Dual Sport 2014 Papers (3 pages of information)

May 15^th, 2013 Dual Sport Update

OK folks only 15 days left until this year’s event, please get your pre-entries filled out and in as this makes things much easier for us in the planning process for the weekend events.

The majority of the course has been established and our agreement is in the hands of the forestry department.  It seems like everyone is on board, the forestry department took a few things from us but came around and are giving us some new stuff to make up for the areas we lost. The end result of the course should be well balanced this year with challenging sections for the alternates and very rideable sections for the main course.

We have an awesome new design for the t-shirt this year (as always all pre entries get a free shirt so get those entries in).  We also have a sexy new design for the woman’s shirts so plan on taking one home to your wife or girlfriend for allowing you to come to our event or even better yet, encourage her to come ride with us J

New for this year our treasurer, Lana has increased our capability so we can accept credit cards at the event for purchase of t-shirts, entry and AMA sign ups.

Don’t forget our rider reception early sign up that will be held Friday night at G-Brick Motorsports with the Laurel Run United Methodist Church providing yummy snacks and home baked goodies for everyone.

We do have the capability to renew AMA memberships at the event, but to simplify the process, please have your AMA membership up to date before the event. You can sign up or renew your membership online on the AMA website.

Looking forward to seeing you all in a few weeks!!

DUAL SPORT UPDATE/PROGRESS FOR APRIL

Several weeks ago we met with DCNR for a major meeting to discuss areas of improvement from our event last year and suggestions of areas we can improve for our event this year. DCNR had several areas of concern, some of which involved motorcycles that were not licensed and were not officially registered to ride our event (tag along riders) and high speed riding on some of the forestry roads. A better system to communicate and identify our safety and support vehicles was suggested and we have made some improvements in the area. We are open to suggestions of the above issues and ask for you to e-mail us if you can offer any input.
There were some issues with the trails we used last year due to the large amount of rain we got the night before the event so this year we will be reviewing some different alternates to help alleviate that problem.

Our next meeting with DCNR will be at the end of April and at that time we will confirm our routing details. This year we are going to try to get a little bit more creative with the adventure bike course and try to come up with easier single track due to the increasing popularity of this class.
The Castanea and Chapman Township Fire Companies and Laurel Run Church are onboard and ready to provide the good food and camping again this year.
As always recommended, the more people that can pre-enter is very much appreciated as it helps us with the planning process, especially for the meals.
Stay tuned for an update in May.

We are working on the details for the 2013 dual sport. The dual sport is scheduled for June 1 and June 2. More details to follow soon.