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The track layout looked awesome from the 4 miles that I walked of the track with a great mix of terrain from the wide open mx sections to some tight woods and some mud and hill climbs. The thing I liked most about the course is that there are passing areas in the woods in sections.
The woods are arrowed, but there are plenty of options of working your way through the trees.
There are a few mud pits and the mud is really soupy, and I am sure this will be a nasty section during the race, and for fun, the racer production crew put arrows through one really nasty section of swamp, which really had people worried, but it was just a joke for those who walked the track before 3PM.
The track winds its way through the woods and down along the banks of the Unadilla river
There is plenty of wildlife in this area because we saw plenty along the trail and even a snake, but if you are allergic to bees you better speed your way through this section of the course and hope there isn’t a bottle neck in front of you because there was a huge swarm of yellow jackets that they tried to burn out, but it didn’t seem to work.
Wide open highway through the woods
Both the National and the Amateur MX tracks have been incorporated into the course, but most of the dangerous sections have been bypassed and the MX course will be a high speed drag way with some tabletops and uphill jumps, which add a nice mix with the tight woods.
"Gravity Cavity" will be included along with the down hill section of "Screw U Loop", which is almost impossible to walk down because it is so steep. The riders will go down “Sky Shot”, but they won’t have a chance to jump down it.
The starting area is right along the road, which has a short run to a hard left hand turn followed by a quick right and almost immediate left hand turn followed by a 100 yard long straightaway before heading into the woods around the 2.5 mile marker
With the sun dropping behind the trees a few riders remained lined up at tech inspection in preparation for tomorrows race.
Once the sun went down, it didn't take long for it to get cold as temps are expected to drop down into the low 40's and upper 30's tonight, so plenty of camp fires were popping up throughout the pits.
Coverage will pick back up tomorrow morning with the help of ATVriders.com members that are offering their time to help cover the race while I try to capture all the racing action for the Complete Coverage.