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Many have worked at Hangtown over the years and know the routine for volunteering, however this year the event will look a little bit different.  Amateur Day will take place May 24^th and 25^th (Saturday & Sunday) with the Pro Days the following weekend on May 30^th and 31^st (Friday & Saturday-pro Race).

To Sign up to as a worker there are TWO separate forms this year:

One is for the Amateur Days, which are May 24^th and May 25^th where we will need about 25 flaggers for the amateur weekend.  The Food crew won’t be working on the Amateur Weekend and I don’t believe SAR is needed for that weekend either.

The other form is for the Pro Day where we will need full crews for the Hangtown Motocross Classic, May 30 and May 31.  We will need around 45 flaggers -so if you know people who are able bodied, have health insurance and are over 18, please send them my way, via hangtownworker@gmail.com or share these forms with them (links below). We will provide workers with lunch both Amateur days as well as both days of the Pro racing. We will need proof of Health Insurance for all workers. 

Again…Please note THERE ARE TWO FORMS. One for Hangtown Pro Days and one for Hangtown Amateur Days and if working both weekends Both Forms must be filled out and sent in.  Tickets, bands and camping passes are separate for each weekend event.  Warren Minster is the Inside Track Director and will be working with you all as well as the series Flagger Coordinator.  For Volunteers I will get all the meeting information out to you at a later date when it is all finalized.  As always, we will have the ‘Wheels On The Ground’ crew as well.  If you are any of the other crews, please reach out to the person listed on the form(s) for permission. 

The forms are PDF’s and are fillable. Instructions:

• Download the form(s) you need to submit and save them
• Fill them out and if you can, electronically sign them, save the file(s) and email them to hangtownworker@gmail.com
• OR print them out, sign them, scan them back in and email them to the above address.
• OR, after printing them, filling them out and signing them, snail mail them to:

            Pam Santin 4763 Union Mine Road El Dorado CA 95623

Pro-Day Volunteer Form

Amateur Day Volunteer Form

Thank you in Advance for consideration in helping put on this Prestigious National Race!

Pan Santin
Dirt Diggers North MC

As somebody who has worked with federal land agencies over the course of my 35-year trail stewardship, recreation, and multiple-use management advocacy career, I have seen both DEM and GOP Administrations issue new executive orders, policy directives, and reform proposals that could be viewed as disruptive to the status quo.

I have found a prudent course for those in my profession is to study the proposals for intended and unintended consequences, consult with trusted colleagues, develop action items and solutions, and then share that info with decision-makers and key stakeholders.

First, let me share that on a personal basis, I am concerned and acutely aware about the fiscal and emotional impacts the DOGE cuts will have on recent Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, and National Park Service hires including the affect it could or will have on recreation programs and resource management projects.  I also know that many in my career agency network are deeply troubled and discouraged and that reality weighs on me 24/7.

However, I also know that the current regulatory industrial complex that started in the mid 1970s with the creation of numerous environmental agencies, related congressional actions, and the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA) that was created to allow veterans and others to challenge adverse government actions and recoup legal fees, a well-intentioned cause for sure.  Unfortunately, it became an abused method for special interest activist groups to fund an endless parade of lawsuits against federal land management agencies.

I have seen first-hand how recreation and forest health projects have been stalled due to lack of funding since those EAJA awards are deducted from an agency’s individual budgets.  It’s tough to pay for a trail crew, repair a blown out road, replace toilet paper in an SST, or purchase gas for an agency vehicle to ferry staff to a fuel project when the account balance is zero.

In 1990, when I started on my land-use journey, the Forest Service annual budget was $921 million dollars. Today, the annual budget is about $9.3 billion dollars that is largely gobbled up by high level career siloed staff tasked with mitigating adverse impacts to the agency by the regulatory and legal industrial complex that often leaves nothing but fiscal crumbs to support recreation and resource management efforts.

Be assured that I will continue to advocate for budgetary support of important staff work at the local level that provides important on-the-ground public services including access to high quality recreation opportunities, forest health projects, pre and post-wildfire mitigation, and natural and cultural resource conservation practices.

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Don Amador has been in the trail advocacy and recreation management profession for 35 years.   Don is President of Quiet Warrior Racing LLC. Don is Past President/CEO and current board member of the Post Wildfire OHV Recovery Alliance.  Don is a Co-Founder and Core-Team member on FireScape Mendocino, a forest health collaborative that is part of the National Fire Learning Network.  Don served as an AD Driver for the Forest Service North Zone Fire Cache during the 2022, 2023, and 2024 Fire Seasons. Don is a Pacific Northwest California native and writes from his home in Cottonwood, CA.

reposted with permission from Don Amador

All District 36 Meets / Events are sanctioned through he American Motorcyclist Association, aka: AMA and as such all participants must sign a release form at each meet or have an AMA Annual Release for adults and an Annual Minor Release for each youth on file with the AMA.  These Annual Releases are acquired by signing up on the AMA website (link below)

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From the AMA:
All youth participants at events must have an annual minor release form on file with the AMA OR have both parents or sole custody adult in attendance to participate. 

If parent/legal guardian is not in attendance, the youth participant must have an annual release on file and the representative of the parents must have a guardianship signed by both parents and notarized.

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If you don’t get an adult Annual Release, at each race there is an adult release form with lines for multiple signatures.  For youth, as stated by the AMA, both parents or a legal Sole Custody Adult must be present at the race.  If both parents can’t attend, a youth release form signed and notarized is require.  This form can be downloaded for signatures and notarized to bring to the meet.

Access to the annual Adult and Minor release  forms at: https://americanmotorcyclist.com/racing/racing-resources/annual-release/

Access to the paper minor release form (download, print, sign, notarize and present at each meet): https://americanmotorcyclist.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2020-Minor-Release.pdf

It’s strongly recommended to sign up for the AMA Annual Release and a card that must be presented at each competition meet will be sent to you.  In some cases a club/promoter may still require each entrant to sign the release forms at the meet and having a Youth Annual Release card means you won’t have to have a notarized  youth release  form with you.  Note that all Annual Releases are valid for the the calendar year acquired and must be renewed each year.

So Now……

To Get Your Copy Of The 2024 Awards Banquet Program Click On The Image Below

See who the winners are from the 2024 District 36 Championship Enduro, Youth Enduro, Cross Country, Youth Cross Country, Dirt Track, Grand Prix and the New addition to D36 — HILL CLIMBS

Congratulations to all the winners and Thank You to all the
competitors that made each of the Championship Series so successful!

Each $20 Ticket enters you in a raffle  for this NEW 2024 KTM 85CC Big Wheel! 

Get your Raffle Tickets by calling Jerry Fouts at: 209.681.561

(tickets purchased through Jerry using Venmo)

ACT SOON as Jerry can no longer take phone calls for this raffle after 5pm January 22nd.

Or…If attending the District 36 2024 Awards Banquet Tickets will be on sale there.  Not Going?  Have a friend or relative that is going get Tickets for you.  Drawing for the Bike will be at the Banquet.  Need not be present to win!

All Proceeds Go to Support the District 36 LAO Program!

Please join us on Wednesday the 15th via the Zoom Platform us for our monthly District 36 meeting (link to join below).  We value your input and encourage you to share any comments, concerns, or questions you may have as members.  Your feedback is important to us!   

If you have business with the District please join the webinar.  Voting in the general and competition meetings will only be open to Active members on the Webinar and not those viewing the meeting on Facebook.

Our regular meeting will start at 7:00 pm. followed by a Competition Committee meeting where rule change proposals will be heard and voted on.  You may review all upcoming proposals here.  

If you just want to view the meeting you can watch it live on the D36 Members FB page where you can also make comments that will be monitored.

If you would like to learn more about our Legislative Action Office and what it’s doing for you see our Right To Ride page.

All Active member Clubs and Promoters are strongly encouraged to attend (see District 36 Operations Manual, page 4, paragraph 1.2.1 – meeting attendance).

You are invited to a Zoom webinar!
When: Jan 15, 2025 07:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
Topic:  Official District 36 January 15th, 2025 Meeting

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Monique Whitworth
D36 Secretary
209-896-6280

The 2025 District 36 Operations Manual (AKA: Rulebook) has been published.  This manual contains all the revised and/or new rules added for 2025 as well as existing rules, all that govern competition in District 36 Sanctioned Meets.

The Manual is now published in a full page format meaning each page is not two columns.  This makes it easier to read on your phone if you turn it to the “horizontal” position.

This valuable information is highly recommended for racers to review and learn the rules that pertain to your specific Discipline(s).   Knowing the rules can make a difference in winning or losing a podium position and also affect advancement points that goes with how well a racer places.  Knowing the rules you may also avoid penalties for rule infractions.

Keep in mind that the rules contained in the District 36 Operations Manual are a SUPPLEMENTAL set of rules to the AMA rules and are approved by the AMA.  Each Meet in District 36 is sanctioned by the AMA, a requirement of District 36 and it is also recommended that you review the AMA rules for your specific Discipline(s).

Note that each Discipline has their own more specific rules generated by each Steward and approved by the District 36 Board of Directors.

You can find links to the District 36 Operations Manual, the Discipline specific Supplemental rules and the AMA Racing Rulebook here>  Competition Rules

Racing a motorcycle is one of the most exciting sports we participate in and the rules make the playing field level for all!  So………….

AND

The End of the Year Change-Over on the District 36 Website from 2024 to 2025 has resulted in some link changing and a few added.  To this, all the dicipline links have been changed to the 2025 schedule.   To accommodate our riders and racers looking for last years standings and race results a link to the 2024 pages has been added where all the race results and points for 2024 can still be found.

Please note that the “2024 points and Results” link takes you to the D36 archives page where links are located for each dicipline.

See How……