Madison County Gravity Fest VI

[gordo6987]

what speeds are expected to reach on this hill?

[Justin Metcalf]

^^^people were claiming they were getting over 50mph on the straight last year (GPS).

[gordo6987]

sweet that got me even more stoked to ride this course, are you allowed to wear your GPS during the race? or only during the practice?

[Justin Metcalf]

I've never heard of anyone saying anything against it...couple people did last year

[gravitydrno]

Personal GPS units are allowed as long as they are not such they are going to interfere with your riding or the riding of others.

[timmysweatpants]

can we have 3 MCGF6's in a row?
props to anyone who gets the joke...

MCGF666. Ha.

I'll be there, rocking am speedboard.

[Anton Milioti]

for the practice, is it like we all just kinda go, or is it like in heats?

sorry for my noobishness, mah first race

[bpz]

Practice is heats of 4 usually... first few runs you can go with 1 or 2 other riders if you want.

[gravitydrno]

AJ additional entries will be $50 each class IF the schedule allows you to make it into the classes you choose.

[gravitydrno]

[Justin Metcalf]

Glad to see a plan written up already.

I must admit, I'm not such a fan of the racing schedule. I will admit I have a bias because I race standup exclusively. However, it would make sense to me to run the largest class on the second day rather than have all of them done racing and pushing for freeride runs on the second day.

Forcing the largest class to squeeze in all practice runs before noon on the first day while all the other classes are also getting used to the hill is going to cause a lot of riders to feel ill prepared and will most likely cause a lot of delays.

My personal recomendation would be to run buttboard and AM luge together on the first day along with gravity bike and inline. Then you would be able to focus attention on Pro speedboard and luge on the second day (interspersed with the bucket brigade) which will be the 2 classes that have the most participants and will most likely require the most time. You would also give 2 whole days of practice to the classes that have prize money involved.

Despite the bias, it just doesn't seem reasonable to only give 4 hours of practice to a class with prize money on the line, not to mention the largest number of competitors. If the 4 hours were open to Pro speedboard practice exclusively it might be more reasonable, but that is neither fair nor logical.

[gordo6987]

i talked to tim cayer a while ago about leathers being too expensive for me and he told me that i could actually rent a pair from them, is this still possible now that dr.no is the sponsor?

[gravitydrno]

Gordo email me and we can see what we can do for you.

[worldridr768]

I agree with justin completely, I for one would like to feel comfy on the hill I am going to be racing on and get in as much practice runs as possible. Maybe even some practice after tech inspection on Friday from 12 to maybe 5:30 or so as long as you are inspected and good to go? Or does the parade interfere with this?

[Justin Metcalf]

I agree with justin completely, I for one would like to feel comfy on the hill I am going to be racing on and get in as much practice runs as possible. Maybe even some practice after tech inspection on Friday from 12 to maybe 5:30 or so as long as you are inspected and good to go? Or does the parade interfere with this?

No need to ask Munnsville to shut their road down on Friday for practice...2 days is plenty of time to fit everything in. However, as I stated, I feel like the time we have could be much better allotted.

[worldridr768]

ah, okay. I thought the road was shut down in preporation for the parade/the next day.

[gravitydrno]

Justin thanks for the input keep in mind that schedules are subject to change and if we see a problem we can change it, that's why this was posted more than six months in advance. There has always been a number of crossover riders (those who race in more than one class) and we kept that in mind when setting the schedule. The current lay out also gives the town & spectators a good show of pro racing on each day.

We would like to hear the preferences from ALL riders and we can look at different possibilities for changes to the schedule. Please email me and I will take another look and see if the schedule CAN work for EVERYONE in a different way. Email me at events@drnoracing.com

[Justin Metcalf]

Thanks for taking note of that Dr. No. I for one really appreciate your willingness to work with us to set the schedule and plan the event.

If anyone else has any thoughts on the matter...SPEAK UP

[bpz]

Yeeeeeeah just another vote for pro speedboard racing on Sunday....

[gordo6987]

what is the bucket brigade? i want to know if im going to need to spend 125 or 100