2014 Post Classic MX Championships Debrief

[FourstrokeForever]

Thanks for posting the pics Nada. Good stuff.

[Ekka]

https://www.facebook.com/perry.scott.35574/photos_albums

Tons of good photos there.


What a top weekend. I know I've already said this, but much credit to everyone who made the event happen. 

so looks like I've got to sign up with this Facebook crap

[Digga]

The Toowoomba PCMX was my first nats & was absolutely fantastic. Like for so many others, it was a long journey but a great experience. The club & their faceless helpers/workers did a great job, very professional & well managed.

I travelled 5,115 kms, crossed 4 states, used 587 lt of fuel @ $948.67, spent several days on the road & had a very enjoyable time. The track was truly picturesque & looked like it could easily have been somewhere else in Europe rather than Qld & especially being so close to town/facilities etc, is a real gem.

The track was challenging to everyone in some way at some stage but perhaps the second of the uphill jumps between corner 4 & 5 along with between corner 8 & 9 could have been left out & just settled on single jumps there. The Superfast guys jumped them all togther anyway so didnt slow them down one bit but they presented issues for the punters in the middle & the rear. Gotta say my favourite spot is the view from either on or behnind the start line. It is a magnificent sight looking up the start straight from near the canteen/bar area where you can see 99% of the race track.

I think that the bar has been set very high at the innaugural PCMX Nats & a real challenge to meet or exceed for the next club/state to host as the few little areas that have been raised by everyone for improvment or "could have been better/different etc" are minor & insignificant in the overall running of the event. Well done to everyone involved, great effort 

[supersenior 50]

Full vindication at last for the "split". Biggest Nats prior to the split, Conondale with approx. 160 entries. First Classic only Nats after the split,  Wyaralong 166 entries (a record). First Post Classic Nats after the split, Echo Valley, 130+ entries.
Total entries for both Classic/Post Classic, 300.
Both events were highly successfull, with the obvious benefits being:-
         Racing completed over two days, instead of the tree days of 2010 and 2011.
         Coming of age of the Pre78 classes
         Introduction of classes for Pre90, age groups for Evo, and Ladies.
         Tracks more appropriate to the two eras.

[euro bikes]

I think a big thanks to the Sunny Coast Club officials who helped run it too .

[allan hughes]

hey euro
i saw allan halley there
didnt get chance to talk to him

[euro bikes]

And the Bell team plus Noel.

[Digga]

Well, the 2014 titles have been run and won and by all accounts the event was a beauty - well managed and plenty of top racing. A big thank you to QVMX and MAQ.

This new topic is for follow up discussion if you feel the urge. Please keep comments constructive, thoughtful and respectful.

I see that others have been initiating survey monkeys for up & coming events (CD10, VDT etc) so may be a good idea to do the same for post events as well (PCMX would be a good start, followed by CMX later this year). If the hosting club/body/association want to see how things went overall, what went really well, what could be improved, get a demographic of who attended, why, were they were from, where they stayed, what they contributed to the event & local community etc etc. The list of questions can be structured by the collective bodies to paint an objective picture of event (no emotional shading) & sent out to only those whose who entered/attended etc (assume they have everyones email addresses).

This information would be most helpful for future events, attracting host clubs & even for marketing to regional towns etc who could see the tangible financial benfits to host such an event which may lead to greater support (inc fininacial).

Just an idea that may be beneficial to future state & national titles or big events such as CD, BBB etc.....

[EML]

Well put ideas Digga. With more info you can go to the likes of the city councils and tourists groups and put suggestions to them.
I know when we told Toowoomba council that we were having the Sidecar Spectacular at Echo Valley, they were very keen for us to make it an annual event and they were interested in giving a grant to make it happen.
Unfortunately we couldn't convince the ASA to travel to Qld every year but we could make a good case to have Mountain Man CMX every year.

[VMX247]

Any clues when the results will be up on MA site ??
cheers

[KTM47]

I think you need to ask the Race Secretary that question.  He is responsible for all paperwork.  I don't think he is on this forum.  That is RS as per the sup-regs

[VMX247]

cheers ...on mylaps and Darren Smart posted. not MA site though.... 


Evolution Solo 263 & Over: 1. Dean Burt. 2. Michael Kirkness. 3. Steven Newman. 4. Scott Bayley. 5. Brad van Barrelo. 6. Derek Eklund. 7. Bruce Wilson. 8. Nicholas Kendall. 9. Henry Leatham. 10. Peter Horwood.
 -- Pre 90 Solo 125: 1. Jacob Dank. 2. Justin Rooney. 3. Steve Wastell. 4. Geoffrey McMullin. 5. Matthew Wust. 6. Simon Hunter. 7. Travis Hanly. 8. Nathan Senior. 9. Brett Hunter. 10. Nathan Day.
 -- Pre 85 Solo 125: 1. Jody Perry. 2. Derrick Redding. 3. Andrew Bailey. 4. Karl Stuhmcke. 5. Jason Ladson. 6. Tommy Hannan. 7. Benjamin Ward. 8. Ian Hearn. 9. Rex Day. 10. Brian Ward.
 -- Evolution Solo 125: 1. Dale Newman. 2. Justin McMahon. 3. John Kemp. 4. Matt Dank. 5. Daniel Argent. 6. Ashley Woolford. 7. Jules Keable. 8. Rex Day. 9. Kieran Stokes. 10. Scott Lawes.
 -- Evolution Solo 125 All Age Groups: 1. Matt Dank. 2. Justin McMahon. 3. Rex Day. 4. Kieran Stokes. 5. Scott Lawes. 6. Wayne Skyring. 7. John Kemp. 8. Russell Ralph. 9. Glenn Wollenweber. 10. Brian Ward.
 -- Evolution Solo 132 to 250: 1. Dean Burt. 2. Liam Beverly. 3. Brad van Barrelo. 4. Carl Rindlisbacher. 5. Lachlan Pratt. 6. Justin McMahon. 7. Simon Abel. 8. John Kittle. 9. Karl Stuhmcke. 10. Michael Harding.
 -- Pre 85 Solo 263 & Over: 1. Brad van Barrelo. 2. Robert Byrnes. 3. Adam Martin. 4. Jody Perry. 5. Steve Wastell. 6. Scott Bayley. 7. Gary Armstrong. 8. Craig Wills. 9. Steven Newman. 10. Carl Blecher.
 -- Pre 90 Solo 263 & Over: 1. James Deakin. 2. Peter Horwood. 3. Brad van Barrelo. 4. Adam Martin. 5. Justin Rooney. 6. Andrew Bailey. 7. Craig Lancaster. 8. Shaun Guerin. 9. Martin Wright. 10. Mick Lavars.
 -- Evolution Solo 263 & Over Age groups 50 and over: 1. Steve New. 2. John Kittle. 3. Kevin Mortimer. 4. Mark Bowgett. 5. Bruce Wilson. 6. Grant Bankier. 7. Glenn Wollenweber. 8. Anthony Major. 9. Mark Harris. 10. Henry Leatham.
 -- Evolution Solo 263 & Over Age groups up to 49: 1. Michael Kirkness. 2. Brad van Barrelo. 3. Scott Bayley. 4. Barry Haack. 5. Derek Eklund. 6. Nicholas Kendall. 7. Steven Newman. 8. Grant McLennan. 9. Sean Allanson. 10. Brian Fox.
 -- Evolution Solo 132 to 250 Age groups 50 and over: 1. John Kittle. 2. Carl Blecher. 3. Wayne Skyring. 4. John Kemp. 5. Henry Leatham. 6. Scott Lawes. 7. Scott McKechnie. 8. Glenn Wollenweber. 9. Russell Ralph. 10. Dave Tanner.
 -- Evolution Solo 132 to 250 Age groups up to 49: 1. Liam Beverly. 2. Brad van Barrelo. 3. Justin McMahon. 4. Lachlan Pratt. 5. Shawn Tomkins. 6. Carl Rindlisbacher. 7. Barry Haack. 8. Simon Abel. 9. Karl Stuhmcke. 10. Damian Foley.
 -- Pre 90 Solo 250: 1. James Deakin. 2. Dean Burt. 3. Callum Wastell. 4. Matt Dank. 5. Justin McMahon. 6. Gary Armstrong. 7. Shane Chestnut. 8. Travis Hanly. 9. Shawn Tomkins. 10. Connor Rice.
 -- Pre 85 Solo 250: 1. Peter Horwood. 2. Carl Rindlisbacher. 3. Simon Broad. 4. Martin Wright. 5. Karl Stuhmcke. 6. Sam Russell. 7. Jonni Row. 8. Jason Ladson. 9. Terry Groom. 10. Dave Cusack.

[KTM47]

Again you will have to ask MA or the RS.