| The Track |
| Saturday March 28, The course ran clockwise, So down Godzilla, the steepest of all the hills on the Ranch. It was Technical, with lots of tight stuff to keep you on your toes. Sandhill is a misnomer, not really sandy, as much as hardpack and clay. So technical, clay, with a fine sand topping, that has a tendancy to dry out and blow a dusty curtain for things to hide behind. This kind of soil, if not carefully watered lends itself to "THE CRISCO RIDE".That saaaalickk, whoa, "Have you seen my bike?, it was here a second ago" feeling. There was a set of steep downhill "S" turns, that were the most challenging, for me anyway, by the end of the day, square edged "G outs" appeared at the apex of both downhill turns, as if someone cut a 1ft wide 8in deep stair into the hill, right where you wanted to be. Can you say "High speed Trials?" Once through that section you were rewarded with a nice long straight, at the end of which was a cool jump-turn to a downhill sweeper. Here is some Helmet Cam taken byTeam SuperHunky Member #24v Brad Jones |
| Sunday March 29. Turn around and go the other way. Counter clockwise,so around 2 sharp turns and up Godzilla. The part I liked best was the turns and dropaway jumps in front of the stands, with a cool flat track style lefthand sweeper. If you caught it just right you could do a feet up, crossed up slide, FUN,FUN,FUN. Then around a sharp left just before a sweeping uphill left. In that tight turn right in the sweet spot was a square edged bump by the end of the day. That sucker would beat your butt. If you went a little to the left or right of it you would slow way down. So it was Banzai...... Now, Motrin later. At the top of the sweeper you had that straight, which was fast, but then you had to pay for it with uphill, loose dirt, tight "S" turns that followed. Check out the video |
| VMXR Track Rating The Dirt Porta-Cans, cleanliness and mountain money 1. roll Full Honey pot and no Paper. 8. rolls Real clean, would let the wife use. Water available at Track ? Track Food available ? Food rating 1-8 Trash Cans, were there enough? Could you find one, How far did you have to walk to be a "Good Citizen? Track Access, was it a PAIN to get on the track for practice and to the start area? Track watering, done well? Was the track better without watering? Camping Available? Hookups ? Overall |
Yes at the house by the Gate
Yes, usually within 100 yards
Not too bad, It was a Big Event
with a lot of people,but you were
allowed to ride to the start Area.
with a lot of people,but you were
allowed to ride to the start Area.
Awsome watertruck driver, got into a sidehill
situation and saved it BIG TIME. The track
BlueGrooved up and was better dry than slick&wet.
situation and saved it BIG TIME. The track
BlueGrooved up and was better dry than slick&wet.
Yes Camping $25 for the weekend.
No Hookups
No Hookups
Sand Hill is HARDpack, Slick when wet,
hard when dry,Blue grooves up in 4 motos.
hard when dry,Blue grooves up in 4 motos.
Saturday, Not much wind, warm to
hot, track watered often and slick.
Many Ambulance rides. 1 Helo.
Sunday windy, kept temps nice.
Track allowed to dry out and blue
groove by end of day. Later wind
kicked up and was dusty. No
ambulance rides.
Conclusion..... This Track Safer
DRY!
hot, track watered often and slick.
Many Ambulance rides. 1 Helo.
Sunday windy, kept temps nice.
Track allowed to dry out and blue
groove by end of day. Later wind
kicked up and was dusty. No
ambulance rides.
Conclusion..... This Track Safer
DRY!
2 Rolls is all they get at this event. By
Saturday night all the johns had no
paper and were FULL They did clean &
TP them mid-day Sunday
Saturday night all the johns had no
paper and were FULL They did clean &
TP them mid-day Sunday
Yes Really Good looking
BBQ. Everyone said it was
screamin' and Reasonable
BBQ. Everyone said it was
screamin' and Reasonable
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