Blackwater 100

Matt Snyder

Matt Snyder

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Anyone remember the Blackwater 100? Not sure why they stopped running it. Do they run anything similar in the Ohio / Pa area still? I'd love to go check it out.

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I went in 1992. I have watched every video I can find trying to see myself. I have an old racing paper from that year that shows results. It was a wild time.
I think the EPA may have shut it down.
 
Yeap, tree huggers killed it.
And I think some of the property was purchased by someone else... maybe not, that was a long time ago
 
There were bogs where the race just destroyed stuff and caused massive
erosion problems. Instead of rerouting and figuring out a way to keep the
race, the owner of the property (an electric utility if I remember right) pulled
the plug.
 
1foxracing said:
Powerline park GNCC in St Clairsville is about the closest you will get to that in Ohio. Plenty of youtube videos out there. Don't let your photo gear ( or anything else) out of your sight if you go.
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Thanks Mark! I need to check the schedule and map this, see how far it is from Canton.
 
Was at the 100 in 87 and 88, My dad was in a group called M.O.D.A. so much fun good memreys as a kid hangin out at the 93 RIVERCROSS. There was always a group of M.O.D.A. riders there every year, I think one of Bakers relative live in the Main strip where they stared got pictures of my play in the BW100 pinball machine, wow memreys......
 
TeamX said:
Was at the 100 in 87 and 88, My dad was in a group called M.O.D.A. so much fun good memreys as a kid hangin out at the 93 RIVERCROSS. There was always a group of M.O.D.A. riders there every year, I think one of Bakers relative live in the Main strip where they stared got pictures of my play in the BW100 pinball machine, wow memreys......
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lol thats awesome
 
Taking a $10,000.00 dollar fuel injected bike with a wire harness, sensors, a battery to a black water 100? I hope you have a sponsor!
 
BriarcliffMx said:
Mark Hyde, the Blackwater badass, is responsible for the KTM demo days at BC. Much respect for Mark.
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Overall Blackwater winner four times. AMA National Hare Scrambles Champion. Multi-time AMA Reliability Enduro Champion. Went on to be Rodney Smith's mechanic and was instrumental in Smith's five GNCC championships. Made dual-sports as a thing throughout the 1990s while he worked for Suzuki supporting the AMA's National Dual Sport Series. This was all before he made KTM's off-road demo program the envy of the industry--and has kept it there the last 10 years or so. Mark's cool! Also a local central Ohio guy.

Edit: Shoot, forgot to mention that he was part of the 1982 World Trophy Team that got second in the ISDE.
 
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