2019 Wera West, how are tracks selected?

Im new, but wondered how decisions were made. I guess more specifically why dont we race at ChuckWalla? Maybe becuase there is a club racing program there? I would think it would pull in more head count as wild cards if we visited there, and maybe even pull more racers into the Wera West series. I really dont know and there may be an obvious reason that I am unaware. Figured I would ask.

 

Hospital distance is why I don’t ride or race there. 1.5 hour drive to the hospital or life flights. But I’m being overly cautious. I know people who don’t mind it.

 

I won’t go there for this very reason. I wouldn’t do that to my family.

 

Are Willow springs or Button Willow closer to a real trauma center? I've never thought of that as a reason as most tracks in southern California other than auto club are in the middle of nowhere. I assumed it was just because CVMA already does their own thing.

 

Willow springs is about 20 minutes to the closest trauma center. Life flight is like 4 minutes.

I forget where buttonwillow trauma center is, I’ve never wrecked there.

 

Bakersfield probably...

One weekend when we were there a rider that needed transport (for some reason Elena Meyers comes to mind but I can neither confirm or deny that memory) and everything was shut down until the transporting ambulance showed up.

 

Good to know, thanks.

 

Bakersfield is the closest urban center with multiple hospitals, and is about 30 miles

 

I love Vegas!! That's all.

 

Haha, I dont want to NOT go to Vegas. I really enjoy it. The Wind seems to follow us to a few locations. In the riders meeting Sunday at LV, Evelyn they were considering a second round for Willow next year. I was thinking why we wouldnt add a different track that is about the same distance from most of the racers. Willow does have Antelope Valley Hospital (I was born there!) but dang that is such a dangerous track compared to others and a day doesnt go by without 20mph winds there. That used to be the only track around to race at 20 years ago. I was so happy when other safer tracks opened up. Just my .02. There is some serious talent that comes out of CVMA, and thought the two could co-exist and bring larger grids to Wera if they tapped into that location also.

 

A high desert native, huh? My son was also born there and I lived a sizable chunk of my life at both EAFB and Lancaster. I don't miss those afternoon winds at all but dirt bike riding was pretty sweet back in the day at Edwards. We could pretty much go anywhere in the desert and it was only about a block of side-saddle riding my bike (was supposed to be walking it) from my garage to a trailhead. Good times!

 

Yes, my Dad was an Air Traffic Controller at EAFB then we moved to El Toro. This was in the 70's. I only remember San Diego. Every time I visit Willow I am thankful I didnt grow up there! Haha. That track was great in the WSMC days and I really learned how to race in the 90's there but its not my favorite track. I have seen many careers end there. Even Chuck Graves on his Valvoline Suzuki.

 

The dirt bike riding up there is still amazing. Was just up in Cantil/California City a month ago.

 

Two buttonwillow rounds would be awesome. I think more riders would come if it was earlier or later in the year.

 

Two, two day events, at Big Willow.
Two, two day events, at Buttonwillow.
Two, one day events, at ACS,
Two, two day events at Lost Wages.
Race twice in March, twice in April, twice in May. Save June, July, and August, for the MotoAmerica (west) rounds.
Get back to WERA (twice!) in September.
I like the three day events because I need a track day and a race day to get up to speed, for Sunday.

Well, what I call ‘speed’ ...

 

That would be sweet! Love that track also!