Sorry you couldn't make it Hoony. :'(
Guys, please accept our apologies for a lack of responsiveness in the next week or three, as we are still up to our armpits getting stuff back on the rails following CD5. Organising CD5 is a big time consumer and other stuff like producing a magazine got put aside while CD5 was being organised and run.
A brief summary is that CD5 was a very good event from our perspective, the majority of the identified problems we had at CD4 were resolved, although not all unfortunately.
The 15 days of rain prior to the event definitely had a dampening effect on the success of the event, given that there were less than 1/2 the number of campers at CD5 compared to CD4. The rain also meant that the track could not be prepared at all prior to the event, which was not our intention. Some people have already complained about the track not being ideal (especailly for pre 75 bikes) which was true of course, but unavoidable in the circumstances. We have to be very thankfull for the effort that MX Central put in to make it as good as possible under very trying conditions.
Interestingly though, total rider numbers were very similar to CD4, in spite of the lack of campers. Maybe they would have been more if the weather had been good leading up to the event...
Overall though, we were very happy with the venue and the atmosphere. Please remember that choice of any venue for Classic Dirt will ALWAYS be a compromise and some venues just don't tick all the boxes necessary to be able to be even considered for CD in it's current format.
Joel Robert is a class act. I know that everyone who met him was amazed at his friendly and unassuming demenour, along with his superhuman ability to sign autographs in great spirits vitually for the whole weekend. Thank you Joel.
Naturally without our major Sponsor, Suzuki, we would not have been presented with the opportunity to bring Joel to CD5 to meet his Aussie fans, so we are also appreciative of thier significant support. Without Suzuki and our other two key sponsors, Engineered Environments and Wiltec Ind, the whole thing would probably not happen at all. Thanks guys.
