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24 Trail Rider www.TrailRider.com AHRMA White Rose AHRMA White Rose By Joshua Schucker By Joshua Schucker AHRMA Mid-Atlan c Cross-Country and Moto- cross at White Rose– October 21 & 22, 2023 Author: Joshua Schucker Photographer: Lorena Walker For several years now, the spacious and accom- moda ng grounds of the White Rose Motorcycle Club (WRMC) near Spring Grove, Pennsylvania has been providing an exquisite season-ending experi- ence for the par cipants of AHRMA's Mid-Atlan c (MA) regional series. The small group of WRMC volunteers, which happen to also be regulars on the MA scene, take great pride in their efforts toward crea ng a fi ng grand finale to an already great year of racing and fun. 2023 would con n- ue their tradi on of knocking it out of the park as the facility's GP style grass track and twis ng cross country loop were tweaked and prepped to perfec on. WRMC is blessed with a boun ful and rela vely flat pit area where the variety of bike-to ng rigs can comfortably claim a plot of land to call home for a few days. Friday a ernoon, in the shadow of the club's signature imposing hill climb, the pits begin to fill for the weekend's ac on. Most of the regular "MA family" is present, and quite a few new faces are sca ered throughout the growing crowd, surely a good sign of the event's, and series', ever-increasing popularity. A er an especially wet season of events in the MA region, it seems odd to see that the race surface appears dry, perhaps even dusty! The slight chance of rain that has been forecast for Friday evening would most likely be a welcome course prepara on event. Turns out, the rain was pre y much non-existent, there was dust, but the weather was generally awesome for late October and supported a fes ve atmosphere throughout the weekend, and a thankful reprieve from the season's earlier struggles with foul weather. The MA's motocross series was the first to take the stage with a Saturday reserva on on the grass track up the hill from the pits. Over a dozen races in each moto took the rubber band start and set out on the course that essen ally mirrored the revamped circuit from the prior year with a few improvements. The sweeping le hand turn on the front stretch from '22 was squared off a bit with a more defined entry turn and a straighter shot past the star ng line and into turn one. S ll a wicked fast affair, be sure to stand up over the dip in the

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