On The Pegs December 2019 - Volume 4 - Issue 12 | Page 169

On The Pegs
VOL. 4 ISSUE 12 - DECEMBER 2019
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local clubs can follow. Our club already provides a great youth program; why
shouldn’t it also have a women’s program?”
“My hope is that more women will be interested!” said Sally, “It can be intimidat-
ing to get into any sort of motorcycling since it’s such a male dominated sport. A
women’s class does give a sense of belonging; my hope is that one day there are
so many women riders that we can hold our own in all of the classes.”
Sally had ridden the Novice line in the 2019 season; she commented on moving
up to the next class. “It was hard, but it was also so exhilarating. The challenging
parts were that turns are tighter, rocks and logs are bigger, and sections are longer.
My score for this first run in the Intermediate line is actually pretty close to my first
run in the Novice line during my first event last season, so I’m ok with it for now! I
definitely did things I didn’t do before in the Novice class, and what surprised me
most is that I didn’t feel discouraged when I fived a section; I felt encouraged to
try harder and keep at it. And since we ladies rode together all day, we got to see
each other ride and learn together.”
Amanda was born into the sport of trials; Sally got tired of watching her husband
ride trials from the sidelines and decided to add trials to her motorcycle reper-
toire. Toni Roach has a rich history of experience in numerous styles of motorcycle
competition (including hare scrambles, enduros, motocross, and soon to include
flat track racing), and Heather Patton, who won the 2019 Trials Inc Titanium Tough
award for her continued diligence in the sport, the first Women’s class could not
have had a more determined roster.
Toni took the win with 37 points and 12 cleans; Heather took a close win for
second place with 76 points, with Amanda taking third place with 78 points. Sally
finished the day in fourth place with 95 points.
Spectators got quite a show from the Champ class, which included Pro riders
Sam Fastle and Nigel Parker, six-time national trials champion Ryan Young, and
Trials Inc’s Vice President Travis Daniels. Having an event hosted at the AMA Hall of
Fame museum is tremendously beneficial to those who enjoy watching and sup-
porting the trials sport, as all competition sections are within easy walking dis-
tance from one another. Someone could easily follow a rider through all sections
of the day, and get a chance to watch motorcycles dance over rocks and through
the creeks that surround the museum.
Sam Fastle finished the event with only six points and 22 cleans, taking an incred-
ible win over Ryan Young who took second with 18 points and 16 cleans. Nigel
Parker finished third with 25 points and 14 cleans, and Travis Daniels finished out
the class with 72 points and three cleans.