Evan MacKenzie
I stand corrected.
They were both fun races last year.
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From: Don Leet [mailto:donoso@bendnet.com]
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 8:26 AM
To: Evan MacKenzie; obra@list.obra.org
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] State Champ races
Actually last year state championship was Picketts charge not the
Chainbreaker. One of the reasons the Chainbreaker may have had less
participants (I am not sure they did) is they choose not to be part of the
Rivercity Series. We at Picketts mulled it over and at the end decided to be
part of the series. I think in fairness to the whole state the state
championships need to move around with the Willamette Valley being the most
commonly used area. World Championships use the same logic. Mainly in
populated areas (Europe) and once in while someplace far away (New Zealand).
Don Leet
----- Original Message -----
From: Evan MacKenzie
To: obra@list.obra.org
Sent: Monday, May 14, 2007 8:20 AM
Subject: [OBRA Chat] State Champ races
This may have been addressed before or after the Spring Thaw, and I KNOW
people were all over this list last year after the hillclimb champs at Mt
Ashland, but I?m going to add to the fire one more time.
I?m not concerned so much about out-of-staters racing in our state champ
races, but I am concerned about Oregonians even being able to make it to the
race.
In the future, can we have State Championship races in a more central
location? In fact, I would even recommend that we just have them all in the
Bend area. It?s about as central as you can get in this state.
Ashland is an 8 ½ hour drive from Baker City?not much less from La Grande
and certainly not less from Ontario. That means racing in any race in
Ashland is pretty much a three-day commitment and 17 hours in the car from
out here on the east side. Uh, yeah, not going to happen.
Now I am not opposed to racing in Ashland. I did the Super D last year and
loved it (of course, that was when I lived in Portland). And I am in no way
suggesting the people down south reduce their local calendar. But?would it
be really tough to combine the XC and DH into one day so people traveling
from far away could do both? Or?move the Spring Thaw to a later date and
then do the Super D that day in the afternoon or the next day? Now that
would be worth driving for.
I also noticed that the crowd at the Chainbreaker last year was quite a bit
larger when it was the State Champ race. That?s too bad, because it was just
as fun this year. Thanks to Web Cyclery for putting on a great race.
Just my .02 for this morning.
-Evan
Evan MacKenzie
Planning Director
City of Baker City
PO Box 650
1655 First Street
Baker City, OR 97814
541-524-2030
www.bakercity.com
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