After two foul weather cancellations, the third attempt to hold the 6 Hour Team Race at the Eddieville Motorsports Park was a success. Sunny skies and dry soil greeted the many riders who crossed their fingers and hoped for a moment of relief from the winter/spring barrage of snow and rain. The hills of short grass did little to block the brisk air that turned the rotors surrounding the wind farm.

Team Oregon was back on I-5 for the long trip down to Coalinga for the second round of the Western Hare Scrambles series at Picacho Creek. Rain, snow, wind, hail and a long windy road with a million blind corners and a few water crossing was all it took to get to the Salinas Ramblers property thursday night. Then the worst news, the gate was shut and the river was rising fast. We then had to turn around the trailer and head back into town and decided to drive back friday morning about noon, the gate was open and we were the first racers, other than the SRMC members, there. We paid our gate fee's and found a safe place to park the trailer.

Oh my that was tough !!

It was a cold morning and by race time it warmed up to around 40. The event had a record turnout and some really good AA riders showed up, including lance Smail.
The Start used the Mx Track and headed off into the desert. Off the start it was Corey Floyd with the holeshot, a honda rider in second, and I was running thrid.
Once we hit the offroad section it was dusty and I setteled in third and let 1st and 2nd duke it out. On lap two I moved into the lead and pulled out to about a 30 sec lead over Jon seehorn and croey floyd. The offroad course was a combantion of deep sand whoops and new sections that became very choppy and square edged.

I pitted for my first gas stop around the hour mark and noticed a KTM had been reeling me in. As i was leaving the pits the KTM was right on my real wheel. (After the race I meet the 19 year old from Idaho named Lane Burchet and he informed he had raced the Oreana 100 the day before and finished second to David Kamo.) We battled for a good bit that lap and I feel back into second place for the next hour or so. With two laps to go I regrouped and made a charge at the lead from about 45 sec back and moved right up on Lane only to have him shift up to top gear and leave me in his dust. The last lap was pretty much just me trying to finish without a big crash.

I hurt so bad, The race was a two and half hour race but the checkers comes out when the clock hits it and thats not always when the leaders are coming though.
The top four came though the scoring area with a few min to go in the race and we had to head out for one more lap ( one brutal lap). The total race time was around 2:50.

When we crossed the line the top four was Lane Burchet, Rory Sullivan, Corey Floyd, Jon Seehorn. Lance Smail DNF and i think in all there was around 20 AA's.

One of the toughest races ive done.

Team Tortoise put on a great race.

Rory Sullivan

Team Tortoise is dedicated to ensuring every event has the very best interest of the riders of all ages and abilities in mind. We are racers and think like racers. We understand the best events are FUN events. We are also the ONLY NMA club to offer a 100% AA/Pro Payout.

Northwest Tour & Trail and Friends
By Historian, Tom Niemela, 8/4/2001
So who is NW Tour & Trail and where did they come from, you may ask? NWT&T was created by me in an effort to continue the promotion of dualsporting. I had started the first Black Dog Dualsport in 1991 when the Northwest Off-road Racers Association (NORA) was in its second year. At the time NORA was hosting the now-defunct Lone Squirrel ISDE, and the current Monkey Butt Cross Country Race. The Black Dog continued in NORA for a few years until around 1996. At that time it just became too much of a hardship within NORA to have three events so close to each other and the volunteers were nearing the burnout stage.

NORA

1941 - Roy and Frank Clay started Mt. Scott Motorcycle Club
You could see Mt. Scott from Roy Clays' service station at 82nd and Johnson Creek Blvd. Brothers Roy and Frank Clay wrapped tire chains on the handlebars of their motorcycles and went up on the hill. They could go anywhere with the chains, and a lot of trails were opened from 82nd to Gresham, as there were not many fences back then. Many others enjoyed riding the trails with Roy and Frank and Mt. Scott Motorcycle Club was born.
The big runs back then were the Devils Head Time Keepers Enduro and the TeePee Run held on the Indian Reservation near Pine Grove, Oregon, until the 70's. We had events and play days in Colton for years.
Times Change, but the Mt. Hood National Forest has worked with our club for 50 years and we work well together and compliment each other. In 1961 we met with the Oregon Department of Forestry in the Tillamook Burn and talked of trails and events and how we could keep the trails open in the event of a fire. This would give access to more areas to fight fire and we would help maintain the trails.
We are a family oriented club. We are a trail riding club and only have one road event each year. We have 5 events a year in the Tillamook Burn, and the TeePee Run annually at McCubins Gulch on Mt. Hood. We currently have about 50 active members, and are always interested in new members.
Mt Scott Motorcycle Club is the oldest dirt club in Oregon!

For over 45 years the Lobos Motorcycle Club has worked to provide fun races and events for off-road motorcyclists. The Lobos have created and maintained countless miles of trails and bridges throughout Oregon and that's where all of the proceeds from these events go. We've been front and center, working to preserve and expand riding opportunities now and into the future: From the creation of the OMRA, to the drafting of Oregon's important ATV fund law, and to the planning meetings that establish a place at the table for OHV users on public land.

The Lobos want to encourage you to join and support the organizations that make it possible for you to ride; like the OMRA, the AMA, and the Blue Ribbon Coalition. In the meantime, join us at the races!!

Stop by our clubhouse any Thursday night at 8:30..

Columbia Observed Trials Assn. (C.O.T.A.) , as a Trials club was formed in the early 70's. The Trials story in Oregon begins with the intoduction of what was initially called "English Trials", which was introduced to America with the introduction of trials specific motorcycles. Montesa's, Bultaco's were the first serious trials motorcycles to make there way to Oregon. It is rumored that the club name Cota was inspired from the Montesa Cota. Shortly after the Montesa's and Bultaco's arrival, the Japanese manufactures entered the Trials market, introducing the Honda TL 125, Yamaha's TY 80-175-250, Kawasaki KT 250, and Suzuki's RL 250. Inexpensive Trials bikes were readily avaialble, which inspired the "hay day of the seventies", hundreds of riders would attend local trials.

Since the seventies, many bikes have come and gone, events have been held in many locations, popularity has risen and fallen. Now our events are staged in the Tillimook state forest, Mt. Hood National Forest, and private land. On average, a local trial atracts 30 riders. There are 70 to 100 riders that make it out every year. Trials in Oregon is very small group.

We are a non-profit, Off-Highway-Vehicle (OHV) motorcycle club based in Eugene, OR. The Emerald Trail Riders Association serves to unify the OHV recreational community into a recognizable organization devoted to the protection of our sport. Our diverse membership ranges from the youth to senior rider and from the novice to expert skill levels. We all share a common interest, the love of trail riding. We currently have over 100 members and are growing fast. The ETRA is also a proud member of Oregon's off-road racing sanctioning body, the Oregon Motorcycle Riders Association (OMRA).

When do we meet?
ETRA has meetings every third Tuesday of the month. During the winter months we meet at a local pizza joint and during the summer we meet at a local park. The location of the next meeting is always posted in this website. The meetings are informal and fun, lots of bench racing. All members have the opportunity to speak. We also vote on activities and directions for the clubs resources.
What do we do?
We offer fun Monthly Club Rides and Meetings, organize Events such as Poker Runs and National Cross-Country Races, and perform trail maintenance through Work Parties to improve and sustain our local riding areas. ETRA is a club dedicated to preserving the right to ride on Oregon Public Lands. We utilize our numbers and recognition to help other agencies plan, construct and maintain motorized trail systems in our area. These agencies include the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) , Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF), Private landowners, Blue Ribbon Coalition (BRC), Oregon Motorcycle Riders Association (OMRA) and others.