In early November, Dave and Denise Tupy had there fourth baby. A few days later, it was discovered that Denise had suffered a brain aneurysm. She was sent to HCMC and spent almost a month there. She is home now, but the test are continuing and there is a long road to recovery ahead. Many of you know Dave and his son Matt, as they race in D23 and are heavy into riding and helping out with there own tracks at there home. Its time to step up to the plate have fun and help out a great cause.

$30 will get you unlimited riding, door prizes, and a silent auction with stuff from Enzo Racing, Spring Creek MX Park, Motokaize, Wreckamended Auto, 4MXgraphics.com, The Channel Inn, and many more. Check the message board topic (assuming the board is functioning) to see the latest on what is being donated. If you wish to help out, donate, or need more info, contact Tim Bernloehr@612-616-7194 or Guy Ohland@952 440 4151.

2005 Annual Meeting Highlights 12/19/2005
The Proposed Rule Changes were voted on at the annual meeting. The wording of the proposals is shown. The ones that passed may be worded slightly different in the 2006 District rule book, but the meaning will be the same.

1. Add a girls 9-13 year old class to MX 65cc-105cc PASSED
2. Exclude the 4th of July as a points paying holiday in MX except on years where the official holiday is Monday. FAILED
3. Exclude the 4th of July as a points paying holiday in MX FAILED
4. Split the Youth Cross Country Series into Youth Hare Scramble and Youth Enduro PASSED
5. District Boundaries and points paying events. The start of an event that is to pay D23 points can not exceed 75 miles from any MN border. The event cannot exceed 6 hours total drive for 75% of D23 riders. Any event that is multi district sanctioned cannot charge special or surcharges to D 23 members. All events outside the boundaries of MN that meet the above criteria shall be subject to approval of the executive committee. PASSED
6. Rule awarding points to any racer that stops to help an injured racer in Hare Scrambles or Enduro . The helping racer may be awarded the average of his points earned for the year. PASSED
7. Add a 40+ senior class to Quad Hare Scrambles PASSED
8. Divide the +50 class in Hare Scrambles into A, B and C levels. PASSED
9. Flat track limit the number of points paying events to one per day. PASSED
10. In MX in order to earn points for the title in all championship classes ( A and Youth classes) a racer has to compete in a minimum of 2 races at 3 different facilities North of Hiway 12 and South of Hiway 12. A total of 6 races from 3 different tracks from each part of the state will be counted. Those racers that do not meet the qualification will not earn points for the number of races short in either part of the state. FAILED
11. Extend the MX points season through the end of September. PASSED
12. Align our 50 cc classes to match the AMA classes
•51 cc Stock 4-6 Peewee Jr single speed automatic (chain)
•51 cc Stock 7-8 Peewee Sr single speed automatic (chain)
•51 cc Stock 4-8 Peewee single speed automatic 2 stroke oil injected (oil injected)
•51 cc Stock 4-8 Peewee single or multi speed PASSED
13. B and C MX racers have to race at 8 different tracks throughout the season FAILED
14. Raise worker points from 30 to 35 PASSED

The other main order of business was the Election of Board Members. We would like to welcome a few new (for 2006) board members: Rick Waschek (Dirt Track Rep), ; Cassandra Atkinson (16-24 MX Class Rep), and Susan Gray (Banquet). The complete list of elected board members can be found at the Board Member Page.

2005 Motocross Banquet Highlights 12/17/2005
One of the unexpected events of the banquet was the awarding of a YZ450F from Larson’s Cycle to this year’s double Premier class champion, Jacob Bostrom. Jake asked that the following message be posted:

I'd like to thank the board members, District 23, and the sponsors for a good racing season. I greatly appreciate the bike and awards and look forward to another great season next year.

Thanks again, Jake Bostrom #407

For more about what happened at the banquet, check out CycleNews.com or read the extended version in next month’s issue of Cycle USA.

Local Rider Does Well at Nationals 12/09/2005
Congratulations to Minnesota Offroad star Matt Stavish for an outstanding 2005 season in the AMA National Enduro series. Matt and his Larson's Cycle Racing sponsored Honda finished in 3rd place behind 7 time national champion Mike Lafferty and runner-up Steve Hatch. The AMA National Enduro series is a grueling 9 race series with races from California to New Jersey. Matt is recovering from off-season surgery, but should be ready for another successful season in 2006.