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Interviews

• MR Interviews AVDRA's Dave Boydstun
  by Michael McCook #41
  
  
   
• MR Interviews Fred Guidi
  AHRMA Mid-Atlantic MX Coordinator
  by Al Conte #48J
   
• MR Interviews Rusty McFarland
  by Michael McCook
   
   
• The Untold Story of an American Motocross Hero
  -An Interview with David White - part 1
  An Interview with David White - part 2
  by Giles Nelson #665
• MR Interviews Joey Poole
  by Michael McCook #41
   
   
• MR Interviews Rae Tyson
  President, Potomac Vintage Riders
  by Al Conte #48J
   
• MR Interviews VMX Race Promoter Curtis Harper
  by Randy Smith #24
   
   
   
• MR Sponsor Profile:
  An Interview with Joe Abbate of Cycle Therapy
  by Michael McCook
   
• MR Interviews Phil Ketchum, Moderator of the premier Hodaka discussion group and Vintage Racer
  by Randy Smith
   
• MR Interviews Travis Agle- Vintage Racer and Moderator of the premier Maico discussion group
  by Michael McCook
   
• MR Interviews Paul Stannard of Strictly Hodaka
  by Mark Jarecki
   
   

Featured Articles

by Mark Firkin aka Firko #53


• Changing Times
• A Rose by Any Other Name
• Trent Farlowe, the Man and His Mission
• Mickey and Mike... Mark Firkin - Part 1
• Memories of Bimbo
• Pulling Out the Pink Thing
• The Shed, and Its Place In a Blokes Life
• Cranky Old Geezer
• Budget
• Why Julio Iglesias Leaves Me Cold
• A View From Oz - Roger, Suzuki and Me
• The Day The Music Died
• Bouncing Czechs

by Stu Osborn #657


• "It's a Disease" - Collecting Vintage Motorcycles
• The AMERICAN Historic Racing Motorcycle Association
  -Salutations and Frustrations-
• Remembering Jimmy Pomeroy, the 1st American
• Heartbreaking For At Least One Racer - Mattawa 1970
• AHRMA Cautious and Deliberate with Rules Changes
• The Amazing Dave Wilson
• My first race in more than 28 years
• AHRMA to add more 100cc VMX Classes this racing season!
• Northwest Artist takes on VMX race promotion for the new AHRMA Pacific Northwest Region!!

Terry Frazier #71E


• Vintage Enthusiast Teardown Disease
• The Long-term Effects of Production-based Racing
• Five rules for starting VMX
• Equipment Review: Pro-Vue RX System

Charlie Oxford #20E


• A Dose of Reality
• A New Season is Here!
• How an Old Motorcycle Probably Saved My Life

More Feature Articles

• The Motorcycle as Art
  by David Russell #832
• Everything Happens for a Reason
  by Tom Long #20B
• I've Lost My Bearings Part 1 of 2
  by Fritz Guenther #22T
• Plastics Restoration
  by Rich Fogel #45
• Husky Hooker Headers Mystery
  by Robert Haag #74Y
• From Soup to all of you Nuts
  by Steve Clark #309D
• AHRMA
  by Fred "900" Guidi
• Going Hunting
  by David Russell #832
• It's a Vintage Family Affair!
  by Randy Smith
• My First Vintage Restoration
  by John Nicholas #12
• The VMX Art of Rob Kinsey Now Available!
• York Swap Meet: Another Huge Success!
• Rich Fogel's 1980 CR125 Resto
• Who said water and oil don’t mix?
  by Fritz Guenther #22T
• Driven - Steve Christini's 10-year quest...
  by Brian Howard
  Photos by Michael T. Regan
• Weedstock and the Diamond Don’s Riverport National
  by John Putkey #238
• A Racing Father's Daughter Remembers
  by Joy Cook
• Rausch Creek Race Report, April 16th 2005
• Oil Is Always Cheaper Than Steel
  - The Great Synthetic Oil Myth
  by Fritz Guenther #22T
• SIEGE's Personal Racing Checklist from Hell
• Andy Caldecott: A Quiet Champion Passes
• 2006 Going Forward But Still Looking Back
  by Randy Smith
• Weedstock 2006
• Carnegie AHRMA VMX Oct 16, 2005
  by Giles Nelson
• The History of Maico Through 1977
  Submitted by Vintage Vinnie
• Chehalis AHRMA VMX
  by Giles Nelson
• A Special Preview of the Primm MX Collection
  by Perry Sconzert
• Adding a National AHRMA 100cc Class--What's Your Opinion?
• A Ghost of a 30 Year Dream
  by Joey Poole
• How to avoid getting ripped off at the Cybermarket
  by Chris Sunkin
• The Track - "Verse"
  by Mark Hayzlett

Movie Reviews

Mr Smith & Hollywood go to the Movies

• One Chance To Win
• The Worlds Fastest Indian
• Magoo- The Story of Danny Chandler
• Dust To Glory
• Suzuki GP 1970 - 1973
• Yamaha GP - 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983
• Yamaha Moto-Cross
• Garrett Michael Berg Memorial Races II & III
• Motocross 70's Style
• BackTrack

Photos

• Submitted Photo Galleries
• AHRMA National - Gatorback MX Gainsville, Florida
  Photos by Amy Cooper
• AHRMA Season Opener: The Arizona National!
• Monster Mountain
  Submitted by Joe Abbate
• Scenes from Motocuse 2005

Vintage Motocross Club Profiles

• Hammer & Tongs
• AVDRA - American Vintage Dirt Riders Association
• ACR - American Classic Racing
• IVORME- Indiana Vintage Off-Road Motorcycle Enthusiasts

Vintage Motocross Profiles

• VMX Racer Profile - Grant Humble #38
• The Motocross History of Doug Grant
• Vintage Motocross Profile - Mark Strassner #426

MR Sponsor Profiles

• MX Restorations

Top Ten

by Rick Doughty

• The Best and Worst
• A Clean Sheet of Paper
• Is It Just Me...?
• McCookRacing Top Ten Trivia Quiz
• Rick Doughty's Top Ten
   
  

On The Couch

by Dr. Joe Abbate #43F

• Volume 4 - The Two Stroke is dead, long live the Two Stroke
• Volume 3 - American Historic Rules Motocrossers Avoid
• Volume 2 - The Rules
• Volume 1 - Thoughts that remain in my mind

Racing Tips

• Submitted Racing Tips

Off Track

by Michael McCook

• Volume 9 - Steps to the Top and Fighting over the Track
• Volume 8 - Where are we going now Soup?
• Volume 7 - Let's Go Racing
• Volume 6 - Someplace between Nowhere and Goodbye
• Volume 5 - Just when you thought you had all the answers, all the questions changed
• Volume 4 - It’s All that Noise behind You
• Volume 3 - If We do what We did, then We get what We got
• Volume 2 - Women, Motocross and You
• Volume 1 - Off Track

Submitted Race Reports

2005

• Harpers, Greenwood Missouri - MOVMX April 10th 2005
  by Randy Smith
• Missouri Vintage MX Race Report
  by Mark Hollywood Jarecki
• Season Opener at Harpers, Greenwood Missouri - MOVMX March 20th 2005
  by Randy Smith

2004

• Nov 7th MOVMX Season Finale Report from Greenwood Missouri
  by Hollywood Mark Jarecki #45Q
• Moberly Race Report
  by Mark Jarecki 45Q
• Topeka Race Report. Vintage MX at Heartland Park Topeka July 18
  by Randy Smith #24
• Thunder Ridge Race Report
  by Gordon McCaffer

Caption Contest Winners

Submit Your Caption! The Prize A Cool CZ Jersey	Gary Davis Bob Dylan  The answer my friend--is blowin' in the wind	Darlene "Heelz" Robbins Hole Shot!!!
Charlie Oxford I told you I rode my ass off in that last moto !	Stefan Medlicott Ted's fear of heights made him the laughing stock of the Novice Class.	Dave Webb The fans cheer as the flagman extracts the left handle bar from the unfortunate riders rear, allowing him to rejoin the race!
Bill Van Velzer Ya know Molly, it was kinda fun on Monday. I didn't even mind yesterday, But this is the third time this week! And why is he always with that creepy photographer buddy of his?	Carol Jean Stults With the recent gas prices, all of the motorcycle manufacturers are looking at alternative fuel sources for better mileage and reducing the need for fossil fuels. This project has been carefully given the code name: Spontaneous Human Combustion!"	Steve Clark Let's see... Do the Cool guys leave one finger or two on the front brake lever???
John Ulver YES Joe, Keith McCarty did this for Hannah before every Moto... Trust me!

Mystery Bike Contest

Chris DiSpina correctly guessed it's the Extremely Rare Italian Simonini Cross!

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