Newsletter
N.E.W. LOW BUCK VINTAGE RIDERS NEWS FEBRUARY, 2012
www.newlowbuckvintageriders.com
It’s been a lousy winter for snowfall, but it’s not over yet! Will it be a snowy March? Snow for Easter? Who knows! This IS Wisconsin, after all!
The enclosed flyer has the details for the next 2 club events. The “Racer’s-Pines Pinch” on February 25th will depend upon trail conditions and that call could go right down to the wire so please check the club’s web site for the latest updates. The “Vintage Display at Four Seasons” will be held on Sunday, February 26th, snow or no snow! Contact information is on the flyer if you have questions.
The February 15th club meeting will be held at 7 PM at Newingham’s in Wausaukee. The March 21st meeting is at the Amberg Pub at 7 PM.
The AWSC bus trip for snowmobile legislative day in Madison is on February 15th. The trip is to show our support for passage of the CAP/STEP registration proposal. The 43rd Annual AWSC Convention will be held March 30th – 31st& April 1st at the Holiday Inn – Manitowoc. There are 2 people running for AWSC President and by law changes to consider. Convention information can be found in the latest issue of the WSN and on the web at www.awsc.org.
The AWSC is stressing youth involvement. Each county is asked to form youth clubs and elect one or two snowmobilers who are willing to represent their county in the statewide program. The Marinette County Snowmobile Alliance has invited Britney Thompson, a youth rep and a former Miss Snowflake, to speak to the county clubs regarding the youth program. The meeting will be held in the lower level of Newingham’s Supper Club in Wausaukee at 7:00 PM on Monday, March 5th. Everyone is welcome to come and hear her speak and ask questions. Encourage young people you know to attend and get first hand information about the youth program. We need the youth involved because who will carry on?
Despite the bleak snow conditions, the NEWLBVR did have several rides where we found good trails. The Laona Old Iron Ride & Display was a huge success! Lots of sleds, real nice weather, freshly groomed trails and good ice conditions. Thanks to Lloyd & Julie Pete (Spraygas & Recoil) for putting this together and to T-Bob’s for providing room to unload and display the sleds. Thanks to Johnnie’s for providing warm food and a cozy fire out on the ice. This ride even made YouTube! Check it out on the club’s web site, forum section!
Mooch (Kip Macon) and the gang ran the drags at Thornton’s Radar Runs on January 28th. Sounds like they had a good time! Pictures are on the forum as well as some of the individual times. You guys had those old sleds moving pretty good, but I bet it felt like you were doing a hundred miles an hour! Thanks to all who came out to the radar runs to help support the local volunteer fire department.
The Florence-Spread Eagle run was great this year! Good weather and very nice trails. At our stop at the Chuckwagon, we met up with several Polaris factory test riders, trying out the 2013 models. They had ridden down from Hurley and after a rest stop they were heading back that way again. Just think, they told us they had to ride around, looking for snow because there wasn’t any in Roseau MN by the factory, just ice on the lakes. What a bad winter all over! Thanks to Repoman (John Chapman) for sticking with this ride, this year was the best! We did 28 miles and never had a bad trail section and no break downs!. Again, see the forum for pictures and stories.
And speaking of stories, there are quite a few stories to tell about the Dunbar-Goodman Brat Fry ride! First of all it was warm, I mean like 47 degrees. Lots of us had doubts that the trails would be any good or hold up to the temps. Well, the temp did take a toll on several sleds, but not on the trails. They were great! We had lots of adventures and not everyone returned they way they started out. There were over 30 sleds, vintage & modern as well as several ATV’s. You know those ATV’s make a nice tow vehicle! Thanks Premix (Pat Mullarky) for setting up this ride and also for grooming the trails for us! Dun-Good trails were awesome! We did 40 miles and trails were all good. Lots of pictures and comments are posted on the forum for your reading enjoyment!
Hope we’ll all get to enjoy the Racers-Pines Ride this year. Keep dancing the snow dance ‘cuz we need snow to go. Hope to see lots of vintage sleds at the Four Seasons on February 26th. Take care and ride safe!
Patti Mullarky (Miss Star Fire) vinatgepats@yahoo.com