JIM MCGRATH - DISTRICT 37 DESERT RACING

Jim McGrath

JMACFAM3@CHARTER .NET

BARSTOW, VIEWFINDERS, UEA

1975 TO PRESENT

YAMAHA MX100 (75) YAMAHA IT175 (80'S) KTM 125 (84) HONDA CR500 (85)

STARTED TRAILBIKE NOVICE, (NO BEGINNERS BACK THEN) MADE EXPERT IN 1983. RODE TRAILBIKE, C BIKE CLASS, AND OPEN CLASS.

#1 1996 & 1997 VET 250 ENDURO. #1 CLASSIC GP (2005) AND #1 ENDURO SENIOR OPEN (2005) ALSO WAS 5C DESERT IN 1985.

OCEANO, CALIF. (NEAR PISMO BEACH)

RESTORING OLD VINTAGE BIKES. CURRENTLY I HAVE A 1974 HUSKY WR 250, A 1979 HUSKY CR390 AND A 1982 HUSKY CR430. ALL RESTORED. CURRENTLY RACE THE 390 IN DIST. 37 GRAND PRIXS

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THE BIG "6" GP'S, ALL THE ENDURO SERIES, AND A FEW RACES UP NORTH (DIST. 36) RACING KTM'S 525 & 200 PLUS I RIDE THE OLD HUSKIES WHEN I GET A CHANCE.

1984 BTO V, WAS 178 MILES LONG ,WHILE LEADING THE 125 EXPERTS ON MY 1984 KTM 125 (PRO-CYCLE KTM) I SEIZED THE MOTOR SOLID, 1 MILE FROM THE FINSH. WAS IN 18 TH O.A AT THE TIME AND THOUGH A HAD THE CLASS WIN IN THE BAG. THE MOST FUN RACING WAS 125'S IN THE LATE 70'S AND EARLY 80'S. 1985 BTOV WAS NO BETTER TO ME I WAS IN 5TH O.A. UNTIL RIGHT PAST STATELINE WHEN I HIT THE UNMARKED DITCH AND BROKE MY SHOULDER. STILL BTO V WAS THE BEST DESERT RACE.

30 YEARS AND STILL HAVING FUN. I RACE ABOUT 12-15 TIMES A YEAR AND STILL HAVE A BLAST DOING IT.