| vmxr interviews avdra founder dave boydstun Dave Boydstun age 54 is an Expert Level Vintage MotoCross Rider. Born in Newport News Virginia, his first motorcycle was a 1968 Yamaha Trail master 100. You Yamaha guys know it as a YL2C. When Dave was growing up his DREAM BIKE was a Square Barrel Maico. Then he discovered the 1974 360 Bultaco Pursang and that is what he currently races in vintage class. He lives in Mesa Arizona . Along with his other undertakings Dave has AMS RACING and is the Founder of AVDRA a Vintage Motocross Assoc. that he has built from the ground up. .Boydstun has his own ideas about the make up of a Vintage MotoCross Race. His focus being on racing and including the entire familly more than a specific era of MotoCross racing. At events of his design a person who competes on motorcycles from different eras of MX can do so on the same day and with familly members too young for other venues. |
| Recently vmxr Caught up with Dave for a phone Interveiw. Boydstun was on his way to a local race in his rig with his love Nancy Co-piloting. VMXR, Where did AVDRA come from? D.B. I became interested in racing old bikes and found out about sanctioned races through an acquantance Paul Showen who was a Vintage Roadracer. I Raced and held top positions in other Assoc's. Then I saw the limitations in the format I was involved with Nationally. All this time I was holding races in Arizona. Trying different things until I found a Program formula that worked accross the board. Everybody rides! "United we ride" So Arizona Vintage Dirt Riders Assoc. Got going and did well. VMXR, What made you decide to go American,AVDRA? D.B. The support we recieved in the races we put together told me that people were connecting with my ideas of a more inclusive race program. It seemed the more AVDRA reached out the more racers were bringing their whole families, newer bikes, Vintage bikes, filling the start gates and we just knew we were on to somthing. |
| VMXR How is AVDRA different from other racing assoc's? D.B. Our focus is on the racer and his family. Kids is not a four letter word on my watch. By the time a kid is 16 and riding a modern bike, how do you think he'll react when you try to sponsor him on a funky shifting Sachs engined vintage bike? Take that same kid catch him a few years earlier and you have a Vintage MXer for life. Our GP program runs with our Vintage so a racer into both can race both on ONE day. With gas prices the way they are this really helps a racing budget. We have a formulated race called the "Dash for Cash" where lap times are taken for all racers, their starting spots are handicaped and whoever gets to the finnish line first wins a CA$H purse. In AVDRA a racer can Join, & enter races all online, no faxes just go to your computer and log on . VMXR. Where is AVDRA going? What would you like to see happen in say 5 years? D.B. I want to make Vintage racing better, improve service to the racer, give the racer something a little extra on race day that he would'nt have gotten somewhere else. That's where I'm coming from. That's where I've always been coming from. Story by Robin Hannah #960 |