Fat Tire 40 for 2012

The race will start on the Sport Loop on the Competitive Track. You will complete nearly the entire Sport loop making a left turn just before the parking lot onto the Tech Loop. The Tech loop will take you over “The Ledge” then up and over “T-Bone Ridge”.

 

When you come to the connector for the Long Loop, you will make a right and head out onto the Long Loop to the Service Road that connects the Competitive Loops with the Pemberton Trail. You will make a right onto the Service Road and continue up the road until it intersects with the Pemberton Trail.

You will then make a right turn onto the Pemberton heading counter clockwise. After you go through the Pemberton Trail-head parking lot you will make a right turn onto the Scenic Trail. You will continue on the Scenic Trail up and over the ridge and back to the Pemberton Trail making a right hand turn onto the Pemberton continuing the loop counter clockwise.

Back on the Pemberton, you will come to the 2nd paved road crossing. This will be where the first of two Sag stations will be located. After the Sag, you will continue on the Pemberton all the way around to the intersection with Coachwhip.

You will make a right turn onto Coachwhip taking it up to the intersection with Windmill (DO NOT get on the Windmill trail). At this intersection, you will make a left continuing on the Coachwhip Trail to the Dixie Mine Trail.

At the intersection with Dixie Mine you will make a left onto the Dixie Mine Trail heading back to the Pemberton.

From the Dixie Mine you will make a right back onto the Pemberton continuing counterclockwise back to the Service Road that connects the Pemberton with the Competitive Loops.

At the intersection of the Pemberton and the Service Road will be where the second Sag will be located.

You will make a right turn onto the Service Road back to the Long Loop. You will then make a right turn onto the Long Loop taking you back to the parking lot to the Sport Loop (in reverse direction) around to the Finish Line!

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The time trail course will start on the Sport Loop on the Competitive Track. You will complete nearly the entire Sport loop making a left turn just before the parking lot onto the Tech Loop. The Tech loop will take you over “The Ledge” then up and over “T-Bone Ridge”. Riders will stay on the Tech Loop (DO NOT take the connector for the Long Loop) back to the parking lot to the finish.

 

The time trail will begin at 2pm on Saturday, March 3rd. Riders will start every 30 seconds. Start time will be published 24 hours after online registration closes. DO NOT MISS YOUR START TIME! Your time will start on your posted start time whether you are there or not.

As stated above, you DO NOT have to do the Time Trial. However, if you do not do the Time Trial, you will be staged behind all the riders that completed the Time Trial.
What if I only want to do the Time Trial and not the whole Fat Tire 40? Contact the promoter at swissamericanracing@gmail.com.

As this is a Marathon Mountain Bike Race, individual classes will be limited. However, every rider will get to compete in an individual class and the team competition.

 

Individual Classes:

Open Men
Open Women
Junior Men (under 18)
Master Men (over 50)
Single Speed

Team Competition

The Team competition will be scored similar to a High School Cross Country Running Event. It will be based on each team members placement in the overall standings (not individual class). Teams will consist of a minimum of 3 riders with a maximum of 5. Your score will be the sum of the placement of the teams first 3 riders, low score wins. In the event of a tie, the position of the teams 1st place riders will be used.

A team can consist of a combination of riders in any individual category. For example, a team could have 2 Open Men riders, 1 Master Men rider, 1 Single Speed rider, and 1 Open Women rider.

There will be two Team Categories:

Open
Coed

The difference between these two Categories is that in the Coed Category one of the 3 scorers on your team MUST be Female. A Coed team can still be made up of a combination of riders in any individual category but at least 1 rider must be Female and must be a scorer for the team. So if your team consists of 4 men and 1 woman, your score will be the sum of the placement of your teams first 2 men + placement of your teams first woman in the overall standings.

Note: An Open team can have a Female on the team but it is not required.

Your Team must designate which category the team will be competing in BEFORE registration closes.

On Saturday, March 3rd from 12pm – 1pm we will be conducting a Mountain Bike Skill Clinic on the Tech Loop. We will be focusing on how to ride down “The Ledge” which is the most technical feature on the race course. The Skill Clinic will be led by Pro Mountain Biker Mimmo Futia and Expert Mountain Biker Nancy Donnellan. This Skill Clinic will be free to all registered riders.

Saturday evening there will be a campfire, smores, some camping games (i.e. Bean Bag toss, Ladder Ball), and possibly some adult beverages. We are also planning on having some entertainment. So, plan on camping out with us Saturday night. Stay tuned for more info as we get this finalized.