
Annual Vintage Series Merge
H&T Wire
Starting
now, and including 2009 Hammer & Tongs will include the
VDR races at Woodland. This is a natural merger - one might
describe it as a joining of forces, except that it is the
same team / force that drives both series which are opposite
sides of the same coin. Henceforth the Season will start in
February, go till November, with December & January off.
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VP
Treasure Island, Spanish
Main Pirates attempting
to seize the good ship USS Clutchplate were foiled yesterday
in pirate-infested waters at the entrance to Sinclair
Inlet in Puget Sound, a H&T / VDR spokesman said
Saturday.

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1975 Models are
one year you never hear anyone buying. One big reason is that
at the bottom of the pile in the VDR/H&T Evolution Class
structure. AHRMA has divided the post vintage era into three
eras, which helps a great deal. The Historic Class covers
1974.5 to 1977, there or thereabouts. But 1975 bikes are still
at the bottom of the pile.
An MX250B for example has little hope against a 77 YZ250D,
and as a result these bikes almost never are seen on the track.
So after agonizing over the possible ways to define a class
it was decided that the class would be above all other things
bikes which were hopeless be being outclassed in Evo, and
illegal in Vintage.
Details here: TRANS
AM CLASS
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2008 Reports -----

Goldendale Washington
VP
Hammer & Tongs Round 3 at Goldendale featured a 3 hour
GP on Saturday. Teams were allowed to race all Vintage, or
mix Vintage & Evo if they wished, have up to 4 riders,
or IronMan it if they were crazy. It was 93º and blue sky
and the start was motocross style. The course stretched far
beyond the photograph above- click it to see the action up
close. The overall winner was Northwest Star Grayson Hart
who raced the entire thing by himself on a YZ465. Sunday's
regular motocross featured an all-new course with natural
terrain sections, and no jumps- one table with a corner before
it. At the top the course went through a crescent shaped depression
before spilling into a fast downhill. It
was perfect for big bores, and a very fast race. GOLDENDALE
Results
Size Classes
Age Classes
3 Hour
Endurance Team Race

Boise Idaho
H&T Wire
The
Racer
X Sponsored Series kicked of in Boise Idaho in what was to
be a spectacular weekend of racing March 29-30th. The Owyhee
Club sand track was the venue for the real INTER-AM Series
back when the bikes were new. Those that made the trek from
Seattle Portland and as far away as Los Angeles were not disappointed.
Despite snow & intermittent closure on the passes the
weather on both days was beautiful, blue sky / sunshine. It
sounds like exageration- but it is no lie: herds of antelope
could be seen running across the hills from where we were
waiting the starting gate. Tyler Cornell who was on the gate
next to me can verify this. We were laughing about it.
The Saturday course was a sand track with a long wide hill
up as the start. But the best part was a corkscrew
like Laguna Seca, but way steeper and the course traveled
up it. Sunday's course was a traditional dirt style, but fast
& wide- lots of lines.
BOISE
Hammer &
Tongs Round 2
Racer X Round 1
Size Classes
Results
Age Classes
Results
Boise Photo
Gallery
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
ELEVEN
TWELVE
Boise Photos
from Stu
Osborn
Shaundra
Bodnar 
The
second Racer X Sponsored
Race will be June 28-29 2008 Washougal. The Pacific NW Hammer
& Tongs Series will pay points for Racer X Sponsored races,
and Washougal specifically will be a requirement for Championships,
just as it was this year.
H&T 1 Riverdale Report
Vintage International
The
first round of Hammer & Tongs 2008 was held a Riverdale
Raceway, last year's VDR Series Track. Weather was perfect,
again despite dour weather reports. The dirt was superb, but
the track was jumpy & received mixed reviews.
RESULTS
Size Classes
Results
Age Classes
Results
Gran
Prix Results
RIVERDALE GALLERY 1
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
2007
Klamath Falls Report
ATeam United
The
Klamath Falls Race this year far exceeded last year's, which
was very good. Credit goes almost solely to the two key figures
Dirk Williams and Bill Cappel.
Klamath
Falls 2007 Story
VINTAGE
RESULTS
POST
VINTAGE RESULTS
Cross
Country
Hammer & Tongs Five Years In
H&T
Wire
The
5th Hammer & Tongs Season wrapped up at Goldendale halfway
through September. This year the series expanded to five races:
two at Mabton in Spring, Washougal, Longview and finally Goldendale.
The Series has grown over five years from a single race started
by frustrated motocrossers to a legitimate presence in the
region. H&T has no in-crowd- everyone is welcome, and
newcomers are taken into the fold upon arrival. Over the five
years H&T has raced at various tracks and each presented
challenges and rewards- we encourage criticism in order to
make the series better for the riders.