Upper Midwest Trials Association

Points/standings (PDF) as of the 6/22 event at St. Peter are now posted. (A password is no longer needed to access.)

Points/standings (PDF) as of the events at Theilman in April are now posted. (A password is no longer needed to access.)

Remember Team Canada and their spectacular performance at Gilbert last June? Here’s a late Feb. update on their winter activities from Stuart McLuckie, team manager, publicist, translator.

   
Team Canada winter escapades have changed from two wheels to four. In the right photo: Dave McLuckie (left) and his co-driver Andrew Allan. Andrew started riding a trials bike at the end of 06. He rode his first trial at club #1. Saturday won the novice class and Sunday moved up to Intermediate and won his next three trials. He then moved up to Advanced and got a third at the end of the year in Duluth 3. Not bad for a new start. Can you remember the last time that happened in the UMTA? 

Back to the car stuff. Dave had this Civic as a parts car, so he and Andrew thought… ah! an ice racer. They sucked in Sean (Andrew’s dad) to build the engine and deal with lots of electrical issues, and myself for some machining.  With one race left they are third overall and second in class. Not bad for a couple of puzzles. Three races ago in the rubber to ice class (no studs). It was very cold which the Civic runs at its best, they were in the low 90 mph, a wee bit quicker than the Montesas.

Here’s the membership letter that was mailed out to all club members last week:

March 1, 2008

Hello, UMTA members and friends,

2008 season is just around the corner and would like to welcome “UMTA 2008 Officers”. We can count on having a fun season with the great bunch of people involved with UMTA.

President: Gordy Boggie
Vice President: Ben Winterer
Secretary: Randy Kimmick
Treasurer: Vickie Boggie
Communication Officer: Patrick Hirt
Referee: Jim Winterer
Legislative Officer: Bear
Members at Large:
Reid Anderson
Jim Blount
Scott Booth
Chris Eddy
Jean Gohlike
Mike Hendrickson
Travis Johansen
Steve Kirschner
Victor Wanchena
Mark Winterer

In January the UMTA board met at the “Hirt residence”. UMTA Handbook, Constitution and By-Laws have been updated with the follow changes voted on at the November 17th meeting.

• Youth Class is for 12 years of age and under and will start at 9:30 am.
• Novice Class will become a Beginner class.
• Vintage Class will no longer have a bike year limitation. However, it will require Air Cooled engine, Twin rear shocks and Drum Brakes.
• Sign up starts at 9:00am
• Novice – Champ rider’s meeting begins at 11:00am.

August 22nd – 24th AMA/NATC National Championship Series will be held in Duluth MN. If you would like to help in anyway, please contact Steve Ahlers; http://web.mac.com/nmra1/Trials/Home.html.

There will be a Trials Master Meeting held on Saturday 4/19, 10:00am and Sunday 4/20 if needed. Trials Masters will discuss expectations, setting up of sections and be given set up supplies. If you are unable to attend please contact Gordy Boggie at 612-280-6874.

The 2008 schedule is set. If you have not yet signed up to help work an event, please contact a Trials Master, you could earn 20 points for helping.

District 23 – 2007 awards will be presented at the first event, April 19th and April 20th.

To prepare you before registering to compete, below are some helpful hints to ensure the rider meeting and event can start on time.

• UMTA Membership dues are $60.00 for family and $40.00 for individual membership. Your membership must be paid by second event – May 4, 2008 to be eligible for Year End UMTA awards.
• The UMTA membership form is available here on the club’s web site.
• All riders must present their current AMA & District membership cards when registering to compete. You can join or renew your AMA membership on-line or 1-800-262-5646. To join or renew your ARMCA District 23 membership,  visit their web site to obtain an application. Daily District 23 passes are available for $10.00 at the sign up table.
• All spectators and riders under 18 must have a Parent or Legal Guardian sign a Minor Release form for each event day. If a parent or legal guardian can not be present, you must have a notarized permission form for each event day. Permission forms are available at www.armaca.org.

RIDE ON!

These club members are trials bike dealers. Support them, please!

• The Bike Shed (Gas Gas)
  14 Lawrence Lane
  St Charles, MN 55972
  507-272-0067
  thebikeshed@msn.com
  
  Brian Dotterwick
  

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• Midwest Trials (Scorpa and Sherco) Randy Kimmick
  Otsego, MN 55330
  612-710-4511
  randykimmick@charter.net
  
  Randy Kimmick

Download this UMTA membership form (PDF), print it out and bring it to the first event of the season.

2008 UMTA membership dues are $60 for family and $40 for individuals.

Your membership must be paid by the second event of the season (May 4) to be eligible for year-end UMTA awards.

Here’s the revised UMTA Handbook, 2008 edition (PDF). (The changes from 2005 are in italics throughout.)

It’s also available on the Handbook page.

And when you pay your annual membership dues for the season, you receive a printed Handbook. Changes there are color-coded.

TrialsUSGP.com, the web site for the 2008 Wagner Cup, is now up.

The event, also known as the United States Grand Prix (USGP), World Trials Championship, will be held on April 26-27, at the Trials Training Center (TTC) in Sequatchie, Tennessee.

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The annual club banquet was held last night at Joseph’s Grill in downtown St. Paul. See the album or this slideshow of 80+ photos. Let me know if you have photos you’d like to add to the pile.