The 2013 AMA Racing Kenda National Hare & Hound Championship Series will begin on Jan. 26

The 2013 AMA Racing Kenda National Hare & Hound Championship Series will begin on Jan. 26 at the Johnson Valley Off-Highway Vehicle Area near Lucerne, Calif. New this year is the addition of a Youth Series! The 10 round championship will see action in California, Nevada, Idaho and Utah. The complete schedule is below. Check back for updates as the dates and locations may change.

Round 1 - Jan. 26th Youth - 27th Amateur Desert MC Lucerne Valley, Calif.
http://www.nationalhareandhound.com/flyers/DMC2013flyer.pdf

All loaded and ready to go tomoro morning

Good luck John, I know you'll win!

The only thing I win latley is being the first husky to finish and having a good time

Norman takes the W and Caselli gets a big fat goose egg. Great stuff out there. The pros were fast (I saw Caselli on the road as I was leaving - the big #1 plate was hard to miss).

I got there a little later than I had hoped. For future reference, w/the exception of the lights, Bear Valley is a more direct route. But, I can now say I REALLY know my way around Hesperia and Apple Valley.

I took in three starts - which were awesome Hung out on top of the hill (the one above the finish) and saw Norman come blowing through on his way to a 1st place finish. There was a team there riding Betas. Some really good looking bikes. Oh, I did go rub up against the WR's at the Husky tent. They're almost giving those bikes away (as low as $3400 ).

I had to video the life flight helo taking off. Why? Because the miracle of flight is pretty kick ass.

Here are some pics.

Kendall Norman letting everybody know how @#$%#@@ fast he is.



Pit area / camp ground



Starting line



One of thoe cheap Huskys I was talking about

My friend Ricky Barbec got a big goose egg too, apparently he had a clutch hydraulic line explode.

Thanks for the pictures TemecuCoastie.

White frame??? leftover '09 maybe?

It's a NEW 2011 WR250 we had on display in our pit. We brought out 10 Husky's and 2 Bergs to show off for the weekend. Thanks for coming by and checking 'em out.

I was half tempted to buy one and cram into the back of the Explorer....of course I'd be relegated to the couch for the rest of my life for having done so. The Boss Lady would say two bikes are enough.

Though I've been to 29 Stumps a few times I've never been out to the Lucern area. I really like the area and plan to do some riding out there when I get back from gawd-awful Virginia.

I kind of thought the pro purse would have been bigger. $300 for 1st is barely enough for gas and a stop at In n Out for a Double/Double on the way home (for my friends not from SoCal, In n Out is kind of the Mecca of hamburger joints and the Double/Double is king).

While the pros were kick ass and really fun to watch, the grassroots is what I really enjoyed about the event. All types of bikes, all types of skill levels, all types of people and all of them out to make some dust and have a good time. From state of the art toy haulers to rusted out vans to Toyota Corolla's w/hitches mounted - everybody showed up. It was really great to see.

Note to non-believers, Those Purvines massaged Beta 498s are instantly competitive. 2 in the top 5 at the season opening H&H. Nick Burson P4 (former Husky and Kawasaki rider and nice, gentleman racer). TJ P5.

Nick kicked ass on a TXC511, is there no doubt he wouldn't do it on a Beta as well?

Ya, the Betas looked like beasts.

Results are posted at MotoTally There were 404 that started I finished 85th overall 8th in class
there were 29 guys in my class I am happy with that since I was so sick
Once again I was the first HUSKY to finish sad but true There were a total of 6 Husky entered
The next Husky to finish was 154 overall followed by 291 oa,299oa,351oa,and 352oa

Just to compair there were 7 Beta entered and they finished 4oa,5oa,8oa,17oa,20oa,29oa and 34oa no DNFs

It was a lot of fun to watch. I'll be out there next go-around for sure (in the line-up).

Sitting here thinking, I have never seen John with his helmet off, but I have been dusted out by him on multiple occasions. lol

a couple of our local extended crew are in for the duration this year 40B and 30B, the same guys that were with me at your 100sMC last round of 2012 ( all of us P3 in each of our classes fun stuff). I want to see how they did. I got D37 message baord

wow Steve won 40B!! nice just called him ahead of a large class.

John I may need to do another one, i was checking names and saw a familiar top 5 50A Kato guy that I have beaten squarely in Tecate HS......but that place is alot different than the dez.

Round 2 is in Red Mt in 2 weeks Red mountain is a lot tighter then Luceren for loop 2
Man up old man and come try and beat me.If the 165 is still running after King of the Moto I want to install the Ohliens forks and run it at Red Mt.Then the 300 for the rest of the season

Pretty much committed to getting off my arse and doing some D37 events....when I get back from Virgnia. I was there [at the reaces] Sunday watching the starts and found myself becoming a little envious of you all. Was even making bike noises as I walked over towards the finish area (seriously, I do that quite often. The Wife thinks I'm immature).

Thanks for the invite....