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By Griff Wigley, on September 13th, 2006
County 29, the road to the Club Grounds from Hwy 3, closes this week. Here’s the news from Rice County.
Best alternate from the north: Hwy 3 to County 20, just south of Northfield/Dundas (near Menards).
Follow that all the way to the little unincorporated town of Cannon City. (Watch your speed, as it’s frequent hiding spot for Rice County deputies.)
You can catch Cty 29 to the east as you enter Cannon City (you’ll go by the road to Storm’s Ranch) and then take it all the way to Cabot, then left (south) to the grounds.
But a better way is go into Cannon Cith and take a right (east) at the church on Crystal Lake Trail and follow it to Coe Trail. Take a right and follow that till you get to the Club Grounds.
Here’s a mostly accurate Google Map and here’s the satellite version.
By Griff Wigley, on September 8th, 2006
 See the Results Page for current standings as of last weekend’s two events in Theilman.
By Griff Wigley, on September 6th, 2006
Check out the updated photo galleries. (150 images)
*19 podium photos
*15 photos from Willy Gruette
*116 by travis johansen(just added today)
Simply click on the photo or this link- http://umta.org/gallery/ahrma06
By Griff Wigley, on August 28th, 2006
As we all look forward to the next event in Theilman on September 2nd & 3rd I would like to urge everyone to come out and meet a new group of riders who will be visiting from other Midwest clubs. Our discussions about a regional club competition have produced the “North Central US Regionals”. The UMTA will be hosting the first round 9/2 & 9/3. We will ride it as a regular club event and anyone who chooses to compete in the regional event will pay an extra $10.00 that will go toward end of season awards for the regional series. Those who choose to ride the regional series can look forward to participating in events hosted by the Mid America Trials Team (MATT) in Missouri and the Midwest Trials Association (MWTA) later this year. There is a possibility that other clubs may join the group as time goes on. Please be at the Theilman event with enough time to learn about this new and exciting opportunity at the riders meeting.
Mike Hendrickson
By Griff Wigley, on August 10th, 2006
See the Results Page for current standings as of last weekend’s Haggis event in Faribault.
By Griff Wigley, on August 7th, 2006
UMTA member Jim Winterer is featured on the front page of today’s StarTribune region section.
The piece is titled Going the distance, year after year: Iron Butt Association members take pride in criss-crossing the world on motorcycle. A 7,000-mile rally starts Tuesday.
Click the image to see a larger view (a photo I took of the newspaper). The original photo is online next to the article.
Here are a couple of snippets from the article:
“You start off knowing you’re going to push yourself,” said Jim Winterer, a veteran of the ButtLite and the Iron Butt. “You’re in a competitive frame of mind for 11 days. Every minute of the 11 days you have to be doing something right, even when you’re sleeping.”
By day, Winterer is a mild-mannered public affairs officer at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul. Off campus, he spends vacations roaring around the continent. Last spring he rode through 49 of the 50 states, more than 8,000 miles, in just over eight days. Over Memorial Day he rode from Prudhoe Bay in Alaska to his home in St. Paul.
“I had to be back at work on Tuesday,” he said. “I stopped once, for a 15-minute nap.”
Winterer, who has written magazine articles about his motorcycle trips, says that riding 1,000 miles a day is “easy.” “As long as [you] never get tired, never get lost, never have a head wind, never have to deal with rain or fog, never have to fix the bike, and never have to stop for gas, food, water, sleep or visit a restroom,” he wrote after the 2001 Iron Butt.
By Griff Wigley, on July 17th, 2006
TTC’s Dan Brown has created a first draft of the Revised AMA Trials Rules.
He’s asking people to “Attach your comments to the blog entry on the USMTA website or use the form on the USMTA Contact Us page. Deadline on responses is Aug. 31.”
He also adds:
This document is a work in progress at the moment, but is intended to provide an updated section for the AMA Sports Rules. The intent is that the rules be consistent with those of the World and National championships in terms of scoring, but simplified and amended as needed for club trials. Note also the sections on rider classification and description of classes, as well as information on how to organize a trials club and events. These need to be brief and concise but also informative. Constructive suggestions from USMTA members are solicited so that this can be presented at the AMA Congress as a document which is useful and representative of the best the sport can be.
By Griff Wigley, on July 16th, 2006
See the Results Page for rcurrent standings as of this weekend’s Hixton events.
Overall UMTA/WOTA scores/results for the two days in Hixton:
CHAMP
Saturday
1. Pat Smage 1
2. Brad Villand 10
3. Noel Smage 44
Sunday
1. Pat Smage 0
2. Brad Villand 6
3. Noel smage 43
EXPERT
Saturday
1. Paul Phill Brick 25
2. Jim Altemus 46
3. Randy Kimmick 48
4. Steve Ahlers
5. Gordy Boggie
6. Wynn Earlwine
7. Chris Eddy
Sunday
1. paul Philbrick 19
2. Jim Altemus 32
3. Randy Kimmick 41
4. Steve Ahlers 43
5. Wynn Earlwine
6. Chris Eddy
7. Gordy Boggie
SUPER SPORT
Saturday
1. Bear 7
2. Jay Dyrcs 9
3. Bubba 20
4. Conner Ahlers 26
5. Jim Winterer 27
6. Marc Dittman
7. Brian Dotterwick
Sunday
1. Jay Dyrcs 4
2. Bear 7
3. Conner Ahlers 10
4. Jim Winterer 23
5. Bubba 25
6. Marc Dittman
7. Brian Dotterwick
ADVANCE
Saturday
1. Travis Kirkpatrick 34
2. Mitch Mansker 37
3. Tom Gillespie 41
4. Dan Cotter 46
5. Brian Dyrcs
6. Homer Weber
7. Kevin Gernhardt
Sunday
1. Travis Kirkpatrick 9
2. Mitch Mansker 23
3. Tom Gillespie 27
4. Don anderson 35
5. Brian Drycs 40
6. Homer Weber
7. Steve Anderson
8. Bentley Wolfe
INTERMEDIATE
Saturday
1. Marc Redman 30
2. Kurt Thomas 47
3, Travis Mansker 59
4. Reid Anderson
5. Max Gernhardt
Sunday
1. Travis Mansker 17
2. Marc Redman 27
3. Jason Zeeh 38
4. Kurt Thomas 47
5. Max Gernhardt
6. reid Anderson
NOVICE
Saturday
1. Paul Redman 2 (won on ride off)
2. Nathan Hirt 2
3. Jorge Caballlero 4 (Won ride off)
4. Patrick Hirt 4
5. Jesse Caballero 15
6. Mark Caballero 23
Sunday
1. Paul Redman 10
2. Jesse Caballero 14
3. Patrick Hirt 17
4. Nathan Hirt 36
5. Jorge Caballero 39
6. Mark Caballero 51
YOUTH
Saturday
1. Damien Mansker 23
2. Will Thomas 66
Sunday
1. Damien Mansker 19
2. Will Thomas 32
3. Jason Hirt 65
VINTAGE
Saturday & Sunday
1. Steve Kirschner
By Griff Wigley, on July 13th, 2006
  
Click the flyer (PDF) for all the details on this year’s Haggis Basher at the Faribault Club Grounds.
And see these photo albums from previous years.
By Griff Wigley, on July 10th, 2006
  
These three items — letter and flyer (pdfs) and a map (gif) — give you all the information you need for next weekend’s two-day event at Hixton… a point event for both UMTA and WOTA.
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