04/12/2022
Not many people know that on Jan 1st this year the Mohave County fairgrounds the property where the track is located was taken over by the Mojave County Parks Department. This is actually going to be a really good thing for the track, but…..with new management comes new guidelines for the fairgrounds property, which are all good. The main one that effects the track is the fairgrounds HAS to be locked up and EVERYONE has to be off the property by 4:45 Mon-Friday, no exceptions. Safety / Risk management department have been working out how we can get back to our weekly practices and clinics and everything else here. So right now, we can’t have or run a mid week practice or anything like that yet, you’ll know when I know. So, our local program which is more than just a single point Saturday race ended Jan 1st., tracks need more than one day a week to build a solid local program on. The County runs a much tighter and way more professional environment now which is welcomed and exciting for the future, lights for track are coming, but things take time. Not many people were aware of the old way here, which I found out the week before the national when they fired GM here who had been my only contact, all the National negotiations I did went through him only, the fairgrounds and the track split the parking and Motorhome fees, track did not get it all. After the national weekend I got to meet and face the 6 members of the board of directors (had no idea there was a board) when I had to answer to them and pay $4300 for the damages left behind from the national, unexpected expense, but it happened. I was very embarrassed for OUR sport when I had to hear what was done to the property by our riders…it was sad. I was told by the board, we could never have another National here because we couldn’t control our people. Fast forward..I will not run this track on top of any of our sister tracks that have a State / Gold Cup or a bigger event than a simple single points race, period. As for not running any races this year, as pointed out, I was here at least 5-6 Saturdays the weather canceled the others Saturdays but on those Saturdays I was here with the track prepped and ready, and no one showed up. On match 12th, we had two motos, since that date there has been a state race every week and the Santa Clara national.
I will be running a 100% FREE event here…but, we can’t do it this Saturday like I had hoped, the Carnaval is on property this week Thursday-Saturday.
Stayed tuned, more to come.
