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Short Track Racing!
Saturday October 17th
Round 8 of the 2020 Championship Dirt Track Series

Hosted by:

As the Dirt Track season winds down Lodi MC will also be hosting the finale  two races to wrap up the 2020 District 36 Dirt Track Championship series.

The final weekend of racing will consist of

• Round 9 on October 24, The Russ Brown Golden State TT race
• Round 10 on October 25th a Short Track race

Stuff To Know……….

You MUST have:

• Current AMA Membership Card**
• Current District 36 Membership Card**
• Scoring transponder compatible with D36 scoring equipment (available at signups)
• USFS approved spark arrestor
• Correct number plate and number-letter colors for your class on front and side plates
• Correct numbers and letter sizes required (see D36 Operations Manual Section 3.2.2 for youth and section 6.14 thru 6.17.2 for adults)
• Riding numbers on both sides of Helmet below the helmet strap.

AMA and District 36 Rules apply

**If you need to Join or renew give yourself extra time at sign-ups.

Race Date:    November 7-8, 2020 Place:  Riverfront MX – 1010 Biz Johnson Dr, Marysville, CA 95901ing starts at:  8:30 am on Saturday and 8:00 am on Sunday

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Map to the race

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October 2020 Edition

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Hello everyone!

With our 2020 racing seasons being so “out of whack” because of Covid-19, there are many of you (hundreds) who have let your D36 memberships fall into ‘expired’ status since last winter.

With racing resuming this fall, even if on a limited basis, when renewing your memberships, please be aware that your renewal might be coming in at the same time that hundreds of other people typically renew their memberships during the fall season. This may create a heavier workload of membership applications that need to be processed. Please consider renewing now, instead of waiting until later.

For those of you who received renewal notices back prior to June/July of this summer, please note that the self-enclosed envelope with the PO Box 292897, Sacramento address is no longer a valid address. Please do not use that envelope to mail in your renewal, as the USPS forwarding service is extremely slow and quite often, the forwarded mail never does arrive at the new address.The correct mailing address for D36 Memberships is: PO Box 2076, Rocklin, CA, 95677.

Please consider renewing your memberships online, instead of by mail – that will help get your application processed more quickly and with that, for now, you will receive an emailed receipt from PayPal that verifies your membership has been renewed and is current. (If you renew by mail, you don’t get a receipt for proof that you’ve renewed to take to the races with you.)

Another item to be aware of is that if your membership has been expired longer than one full year, you may have lost your last D36 membership number. Expired membership numbers do get released (approx. every 18-22 months) and there are no guarantees that a former membership number can be reassigned to you when you renew an old, long-enough-expired membership. (Membership numbers cannot be researched, promised or assigned prior to a paid membership application being submitted.) If your membership has only been expired for a couple of months to 12-14 months, your membership number is still linked to your name and you will still have that number upon renewal. (Please only check to verify your membership number after you’ve submitted a renewal for a membership that was expired longer than 12-14 months.)

For more information about D36 memberships, please go to www.ama-d36.org/d36/membership.

Good news! Soon, we will be upgrading to a new membership system that will allow for digital membership ‘cards’, as well as several other modern membership and race related options for all of our members, clubs, promoters and D36 officials! Please be patient as we work to transition all the “old” to the “new” – this will be quite the venture for all of us!

We look forward to seeing you again at the races!

Jill Patterson
D36 Membership Director

Stuff To Know……….

You MUST Have:

• Current AMA Membership Card**
• Current District 36 Membership Card**
• Scoring transponder (available for rent)
• Must Pass Sound Test
• Correct number plate and number-letter colors for your class on front and side plates

AMA and District 36 Rules apply

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Map to the race

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During the current COVID Virus Pandemic situation Distinct 36 is conducting video conference meetings via the Zoom platform and will meet in person when the state and/or county allows group gatherings.

Normally the District 36 Monthly meeting is held on the third Wednesday of each month, however for this month it has been pushed out to next Wednesday Sept 23rd. We are confident that in the near future things will return to some form of normalcy. Until then…Hang in there!
District 36

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You are invited to a District 36 Zoom webinar.
When: Sep 23, 2020 07:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Topic: Official District 36 September 23, 2020 Meeting

Register in advance for this webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__oRdSJCUQcSVI8PT8rrWjA 

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. If you don’t want to register, the meeitng will be live streamed on the members only FB page as we did last month.
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Rebekah
D36 Secretary

The 2020 AMA District 36 Championship Enduro and Family Enduro series has been officially cancelled. Multiply event cancellations due to the COVID Pandemic have left only one meet to date that ran the first part of the year.  There are still a few left on the schedule as a wait-and-see but not really enough to create a fair series.

Although there will be no championship points tallied, riders will earn advancement points for the Wild Horse that ran in March and also for any Enduros that may still get to run this fall.

The Enduro and Family Enduro Series’ both have experienced a rough last few years due to fires and odd permit requirements, so please do support the events that might still happen and be sure to plan on coming out for the 2021 Enduro series!

John Davis
District 36 Enduro Steward

As recently published, District 36 is doing the sanctioning for 2021 (awarding meet dates) differently this year do to the COVID virus and restrictions against group gatherings.

There will be no actual face to face meeting to accomplice awarding 2021 meet  dates or electing members to the 2021 Board of Directors.  Get all the details by using the link below.

Elections for 2021 board members will be held online (subject to change).  With term limits some current BOD members will be ineligible to serve in 2021 so there are positions opening up.  Note that this is the start of electing half of the BOD each year.

In order to get meet dates for 2021 and to vote for Board Members for 2021, you must be Chartered for 2021.  If not already chartered for 2021 Please Charter Online soon.  It’s fast, It’s easy and it’ll save you a stamp and trip to the post office (mail in is the only other option this year).

Charter Online Here

Get All The Details For The Sanctioning Process for 2021 Here

Forest Service Temporarily Closes Southern California National Forests, Adds Prohibitions in Others

Contact(s): Jonathan Groveman, (707) 562-8995

VALLEJO, Calif., September 7, 2020—Most of California remains under the threat of unprecedented and dangerous fire conditions with a combination of extreme heat, significant wind events, dry conditions, and firefighting resources that are stretched to the limit. Due to these conditions, the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region is announcing the following temporary closures and fire restrictions to provide for public safety and reduce the potential for human caused fire starts. They will go into effect at 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time on Monday, September 7, 2020, and will be re-evaluated daily as conditions change.

1. Closure of the following National Forests: Stanislaus National Forest, Sierra National Forest, Sequoia National Forest, Inyo National Forest, Los Padres National Forest, Angeles National Forest, San Bernardino National Forest, and Cleveland National Forest.
2. Prohibition of the use of any ignition source on all National Forest System lands (campfires, gas stoves, etc.) throughout California.
3. Closure of all developed campgrounds and day-use sites on National Forests in California.

“The wildfire situation throughout California is dangerous and must be taken seriously. Existing fires are displaying extreme fire behavior, new fire starts are likely, weather conditions are worsening, and we simply do not have enough resources to fully fight and contain every fire,” said Randy Moore, Regional Forester for the USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region. “We are bringing every resource to bear nationally and internationally to fight these fires, but until conditions improve, and we are confident that National Forest visitors can recreate safely, the priority is always to protect the public and our firefighters. With these extreme conditions, these temporary actions will help us do both.”

An example of extreme fire behavior is the Creek Fire on the Sierra National Forest which began on Friday Sep. 4th and grew rapidly on Saturday, Sep. 5th. The fire made a 15-mile run in a single day and burned 36,000 acres, prompting evacuations and life saving measures. The California National Guard evacuated at least 200 people from Wagner Mammoth Pool Campground and assessed them for medical needs.

The Forest Service thanks our partners and the public for their cooperation and understanding of this monumental fire threat. It is critical that all Californians and national forest visitors follow these important closures and restrictions for their own safety and the safety of our firefighters.

The Forest Service manages 18 National Forests in the Pacific Southwest Region, which encompasses over 20 million acres across California, and assists forest landowners in California, Hawaii and the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Islands. National forests supply 50 percent of the water in California and form the watershed of most major aqueducts and more than 2,400 reservoirs throughout the state. For more information, visit www.fs.usda.gov/R5.

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