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What's going on in New England?
posted by Roddy
Fall is the best time of year to race - the weather's perfect, your body's in great shape (well, the best its going to be) and there's plenty of racing here and in New England. Check out the events coming up south of the border - they run until late October.
There are three major sanctioning bodies operating in New England:
New England Sports Committee (NESC) - website
New England Motocross (NEMX) - website
New England Motocross Association (NEMA) - website
The NESC is the granddaddy of MX racing in New England. They've been around forever and still operate the most prestigous racing series. NEMX is only two years old and came to be largely as a result of dissatisfied NESC riders. The NEMA is run by parents of young riders - it's dedicated to young racers and small bikes. Check their website for more exact info.
As of today the NEMX.org website wasn't functioning, so I'm not sure what's going on with that - it may just be a temporary problem.
Anway, below is the Fall NESC schedule. There are many weekends which do not conflict with the CMRC Atlantic region and New England racing offers great competition. It's like Walton every weekend down there! Expect between 400-800 riders on any given weekend. There's plenty of comptetition in every imaginable class. Their Vet and Intermediate classes are HUGE. They divide the Vets by age group and also into skill levels (A and B) and if there's enough riders, there's C classes as well.
The Intermediate class is very competitive and our top Intermediates would do well to place in the top 10. On the flip side, there's also a wider range of skill levels too, so the slower Intermediates down there would be much slower than our Intermediates. Make sense?
The Novice class is also very large, but is very comparable to our Junior/Beginner riders in skill level. Our Junior riders would feel very comfortable in the top 10 down there.
Mini's and 80's are really competitive! The range here, like the other classes, is very large and so our riders would fall somewhere in the middle or so. Talk to Charlie and Levi Smith as they rode Southwick in early 2001.
Looking for Directions to the tracks? Check in the atlanticmx.com tracks section.
Make sure you call ahead before travelling to these tracks to confirm the race is going ahead as scheduled! Also, it's best to arrive the night before and stay at the track as line ups are VERY long and you'll be wanting to get registered very early in the morning.... VERY early!
If you've never raced in New England before, it's certainly worth it. I've raced there dozens of times and used their races over the years to increase my competitiveness and skill level. There's always someone to race with down there no matter how fast you are. Give it a shot!
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