5TH ANNUAL KURT CASELLI RIDE DAY
T
he 5th Annual Kurt Caselli Memorial Ride
Day at Glen Helen Raceway saw a legion of
the legendary off-road racer's fans, friends and
family celebrate his life with a day (and night) of
auctions, awards, campfires, music, movies,
raffles, swag and—yes—lots of riding.
As always, it drew a large number of well-
known off-road racers, including Taylor Rob-
ert, Gary Sutherlin, Johnny Campbell, Ricky
Brabec and most of Honda rally team, with both
Rockstar Energy Husqvarna and FMF KTM well
represented, joined this year by a few pro moto-
crossers like Ryan Villopoto and Nick Wey.
One of Caselli's teammates on both the FMF
KTM Factory Off-road Racing Team as well as
several U.S. ISDE teams, Russell Bobbitt has
been able to attend most of the KCF Ride Days.
He said, "I just really like to come out and con-
IN
THE
WIND
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As always, the tribute
lap saw hundreds
go for a slow,
processional lap
around Glen Helen's
motocross track as a
way to honor the late
Kurt Caselli.
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
MARK
KARIYA
On behalf of the Kurt Caselli Foundation (KCF), Nancy Caselli
presented Sheri Kibbe of Riders Helping Riders (RHR) with a $10,000
donation to further RHR's work in financially assisting racers hurt in
AMA District 37 events. The KCF's Don Emler, Jr. (far left), Quinn Cody
(second from right) and Antti Kallonen (far right) look on.
