Porkies Hare scramble moved to June 21,22nd

rocky mountain racer · Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:59 pm

Hi everyone. I was out in the Porkies on Saturday checking out the conditions. The snow was still 2 to 3 feet deep in the shady tree sections and on the north facing slopes. The ground is still very frozen in those locations. Therefore we have decided to move the hare scramble to June 21,22nd. Please spread the word. Thanks John.

Post by **Spinalguy** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:07 pm

Tough Break John.
Thanks for rescheduling and not canceling. Its a lot of work and we appreciate it

crazy2wheeler · Post by **crazy2wheeler** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 8:33 pm

Spinalguy wrote: Thanks for rescheduling and not canceling. Its a lot of work and we appreciate it

x2!!!!

Post by **Moose** » Thu May 01, 2008 8:42 am

Uh-oh - Cornergrass race is same weekend...

I realize these are 2 different sanctioning bodies, however I believe it was scheduled not to conflict with any CMRC events. It's a popular race (even with the CMRC folk) - too bad there is now a choice to be made - this will affect attendance at both events.

Wendy · Post by **Wendy** » Thu May 01, 2008 9:57 am

Tough call to make John, but its probably the best choice; to reschedule; given how the weather has been this year.

Jag33 · Post by **Jag33** » Thu May 01, 2008 12:07 pm

Wouldn't it be possible to have the Porkies race June 7/8 weekend

(no hare scrambles or CC scheduled) so there isn't any conflict to avoid what happened last year with the Smith and Corner Grass race.

YouTube · Post by **Dobi** » Thu May 01, 2008 12:39 pm

Moose wrote:Uh-oh - Cornergrass race is same weekend...

I realize these are 2 different sanctioning bodies, however I believe it was scheduled not to conflict with any CMRC events. It's a popular race (even with the CMRC folk) - too bad there is now a choice to be made - this will affect attendance at both events.

It is going to be one tough call to make too

onthemain · Post by **onthemain** » Thu May 01, 2008 1:01 pm

That sucks !!! I know its huge work to put on either race from experience and I know that after you are done with course lay out and the logistics you then are hoping for the biggest turn out possible and now numbers will be split in two again

Post by **twotired** » Thu May 01, 2008 3:06 pm

Jag33 wrote:Wouldn't it be possible to have the Porkies race June 7/8 weekend (no hare scrambles or CC scheduled) so there isn't any conflict to avoid what happened last year with the Smith and Corner Grass race.

I like this idea too!

rocky mountain racer · Thu May 01, 2008 8:36 pm

Hi everyone. On the weekend of June 7,8th Bob Reed is getting married A majority of the volunteers, myself included will be attending his wedding, so I can not use that weekend. I don't like to go against another off road event, but i have no other choice, as racing in the Porkies in July or August is very dangerous due to the tall grass, extremely dusty conditions, and cattle everywhere. My only other option would be to cancel the event. I will be checking the conditions in the Porkies this weekend. Maybe it is melting faster than I thought and I can run the original date. I'll keep you posted. Thanks John.

rocky mountain racer · Fri May 02, 2008 4:33 pm

Moving the race back to the original dates of May 10,11th. No more conflicts. Thanks John.