February 1, 2009
WNYOA
has another exciting year ahead for 2009 with (15) hare scrambles and (11)
enduros. Mike Egleston of Miles Mountain will be
conducting a 2-day hare scramble event with an AMA Quad National event on 6/13/09
and the remaining WNYOA classes racing on 6/14/09. Dan Leonard of Beaten Trails will also be conducting
a 2-day hare scramble event on 7/18/09-7/19/09 with an AMA Youth National on
Saturday and Sunday, an AMA Quad National on 7/18/09 and an AMA Bike National
on 7/19/09. GNCC has again co-sanctioned their Unadilla hare
scramble event with WNYOA on 9/12/09-9/13/09.
WNYOA has three new hare scramble promoters with Victory Mountain Dirt
Riders on 5/31/09, Motomasters on 9/6/09 and Mountain View Trail Riders on
9/20/09. For enduros, WNYOA added the
Shotgun Enduro on 6/21/09 to the schedule along with the Foggy Mountain National
enduro 7/19/09.
At
the WNYOA operations meeting, several new classes and rules were voted on and passed
by the WNYOA promoters and rider representatives.
New
WNYOA classes are:
New Pee Wee Classes
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SR 4- Stroke Stock Pee Wee 7-8 class
on wave 3
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JR 4-Stroke Stock Pee Wee 4-6 class
on wave 7
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All 6 years old
riders in the Sr Pee Wee 6 class on wave
4
New Youth Quad Classes:
· Youth Quad 90cc Limited A class on wave 2
· Youth Quad 90cc Limited B class on wave 3
New Bike Class
· 201-Open B class on wave 7
Becky
Jones continues to be the Web Master and is committed to continue upgrading and
improving our web site at (www.WNYOA.net). The web site is available for your use
throughout the year and will have all the current WNYOA information, results,
pictures, WNYOA series standings and links to other sites as well as 2009
series sponsors. This is WNYOA’s primary
communication link!
WNYOA
is in the process of identifying two new officers and they will be announced on
February 16, 2009.
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Vice President (quad
specialty)
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WNYOA Referee
Hare
Scramble event sign-up will remain at $10.00 per rider for Mini’s, Pee Wee’s,
Youth Quads and $25.00 for Bike and Quad’s. Day riders will continue to pay an
extra $5.00 for all classes. The gate fee at all hare scramble events will be $7.00
per person while everyone 10 years and under will be admitted free. National events are exempt from these fees.
When
you submit your annual WNYOA 2009 Series Membership application, this allows you
to participate in either the Hare Scramble series and/or the Enduro series. We
strongly urge you to apply for WNYOA membership early. Prior to April 1, 2009, WNYOA
membership will be $15. Applications postmarked after April 1, the fee will be
$25.00. If you join at any event, it
will cost $50.00. For both hare scrambles and enduros, no WNYOA year-end
points will be awarded until you join WNYOA and the dated WNYOA Series
Membership application is on file with the WNYOA secretary. All WNYOA Series
riders and day riders must be a member of AMA/ATVA to participate in a race; however,
you do not need to be an AMA/ATVA member to join WNYOA. You can call AMA directly at
I
incorrectly announced the required events for hare scrambles at the banquet and
apologize for that error. For the 2009 Hare Scramble year-end awards, (8)
events will be required to be eligible for a year-end award. Your best (10) Hare
Scramble events will be used to determine final placement. This means you will
have (5) throwaways at any time in the year if you participate in all (15)
events currently on the 2009 WNYOA Schedule of Events. Year- end “Survivor” Awards will be given to
all riders that participate in all (15) hare scramble events or all (11)
enduros. All riders that work an event will
receive credit for participating in the event.
For the
2009 Enduro year-end awards, you will have (2) throwaways. We will use your
best (9) events out of the (11) events on the WNYOA schedule for final WNYOA
series placement. All riders that participate in (8) events will be eligible
for a year-end award.
Again
for 2009, all riders that compete in both an Adult Quad and an Adult bike class
and meet the minimum requirements for a year-end award in both the Adult Quad
and the Adult Bike classes will be eligible for the year end “Tough as Nails”
award. All Youth bike riders that compete in the Mini class and an Adult Bike
or an Adult Quad class and meet the minimum requirements for a year-end award
in both the Mini and the Adult Bike or the Adult Quad classes will be eligible for
the year end “Step Up” award.
Each
hare scramble promoter will have an “inspection chute” that a rider will go
through to access the starting area. Each rider will be inspected for
transponder operation, working tether switches and rear number plates for all
quads, goggles, full-face helmets and matching rider numbers on the machine and
on their transponder. If your series numbers do not all match, you will be
required to correct the problem prior to going to the starting area. If you are
suspected of sound violation (greater than 99db), you will be required to have
your machine sound tested at an area adjacent to the inspection chute. If you
fail the sound test and you are not able to immediately correct the problem you
will not be allowed to participate in the event and will be refunded your entry
fee. AMA is requiring all AMA sanctioned
off road events to be have a sound level of 95db for 2-strokes and 94db for 4-strokes
in 2010. I strongly recommend each rider consider these sound levels as they
make their purchasing decisions in 2009/2010.
If
you have not already purchased a transponder for hare scrambles, you will be
required to purchase one for $25.00 at your 1st hare scramble event
which is required for real time scoring. Pee Wee and Youth Quad riders will
continue using the current bar codes that will be scanned and will not have
real time scoring available to them. Pee Wee and Youth Quad riders will be
required to pay $2 for their barcodes. Only Pee Wee and Youth Quad riders will
be required to bring their helmets to signup.
However, all riders must have WNYOA series numbers on their machines
matching their correct WNYOA rider number.
In
order to facilitate backup personnel at scoring, helmet labels will continue to
be issued at no cost to all hare scramble riders except the Pee Wee and Youth
Quad riders. If you do not put the label on your helmet, you will be required
to return to rider registration to obtain a helmet label prior to going to the
starting line for your race. Also, each rider that has a rider number or class
change for any reason must have his/her transponder reprogrammed at rider
registration. In addition, all Quad riders will be required to have a rear
number plate to facilitate backup scoring. During muddy events, the backup
personnel are not able to properly identify the quad riders without a rear
number plate.
Some
riders have not been using full size numbers on their bikes and quads. All WNYOA
series riders will be required to use large, easy to read rider numbers on all
number plates. This is required to ensure that the scoring personnel are able
to properly identify the rider as they enter the scoring area.
Course
Cutting will not be tolerated. Anyone that cuts the course and makes no attempt
to return to the track where the course cut took place will be disqualified.
Promoters will ensure that the trails are properly marked.
The 2009
hare scramble event award payback will be as follows:
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AA Bike and AA
Quad – Minimum of 100% of the rider event entry fees paid by these riders will
be awarded at 1 award per 3 riders.
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All other bike, quad,
mini and youth quad classes – 1 award per 3 riders plus 1 award. Minimum of 1 award per class.
§
All Pee Wee and
Youth Quad 50cc and 70cc riders – 100% of the riders will receive an award.
Event
awards will not be brought to future events. It is the responsibility of each
rider to pick up their award or make arrangements for the award to be picked
up.
Again
for 2010, the Bike AA, Quad AA, Senior Mini A and the SR Pee Wee 7 classes will have rider numbers 1, 2, and 3
reserved for the top 3 riders from the prior year-end results. The riders do
not have to take those rider numbers but only those riders will be able to use
those numbers.
Moose
Racing will be sponsoring the WNYOA Enduro and Hare Scramble series again for
2009. All 2008 WNYOA members should have received the requirements that must be
met to actively participate in the program directly from Moose Racing. If you
would like this information, contact Ray Goulet and a Moose Contingency package
will be mailed to you or you can download the Moose Contingency application
from the WNYOA web page. The 2009 Moose program requires that you purchase the
Moose clothing prior to the first
race you participate and that you participate in 80% of the events in the
series (12 hare scramble events or 9 enduro events). For Hare Scrambles, Moose
check-in process will be at the WNYOA registration area. David Barnes will coordinate the WNYOA Moose
check-in process at all enduros.
Full
Action Cycles (Ken Rose) will be sponsoring the WNYOA Bike and Quad “AA”
classes with a $50 ‘Hole Shot’ winner at each WNYOA hare scramble event,
excluding Unadilla.
All
riders that provide a minimum of a 4-week request for working an event will
receive 25 points. If the request is made with
less than 4 weeks advance notice, the work credit will be 20 points. You are
responsible to contact the promoter directly to arrange for working the event.
If a rider works more than one event, they will be given no additional points
but will be given credit in the form of a “0” for that event towards the
required 8-event minimum for a year- end hare scramble award.
Quiet
time at hare scramble events will be 10:00PM. All promoters will enforce the 10:00 PM quiet
time curfew at each hare scramble event.
All generators will be turned off by 10:00 PM on Saturday and not
started before 7:00 AM on Sunday. Any
rider or member of a rider’s pit crew that is found abusing this quiet time
curfew will be disqualified. Each promoter will post a sign at the event
registration area naming a contact person for all/any emergencies that arise.
The sequence
of classes for 2009 is as follows: There will be NO late rider registrations
accepted after the registration time noted for each class. The Real Time
scoring system cannot accommodate late registration.
Registration Time Event
Start Time
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Mini’s/Pee Wee’s 7:00 - 8:20 8:45 (8:15 – PeeWee Parade Lap)
§
Youth Quad’s 7:00 - 9:20 9:45 to 10:00 (No Parade Lap)
§
Bike’s 7:00 - 10:30 11:00
§
Quad’s 7:00 - 1:00 2:00
{Saturday
night rider’s registration for all riders is 5:00PM – 8:00PM, except at Dream Riders on 5/3/09
and Victory Mountain Dirt Riders on 5/31/09 when Saturday night’s rider
registration will begin at 3:00PM.}
If
you need additional series membership applications, you can download the
application from the WNYOA web page at www.wnyoa.net
or make additional copies of the one you received. If you have any questions, please refer to
the WNYOA web page or contact any of the WNYOA officers or rider
representatives.
Thank you.
Raymond
Goulet
Raymond
Goulet, WNYOA President
(585)
Email: rgoulet@rochester.rr.com
RG