RIVER VALLEY MX

BENEFIT RIDE DAY FOR "MADD"

JULY 12, 2009

IN MEMORY OF JAMES CUCOVATZ #89

ALL PROCEEDS WERE DONATED TO 

""MADD" MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVERS

PHOTOGRAPHER: SCOTT VAN VUREN

TWO TIME NATIONAL ARENA CROSS CHAMPION JOSH DEMUTH #135

AMA SUPER CROSS AND OUTDOOR NATIONAL RIDER TOMMY HAHN #48

WIL HAHN GIVING TOMMY HAHN A LITTLE BROTHERLY LOVE DURING PRACTICE.

AMA SUPER CROSS LITES AND OUTDOOR NATIONAL LITES RIDER WIL HAHN #50

AMA SUPER CROSS LITES AND OUTDOOR NATIONAL LITES RIDER WIL HAHN #50
FOLLOWED BY LOCAL NOVICE RIDER MAX PATTILLO #818

LUCAS OIL PRO RIDER JASE LEWIS

OVER 40 PRO RIDER JAMES MOORE #433

85CC AND LADIES CLASSES RIDER BAILEY LUX

OVER 40 RIDER AND 2007 GLENN HELEN VET NATIONAL CHAMPION BRYAN JACKSON #25

BRYAN JACKSON GIVING A FEW WORDS OF ENCOURAGEMENT AND A PRAYER FOR SAFETY TO THE RIDERS FOR THE DAY.

RED BULL ONE OF THE TRACK SPONSORS GIVING AWAY ENERGY DRINKS

JR. PITBIKE RACE HOLESHOT

JR. PITBIKE RACE WINNER

SR PITBIKE RACER SEAN HACKLEY SR.  YES YOU READ THAT RIGHT SEAN HACKLEY SR.  DAD, COACH AND MECHANIC OF AMA PRO SUPER CROSS AND OUT DOOR NATIONAL RACER SEAN HACKLEY JR.

BANNER REMEMBERING JAMES CUCOVATZ AND THE EVENT FOR THE DAY JULY 12, 2009

RIDERS AND SPECTATORS LINING UP WITH THEIR RAFFLE TICKETS TO SEE IF THE WON ANYTHING.  OVER 25 ITEMS WERE DONATED TO THE EVENT BY SEVERAL TRACK SPONSORS TO BE GIVEN AWAY IN A RAFFLE TYPE SYSTEM.  RAFFLE TICKETS WERE SOLD FOR ONE $1.00 EACH.  LONG TIME MOTOCROSS MECHANIC, COACH AND DAD SEAN HACKLEY SR. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CROWD IN THE BLUE FMF T SHIRT.

OVER 40 RIDER #55 DAVID BOLES

NOVICE RIDER AARON HICKS #48

PRO RIDER AVIERY HICKEY MAKING THE HAND OFF TO TRACY MORGAN IN THE SR BUDDY RACE.

BAILEY LUX FIGURED HITTING THE KILL SWITCH AND SHUTTING OFF THE BIKE SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO KEEP JOSH AND LAUREN FROM WINNING THE JR. BUDDY RACE.  IT TAKES A LOT MORE THEN THAT TO TAKE A WIN AWAY FROM JOSH DEMUTH.

BAYLEY TOWNSEND AND HER JR BUDDY RIDER MAKING THE SWITCH

SR BUDDY RACE WITH TOMMY HAHN HOLE SHOTTING IT AND LAUNCHING INTO THE FIRST TURN

SEVERAL OF THE SR BUDDY RACE RIDER MAKING THE HAND OFF AFTER THE FIRST LAP OF THE RACE

THEY SAY A PICTURES WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS.  NOT TO OFTEN YOU SEE TOMMY HAHN, WIL HAHN, JOSH DEMUTH AND JASE LEWIS ALL SHARING BIKES IN A BUDDY RACE.

DOUG CUCOVATZ AND HIS BUDDY SWITCHING OUT THE BIKE

DAVID BOLES AND HIS BUDDY SWITCHING OUT THE BIKE

LYNN THORN (LT) MAKING THE SWITCH AND THE FATHER SON TEAM OF JAMES MOORE AND BRANDON MOORE MAKING THE SWITCH

 FINAL LAP TANDEM RIDERS TOMMY HAHN AND JASE LEWIS SIGNALING THEY ARE #1.  A SLIGHT DETOUR OFF THE TRACK PUT THEM IN THE #2 SPOT.

SR BUDDY RACE FIRST PLACE WINNERS WIL HAHN AND JOSH DEMUTH.  WIL SIGNALING TO THE FINISH FLAGGER, "HEY THOSE GUYS IN THE PICTURE ABOVE CHEATED"  WE WON THIS THING.

AVIERY HICKEY AND TRACY MORGAN AIRING OUT THE FINISH LINE TABLE RIDING TANDEM ON THE FINAL LAP

"MADD" DIRECTORS WITH THEIR TABLE SET UP GIVING AWAY BAGS OF WATER AND SUN SCREEN TO THE RIDERS FOR THE DAY.  BEGINNER RIDER JACOB HICKEY #60

DOUG CUCOVATZ SAYING A FEW WORDS IN MEMORY OF HIS SON JAMES.

NATIONALLY KNOWN MOTOCROSS AND NHRA ANNOUNCER AND CANCER SERVIVOR LYNN NICKERSON

 LYNN NICKERSON TAKING A FEW MINUTES TO THANK WIL AND TOMMY HAHN AMA PRO NATIONAL SUPER CROSS AND OUT DOOR NATIONAL RIDERS FOR DONATING SIGNED JERSEYS AND PANTS TO THE EVENT TO BE GIVEN AWAY IN THE RAFFLE DRAWING.

DAVID BOLES GETTING HIS PICTURE TAKEN WITH TWO OF THE BEST RIDERS IN THE NATION.

A VERY HAPPY RAFFLE TICKET WINNER SIERRA BRAGG WITH HER SIGNED SET OF WIL HAHN GEAR

FIRST PLACE JR. BUDDY RACE WINNERS JOSH DEMUTH AND LAUREN STEVENSON.

WIL HAHN AND BAILEY LUX

IT WAS 103 DEGREES OUT... PICTURE SPEAKS FOR ITSELF.