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- Oct 3, 2008
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As some of you know we have been working on building a Motocross Track at our park and were hoping to have it open this weekend, but things have now changed.
Unfortunately the track will not open this weekend, but will be ready on Monday, November 17th. Due to the rains we are going to have to do some touchups and then wanted to give it a day or so to setup before getting a lot of traffic on it. As of right now we cannot get the equipment back in there to due the work that is needed, but should be able to get it in there by Friday or Saturday. This also allows me a little more time to get everything setup correctly to make sure that it is rode on correctly and not trashed like some of our other areas have been.
One thing I would like ask all of you, is that if you are out riding and see people who are not treating this area with respect that you try to teach them how to properly ride on the track so that it doesn't become junk.
I know a lot of you are wanting to see pictures of the track, which I dont have any good ones but I will try to give a decent description of it. We have 4 table tops that range from 4ft-6ft in height and 30-60ft in length, there is also a step-up from 3-5ft with about a 15ft gap in between, there are also 2 rythm sections that are pretty technical one of which is an optional route, and one whooped out section. We also have a high speed flat area which can also be bypassed by taking a shorter route. This section was added just to spread everything out for when it is really busy out there. Total track length is a little over a mile, when timed the other day it took one rider about 1.5 minutes to complete a lap taking the shorter route. The whole track is about 16ft in width so there is plenty of room for all rider types. The pavilion and entry area are not completed yet, but will be in the near future. Once that area is completed we will have an entry/exit and pedestrian area along with a 24ft pavilion for people to watch the riders.
If you do make it out to ride this weekend you can take a look at it, since it is all visible from the trail system, just please do not ride on it until Monday. It will definitely be worth the wait until the 17th.
Unfortunately the track will not open this weekend, but will be ready on Monday, November 17th. Due to the rains we are going to have to do some touchups and then wanted to give it a day or so to setup before getting a lot of traffic on it. As of right now we cannot get the equipment back in there to due the work that is needed, but should be able to get it in there by Friday or Saturday. This also allows me a little more time to get everything setup correctly to make sure that it is rode on correctly and not trashed like some of our other areas have been.
One thing I would like ask all of you, is that if you are out riding and see people who are not treating this area with respect that you try to teach them how to properly ride on the track so that it doesn't become junk.
I know a lot of you are wanting to see pictures of the track, which I dont have any good ones but I will try to give a decent description of it. We have 4 table tops that range from 4ft-6ft in height and 30-60ft in length, there is also a step-up from 3-5ft with about a 15ft gap in between, there are also 2 rythm sections that are pretty technical one of which is an optional route, and one whooped out section. We also have a high speed flat area which can also be bypassed by taking a shorter route. This section was added just to spread everything out for when it is really busy out there. Total track length is a little over a mile, when timed the other day it took one rider about 1.5 minutes to complete a lap taking the shorter route. The whole track is about 16ft in width so there is plenty of room for all rider types. The pavilion and entry area are not completed yet, but will be in the near future. Once that area is completed we will have an entry/exit and pedestrian area along with a 24ft pavilion for people to watch the riders.
If you do make it out to ride this weekend you can take a look at it, since it is all visible from the trail system, just please do not ride on it until Monday. It will definitely be worth the wait until the 17th.