Alex186
PR Member
So this is one of those good news.. bad news for some. Either way I think it's good news..
As most of you know... VMD is held where the old Motocross Track was located at the Mid-Ohio Car Course. It's now a grass covered parking lot, which for Vintage racing makes some sense. Since the extreme growth of our Non-Current classes (1998 and older) and the post vintage classes, we have been putting pressure on Mid-Ohio to develop some track infrastructure. We partner with Mid-Ohio on this event, they're responsible for providing the property ready to race. We (log road) layout the track. The track is weak is a under statement for post-vintage classes and this is our national championship. So again, we've put alot of pressure on Mid-Ohio to do something about it.
We got some interesting news... Land Rover does demos on off-road terrain. They are building infrastructure currently for those demos happening next weekend (hills, berms, etc). This gives us the opportunity to layout the track with some actual infrastructure, supposely they build a 30 ft anthill type elevation for land rover, which is cool for a dirt bike and we have the ability to knock down anything that doesn't work. Which gives us more options to layout the track without using the bad stuff. I'm a little nervous about the rocks in the area but speaking with the respresentative from Land Rover, he's a AMA life member and Ahrma member who races Post Vintage in California. So he understands what our needs are and going to help us out. The infrastructure will stay year to year.
Either way I believe this is positive and adds another element to the event. I know some Vintage racers might be nervous, please know we have your best interests in mind. Once we get out there, we'll know what we're dealing with.
Don't forget we've added property for a grass track section for Hare Scrambles.
Pre-Enter today... Pre-Entry goes July 4th. https://secure.tracksideprereg.com/amavintage/
As most of you know... VMD is held where the old Motocross Track was located at the Mid-Ohio Car Course. It's now a grass covered parking lot, which for Vintage racing makes some sense. Since the extreme growth of our Non-Current classes (1998 and older) and the post vintage classes, we have been putting pressure on Mid-Ohio to develop some track infrastructure. We partner with Mid-Ohio on this event, they're responsible for providing the property ready to race. We (log road) layout the track. The track is weak is a under statement for post-vintage classes and this is our national championship. So again, we've put alot of pressure on Mid-Ohio to do something about it.
We got some interesting news... Land Rover does demos on off-road terrain. They are building infrastructure currently for those demos happening next weekend (hills, berms, etc). This gives us the opportunity to layout the track with some actual infrastructure, supposely they build a 30 ft anthill type elevation for land rover, which is cool for a dirt bike and we have the ability to knock down anything that doesn't work. Which gives us more options to layout the track without using the bad stuff. I'm a little nervous about the rocks in the area but speaking with the respresentative from Land Rover, he's a AMA life member and Ahrma member who races Post Vintage in California. So he understands what our needs are and going to help us out. The infrastructure will stay year to year.
Either way I believe this is positive and adds another element to the event. I know some Vintage racers might be nervous, please know we have your best interests in mind. Once we get out there, we'll know what we're dealing with.
Don't forget we've added property for a grass track section for Hare Scrambles.
Pre-Enter today... Pre-Entry goes July 4th. https://secure.tracksideprereg.com/amavintage/