The track was extremely vintage friendly and I didn't see any obsticle that was have been a concern for any of the vintage bikes. Track prep was excellent and dust was minimal. Flaggers were strategically located in all the important spots, backed up by an Ambulance that had a commanding view of the entire track.

The only place that would give me pause was the first corner after the start. It hooks right, goes down a small hill and into a sandy right handed sweeper. All it takes is for one guy to go down and you've got the rest of the pack going down with him or her. Saw a really fast Ossa Phantom rider get taken out at the bottom of the sweeper. But hey, it's racing!

Topside, track facilities were great from the friendly staff at the main gate, to the people in the office, to the onsite refreshment stand. Someone was really thinking when they put this place together.

Said hello to Brad Lackey while there and stopped for a moment to chat with Rick Sieman...AKA "Super Hunky" now living in Arizona and writing for VMX magazine. Although he's had some health issues recently, he told me his feeling great and on the road to recovery. Nice to see this mx legend out and about. A couple of other legends were there...my friends Gene Fetty and Bill Silverthorn along with the whole Silverthorn gang. Both ride Huskys and are still very fast and competitive. Gene started racing back in 1962 so he's well into his 40th year of racing!

Anyway, since I was there, I took out my camera and shot about 400 photos of some of the vintage classes that were racing around. I love taking photos and have been doing so since I was in high school. Below are about 150 or so of the best one for you to look through. They are free for personal use. If you need one for a publication, let me know and I'll send you the full size file.

With all the photos taken and the sun getting low in the west, my son 12 year old Spencer told me it was time to go ( I think he was just hungry and wanted to get back to Yuma where he saw a McDonalds), so we loaded up and headed back. Ran into more rain on the return but what a great day it turned up to be. Added another 125 to my collection (thanks John) met up with some old friends and best of all enjoyed the day with my son, watching something I've loved since I was his age.