2025 NYOA BOARD

 2025 NYOA Board 

Congratulations to all the newly elected volunteers:

President: Chuck Reed 

VP Bikes: Brett Ward 

VP Quads: Ray Chilson

Secretary: Valerie Sorensen

Treasurer: Billie Jo Carnes 

Promoter reps: 

Greg McMullen 

Jerrod Hitt 

Also, a special thank you, to Cindy Davis, Mark Potter and Greg Calkins who have faithfully served on the NYOA Board for many, many years. 

Online ticket sales are now open at NYOA.net for the 2024 Awards Celebration! We will be at Kalahari in the Poconos again this year and we are excited to see you all and celebrate! Schedule details will be coming in the next few weeks as the banquet committee fine tunes the program. 

For now, here are some details:

Friday, 1/31/25: Cornhole Tournament and Banquet wristband/registration pickup. This will be in the Convention Center and signs will be posted.

Saturday, 2/1/25: Youth Awards program will begin at 10:00am. Seating will be assigned. Wristband pickup will be available earlier that morning. 

**More details to follow on timing for the meal and the start of the Adult Awards program**

MENU: We heard your feedback and the banquet committee finalized the choice last week at their meeting. We will have an Italian Buffet this year.

Caesar Salad

Garlic Bread

Grilled Seasonal Vegetable

Kalahari Meatballs

Chicken Parmesan

Choice of 2 Pastas:

Penne with Marinara Sauce

Cavatappi with Alfredo Sauce

Buttered Noodles (specially requested for our littlest guests)

NY Cheesecake with Fresh Fruit Topping

Tickets are available online now. We will open mail in reservations on December 1. 

***REMINDERS***

Tables are for 10. If you have more than 10, we cannot guarantee seating adjacent. If you have a group of 20, reservations for both tables should be purchased together so we will seat your tables together. 

Seating considerations are made based on room layout as well as other details. We do our best to honor requests but will make no guarantees.

3 and under are FREE as we assume they do not need an actual chair at a table. If you would like a high chair please note that on your reservation so we can coordinate with the venue. If your little one (3 and under) requires a regular chair they have to be counted in the headcount and the venue charges accordingly. Please note your preference on your reservation. 

Ticket prices remain the same as last year:  $65-11+ and $45-4yrs-10yrs.

Again, we will share more details in the coming weeks. The NYOA Board and Associate Leadership Team have their annual meeting and elections on Sunday, 11/10 so this week they are focused on the agenda items for that. 

The Banquet Committee will meet again on 11/13, and more details will follow.

The Annual NYOA Associate Leadership Team meeting will be held on 11/10/24. This meeting is where your rider reps bring agenda items and/or recommendations to be discussed and if needed, voted on.

If you have anything you would like to have presented or discussed,

please reach out to your Rider Rep. their contact information is listed on our website site. In addition, you can email nyoaleadership@gmail.com with ideas or agenda items as well. 

This meeting is also where the 2025 NYOA Board is elected. If you would like to run for one of the positions, you can email nyoaleadership@gmail.com. Please include your name, your best contact number and which position(s) you are running for. A brief bio would be helpful as well, however it isn't necessary as you will address the ALT prior to the vote on 11/10. 

Positions voted on by the ALT at this meeting:

President

Vice President- Bikes

Vice President - Quads

Treasurer

Secretary

Series Referee

Back Up Series Referee

Promoter Reps (2 positions)

Interested candidates should follow the instructions noted above. 

Rider Reps are elected by the rider base. That process will take place leading up to the Banquet. 

The comments will be turned off on this post to avoid confusion and missed communication. Please reach out to a board member or  Rider Rep with any questions. For additional helpful information please see "How NYOA works" linked on our website.

  Well, as usual Mother Nature had the last word this past weekend and decided that she was going to knock the dust down for us. She over delivered. Even though the weather didn't give us the perfect fall days we wanted, we still saw so many people out there enjoying the event! The kids trick or treating through camp is always adorable rain or shine!

As always, THANK YOU to our promoter and landowner for allowing us to come and play for the weekend! Some of us even enjoyed your hospitality until Monday! It's been said before, but to reiterate how thankful we are for their pre-planning and their ability to switch gears quickly as the rain continued and the conditions deteriorated. Getting people out safely was a seemingly insurmountable task, but you all did it!!! We appreciate all your efforts! 

THANK YOU to the multiple vendors that were willing to come and spend the weekend with us! We appreciate you keeping our riders fed and supplied with the things they need to make their race happen! Special thanks to the food vendors who stayed Sunday night to feed the campers on site! We know for a fact that was greatly appreciated! 

And of course, THANK YOU to our riders and families and friends for an amazing season! As we wrap another season it was so great to see so many smiles and celebrations as our riders finished their season! For some, this end is a new beginning as riders' advance classes, graduate to bigger machines or move from youth to adult. Congratulations to all on your 2024 accomplishments! 

The season is now over and points on the website are posted. Some things like tiebreakers and worker points will continue to be addressed and changed as needed. If you have concerns with the points as posted on NYOA.net, the instructions of how to contact scoring are listed there. You must contact them no later than 10/22/24 if you would like something reviewed. Year end results will be confirmed as official on 11/1/2024.  

We will start talking about our year end awards celebration soon.***As a reminder, the date for the awards banquet is now 2/1/25***

 We were hoping to get through the final race this weekend and then start banquet news so as not to overlap the posts. To clear up any confusion caused we need to get this information out there now.

There was a booking error on the venue's side that was discovered earlier this week. After working through some details with Kalahari, we have officially moved our 2024 Awards Banquet date to 2/1/25.

We are very sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

Once we have finished the season at Rolling Oaks we will post more details and open the room booking link.

Stay tuned later next week for updates.

We hope you all enjoyed the weekend at TWISTED FENCE as much as we did! It's always such a fun weekend as we mark the end of summer and get ready for fall! Once again, Jim and his crew did a fantastic job!

As always, first and foremost THANK YOU to our promoter, landowner, staff and volunteers! We don't have a series of we don't have a place to race so we appreciate your willingness to share your land with our series! Thank you for the hours, weeks and months of planning that we know goes into your event! It is noticed and appreciated. 

THANK YOU to our vendors, with a special thanks to the local vendors who make these events unique! We love seeing familiar faces and new ones on vendor row. Thank you for being a part of the event.

THANK YOU to our NYOA families! You guys keep showing up consistently and we couldn't be more grateful for you all! We love seeing you out there, whether it's racing or spectating, making lifelong memories. Thank you for choosing to spend time at our events!

And on we go! The end of the season is just two races away. If you're in a points battle, we wish you best of luck and if you've already solidified you year-end position, Congratulations 📷! We will be sharing info about the Awards banquet to celebrate you shortly.

Rest up, get this machine ready and be sure to check out the HEMLOCK HILLS, ROUND 10 Facebook page! Shelby has been giving some updates you don't want to miss! We will be back Sunday to start our posts.

The weekend was definitely a question mark weather wise going into it, but the course ended up really great for Sunday racing! The last of the quads caught some rain, but the muddy smiles seemed to indicate that some of us prefer playing in the rain! 

THANK YOU to Russell and Nancy, their family and workers for putting on a great event. The threat of weather is always something our promoters and landowners prepare for and this round definitely put the work in to cover all scenarios. We appreciate the time and effort put into the new track! Lots of "this is fun" heard throughout the day! 

THANK YOU to our vendors who come out week after week and keep our riders moving and fed! We appreciate your attendance at our events and we know our rider are does as well.

And of course, THANK YOU to our NYOA riders, families and spectators! You guys keep this series running and we love seeing you out there all season long! 

Now, we take a short break and prepare for ROUND 9, TWISTED FENCE on Labor Day weekend.

Please take a moment to fill out the survey for BTR linked in the first comment.

We will see you all soon!

As we are now past the halfway point of our 2024 season, the 2025 season will be here before we know it. I wanted to make this post for information regarding the leadership transition, and I will also try to answer some recent questions. 

As some of you know, I announced at last year's awards banquet that after 5 seasons as President, 2024 would be my last year as a part of NYOA leadership. 

These 5 years have always been a team effort and the results of that teamwork has exceeded all of my goals set 5 years ago. Words cannot express how grateful I am for the men and women and their families that had a part in this journey.

I say all of this because there will be a need for new people to come alongside to support to be part of the NYOA team. The saying "it takes a village" has never been more accurately reflected in my life as it has been over the past five years. Whoever comes next needs a strong, positive and dedicated village beside them.

On race weekends these are the teams we have working to keep the events moving and consistent. Some of these are paid positions, some are volunteers.

Registration team

AMA signup person

Scoring  setup and tear down team 

Scoring team 

NYOA Safety Sweepers 

NYOA Track Inspectors 

Public Address Team (announcing and podiums)

Podium Setup/Prep/Teardown

Sound Team

Outside of the actual races event teams we have: 

NYOA Board 

Competition committee 

Banquet committee 

Scholarship committee 

Social Media Team 

Trailer Towing 

Committees are chaired by a current NYOA Board member. 

If you have any interest in finding out more about any of these roles, feel free to contact me by email NYOApresident@gmail.com or come see me in person at any of our remaining events. While I will not be a decision maker for next season, I am happy to answer any questions I can about what these roles entail.  

Chip Mann

 What a weekend for the second PUNISHER! 

Once again, weather dealt our promoter and landowner quite the hand to play this year and they managed to overcome the many obstacles that rain can cause. We heard lots of excitement about the "tight and technical" track from the riders. Many looking forward to a more traditional hare scramble track. Some were even excited about the mud! Hard to believe we saw dust on the hill as the adult quads took off!

First and foremost, THANK YOU to the Hitt family and their volunteers who worked so incredibly hard to mitigate the issues the rain caused. They never stopped moving and working to keep traffic flowing. Please reach out and thank a worker if you haven't already. 

Second, our faithful rider base who shows up no matter what! THANK YOU! You guys make this sport what it is and we appreciate you. We know the travel combined with the mud probably made for a very long weekend for some. We are grateful you chose to spend your time at NYOA.

Third, THANK YOU to the photographers and videographers out there sharing their talents with us. Their work is so crucial to preserving these special memories for you all and we encourage you to support them! The images from a muddy race are always so fun to look back on. 

As always, we will link the survey to Round 7 on all the official social media channels and the NYOA website. Please take a moment to fill it out as it provides valuable feedback for the promoters and the series. 

 Rest up, clean up and get ready. On deck is ROUND 8, BALDWIN TRAIL RIDERS in Lowman, NY. We will see you all there! 

 We knew we were due for a mudder but wow did Berkshire deliver that this year! We know we some some smiles on the riders that prefer mud to dust! 

THANK YOU to the Hoffmeier family who were our landowners and promoters this weekend. Thank you for letting NYOA come and play and putting on Round 2. A huge thanks to their folks that were running the tractors ensuring people got in and parked safely.

THANK YOU to our riders and their families that came out for the weekend! We know that the terrain made everyone battle that much harder and we can't thank you enough for being out there. 

THANK YOU to the many many fans and spectators that jumped in to help as needed! It was impressive to witness the true love of this sport this weekend. Whether is was pushing machines, helping get someone in stuck, pointing out lines or just cheering riders on who were beyond exhausted, it was appreciated!

THANK YOU to our camera guys and girls out there this weekend. The conditions are very rough on their equipment so please support them by purchasing some images of the memories they captured for you.

Please be sure to fill out the survey for Round 2 linked in the comments. It's a fast turn around for everyone this week as ROUND 3 LOCOMOTIVE MOUNTAIN is up next! We will see you all there!

 DREAM RIDERS: THANK YOU!

Wow NYOA! We are so grateful for such an amazing Round 1! The weather ended up playing right into our plans and knocked down the dust and gave our mud loving riders what they wanted! 

THANK YOU to the Steiner family

And their volunteers! You guys came out swinging and we heard some great feedback on your track and the event! We appreciate the effort and all of the man hours spent getting the course ready! 

THANK YOU to our board members and rider reps who showed up and helped

put where needed all weekend! NYOA doesn't run without an army of volunteers, and we have the best!

THANK YOU of course to our riders and their families and fans! You all are the reason we have this amazing series, and we are so grateful for you all for coming out and spending your time with us! We hope to continue to see you all throughout 2024 and beyond!

Rest up, clean up and get ready for ROUND 2, BERKSHIRE HILLS! We will see you all there! 

  2023 ANNUAL MEETING 

Election of Officers

President: Chip Mann

VP Bikes: Greg Calkins

VP Quads: Mark Potter

Secretary: Cindy Davis

Treasurer: Billie Jo Carnes

Series Referee: Brian Kinney

Back Up Referee: Billy Ray

Promoter Reps for 2024 

Chuck Reed

Greg McMullin

Rider Rep for 2024-TBD after Rider Rep Elections.

Below is the 2024 Schedule. Special thanks to all of our Promoters and Landowners for working with us to coordinate dates in an effort to avoid conflicts to the best of our abilities.

2024 NYOA Schedule

5-5-24 Dreamriders

5-19-24 Berkshire Hills Round Up

5-26-24 Locomotive Mountain

6-16-24 Seneca Highlands

7-14-24 Knobby Acers

7-28-24 Ditch Banger

8-4-24 Punisher 

8-18-24 Baldwin Trail Riders

9-1-24 Twisted Fence

9-15-24 Hemlock Hills 

9-29-24 Rolling Oaks 

Competition Updates for 2024 

BIKES

AA35+ changed to AA30+ and add AA40+.  This will be a split line same number 100-199. 

Still second line of the adult bikes. Payout will be same rate for AA30+ and AA40+.

All AA lines, the top 3 will ALL be paid. Please see updated payout charts pg. 23 &24 in NYOA rules.

 Also, AA30+ and AA40+ will both get podiums. 

Women’s bike line be split to Women’s and Women’s Novice. Split line, same numbers, start together, scored separately. 

WILL BE EVALUATED AFTER 2024 SIGN UPS TO DETERMINE SPLIT BASED OFF CLASS ENTRIES.

Masters line split A and BC 

WILL BE EVALUATED AFTER 2024 SIGN UPS TO DETERMINE SPLIT BASED OFF CLASS ENTRIES.

Minibike -Girls (13-15) be moved to the 4th line ahead of both 65cc lines. 

QUADS

Change AA2 to be a paid line @ 100% 

Also, AA2 class entry fee will be reduced to $35 from $50 and match AA 100% payout chart.

All AA lines, the top 3 will ALL be paid. Please see updated payout charts pg. 23 &24 in NYOA rules.

A Vintage Quad line will be added. It will be the last line in Adult Quads. Rules will be machines 2006 and older 2 stroke and 1995 and older 4 stroke. WILL BE OPEN LINE. NO HYBRIDS ALLOWED 

The Sr Quad & SUPER SR line in front of the Utility and the First Year C lines, this is 2 lines forward. 

Mini Quads

Mini Quad front line the 2-stroke displacement increased to 112cc. 

Mini Quads- To allow 250cc quads to race in the mini quad race. They would be the 3rd line. Would be 126-250cc 4 stroke Sport limited line. AGE (13-15) MUST BE 13YRS OLD NO 

PEE WEE QUADS 

Restructure Pee Wee Quad classes as such: 

50cc Open (6-9)

50cc Limited (6-9)

90cc Stock (8-9)

Girls 50cc Open/90cc Stock (6-9)

(Split line start together scored separate)

90cc Stock (6-7)

50cc Open (4-5) 

50cc Sport Limited (6-9)

50cc Sport Limited (4-5)

To add to Standard ATV Equipment 

Wheel spacers up to 2” per wheel. Wheel spacers must contact the compete hub and wheel mounting surface. 

50cc Limited line All DRR50cc Stock parts are allowed to be used. see pg. 20 in NYOA rules.

RULE ADDITIONS, UPDATES, AND CHANGES

YOUTH RIDER REPS 

We have added 2 Additional Rider Reps for our youth classes. There will now be 1 Rider Rep for each course level and discipline. Pee Wee Bike, Pee Wee Quads, Minibike, and Mini Quad.

Curfew on pit riding 10:00pm 

Friday and Saturday 

(Except for workers)

To qualify for the year end award, you must complete the minimum number of Races needed. That minimum number of racers must ALL be on the same course levels and discipline (Peewee, Mini, Adult course levels in the Bike or Quad discipline). Meaning number of needed races must all be on a bike or all on a quad. 

(Example 7 needed to qualify, must have 7 races in adult bikes to qualify. All 7 can be in the same class or 4 in one row of bike and 3 in another bike class. What will not qualify is 4 races in Adult Bikes and 3 races in adult quads. The same is true for Pee Wee and Mini classes)