Ok, I'm sure all help is appreciated. One of the other reasons other than competition the racers are seeking more participants may be to put the machines in more mainstream venues to also attract more trail riders thus growing popularity.
The racers would like to increase the number of participants at the NE-EDT events. Here is something to consider for the spring and/or fall events at Pine Lake (our 6x6 events). Have a couple of race classes that are trail machines. A lower horsepower class (18 HP and under) and a higher HP class (above 18 HP) or something like that. Still require lap seat belts, helmets and a minimal stock roll bar. Although this will not pass NE-EDT safety, the racing bug may just bite some of the trail riders and they may convert their machine to a racer, build a race machine or buy a race machine and join the circuit. This is just a suggestion to try to increase participation. I know the safety of the machine is not up to NE-EDT race standards but a lot of trail machines have run the harescramble and some of us run the trails from time to time like we are racing. This may be a way to get an idea of how much racing interest there is among the trail riding folks before trying to create a new class for the NE-EDT circuit. Again this is just a suggestion. Any other thoughts and/or ideas about this?
Not sure how it works in the US but in Ontario Canada we have some ATV trails, usually the same the the snowmobile trails for winter.Unfortunately our stupid governments will not allow AATV's to be used on the ATV trails.If that was to change I am sure their usage would increase.The governments are even now allowing ATV's to be driven on roadways under certain conditions but they continue to ignore the AATV's Take 4 of your tires off