AHRMA needs help covering our national events, both in Vintage Views and in outside publications. To make it worth our correspondents’ time and effort, we offer the following incentives.

Reports of nationals in outside publications

Many publications, particularly Cycle News, welcome contributions of race reports, and most pay at least a small amount to contributors. Motorcycle magazines and newspapers that cover a specific state or region can be an excellent market too. Contact the individual publications to request contributor’s guidelines.

We will pay $50 for each report of an AHRMA national roadrace, motocross, dirt track, observed trial or cross country event that appears in a non-AHRMA publication. We will also pay $10 per published photograph. This offer does not apply to published reports of AHRMA regional or local events, or to reports appearing on websites. Please note that to qualify for payment your article must mention both AHRMA - preferably spelled out as the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association on first mention - and the series sponsors (you can find the sponsor names on the Events & Results page).

Mail or fax a copy of the article/photo(s) from the publication, along with a note saying you want to claim your national “bounty,” to:

Cindy Cowell, Executive Director
AHRMA
2375 Midway Rd SE
Bolivia, NC 28422
910-253-8012
Fax 910-253-8313
ccowell@ahrma.org

Don’t forget to include your name and mailing address when making the request.

Coverage of nationals in Vintage Views

With just a minor bit of rewriting, you can also submit these same event reports to Vintage Views. In turn, we will pay contributors $25 per published article. Please contact editor Peggy Cozart ahead of time to coordinate coverage for Vintage Views. We will also make sure you are placed on the gate list so that you do not have to pay to get into the race.

We prefer that VV articles be submitted electronically via e-mail. Don’t use any formatting other than italics or bold type. (All formatting is done as part of the page-layout process, and we’ll just have to strip out things the codes for such as large headings and multiple columns on a page.) Do not embed photographs in your article.  Most event reports in Vintage Views are 500-1,000 words.

Photos: They can be prints, scans or digital images. Digital images are preferred and  must be high resolution. If images are scanned, they should be saved at 200 dots/pixels per inch. Electronic images may be submitted by e-mail or on a  CD. If images are e-mailed, please contact Sexton before sending. When shooting pictures, get close enough (or use a long enough lens) to fill nearly the entire frame with your subject.

Send your material to:

Alice Sexton, Director of Communications
PO Box 5
Torrance, CA 90507
Phone/Fax 310-533-9152
asexton@ahrma.org