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Hill-Preppin’ Pooch

John Radke’s 6-year-old pit bull has become District 14’s beloved mascot, and a staple of hillclimb events June 6, 2023 (from May 2023 edition of American Motorcyclist) By Keaton Maisano A typical hillclimb event involves fans looking up as riders brave hills that reach toward the sky, but spectators in District 14 occasionally find themselves looking down

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Quaboag Riders Motorcycle Club to Host 2023 AMA Hillclimb Grand Championship

PICKERINGTON, Ohio (April 19, 2023) — The AMA is pleased to announce that the Quaboag Riders Motorcycle Club will once again organize and promote the 2023 AMA Hillclimb Grand Championship — one of the most thrilling events in motorcycle racing — on Aug. 5-6, 2023. This will be the sixth Grand Championship event for the 79-year-old

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Hall of Fame News

1967 BSA 650: Long-Running Vertical Weapon

Earl Bowlby took the hillclimb world by storm on an unlikely 1967 BSA 650 October 6, 2021 By Keaton Maisano Among the two-wheeled relics at the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum is a 1967 BSA 650 — a bike AMA Motorcycle Hall of Famer Earl Bowlby resurrected to relevance with his dominance in the

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2021 AMA Hillclimb Grand Championship Gets Underway August 7

Over two intense days of competition, riders will battle for AMA No. 1 plates at the Valley Springs Motorcycle Club in Bay City, Wis. PICKERINGTON, Ohio (July 20, 2021) — The nation’s best amateur motorcycle and ATV hillclimb competitors are set to test their prowess at the Valley Springs Motorcycle Club in Bay City, Wis.,

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Hall of Fame News

Widowmaker, Then and Now

June 7, 2021 By Mitch Boehm These days, when you go to Widowmaker, it’s hard to imagine the crazy scene portrayed so well in AMA Hall of Famer Bruce Brown’s On Any Sunday documentary. In place of scrub, dirt, dust, haphazardly-parked cars and motorcycles of all kinds, there are nicely landscaped houses, a meandering lane

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O’Neil King of the Hill at AMA Hillclimb Grand Championship

Winners in 25 competition classes took home AMA National No. 1 plates after more than 150 riders contested the 2020 AMA Hillclimb Grand Championship at the Pioneer Motorcycle Club in Waterford, Ohio, Sept. 19-20.

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