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July 2nd, Central Village, Ct., Central Cycle Club
After a week off for the Classic at Hemond's the NESC spring series gets back in action at Central Village. The races at central are always super popular with riders and fans. For the riders it's got big jumps, challenging technical sections and usually something new from the track crew.
For spectators it's got great views of the action on the track, great food and ice cream from a few vendors and an easy to get to location.
There will be classes for all abilities and all bike sizes 85cc's and up, one day racers are always welcome but only NESC members earn championship points and only NESC members are eligible for end of the year awards, scholarships and benefits from the Tom Timonen fund.
Contingency at Central Village
Honda and KTM are paying contingency at Central Village on the 2nd, check out their web sites or your local dealer for more info.
Directions to Central Cycle Club
Central is right off Rt. 395. If you've never been to Central Village before use these directions or enter Cady Lane, Central Village, CT in your phone or GPS.
Admission is 15. per person
Race order for Central Village
| Central Village July 2. 2017 |
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| 1 |
450 MX Pro/A |
C |
| 2 |
55+ Open/ Female |
C |
| 3 |
40+ A/40+ B |
C |
| 4 |
Open Novice |
C |
| 5 |
Open Amateur |
C |
| 6 |
Open Expert |
$C |
| 7 |
85cc 7-11/12-15 yrs |
NC |
| 8 |
50+ Open/30+ C |
C |
| 9 |
30+ A/30+B |
C |
| 10 |
Youth C |
C |
| 11 |
Youth B |
C |
| 12 |
250 Lites A/Pro/ Youth A |
C |
| 13 |
250 Lites C |
C |
| 14 |
450 MX B |
C |
| 15 |
45+ Open |
C |
| 16 |
Super Mini |
NC |
| 17 |
450 MX C/40+ C |
C |
| 18 |
250 Lites B |
C |
Notes from the office
As you may have heard all riders under the age of 18 in Massachusetts need to have a safety certificate. It's a two part process, the first being an online course at this link followed by an in person class conducted by an Enviromental Police officer. The EP understands that there are very limited in person classes scheduled right now and will be happy if they see riders with at least the online portion completed.
There are excemptions that the tracks can file for in regards to registration of out of state motorcycles so that shouldn't be a problem.
Because we have had to cancel 2 of our 14 scheduled Spring Series events we discussed and agreed to at last night’s board meeting that riders must compete in 9 races to be eligible for spring awards (7 events for 65’s, all 85cc classes and Superminis and 6 events for 50cc riders.)
Freezing: There will be no change in the rulebook for freezing (freezing begins after 75% of the races in the series). Freezing will not begin until begin until our 10th race at Crow Hill, so if you earn enough points to promote at NHMX (race 9) you will be promoted.
We will be following the rulebook under NP-1 following the 4/30/17 race at MX-207. 1st offense, verbal warning, second offense rider will not be allowed to start their moto. If you have a number on your back, it should match your assigned bike number. Paul Robbins (NESC ref) has already been keeping a list and warning riders.
We also have several riders who continue to cause problems every week because they “forget” to transfer their transponders to both bikes that they are riding. The rule is no transponder, no score we need to crack down especially when it’s the same riders every week. It's understandable that someone might forget once, but some continue to do this every week, then run down to say they forgot to put it on the other bike.
Another thing to remember is that the rulebook says you have 30 minutes to protest a score after it is posted. Waiting until the end of the day to come to tell us there was an error in moto 1 causes us to delay shutting down the system to make the changes, in many instances trophies have already been given out, and worst case money classes have already been paid.
No more pre-entry at the NESC races
NESC members are now able to enter on race day using the kiosks at sign up, the first two classes are 35. each and the third is 15.. One day riders must still sign up with the NESC at the track and then enter their classes by signing up with that track.
2017 NESC applications online
Get a jump on next year and save your number by renewing your NESC membership today.
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2017 NESC Board of Directors
| President |
Dave Clemence |
| Vice President |
Kevin Bishop |
| Treasurer |
John DelGrosso |
| Secretary |
Shaunna Knuth |
| Senior Rider Reps |
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Jason Allan |
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Austin Brooks |
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Tim Brown |
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Jason Hargreaves |
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Chris Knuth |
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John Majcher |
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Mark Sullivan |
| Alternate Rider Reps |
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Cory Beety |
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Jack Courtney |
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Brittani Majcher |
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Andrew Rossi |
| Competition Committee |
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Ruth Pepoon |
Mylaps transponder update
Mylaps has finally given riders some updates and now they have a “fix” for the older version X2’s that would not connect/charge. The NESC has a few of these “fix” packs available at sign-up. Newer versions will not have the issue.
Also there are instructions on how to tell if the X2’s are activated and how much time they have left.
You can read more here
Transponders
Remind everyone to charge their Flex and Classic transponders for at least 12 hours before race day. Newer X2’s require only 4 hours to charge.
If they are blinking fast red then they need to buy more time directly from Mylaps; their subscriptions are expired or for the new X2 units, they need to be activated before use.
Expired Flex units: You must purchase more time on Mylaps.com and then connect the transponder through your computer to the Flex Manager program on the Mylaps website and activate them.
For fast blinking X2 units they must be activated directly from the Mylaps website, by logging on to the rider’s Mylaps account.
NESC has no Internet connection available on its computers at Southwick or Central Village. We cannot activate your transponders.
Now there's a 10 race minimum required to be eligible for year end awards. Some tracks feel that we have low turnouts at some events because riders have no commitment to the series, they race only half of the events. They
can skip all the Maine races and still get 7 per half by going only to MA
and CT to ride.
Also it is very important to understand that the parental consent form listed is for parents that are sending their minors to race events where they will not be present. They must name the person acting as guardian for the
day, it must be notarized and we need a new form for every event. We have no blanket minor releases at NESC.
Did you know...
Did you know that the NESC is a non-profit corporation? The NESC runs off only the funds collected from membership fees (either full year or one day) and the transponder rental fees. The NESC does not make money from the race entries and gate fees at the races.
Did you know that one dollar from every entry goes into the Tom Timonen Fund that is in place to help riders injured in NESC races?
The NESC Scholarship program.
This fund awards $2,000.00 annually to college students meeting NESC requirements.
Eligibility requirements: Must be a NESC member for at least two years in good standing and a full time student at a fully accredited college, university, or technical school. Rider must have attended at least 10 NESC races in the current year.
Application process:
Compose a cover letter to NESC requesting consideration for the NESC Scholarship program; naming the college/course of study you plan on attending.
A copy of your final grades from the most recent term.
A letter from your college registrar’s office confirming acceptance to the school.
Please send the above requirements by November 1st; we will make the decisions for awards just prior to the annual banquet.
Deadline to apply is November 1st of the current racing year.
Please send your information to
NESC Scholarship
NESC
P.O. Box 1680
Wells, ME 04090
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Huge points fund for the Pro/Expert classes
Last year $25,000.00 was paid out at the Awards banquet to the Expert and Pro riders in the top 15 and this year with bigger turn outs it could be even more.
100% plus payback ten spots in the 250 & 450 expert/pro motos
Not 3, not 5, but all the way back to tenth place*! No New England series pays out what the NESC races pay out. *Riders must place in the top ten of a moto (combined expert and pro to win cash). Expert class riders are also eligible for trophies in their class.
Address changed?
If you have changed your address this year, please notify the NESC by email ASAP.
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