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Pre-Ride
Reconnaissance |
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TORO
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Pre-Race
Recon of Brian's Farm / BSGP Denton, TX |
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Date: 28 OCT 01 |
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TORO
Race Schedule here.
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You can view a
Mapquest Map by clicking the Map below, once there, zoom and
print as you need to. |
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Click the radar
map below to go the The Weather Channel for this track's
weather forecast. |
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Below
are some specific area maps, & photos. |
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Well, this is
it. The first of what we all hope will be a great series
of events brought to you by the Texas Off -Road Racing
Organization. This is the first event of the first season
for them, so I'd advise ya to go check it out & become
a part of what we hope will become a great history! |
| Directions |
This one's really pretty centrally located, so you could
be coming from anywhere, but from Dallas you'd probably
head north on I-35E to Denton. Just as you start to get
there, you'll see the Golden Triangle Mall, and the 288
loop to the east / north ( right, in this example ). Head
east / north on the 288 loop for about 3.5 miles to Hwy
380, then turn east ( right, in this case ) and travel on
for about 7.5 miles, till you see a microwave tower, and a
Trail Dust eatery on the left. It's time to slow for the
turn. 2931 is about .3 miles, turn left ( north ). Go
about 3.5 miles, on 2931 and Brian's farm is on the right.
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| Description |
Brian
has done an absolutely outstanding job of putting a GNCC
style track on a property that is only 118 acres in size
(including parking ). There is a pretty wide variety of
terrain, for such a small area ( compared to some of the
other cross country tracks you may have ridden on ).
You
won't find many rocks, and few, well actually no big
hills, but there is a Euro style grass track, a moto
section that should please spectators, and air seekers
alike. There's lots of turns, plenty of room for passing,
straights that will let you get your hair blowin, a creek
that the A/B riders cross twice, several roots, a few
small logs, and about a half dozen g-out dips to keep you
awake.
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A/B riders also get to test the close quarter skills after
crossing the creek...bring your barkbusters. Don't worry
about bottlenecks though, they've cut a few alternates
into the tight areas.
The
ground is almost completly hardpack, except for a short
section up on the north side of the track that is pretty
deep & loose sand.
The start will be dead engine of course, like the GNCC
events, and will turn 90 degrees to the left, making a
second 90 degree turn, again to the left to aim you back
south again & on to the track. I'm not
much at moto, myself, and the tight A/B section on the
other side of the creek makes my big bore YZM a handful,
but I really had fun on the track inspection on this one.
I think it's the combination of high speed turns and ample
passing area that makes it so fun.
I'd probably run MX gears, and an intermediate to hard
tire for this one.
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| Camping |
The
"Farm" has a 30 acre hayfield area, that
is relatively flat, unencumbered by trees, or rocks, and
has a nice covering of some sort of ground cover that I
can only assume is ...well... hay. The track doesn't
come into the camping area, but does run along the fence
to the east of the hayfield, such that some action can be
seen from the top of your motor home. Last time I was
out there they were using two gates, one to the north, by
a house, and another that is in the middle of the camp
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| Spectator
Rating |
As
the property is only ( only ! ) 118 acres, you could
actually walk to quite a few areas of the track to view
your hero / buddy / nemesis. |
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| Hotels |
The
closest hotels will be back in Denton, you can use the map
I provide, and this link to pick the lodging of your
choice.
http://www.discoverdenton.com/hotmot.asp
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| Hours of
Operation |
This is of course, private property, and the hours of
operation are race times only.
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