INTRODUCING THE NEW CHECKPOINT ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP!!!
8 AMAZING EVENTS OVER THE 2011 SEASON INCLUDING TIME KEEPERS, QUALIFIERS AND SATURDAY FAMILY ENDUROS!!! Also 2 Enduro Points Paying Rounds!!!
Round 1 - 01/16/11 - LUCERNE VALLEY,CA
Round 2 - 02/27/11 - LUCERNE VALLEY, CA
Round 3 - 03/20/11 - RED MOUNTAIN, CA
Round 4 - 04/10/11 - LUCERNE VALLEY, CA
Round 5 - 05/15/11 - GORMAN, CA
Round 6 - 09/18/11 - ANZA, CA
Round 7 - 10/16/11 - RED MOUNTAIN, CA
Round 8 - 11/14/11 - LUCERNE VALLEY, CA
CHECK OUT www.ridechec.com for more info!!
HERES SOME HISTORY!!!
Early this year, Freshman Enduro Steward Joe Bianchi and District 37 President Jerry Grabow started brainstorming a way to grow the District 37 Enduro Series back to its former greatness. At one point the Enduro series was where true champions were made and now is all but looked over among the other D37 desert events.
They found that there were several KEY areas in which the District 37 Enduro series was falling short:
Lack of Publicity - No one really knows that we have an enduro series. Its 5 rounds smashed in between 40 desert races with an asterix reading "also pays desert points"
Lack of General Knowledge - peope just dont know what an enduro is or how they would do it. No one has taken the time to show them or they have not taken the time to learn.
Loss of Family Atmosphere - while few of the enduros still hold family rides on saturday there are some clubs that just dont have the man power. The courses are often to difficult to bring family members on and it becomes a Sunday only event.
To Help address these problems and add more to the series Bianchi and Grabow recruited 4 Aces Enduro racer Kelly Christensen to head up a committee of Enduro clubs to band together, pull the series out from the shadows of the Desert Races and create a family environment while still maintaining the elite competition that District 37 Enduro is known for. The Enduro Clubs - 4 Aces MC, Prospectors MC, Training Wheels MC, United MC, Ventura County MC - have formed the Western Enduro Promoters group (WEPG) and bring you the 2011 Checkpoint Enduro Championship.
INTROCUDING THE 2011 CHECKPOINT ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP - CHEC
The main goals of the CHEC:
-Promote the series with a stand alone website www.ridechec.com where riders can get updates, results, point standings, event information, contact their steward, helpfull hints and get redirected to the Enduro Message Board.
-Expand ridership by offereing more rider friendly, yet still challenging, courses with the 3 loop format. 1st loop fun, 2nd loop challenging, 3rd loop difficult.
-Host the new Family Enduro Series which will take place the saturday prior to every enduro and will provide a fun safe way to train, leard and teach Enduro. People will have the opportunity to ride with Pro's and the more experienced riders and learn first hand how an enduro is ridden.
-Additionally, expand ridership by promoting the series and highlighting it among the D37 desert races as the "Thinking Man's Race" where you get all the same terrain and MORE that you would get in a desert race without the bomb run and "hold it to the yolk" riding style needed for normal desert races.
-Recruit new and old riders into Enduro Clubs and District 37 Clubs alike to help keep Desert events alive. With more Club participation organize more Enduro events to fill out a complete 8 Schedule comprised of only Enduro Events.
-As a long term goal the WEPG will expand the Enduro series beyond District 37 and work towards creating a National Western or Regional AMA series.
Chair - Kelly Christensen
Vice Chair - Erek Kudla
Steward - Joe Bianchi
Sectretary - Steve Dombovary
Treasurer - Richie Wohlers
Family Enduro - Rob Wranosky
download the press release for information >> HERE
For additional information email Web@ridechec.com
http://[URL]http://www.ridechec.com/
8 AMAZING EVENTS OVER THE 2011 SEASON INCLUDING TIME KEEPERS, QUALIFIERS AND SATURDAY FAMILY ENDUROS!!! Also 2 Enduro Points Paying Rounds!!!
Round 1 - 01/16/11 - LUCERNE VALLEY,CA
Round 2 - 02/27/11 - LUCERNE VALLEY, CA
Round 3 - 03/20/11 - RED MOUNTAIN, CA
Round 4 - 04/10/11 - LUCERNE VALLEY, CA
Round 5 - 05/15/11 - GORMAN, CA
Round 6 - 09/18/11 - ANZA, CA
Round 7 - 10/16/11 - RED MOUNTAIN, CA
Round 8 - 11/14/11 - LUCERNE VALLEY, CA
CHECK OUT www.ridechec.com for more info!!
HERES SOME HISTORY!!!
Early this year, Freshman Enduro Steward Joe Bianchi and District 37 President Jerry Grabow started brainstorming a way to grow the District 37 Enduro Series back to its former greatness. At one point the Enduro series was where true champions were made and now is all but looked over among the other D37 desert events.
They found that there were several KEY areas in which the District 37 Enduro series was falling short:
Lack of Publicity - No one really knows that we have an enduro series. Its 5 rounds smashed in between 40 desert races with an asterix reading "also pays desert points"
Lack of General Knowledge - peope just dont know what an enduro is or how they would do it. No one has taken the time to show them or they have not taken the time to learn.
Loss of Family Atmosphere - while few of the enduros still hold family rides on saturday there are some clubs that just dont have the man power. The courses are often to difficult to bring family members on and it becomes a Sunday only event.
To Help address these problems and add more to the series Bianchi and Grabow recruited 4 Aces Enduro racer Kelly Christensen to head up a committee of Enduro clubs to band together, pull the series out from the shadows of the Desert Races and create a family environment while still maintaining the elite competition that District 37 Enduro is known for. The Enduro Clubs - 4 Aces MC, Prospectors MC, Training Wheels MC, United MC, Ventura County MC - have formed the Western Enduro Promoters group (WEPG) and bring you the 2011 Checkpoint Enduro Championship.
INTROCUDING THE 2011 CHECKPOINT ENDURO CHAMPIONSHIP - CHEC
The main goals of the CHEC:
-Promote the series with a stand alone website www.ridechec.com where riders can get updates, results, point standings, event information, contact their steward, helpfull hints and get redirected to the Enduro Message Board.
-Expand ridership by offereing more rider friendly, yet still challenging, courses with the 3 loop format. 1st loop fun, 2nd loop challenging, 3rd loop difficult.
-Host the new Family Enduro Series which will take place the saturday prior to every enduro and will provide a fun safe way to train, leard and teach Enduro. People will have the opportunity to ride with Pro's and the more experienced riders and learn first hand how an enduro is ridden.
-Additionally, expand ridership by promoting the series and highlighting it among the D37 desert races as the "Thinking Man's Race" where you get all the same terrain and MORE that you would get in a desert race without the bomb run and "hold it to the yolk" riding style needed for normal desert races.
-Recruit new and old riders into Enduro Clubs and District 37 Clubs alike to help keep Desert events alive. With more Club participation organize more Enduro events to fill out a complete 8 Schedule comprised of only Enduro Events.
-As a long term goal the WEPG will expand the Enduro series beyond District 37 and work towards creating a National Western or Regional AMA series.
Chair - Kelly Christensen
Vice Chair - Erek Kudla
Steward - Joe Bianchi
Sectretary - Steve Dombovary
Treasurer - Richie Wohlers
Family Enduro - Rob Wranosky
download the press release for information >> HERE
For additional information email Web@ridechec.com
http://[URL]http://www.ridechec.com/