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RIDING IN THE DIRT
Taken From: The Reporter
Monday, October 6, 2008 3:00 AM EDT
By: Evelyn Short
SKIPPACK - More than 80 dirt bike riders spent an hour and a half driving on a snaked course through wooded areas, over telephone pole obstacles and zig zagging up a hill as they raced laps in one event of the Hare Scramble Sunday afternoon."This is our fourth year doing the Hare Scramble here," said Joe Zummo, chairman of the board of the Blue Comet Motorcycle Club. "This track is 3 to 4 miles long and goes in and out of the woods many times."
The club, which is based on Mensch Road in Skippack, is a member of the American Motorcycle Association. "We own 20 acres up here," Zummo said. "Our organization is a family oriented organization. It's basically to understand the sport of the event. "Numerous events were held throughout the day geared toward different age groups, from children through senior adults. "We had kids as young as 3 years old racing their minis," Zummo said. "The kids event was about a half hour event and it was on an abbreviated track. "Different classes, or skill levels, raced together at the same time with the highest class starting first. Dennis Haggerty Sr. of Horsham raced in the Senior B class along with his son Dennis Jr. of Horsham, who was in the 250A class. "He takes off before me so the whole race I know he's coming; he sets his sights on passing me," Haggerty Sr. said. "I'm not tired. I could go another 20 laps out there. "The father and son team have been racing Hare Scrambles at different venues for about six years. "He does some Nationals that I don't do because they're about three hours long," Haggerty Sr. said. They drove overnight from Ohio to participate in Sunday's Hare Scramble because Haggerty Jr. had raced in a Enduro Cross event on Saturday. "I thought this track was awesome," Haggerty Jr. said. "It's tight so it's challenging. That's why we come back because every year we have an awesome time."