Most difficult track?
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GeorgiePorgie
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Wildcat slop fest. Or 1997 lorettas slop fest.
motomatt19
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2nd that! 31 yrs of racing. Wildcat 2020 regional was the toughest! The thickest heaviest mud you can imagine...
Romanyak256
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freeh
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Baja was the most challenging track I ever rode under good conditions. Went up there for a practice night back in 2004 or 2005. Quite a bit different than anything I had ever ridden. Toughest event was a race at Scenic Highlands in 2000 or 2001. It had rained for several days before the event, then it got cold. Only race I ever participated in that it actually snowed. Cold on top of mud made conditions miserable. 10 or 11 signed up, and half finished the race, which was reduced to one moto due to conditions. I think my hands are still numb from that one!
DelBalso28
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The latest Wildcat regional was the toughest race conditions I’ve had, yet the track itself on a good day is pretty fun and simple.
Baja is rough anytime, but a regional there turns it up a notch above anything I’ve ridden.
The Ironman regional a couple years ago was pretty rough and tough as well. I compare that race to the non-sand version of Baja.
Loretta’s is very difficult. I haven’t strung a single lap there without some kind of mistake. It’s rough and tough with zero breaks.
Baja is rough anytime, but a regional there turns it up a notch above anything I’ve ridden.
The Ironman regional a couple years ago was pretty rough and tough as well. I compare that race to the non-sand version of Baja.
Loretta’s is very difficult. I haven’t strung a single lap there without some kind of mistake. It’s rough and tough with zero breaks.
Vet261
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I have to agree on Wildcat being the toughest mud race I've ever done. I've done a lot of mud races, but that track was nearly impassable it was so bad at some points.
Baja is gnarly. I love the lower section that is less sandy, hate the upper deep sand parts. The thing I really hate about Baja is that the slower you go, the worse it is. I'm always exhausted from there just because I can't coast like I'm used to!! haha The thing is though, for us Ohioans that grew up riding hard pack Baja is brutal. For those that grew up there riding sand they think it's easy, just pin it.
Glen Helen was tough -- I remember being there and looking at it in person and being unsure if I was actually going to make it up some of the hills. It was very intimidating. Pala national track was huge and intimidating as well, mostly due to the sheer size of the jumps.
Baja is gnarly. I love the lower section that is less sandy, hate the upper deep sand parts. The thing I really hate about Baja is that the slower you go, the worse it is. I'm always exhausted from there just because I can't coast like I'm used to!! haha The thing is though, for us Ohioans that grew up riding hard pack Baja is brutal. For those that grew up there riding sand they think it's easy, just pin it.
Glen Helen was tough -- I remember being there and looking at it in person and being unsure if I was actually going to make it up some of the hills. It was very intimidating. Pala national track was huge and intimidating as well, mostly due to the sheer size of the jumps.
DelBalso28
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Glen Helens big downhill is wicked for sure. My first time there on a loaner bike, the suspension would just pack in and be fully bottomed out by the time I got near the end of the braking bumps going down that thing. Every lap I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to slow down enough to make the turn.
Was a much better experience on my own bike earlier this year.
Pala’s national track is definitely serious. To string a lot of the jump sections together there requires some high speed and it’s intimidating.
I see a lot of locals complaining about how gnarly it is and they don’t even bother going there anymore since they got rid of the amateur track.
GeorgiePorgie
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All it takes is one 2 stroke 3wheeler to remind us of the 90s.
ck1racerx
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Axton Va. Bailey’s track... downhill right hand first turn. Impossible not to have a pileup. Then your greeted with huge square edge holes everywhere. 30 minutes plus two laps on a 500... worst arm pump of my life.
All 4 of my kids were born with blisters on their hands from that race.
All 4 of my kids were born with blisters on their hands from that race.
Roachy
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Lake Sugar Tree
BriarcliffMx
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Headed there in 3 weeks. Cant say I'm pumped.
Roachy
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Race Weekend? I actually like Lake sugar and Birch Creek. My daughter lives in Danville VA so I will ride there sometimes over the winter. I think I will be heading to a Trials Event in Axton that same weekend
BriarcliffMx
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It’s where the four wheelers are headed instead of LL. Would rather be at birch creek honestly