Devils playground?

Easy
PM @jaybird1ton and tell him you (we) want to have a grass roots series there.
Give him the gate, the racers do it solely for the "fame".
Let him (or anyone else who allows use of the land) fund the insurance and liability.
Limited rules, just 3x and up/3x and down. XX laps and keep it interesting for the spectators.
Rinse, repeat and have fun.
 
Jody Treadway said:
Easy
PM @jaybird1ton and tell him you (we) want to have a grass roots series there.
Give him the gate, the racers do it solely for the "fame".
Let him (or anyone else who allows use of the land) fund the insurance and liability.
Limited rules, just 3x and up/3x and down. XX laps and keep it interesting for the spectators.
Rinse, repeat and have fun.
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Back in the golden years of ECORS I didn't really have the time, money, or support equipment to race, but if a stock class / lemons class were around today you'd see me there every weekend.
 
Falko said:
Back in the golden years of ECORS I didn't really have the time, money, or support equipment to race, but if a stock class / lemons class were around today you'd see me there every weekend.
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Include me in this statement.
 
Is there any chance, that someone would be willing to put something like ECORS together, both on a smaller scale and with less money involved?

And of course the bigger question, what would it take to get it off the ground?

I would be very willing to invest some time, money and an old truck to get to witness it first hand.
 
A Class was the best in 2010. Bunch of sh#tbox XJs with budget mods just having fun. Throw in a few Toyotas and an orange MJ and you have a series

I've said it dozens of times before...race a couple times at The Flats, a couple times at a place like DPG and add one finale like we used to do. Keep it local, affordable and manageable and it'll work.

@Ron and @rockcity both did amazing jobs with ECORS. Look beyond the races, events and coverage. What remains are numerous lifelong friendships that YOU BOTH created within ECORS.
 
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It was a failed business...it was a great success as a friendship building and networking vehicle.

Regarding classes I argued very early on, and unsuccessfully on three classes being defined as
A 33" tire or smaller
B 37" or smaller
C send it

With the comment of bring a full tube car on 31s and you could design a course equalize it. As speeds and bumps/jumps got bigger that got negated of course.

Give me 4 years til Lane is out of college and I'm down to do it again.
 
Jody Treadway said:
Easy
PM @jaybird1ton and tell him you (we) want to have a grass roots series there.
Give him the gate, the racers do it solely for the "fame".
Let him (or anyone else who allows use of the land) fund the insurance and liability.
Limited rules, just 3x and up/3x and down. XX laps and keep it interesting for the spectators.
Rinse, repeat and have fun.
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This^^^. Find 1-2 more spots that would have a race a you have a 'series'. Everyone puts some money in a pot and it is divided by percentage, or don't even have a pot and just race for the fun of it. If the landowner advertises it and has a good course setup then they could make some money with spectator fees, maybe charges racers $50 each or something just in case the spectators don't show up.

Like Ron said, the course setup really needs to be up to the property owner, they KNOW the property and would know the best layout for each class. I'd have a race at my land but I don't have room for parking unless a neighbor let me use their field (not likely).
 
trailhugger said:
:lol: I'm pretty sure the only time I was at DPG both pregnant and with a little one, I was running the live feed and the store.

But :lol:
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Until someone stumbled through your canopy, tripped over and broke some fancy thingamajig wire and took out the live feed...still feel like that guy should’ve bought y’all a replacement!
 
Jody Treadway said:
Give him the gate, the racers do it solely for the "fame".
Let him (or anyone else who allows use of the land) fund the insurance and liability
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At least in our local hare scramble series’, the organizer carries the insurance for the event and the landowner just does the standard entrance waiver and gets the gate fee of $10 a head.

I’d be interested in knowing more about the insurance side. Cost per event, coverage amounts, providers. Not necessarily for an ECORS style series but for a 3-4 year plan I’ve got bouncing around in my head to copy the JDay series in New England.
 
GONOVRIT said:
Until someone stumbled through your canopy, tripped over and broke some fancy thingamajig wire and took out the live feed...still feel like that guy should’ve bought y’all a replacement!
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I wasn't pregnant then.
 
I spent about 2 hours last night watching as many of those old ECORS videos that I could find.

I remember being there with the boy during the hurricane. Standing on the big rocks and watching folks just destroy their rigs. I didn't really appreciate the skills and knowledge.

Watching those videos and realizing who here were actually IN those videos, I have a new appreciation for the REAL offroaders, and why Dillon so easily won the last Fun Caravan trophy, and that I'm nothing but a wannabe wheeler.

You guys are the REASON they make axles trusses, and tank-quality suspension components :eek:
 
CasterTroy said:
I spent about 2 hours last night watching as many of those old ECORS videos that I could find.

I remember being there with the boy during the hurricane. Standing on the big rocks and watching folks just destroy their rigs. I didn't really appreciate the skills and knowledge.

Watching those videos and realizing who here were actually IN those videos, I have a new appreciation for the REAL offroaders, and why Dillon so easily won the last Fun Caravan trophy, and that I'm nothing but a wannabe wheeler.

You guys are the REASON they make axles trusses, and tank-quality suspension components :eek:
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This is actually one of the coolest things I've ever read (my part any way:)) And you are a real wheeler!
 
StretchASU said:
At least in our local hare scramble series’, the organizer carries the insurance for the event and the landowner just does the standard entrance waiver and gets the gate fee of $10 a head.

I’d be interested in knowing more about the insurance side. Cost per event, coverage amounts, providers. Not necessarily for an ECORS style series but for a 3-4 year plan I’ve got bouncing around in my head to copy the JDay series in New England.
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Yeah but he runs a shit series! lol
 
Yes, Trevor sold some of the land up front by the road but last I talked to him, he still owned the woods area. The new owner was just starting to dig footers last time I was out there. That was about 6 months ago.
 
rockcity said:
Yes, Trevor sold some of the land up front by the road but last I talked to him, he still owned the woods area. The new owner was just starting to dig footers last time I was out there. That was about 6 months ago.
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Rats! It would’ve been fun to hit devils playground, uhwarrie, and big creek in the same weekend! Oh well :/


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Have any of you ex ECORS racers looked into the Survival Series Andy Carter and Kevin Cox are participating in? I know it's not that local but it is a race series.
 
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