Barber Michelin Women's Race in OCT

Anyone have any 'official' news on this race?

Apparently the criteria for the invite for the women's race includes only women who won contingency money during the year. I've never seen, nor heard of six female riders being on the grid for a WERA WSS; therefore, I never ever had a chance to get an invite.

Although a little late in the season to make a differance, I am finding out CCS has been paying winnings regardless of the amount of ladies on the grid this year :up:

.....which would have given me an automatic invite to the race in OCT. :down:

need some clarity on this.
Thanks in Advance.

 

There seems to be a bunch of confusion with this race and poor Bonnie from STT is getting hammered with questions due to Femmoto being 'attached' to this race.

I contacted Michelin-USA Promotions & Marketing a month ago, they sadly knew nothing about this race. Which was alarming.

Are there any links for direct contact to the department in Michelin handling this event?

 

http://www.michelinuschampionship.com/usmcsked.html

 

Oh, and there's a bake off after the woman's race. Make sure you make some good pie for Sean.

 

that would explain why MICH said "We don't have a race at Barber this year!"

:wow:

There is a lot of interest in the WSS.
If there was a way to secure winnings to each race, regardless of no. of riders.....all kind of crazy biatches would come out of the wood work.

If I can offer to help in the WSS promotions...I'll throw my helmet in to assist...anytime.

 

Nice. Our class is just called "women"

 

How about 'ladies'? Or 'girls'? Or 'WOW (Women of WERA).'?

I'm kidding, but I do see your point.

 

Betty Crocker to the Grid

bake off.. (LMAO!) only if the money from the sale attaches itself to the race...


thanks for the event schedule.
Any rules to follow?

 

If there is a lot of interest and "all kind of crazy biatches would come out of the wood work" if there was "winnings" then there would be no reason to worry about how many are on the grid.

Seems like there may not be a lot of interest since you are saying there is not enough to actually pay.

 

94 pings at this post. The interest is high.

 

We're talking about women, racing, and PIE.

That's all you need in a thread.

 

There is interest, but with CCS paying winnings and WERA isn't...it's been difficult to solicit support. This discrepancy alone hurts the chances of a successful WSS.

Then again, maybe Strick is right. Which doesn't help either...

How does Canada pull off such a successful women's series?
I am sure it didn't start out that way.

 

my error in making the generalization on racing orgs. paying out any winnings.

I understand the MICHELIN contingency, but they are paying in CCS races according to the post below.

http://www.sttforum.com/sttforum/viewtopic.php?t=5044

 

Yeah but will you "pay out" if no one shows up? I mean there needs to be cash on the line to get the women out there to race in a class they needed to have so they didn't have to race against all those big bad men...............racing for cash.

 

That is what people said about WERA starting a WSS class. But I have seen no interest at regional rounds. The women that are there either dont want to race it or didnt even know it existed. Even Katie doesn't want to spend $70 to race no one and get nothing back out of the race.

 

um, the class was created for addtional revenue and was a genius marketing strategy. Kudos for Mongo on expansion to lower costs. Let's not forget this is a buisness.

as far as racing big bad men....I see the EX# by your name. So, I have to admit...you are right. (just this once tho.)