (651) 214-7648.

Thank you the Opitz Family
Andre, Bridgette, Jaxon and Jordan

April 3, 2009 Brandon Haas with Haas MX Rider Development School is sponsoring D23 with Race School certificates worth $100 of training. D23 will award 10 certificates in the June/July timeframe to selected riders who submit the following (application linked below):

   -  A racing resume
   -  Essay on why you should be selected
   -  School grade transcripts for those in school
      (Primary or Secondary schools)

The executive board will designate a committee to review the applications and select the winners. We will divide the certificates out based on the profile of our membership (e.g. X amount for Vets, Y amount for 16-24 and Z amount for youth, where X + Y + Z = 10). Certificates are valid for the 2009 and 2010 seasons. Please send applications to the District office at D23armca@msn.com or mail to Shannon Rumpca, PO Box 33, Hastings, MN 55033. The deadline for applications is June 17, 2009.

Haas MX Rider Development Certificate application

April 3, 2009

Omnibus Land Bill  In another game that seems to be prevalent in the government these past few years, the Senate took the entire omnibus land’s land package and amended it to a bill that had already passed in the house and just needed to be ratified by the Senate.  The amendment passed.  Sen. Klobuchar did not vote either way.

The newly amended bill needed to be re-passed by the House.  This time it passed the house as H.R. 146.  So the anti-access groups were successful in banned over 2 million acres to Off-Highway Vehicles. See the forum posts for information regarding how your Representative voted.  And if you are not happy with his/her vote, make sure you let them know.


March 25, 2009

In Memory of Cycle Bob

Robert Widstrand Memorial Service: 5:00 PM Saturday, March 28
Mueller-Bies (Roseville)
Visitation: 2 - 5 PM Saturday 3/28 at the funeral home

In lieu of flowers, Robert would be happier with donations to the BlueRibbon Coalition.

Memorial page


March 12, 2009

BLUERIBBON COALITION LAND USE UPDATE

Giant Omnibus Bill Goes Down by 1 Vote!!

Dear BRC Action Alert Subscriber,

Greg Mumm, BRC's Executive Director, just called me from Washington D.C. He told me that the infamous Omnibus Public Lands bill, commonly known as "S. 22," failed by 1 vote in the House.

The Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 had been fast-tracked through the U.S. Senate and had been expected to pass the House earlier today. Tell me one vote doesn't count! The bill is over 1,200 pages long with over 160 different bills, designates 2.2 million acres of Wilderness, identifies three new national parks, 10 national heritage areas, and designates over 1,000 miles of wild and scenic rivers.

We'll have details later. Thanks to all who made calls and emailed on this bill.

Brian Hawthorne
Public Lands Policy Director
BlueRibbon Coalition
208-237-1008 ext 10


March 6, 2009 We have successfully moved our website and message board (Forums) to a new server.  We apologize for the time the Forums were offline. 

Click here to access the forums

You may need to change your bookmarks as some of the page locations have changed.


February 17, 2009 Alert. The situation with sales of units and parts for children under 13 is being contested. This ruling by the CPSC does not ban a child from riding, it bans dealers from selling if the item is to be used by anyone under 13. We have not been told there will be no racing or riding. The current feeling at the industry level is that this will be resolved shortly.

If you have not contacted your congress people and CPSC do so immediately as we need to keep the pressure up. At this point we are planning on our season being business as usual with all classes being run. If this changes we will let everyone know. Mike Quinn


February 16, 2009 D23/ARMCA would like to congratulate Jeremy Martin and Gannon Audette on their 2009 support from Rockstar Suzuki Amateur Racing Program. American Suzuki Motor Corporation supports 16 amateur riders from across the United States to continue their development in Motocross racing.

More details are available at http://www.racerxonline.com/article/suzuki-announces-2009-amateur-mx-team.aspx


February 12, 2009 AMA calls for all motorcyclists to help stop the ban of youth OHVs
PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- The sport of off-highway recreation is seriously threatened by recent legislation that imposes strict lead content guidelines on children's everyday toys. The Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) has effectively banned the sale of youth off-highway vehicles (OHVs). The American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) is calling for action now to help reverse the potentially devastating effect this could have on the sport of OHV recreation.

See the press Release here and TAKE ACTION NOW to save our sport!!!


February 10, 2009 The D23/ARMCA Membership application is now available and linked below. Applications will be sent out to 2008 members next week. We plan to send Membership cards back to applicants within a few weeks. Please remember to renew or apply for an AMA membership before applying if you are a competition member.

2009 D23/ARMCA Membership application (.doc)

2009 D23/ARMCA Membership application (.pdf)


February 10, 2009 Tucker Rocky Distributing has again partnered with D23/ARMCA to provide Answer and MSR Contingency programs for 2009. Please see the form and rules linked below for complete details. Get your registration in as soon as possible. Races count only after your registration is accepted by Tucker Rocky. You must purchase a set of gear for each class you want to compete in for contingency. Valid gear includes 2009 Answer Alpha, Alpha Air, Alpha LE, all ION styles, Mode, Women’s MX - OR - 2009 MSR Phantom, Old Skool, NXT, Renegade, Max Air, Strike Force, Starlet and Gem product lines ONLY. Axxis & Syncron DO NOT QUALIFY for the program.

Rules                                   Registration form


February 2, 2009 Feb 10th Ban on Youth ATV and Motorcycle Sales

The Consumer Product Safety Council (CPSC) has issued a ban in the sales of all items that contain certain amounts of lead to youth. This ban includes motorcycles and ATVs due to the lead content in items such as batteries, engine cases, etc.

The CPSC does plan on providing exceptions to the rule, but the exceptions list generation date is unknown, except that it will be after the ban goes into effect. In the mean time, the dealers will not be able to sell new or used machines or some parts for youth ATVs or Motorcycles.

The BlueRibbon Coalition has an action alert out for both the CPSC and the legislature to either delay the ban until the exemptions are out or to have the exemptions in place before Feb 10th. See the BlueRibbon website for more details at http://www.sharetrails.org/alerts/?alert=934

January 30, 2009 Motocross Advancement
The class advancements based on racers' 2008 results are now posted.

See them here

There are some advancements posted on the AMA web site at this time. The current AMA posting was used in conjunction with our district scoring. The 2 systems were checked against each other before posting here.

The new list is based on Rider Placement Value or RPV.  This system factors in the number of racers in a class and awards advancement points accordingly.

New for 2008 to 2009 season is an increase in RPV value for moving from the C class to B class. The RPV is now 15 for all advancements. This decision was made at the AMA level is to be used retroactively for the 2008 results. District results are factored in with National or non D 23 results for the final RPV. The only exception to this is those racers that competed in the C class at Loretta Lynn's finals these racers will all be advanced to the B class for 2009.


January 23, 2009 The 2009 D23/ARMCA schedule is now available. A copy of the schedule is linked here:  

2009 D23 Events Schedule

Event schedules for the individual sport pages will be updated soon.


January 12, 2009 2008 Offroad Year End Awards are posted
The 2008 Award listings have been posted for Enduro, Harescramble, Youth Enduro, and Youth Harescramble.  See them HERE

December 19, 2008

2008 D23 Off-Road Banquet

Date: January 31, 2009

Location:  Falls Ballroom
15879 Highway 27
Little Falls, MN

Directions: Just off the intersection of US 10 & MN 27. Take the MN 27 exit toward Little Falls/Pierz; 6/10 of a mile on the right.

Time:
Social Hour: 4:00 p.m
Dinner: 6:00 p.m.  followed by awards and socializing

Details and registration info


December 19, 2008 2008 Hill Climb Banquet

Date: February 7, 2009

Location: Grandpa's Event Center,  Cannon Falls, MN

Details and a flyer/registration form are posted on the main page at www.kingofthehill.org


December 9, 2008 District 23 Race School Scholarships
Congratulations to the following riders for winning a race school scholarship. They were selected out of 34 candidates. The winners will receive more information in the mail soon.

Maverick Engstrom (Jeremy Speldrick Scholarship)
Andrew Peterson
Brandon Skaare
Jennie Carpenter (Motokazie Race School Certificate)

December 8, 2008 The 2008 Annual Meeting minutes are available and linked here for your review. 

Download Meeting minutes (.pdf)

Download Meeting Minutes (.doc)

Please direct any questions or comments to the District Secretary at d23armca@msn.com.


December 5, 2008 KTM is committing to D23 members by offering contingency for the 2009 series of Enduro, Harescrambles, Quad Harescrambles, Motocross and Quad Motocross. KTM has provided contingency for Enduro and Harescrambles in the past and stepped up to add the Motocross section of our membership. We look forward to a great year ahead and KTM will make it even better.
Click Here for details




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