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Bull Run promoter, past NESC racer and president Yvon Cote has passed away

Yvon Cote, the man behind so many riders favorite track, Bull Run passed away a few days ago at the age of 90.

Here's his obituary.

LEWISTON—Yvon B. Cote passed away at 90 in Lewiston on January 18, 2025. Born at home in Lewiston on December 1, 1934, he was the son of Antoine Cote and Blanche Grenier. Yvon attended Holy Family grammar school and graduated from Lewiston High School. He was an athlete in school excelling in hockey and football. Although he was the sole surviving son in the family, having lost his younger brother in 1952, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in Korea. Upon returning home from Korea, Yvon married Nancy Hartman and had six children.

Yvon joined the Lewiston police force in 1957 and served until 1973. One of his fondest memories was escorting Senator John F. Kennedy to a campaign rally in Lewiston, riding an LPD motorcycle alongside the convoy, on November 6, 1960. Two days later Kennedy would be elected president, a source of pride for Yvon’s Catholic parents.

As a patrolman of that era, he walked the beat on lower Lisbon Street. He was no stranger to the rowdy happenings there and developed relationships with the business owners. Eventually he went out on his own as a motorcycle and snowmobile salesman and mechanic, opening Yvon’s Track ՚N Trail in Greene.

Yvon was an accomplished motocross rider in New England Sports Committee (NESC) events and progressed to become an expert class rider. He was also well known as a promoter and track designer for NESC events at Lisbon Falls, Leeds Junction and Bull Run in Greene.

For many years, he enjoyed snowmobiling with friends who could match his competitive nature. He would challenge himself and others to long rides at full throttle until finally reaching Trails End in Eustis where they would stop to refuel and recount the day’s adventure.

In 2000, Yvon sustained a traumatic brain injury while testing a motorcycle. Although the injury was severe, with strength, determination and lots of help from family and friends, he was able to recover. With his recovery came a newfound enjoyment of life. The accomplishments of his children and grandchildren gave him pleasure. When he could no longer drive, he loved to go for car rides with his children and enjoyed stopping for an ice cream. If something pleased him, he would respond with “very good“!

Yvon leaves behind his children, Renee Cote (Peter), Gregory Cote (Jennifer), Mary Cote (Robert), Joanna Hayes, Caroline Cote (Janet), and Douglas Cote (Kimberly), as well as seven wonderful grandchildren (Chelsea, Madeline, Natalie, Holly, Faith, Lydia, and Luc Antoine) and a great-granddaughter Quintana. He also leaves behind three caring sisters, with whom he was very close, Clemence Aquilino, Colette Cyr, and Colombe Loef. He was predeceased by his parents, brother Reginald, and sister Constance Lambert.

The family wishes to thank his many caregivers, particularly the staff at Odd Fellows and Rebekahs Home and Marshwood Center who gave him excellent care and attention.

Condolences and fond memories may be shared with with family and friends at www.albert-burpee.com A private service will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the care of Albert & Burpee Funeral Home & Cremation Services 253 Pine St. Lewiston, 782-7201.

New classes added for 2025!

We've added a few new classes for the upcoming season!
50cc 4-5
50cc 7-9
50cc Open 4-9
65cc 7-9
65cc 10-12
65cc Open 7-12
School Boy 12-17
College Boy 18-24
We're working on the race orders now and are hoping to run as many combined motos as possible in order to keep the day as close to 20 motos per half as possible.

We'll be allowing big wheel 85cc bikes in the 85 12-15 class this coming season.

2025 schedule released

Our 2025 schedule is out! We'll be stopping at seven of the best tracks in New England and running races from March till October.
See all the dates here

Renew or join today

NESC members are eligible for championship points, year end awards (if you meet the necessary qualifications) and there's no one day fee when you enter at a race.
Please renew or join here

2024 Fall Series final points

Here are the final points with each rider's throw-a-way race removed. Read more

2024 Spring Series final points

Here are the final points with each rider's throw-a-way race removed. Read more

Promotional points updated 1-20-25

See the list here
C riders with 40 or more points must move to B
B's with 120 or more, move to A
A riders with 220 or more move to Pro
Riders with National numbers must move to Pro per the new rules.
Riders who have moved up more than one class, say C to A, will be moved back one class, say C to B.
Some riders will have to change their numbers we will work with them to find a new number.

we will work with others on number changes.

sign up today!

Fill out this this online form and then print and fill out this short legal release. Minor parents and guardians please fill out this release in order for your rider's membership to be processed If you'd rather mail in your renewal or new application print out this form.

The renewal deadline to keep your 2023 number was 1-31-24

Tyler Holmes clip of the week

Every week expert racer, Tyler Holmes, is out there making some videos when he's not racing. This week's clip highlights great battles throughout the year! An amazing battle at Winchester Speedpark between Steve Czarnota and Seamus Sullivan. They went at it during Moto 1 and made for a great race to watch! NESC Round 11 on 10/6/24

NESC rider numbers

Here are the latest rider numbers as of 3-4-24

2025 SCHEDULE

We're ready for the 2025 season already! Lots of races and a new track!
See all the dates on our schedule page

email addresses matter

When signing up for contingency you should be using the same e-mail address to sign up that you gave the NESC. If you do not, you will not get paid by KTM, Husky, GASGAS and Yamaha. Those already signed up may want to e-mail the NESC office with the new address before the first race.

2025 contingency info

The money is rolling in! $160,000 from Kawasaki, $268,125 from KTM, GasGas and Husqvarna, Honda has announced that they are paying all the NESC races and we're waiting to hear from Yamaha and Suzuki.

Contingency links

Honda Contingency

Suzuki XTRM

KTM Cash

GasGas Racer

Yamaha Blu Cru

Kawasaki Team Green

Race Husky

2023 Fall Series Final Points

Here are the final points with the throwaway points taken out. See how you and all your racing friends ended up here

2023 Spring Series Final Points

Here are the final points with the throwaway points taken out. See how you and all your racing friends ended up here

2022 Fall Series final points

Here are the final points with each rider's throw-a-way race removed. Read more

2022 Spring Series final points

Here are the final points with each rider's throw-a-way race removed. Read more

track rules

You must have the appropriate backgrounds and readable numbers on your bikes to race shadow or ghost numbers (light gray on white or dark gray on black etc) will not be allowed
C riders are black backgrounds/white numbers
B riders are yellow backgrounds/black numbers
A and pro riders are white backgrounds/black numbers

Trash cannot be left behind you must take it with you
No fires on the ground: fires must be contained in a fire pit.
Stacyc/electric bicycles: slowest speed only!! While in the pits.
NO FIRES ON THE GROUND: must be contained in a fire pit TRASH: Carry out what you carry in. Trash cannot be left behind, you MUST take it with you

Promotional points rule update for 2023

PP-1 Promotional points are accumulated per rider, not per class and they are accumulated from year to year.
A promotion to the next classification is given at the conclusion of a series if the rider has earned the proper number of points and is age eligible.
Riders moving up a class will start the class with the number of points earned to advance.
The only exception is for riders advancing two classifications. i.e. C to A, Youth C to Youth A. These riders will have their points reset to the lowest point of advancement to the next classification.
Ex: A C rider with over 120 points will be reset to a B rider with 40 points, Youth C with over 65 points will be reset to 40 points as a Youth B rider. In no case will a rider move up two classes at the end of a series.

75% of the races needed to qualify for year end awards

Each of the NESC Championship series are designed to reward rider's accomplishments and their support of the NESC points paying events.

At the end of the year a Championship awards program is run to recognize the top riders in each championship class for each series that earn championship points. Riders must do at least 75% of the races in a series in order to qualify for awards.

Series scoring, how throw aways work

For most of the classes (except for the 50cc 6 out of 7, 65cc, 85cc and supermini 9 out of 10) your best 11 out of 12 races will count in the championship points standings.

If you completely miss one day then you accumulate “0” points for that day and “0” are subtracted from your final total.

If you miss no race days, then your lowest score is subtracted from your final total.

If you are disqualified from a class for any reason (whether it is for one moto or both motos), then the total score for that class on that day will not be allowed to be counted as a throwaway day.

All riders, please bring your cards to sign-up

Please bring your NESC card, your ID and your insurance card with you to sign-up. We hate to be requiring all this but the insurance companies are getting stricter and stricter with their rules, sorry for the hassle and thank you for understanding and helping out.

2024 rulebook on line

The 2024 NESC rulebook is on line now, the printed version will be out soon. You can download the pdf version here

Proof of age required for all new riders

Birth certificates required only for new applications this year (send in non-returnable copies), but all forms must be notarized.

NESC Parent consent form

Use this form if your child will be attending the race with another adult acting as their custodian for the day.

Attention youth rider parents!

If your child is a full NESC member and a youth rider and you have not sent in the short release he or she will not be allowed to race!

One day racers may fill out a release at the track, the day of the race.

Please fill out and have the short release form notarized then mail it to the NESC ASAP! Yes, you may bring it to the NESC at the tracks
NESC
PO BOX 609
North Berwick, ME 03906

help wanted

We are looking for someone to help out at the races in the NESC office. Duties would include signing up riders, renting transponders, helping with the scoring, posting results and helping to setup the race in Trackside. This would be a part time paid position and you should be able to attend most of the NESC races.
Experience in Trackside a plus but training will be available.
If you're interested please send an email to the NESC at this link

Transponder update! Subscription Updating!

Log into your MyLaps Connect account when activating your X2 transponder. If you are not logged into your account when you click the "Continue" button it will only be activated for the current weekend!

Note: the orange transponders will still work, please make sure those are charged and that your subscription is still active.
More info and ordering info is at Speedhive.

Update your transponder subscription here

transponder rentals

If you need to rent a transponder please print out this form and fill it out before coming up to rent your transponder. The fee is $10. per day (we have bike clips for sale at $10.) a $300 refundable deposit is required either cash or a credit card and a driver's license. NESC transponder rentals are cash only (you can leave your credit card as the security deposit)

Board of directors and contact info

David Clemence President
John Majcher Vice president
John Delgrosso Treasurer
Janice Majcher Secretary

Rider Reps:
Jason Hargreaves, Jason Allan, Tyler Holmes, Brittani Majcher, Patrick O'Sullivan, Hailey Kelly, Zack Rossini

Alternate Rider Reps:
Dennis Fazio, Shane Azevedo

Competition Committee: Ruth Pepoon

The NESC Scholarship program

This fund awards $2,000.00 annually to college students meeting NESC requirements.
Eligibility requirements: Must be a NESC member for at least two years in good standing and a full time student at a fully accredited college, university, or technical school. Rider must have attended at least 10 NESC races in the current year.
Application process:
Compose a cover letter to NESC requesting consideration for the NESC Scholarship program; naming the college/course of study you plan on attending.
A copy of your final grades from the most recent term.
A letter from your college registrar’s office confirming acceptance to the school.
Please send the above requirements by November 1st; we will make the decisions for awards just prior to the annual banquet. Deadline to apply is November 1st of the current racing year. Please send your information to:
NESC
PO BOX 609
North Berwick, ME 03906

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Address changed?

If you have changed your address this year, please notify the NESC by email ASAP.