"LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE"

KIM (SWIVELNECK) HOGGARD HAD A PASSION AND LOVE OF MOTORCYCLE RACING. KIM'S LOVE OF MOTORCYCLES, ESPECIALLY OLD MOTORCYCLES, SPURRED A DREAM. A THREE DAY MOTORCYCLE EVENT GEARED TO VINTAGE BIKES AND YES - VINTAGE RIDERS. IN 2003 KIM HELD THE FIRST "RUMBLE IN THE RED ROCKS" IN MOAB UTAH. FOR THE NEXT 4 YEARS OCTOBER WAS BIKE WEEK IN MOAB. IN JULY 2006 KIM WAS KILLED IN A WORK REALATED ACCIDENT. KIM WAS THE CORNER STONE AND THE HEART OF THE RUMBLE. OCTOBER 2006 WAS PLANNED TO BE THE END OF THE RUMBLE.

I AM MIKE HOGGARD, KIM'S OLDEST BROTHER. KIM PLANTED A SEED IN MY FAMILY WITH HIS DREAM OF THE RUMBLE. THAT SEED GREW AND WE COULDN'T LET THE RUMBLE DIE WITHOUT AT LEAST TRYING TO KEEP IT ALIVE FOR KIM. MOAB WAS TOO FAR AWAY FOR US TO MANAGE, SO WE MOVED THE RUMBLE TO MESQUITE NEVADA. WE ARE STILL PLANNING THREE DAYS CRAMMED FULL OF VINTAGE MOTORCYCLE RACING. WE KNOW IT WILL BE A LONGER DRIVE FOR THOSE PAST SUPPORTERS FROM COLORADO, WYOMING, NEW MEXICO AND BACK EAST, BUT WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN MESQUITE. FOR THOSE OF YOU IN NEVADA, ARIZONA AND CALIFORNIA THAT HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED THE RUMBLE, WE HOPE TO SEE YOU IN MESQUITE.

JUST A NOTE IN PASSING

IF IT WEREN'T FOR THESE OLD GUYS ON THESE OLD BIKES, THERE WOULDN'T BE A SUPER-CROSS TODAY.

 

  FRIENDS:

MESQUITE MOTOCROSS PARK  www.mesquitemx.com

MOTOR SPORTS MEDICAL SERVICE  www.motorsportsmedical.com

SILVER SAGE MUSIC  www.silversagemusic.com