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How far do you travel to race?

lankydoug

lankydoug

Husqvarna
Pro Class
I've been looking in to some local hare scrambles and the average event is about 2-3 hours drive. How far do you travel to race 1 hour +1 lap?
 
lankydoug said:
I've been looking in to some local hare scrambles and the average event is about 2-3 hours drive. How far do you travel to race 1 hour +1 lap?
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Our district offers 2 and 3 hour classes - most races are about 160 miles away for me, with the outer bound being maybe 200 miles, so you're committing to at least 3-4 hours drive.
 
thats something i noticed round here too, alot of drive time involved for any type of race it seems. of course the track that is close to the area noone likes because its not taken care of very well and everyone says to stay away from it lol
 
we have one track 50 miles close, the GP circuit plan on 1 to 5 hours drive, usually involves an over night stay.
 
I don't race, but go to tracks that my friends like to race and practice at. They are pretty close: Pala 20 miles, Barona Oaks 28, Elsinore 42, Cahuilla 53, The Ranch 59, Elevation 70, RPMX 72, Lazy J Ranch 72. I have to go at least 50 miles to reach the first legal public OHV trail riding system. There are less of those than there are race tracks.
 
I'm pretty lucky in my area. WNYOA has a 13 race HS series (Races are 2 hours plus).... 8 including my club's race, are 40 minutes or less from my house and the balance are no more than 2 hours away. There is also a second smaller series that is close by. My area also has a club that does a Mud and Snow Scrambles Series, every other weekend all Winter. It's about an hour and a half from me. Good racing area!
 
Dirtdame said:
I don't race, but go to tracks that my friends like to race and practice at. They are pretty close: Pala 20 miles, Barona Oaks 28, Elsinore 42, Cahuilla 53, The Ranch 59, Elevation 70, RPMX 72, Lazy J Ranch 72. I have to go at least 50 miles to reach the first legal public OHV trail riding system. There are less of those than there are race tracks.
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Sounds like you are in the epicenter. I drag raced cars for many years, the car itself was about 5 times as expensive to maintain as a dirt bike but even at that travel was my main expense between tow vehicle up keep, trailers needing tires, fuel costs and motels, even when I won 5 races in a row one month it was a break even proposition.
 
I'm far too much of a wuss to MX/ HS, but roadracing / SM up here is sadly dwindling. Calgary shut down their road track, so that just leaves our little playground. I've heard of so kart tracks available, but question their surface. All we have left in Western Canada is Mission raceway and Stratotech. Vancouver is a 14hr drive and Stratotech is 20 min.
 
Nick and I do a lot of traveling, cover 5 or 6 states. Longest drive was to Canada, most our races are at least a two hour drive.
 
littled657 said:
Nick and I do a lot of traveling, cover 5 or 6 states. Longest drive was to Canada, most our races are at least a two hour drive.
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What kind of a travel set up do you have, motorhome, camper trailer, toy hauler, pick-up truck or what? I guess if I'm going to do this I need to look in to the best way to travel.

The Hillbilly GP series http://www.hillbillygp.com/Default.aspx is mainly in the Springfield MO area so if you live in Springfield you have about an hour drive, unfortunately for me I live 2 hours from Springfield so if the race is on the other side it makes it 3 hours or more. The Black Jack enduro series requires a lot more travel. http://www.blackjackenduro.com/Default.aspx These are the two series that are closest to me that I know of. The Arkansas HareScramble Championship Series has a few races that aren't too far as well http://www.ahscs.com/
 
We have a extra long ford van. With a wall built between us and the bikes. Buildt a bed behind the front seats. If it's a fast trip like two or three days we take the van and stay in motels. If it's more than three days I take my truck and trailer which is similar to a toy hauler but home made. Half garage and half living quarters. I have two single beds which fold down from the wall, shower, micro wave, sink, hot water, heat and air. Both vehicles are diesel 2008 and 2006 3/4 ton.
 
Blah......I drove to Maplesville Alabama this weekend and back to the Atlanta GA area last night. I'm kinda tired today. It was a 4+ hr drive. That was for the Gobbler Getter Enduro which was exactly 5 hours of race time on my friends engine hour meter. Pretty long race. Most of the HS's I do are 2.5 hrs for the winner. Almost all of my races are more than 2 hrs drive. I'd say average is probably 4 hrs. That's racing the SETRA series which is AMA racing here in the Southeast. We cover GA, AL, TN, NC, SC & FL.

There is another local series that only races in Georgia - SORCS. They get a pretty good attendance from the C classes and new comers. I'm guessing because most of those guys don't appreciate a better race series that you have to drive further for.
 
Our series - Oklahoma Cross Country Racing Association (www.occra.com) holds 13 races spread around the entire state. This year, about half the races were within 45 minutes of Oklahoma City. The farthest race from Oklahoma City was about 3 hours. Of course, those driving from the southwest part of the state to that same race drove about 5-6 hours. We have some that complain about the distances, but we are very fortunate to have an extreme variety of terrain ranging from technical rocks to deep sand, and we try to hit it all. With our series, you have to race about 7 of the 13 events to be "year end award eligible" and everyone has to drop two races and work 1 race. This setup was designed to help people that may not be able to make a faraway event or have scheduling conflicts.

Lankydoug - we might have a couple of events that may be within driving distance for you. One is in Skiatook, OK and was a fun track in 2011 - fast in places, but with lots of rocks too. Kellyville will be new this year (still pending) and is a bit SW of Tulsa. The terrain will probably be fairly similar to Skiatook. You should come out and then there would be TWO Huskies racing! haha
 
Just for the heck of it I added up the miles traveled this year from Hummelstown Pa to all the GNCC races except Florida. Total round trip = 10,478 miles. (At 18 miles/gallon at $3.50/gallon = $2,100) (At an average of 60 miles/hour = 22; 8 hour days sitting on your a**)

You better have a damn good stereo and co-pilot...
 
Phoenix said:
Our series - Oklahoma Cross Country Racing Association (www.occra.com) holds 13 races spread around the entire state. This year, about half the races were within 45 minutes of Oklahoma City. The farthest race from Oklahoma City was about 3 hours. Of course, those driving from the southwest part of the state to that same race drove about 5-6 hours. We have some that complain about the distances, but we are very fortunate to have an extreme variety of terrain ranging from technical rocks to deep sand, and we try to hit it all. With our series, you have to race about 7 of the 13 events to be "year end award eligible" and everyone has to drop two races and work 1 race. This setup was designed to help people that may not be able to make a faraway event or have scheduling conflicts.

Lankydoug - we might have a couple of events that may be within driving distance for you. One is in Skiatook, OK and was a fun track in 2011 - fast in places, but with lots of rocks too. Kellyville will be new this year (still pending) and is a bit SW of Tulsa. The terrain will probably be fairly similar to Skiatook. You should come out and then there would be TWO Huskies racing! haha
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Last year I lived in NE OK so I'm familiar with Skiatook and Kellyville. Maybe I can choose the events from all the organizations and ride the close ones, I know I won't be high in the points that way but that's not what I'm in it for anyway.
 
3-4 hours for me is normal. We usually take the motorhome and make a camping trip of it. Mrs. Sage loves to hang out in the motorhome at most of our racing venues so it a win-win.
 
In Minnesota most of our races are within 3 hours of Minneapolis. I think the farthest is 3.5 hours away so it's not too far. We make it a family thing with a toy hauler and camp at most of the races with the travelling "race family"... I found the more we did that the more fun we had getting to know the other families and racers.
 
Most H/S are about 2hrs + long. Usually at least 40 to 50 miles. Most Enduro are about 60-65miles long. I drove to Maplesville last weekend too and that was "ONLY" 220 miles for me or about 4 hrs one way. This next weekend we have a SERA H/S in West Point Tn. It is about 330 miles for me one way. I go to the Majority of National Enduros also. I live in Jackson, MS and drove to the Jackpine Enduro (MI), Rattlesnake Enduro (PA), and Zanesville Ohio this year. Not counting SC, La, and Tn this year. Next year I am lucky. I have 7 Nat'l Enduro within a 700 mile drive.
 
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Most H/S are about 2hrs + long. Usually at least 40 to 50 miles. Most Enduro are about 60-65miles long. I drove to Maplesville last weekend too and that was "ONLY" 220 miles for me or about 4 hrs one way. This next weekend we have a SERA H/S in West Point Tn. It is about 330 miles for me one way. I go to the Majority of National Enduros also. I live in Jackson, MS and drove to the Jackpine Enduro (MI), Rattlesnake Enduro (PA), and Zanesville Ohio this year. Not counting SC, La, and Tn this year. Next year I am lucky. I have 7 Nat'l Enduro within a 700 mile drive.
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That's a pretty hardcore schedule. When my kids are grown and off to college I may travel a lot more and race as I go If I'm not to old an decrepit by then.
 
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