Doug Masencup Benefit Raffle at setra.org

Doug Masencup, one of the riders from the local crew of "go fast guys" that I ride with during the winter has unfortunately been diagnosed with the same cancer that the great Lance Armstrong had, and is now under going that same nasty chemo as the first stage of his recovery. Doug is not only a strong rider, but also a strong guy with a great supporting family, so in conjunction with his friend Russell Epley, also former SETRA Enduro overall race winner during 2002 just like Doug, we are conducting a raffle with all of the proceeds going to offset the huge costs associated with this treatment that he's faced with. The tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20 and will be drawn on June 14. The winner will get free admission (value of $350) at one of our 2-day Dirt Wise riding schools that we conduct across the nation before June 15 2009. Even though we have yet to release our school schedule up until that date I can tell you that the list of states we will definitely be visiting before then is; Northern California, Colorado, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Idaho, Oregon, Connecticut, Michigan, Minnesota, Tennessee, New York, Kansas, West Virginia, Arkansas, Kentucky, Texas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, and Southern California.

If the winner is a previous Dirt Wise student we will refund their tuition fee from the school that they attended. The winner may select to have a different person attend a school if they are unable to make it by the expiry date. So please go ahead and get a raffle ticket to support the fight of a lifetime and hopefully you will be the lucky person that we get to see at an upcoming Dirt Wise riding school. Tickets can be purchased at our web store by visiting www.shanewatts.com and you can also get more info about Doug there.

Thanks,

Shane Watts

Offroad legend Shane Watts and his wildly popular Dirt Wise Offroad riding schools have announced their summer schedule of traveling the country conducting these very informative two day classes that continue to gain rave reviews from attending students.

Watts stated, “I believe that the Dirt Wise riding school is an excellent opportunity to gain experience and improve your skill level in offroad riding. The Dirt Wise riding school is an exceptional learning institution that focuses on offroad specific riding situations and instruction, however the skills we teach are the same for offroad as they are for motocross and are applicable to both forms of riding/racing.”

“The majority of our students are of the novice and intermediate skill level, however though what we teach applies to all skill levels. We just set up the skills exercises with varying degrees of difficulty according to the skill levels present at each individual school.”

“Our school focuses on increasing bike control which then results in a safer, more confident rider, and if it’s one of your goals also a faster rider. Having greater bike control and confidence is a key ingredient.”

In addition to receiving industry leading instruction, students will have their $350 tuition fee refunded if within a year of attending the school they purchase a new motorcycle from Fun Mart Cycles (Ph.309 7629624), the largest selling KTM dealer in the US. This offer also extends to their full range of Honda and Yamaha street and offroad motorcycles. If necessary the bike will be delivered nationwide to their door step.

Visit www.shanewatts.com for more info and to sign up for the periodical “Watts Happening” Newsletter, plus be sure to purchase a raffle ticket there with all proceeds going to help offset the huge costs faced by offroad racer Doug Masencup’s battle with cancer. The prize is free admission to a two day Dirt Wise riding school of your choice.

A portion of each student’s tuition fee is also donated to the Blue Ribbon Coalition and the RiderDown Foundation.