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2010 10th
Annual 3 Wheeler World Trike Fest Event Report
Haspin Acres - Laurel, IN
| 2010
10th Annual
Trikefest 3 Wheeler Links |
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The
10th Annual Trike Fest attracts hundreds
of 3 Wheeler enthusiasts for a weekend of
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Laural, IN - A lot of us 4 wheeler
guy and gals think of 3 wheelers being a thing of
the past. Even some of us like myself weren’t
even born until after all manufacturing of 3 wheelers
were put to a halt in April of 1988.
Believe it or not there is a whole following
of die-hard 3 wheeler fanatics still today. Every
year hundreds of 3 wheeled enthusiasts make the
trek to Haspin Acres located in Laurel, IN. People
around the world come to Trike Fest including
Canada, Germany, and Australia. Trike Fest is
a four-day long event that consists of 3 wheeler
motocross races, drag races, Hill climbs, Trail
Riding, and down home conversing with other enthusiasts.
This year marked the 10th year anniversary of
Trike Fest. The event is held the following weekend
after father’s day each year. Around 200-300
people show up every year with their piece of
history. This year’s event hosted around
300 enthusiasts ranging from children to senior
citizens. Trike Fest started in 2001 as a small
get-to-gather of about 16 members of 3wheelerworld.com
and has grown to an all out event that it is today.
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Trike
Fest has grown from over a dozen people
to several hundred over the past 10 years
with the event growing each year |
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Haspin Acres
has hosted the annual Trike Fest since
2002, which is held on the weekend after
Father's Day
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In 2002, Trike Fest was moved from North Carolina
where it was being hosted at a members house to
700 acres in Southern Indiana called Haspin Acres.
Haspin Acres owner and welcomed the somewhat ridiculed
3 wheelers into their off-road park with open arms.
Haspin Acres provided a more centralized location
and had many accommodations that made it a great
place to host such an event.
The park offers 2 motocross tracks, dirt drag
strip, a knurly hill climb called the “Devils
Backbone”, grassy areas for camping and
technical trails for the woods riders. Often times
at some Off-Road Parks 3 wheelers are frowned
upon. “Pete the manager of Haspin Acres
and staff has always treated us like gold”
said William Golightly.
“Its difficult because of the stigma that
three-wheelers have to find a place that'll even
let you unload, much less welcome a couple hundred
of them on one weekend with open arms! William
is partly responsible for organizing and putting
on the event every year and has been attending
Trike Fest since 2004.
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Haspin Acres
offers a variety of terrain for everyone
including a dirt drag strip, 2 motocross
tracks, and 700 acres of trails, but drag
strip is one the favorite locations among
the three wheel crowd for bragging rights
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It was Williams 7th year attending Trike Fest
this year at Haspin Acres. “Even though
I had been already riding from a young age and
been around trikes my entire life, I'd never been
to a real off-road park before that. I was completely
hooked after wards. I got a bit by the bug bad
the first year at Trike Fest and I started getting
into it really heavy.” William first came
to Trike Fest with a stock 1985 Tri-Z. The following
years William showed up at the event with the
same Tri-Z with more and more aftermarket and
custom parts.
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