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What do you get when you combine Texas bar-b-que, world-class guitar playing, a European-style motocross track, perfect weather, vendors, food booths (including such southern delicacies as gator-on-a-stick), dozens of legendary motocross racers and 680 amateur vintage race entries? A motocross racing event that was "over-the-top"!

Diamond Don Rainey and crew, along with the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association’s National Vintage Series round 4, was sponsored in part by Jake’s Garage, Speed and Sport, the Penton Owners Group and Kawasaki. Francene reported that there were 997 people through the gate, up from last year’s 880. There were 680 race entries with 375 spectators, up from last years’ 280, which considering the economy, is good news.

The highlight of this year’s event was the "AHRMA Vintage-Am 2009" race series Europe vs. USA. On the European team was Graham Noyce (Great Britain), Herbert Schmitz (Germany), Lars Larson (Sweden) and Zdenek Velkey (Czechoslovakia). Riding for team USA was Danny Laporte, Gary Jones, Chuck Sun and Bill Silverthorne. Modeled after the old days of Trans-am and Inter-am, the 2 race series started at Brad Lackey’s race in Sand Hill, California and ended at Diamond Don’s in Jefferson, Texas. Team USA won the Vintage-am challenge series with 85 to 69 total points, awarding them the trophy for America in 2009.

Saturday Chuck Sun was able to secure the lead in the "Vintage-Am" race with Herbert Schmitz second and Danny Laporte third. Gary Jones had to pull out when his Honda ran out of fuel. After topping off in the pits he came back out to finish the race. Laporte was able to pull off a "magical pass" on the last lap to secure second behind teammate Sun to finish moto one.

Herbert Schmitz had all night to think about that pass that Laporte put on him and he wasted no time jumping out early and keeping the lead from Chuck Sun. Danny Laporte moved up steadily to the leaders until he was able to hook up with team-mate Sun by lap four. Gary Jones held down the fourth spot with Graham Noyce and Bill Silverthorne rounding out the top six places. Laporte was able to slip by Sun on a sweeper back in the woods, but Sun was able to re-secure second by the last lap. However it was Schmitz who displayed smooth, consistent riding with a strong desire for victory and won the second moto battle. Still, USA won the war and the trophy for 2009.

This year Diamond Don and AHRMA honored motocross legend Steve Wise, who was on hand to hang out and lead the church service. The late cross-country legend Al Baker was honored as well. Roy Jenkins and JP Parsons announced the races and AHRMA off-road director Alex Moroz was race referee. Many AHRMA volunteers pitched in to provide a quality race, including newlyweds Rolf and Tami Rice Greenhill. Even the new executive director of AHRMA, Dave Lamberth worked hard giving direction and flagging on the track.

Motocross Files creator Todd Huffman of Pipeline Digital Media was on hand to show his latest videos at the Friday night dinner with the MX legends who were on hand to race and just hang out. Other celebrities included: Brad Lackey, Marty Tripes, Dick Mann, and Women Pioneers of Motocross Tami Rice and Bonnie Warch.

Cross-country and Trials competed on Friday, with boiled crawfish and bar-b-que served Friday night. On Saturday the vintage MX raced and Louisiana recording artist Chris Leblanc laid down his bluesy and rockabilly sounds. Sunday morning began with a worship service, followed by Post-vintage MX racing. The trophy presentation and Legends autograph session were on Sunday evening. Then attendees were then treated to a wind-down party, complete with the moto-band, confederate cannon and fireworks!

The real meat of this vintage national was the amateur racing where hundreds of competitors went head to head in mostly full gates to compete for series points, bragging rights or just plain fun. For more information on the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association, rules, classes, upcoming national events and complete results go to www.AHRMA.org. To find out more about upcoming events or RV camping at Diamond Don’s go to www.diamonddons.com. For pictures of the event go to www.mxphotography.com. For interviews, stories, photos of other vintage and modern motocross races in the central gulf coast region log on to www.2wheelcommunications.com.

100 NOV: 1. Darrin Tucker (Hod); 2. Michael Collier (Hon); 3. Donna Blackburn (Yam).

100 INT: 1. Bruce MacFalane (Hod); 2. Dennis Pollaccia (Yam); 3. Mark Eichhorn (Hod); 4. Michael James (Hod); 5. Ronnie Snyder (Yam).

100 EX: 1. Mike Parker (Pen); 2. Thomas Flores (Pen).

PREM 500 NOV: Tammy Mount (BSA).

PREM 500 INT: 1. Jimmy Allison (BSA); 2. Wayne Mount (BSA); 3. Doug Gagnon (AJS); 4. Debbie Poole (BSA).

PREM 500 EX: 1. Robert Poole (BSA); 2. Claude Mcelvain (BSA); 3. Corky Root (BSA).

PREM LTW NOV: Nigel Smith (Duc).

PREM LTW INT: Dan Beher (Unk)

PREM LTW EX: Mike Parker (Hon).

PREM TW NOV: Charles Goman (Tri).

PREM TW INT: Dan Beher (BSA).

PREM TW EX: 1. Robert Poole (BSA); 2. Rolf Greenhill (Hon).

CLS 125 NOV: 1. Stan Miser (Husk); 2. Thomas Thigpen (Pen); 3. Chuck Morris (Husk).

CLS 125 INT: 1. Steve Fox (Husk); 2. Philip Ketchum (Husk); 3. John Griffin (Hon); 4. Gene Fetty (Husk); 5. Rick Smith (CZ).

CLS 125 EX: 1. Randy Nagel (HTS); 2. Andy Blackburn (CZ); 3. Bart Winters (Hon); 4. Chris Brewington (Hon); 5. Lynn Williams (CZ).

CLS 250 NOV: Charles Goman (OSA).

CLS 250 INT: 1. Gregg Ross (CZ); 2. Bill Orth (Ric); 3. Debbie Poole (BSA); 4. David Pierce (Husk).

CLS 250 EX: 1. Andy Blackburn (Osa); 2. Dan Johns (AJS).

CLS 500 NOV: 1. Chuck Morris (Husk); 2. William Pyburn (Tri).

CLS 500 INT: 1. Bill Orth (Ric); 2. Doug Gagnon (BSA).

CLS 500 EX: 1. Doug Grant (AJS); 2. Andy Blackburn (Mai); 3. Robert Poole (BSA); 4. James Smith (Can); 5. Dan Johns (AJS).

SPMN 125 NOV: 1. Jeffrey Simon (Yam); 2. William Boland (Hon); 3. Mark Waller (Hon); 4. Darrin Tucker (Hod); 5. Chuck Morris (Pen).

SPMN 125 INT: 1. Cody Thomas (Hon); 2. Roy Jenkins (Hon); 3. Doc Tollet (Hon); 4. Derek Martin (Hon); 5. Martin Brazil (Hon).

SPMN 125 EX: 1. Paul Burnett (Hon); 2. Mark Stahlman (Bul); 3. Matthew Leblanc (Hon); 4. Tim Flynn (Hon); 5. Stephen Marpes (Yam).

SPMN 250 NOV: 1. Ray Rosinski (Husk); 2. Kevin Cleveland (Kaw); 3. Jim Simon (Can); 4. Lance Fausett (CZ); 5. George Janus (Husk).

SPMN 250 INT: 1. Bob McNamara (Yam); 2. Brant Wedding (Unk); 3. Larry Shope (Hon); 4. Tom Becker (Husk); 5. Jason Landing (Bul).

SPMN 250 EX: 1. Bob Speiss (Can); 2. Elbert Simon (Yam); 3. Matthew Mosely (Kaw); 4. Wade Woodall (CZ); 5. Cole Campbell (Kaw).

SPMN 500 NOV: 1. Brad Whitworth (CZ); 2. Richard Huffman (Husk); 3. Randy Woodall (CZ); 4. Glenn Neal (Husk).

SPMN 500 INT: 1. Mike Ealer (Bul); 2. Robert Ahern (Husk); 3. Mark Hosbach (Kaw); 4. Mark Roler (CZ); 5. David Ecker (Suz).

SPMN 500 EX: 1. Ryan Marrocco (Bul); 2. Rhett Smith (CZ); 3. John Watkins (Yam); 4. Matthew Leblanc (Hon); 5. Mitch Elson (Husk).

SPMN TW EX: Tim Flynn (Hon).

40+ NOV: 1. Richard Huffman (Husk); 2. Brad Whitworth (CZ); 3. Doug Ealer (Bul); 4. John Sneddon (CZ); 5. William Boland (Hon).

40+INT: 1. Mike Ealer (Bul); 2. Mark Roler (CZ); 3. Tom Becker (Husk); 4. Bobby McClalland (Hon).

40+EX: 1. Mike Stahlman (Bul); 2. Kirk Spencer (Mai); 3. Bob Speiss (Can); 4. Chili Pepper (Pen); 5. Stephen Marpes (Yam).

50+ NOV: 1. Ray Rosinski (Husk); 2. Randy Woodall (CZ); 3. Lance Fausett (CZ); 4. Jim Kalb (Kaw); 5. Terry Gerber (Kaw).

50+ INT A: 1. Glenn Romero (Hon); 2. Richard Davis (Husk); 3. Jeff Kring (Bul); 4. Doc Tollett (CZ); 5. Larry Shope (Hon).

50+ INT B: 1. Mark Hosbach (Kaw); 2. Thomas Vallandingham (CZ); 3. John Putkey (CZ); 4. John Gott (Yam); 5. Steve Fox (Husk).

50+ EX: 1. Rhett Smith (CZ); 2. Gary Jones (Hon); 3. Jeff Hards (CZ); 4. Rick Terry (Husk); 5. Gary Doza (CZ).

60+ NOV: 1. David Eskew (Mai); 2. Frank Sprangler (Husk); 3. Pete Silva (CZ); 4. Jerry Elson (Ric); 5. Robert Hext (Pen).

60+ INT: 1. Dennis Fisher (Husk); 2. Robert Wilson (Hon); 3. Kim Armstrong (Mai); 4. Gary Taylor (CZ); 5. Bill Fleming (Husk).

60+ EX: 1. Bill Silverthorne (Husk); 2. Loyd Morgan (CZ); 3. William Click (Husk); 4. Gary Peak (Hon); 5. Claude McElvain (BSA).

70+ EX: 1. Corky Root (Bul); 2. Dick Mann (BSA).

70+ INT: 1. Wayne Mount (BSA); 2. Williams Childs (Hon); 3. Gary Anderson (CZ).

WOM NOV: 1. Paula Waugh (Mon); 2. Amber Cooper (Hon); 3. Krista Nylander (Bul); 4. Donna Blackburn (Yam); 5. Gaye Neal (Husk).

WOM INT: 1. Debbie Poole (BSA); 2. Connie Elam (Hon); 3. Terry Gerber (Kaw).

WOM EX: 1. Bonnie Warch (Yam); 2. Tami Rice (Hon).

OPEN AGE NOV: 1. Kevin Cleveland (Kaw); 2. Jim Kalb (Kaw); 3. George Janus (Husk); 4. John Sneddon (CZ); 5. Cade Simpson (Bul).

OPEN AGE INT: 1. John Clark (Hon); 2. Robert Ahern (Husk); 3. Cody Thomas (Hon); 4. Brant Wedding (Unk); 5. Jerry Grakauskas (Can).

OPEN AGE EX: 1. Cole Campbell (Kaw); 2. Matthew Mosely (Kaw); 3. Wade Woodall (CZ); 4. Bob Speiss (Hon); 5. James Smith (Can).

VINT AM: 1. Chuck Sun ( ); 2. Herbert Schmitz ( ); 3. Danny Laporte ( ); 4. Graham Noyce ( ); 5. Bill Silverthorne

WOM NOV: 1. Paula Waugh (Kaw); 2. Andrea Beach (Suz); 3. Gaye Neal (Husk); 4. Debie Benson (Yam); 5. Becky Hayes (Yam).

WOM INT: 1. Lisa Hudson (Hon); 2. Terry Gerber (Husk); 3. Connie Elam (Hon).

PIONEER WOM: 1. Nadine Hoebert (Yam); 2. Bonnie Warch (Yam); 3. Tami Rice (Yam).

HIST 125 NOV: Kevin Cleveland (Suz).

HIST 125 INT: 1. Martin Brazil (Suz); 2. Ted Paris (Yam).

HIST 125 EX: 1. Mark Stahlman (Bul); 2. Matthew Leblanc (Hon).

HIST 250 NOV: 1. Doug Ealer (Bul); 2. Stephen Smith (Yam); 3. Kevin Logue (Bul); 4. Gaye Neal (Husk).

HIST 250 INT: 1. Cody Thomas (Hon); 2. Roger Harris (Mai); 3. Jason Landing (Bul); 4. Larry Perkins (Pen).

HIST 250 EX: 1. John Watkins (Yam); 2. Mark Stahlman (Bul); 3. Rick Terry (Suz); 4. Wade Woodall (CZ); 5. Lynn Williams (CZ).

HIST 500 NOV: Potts Thomas (Mai).

HIST 500 INT: 1. Mike Ealer (Bul); 2. Bart Watts (Mai); 3. Mark Roler (CZ); 4. Ed Maglasang (Husk); 5. Potts Thomas (Mai).

HIST 500 EX: 1. Ryan Marrocco (Bul); 2. Bob Speiss (Suz); 3. Rick Terry (Suz); 4. Mike Stahlman (Bul); 5. Craig Knight (Mai).

HIST 4 STK EX: Mike Parker (Yam).

GP 125 INT: 1. Mike Partain (Hon); 2. Darrick Newmann (Hon); 3. Albert Newmann (Suz); 4. James Coppedga (Yam); 5. Dave Terrell (Yam).

GP 125 EX: 1. Chris Brewington (Suz); 2. John Watkins (Yam); 3. Nick Simon (Yam); 4. Elbert Simon (Yam); 5. Matthew Leblanc (Hon).

GP 250 NOV: 1. Ray Rosinski (Husk); 2. Terry Gerber (Husk); 3. Becky Hayes (Husk).

GP 250 INT: 1. Jim Vaughn (Kaw); 2. John Clark (Hon); 3. Jeffrey Woosley (Hon); 4. Roger Harris (Hon); 5. Matt Alexander (Hon).

GP 250 EX: 1. Matthew Moseley (Kaw); 2. Chuck Rule (Hon); 3. Elbert Simon (Yam); 4. Wade Woodal (CZ); 5. Joe Newman (Yam).

GP 500 NOV: 1. Stephen Smith (Yam); 2. Jim Kalb (Yam); 3. John Owen (Suz).

GP 500 INT: 1. Mark Hosbach (Husk); 2. Dennis Harlan (Yam); 3. Wayne Franklin (Yam); 4. Tim Wilson (Mai); 5. Chris Doskocil (Mai).

GP 500 EX: 1. Bob Speiss (Yam); 2. Rhett Smith (CZ); 3. Craig Hayes (Husk); 4. Steve Bond (Husk); 5. Joe Busby (Mai).

GP 4 STK EX: Scott Sears (Yam).

ULT 125 INT: 1. Cody Thomas (Hon); 2. Glenn McGovern (Yam).

ULT 125 EX: 1. Bob Speiss (Suz); 2. Mike Edwards (Yam); 3. Jimmy Ewing (Suz).

ULT 250 NOV: 1. Jim Simon (Yam); 2. Mike Haynes (Yam); 3. Cade Simpson (Yam).

ULT 250 INT: 1. Robbie Proffitt (Yam); 2. Jim Vaughn (Kaw); 3. John Munich (Hon); 4. Karl Poindexter (Suz); 5. Matt Jackson (Suz).

ULT 250 EX: 1. Cole Campbell (Suz); 2. Matthew Mosely (Kaw); 3. Elbert Simon (Hon); 4. Chris Brewington (Hon); 5. Mike Edwards (Yam).

ULT 500 NOV: 1. John Owen (Hon); 2. Randell Wall (Yam); 3. Kevin Thornhill (Yam).

ULT 500 INT: 1. Mike Berry (Hon); 2. Eugene Van Lancker (Hon); 3. Patrick Johnson (Kaw).

ULT 500 EX: 1. Bob Speiss (Suz); 2. Scott Sears (Yam); 3. Bill Goodwin (Suz).

ULT 4 STK INT: 1. Ronnie Snyder (Hon); 2. Jesse Reid (Hon); 3. Bill Orth (Husk).

ULT 4 STK EX: Mike Parker (Hon).

OPEN AGE NOV: 1. John Owen (Hon); 2. Jim Kalb (Yam); 3. George Janus (Hon); 4. Mark Waller (Hon); 5. Cade Simpson (Yam).

OPEN AGE INT: 1. Cody Thomas (Hon); 2. Robert Ahern (Hon); 3. Tom Becker (Mai); 4. John Clark (Hon); 5. Larry Shope (Suz).

OPEN AGE EX: 1. Cole Campbell (Suz); 2. Matthew Leblanc (Hon); 3. Craig Hayes (Husk); 4. Elbert Simon (Yam).

40+ NOV: John Owen (Hon).

40+ INT: 1. Bobby McClalland (Hon); 2. Jim Vaughn (Kaw); 3. Mike Ealer (Bul); 4. Mike Berry (Hon); 5. Terry Hunter (Yam).

40+ EX: 1. Kirk Spencer (Yam); 2. Chuck Rule (Yam); 3. Bob Riker (Suz); 4. Stephen Marpes (Yam).

50+ NOV: 1. Ray Rosinski (Husk); 2. George Janus (Hon); 3. Robert Wilson (Yam); 4. Mike Haynes (Yam); 5. Mark Waller (Hon).

50+ INT A: 1. Jeff Kring (Yam); 2. Mark Hosbach (Husk); 3. Richard Davis (Suz); 4. David Maclaskey (Yam); 5. John Bergener (Yam).

50+ INT B: 1. Mike Cole (Hon); 2. Karl Poindexter (Suz); 3. Dennis Harlan (Yam); 4. Steve Fox (KTM); 5. Larry Shope (Suz).

50+ EX: 1. Rhett Smith (Mai); 2. Rick Terry (Suz); 3. Doug Taft (Yam); 4. Steve Bond (Husk); 5. Gary Doza (Mai).

60+ NOV: 1. Frank Sprangler (Yam); 2. Daniel Kidd (Kaw); 3. Jerry Elson (Yam).

60+ INT: 1. Joe Sims (Hon); 2. Bill Fleming (Yam); 3. Bill Goldsby (Husk); 4. Gary Anderson (CZ); 5. Monte Forrest (Husk).

60+ EX: 1. Gary Peak (Suz); 2. Loyd Morgan (Yam); 3. Bill Silverthorne (Suz); 4. Dennis Slythe (CZ); 5. John Huegel (Yam).