**Please read the note below from the ICCR club

Everything is coming together very nicely for this event, except for the entries! If you are thinking about racing it, then stop thinking and just sign up. We have poles, logs, tires and culverts being delivered to the fairgrounds. This weekend ICCR will start building some of the obstacles so we can build the course the night before the race. Our goal is a fun, challenging course that lets both the A and B class race, not just survive a lap. Several of our club riders are excited enough about the track that they would like to race it, but we all figure we should focus on the work needed to pull off a class event, and we are dealing with a lot of unknowns this first year.

Some guys have seen our track map and think that they are going to have to climb over concrete barricades. Well that isn't true. The barricades will be lying on their sides, so they will only be about 6 - 8" high. Again, our goal is to let you race, not to stop riders in a bottleneck on the track.

Pre-entry sign up is $25, and the deadline is Monday, July 6th. After the 6th, you can still pre-enter but the price goes up to $35. We talk to so many racers out there that are planning to race, but haven't sent in their entries. Pre-entry not only saves you $10, but it gives us a better idea of how many laps to make the heat races and main event, so we can give everyone the most seat time possible. Entry forms are available on this website to print out and send in. We have two classes, and A and a B. You need to pick just one, and ICCR has a list of what class you should enter based on what skill level you are in MX, offroad or trials events.

We have a fixed amount of time to hold this race, as we need to tear down part of the track so the fair can hold a trailer race on the half mile oval after our event is finished. We can't start practice until after the church services are finished at the fairgrounds, so you can see that pre-entry will speed up sign up, and allow everyone to get their practice laps or walk the track before the heats start at 11 am. Just like an enduro, we will be starting on time, regardless of whether riders are still in the sign up line. That wouldn't be good for any racer, or our volunteers at sign up.

For those of you looking for a place to camp, you can check with the Muscatine County fairgrounds to see if they have spots available in their campgrounds on site. Call 319-627-2414, or check out their website at www.muscatinecountyfair.com

Thanks,
Jerry Melick, ICCR

- Gary