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24 hour endurance race at Nelson

Discussion in 'General' started by DucatiBomber, Jan 26, 2017.

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  1. DucatiBomber

    DucatiBomber DJ Double A

    DucatiBomber, Jan 26, 2017
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  2. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    That one was before my time by a couple years, I think the first I did was 88. But then I went to all of them until we had to stop doing them.

    There is absolutely nothing like it.
     
    Mongo, Jan 26, 2017
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  3. condon66

    condon66 Member well known

    Why did it stop?
     
    condon66, Jan 26, 2017
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  4. t11ravis

    t11ravis huge carbon footprint

    That was cool!
     
    t11ravis, Jan 26, 2017
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  5. Dave K

    Dave K DaveK über alles!

    The bonfires, the scaffolding, the fans. . . holy shitola, it was an EVENT. :)
     
    Dave K, Jan 26, 2017
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  6. condon66

    condon66 Member well known

    Oh...I had Pittsburgh track in my head. I see this was Nelson.
     
    condon66, Jan 26, 2017
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  7. renegade17

    renegade17 Well-Known Member

    What kind of miracle would it take to do another one of these at any track in the US these days?
     
    renegade17, Jan 26, 2017
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  8. Dave K

    Dave K DaveK über alles!

    Money, teams, money, a track that could run a 24 hour event and money.
     
    Dave K, Jan 26, 2017
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  9. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    Simple answer money. Money for track improvements (potholes are hard to avoid at night, even at night bikes are too fast for the runoff at Nelson), money for tires for the teams - even lightweight bikes would need 6 full sets. Money for workers - we used to have volunteers for corners, we now pay them 80-100 a day.
     
    Mongo, Jan 26, 2017
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  10. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    Cash is all we need. Pretty sure Willow would be on board for it. Just need a lot of cash to pay the bills and have purse money to help the teams cover expenses. $50k should cover it.
     
    Mongo, Jan 26, 2017
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  11. Canadian Bacon

    Canadian Bacon .

    Dave K has it covered.
     
    Canadian Bacon, Jan 26, 2017
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  12. slimjim00

    slimjim00 Well-Known Member

    What year was this video? '83? Trying to see if my dad was racing in this one
     
    slimjim00, Jan 26, 2017
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  13. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    Copyright date at the end was 85.
     
    Mongo, Jan 26, 2017
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  14. slimjim00

    slimjim00 Well-Known Member

    Awesome, thanks! Jim and I will watch the video in full after work today to see if he makes an appearance, or possibly Doug Henry/Terry Bailey
     
    slimjim00, Jan 26, 2017
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  15. G Dawg

    G Dawg Broken Member

    I took video of the 8 hr we did.
    Came out like crap. All you could see was headlights down the main straight.
    Chris Parrish can comment on following one of my riders as he shredded the rear. It was throwing sparks every time he exited a corner :)
     
    G Dawg, Jan 26, 2017
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  16. RossK6

    RossK6 Grid Filler

    Let get under the sofa cushions to see what we got...
     
    RossK6, Jan 26, 2017
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  17. Captain Poo Poo Pants III

    Captain Poo Poo Pants III Sail Hatan!

    They are always on board, we inquired about doing an 8 hour at streets last year, they gave dates us dates, fees and gave us all the info for insurance. Glad it didn't happen as the organizer of the event was an idiot and it would have been a terribly unsafe event.
     
    Captain Poo Poo Pants III, Jan 26, 2017
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  18. Mongo

    Mongo Administrator

    I need to get over to Streets when we're out there this year at the big track. Been too long since I've checked it out.
     
    Mongo, Jan 26, 2017
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  19. Captain Poo Poo Pants III

    Captain Poo Poo Pants III Sail Hatan!

    It's getting worse every year. The bowl has 3 huge dips in it on the race line and there are huge sand castles everywhere that we definitely would knock with our knees. Turn 4 has a speed bump in it thats getting bigger every year and the skid pad I swear gets slicker as time progresses.

    I love riding that track, it's still so much fun. The run off is a good distance, I ran off at just over 100mph and didn't hit anything but blew my fork legs out, I'm pretty sure they imported the beach from normandy june 6th 1944...haha.

    The whole facility needs a re-pave, big willow being last on that list but they explained it that they can't do the full tracks because of its historic status and they would lose it if they did. Maybe I misunderstood.
     
    Captain Poo Poo Pants III, Jan 26, 2017
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  20. freeohio

    freeohio .

    We changed tires every hour (the stint) at Willow in 99/2000 24 hour. You can do the math.
     
    freeohio, Jan 26, 2017
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