$4K in Privateer awards @ Budds Creek

Southern Maryland Dirt Riders Club will be awarding their seventh annual Southern Maryland Dirt Riders Privateer Award at the AMA Motocross National at Budds Creek on Saturday, June 18th to two lucky privateers. This is the fifth year that the award is given in the memory of Kevin Crine #574. Along with a beautiful plaque, which will be awarded on the podium after the race by our club president Brian Stewart, each rider will receive Two Thousand dollars apiece. Awards will be given to one 250 and one 450 rider selected from the pool of privateers that qualify for the Budds Creek race. The money that is given to the privateers is donated by club members at Southern Maryland Dirt Riders club events leading up to the Budds Creek National. Southern Maryland Dirt Riders, is a non profit recreational riding club, dedicated to all segments of the off road riding sport. Our goals are to promote and expand safe/responsible/enjoyable riding opportunities for our members; to create camaraderie amongst our membership; and to project a positive image of our sport. Southern Maryland Dirt Riders also provides the flagging for the Budds Creek National. Look for the awards committee who will be roaming the pits on Friday and Saturday to interview the privateers. If you think you should be on the list of privateers, please email the Karen or Mike Acton at karenmikeacton@aol.com by Thursday, June 16th. Previous winners of the privateer award were: Kyle Regal, Tevin Tapia, Jake Marsack (2 time winner), Sean Borkenhagen (2 time winner), Ben LeMay, Gavin Gracyk, Ben Ritter, Corey Green, Kyle Mace and Tim Wiegand.