alan_nc Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Any Press is good Press? Well if you have your latest issue of Vintage Views you see the cover is a Trials scene. I got excited .....until I read the article and Ed's notes. I know that Mid-O going away was a blow to AHRMA and the Jeep School Trial was put together quickly but "HOW MANY RIDERS"? Then you read Ed's comments and find that two of the final events have been cancelled. Don't really think any of this is good news for Trials. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinshocked Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Some of us are not AHRMA members but are still interested in Ed's comments. Any way they can be posted here? The Woodstock VA event is not canceled, it's just no longer an AHRMA event. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lineaway Posted September 2, 2009 Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 We are still having a trials event in Albuquerque, just not AHRMA. Not sure of all the reasons on both sides, but a friend has stepped up to be trialsmaster. And he didn`t have to coax too hard to get me to join in the fun. I might even ride my `81 since it is not AHRMA rules! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_nc Posted September 2, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2009 Guys, I'm really not anti-AHRMA and am glad that the events are still going on. Can you give any insight to why AHRMA was dropped from the events? I had hoped to ride enough AHRMA events next year to be a contender, might be tough to find that many events. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tony283 Posted September 3, 2009 Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Alan, You will remember that since AHRMA and the AMA could not reach any agreement AHRMA is on a go it alone basis. The organisers of the Woodstock event are an AMA club and therefore are not allowed to run an Ahrma event. The reason for Sandia getting the CNX is not quite as described on the AHRMA website as I have attended ALL the Sandia trials and seen a steady increase in numbers! It was actually the husband and wife team who had done all the donkey work over the years saying No More! The "rival" organisation who also ran the Wittman event, the same weekend as Buckeye, has taken it over and despite there being an alternate venue in Bull Hollow Utah and volunteers to set up both disciplines, Ahrma decided not to engage in a "double header" on the same weekend. However you can see the last few events have all had good turnouts with Chehalis at over 100 and the 2 day at Cotopaxi recording 40+ entries and several more in the Twinshock and Support Classes. I hope that answers your questions Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan_nc Posted September 3, 2009 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2009 Tony, Thanks. It is going to make it tough next year. Our local group has gone AMA for (I understand) insurance and overall advertising and coverage. We have not, but now for sure, could not host an AHRMA event. I have stayed out of the arguments, but for the sake of Vintage competition, either AHRMA and the AMA need to kiss and make up or AMA needs to start a strong Vintage program. We are the ones who want to compete - guess we need to do something about it. Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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