Randy Dreiling
Thanks for the e-mail Molly and someone did point me
to your site, so I did read it and replied on the
site.
Your shop always brings a lot of racers and I thank
you for that.
This is the other MAJOR problem with Mt Bike racing
and I am guessing racing period..Fact checks and
rumors...
Truth is the 12 Hour winners in the "advanced" class
did get paid....all of them... solo, SS, two person
men and women, 4 person men and women.
The 12 Hours of Willamette Pass is VERY cheap at $50
compaired to other 12 and 24 races...many 24 Hour
races charge solo racers $300-$400.
Other great but not true rumors...Please know I am
saying this part in fun and part to ask people to
check facts. I totally respect all the racers and am
thankful for their support.
I walk away with $5,000-$10,000 after each
race...promoters of Mt Bike races are lucky to make
$500-$1,000 which comes out to maybe $2 an hour.
Course sucked, but it didn't...99% of the racers can
have a great race and they don't post anything, but
one person ( NOT talking about Molly, I am talking
about others over the years)that 99% of the time had a
bad race or took a turn that only they and/or the
people right next to them took and they post that the
race sucked, when really everyone had a great time.
Pay out rumors...can't tell you how many times this
happens, racers will be standing around at a race and
saying I heard X race didn't pay out, when it was
totally untrue. In my case I pay out more then 1/2
the races, but I hear racers such as this post saying
I pay ZERO $$....NOT TRUE...look on my Oakridge FTF
flyer and you'll see because of our sponsor 1st Tech
we paid out $250 for 1st place Pro men...there were NO
Pro women that raced, so none got paid
Rumors really hurt race turn outs...if you have an
issue please contact the promoter and check the facts
and if you still feel it is an issue then post to OBRA
or where ever.
On the womens pay out issue, frankly at many races
last year there were no Pro women racing. For the
series overall no women had enough races. Only Pro and
Semi Pro(elite) men get paid and only Pro women get
paid, since there are so few women racers there is NO
women Elite/Semi Pro race class, this was decided by
the promoters and OBRA because we felt there were too
many classes...there has not been a Women's elite for
two years now.
Take Care and Thanks again for your support and PLEASE
contact me with any questions
Randy Dreiling
Oakridge FTF
Willamette Pass Super D and DH
12/24 Hours Of Willamette Pass
--- Molly Cameron <velocy-@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hold on a second, I thought this thread was about
the $ in mountain bike
racing!
Back to the point:
I'm with Kori. I don't race FOR the money but, I'd
like to see race
payouts posted right along with the race entry fees.
Racing is damn
expensive and I'd like to know when I could possibly
win $ for some race
and nothing for another.
I wrote something about race payout on my journal
last summer.
http://www.mollycameron.com/2005/09/12-hours-of-wilamette-pass.html
I'm pushing for consistent payout for the men and
women's ELITE category
races. Especially in mountain bike racing. I want to
see mountain bike
race participation grow. I feel that if we have more
elite riders
participating in XC racing that will influence more
beginners and thier
friends to get out and try it.
When you pre-register for a race if you see the
potential payout right
there alongside the entry fees, it will certainly
get you a little more
excited to show up and start an event. Also, a
pre-posted payout
schedule will let racers that need to leave early
for work or church or
whatever know that they will be getting a check in
the mail for that
strong 4th place finish.
Keep doing the prize raffles. They are fun and kinda
bring everyone
together after the race.
What about more mountain bike series advertising?
(and clarity) For
instance, I still don't know what the "high school
series" is. Lets stop
writing race flyers in terms that only seasoned
racers will understand.
I want to see EXCESSIVE driving directions, and lots
and lots of simple
plain english race instructions. City and area
reference points too. I
often spend 20 minutes on the computer looking for
race locations cause
I cannot figure it out from the website/flyers.
My 2 cents. If we make XC racing attractive for
elite level racers and
simple and accessible for beginners, more will
participate.
---
Molly Cameron
http://www.mollycameron.com
Kori Kunz wrote:
In an attempt to decide which races to focus on
(since I would really
like to do all of them but know that's not a
sustainable approach) I'm
wondering what kinds of MTB series are out there
this year, and which
one offers the best prize money. Yep, I'm not
looking for any more
trophies on my mantel, just going straight for
the mercenary incentive.
Of course I'll also be weighing the amount of
single track in
proportion to the distance to drive (and
conflicting road races), but
the dollars will be a very influential factor.
Mike? Randy? Petr?
What are you serving up this year?
Looking forward to it.
Cheers,
Kori
Veloshop
211 SW 9th ave.
Portland 97205
503.335.Velo
http://www.veloshop.org
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