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Yes we were at the meeting. We were told to pick a few dates and we would finalize our dates at the next meeting (Feb 17th). Being new in the State series I am not sure of all the rules for picking the dates for qualifiers but I figured we should have last pick on dates anyway. The last I knew CJ was still working on there dates.
Glen
Dave is a Legend…….a BMX Legend.
When are the 2007 shirts coming out? 🙂
Bill – Thank you for the props
I have talked to Rich on a couple of occasions and he has alot of good ideas on promoting the sport. I have never met Brett but from what I read on this site he and alot of the other guys/gals also have alot of good ideas.
Glen
I always thought that it was a simple math:
Promotion + Promotion = New Riders
you can never promote enough……I don’t understand how you could be sued for hanging tags on the handlebar of a bike?
The time from our track to the NJ tracks is alot less than going to Pittsburgh area for a State race. The farthest track in NJ is probally EHT and from our track to there is only about 1 1/2 – 1 3/4 hrs (give or take for Philly traffic).
From our track to:
Flemington – 1 1/4 hrs
Howell – 1 1/4 hrs
These are from track to track, I have traveled to each of the tracks many times so I shouldn’t be to far off.But like I said it’s alot closer than driving 5 hrs for a state race.
Hopefully I can add some insite into this thread.
The talk about our track being involved with the NJ State series has been something that had been tossed around since last year when Bob Demola was the Commish. Our intention is not to try in steal riders from other tracks but to give the State series a boost in new riders and a new track to race and to also give our local riders a chance to race a State series that they wouldn’t have to drive 4-5 hrs to get to. When my family started racing NBL some 6 years ago we raced the NJ tracks, and to this day still go to NJ to race locals because they were always fun.
When we opened our track 3 years ago, my philosophy was to build our local base and not to rely on other tracks for riders. We have been doing that every year by going to schools, being involved in community projects and just giving the riders a fun place to ride. If riders come from other tracks we try our best to make them feel like they are part of the “local family” and hope that they had a fun time and want to come back.
With all that said, I want to thank Bill and everyone else for there support. Our track had decided a couple of months ago to change our start time for next season (not because we were told we had to). We can’t move our race days to Sunday’s because of another situation but I hope that maybe this will help with HC. Years back I remember Howell and Mullica Hill used to race on Sunday’s and both tracks seemed to never have any problems. I am a easy to get along with guy and would have no problems with sitting down and meeting to discuss this situation.
We hope that we will be able to be involved with the NJ State next season and hope to work towards the growth of this wonderful sport. We all have lots we can learn from one another. I hope that this doesn’t come across in the wrong tone, I just wanted to let everyone know what our thoughts and intentions are.
Thanks,
Glen Knapper
Track Director
Trilogy Park BMXIs Greg talking about Woodward East or Woodward West?