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August 2025 29 I have been riding on this property since I was a kid, and le ng them know not to worry about any hill because I would be out sweeping the course myself, and I would do anything to get anyone to the top. The racing began right on me Saturday, with the Vintage race being first. Anyone who knows me knows I am all about riding an old bike the way it was meant to be. I'm not really into sta c display pieces in the living room. It made my heart hap- py to see all these fi y-plus-year-old machines cascading through the creeks and throwing roost- er tails of mud thirty feet in the air just like they were intended. Cody Meeks, the fast Ohioan, took off with the overall lead and never gave it up, cruising through the slop on his Husqvarna like it was a nice sunny a ernoon on perfect dirt. Next through was legend Terry Cunningham on a trick, Mike Scholl tuned Husqvarna. If you have ever had the pleasure of specta ng TC ride, you know it is beau fully smooth and lightning quick. He was making trac on and momentum on the slick hills where li le could be found. Robert Williford had more fun than anyone else there with an old- school bulldog approach to the degrading course. He was absolutely screaming his small-bore Suzuki up the big hills and giving everyone specta ng some- thing to hoot and holler about. While I was out on the course helping people where needed, I found myself in the middle of a noteworthy story developing. I started running into our lone Women's class rider for the weekend, Stephanie Daniels, in different places as I cut in and out of sec ons. Always making progress on her old BSA and not asking for much help from anyone else while doing it. Finally, I ran into her again at the bo om of the last formidable hill before the finish. The bike stopped, the aluminum front fender bent backwards, wrapped around the forks, and the goggles came off.