Bairdco Racing Series Begins, March 17th in Riverside, CA!

[bairdco]

Bairdco Racing Association and Adam's Motorsports Park in Riverside California Present the First of Many Races on March 17th, 2012!

The Adam's Motorsports Park in Riverside, CA is located at 5292 24th Street, Riverside, CA 92509.

50 miles from Orange County and Los Angeles, 90 miles from San Diego, and only 436 miles from Tucson, AZ!

Adams Motorsports Park | Southern California Race Track

If it has pedals, you can race it!

Track Time from 2:30pm to 10:30pm, racing under the lights!

Overnight Camping Available, Food, Bike Show and Swap, Vendors, and all the elbow to elbow Racing you can handle!

Future Race Schedule:

March 17, 2012

June 16, 2012

September 15, 2012

CANCELLEDDecember 8, 2012 CANCELLED

Details to follow...

 

[bairdco]

*Safety Gear and Age Requirements:

*All Riders Must Be 16 Years of Age or Older

*Helmet: Must be DOT, Snell or equivalent.
NO Novelty, Bicycle, Hardhats, Military Helmets, etc, allowed!

*Knee and Elbow Pads: Must have Plastic Caps.
If you buy a cheap pair MAKE SURE THEY STAY ON. any rider that loses a pad or has one flapping in the wind will be BLACK FLAGGED.

*Gloves

*Long Pants, Long Sleeve Shirt NO Shorts or Tshirts! Save those for the pits.

*No Open Toed Shoes, Sandals, or Slip-ons. HighTops are Strongly Recommended

*Motorcycle Leathers are OK in lieu of pads, and Recommended.

*These Requirements are Non-Negotiable. Anyone not meeting these requirements will be BLACK FLAGGED.

All Bikes Over 25 MPH MUST have a Front and Rear Brake

 

[bairdco]

Entry Fees For March 17th Race Only:

Racers: $35
Same Racer, Second Bike: +$20
Same Racer, 3rd (or more) Bike(s): free.

Cruisers (This is for people who want to ride the track in practice, but don't want to compete): $25

NOTICE! PIT PASS PRICE CHANGE!
pit pass is FREE to all racers and ONE guest per racer.
more than one guest, $5 flat fee per group, within reason. (i have to pay a "wristband" fee, so if you come down with 20 people who aren't racing, you gotta kick down some money if you want them all in your pits.

Spectators are free, but due to insurance, ARE NOT allowed in the pits. you must stay out of the pit area, meaning, if you wanna see the bikes, you either pay the pit pass, or see them from the bleachers.

Overnight Camping is FREE. Alcohol, BBQ's are permitted in the Camping Area ONLY.
(anyone who wants to camp out, please contact me. i need to inform the track operators so the gates aren't locked.)

ABSOLUTELY NO ALCOHOL OR FIRES IN THE PITS.

NOTICE: Race Fees may change for future races.

 

[bairdco]

since no volunteers, uh, volunteered, here's the deal:

this will be a Work/Run Event.

what that means, is EVERYONE who enters will have to work the track, help score, etc.

basically, you will have to hold a flag for ONE heat, or some other easy task.

it's pretty simple, and many forms of amateur racing use this method to cut down on expenses, and to have everyone participate.

it's 20 minutes of your life, then you can go back to hanging out in the pits.

not too much to ask, right?

 

[bairdco]

CLASSES

1. Unmodified 2 Stroke, Beginners, Slow Bikes, and Everyone else who just wants to ride, and not neccesarily race.

This includes Friction Drives, and slow 4 strokes and electrics.
Speeds capped at 30mph.
Front brake NOT required, but recommended

2. Modified 2 Stroke, 5.9 Morinis, and other bikes with a 45mph cap.

This class is for SERIOUS racers, aggressive passing, elbows out racing.

ALL bikes must have front and rear brakes.

3. Unlimited.

any bike over 80cc, 212cc 4 strokes, super-electrics, turbo chargers, Pulse Jets, etc.

This class is for all you guys building motorcycles with pedals.

No speed cap

All bikes must have front and rear brakes and kill switches.

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All classes must meet the minimum safety requirements as posted earlier! NO EXCEPTIONS!
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any sandbaggers will be moved up a class.

you may also move yourself up a class if you want to compete against faster bikes.

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Heats.

heats will have no more than 20 racers at a time.

each racer will have 2 qualifying heats.

the top 20 will advance to the main event.

semi-finals and mains are depending on class size and rider turn out.

if there's a large turn out, losers brackets and double-eliminations will apply.

 

[culvercityclassic]

About time...bozo....JK...looking forward to these events...

 

[bairdco]

here's the real story about Transponders. they're expensive. (if you don't know what a transponder is, it's an electronic device that monitors your lap position and lap time.)

the cheapest i've seen to buy, are $150 each. plus, you need the software, etc for them to work. at 20 riders in a heat, you do the math.

i've seen tracks that will rent them for a $200 deposit. each. at 20 riders in a heat, plus a few extras that get broken, lost, etc, again, you do the math.

I can't buy or pay a deposit on something that's gonna be haphazardly ziptied to a bicycle somewhere, cut off and switched to another bike between every heat, with a high probability of getting broken, without charging astronomical entry fees.

as much as i would love to have scoring and individual lap times recorded electronically and professionally, it's just not possible on the small scale we're racing at.

My Idea is to have competent people scoring, backed up with video at the start/finish line.

I'm open to other suggestions...

 

[bairdco]

email [email protected] to confirm...

Confirmed Racer's Numbers.


0. Alex Campa. 9.4hp Morini

3. Jake Busey. Stock 2 stroke

8. Magrider.

14. SoSauty

31. Dave31. 5hp Morini and China 2 Stroke

32. Flying Dutchman. 6.5hp 4 Stroke

33. Bairdco. 2 Stroke Midget Headache

57. Piston Bikes Rob.

59. Headtrama

68. Norm, Venice Bikes. 2 Stroke

77. Piston Bikes Dave.

86. Rodney

 

[buba]

buba here

glad you got it going on
i look forward to being there for the week end

best
ride safe

 

[ducedave]

Good!
I would like to keep the same # as I use at the high dessert event if possible?
no big deal but it would be nice if I and or we could thank you

 

[Thud]

Sweet!
More race dates are allways a good thing for the die hard race fans.....

I really need to look at re-locating out of the rust belt & into the scene.
No way i can keep running out there from michigan to support theis super fun activity.

this is awsome news.
I'll spread the word.
Which event will be the world championship? I'll plan to attend that one

 

[ducedave]

Paved/unpaved racing surface
Multiple racing configurations
Up to 7/10ths of a mile with 14 turns
Banked turns
700 ft. straightaway
Dirt motocross section
200 pit stalls
Restroom facilities
Shaded pre-grid area
Ample parking
Online racer scoresheet
Night lighting
I can't make the first date I'll be lucky to be ready for April but the next looks good for me with my budget I need lead time to plan
thanks for putting it all together looking forward to the event

 

[liveforphysics]

I love your rule set, its exactly how it should be.

I am also glad to see the realistic safety gear requirements.



Expect some fast electric bicycles to crawl out of the woodwork for this.

 

[culvercityclassic]

Baird forget to mention no electrics at his events... It just not fair...jk lol

 

[dmb]

did you say figure 8 chain races?

 

[scotto-]

Baird forget to mention no electrics at his events... It just not fair...jk lol

I believe he said something about no 4-strokes allowed....and he sounded very serious about it!

 

[liveforphysics]

Baird forget to mention no electrics at his events... It just not fair...jk lol

I know you were just kidding there, and i liked it, but on a serious note, someday you guys will all see the light, and your bikes won't go put-put and stink anymore.


This is coming from a guy who dedicated the first 10 years of adult life to internal combustion engine design, development, advanced tuning and racing development programs.

The only reason I still have and race gasoline superbikes and my gasoline/alcohol/nitrous racecars is because I haven't had the time to convert everything to electric yet.

I would currently never build new combustion powered vehicles though, it's simply a worse way to power something.

The sooner you guys jump on the electric path, the happier you're all going to be.

 

[ducedave]

I know you were just kidding there, and i liked it, but on a serious note, someday you guys will all see the light, and your bikes won't go put-put and stink anymore.


This is coming from a guy who dedicated the first 10 years of adult life to internal combustion engine design, development, advanced tuning and racing development programs.

The only reason I still have and race gasoline superbikes and my gasoline/alcohol/nitrous racecars is because I haven't had the time to convert everything to electric yet.

I would currently never build new combustion powered vehicles though, it's simply a worse way to power something.

The sooner you guys jump on the electric path, the happier you're all going to be.

when they stop exploding in the pits I'll look into it. For now way to much $ to go all sparky sparky flame ooow aaah "Did you see that" !!!

 

[buck0]

Cool man, time to start building a new bike. I hope I have it done in time

 

[bairdco]

i'm still working out the details, rules, etc.

the first race, i just want it to be a fun event, where everyone can ride. there'll be basic classes, like 2 stroke stock, modified,slow 4 stroke, crazy 4 stroke, electric cruisers and electric time machines. and everything else will fit in there somewhere.

the race in june will be more formal. not many more rules, just more organized.

safety rules are the result of insurance and common sense. i don't want anyone going down and getting hurt. you might think bicycle gear is fine, until someone plows into you from behind.

if your bike's aren't ready, bring what you got and hang out.

i'll have more details up this week.